He leaned closer to Mary. ‘Maybe, you know, we could have dinner some time?’ he said quietly. ‘I’d love to have dinner with you and your wife,...�� Mary replied innocently. ‘Have your wife give me a call.’ Before the man could answer, she got in the car. Red-faced, the broker took a step back from the car, and looked across the roof at Matt, who was grinning at him. ‘Um…ah…I’ll, ah, I’ll call you when the deal’s done,’ he stammered then, he turned and walked toward his office. As they drove away. "You're not listening to me! It's _enough_ for now! I'm _tired_!"I sighed. "Can't we go back to talking about boys or something thatdoesn't involve me changing clothes every thirty seconds?" "Yeah, I'm getting a little tired of it myself," Kim agreed. Debbie suggested, "Well, how about we get ready for bed, and pullthe pizza out again for a midnight snack?"***00:35 19 Jan "Well?" Debbie asked. "Am I staying over here tonight?" I asked back. "Otherwise, I amnot gonna wear. I began to pursue a friendship with her even though. I was a lieutenant and she was enlisted. By unspoken military norms, fraternization between officers and enlisted was a no-no, but I just couldn’t get her out of my mind. After many fumbling words and days, I got up the courage to ask her out. While I was prepared for a refusal, I was totally crushed with her reply.“Mike, I’m a lesbian, I don’t date guys, so please direct your efforts elsewhere”Red-faced and hurt, I walked away, but could not. I decided I might as well play along, at least until I get my health back. It took over two hours to clean the kitchen, but I was pretty proud of the results. It felt so good to turn on the dishwasher with a full load of dishes, a warm, fuzzy, and satisfied feeling washed over me when it started.In fact, it felt so good that I just sat down by the dishwasher for a few minutes, feeling its warm, soothing hum deep inside.But then, it was time for laundry. Fortunately, I had my own washer-dryer,.