Okay! I'm figuring something out now.' She sat up straight, eyes focused somewhere outside the room, and Jimmy realized that even Anne didn't have all the answers and that was either the most comforting thing he'd learned in a long time or the most discouraging. 'Which is why vows are such a tricky business. Geology changes! Every ten years or so, George and I have faced the fact that we have changed and we've had to decide if it makes sense to create a new marriage between these two new people.' She flopped back against her chair. He has always been fun and he has never been able to budget his time properly and - well, the rest is none of your business.' I have been married at least four times, to four different men.' She watched him chew that over for a moment before continuing, 'They've all been named George Edwards but, believe me, the man who is waiting for me down the hall is a whole lot different animal from the boy I married, back before there was dirt. 'You and George didn't go back on your promises.' But two or twelve or twenty years down the road, the lawyers are negotiating the property settlement.' 'Most of us stand up and vow to love, honor and cherish someone.

And there is something very beautiful and touching and noble about wanting good impulses to be permanent and true forever,' she said.

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