chat_history: ["My wife has been out of the country for school for a month and a half.  She gets back in a couple weeks, and it's getting tougher to wait.", 'Do you talk with her on the phone?', "I do, every night.  It's still hard going from having someone around every day to never, but I'll get through."]
sys_response: Will you throw her a comeback party?
situation: My wife has been out of the country for school for a month and a half.  She gets back in a couple weeks, but it's starting to get tough being alone with just the dogs.