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with a random stranger is not

gonna help salvage my dignity.

You're so much better

off without her, man.

Look, I didn't want to say

this, but, uh, she's a f***ing

buzzkill, okay?

I mean, anytime you bring

her over to the house, I...

Shut the f*** up, okay?

Kate upton could show up

completely topless and if she

took two seconds to engage your

intellect, you'd f***ing call

her a buzzkill.

No sh*t.

Just f*** a hooker, okay?

F*** a hooker if

that's all you care about.

It's gotta be better than

this club charade we keep doing.

You know, man.

Madison really did a

mind job on you, man.

It definitely wasn't

another kind of job.

Ha, ha.

All right, guys.

This is you.

Hey, you see me?

Hey there.

Across the street.

I'm in the silver...

Silver...

Silver SUV.

Got it?

All right.

You got to be

f***ing kidding me.

Hey.

Hey, come on in.

Hey.

Is that where we're going?

Yeah, 4311 wood green.

Yeah.

You can just drop me off

at the corner of abbeydale.

All right.

Looks like about,

uh, 30 minutes.

Sounds about right.

All right.

Hey.

Yeah, you too.

Uh, yeah, me too.

I would...

I would if I could.

Uh, what about Thursday?

Mmm, no.

No, I got to head home.

Early flight in the

morning, you know?

Send me a picture?

Yeah, okay.

Bye.

Lucky man.

You still got the

honeymoon bliss, huh?

Uh, yeah, that's not my...

I'm not married, man.

Oh.

Just your girl, then?

Just your girl, then?

Sorry?

I said, was that your girl?

On the phone?

It's a lady I've

been seeing, yeah.

Huh.

But not your girlfriend?

No.

Too early.

Early?

Yeah, it takes time.

Time to what?

You know.

Are you married?

Yes, I am.

So, you know.

What do I know?

It takes time to find out,

you know, if she's the one.

The one?

One to what?

One to date?

One to marry?

One to just f***?

Damn, man.

Sorry, man.

You're good.

Busting my balls.

Hey.

I'm Eric.

Patrick. Hey.

Uh, man, sorry for

giving you sh*t.

But you look like

you can take it.

Nah, I get enough of

that all day at work.

I hear you.

What do you do?

I do, uh, land development,

commercial construction, you

know, that sort of thing.

Mmm.

Good market now?

Yeah.

I mean, it takes, you know,

traveling to the right place,

but yeah, this market

here's pretty good.

So, uh...

So, you live here?

Yeah, for the most part.

Uh, the market's good here,

now. So...

Go where it's hot.

That's right.

Yeah, yeah.

I do real estate.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah.

Residential, mostly.

But you know, that's dry.

So, you know, this pays the

bills, brings in some extra

income, while the, uh,

houses aren't selling.

Market's heating up

though, isn't it?

Slowly.

But you know, you...

You could shoot a bullet in

the air, in this town and you're

gonna hit a real estate agent,

so it's just hard to compete.

Hmm.

Hang in there.

Market heats up,

there'll be room for everybody.

Yeah.

I should've pursued

commercial, you know?

Work with guys like you.

Yeah, man.

It's still feast or famine, but

you know, if you're willing to

travel, you can make

a pretty good living.

So, where are you

traveling tomorrow?

Tomorrow?

Yeah.

On the phone, you said, uh,

you had an early morning flight.

Oh.

Well, it's not till, uh...

It's Houston.

Ah, I hear you.

You just need, uh, some

time away from her, huh?

She's not your

girlfriend, so time away's good.

Well, even if she was my

girlfriend, you know, time away

is always cool, right?

Hmm.

I mean, some me

time is always good.

Why do you think i

drive a car all night?

But, uh, you're

sleeping with her, right?

Excuse me.

The woman you're seeing.

This isn't an

undercover cab, is it?

No, man.

It's just guys talking.

Look, I'm sorry, man.

I just don't know what

it's like anymore, you know?

Out in the field.

I got married young.

I gotcha.

I mean, not crazy young, but...

You know.

It's been a while, if

you know what I mean.

Well, man, take a

trip to Vegas, you know.

Get back out there.

Sh*t, Patrick.

I'm a married man.

Come on.

It all stays in Vegas, right?

It stays somewhere.

Well, we could, uh...

We could stop off at church

street, you know, hit up the

nightlight.

That'd be a story.

What, you've never

had a lap dance, Eric?

I wish.

I wouldn't know what to do.

Yeah, that's the beauty of it.

You don't do nothing.

That ain't nothing.

To each his own, I guess.

See, the thing is, my wife and

i, we were each other's firsts.

Damn, man.

Congrats.

That's something

to congratulate?

Sure, I think.

Monogamy?

Yeah.

I mean, it...

It's rare, at least.

Yeah, it's true.

I guess we

congratulate what's rare, huh?

I don't know, man, all

those years, one woman.

What happened, the fire gone?

Yeah, gone somewhere.

Out of my bed, that's for sure.

Damn, man.

Let's get to that lap dance.

I'd be like a teenager in there.

So, uh, how long

have you been married?

Almost 10 years.

Well, I guess it takes, uh, take

some work, you know, keeping the

fire going for 10 years.

You speaking from experience?

No, I'm just guessing.

Yeah, you would.

But you're really, uh, making

marriage look very tempting,

brother.

Got me there.

Sorry.

You got kids?

Never managed to have a kid.

I guess 10 years is

still something, right?

Is it?

If you don't mind me asking, i

mean, how's the, uh...

the sex life?

We haven't had sex

since Christmas.

What?

Damn, that's...

That's no good, Eric.

Yeah, what's the point?

If she doesn't

love you anymore...?

I wish I knew, brother.

I'm the one who's trying

to avoid marriage, right?

Smart man.

Just try to find some

beautiful women to hook up with.

Hey, man.

I'm... I'm... I'm not

that guy.

So, then, you really

like this girl, huh?

Yeah, actually.

I do.

She's, uh, pretty amazing.

So, you are

sleeping with her, then?

Like I said,

she's pretty amazing.

I bet she is.

Guy like you, you get your pick.

Yeah, I've done all right.

Don't settle, man.

You're young, you know?

Take your time, play the field.

Don't...

Don't do what I did.

I got no plans, man.

Don't even tie yourself

down to one, you know.

Just, uh, keep it

loose, play the field.

Hey, where do you

think I'm heading, now?

Huh?

Sh*t, Patrick.

Man, I bet you got a

girl in every city.

It's nothing serious.

Houston can't get

here soon enough, right?

Houston is nice.

But none of them tied

you down, though, right?

Right?

No, I told you,

man, nothing serious.

And...

And it's all mutual and

i can assure you that.

Good man.

Keep it loose.

I'm trying.

You know, one of them starts

falling in love with you, forget

about it.

They're just gonna start talking

about marriage, there's gonna be

nothing you can do to escape.

Hey, man.

Nobody's talking marriage.

You know what i

heard earlier tonight?

What's that?

Another guy I was driving.?

He said, like, a marriage which

no longer has the excitement of,

like, being in love,

is no longer binding.

Is that what he said?

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