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     something else.  There was a real pretty girl I liked     when I was in junior high, and her name was Katy.  But     she wouldn’t even give me the time of day.”  He then     turned back to me.  “Do you think that might be why I     don’t like the name?”            I shrugged.  “Seriously, I’m not much of a     psychologist.”            He didn’t care.  He was already heading out the     door.  As he left, he said, “I think you just might have     saved our marriage.”            A few days later, Kevin joined me in my office     again.  He flopped in the chair.  “Women are so     strange.”            “How so?” I asked.            “After I left here, I thought more and more about     it, and I decided that Katy would be an okay name.  But     when I told my wife, she got suspicious and wanted to     know why I had changed my mind.  When I told her I     knew a real pretty girl named that, she immediately     changed the baby’s name before I could even explain     that the girl didn’t like me.  She then told me she     decided we would name the baby Suzanne.”            “What did you say to that?” I asked.                                       15
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