The narrator tells the audience that her husband is her husband and that she is in love with him. She tells him that her son has been playing with a friend, and that her friend has been leaving the house frequently. The narrator says that she does not know why her friend is leaving, but she does know that she has seen her friend, who is dressed up in all of her usual clothes, every time she sees her son. She says that the rumors about her friend are false, because she is bored and does not want to gossip about anyone else. She goes on to say that the housewives love to make up rumors about everyone else, and she is amazed at the number of housewives who make up stories about their friends and neighbors. She also says that those housewives are bored and want to make fun of everyone else because they are bored. She then tells her husband that she wants him to call her by her first name, and he says that he will do so if she calls him by his first name.