Sakana's Sushi Bar

So this picture is of me and that guy, Steve, that guy that I'm totally smitten with. Funny enough, this picture was taken by you, Marcy :) it was on our first double date together, the first time you met Steve, and I was anxious for your approval.
Because here's the thing. Every girl wants their best friend to approve of their man. And this had yet to happen with any that I had chosen up to that point. It was either that they were too immature, too demeaning, you name it. I just did NOT seem to have much luck picking out a good guy. Maybe it would have been different, had we lived closer.
Maybe I wouldn't have fallen for a 19 year old almost missionary when I was 15, and then wasted nearly two years of my life worrying over whether we would end up together. It turned out that he was a selfish, immature individual who just couldn't handle this much hotness.
Maybe, if we lived closer, I wouldn't have gotten a boyfriend my senior year. That was a disaster waiting to happen. He turned out to be over attached, and worried that I was upset with him if I didn't text him back within ten minutes of sending me something. My "best friend" at the time nearly pushed me into that relationship. You can guess how that friendship is going.
Perhaps, if we had been able to go through high school together, you would have been able to convince me to not run back to Karsten that summer, and completely screw up my life. Maybe if we could have been closer to one another, in each others daily lives, you could have seen the warning signs that no one else seemed to notice.
So you see, it was important to me, that you approve of this Steve guy,the one that I'm smitten with. Because if you approve, I know I must be doing at least one thing right.