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“That car is dirty,” she mused; “It’s a Jeep… it’s supposed to be dirty, it means it is loved,” he countered: she thought about that for a moment and then blurted, “does that mean if I’m not dirty, you won’t love me,” looking worried while he laughed “no… it just means I haven’t loved you recently.”
Awesome sentence. It’s already gotten several re-reads by me, and I will return to it again and again.
The more I think about it, the more it seems how true this sentence might be. Do men really think of their women as Jeeps, someone they can get dirty with from time to time? I had a Jeep once back in high school, and now that I think about it, that moment when I took off the top was always stimulating and fun and led me straight into the heart of adventure.