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\u201cJimmy, dear, why don\u2019t you take a break for a couple of hours? Let\u2019s try out that new Thai restaurant in town. I hear it\u2019s great. We haven\u2019t gone out in ages.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI can\u2019t Babe, I\u2019m working on this project, and can\u2019t take any time off. You know that.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNot even a couple of hours? Come on, honey. Let\u2019s go out tonight for a nice meal and drinks and just chill. Pretty please?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI’ll rest when the project is done and not before, okay Jeanie?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What about you Jimmy? I\u2019m concerned about your health. You’re stressed out all the time and on edge. Is this project really worth the wear-and-tear?” Is success worth sacrificing your well-being?” <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Look babe, I have to keep pushing till I’m done. I know I\u2019ve been working on this for a long time, but it will really help my career. If I don’t do this, someone else will take my place and get all the credit. And the money.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m really not as concerned about your career or money as I am about us. What about us?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJeanie! Listen! I’ve got to see this through, all right? I can\u2019t take a break right now. Give me some space!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Then I can’t do this anymore. We rarely spend time together, and when we do, you’re checked out. I think you care more about your work than you do me. I\u2019ll give you all the space you need. I want to break up with you.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cJimmy, dear, why don\u2019t you take a break for a couple of hours? Let\u2019s try out that new Thai restaurant in town. I hear it\u2019s great. We haven\u2019t gone out in ages.\u201d \u201cI can\u2019t Babe, I\u2019m working on this project, and can\u2019t take any time off. You know that.\u201d \u201cNot even a couple of hours? […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2195,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[19],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-2194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drama-literary","tag-microfiction"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":7}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/twistytales.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/All-the-space.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/twistytales.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/twistytales.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/twistytales.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twistytales.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twistytales.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2194"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/twistytales.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3895,"href":"https:\/\/twistytales.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2194\/revisions\/3895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twistytales.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/twistytales.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twistytales.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twistytales.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}