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Isn’t that the whole concept behind having a destination wedding? You discharge your familial duty by inviting everyone you’ve ever met—including creepy, doll-collecting aunts and the third cousin who gives sweaty hugs—while fully expecting that ninety percent of your acquaintances will send their regrets and refuse to show up.
Does it matter that a love is unrequited, if the universe started with a hot fireball and will end the same way?
that in the event of an apocalypse, I would lie down in the streets and let the zombies take me—because I could survive longer, but why would I want to?
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do they matter, when the earth is sputtering fire like a giant dragon?
“The ones you put up while I was on vacation with Jade? Even though you’d told me that I was smart enough to figure out how to put together my own furniture, and that I couldn’t pick and choose the gender roles that I wanted to reject, or automatically assume that you’d do shit for me because I’m a woman?”
“Dating. I’m sure it’s popularized in Europe, too, by now. Apps and media. And I know that at this point I’ve lived longer in the US than in Europe, but my formative years were here, and the idea of a formal framework to guide people as they attempt to assess whether they are a good fit romantically is…A little too much like a corporate deck.” “Says Austin’s Entrepreneur of the Year.” He shrugs. “It’s awkward, too. People try to put forward their best traits, but a lot is at stake, and they are nervous, which is counterproductive. It’s the trial-run nature of it. Like there’s something to
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“Conor, relax. You can be a fan of reproductive rights and think that coming inside me is hot.”
