Illustrations by Jaimee Haddad
This week, a coworker waltzed in with a gorgeous bouquet of flowers from her boyfriend, greeted by gushy “oohs” and “awws” from the girls. I definitely did not roll my eyes like a salty “cat-adulating spinster” (thanks, mom).What I don’t show (because I’m too committed to the bit) is that couples in Lebanon genuinely impress me. Finding and sustaining a relationship here is not for the weak.Therefore, thus, and so, the bit has absolutely nothing to do with my status as the resident third wheel, my trust issues, or the fact that my dating track record reads like a “who’s who of human crap,” as Phoebe from “Friends” would say.Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go clean my cat’s “accident” off the couch. Previously on Breakfast in Bed August fatigue and an antidote of long-reads ‘Nazar’: Dislocation meets world-building in VR...
This week, a coworker waltzed in with a gorgeous bouquet of flowers from her boyfriend, greeted by gushy “oohs” and “awws” from the girls. I definitely did not roll my eyes like a salty “cat-adulating spinster” (thanks, mom).What I don’t show (because I’m too committed to the bit) is that couples in Lebanon genuinely impress me. Finding and sustaining a relationship here is not for the weak.Therefore, thus, and so, the bit has absolutely nothing to do with my status as the resident third wheel, my trust issues, or the fact that my dating track record reads like a “who’s who of human crap,” as Phoebe from “Friends” would say.Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go clean my cat’s “accident” off the couch. Previously on Breakfast in Bed August fatigue and an antidote of long-reads ‘Nazar’:...
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