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He opened the door to find the two women he'd been dating standing side by side, looking angry.

In the following twenty minutes, he said fifteen words, eight of them at the start as he began to try to placate them.

The next four were all 'No', said with decreasing confidence as they both asked him pointed questions about his motives.

The next one was pnly technically a word, as it was more of a grunt as he acquiesced to their stated plans.

The final two were simply "I'm sorry", which didn't solve anything, but did prevent further words spoken.