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Show somebody if i he said absolutely not, no kids ever?" "I don't know. I've never thought about it. I always just assumed that marriage meant kids. XaZugK that's fttjapcS, isn't it? Two marriages, no kids. ^Jt». I guess I'd be pretty disappointed if I never had any though." I smoked and thought of John Tobin, married, though she was not seeing much of him at the moment. She was no kid any longer,^and no doubt she was unhappy. "Look, ftyltC, I've been thinking again, maybe I should move out." SeMt W . "Desert me?yyl talk gloomy and you talk moving out." "I'll probably get a place in that co-op as soon as school is out anyhow, and I could live just about anywhere till then." "That coed one? Do they assign you a girl when you move in, or do the girls draw straws for you?" "Draw straws. Loser gets me. ifctft, I'm serious." "You usually are, Chess." jtc ITBB sunt •£ a jfalu_,^w>ftl^.4aad-a£fii)nri nnnfcn "O.K., I'll be serious too. I think we have a great arrangement here. I like Urtdo you as a roommate, we get along fine -- or at least I think «•." She looked straight into my eyes. V*» Vou like me3 JCHH you.? I lull lLP"twt^w«p^r "Best roommate I ever had." "So? Why should we screw it up then just because a lot of fools out there don't like it?" "I agree. You know I agree. Where could I ever live better? Or jhnore . . Well, sometimes people aren't rational, you know." "I've noticed that on one or two occasions." "Then maybe you should accept John's irrationality about me." "Maybe. Yeah. But still, jealousy is not only irrational, it's selfish. It's one of the most selfish things. It says you belong to me, you do as I say. Which doesn't happen to thrill me. If he tries to teltfne what to do now, what will he try in the future?" I couldn't have said it better myself; I shut my mouth on agreeing with |