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"They were playing footsy under the table, just like in the movies. The guys were too lost in their Monday night football conversation to notice their wives loud silence. The waiter however had noticed, he didn't know exactly what it was, but he knew that something was happening at the corner table where the young couples sat. They looked young to him, but in reality, this pair of pair had been together for over thirteen years, and things were becoming stale. The ease into the routine had become the style of life for all of them; Mary, Tom's better half was progressing at the predicted rate in her government job, she was now a GS 12 and was looking at a 13 position. Tom's business was neither good or bad, just steady you could say, just like Tom, steady and even. Actually they called him 'Even Stephen' because of his monotonic lifestyle, car, demeanor, and everything else"