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June 5, 2022 3 Comments

By Thomas Cannon

Eric timed his break-up with Kara so that she’d be hungover after a girl’s night out.

She opened the door in his favorite red dress. If she had worn it to distract him, it worked.

The next time, he came earlier so she’d still be drunk. Lingerie changed his mind this time.

Eric felt Jason’s eyes on him as the next game level loaded. “I had everything planned out. But she was wearing something sexy.”

“Don’t you see she’s hot on the outside but ugly on the inside?”

Eric thought a moment. “Yeah, I’d have a tough time finding someone hotter.”

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  1. albert Norman katz says

    June 5, 2022 at 7:41 am

    says much in so few words. well done

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  2. Paul Lewthwaite says

    June 9, 2022 at 7:04 pm

    Definitely a young bloke thing…other parts doing the thinking. Good laugh.

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  3. Thomas Cannon says

    June 13, 2022 at 2:25 pm

    Thank you Albert and Paul. Yes, my point was that it is a young guy thing. Though now I am not sure I would be any different.

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