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Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of sexual content and cursing.
Rosie and Ford are back at work and are across from each other; to avoid awkward interactions, Rosie sends him emails to communicate. They exchange jokes, and she calls herself the “Dick Manager” and draws a penis on her notebook, which he can see. Rosie sees an email inviting Ford to a benefit along with a guest. Rosie wonders who Ford’s “plus one” is and decides that he wouldn’t have kissed her if he wasn’t single. She asks him aloud, and Ford says that she’s his date. He walks over to her desk, and the closeness makes her uncomfortable because she is very attracted to Ford. To break the tension, Rosie claims to need a sweater and escapes the office to sit on the dock and process her thoughts. When she returns, she sees that Ford has brought her lunch.
Ford arrives at work the next day, and Rosie is on the phone with his mother. Gemma is a sex therapist and has never shied away from talking about sex. She tells Rosie that Ford needs to have sex to relieve his stress.
By Elsie Silver