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ultimate ego trip.”<br />
Caressing my glass stem, I dramatically sip my virgin<br />
Cosmo.<br />
“Lesson Number Four: Guys don’t fear commitment,<br />
they fear entrapment. They want girlfriends, but not girlfriends<br />
who act like their mothers. He wants you in his life,<br />
but he doesn’t want you to devour his life. Guys don’t need<br />
a mind-meld like we do. They don’t believe that two halves<br />
make a whole. Instead, it’s more like two wholes make a<br />
couple. Which is a much healthier way to view relationships.”<br />
The appetizer-sized portions of salmon almondine<br />
arrive. The warm smell of butter and roasted almonds hangs<br />
over the table like a soft blanket. Aunt Marty speaks<br />
between bites.<br />
“Never forget that men live to make us happy. When<br />
you are happy, he is happy.”<br />
The waiter appears and asks, “Everything okay?”<br />
Okay? I want to tell him I’m having the time of my life.<br />
Aunt Marty lightly touches his hand and coos, “This is the<br />
best meal I’ve had all evening.” He laughs, raises his eyebrows<br />
at her, refills our water glasses. The moment he leaves,<br />
she says, “See? He’s happy because we are happy.”<br />
She takes another bite, chews, swallows, then says,<br />
“Women spend so much time griping about all the ways<br />
men aren’t perfect, they eventually give up trying. Who<br />
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