What do you want from me, Claudia? Progress. I want a collective sense of advancement. I want you to grow like I’m growing, to experience new things. I want more than just routine. I like routine. Routine is restful. It is the natural state of couple-hood, the state toward which all marriages gravitate. When you get married it’s with the understanding that you will watch more television with this person than you will ever again watch alone or in the company of others. It’s with the knowledge that you will develop rituals that surround Sunday breakfasts and Friday nights. You will grow to
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