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Love in a Rowboat
Another wet love story
When things got intense between them Larry usually resorted to laughter. It was his coping mechanism.
Shirley reacted by running away and hiding. It seemed to work for her.
One day they went out on the lake in a rowboat. They were not going fishing. They merely rowed out to the center of the lake and stayed there talking and taking in the beautiful scenery. Shirley brought a picnic.
Larry had asked Shirley to marry him six months previously. She said that she was not ready for marriage then she ran away to her cousin’s house across the state where she stayed for two weeks without ever answering her phone.
When Shirley came back Larry asked her if she had given any more thought to his proposal. She replied that she had but that she was still not ready. Larry did not bring it up again until they were in that rowboat out in the middle of the lake.
“Oh Larry, I’m sorry but I’m still not ready. I have concerns.”
“Concerns?”
“Yeah. We’re just so different. I’m a really, really, really serious person and you are the exact opposite. All you want to do is joke around and have fun.”
“Hey, we’re complementary. Isn’t that a good thing?”
