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“I’d better go,” Marlboro Man said, leaning forward and kissing my cheek. I still grasped the diamond ring in my warm, sweaty…

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“ Maybe he got me one of those two-necklace sets, the ones with the halved hearts , I thought, and he’ll wear…

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“With the nausea gone, evenings with Marlboro Man slowly began resembling the way they’d been before. We watched movies on the couch…

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“In the meantime, I tried my best to acclimate to my new life in the middle of nowhere. I had to get…

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“Later, when the party had thinned out and Betsy and I ran to the ladies’ room to primp, she remarked on Marlboro…

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“Marlboro Man answered, “Hello?” He must have been almost asleep. “Um…um…hi,” I said, squinting in shame. “Hey there,” he replied. “This is…

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“I’d never been with anyone like Marlboro Man. He was attentive--the polar opposite of aloof--and after my eighteenth-month-long college relationship with my…

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“My phone rang at midnight, just as I was clearing my bed of the scissors and magazines and glue. It was Marlboro…

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“So anyway,” he continued. That’s when we heard the loud knocking on the pickup window. I jumped through the roof--it was after…

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“That night, after having lived with the news for mere hours, Marlboro Man couldn’t stand it anymore. He wanted to tell our…

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“Stop the car,” I said suddenly, just before we crossed the county line. Before the pickup even came to a complete stop,…

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“In the meantime, I tried my best to acclimate to my new life in the middle of nowhere. I had to get…

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“How come you’re not down there watching it?” I asked. “I didn’t want to leave you,” he said. “You might get hit…

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“Despite the rocky start, I wound up enjoying a beautiful day on the ranch with Marlboro Man and his parents. I didn’t…

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“We kissed again, and I shivered in the cold night air. Wanting to get me out of the cold, he led me…

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Oats are great - you can make meatloaf and use oats instead of bread as the binder, or you can make oatmeal…

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I was the last person that any of my friends would have pictured moving to the boonies.

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“When the attendant at Britz Rentals of Australia whipped around in our prepaid-in-full honeymoon car, my eyes grew wide and I knew…

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“Marcy soon entered the room with a plastic cup with a bright green lid--the perfect reflection of my skin tone. “Do you…

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“Have you talked about how many children you’d like to have?” “Yes, sir,” Marlboro Man said. “And?” Father Johnson prodded. “I’d like…

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“ I now pronounce you husband and wife. I hadn’t considered the kiss. Not once. I suppose I’d assumed it would be…

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“When we pulled up to Marlboro Man’s house, I saw my Camry sitting in his driveway. I didn’t expect it to be…

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“Marlboro Man’s call woke me up the next morning. It was almost eleven. “Hey,” he said. “What’s up?” I hopped out of…

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“It was so dark outside, I forgot where I was. I had no sense of geography or time or space, not even…

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“On the beginning of the eighth run, just after Father Johnson gave us another “Nope. You’re not getting it right, kids…” Mike’s…

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