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A 1940 RomanticComedy film directed by Wesley Ruggles, starring Creator/JeanArthur, Creator/FredMacMurray, and Creator/MelvynDouglas. Based on a play by Creator/WSomersetMaugham--which in turn was [[InspiredBy loosely based on]] the NarrativePoem ''Literature/EnochArden'' by Creator/AlfredLordTennyson--''Too Many Husbands'' came out just a couple of months before another movie based on adapted from the same source material: ''Film/MyFavoriteWife.''
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A 1940 RomanticComedy film directed by Wesley Ruggles, starring Creator/JeanArthur, Creator/FredMacMurray, and Creator/MelvynDouglas. It is based on a play by Creator/WSomersetMaugham, which in turn was [[InspiredBy loosely based on]] the NarrativePoem ''Literature/EnochArden'' by Creator/AlfredLordTennyson. ''Too Many Husbands'' came out just a couple of months before another movie based on the same source material--''Film/MyFavoriteWife.''
A year after her husband Bill has been reported drowned in a boating accident, Vicky Cardew has married his business partner and best friend, Henry Lowndes. As Bill's name is being removed from the office doors, Vicky's father George receives a phone call from Bill and is shocked to learn that he is alive. For the past year, Bill has been marooned on a DesertedIsland and is now eager to return home to his wife. Bill tells his father-in-law that he will be arriving in town that night by airplane.
A year after her husband Bill has been reported drowned in a boating accident, Vicky Cardew has married his business partner and best friend, Henry Lowndes. As Bill's name is being removed from the office doors, Vicky's father George receives a phone call from Bill and is shocked to learn that he is alive. For the past year, Bill has been marooned on a DesertedIsland and is now eager to return home to his wife. Bill tells his father-in-law that he will be arriving in town that night by airplane.
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A 1940 RomanticComedy film directed by Wesley Ruggles, starring Creator/JeanArthur, Creator/FredMacMurray, and Creator/MelvynDouglas. It is based Based on a play by Creator/WSomersetMaugham, which Creator/WSomersetMaugham--which in turn was [[InspiredBy loosely based on]] the NarrativePoem ''Literature/EnochArden'' by Creator/AlfredLordTennyson. ''Too Creator/AlfredLordTennyson--''Too Many Husbands'' came out just a couple of months before another movie based on the same source material--''Film/MyFavoriteWife.material: ''Film/MyFavoriteWife.''
A year after her husband Bill ([=MacMurray=]) has been reported drowned in a boating accident, Vicky Cardew (Arthur) has married his business partner and best friend, HenryLowndes. Lowndes (Douglas). As Bill's name is being removed from the office doors, Vicky's father George (Harry Davenport) receives a phone call from Bill and is shocked to learn that he is alive. For the past year, Bill has been marooned on a DesertedIsland and is now eager to return home to his wife. Bill tells his father-in-law that he will be arriving in town that night by airplane.
A year after her husband Bill ([=MacMurray=]) has been reported drowned in a boating accident, Vicky Cardew (Arthur) has married his business partner and best friend, Henry
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''Too Many Husbands'' was remade in 1955 as a {{musical}} titled ''Three for the Show,'' starring Betty Grable, Jack Lemmon, and Marge and Gower Champion.
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''Too Many Husbands'' was remade in 1955 as a {{musical}} titled ''Three for the Show,'' starring Betty Grable, Jack Lemmon, Creator/BettyGrable, Creator/JackLemmon, and Marge and Gower Champion.
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A 1940 RomanticComedy movie starring Creator/JeanArthur, [[MyThreeSons Fred MacMurray,]] and [[Film/{{Ninotchka}} Melvyn Douglas]]. It is based on a play by Creator/WSomersetMaugham, which in turn was [[InspiredBy loosely based on]] the NarrativePoem ''Literature/EnochArden'' by Creator/AlfredLordTennyson. ''Too Many Husbands'' came out just a couple of months before another movie based on the same source material--''Film/MyFavoriteWife.''
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A 1940 RomanticComedy movie starring Creator/JeanArthur, [[MyThreeSons Fred MacMurray,]] Creator/FredMacMurray, and [[Film/{{Ninotchka}} Melvyn Douglas]]. It is based on a play by Creator/WSomersetMaugham, which in turn was [[InspiredBy loosely based on]] the NarrativePoem ''Literature/EnochArden'' by Creator/AlfredLordTennyson. ''Too Many Husbands'' came out just a couple of months before another movie based on the same source material--''Film/MyFavoriteWife.''
