my parents met my boyfriend & more
"Within every drunk is a man with self-respect trying to get free.”
for the first time, my parents had dinner with me and my boyfriend at Mi Piacé, the restaurant where we celebrated everyone’s birthday for the entirety of my childhood.
no matter whose birthday it was, my paternal grandfather ordered calamari, so we ordered calamari in his honor.
in the first few minutes of sitting, my mom reminisced about how on dates …
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