Stresa, Lago Maggiore, ItalyMay 6
Martin had put the groceries in the car, but he didn’t want to go to the apartment yet. He preferred to stay by the lake a little longer. He sat down on a bench and watched the water. He needed to think through a few things.
His wife had refused to go shopping with him. Which he decided not to take personally, because she’d been refusing to do a lot more than that. For example, she was once again refusing to get out of bed. When he tried to talk her into a little fooling around, she informed him that these weren’t fertile days so there was no point in working on her priorities, so could he please take a hike. And when he refused to give up, he was told he was “obscene.” He was deeply outraged and upset and he didn’t understand it one bit.
He had to anal
