“Do I sound like a complete idiot when I talk about this stuff?” I asked. “It’s just a little surprising how fast you’ve gone from zero to sixty.” She did not seem enthusiastic. “Because of how slow I was in figuring out other stuff?” This was a not-so-subtle reference to the solid year of living together it took for us to hook up. I crawled over her laptop and kissed her. “You’re a little manipulative, you know that?” “Uh-huh, but you? Never.” “Let’s make this decision later,” she said.”