[Nelson] "... I get none of the things a man's supposed to get from a wife."
"What are those?" Janice is truly interested; she has never heard a man spell it out.
He makes a cross evasive face. "You know – don't play naïve. Reassurance. Affection. Make the guy think he's great even if he isn't." (John Updike)

[Nelson] "... I get none of the things a man's supposed to get from a wife." "What are those?" Janice is truly interested; she has never heard a man spell it out. He makes a cross evasive face. "You know – don't play naïve. Reassurance. Affection. Make the guy think he's great even if he isn't."

John Updike

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