Not Even Close

Shannon seems to regret having started a conversation with us as much as we regret her continuing it, but she can't quite figure out how to extract herself, probably due to the fact that she's just this side of blackout drunk.

"You guys should really have kids," she says, having known us for less than five minutes. "I mean just bite the bullet and realize that you're almost 40...."

Katie interrupts, smiling at me (I always like being mistaken for younger): "Well actually, he's over 40."