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Mike, how are you doing?”
    “I’m fine, just trying to figure out why you’re calling me.”
    “Mike, this is Tate Grayson.”
    “Sweet. I listen to your show all the time.”
    “Thanks. I appreciate it. Your girlfriend, Shannon, who is also on the line, called us because you two are having some issues.”
    “Are you for real? Why’d you do that, Shannon?”
    “Because I love Noelle,” Shannon said. “She gives the best advice. I know you like Tate, so I figured why not? Like I told them, every time we get into an argument, you start acting like a child instead of communicating like the twenty-seven-year-old you are.”
    “I don’t believe this,” Mike said, his voice rising. “I don’t act like a child. You’re spoiled and want your way all the time.”
    “Okay,” Noelle interrupted. “Enough with the insults. Tate and I want to help.”
    “If I’m going to be honest, Mike, it sounds like you’re done,” Tate said.
    Noelle glared at her interfering cohost, but he just shrugged a shoulder.
    Mike sighed. “No, I’m not. I want to be with her.”
    “Then y’all need to get it together,” Tate said.
    “For once, I agree with my colleague,” Noelle said. “Mike, how do you react when Shannon brings up an issue?”
    “I tense up. I know it’s going to be this big thing, and I’d rather not argue.”
    “Do you think she’s asking for the impossible?”
    Mike sighed. “Probably not. But I can’t even get to that point. She’s all worked up before I know what the problem is.”
    “I like to work things out in my head first,” Shannon interrupted. “I don’t understand why that’s a problem.”
    “It’s not necessarily,” Noelle said. “Mike, you said earlier that she’s used to getting her way. What kind of things are you arguing about?”
    “Little things mostly, like where we go to dinner or if we should renew the lease on our apartment or find somewhere else to live, but they add up,” he said. “Last night, she got mad because I didn’t display the proper enthusiasm about a vacation to New York.”
    “Well, we have to make a decision,” Shannon huffed. “Why can’t he make a decision?”
    “Because I’m not sure I want to go to New York. I like staying home.”
    “We stay home all the time.”
    “And have fun doing it.”
    “But why can’t we have fun doing something else?”
    Mike released another sigh. “See? Everything is a debate. Everything used to be so easy between us. Now…I don’t know.”
    “You and Shannon aren’t on the same page,” Tate said. “People in healthy relationships are.”
    Noelle’s mouth dropped open. More wisdom. Maybe she hadn’t given him enough credit. “Agreed. What do you suggest they do, Tate?”
    “Relationships should be fun. When they’re not anymore, then you need to break up.”
    Noelle held back a sigh. There was the cynical Tate who worked her last nerve.
    “You want us to break up?” Shannon sounded more than a little miffed.
    “Only if that’s what you want, but I do think you need to figure it out,” Tate said.
    “Noelle, what do you think?
    “I agree with Tate.”
    “You do?” Shannon cried out.
    “To a certain extent,” Noelle said, injecting a soothing note into her voice. “You and Mike have lost your way with each other, but I think you still have time to rediscover each other.”
    “While I think you need to discover what else is out there,” Tate said.
    “Well, you two disagree, so what we are supposed to do?” Mike asked, his voice filled with suspicion and annoyance.
    Excellent question. Noelle and Tate stared at each other for several seconds. Then it came to her in a flash. What Mike and Shannon needed was perspective. To get out of their rut and actually see each other again. Maybe even through new eyes to figure out what they wanted.
    “What if Tate and I devise a series of relationship outings for you?” she said.
    Tate nodded and gave her a thumbs-up. “Good idea. Mine will show