Ford had heard that, about first times, but he doubted it applied in this case. He'd said the first time to Cash but it certainly wasn't his, and he didn't expect that it was hers either. But none of his past experience was especially relevant here, and he didn't know what she'd gotten up to in the past and had already determined never to ask.
And he could not admit any of this to Cash, anyway, so he nodded as though this was sound advice and took another drink. "I hope not. You hear about — married women talk about it like it's a chore, don't they?" he said. Not that he had heard this personally from anyone as he didn't make a habit of talking to any married women about their sex lives, but it seemed to be the general impression in society: unspoken but well understood. "But that's so bleak. Spending your whole life like that. I just want — I feel like I'm not going to do anything right," he admitted. "When it comes to being a husband. So I want to do something right."
And he could not admit any of this to Cash, anyway, so he nodded as though this was sound advice and took another drink. "I hope not. You hear about — married women talk about it like it's a chore, don't they?" he said. Not that he had heard this personally from anyone as he didn't make a habit of talking to any married women about their sex lives, but it seemed to be the general impression in society: unspoken but well understood. "But that's so bleak. Spending your whole life like that. I just want — I feel like I'm not going to do anything right," he admitted. "When it comes to being a husband. So I want to do something right."
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