They had no budget to put any kind of soundproofing in my ceiling so I gave notice and gave them 6 weeks to find someone to replace me. Later I found ...ut that they never did replace me and put another resident in the apartment.We moved into the only high-rise apartment building on the top floor so there was no chance of anyone making noise above us and keeping me awake - heh! Our social life blossomed with darts, cards, potluck lunches and other stuff- and no sex! I was really angry with her. " No, like I just told your dad, I'm staying until I know you're alright." Thanks mum but I'm not coming back home tonight. Karen's offered me her spare room until dad has calmed down. The best thing you can do for me now is go and talk to him. I'll come over tomorrow morning, he'll have had time to think and might be able to talk without shouting by then. Don't forget to tell him he owes Charlie and Karen an apology." Alright darling, you're probably right," Helen said giving her daughter a. “Let’s just say that I have a strong belief in magic,” Mary returned with her own smile.Linda wasn’t sure if it was magic, or maybe simply the reluctance to abandon the hope that the next relationship might be different. Surprising herself, she agreed to have dinner with Mary the following night.“Would you like to share a cab?” Mary asked as they exited the restaurant. “I’m headed uptown.”“No thanks, I have an afternoon appointment over on the West Side,” Linda said as she looked at her watch. They got his message.After a few twists and turns in the conversation, Robyn asked Dave, “What did you and your wives do to loosen up? You used that term a little while ago, and I heard someone else use it. Maybe it’s something Jason and I should do.”Dave started, “First of all, it was only ‘wife’ at the time – Alice and me. We’d been raised as fundamentalist evangelicals, taught that sex was bad, taught that you obeyed certain verses in the Bible and ignored others, and followed the directives.