Soon, Laura and Sean are engaged in a pleasant conversation. He tells her more about the gym, his family -- he was married once but he's divorced now and been single for a while -- and about how the neighborhood has changed around the gym.

Laura tells him about her life, how long she's been married -- just two years -- and how she moved to town about six months ago.

Laura and Sean even laugh and share jokes and before she knows it a full hour has gone by.

"I should be going," Laura says.

Sean too had a nice time talking to Laura. He was surprised at how...