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Cottage at Sissinghurst ,Weald of Kent, England
bobo stretch (2006)
Iguazu Falls, Brazil by Jaime Dantas
Once a month, the Jewish Community Center had a free clinic for senior citizens. Robby was in their rotation of doctors; it was easy work and he liked helping his community, even if he wasn't exactly the most devout these days. That was where he met Nellie.
She had brought in her grandmother, a kind old woman with type two diabetes and high blood pressure. When he had finished her check-up, Nellie had slipped him her number. He had no reason not to call: she was pretty, smart, not a coworker of his, and loved her grandmother very much. As a Bubbe's boy himself, he appreciated that. They'd been dating for two weeks and it had been going pretty well.
It was a rare, much appreciated day off. Robby was at the kitchen table, drinking his coffee and working on the crossword when his phone rang. He wasn't really in the mood to talk as he had not had his breakfast yet, but he picked up regardless.
"How's your morning, Nel?" He asked, only half paying attention as he filled in 23 across: Four time NBA MVP.
"Oh, is it Nellie?" Jack asked by the stove. Then he called out "Hi, Nellie!"
"What's Jack doing there?" She asked.
It was a pointless question in Robby's book. Why wouldn't Jack be there? He continued his crossword, still focusing more on it than the phone call. "Making breakfast. Jack makes breakfast, I make dinner, and we trade off who makes lunch."
"You... trade off." She said slowly, like taking turns was a strange thing. Then again, she was an only child. Except Robby was also an only child so maybe that wasn't a particularly good excuse.
"Of course, it's only fair."
"And you don't think that's weird?" Her voice had taken on a peculiar note, but nothing alarming. He decided to ignore it.
"Why would it be weird? We also trade off who does laundry." Jack was giving him a puzzled look, but he waved him off.
"Robby, I thought you live alone."
"I do." He drew the final syllable out, not really understanding what the problem was.
"Then why are you doing each other's laundry?" Okay, the peculiar tone was something to take note of. He set down his pencil to focus on the call.
"We have busy lives! It's just easier to do them all together!"
It was easier to do it all together. They had come up with the plan during a week when both of them ran out of laundry at once; they had procrastinated it to a point of untenability and a better system had to be found. That better system was taking turns where one of them did both of their laundry. They might be willing to neglect their own needs, but they would never be able to neglect the other's.
"Okay," Nellie sounded like she was trying so hard to be patient. "How does the cooking schedule work if- for example- Jack's working that night?"
"I stop at his house on the way home and it will be waiting in the microwave. Same thing when I'm working, he stops by my house and I'll have his dinner waiting for him."
It was a good system, for the same reason as the laundry. Admittedly, it did mean that Robby often had breakfast for dinner and dinner for breakfast, but Robby was fundamentally incapable of cooking eggs, while breakfast was Jack's specialty. Once you got used to it, it wasn't so weird, and on Robby's day off, he got to eat breakfast with Jack. 100% worth it.
"How far apart do you live?"
"Just 20 minutes away. Nothing crazy."
"Just... 20 minutes..." She sounded like she was barely holding onto her sanity by her fingertips.
"We're planning on moving closer but we just haven't found the right place yet." Robby explained. It had been surprisingly difficult, finding a place they could both agree on.
"Have you considered moving in with each other?"
"Of course, but we decided against it. You know, two 50 year old men living together, when they can both afford to live alone- it gives the wrong impression."
"Yeah, that gives the wrong impression," she snarked. Robby really didn’t know what the issue was. "So let me get this straight. You drive 40 minutes out of you way every single day to eat someone else's leftovers."
"Well, not every day." They weren't crazy. "We sleep over pretty regularly." Honestly, an understatement. They slept over most days unless one of them had a pressing obligation.
"Robby, I know you don't have a guest room. Do you make Jack sleep on the couch?" And there again, she sounded like her sanity was almost out of her grip. Robby didn’t really get why.
"No, we usually just share a bed. You've seen my bed, it's more than big enough." He wasn't cruel enough to make Jack sleep on his piece of shit couch when he had a nice, comfy California king in the bedroom. That would just be rude.
"You know what? I gotta go. This was... very enlightening."
Nellie hung up and Jack and Robby exchanged a perplexed look.
"What was that about?" Jack asked, carefully flipping the omelet he had been working on onto a plate.
"I have no idea," Robby said, returning to his crossword. "Northern Italian city known for it's cheese? Five letters."
"Parma," Jack answered as he served them both. "Now eat up, we have to leave for the farmer's market soon or all the good focaccia will be taken."
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The Princess Diaries (2001) dir. Garry Marshall
U literally cannot save your mother like it cant be done
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