“Penelope, dear, can I give you a bit of advice?” “Please do.” “Stop trying to make it look easy.” “Um . . . is that what I’m doing?” I knew the minute I said the words that it was. “Do you see men acting like that?” She clucked her tongue. “Maybe it’s changed for your generation. Judging from your colleague’s behavior, I highly doubt it. Most men, they pretend to sweat over every single detail and then tell everyone it was even harder than they made it. If life is rough

