“Brilliant theme for a musical!” she said. “Relationships are all about conflict. Gives us a lot to work with.” <\/p>\n
“Absolutely.” he said. “Maybe we can describe all of the reasons that relationships fail us.” They were now back out on the street, and he was walking her to the subway.<\/p>\n
“Or perhaps,” she replied, “all of the reasons that we<\/i> fail relationships.”<\/p>\n
“Yes, that’s much better,” he agreed. “In iambic pentameter. You start.”<\/p>\n
“All right,” she said. “But whatever I say, you have to rhyme.”<\/p>\n
“You’re on.”<\/p>\n
She took a breath. “I prefer to live alone because I snore throughout the night.”<\/p>\n
“Oh, that’s good.” He thought for a moment. “I do not like to cheat, but then you never know — I might.”<\/p>\n
“Ha!” she said. “I shower in the morning, so by night my feet can stink.”<\/p>\n
“Wait, give me a second,” he said, thinking, “I don’t close my eyes when kissing … but I have been known to blink.”<\/p>\n
“Nice!”<\/p>\n
“Thanks,” he said. “OK, now it’s your turn to rhyme. Ready?”<\/p>\n
“Yes!”<\/p>\n
“When we meet up for a movie, I am always running late.”<\/p>\n
“Hmm,” she said, “When we’re dining on the town I pick the food off of your plate.”<\/p>\n
“Touché<\/i>,” he said. “How about this: When things are going well, I am convinced it all will end.”<\/p>\n
“I can top that one,” she said, “I don’t think I ever told you, but I have a boyfriend.”<\/p>\n
“Wait,” he said, “What did you just say?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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