Food fans tire me out. They know every restaurant and recipe, but they don't know how to cook a simple meal. They talk about fancy food all day. I don't care about your restaurant picks I want to see what you actually eat at home.
My friend Mark and I were in the doctor's office.
The doctor looked at Mark and asked, "Are you sexually active?"
Mark smiled and said, "Yes."
"With who?" the doctor asked.
"Women," Mark said proudly.
The doctor wrote on his paper and said, "Okay, you need to call her right now. She has to come here too."
Mark looked scared. He held up his arm and said, "Wait, it is just my hand."
It has been 3 months since we started dating, and he just opened up to me: he watches gay porn, admires men’s bodies, and loves how sensual they are together. Now, he wants to explore an experience with another man. Is this a phase as to been a man???
We’ve been rivals since high school, always fighting to be the best. Last year, my boss made her the head of the company, and right away, she started stealing money from the business.
She didn’t even try to hide it from our group chat. She bragged about lying on financial reports while the company was struggling, sending texts about the secret bank accounts she was filling with stolen money.
Driving to a date last year, I heard a story about a famous movie star living a normal life overseas. Once we sat down at the restaurant and ran out of things to say, I teased him, "You're not a famous actor, right?" He smiled a little and said, "Not in the USA." I thought he was just being funny, but he wasn't joking at all. Having already ordered our meals, I had to sit there in silence while people from his home country kept stopping by our table to take photos with him.
When I was checking in for my flight from California to Hawaii, the agent asked for my international customs paper. I told her Hawaii is part of the US and doesn't need customs, which made a nearby traveler laugh. I asked her to just scan my ticket. The computer cleared it right away, which was good because I didn't have any papers.
At security, an officer looked at my ID and asked if Hawaii was in Europe or Asia. I sarcastically said, "It's a US state, what do you think?" He looked at me with a straight face and said, "Europe."
While living in Hawaii, I constantly received shipping orders flagged as "Overseas Export."
Later, while visiting a small town in Ohio, a local shopkeeper praised me on my fluent English and asked if I had to exchange my currency when I flew to the mainland. The look on her face when I told her no, USD works in all 50 states, was priceless.