always knew it'd be like this. I see Julia Kiple from the dorms out walking in Iowa City when the kids and me were in the rental house, and I invite her in, she does not say, Cute kids, Sheri, she says, Julianna just a baby, Lucy. I may have said something about or asking about her being a single mom too, and Julia said, She's getting married, Sheri. none of my college friends liked Dave. well, I never asked Them for permission. it's funny, now that I'm with Phil, my mom says Dave was a really nice. that's not how she felt about him at the time. she didn't like him either. until one day when we were dating, I crying hard, probably over Will, and he sat down with me and asked, Do you want to do a suicide pact? I jumped up, dried my tears, totally snapped out of it. I know he remembers that. not sure why it was still bad in Kansas City, thought about agreeing with him then, thought about taking a whole bottle of aspirin, pretty sure I didn't, think I poure...