She called him because she had had a big fight with her boyfriend and asked if she could stay with him if she needed to. He told her that she could. He cleaned his place like a man possessed. No one had ever seen him that driven before and no one would see it ever again. When she made up with her boyfriend and decided to stay at home, the embers of hope within him died.

Normally he dated women who were contrary. They liked to fight with him and he liked to whimper and whine. There was a great deal of manipulative behavior on both sides, and a lot of emotion and intensity. He did not fight or squabble with her, but he loved her deeply.

She got married shortly before he did. He married a girl with whom there was almost no passion at all. Some people cried at that wedding.