Thirty Love by Jack C. Haldeman II “Thirty Love” by Jack C. Haldeman II, in Asimov’s Science Fiction, September/October 1979.
Eight Ball Blues by Jack C. Haldeman II A time traveler from the 21st century comes to a Florida bar to talk with pool shark Tucker “Skeeter” Moore about his choices in marriage and about saving the world. Now wait a minute! I married—er, I’m going to marry—Betty-Ann? “Eight Ball Blues” by Jack C. Haldeman II, in Asimov’s Science Fiction, December 1980.