A Holly Jolly Ever After

by Julie Murphy

“You know what’s beautiful?” I asked. “We’ve been best friends since middle school and we still surprise each other.”

“Relationships shouldn’t be like high-pressure sales meetings. You shouldn’t feel obligated to say yes to a time-share just because they gave you free champagne flutes. Except in this case, a time-share is literally giving up your baby, and the free champagne is the bare fucking minimum.”