I would hold the door open until the very last second, the shower turning off and my cousin's wife opening the shower door to reach for the towel, the... I would close the door and go to my room. Within seconds the bath door opens and she walks past my room to her own. I must've come home drunk one night, because in the morning I was awaken by the phone ringing, my cousin's wife called for me to take the phone off of her. She walked to my door, opened it and reached forward with the phone. I got. In slow moments in the pharmacy I began to put together our financial situation if we combined incomes. If we ever got married (GOD, did I really even THINK that word?) I was a firm believer in one couple, one marriage, one pot. There was no his and hers on earnings or finances. We had already discussed a pre-nuptial agreement of sorts where we would both claim, before marriage, a figure agreed on as a starting point. Should we ever break up we would each lay claim to that figure we went in. Two weeks later she came to me and told me that she was happy with the way she was. Then she asks if she could tell me something else and not get mad. I told her yes. Her and Chris had been getting together and enjoying each other every Saturday while I was out shopping. She also mentioned that they wish that the four of us could get together after I came home. She told Sam that she would have to think about that and would let her know later. All the next day, I was wishing I could talk. These angels are dual-purpose, they replace both pussy-chasing and the traditional coffee break/water cooler/football pool/gossip session that eats into workplace productivity.Look, Google lets employees their play pool, slide on giant slides like kids, be like fools in a ball pit and eat professionally prepared meals any time night or day; it is all a fringe benefit. We consider our fringe benefits more desirable and much cheaper in the long run. Plus it builds loyalty to the firm at the.