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“I’m tired” and 5 Other Excuses to Not Spend Time With My Spouse

October 21, 2015 by Steve

  There’s an old joke about a guy who brings his wife a glass of water and a bottle of Tylenol. She looks at him with a crooked glance and says, “I don’t have a headache.”    “Good,” he says. “We can have sex.”   Although I roll my eyes when I hear this joke […]

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