In every relationship, couples eventually present each other with their baggage. The exchange of the duffle bag. As individuals, we exchange our duffle bags at various speed. Some of us hand our bags over early, some of us need coaxing. Some duffle bags are large, some are small. Some are huge. Some duffle bags need an upright hand trolley. I'm very sorry to say that the lovely-accented, quite handsome 40 year-old Frenchman had a duffle bag that I was physically ill-equipped to carry. He presented it way too early and I broke under the weight of it. The Frenchman's history was a little difficult to work out. Not because he was mysterious, but because I was never interested enough to keep asking questions. Medium length marriage to a woman who had one daughter of her own, he had helped to raise during the adolescent years. That daughter was now 19. Apparently he had ended his marriage 2 years ago because his wife's demands for perfe...
