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February 22, 2006
Actual Discussion with Cab Driver Yesterday
Cab driver wants advice about his girlfriend trouble. Shoot, I say.
He says that when he is nice to her, she is mean to him and when he is mean to her, she is nice to him. This turns out to be untrue and irrelevant, but nevermind.
He rambles for a while about their two-year relationship. The first red flag goes up when he mentions that she prefers "cash gifts" to flowers or jewelry. Odd, but I'm still listening. He complains that she is often too tired for him to come over and asks him to do favors for her when he's busy working.
Now, I pride myself on giving excellent romantic advice to balding, middle-aged men who are driving me to the airport. I want to get this right. But, at this point, there's not much to go on.
We're getting close to my destination when he tells me, as an afterthought, that his girlfriend recently had an abortion. And that it wasn't his. But she won't tell him whose it was.
In journalism, this is known as "burying the lede."
Break up with her, I say.
You think so?
Yes, I say. I really do.
Posted by teb at February 22, 2006 10:54 AM