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A 1940 RomanticComedy movie starring Jean Arthur, Creator/JeanArthur, [[MyThreeSons Fred MacMurray,]] and [[Film/{{Ninotchka}} Melvyn Douglas]]. It is based on a play by Creator/WSomersetMaugham, which in turn was [[InspiredBy loosely based on]] the NarrativePoem ''Literature/EnochArden'' by Creator/AlfredLordTennyson. ''Too Many Husbands'' came out just a couple of months before another movie based on the same source material--''Film/MyFavoriteWife.''
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A year after her husband Bill has been reported drowned in a boating accident, Vicky Cardew marries his business partner and best friend, Henry Lowndes. As Bill's name is being removed from the office doors, Vicky's father George receives a phone call from Bill and is shocked to learn that he is alive. For the past year, Bill has been marooned on a DesertedIsland and is now eager to return home to his wife. Bill tells his father-in-law that he will be arriving in town that night by airplane.
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A year after her husband Bill has been reported drowned in a boating accident, Vicky Cardew marries has married his business partner and best friend, Henry Lowndes. As Bill's name is being removed from the office doors, Vicky's father George receives a phone call from Bill and is shocked to learn that he is alive. For the past year, Bill has been marooned on a DesertedIsland and is now eager to return home to his wife. Bill tells his father-in-law that he will be arriving in town that night by airplane.
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* TriangRelations: Type 11 (affair with a twist). Vicky loves both Bill and Henry. They both love her, and they are best friends with each other, but each wants Vicky exclusively.
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* TriangRelations: Type 11 (affair with a twist). Vicky loves both Bill and Henry. They both love her, and they are best friends with each other, but each wants Vicky exclusively.
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A 1940 RomanticComedy movie starring Jean Arthur, [[MyThreeSons Fred MacMurray,]] and [[Film/{{Ninotchka}} Melvyn Douglas]]. It is based on a play by Creator/WSomersetMaugham, which in turn was [[InspiredBy loosely based on]] the NarrativePoem ''Literature/EnochArden'' by Creator/AlfredLordTennyson. ''Too Many Husbands'' came out just a couple of months before another movie based on the same source material, ''Film/MyFavoriteWife.''
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A 1940 RomanticComedy movie starring Jean Arthur, [[MyThreeSons Fred MacMurray,]] and [[Film/{{Ninotchka}} Melvyn Douglas]]. It is based on a play by Creator/WSomersetMaugham, which in turn was [[InspiredBy loosely based on]] the NarrativePoem ''Literature/EnochArden'' by Creator/AlfredLordTennyson. ''Too Many Husbands'' came out just a couple of months before another movie based on the same source material, ''Film/MyFavoriteWife.material--''Film/MyFavoriteWife.''
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* AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: Vicky married Henry six months after Bill was declared drowned.
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* HerHeartWillGoOn: Vicky was an example of this before Bill returned.
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* TriangRelations: A modified Type 8 (threesome). Vicky loves both Bill and Henry. They both love her, and they are best friends with each other, but each wants Vicky exclusively.
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* TriangRelations: A modified Type 8 (threesome).11 (affair with a twist). Vicky loves both Bill and Henry. They both love her, and they are best friends with each other, but each wants Vicky exclusively.
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A year after her husband Bill has been reported drowned in a boating accident, Vicky Cardew marries his business partner and best friend, Henry Lowndes. As Bill's name is being removed from the office doors, Vicky's father George receives a long-distance call from Bill and is shocked to learn that he is alive. For the past year, Bill has been marooned on a DesertedIsland and is now eager to return home to his wife. Bill tells his father-in-law that he will be arriving in town that night by airplane.
Vicky and Henry go to the airport to meet Bill, but neither one can summon the nerve to tell him what has happened. As Bill makes plans to spend his first night with his wife, they finally tell him the truth. Trouble begins when both husbands begin lavishing love and attention on their mutual wife, who refuses to decide between them and instead does her best to keep them both on equal terms.
Vicky and Henry go to the airport to meet Bill, but neither one can summon the nerve to tell him what has happened. As Bill makes plans to spend his first night with his wife, they finally tell him the truth. Trouble begins when both husbands begin lavishing love and attention on their mutual wife, who refuses to decide between them and instead does her best to keep them both on equal terms.
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A year after her husband Bill has been reported drowned in a boating accident, Vicky Cardew marries his business partner and best friend, Henry Lowndes. As Bill's name is being removed from the office doors, Vicky's father George receives a long-distance phone call from Bill and is shocked to learn that he is alive. For the past year, Bill has been marooned on a DesertedIsland and is now eager to return home to his wife. Bill tells his father-in-law that he will be arriving in town that night by airplane.
