Unfortunately, he still hadn’t asked for my number, or a date, or my hand in marriage, and my drink was getting low.

But I tended not to date men who ever showed up for me.

He told me that when we first met, he had said to a friend about me: “If I get that girl’s number I will never ask another girl for her number again.

The thing about girls? Suzanne said. Is we are more content-driven.

Little boys tease little girls when they’re 8, and women still love it when they’re 28 and 48.

Whatever good there is in small boys is usually based upon their admiration for girls of their own age