"The flight was agonizingly long, and that was the positive part of the experience.We had reserved a cab a week before, because we didn't want to drive out there and then try to find parking."

"I could have found a spot."

"Ignore him, he's convinced he a dowsing rod of available parking. Anyway, we had made a reservation for six a.m. At a quarter to seven a car screams to a stop in the driveway. You can still see the skidmarks. We were so angry."

"You were angry. I never even wanted to go."

"I told you to ignore him. This car was the foulest, most putrid thing I had ever approached. The flowers along the drive wilted. But at this point we had no choice. We get in and try not to sit down and tell him to hurry up tot the airport. This maniac drives like life is some videogame, swerving in and around the other cars, taking corners so fast I thought we would tip over."

"It wasn't that bad, you prude."

"Enough! Then we get to the airport and he doesn't have the tickets even though I asked him five times before we left if he did."

"You had them.

"Turns out they were in my purse. The check-in girl had an attitude to make a

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