The man’s wife finally convinced him to floss. She had pressed him with arguments about gum disease. He’d never flossed before. He was a difficult man, but not without positive attributes.
His wife said, Please, please just try it. And he said, Why are you making such a big deal about this? And she said, Why are you? It’s just flossing. And he said, Exactly. But she got upset. Our relationship, she said, is a river. It only flows one way, your way, and I’m tired of swimming upstream. He was about to say something, and then he stopped. He was difficult, but he loved his wife.
Fine, he said. I’ll floss.
His wife laughed in surprise.
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