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school English teacher married to Bob,an <strong>in</strong>troverted law school dean whospends his days fund-rais<strong>in</strong>g, then collapseswhen he gets home. Sarah criedtears <strong>of</strong> frustration and lonel<strong>in</strong>ess asshe told me about her marriage.“When he’s on the job, he’s amaz<strong>in</strong>glyengag<strong>in</strong>g,” she said. “Everyonetells me that he’s so funny and I’m solucky to be married to him. And I wantto throttle them. Every night, as soon aswe’re done eat<strong>in</strong>g, he jumps up andcleans the kitchen. <strong>The</strong>n he wants toread the paper alone and work on hisphotography by himself. At aroundn<strong>in</strong>e, he <strong>com</strong>es <strong>in</strong>to the bedroom andwants to watch TV and be with me. Buthe’s not really with me even then. Hewants me to lay my head on hisshoulder while we stare at the TV. It’s agrownup version <strong>of</strong> parallel play.”Sarah is try<strong>in</strong>g to conv<strong>in</strong>ce Bob to make646/929

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