"Let's walk back through the gardens," I said, letting him go and taking my cup back. We crossed the forecourt again towards Farm Cove and through the...gates into the Royal Botanic Gardens, where we binned the coffee cups and took the steps up to the low bluff that overlooks the Sydney Opera House. There's lots of little paths and thick, shady trees and not so many tourists, so it feels kind of private. We walked slowly with arms around each other; his on my waist and mine in his back-pocket,. .The optimist says the glass is half full.The pessimist says the glass is half empty.The mother of a five-year-old says "Sweetheart it's whatever you want it to be, just please let mummy have five minutes peace and quiet."The engineer says "Fortunately I put half my water in a redundant glass"The project manager says the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.The realist says the glass contains half the required amount of liquid for it to overflow.The conservative says, "Who stole half my. ” Huland gritted his teeth rather than issuing a curse. “Agreed and told me and Konomi to untie our pledges. We both refused and Konomi kept refusing even after Mand and my father kept pestering her with promises. Eventually, my father gave up. To him, who had many women, there was nothing special in a significant other and those he could not get could always be replaced. Moreover, I was still his son and even if he despised me, snatching my wife was beneath his dislike. Mand, on the other. .. that was... " Eleven years ago," Mary finished for her.Mary was an old and close friend. They had gone to college together and then over time, drifted apart. The strange thing was that Mary had not been sexually active during the sexual revolution and Marilyn had respected her for it while she herself had had casual sex wherever and whenever possible."That's right. Well, what can I do for you?" Marilyn turned to face Tucker intending to signal him that this would take a minute or so and saw.