Choose Me

Stay by your phone. Dr. Nancy Love will be up

on KCMY Talk Radio with The Love Line.

I recommend that you examine the deeper feelings

you have for your wife, Tom.

I don't know, Dr. Love. She gets pretty wild sometimes.

These wild things she does, they'll never change.

They may take different forms, but that woman is who she is for life.

There's really no mystery to sex, Tom, but there may be to her,

so I really urge you to, uh, make an effort

and try to be more accepting of who she is.

Thank you, Dr. Love.

Well, thank you for calling. We have time for one more caller.

This is The Love Line.

I'm Dr. Nancy Love, and you're on The Love Line.

Your name, please.

- Jane. - Hi, Jane.

Hi.

What would you like to talk about?

Is Love really your last name?

That's what you want to discuss?

I just think it's great that nobody knows what you look like

and you can walk around with a last name like that.

Well, that's my life, Jane, and we're talking about yours.

My life's pretty good, thank you.

I'm stable.

Know what I want.

Just, uh...

Just have this one teensy problem.

- A love problem. - That's right.

A love problem.

And you're deciding whether or not to make a change.

It's occurred to me.

How long have you been in this relationship?

Three and a half years.

- How old are you? - Thirty-two.

- And him? - Forty-five.

And he's married.

That's right. He's married. Classic stuff, huh?

Well, with the dilemma you're in, Jane,

we could discuss sexual attitudes, early childhood,

but the truth is, when you make changes,

you sometimes have to endure pain.

- Is that what you do with your pain? - We're talking about you.

Have you ever considered therapy?

You're my therapy. You're a doctor.

I talk anonymously on the radio.

That's very different from what you might need.

Well, you're a legitimate doctor, aren't you, doctor?

Yeah. That's what it says on my credentials.

People invent things all the time.

Then that would be my problem, Jane.

Come on, Dr. Love.

Don't you sometimes get the urge to go into a bar

and meet someone and talk about your life?

Stand by for the news.

We're running out of time, Jane.

I'm sorry, but it's time for the news.

Five out. We'll be right back. Please hold on.

- Thank you, Mr. Chomsky. - Sure.

Where's she off to this evening? How about dinner?

I can't, Ralph.

Nancy, you've been here for six months,

and I don't know whether you're living with someone, married, or what.

All I know is you won't go out to dinner with me.

I'm working, always working, it seems.

How about tomorrow night?

Well, is he crazy or what?

We don't use terms like that. He's just confused about his personality.

Just got into a little trouble, that's all.

Women trouble, right?

Mickey tells lies. That's basically all that's wrong with him.

- Hell, everybody lies. - Precisely.

But you said he sometimes gets violent.

Frankly, we are understaffed and we need the space.

- You're gonna have to take him home. - Hey...

Okay, we're gonna need, uh, some more copies.

I made a mistake on this one. It'll take just a minute to fix.

Hey, Louis.

Here you go.

- Enjoy. - Thanks.

What can I do for you?

Uh, Smirnoff. Shooter, please.

And a Guinness.

With two inches of head.

Sounds good.

Hey.

You, you, you. Yes, you. Listen to this and tell me what you think.

I like the way You wear your hair and smell

When you're asleep, I see all your beauty

But we just can't seem To work this sex thing out

Well?

- Why do you want to know what I think? - Well, who else?

You don't wanna know what I think. I just escaped from a mental home.

So that makes you an expert.

Tell me.

I think it sucks. You stole it.

I did not. I didn't steal it.

It's what I feel. I got notebooks full of what I feel.

Then I think it's great.

You do?

Absolutely.

- Now you're lying. - I never lie.

I taught poetry at Yale.

Bullshit.

No matter who I'm with

They want to know If I'm still sleeping with you

I say that you sleep while I die a little

But I'm not afraid of death

At least you get laid in your coffin

You weren't even listening.

You wanna get laid.

It was just a poem.

Just a thought.

Around 6:30,

someone's coming by to see me about moving into my house.

If you're looking for a roommate, what's wrong with me?

Female roommate.

What'll you have?

Excuse me. I'm looking for Eve.

You found her.

Hi, I'm Ann.

Oh. Hi.

Uh... You want something to drink while we talk?

Scotch, please. Straight.

Why don't we, uh, sit over there?

Thank you.

- Got it? - Yeah.

It seems like a pleasant place to work.

I own it.

- That's wonderful. - Yeah.

So, uh, what about you? What do you do?

I only work half days, sort of telephone answering service.

Servicing is very big these days.

Yes, I suppose so.

God, you love to stare at women.

Old habit.

- Ever been married? - Sure.

What happened?

Which time?

So you'll, uh, come by around noon tomorrow?

Yes, if that's all right with you.

Oh. No problem.

Most of my men are early risers.

Eve, I don't want to interrupt anything.

You're not interrupting anything.

Finished that one? History.

Hey, Ace.

- Smirnoff. Straight. - Right.

I'm drunk. How about you?

Never. Something to do with my blood.

- Smirnoff, neat. - Thank you.

- So you new in town, or what? - No, I'm the same. Town's different.

Right.

Got any money?

- I can get it. - I got plenty of money.

So where are you from?

Las Vegas.

- Nobody's from Las Vegas. - I am.

- So where you headed? - Las Vegas.

You're crazy.

That's what they say.

When I go away, I'm headed for Europe.

I'm learning how to speak French.

I spent six years in Europe.

Yeah? Where?

Berlin. Rome. Moscow.

- You've been to Russia? - Twice.

What for?

I'm not supposed to tell you.

God, you've been a lot of places and done a lot of things.

Just like a dream.

I guess I'm nervous because I've always lived alone.

Always?

Never even with a man?

I don't have much success with men.

I have too much.

The key's under the mat.

Bye.

I have to be going. I'm sorry.

Thank you.

Bye.

Hi.

Looking for a good time?

No, I'm not.

How you doing, soldier?

Need another round?

I haven't been a soldier in a while.

Class dismissed?

I used to come in here a lot.

I know this area pretty well.

I flew jets down south. I knew Eve.

You mean, the original owner?

She died. Do you know that?

I, uh, never knew her.

I just moved out,

and I was walking down the street one night.

I saw my name on a neon sign

with a "lounge bar for sale" underneath it.

I decided I had to take advantage and go into business.

Figured it had to be better than marriage.