“People hate that
I flip two cigarettes upside down in each pack for luck, but I
hate that people notice when you gain three pounds, but not when
you buy a new hat. I’ve been told that the way I sleep with
one leg draped over the person lying next to me is annoying, but
I think it’s annoying when people tell me I look pretty,
but only when I paint my face. I’ve heard that old men like
to touch the girls who work late at bars, but I want to know why
they never kiss the women they married forty-two years ago.
I’ve noticed that mothers teach their daughters that
it’s rude to refuse a hug from an uncle they’ve met
three times, but forget to teach them that they aren’t
obliged to kiss the boy who paid for dinner.
