Did Jill answer the phone?

Did Jack repeat his question?

Did she wonder why he was asking that question?

Had they agreed that married people never take each other for granted?

Do married people always do the "little things"?

Do married people get too comfortable with each other?

Do they treat their partner like an old sock?

Do they get bored with each other?

Did Jack argue that he and Jill were special?

Were they the same as other couples?

Jill answered the phone. It was Jack.

"Jill, will you marry me next week?"

"What?"
 Jack repeated his question.

"Of course not," she replied. She wondered why he

was asking her that question. They had already agreed
that when people get married, they immediately start to
take each other for granted. They don't do the "little
things" like opening the car door or holding hands.
They get too comfortable. They treat their partner like
an old shoe. And eventually, they get bored with each
other and get divorced.

"We already agreed that we don't want to get

married because we don't want to get divorced."

Jack agreed. But he argued that they were special.

They were different from other couples. They loved
each other too much to end up in a divorce.

"Yes, that may be true. But still, why next week?

Why can't we think about it for another year or two?"

"Because I had two dreams the last two nights. In

both dreams, you left me for another man. In fact, you
left me for two different men. I want to get married now
so I don't have these dreams anymore."

"Hmm. What did these men look like?"