Vicky and Henry go to the airport to meet Bill, but [[CanNotSpitItOut neither one can summon the nerve to tell him what hashappened.happened]]. As Bill makes plans to spend his first night with his wife, they finally tell him the truth. Trouble begins when both husbands begin lavishing love and attention on their mutual wife, who refuses to decide between them and instead does her best to keep them both on equal terms.
Vicky and Henry go to the airport to meet Bill, but [[CanNotSpitItOut neither one can summon the nerve to tell him what has
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Vicky and Henry go to the airport to meet Bill, but neither one can summon the nerve to tell him what has happened. As Bill makes plans to spend his first night with his wife, they finally tell him the truth. Trouble begins when both husbands begin lavishing love and attention on their mutual wife, who refuses to decide between them and instead embarks upon a dizzying flirtation to keep them both on equal terms.
Though tempers begin to flare, Vicky enjoys the attention and competition between her husbands. As she mulls over her dilemma, the two men put on a show of strength for her, each trying to outperform the other by jumping over living room furniture, until both men suffer injuries. She then offers to spend time with each of them separately, but instead of helping her choose, it just leads to her promising each one that she will stay with him.
Though tempers begin to flare, Vicky enjoys the attention and competition between her husbands. As she mulls over her dilemma, the two men put on a show of strength for her, each trying to outperform the other by jumping over living room furniture, until both men suffer injuries. She then offers to spend time with each of them separately, but instead of helping her choose, it just leads to her promising each one that she will stay with him.
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Vicky and Henry go to the airport to meet Bill, but neither one can summon the nerve to tell him what has happened. As Bill makes plans to spend his first night with his wife, they finally tell him the truth. Trouble begins when both husbands begin lavishing love and attention on their mutual wife, who refuses to decide between them and instead embarks upon a dizzying flirtation does her best to keep them both on equal terms.
Though tempers begin to flare, Vicky enjoys the attention and competition between her husbands. As she mulls over her dilemma, the two men put on a show of strength for her, each trying to outperform the other by jumping over living room furniture, until both men suffer injuries. She then offers to spend time with each of them separately, but instead of helping her choose, it just leads to her promising each one that she will stay with him.
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Though tempers begin to flare, Vicky enjoys the attention and competition between her husbands. As she mulls over her dilemma, the two men put on a show of strength for her, each trying to outperform the other by jumping over living room furniture, until both men suffer injuries. She then offers to spend time with each of them separately, but instead of helping her choose, it just leads to her promising each one that she will stay with him.
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A 1940 RomanticComedy movie starring Jean Arthur, [[MyThreeSons Fred MacMurray,]] and [[{{Ninotchka}} Melvyn Douglas]]. It is based on a play by Creator/WSomersetMaugham, which in turn was [[InspiredBy loosely based on]] the NarrativePoem ''Literature/EnochArden'' by Creator/AlfredLordTennyson. ''Too Many Husbands'' came out just a couple of months before another movie based on the same source material, ''Film/MyFavoriteWife.''
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A 1940 RomanticComedy movie starring Jean Arthur, [[MyThreeSons Fred MacMurray,]] and [[{{Ninotchka}} [[Film/{{Ninotchka}} Melvyn Douglas]]. It is based on a play by Creator/WSomersetMaugham, which in turn was [[InspiredBy loosely based on]] the NarrativePoem ''Literature/EnochArden'' by Creator/AlfredLordTennyson. ''Too Many Husbands'' came out just a couple of months before another movie based on the same source material, ''Film/MyFavoriteWife.''
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A 1940 RomanticComedy movie starring Jean Arthur, [[MyThreeSons Fred MacMurray,]] and [[{{Ninotchka}} Melvyn Douglas]].
A year after her husband Bill has been reported drowned in a boating accident, Vicky Cardew marries his business partner and best friend, Henry Lowndes. As Bill's name is being removed from the office doors, Vicky's father George receives a long distance call from Bill and is shocked to learn that he is alive. For the past year, Bill has been marooned on a DesertedIsland and is now eager to return home to his wife. Bill tells his father-in-law that he will be arriving in town that night by airplane.
A year after her husband Bill has been reported drowned in a boating accident, Vicky Cardew marries his business partner and best friend, Henry Lowndes. As Bill's name is being removed from the office doors, Vicky's father George receives a long distance call from Bill and is shocked to learn that he is alive. For the past year, Bill has been marooned on a DesertedIsland and is now eager to return home to his wife. Bill tells his father-in-law that he will be arriving in town that night by airplane.
