"You're just lucky you're not married yet. After the wedding she won't even give you the time of day," said Joe. Russ nodded at him and leaned into the cooler for another beer. He looked back at me to see if I wanted one. I shook the liquid in the bottom of mine and shook my head no.

"I just can't figure out why it's so important for women to get married, married, married all the time. What's the big deal? I mean hell, it was hard enough on me to agree to move in here in the first place." Russ waved his hand as if to dismiss the house behind him.

"Hey Russ, you better watch it. Sounds to me like Dina's wearing the pants around here already," Joe laughed.