The Radio

"So we're, like, trying out this open relationship, but I don't know."

"Don't know what?"

Well, I don't know what he's thinking and, like, I worry a lot. It's like twice the work of a normal relationship."

She laughs sharply. "Ain't that the truth!"

"Yeah, like, I have to put in the work of the relationship and I don't know if he's out with some other guy."

"I know what you mean!"

"Do you?"

"Yes, exactly, and you need to make a decision. You either close the relationship or you drop him because it's not working out for you like this."

"You had an open relationship once?"

"Well, no. I've been married for twenty-two years. To my highschool sweetheart, as a matter of fact!"

"Then what the - - would you know about it --" Click.

"Oh! We can't have that on the air." She laughs. "Okay, next caller on the line from Portland..."