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is ever embarrassed.

And everyone is okay

with everyone.

This is how

we've chosen to live.

One day, I will stand

next to her at his funeral.

Is that gonna

be anytime soon?

I am sure what I'm saying

sounds terribly tawdry

and hedonistic.

A little.

Well, it isn't.

We have our reasons

for the choices we've made.

Do you have children?

Two. Would you

like to see pictures?

Yes.

Marc is 7

and Elodie is 6.

They're beautiful.

Thank you.

They are the lights of my life.

You're really thrown

by all this, aren't you?

I, uh, yes. Uh-huh.

I must say that in my culture

it's not judged so harshly.

Okay, but we're not

in your culture.

We're in my culture

and in my culture

if we didn't have things

to judge harshly

we wouldn't know

what to do all day.

Well, maybe your culture

needs to grow.

Maybe there are other ways

to look at life.

Maybe there are some people

you marry

and people you love.

Arielle, you're older

than I am, you're wiser I'm sure

and you've seen much more

of the world.

And you're beautiful,

and elegant

and smart, and funny

and interesting

and you feel like family,

which is wonderful.

Are you seriously telling me

that a but is coming

at the end of the sentence?

Yes, but... being with you

would be... an affair

and to me..

...not ethical.

Unethical.

Not good... ethically.

I must respect your ethics

if I ask you to respect mine.

Should you change your mind,

I will continue to be out there

smoking nook on Fridays.

But if I never see you again

do know that..

...I will always remember you

very fondly.

Are you okay?

I'm sad.

It was the beginning.

Of what?

Belief.

The following Friday

right about after lunchtime

the pace of work began to slow.

I knew where she was and it was

all I could think about.

By the Friday after that..

Well, look,

French girls just aren't good

for your work habits.

And it killed me..

...that she was lighting

her own cigarette.

By the Friday after that..

I can't believe

it took you 3 weeks.

Sorry.

So... what happens now?

Room 2117, 5 o'clock.

Use your key.

How are you?

Very well. Thank you.

And you?

Very well.

Will you have some champagne?

Please.

Always look the person in

the eye when you touch glasses.

I know.

7 years of bad luck.

Bad luck?

That's the American version?

Yes. What's the French?

7 years of bad sex.

Good Lord.

I think that

tells you everything

you need to know

about our two cultures.

Yes. Yours is

very optimistic.

I mean, a lot of people after,

like, year 5 of bad sex

they'd give up, but you guys

really hang in there.

It's admirable.

Thank you.

At any rate, best to look

the other person in the eye.

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