Love is an "untouchable and invisible luxury," and money is a "must" . The narrator explains that love is a luxury, but money is necessary to live a good life. He says that everyone is lying to him about their love for him, and that he's also lying to himself about how he can live the life he wants. He admits that he doesn't play the game of love, but that he only thinks about how to "use other people" to get to the top of the social ladder. This is "karma" , he says, and he deserves it. Car asked him if he loved her yesterday at dinner and he confessed his love there because she'd just suffered through an unhappy marriage. Car asks if it's hard for women to recover from bad marriages, and the narrator says that it depends on the situation. He points out that Car is trying to get back into shape, but she's not in love with him yet. He tells her that he has always planned to talk to her about this issue, and she agrees to talk about it.