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H: Sure. Go ahead.

W: So, our relationship has been… I’m not sure how to describe it really.

H: Going through a rocky patch? That’s what people say, isn’t it?

J: Yes. That is often what people say. And how rocky would you say it is?

W: Well, we have, kind of talked about whether, you know…

H: … whether our future’s still together.

W: Or not. But we think it is, I think. Don’t we?

H: Yeah, I think so.

J: I see.

W: It all started during the lockdowns, really. I’d say that was when it all went a bit… wouldn’t you?

H: Yes, pretty much. I mean, things weren’t fa-a-abulous before that. But Covid definitely didn’t help.

J: Well, a lot of people reconsidered what they wanted during Covid. Both professionally and personally.

W: Yes. I quit my job afterwards, too.

J: And I left my wife of thirty years…

W:Really? OK. Anyway…

J: So what job did you leave?

W: I was nursing.

J: Ah yes, of course. You’re a nurse. It says that here, on the questionnaire.

H: Yes. It does.

W: And my job, that was a part of… what went on with us… in a way.

J: The nursing? How so?

W: Well, it was the risk of bringing it home, really. I mean, Covid was everywhere. So I started staying elsewhere.

J: You mean you left the family home?

W: Yes.

J: And you stayed where?

W: Oh, just in a friend’s Airbnb.

J: Is this a friend-friend, or a friend-friend?

W: Oh, no. Not really, just a friend who happened to have a place.

J: I see. And how long did you stay there, would you say?

H: It was on and off, really, wasn’t it?

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