’ She said, as she watched him seat himself across from her. ‘Hello again Jim,’ She said. Yes, I’ve booked my flight and I am looking forward...to seeing you too, gotta go now, bye-bye!’ ‘Gee mom’, John said. ‘I don’t think I’ve seen you this excited about anything in a long time! What’s going on?’ ‘Johnny, she said,’ I guess you should know, that I’m dating!.’ She was absolutely giddy. ‘One of the doctors at the hospital where I been volunteering at asked me to meet him in Cabo San Lucas for. I'm a woman's clothing buyer for a major department-store chain. I was in New York on a buying trip, and the sales rep for a large clothing manufacturer took me out to dinner. I was staying in an expensive suite they supply to their out-of-town customers, and when the rep dropped me off in front of the hotel, he told me he had sent a gift to my room.I didn't need his conspiratorial wink to tell me what would be waiting for me there. This wasn't my first such gift, and while I had never told him. Suddenly, I knew the answer to my problem and I began to make arrangements for the last full day of vacation. My husband and I would be taking a day trip out to Lover’s Beach. * “Darling, I’m sorry that I had to work the entire trip. Believe me, it’s not what I would have wanted.” My husband looked out at the sea as he said those words. I sighed. I was beyond hurting and feeling anything for this man. “Did you at least have a good time without me?” “Yes, Mark. I had a fabulous time.” Oh, little. The women in our circle of friends would start off casually gossiping about what was going on in their lives, which would gradually morph into what their husbands were doing, and then change further into what their husbands were doing wrong. When it came to things they did wrong, husbands were the preferred topic, even beating out how horrendous their children’s moods, untidiness and eating habits were as the greatest source of merriment.It would start lightly, a little emphasis here and there.