“Honey, I want to talk to you about your boyfriend.”

“What about him?”

“Well, he might not be the right guy or you.”

“Why? What’s wrong with Billy?”

“For one thing, he just called and asked me to bail him out of jail.”

“Then bail him out. We have a date tonight.”

“Honey, he has a date in court. That’s the whole point.”

“What is? What’s the whole point? Court is a daytime thing. I date him at night. What’s the problem?”

“Well, he may have to go to jail. That’s a big problem, don’t you think?”

“What? They don’t allow visitors? Oh, Daddy, I’ll just die.”

“Honey, he doesn’t even have a job.”

“That’s because he misses too much work being in jail. If the cops would quit arresting him he could hold a job.”

“Honey, if he’d stop breaking the law they would stop arresting him.”

“Yea? Well, maybe he ought a try that. I’ll talk to him.”

“He also sees other women.”

“Yea, but not when he’s with me. He says they don’t mean anything to him. I’m the one he wants.”

“Honey, how can you be so blind?”

“Blind? I’m not blind unless I lose one a my contacts.”

“Stupid! How about stupid?!! Are you stupid?!”

“Oh, daddy, no I’m not stupid. I know Billy for what he is. When I marry him, he’ll change. You wait and see.”

“Okay, you are stupid. Marry him. I can’t stop you. But, honey-”

“Yes, daddy?”

“Don’t quit your job. Bail money, you know?”