THE TEMPERATURE OF MARRIAGE

Wedding Day - one hundred degrees. Feverish.
Jimmy: "My own sweetie sugarpie."
Judy: "My own darling honeybunch." One day later - fifty degrees. Hot.
Jimmy: "My own precious."
Judy: "My own love." Two days later - twenty-five degrees. Warm.
Jimmy: "Dearest."
Judy: "Dearie." Three days later - fifteen degrees. Tepid.
Jimmy: "Sweetheart."
Judy: "Dear." Four days later - five degrees. Cool.
Jimmy: "Judith."
Judy: "James." Five days later - zero degrees. Very cool.
Jimmy: "Madam!."
Judy: "Sir!" Six days later - below freezing. Icy.
Jimmy: "Bitch!"
Judy: "Bastard!"

On the seventh day - minus twenty degrees! Very cold.
Jimmy: "GET LOST!" - Pow!
Judy: "FUCK YOU!" - Crash! Two days after the storm - meltdown.
Jimmy: "Oh Judy, OH! OH! OH!"
Judy: "Ah Jimmy, AH! AH! AH!"