Meet Joe Black

[master_fo]

YOUNG MAN
Nothing to be sorry about. That's
the way with men and women, isn't
it?

SUSAN
What's the way?

YOUNG MAN
Nothing lasts.


SUSAN
I agree --

YOUNG MAN
Why?

SUSAN
I was just being agreeable, now I've
got to explain why?

YOUNG MAN
I'm not trying to sharpshoot you,
but that 'nothing lasts' stuff,
that's what was the trouble with
Honey's guy. He was fooling around
and Honey caught him at it. One
girlfriend wasn't enough for him.

SUSAN
So you're a one-girl guy?

YOUNG MAN
Damn right. Looking for her right
now. Who knows? You might be her.

..........................

YOUNG MAN
...It's kind of a pro bono job.

SUSAN
'Pro bono'. That means doing good
-- Going to be doing good all your
life?

YOUNG MAN
I know what you're saying. Doesn't
pay very well. Depends on the woman
I marry. Maybe she'd like a bigger
house, a better car, lotsa kids,
college doesn't come cheap --

SUSAN
You'd give up what you want for the
woman you marry?

YOUNG MAN
I would.

Susan rises now, the Young Man with her, leaving money for
their checks they head for the door.

YOUNG MAN (cont'd)
If I married you, I'd want to give
you what you wanted, I know it's
old fashioned and all that, but
what's wrong with taking care of a
woman? She takes care of you.

SUSAN
You'll have a hard time finding a
woman like that these days --

YOUNG MAN
You never know. Lightning could
strike.