My wife is back home -- I feel like the air in the house has started to flow.

When I talk to my wife about these things, she complains, 'Am I a housekeeper?

It is still nice to have someone to talk to in the house.

If my wife passes away first and I am "isolated", I will be living in a house with the air stopped for a long time -- which is pretty scary.

Still, I think I am more tolerant of "isolation" than my wife.

In order to fulfill my wife's request, "I will live longer than my wife," I am now living my life "without" alcohol, cigarettes, women, gambling, and everything else.

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Ebata: "Sometimes we hear on the news that people 'wanted money to play with, so they robbed people,' but I don't understand the reason."

Wife: "Really?"

Ebata: "Why don't they just not play?"

Wife: "Well, what should they do?"

Ebata: "Study"

When I said this, my wife burst out laughing.

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Ebata: "There are so many things to do, like coding, writing columns, coming up with ideas for patents, etc."

Wife: "Well, why don't you go to the robbers and ask them, 'Why didn't you "code" instead of "play"?'