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H: I …

J: I’m merely asking the question.

W: Well, yes, it is.

J: If you’veenjoyeddoing it for the last twenty years, then I suppose one could argue that it is.

W: Enjoyed?

J: Yes. Enjoyed.

W: No one enjoys a twenty-year marriage.

J: They don’t? I think it’s very interesting that you think that.

H: Hang on, Wens…

W: No, what I mean is, no one enjoys all of it. It’s not like one thing that you just enjoy.

H: Oh right.

W: It’s a process. It’s a shared experience, the good and the bad. It’s trying to understand all… this…

J: All… this?

W: Yes! Life and death, and what’s the point of any of it? And instead of trying to do that whole… thing… as a lonely little soul in a big scary universe, you team up with someone and try to do it together. That’s what a marriage is.

H: Yeah. Exactly. That’s good, Wens. I like that.

J: Well, thank you for enlightening me about life, the universe and everything, not to mention the purpose of marriage. And have you – made sense of it all, together – do you think?

W: Well no, obviously not.

H: I don’t think Wendy means that’s the aim. Because you can’t really make sense of it, can you? I think she’s talking more about the process.

J: Is that what you meant, Wendy?

W: Maybe. Yes. I think so. Look, I’m sorry, but what exactly is your role, here?

J: I’m sorry?

W: You, your role? What is it? Because I was under the – apparently mistaken – impression that you were here to help us fix our marriage.

J: Oh! That’smy role,is it?

W: Well, isn’t it?

J: I don’t know.

H: You don’t know?

J: No, perhaps I see my role as enabling you to find your truth, whether that’s staying together or admitting that you actually prefer to be apart.

H: Wow!

W: Yeah, wow.

H: Wens, shall we just?

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