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Evelyn Coleman, speaking to . . .

her best friend . . .

 

Well, Sue, honey, that's wonderful.  Phil, huh?  When's the date?  Yeah, I can't wait to meet him. Triple bypass means he's good for another twenty years at least.  Just jokin'.  I couldn't be happier.  Anyway, what do you care about that jewelry.  He's probably got plenty more stashed in a safe deposit somewhere. 

 

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Listen, Susie, if you'd been married to Fred . . . Love was not what Fred and I had.  . . . Oh yeah, he was good in bed. For a while.  The only good thing about Fred was that he gave me Charlie.  Fred was always trying and then saying "I'm sorry, babe."  He never figured out that all I needed was for him to be a man, just be there, when I needed him. 

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Of course I’m dating.  I’ve told you all about them.  But you know these surgeons. .  . No, that was the heart guy. He was such a loser.  Came on like gangbusters, but then in bed, what a wet noodle.. . Well, now it's Whatsisface, you remember, the tall one, getting divorced. . . . Okay, okay.   Next time he asks me, I'll say yes. Only this time I’ll make it something with dinner before we play doctor in the recovery room. (Laughs).  OK, then, a double date.

 

 

the mother of her son's prospective fiancee . . .

Charlie's my only child, my son.  . . . A mother couldn't ask for a better.  And he's a fine man.

 

 

 

 

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