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True Love's Passion
from the book: Life Will Get You in the End:
Short stories by David Satterlee
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Life Will Get You in the End:
Short Stories by David Satterlee |
A young couple find that their life together is becoming predictable. Is that a bad thing?
True Love’s Passion
A
Fergus Johnson story of gender relations
Fergus is annoyed. He and Suzette are approaching their
fifth anniversary and things have changed. Suzette is taking him for granted.
Spontaneity is being replaced with routine. Passion is giving way to familiar
closeness. Everything that was special is becoming accustomed. It isn’t that
things are bad, but if she were to give him half as much rubbing and stroking as
her cat, he would damn sure be purring too, and a lot more besides.
It is his job to put her favorite frumpy plaid flannel
pajamas into the dryer for five minutes before they dress for bed. He enjoys
watching her put them on, totally nude at the foot of the bed. She always bends
over, peering down into the bottoms, searching for the label in the back, her
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