She Said I Couldn’t Hold The Baby Because Of “Germs” — The Real Reason Broke My Heart

is the kind of person I am — someone who gives people more time than they deserve to explain themselves before accepting the explanation that was already obvious. Then on a Thursday afternoon I drove to her apartment without texting first. Her car was in the driveway. The lights were on. The door was unlocked, which it always was in the afternoon; continue reading …