When a straight couple fucks, ‘he’ and ‘she’ have very clear references. A bit of flowery de***********ion can be useful here. “If ever you’re feeling down, just fill your fridge with eels and then open it up the next day. An advantage of sticking to this rule is it makes pronouns a little bit stickier. I’m not discussing all those here though. Can it be shorter? When a straight couple fucks, ‘he’ and ‘she’ have very clear references. It must have been because of the words his mother had said to him in the supermarket all those years ago. There’s a little bit of present perfect in there as a bonus, which I’ve italicised. Unfortunately, when you read back your own words it’s tough not to ‘hear’ the emphasis you intended, so unless you’re very careful you can end up with text that reads just fine to you, while leaving other people scratching their heads.
