Damn it!I hated how perfect my neighbors seemed.Doug and Jennifer had it all, two kids, two jobs, evening classes, social lives, weekend trips, baseball games... everything. Whenever I talked to them, they were smiling, happy, like they were really living, while I was stuck just existing.After seven years, my marriage crashed and burned. Carla and I just didn’t fit anymore. Whatever spark had pulled us together flickered out long ago. Now, I was a single guy in my late thirties, clueless about dating, lost in a fog of what-ifs and might-have-beens. I was drowning in my own mess.Then Doug and Jennifer invited me to their backyard barbecue. I wanted to say no, really wanted to stay holed up, but Doug’s hand on my shoulder stopped me. "Look, man, I’m not gonna pry, but since Carla left, we barely see you. Your marriage ended, mine did too once. It’s okay to grieve, but locking yourself up with booze? That’s no way to live."Jennifer smiled, her eyes soft. “Come on Friday. One drink.
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