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[Was (Bob)]

They had to know he was a work-a-holic. Single man, no kids.

Though I'm definitely a workaholic (I keep whatever hours are necessary to do the job), I'm not a single guy with no kids. I've been married for 14 years to the same wonderful woman, without whom none of the good that's happened to me could've happened. I think I once referred to her on SI as "SI Admin (Spouse)". Want to see a picture of her? Look up the word "indulgent" in the dictionary. It's not every married guy who is permitted to amass a toy chest the likes of mine or gets told to just spend the rest of his life playing.

I know all the ladies must surely be crest-fallen at this revelation of my marital status. Not! <g>

I could see Bob was unhappy.

That was apparent during my last week here, and I'm not even remotely proud of the fact that it showed. I've considered myself above that, but I'm human, too. To my credit, the full measure of my anger and disappointment never became visible to anyone but close friends and family, and even they never knew and never will know the whole story.