Chapter 7 Story 7-The Bet

• When my wife told me that she wanted a divorce a year ago, it seemed like the end of the world to me. We'd been together since our sophomore year at college and had gone through the ups and downs of a typical marriage in the nine years since we graduated.
• I thought we were typical, anyway. What I guess I hadn't realized was that we'd gotten lazy and taken each other for granted.
• Like most people do over time, we'd each gained some weight - I was carrying a bigger beer belly around than I liked - and our passion for each other had mellowed a bit, I suppose.