If the man doesn't change his ways then she is free to leave him and join with another man, and the man she leaves has no come-back. Apparently, in th... early days, a few women did leave unpleasant partners and the men soon realised that if they didn't look after their women they wouldn't get any pussy. Single women have crept around behind the backs of the wives and caused trouble, so all women now have to belong to a man. Deals do get done to swap partners but it seems that mostly the women. "Ilove you" she typed as a second message, again staring at the screen,waiting for Julie. Nothing.Ramona felt desperate and lost. They never exchanged phone numbers andaddresses. There was no need to. They were connected through discord,where they could text, and did audio and video calls. The distance andunfairness that kept them separated all the time never made it necessary.Fuck this. Something we never thought about would be important isimportant now. Ramona felt awful. She couldn't stop. With all of the big guns yet to come, their marks were a little lower than might have been expected--but the top teams were going to have to be excellent. The room was there, but the Germans had set a high standard.The Chinese couldn't meet it. The problems from the Grand Prix reasserted themselves, and Yin and Li found themselves well behind the Germans. The next of the pre-contest contenders to skate were the Russians. They were good, but had a few minor flaws. They defeated the Chinese. The tradition in their family had always been to open gifts on Christmas Eve. Aaron just wanted it over with so he wouldn’t have to deal with it for another year.The awaited hour of eight o’clock finally rolled around. “The Grinch That Stole Christmas” was on TV, but they could tear themselves away from it because they’d seen it so many times they could practically recite the dialogue. Adam and Lynn tore into their presents accompanied with “Oohs” and “Aahs” and “Thank you’s” while Aaron.