And then we dated off and on, and each time it was off, I was thinking, I am so glad I didn’t tell him. I am so glad I did not show him the poster, and then when it was on, I was thinking, Just in case he forgets your birthday and instead goes to a comic book convention for a second time, don’t show him that poster, and then I was dancing with him at our wedding, and my mom was watching us and crying, and I knew that I couldn’t spin away from him and then spin back and tell him that there was a boy, Zeke, and there was nothing romantic about it, that it wasn’t like that, but I would never stop
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