a short-lived marriage

Well, Dinner Woman has not been gone 24 hours, and already the house is noticably different. The back bedroom seems a bit emptier, no sewing machine hums as a backdrop to the multiple conversations, no heavy footsteps down the hall, no early morning cappacinos, and well, there is now a lawn chair in the backyard. No, Matthew has NOT moved in, or should I say, moved out? But, one of the other housemates has become espoused, and the committee insisted on maintaining previously established boundaries. Yes, there was a union at the justice of the peace today, with but two witnesses. However, there is some incredulity as to the real existence of the new significant other. The roommate seems evasive in her descriptions of him, refuses to give his name, and insists he will come over. . . later. There was the hour or so she slipped away on a supposed "house call," but in most of our opinion, she returned much too quickly for there to have been a meaningful rendez-vous. So, the mystery remains, and we all wish you were here to sleuth it out for us. We miss you!