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A 1940 RomanticComedy movie starring Jean Arthur, [[MyThreeSons Fred MacMurray,]] and [[{{Ninotchka}} Melvyn Douglas]].
Douglas]]. It is based on a play by Creator/WSomersetMaugham, which in turn was [[InspiredBy loosely based on]] the NarrativePoem ''Literature/EnochArden'' by Creator/AlfredLordTennyson. ''Too Many Husbands'' came out just a couple of months before another movie based on the same source material, ''Film/MyFavoriteWife.''
A year after her husband Bill has been reported drowned in a boating accident, Vicky Cardew marries his business partner and best friend, Henry Lowndes. As Bill's name is being removed from the office doors, Vicky's father George receives along distance long-distance call from Bill and is shocked to learn that he is alive. For the past year, Bill has been marooned on a DesertedIsland and is now eager to return home to his wife. Bill tells his father-in-law that he will be arriving in town that night by airplane.
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Though tempers begin to flare, Vicky enjoys the attention and competition between her husbands. As she mulls over her dilemma, the two men put on a show of strength for her, each trying to outperform the other by jumping over living room furniture, until both men suffer injuries.
When the husbands become pals for a night and walk out on Vicky to teach her a lesson, she calls the police. The police investigators nab her husbands, but Vicky is unable to conceal her illegal living arrangement from the police and is hauled off to court. Although a judge decides that Bill is Vicky's legal husband, Henry refuses to admit defeat and continues to court her. Both men ignore the court ruling and vow to keep Vicky happy in the future and share a dance with her to show the sincerity of their intentions.
When the husbands become pals for a night and walk out on Vicky to teach her a lesson, she calls the police. The police investigators nab her husbands, but Vicky is unable to conceal her illegal living arrangement from the police and is hauled off to court. Although a judge decides that Bill is Vicky's legal husband, Henry refuses to admit defeat and continues to court her. Both men ignore the court ruling and vow to keep Vicky happy in the future and share a dance with her to show the sincerity of their intentions.
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Though tempers begin to flare, Vicky enjoys the attention and competition between her husbands. As she mulls over her dilemma, the two men put on a show of strength for her, each trying to outperform the other by jumping over living room furniture, until both men suffer injuries.
injuries. She then offers to spend time with each of them separately, but instead of helping her choose, it just leads to her promising each one that she will stay with him.
When the husbands become pals for a night and walk out on Vicky to teach her a lesson, she calls the police.The police investigators nab When asked her husbands, relationship to the missing men, she [[SayingTooMuch answers without thinking, "My husbands."]] Bill and Henry return eventually, but Vicky is unable to conceal her illegal living arrangement from the police and is hauled off to court. Although a judge decides that Bill is Vicky's legal husband, Henry refuses to admit defeat and continues to court her. Both men ignore the court ruling and vow to keep Vicky happy in the future and share a dance with her to show the sincerity of their intentions.intentions.
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When the husbands become pals for a night and walk out on Vicky to teach her a lesson, she calls the police.
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A 1940 RomanticComedy movie starring Jean Arthur, [[MyThreeSons Fred MacMurray,]] and [[{{Ninotchka}} Melvyn Douglas]].
A year after her husband Bill has been reported drowned in a boating accident, Vicky Cardew marries his business partner and best friend, Henry Lowndes. As Bill's name is being removed from the office doors, Vicky's father George receives a long distance call from Bill and is shocked to learn that he is alive. For the past year, Bill has been marooned on a DesertedIsland and is now eager to return home to his wife. Bill tells his father-in-law that he will be arriving in town that night by airplane.
Vicky and Henry go to the airport to meet Bill, but neither one can summon the nerve to tell him what has happened. As Bill makes plans to spend his first night with his wife, they finally tell him the truth. Trouble begins when both husbands begin lavishing love and attention on their mutual wife, who refuses to decide between them and instead embarks upon a dizzying flirtation to keep them both on equal terms.
Though tempers begin to flare, Vicky enjoys the attention and competition between her husbands. As she mulls over her dilemma, the two men put on a show of strength for her, each trying to outperform the other by jumping over living room furniture, until both men suffer injuries.
When the husbands become pals for a night and walk out on Vicky to teach her a lesson, she calls the police. The police investigators nab her husbands, but Vicky is unable to conceal her illegal living arrangement from the police and is hauled off to court. Although a judge decides that Bill is Vicky's legal husband, Henry refuses to admit defeat and continues to court her. Both men ignore the court ruling and vow to keep Vicky happy in the future and share a dance with her to show the sincerity of their intentions.
