She said..I said...

So..I tell my partner I'm going out with my friends labor day weekend...First she says..okay well you have a curfew..I just kinda blinked at her, like huh? Then she says well okay don't stay out all night. I tell her, there is no way I would stay out all or night and that I would be back at a decent hour. That was Sunday night. By Monday morning, she tells me she called her friends, and now she is planning to go out while I'm out with my friends. I feel a little annoyed by that...she says she doesn't want to stay home and "twittle her thumbs". So I guess all is fair in love and war right?...

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