Sneak Peek: The Proper Care and Feeding of Singles

Excerpt from CHAPTER 2:WAY TO MAKE IT AWKWARD
THE AWKWARD PROBLEM
One Sunday, while away from my home church, I ran into some people who knew my parents. A man I’d never met before instigated the following dialogue, him half-shouting the whole time (possibly due to hearing loss):
MAN: ARE YOU DOUG AND TINA’S DAUGHTER?ME: Yes.MAN: ARE YOU MARRIED?ME: No.MAN: WELL... GET MARRIED!ME: Okay.MAN: YOUR MOM WANTS GRANDKIDS!ME: My mom already has nine grandkids.MAN: WELL, SHE WANTS MORE!ME: Okay.
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