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Do you feel the same way about Leigh?

I once lived with a woman who had a boyfriend named Lee. Sort of a boyfriend, it was not an exclusive relationship for either party. Anyway, for whatever reason, this woman felt she absolutely positively had to call Lee every night. We didn't have a phone at the time, so when we wanted to use the phone, we had to ask the neighbors if we could use theirs. This was infrequent for me, but not for her, due to the nightly phone calls to Lee.

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She couldn't just pick up the phone and call him, it was a bit of a production to go the neighbors' house. And it annoyed me, because I hated having anyone in my household bug my neighbors that much. So. Every. Single. Night. I heard, "I have to call Lee", and then I'd inwardly groan, wondering why the heck it was so darn important to talk to Lee every night.

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Those were the days that I wished I could forget that Lee as a name exists.