Failing.

Marie just scoffed and took another gulp of beer.

"You got another hour" Marie asked.

"I've got nowhere to be" you offered. The waitress came and deposited another beer for each of you and Marie finished off her current one quickly. She let out a big sigh and began.

"We're both workaholics so we rarely have time together anymore" she says twirling her beer around. "It's like we're roommates at this point, but any time I bring up the topic of spending more time together he dismisses it and says we'll have plenty of time to spend with each other when we have our careers solidified, and heaven forbid if I bring up the topic of children" she says taking a sip of her beer after.

"That's got to be a bit difficult on the intimacy of a relationship" you respond taking your own sip. You briefly wonder if that is taking it a bit far.

"Well...my husband takes some medicine for a condition he has and it has some side effects in that regard" she says with a bit of blush. She was already a little rosy cheeked from the drinks, but this statement really flushed her cheeks.

"Mmmhmm, I've certainly heard about that type of side effect. An unfortunate reality of many medications is a lower libido...er...sorry, I'm getting a bit personal there" you offered.

"No, it's ok, nothing wrong with stating a truth. It's just I want...I...I need...I don't know, it's just hard to be in a relationship without that intimacy there. I just wish he'd go see a doctor about it...but he won't, he doesn't see anything is wrong" she said dejectedly and took a gulp of her beer again. Oh man...this was better than you had thought it'd be. She just wants her husband to give her a good fuck and he's too much of an idiot to realize that he has a beautiful woman just wanting him to take her. Maybe it was time to push a few more buttons.

"I'm sorry you're going through all this. I mean...you're gorgeous, and if I were your husband you have to chain me up to get a moment to yourself" you stated. She seemed surprised initially, but her eyes looked you up and down for a moment. She suppressed a smile by taking a sip of her beer. You noticed when she took a drink this time that her ring was missing from her finger, but there was a clear outline on her finger of where it used to be. You know she'd taken it off, but you wanted to point it out anyways.

"Marie...you're ring is missing from your finger. We need to find it" you said while you looked around the floor of the table.

"No need for that John" she said with a chuckle. "It's in my purse. I take it off when I go out. I wanted just a simple silver ring, but my husband had to get me a gaudy ring with a giant diamond on it. I hate wearing it" she said smiling at you. What did that smile mean exactly.

"Phew...was panicking there for a second. Won't people think you're single though" you ask.

"Nothing wrong with that. Makes me feel good to be pursued a little bit every now and then" she answered with a smirk.

"Every now and then" you feigned surprise "I'm surprised I'm not fending off every guy in this bar" you joked.

"Haha, I'd just tell them you were my boyfriend...er...just to throw them off that is" she shyly added.

"Heh, well that would probably work. Of course if there were to happen I'd have to act like your boyfriend" you replied teasing her.

Here is where we find out if she's interested or not you thought to yourself.