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- Hi.

- Hi.

The restaurant we're going to,

they specialise in duck.

Duck. Great.

I have to be home by 11:30.

- You mean around 11:30.

- No, 11:
30 at the latest.

We'll be back by then.

You have to be.

'Cause I have to be home

no later than 11:30.

I said all right.

I went through a lot of depression

after my divorce. A lot.

But then I decided

it's all how you look at it, you know?

'Cause most people

only get one chance in life.

After a divorce, it's like starting

another whole life all over again.

So it's really a positive thing.

Except for the fact

that the first life ended in disaster.

- You know what Marilyn said about you?

- What?

- No, I can't tell you.

- Okay.

I'd tell you, but I promised her

I wouldn't, so I can't tell you.

Marilyn said to treat you real good...

because you were

the biggest one she ever threw back.

I'm sorry.

I mean, if I didn't seem very attentive.

It's just that this is the first date

that I've had...

in eight years.

Welcome back, honey.

We sure can use you.

Hello.

Phil Potter here.

You wanna have dinner tomorrow night?

- No, I'm sorry.

- Will you stop with that?

- Do you wanna know the reason?

- No.

I went with a guy for six months

who'd just been divorced...

and I'd really rather not do that again.

- I don't wanna be a nurse.

- Look, I'm talking no romance.

Just dinner and drinks. No romance.

- You think I don't want to. But...

- Did you hear what I said?

I just wanna have dinner

with somebody. Anybody. A person.

I'm not gonna touch you.

I might not even talk to you.

Sounds perfect.

- Fine.

- Bye.

- Hi. Nice to see you again.

- Hi.

You, too.

This is nice.

And safe.

Here, let me take your coat.

Why don't we just sit down...

and have some wine?

I'm just so nervous for some reason.

Most of my stuff hasn't been that great,

if you want to know the truth.

I don't believe that.

I've been getting a lot of freelance work.

Where can I read

something you've written?

On a plane.

My stuff is in those airline magazines,

right behind the barf bags.

- I love those magazines.

- Do you really?

I happen to be one of those people

who reads them all the time.

I can't imagine a better job than that.

I was thinking about maybe teaching.

That's terrific.

I was gonna teach this course

in Creative Writing at the junior college.

- That's fantastic.

- It doesn't pay much.

Who cares? I know it doesn't pay.

- It's rewarding.

- It is.

That's the thing about teaching.

It's rewarding.

You don't have kids, do you?

I get nervous sometimes

about not having kids. 'Cause...

if you're over 35,

if you have your first baby...

all your tubes fall out or something.

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