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“What a philistine,” Erika seethed to herself, after Don told her what he had planned for them that evening. He proposed

dinner and a movie, just as he for every previous date.

defrosting a frozen pizza and watching pro-wrestling on TV.

taking her to an unbearably stuffy and overpriced restaurant, in his usual overreaching and ineffective attempt to impress her.

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