She starts to count the number of times her date uses the word “I”.
Thirteen, fourteen…
She doesn’t care about how many languages he knows or how he graduated cum laude from college.
Fifteen, sixteen…
“Let’s call it a night,” she finally blurts out, and hears him protest, “But I…!”
Debbi Antebi (@debbisland) lives in Istanbul, Turkey, and blogs
at debbiantebi.com.