the thing is single object nonfiction reflections by Mary Beth Ellis

What's So Great About Guy Friends

Conversations such as the following:

ME: AnaMaria and I are going shopping. She needs underwear. You need underwear?

DAN: You gonna buy me some?

ME: Buy your own underwear dude.

DAN: I don't want to go then.

ME: So it's okay if I buy you underwear, but you don't want to get it yourself?

DAN: Yes. I'll tell you exactly the size I need and everything.

ME: Extra-small, right?

DAN: (succumbs to ass-kicking, walks away)

September 26, 2003

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