“Okay, I know this is going to sound bad, but I’m just going to say it, okay?”
Shani Leiman with Zivia Reischer
“Eli,” I said for the 1,437th time, “what’s going to happen when you get married and your wife has a baby and she gains weight? Are you going to lose respect for her?”
He hated when I said this, but I kept saying it anyway. I was tired of hearing Eli reject girls without even meeting them, based on their dress size. It was all about his image; he had swallowed society’s lies whole.
Chezky, it turned out, had the opposite problem. I’d been on the phone with Chezky for almost ten minutes, but he still hadn’t gotten to the point. I know dating can be nerve-racking, but this was a whole new level.
“I need to tell you something,” Chezky finally blurted out. I made an encouraging sound.
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