We’d recently starting seeing each other but things had moved quickly in the relationship. Although young, he was an attorney as well as a volunteer firefighter.
HIM (informing): “My job comes first and the fire department comes second.”
(I had a pretty good idea his Mama was third in line; my number wasn’t looking promising.)
WriterInSoul 
Yikes. You have the BEST relationship stories!
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Aw thanks! It’s been an interesting life…
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Sort of like taking a number at the cold cuts counter in the supermarket, Colette. He had no clue that bode possible ill tidings for you down the line, did he?
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Quite right on both counts. “Down the line” ultimately wasn’t all that far off either, it turned out. All these years later, it’s that pecking order that still galls!
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I don’t understand people at all.
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I’ve got ‘em down pat, baby! Well, sort of, kind of, maybe.
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Then he was a fool.
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And young. But still. (and thanks)
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At least he got it out early. Bullet dodged ?
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Actually, not so early. He was simultaneously eyeing me as the mother of his yet-to-be children.
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Oh, my. Did you wonder where they would fit into his priority list ???
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I wondered about a lot of things with him!
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Oh, my.
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Yeah.
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How confused can a culture be? And rude? Sheesh. Here’s what the poor dude should have said, “You are my number 1. Can we build a life where my work and volunteering will add something wonderful to that?”
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Angle, will you marry me? (You seem to understand how it should be done!)
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Oh, Colette, you made my day! We both understand how it should be done 😀
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