“So much has changed,” Elise says, waving her arms dramatically.
“Yes!” Sara nods, agreeing with her.
I watch their conversation like a game of Ping-Pong as they lob their thoughts back and forth.
Teddy, Asher, Sara, Justin, and my sister are all here to watch a new sci-fi movie that came out recently. Everyone’s situated on the huge gray sectional that takes up most of our living room, and I eavesdrop on their conversation while I wait for Becca to arrive. Huge bowls of popcorn are on the coffee table, along with a six-pack of beer.
“A lot of women I know don’t want children, and that’s perfectly fine,” Elise says.
“You’re looking at one of them.” Sara holds up one hand. “I mean, if men weren’t attached to my favorite appendage, I wouldn’t need a man at all,” she says with a giggle.
