“Hey! You look so gorgeous. Happy birthday!”
“Hey! You look so gorgeous. Where is this from? J. Crew?”
“Yes! I bought it yesterday! I’ve always loved this shrimp color.”
“Oh my god—me too! Wait, what is that? What are you reading?”
“Oh my god—how embarrassing to be sitting alone at a bar reading this. Perfect, right? Anyway, it’s Men Are Like Waffles, Women Are Like Spaghetti. It’s about how men just compartmentalize everything, you know? They keep all of their emotions separate, you know? But with women, everything just sort of blends together, and all of our emotions are tied together like spaghetti, you know?”
“And you work in finance and you didn’t already know this?”
“I know, right? What do you want to drink? I’m drinking the red sangria. It’s really good. Here, you can try mine.”