“You know, I tried the pad thai with peanuts, as you suggested. I always thought I didn’t like peanuts, just because my husband and our kids don’t like peanuts, but now I’m actually starting to think that maybe I’ve just forgotten what I actually like and don’t like for myself.” “So you liked pad thai with peanuts? I told you so!” Lucas nods with enormous satisfaction, like a raccoon who’s fallen into a trash can filled with cotton candy. The woman makes a disgusted face. “Ugh, no! Peanuts in food? It was horrible!” But then her face softens and she adds, her voice full of gratitude: “But it
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