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* AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: Vicky married Henry six months after Bill was declared drowned.
* DrowningOurRomanticSorrows: Bill and Henry do this offscreen when they both get fed up with Vicky's inability to make a decision.
* FirstGuyWins: Subverted. Henry is introduced onscreen first, and Bill was Vicky's first husband, but neither guy really "wins."
* LegallyDead: Bill Cardew.
* MarriedToTheJob: Henry is in danger of becoming this, until Bill returns.
* MsImagination: Miss Houlihan, the secretary at Lowndes and Cardew, was in love with both Bill and Henry herself; she fantasized about being Vicky and marrying both of them. She also becomes MsExposition when she confesses her fantasies to Vicky, as she goes through the sequence of events leading up to the start of the play.
* NeverFoundTheBody: Bill was declared dead on the basis of a Coast Guard's report.
* OopsIForgotIWasMarried
* RomancingTheWidow: Henry won Vicky's heart this way.
* SayingTooMuch: When Bill and Henry stay out all night, Vicky calls the police in an attempt to locate them. When asked her relationship to the two men, she answers, "They're my husbands" before she realizes what she's said. Cue some very persistent policemen investigating possible bigamy.
* SecondLove: Henry, for Vicky.
* TriangRelations: A modified Type 8 (threesome). Vicky loves both Bill and Henry. They both love her, and they are best friends with each other, but each wants Vicky exclusively.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: Bill/Vicky/Henry.
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: Bill.
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A year after her husband Bill has been reported drowned in a boating accident, Vicky Cardew marries his business partner and best friend, Henry Lowndes. As Bill's name is being removed from the office doors, Vicky's father George receives a long distance call from Bill and is shocked to learn that he is alive. For the past year, Bill has been marooned on a DesertedIsland and is now eager to return home to his wife. Bill tells his father-in-law that he will be arriving in town that night by airplane.
Vicky and Henry go to the airport to meet Bill, but neither one can summon the nerve to tell him what has happened. As Bill makes plans to spend his first night with his wife, they finally tell him the truth. Trouble begins when both husbands begin lavishing love and attention on their mutual wife, who refuses to decide between them and instead embarks upon a dizzying flirtation to keep them both on equal terms.
Though tempers begin to flare, Vicky enjoys the attention and competition between her husbands. As she mulls over her dilemma, the two men put on a show of strength for her, each trying to outperform the other by jumping over living room furniture, until both men suffer injuries.
When the husbands become pals for a night and walk out on Vicky to teach her a lesson, she calls the police. The police investigators nab her husbands, but Vicky is unable to conceal her illegal living arrangement from the police and is hauled off to court. Although a judge decides that Bill is Vicky's legal husband, Henry refuses to admit defeat and continues to court her. Both men ignore the court ruling and vow to keep Vicky happy in the future and share a dance with her to show the sincerity of their intentions.
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!!The film profides examples of these tropes:
* AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: Vicky married Henry six months after Bill was declared drowned.
* DrowningOurRomanticSorrows: Bill and Henry do this offscreen when they both get fed up with Vicky's inability to make a decision.
* FirstGuyWins: Subverted. Henry is introduced onscreen first, and Bill was Vicky's first husband, but neither guy really "wins."
* LegallyDead: Bill Cardew.
* MarriedToTheJob: Henry is in danger of becoming this, until Bill returns.
* MsImagination: Miss Houlihan, the secretary at Lowndes and Cardew, was in love with both Bill and Henry herself; she fantasized about being Vicky and marrying both of them. She also becomes MsExposition when she confesses her fantasies to Vicky, as she goes through the sequence of events leading up to the start of the play.
* NeverFoundTheBody: Bill was declared dead on the basis of a Coast Guard's report.
* OopsIForgotIWasMarried
* RomancingTheWidow: Henry won Vicky's heart this way.
* SayingTooMuch: When Bill and Henry stay out all night, Vicky calls the police in an attempt to locate them. When asked her relationship to the two men, she answers, "They're my husbands" before she realizes what she's said. Cue some very persistent policemen investigating possible bigamy.
* SecondLove: Henry, for Vicky.
* TriangRelations: A modified Type 8 (threesome). Vicky loves both Bill and Henry. They both love her, and they are best friends with each other, but each wants Vicky exclusively.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: Bill/Vicky/Henry.
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: Bill.
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