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| “No, that’s not possible. He’s 28, and we’ve been living together for over a year.” “So you’ve been through the love discussion before.” “Many times. It’s what led to us living together.” “Was that his idea or your idea?” “His idea.” “Has marriage come up in your conversations?” “No, not really.” “Not ‘really?’” “Well, only that we both agree that we don’t want to get married yet.” “And did you both mean that?” “Well, I can’t really speak for him, but I meant it.” “Really? You weren’t just saying that?” “What?” “I’m sorry, I have to ask.” “No, no, you’re just doing your job, I know.” “We just need to take that out of the equation.” “I understand. Yes, I actually meant it. But we weren’t even discussing that today.” “Okay…um…Can I put you on hold for a moment? I need to check a resource.” “Sure, that’s fine.” “Thank you.” CLICK-A Musak version of “You Make Me Completely Miserable” plays. “Mentor line, this is Jared.” “Yeah, hi, Jared, this is Rob. I’ve got a customer on the line who’s got a frozen boyfriend.” “Huh. Okay, and by ‘frozen,’ you mean…?” “He doesn’t move, his eyes are open and is in mid-eating position, so he’s not asleep, and she didn’t get an error message.” “Okay… No error message, huh?” “Nope.” “Were they talking before this happened?” “Yeah, they were talking about love, but they’ve been living together for a year and have discussed it before.” “Well, it may still be an issue. Did you get the specifics of the conversation?” “As far as…” “Who started talking about love, what did they say, exactly, that kind of thing.” “Well, the customer said that she loved him, he said he loved her and then he froze up.” “Okay, well, I’d get the specifics of that conversation-were they talking about marriage?” “I don’t think so. I had asked her if that was an issue, and she said they had already discussed it before and neither was pushing it.” “Hmm…yeah, get some more info on that conversation. If you reach a dead end, you might want to see if this is a Third-Party issue--she might get upset, but…” “…We have to ask.” “…we have to ask, right. And, obviously, don’t bring this up if you don’t have to…” “…right…” |
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