The narrator begins this chapter by saying that he's not sure what to do with his life. He's married, but he doesn't know how to organize his life into a coherent plan. He wants to know what the heck is going on with his marriage. He asks the narrator to try to tell him what's going on. The narrator tells him that the marriage is going well, but that it's a failure. He tells the narrator that he is at an impasse, and that he wants to be married to her. He says that they worked together at the same office, but because of their differences, they couldn't agree on how to spend their time together. They ended up having a baby together, and the narrator saw his past self when he saw them together. He knows that if things don't change, he'll have to divorce.