of her when I got dressed on the days we had a session. What kind of shirt to wear? She hated broad stripes—made me look too self-satisfied, she said. And which aftershave lotion? She liked Royall Lyme better than Mennen, and I’d vacillate each time over which one to use. Generally I’d splash on the Royall Lyme. One day at her tennis club, she met one of my colleagues—a nerd, a real narcissist who’s always been competitive with me—and as soon as she heard he had some connection to me, she got him to talk about me. His connection to me turned her on, and she immediately went home with him.
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