“It’s because we live a lot longer now,” Rowland casually
commented to his fiancé. She listened attentively to his musings as she picked
through her salad. “Having a single life partner just isn’t feasible anymore.”
Rowland wasn’t trying to stir an argument; he simply had a habit of speaking
his mind. “A few hundred years ago people only lived to twenty-five. You began
work at ten, met your wife at fifteen, and had a handful of children in your late
teens; after that you died,” he placed a piece of beef in his mouth and continued
to talk as he chewed. “Nowadays people live too long. We spend so much
time together we get bored.”
His girlfriend used a fork to push a cherry tomato from one side of her plate to the other. She eventually broke the silence. “I’m pregnant,” she said.
His girlfriend used a fork to push a cherry tomato from one side of her plate to the other. She eventually broke the silence. “I’m pregnant,” she said.