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“We’ve just done everything else,” Nina said, answering Amy’s question about Liam. “We’ve gone to dinner and stayed in with takeout, we’ve gone to the movies and stayed in to watch them on the sofa, we’ve gone to gallery openings and wandered bookstores. We’ve kissed, we’ve made out, it’s kind oflike…”
“Shit or get off the pot?” Karenasked.
“Yuck,” Nina said. “Butyes.”
“I get that,” Robin said. “You hate to waste time until you’re sure you’re sexuallycompatible.”
“That’s the worst,” Karen said. “Remember DavidRosenfeld?”
Moira cackled. “David Rosenfeld! My god, I’d forgotten all abouthim.”
“Who’s David Rosenfeld?” Ninaasked.
“David Rosenfeld is a movie producer Karen dated a few years ago,” Robin explained. “Long story short, she decided to try playing hard to get for achange.”
“Did it work?” Ninaasked.
“Oh, it worked!” Amy said. “He was beyond hot for her when they finally did it — she made him wait fourmonths— ”
“Which was fucking torture, by the way,” Kareninterjected.
“So she makes him wait four months,” Amy said, “and then when they finally do it, he’s bad in bed. Like, epicallybad.”
“What do you mean?” Nina asked. “It’s sex. How hard isit?”
“Not that hard!’ Karen said. They all broke into laughter. “And it wasn’t just that, he was just… bad. Bad at oral, bad at penetration. If it had been the Olympics, he would have scored below afive.”
“Yikes,” Ninasaid.
Karen sighed. “I really liked him,too.”
“That’s the point,” Robin said. “You were already super invested by the time you slept with him, and it sucked to realize you weren’t sexuallycompatible.”
“We can’t sleep with everyone on the first date just to know if they’re still in the running,” Ninasaid.
“Yes, we can,” Karen said. “We’re grown women. We can do whatever the fuck wewant.”
Robin shook her head, but Nina could tell she was trying not to laugh. “I’m not saying sleep with anybody before you’re ready,” Robin said. “I’m just saying it sounds like it might be time with Liam. You seem to really likehim.”
“I do,” Nina said. “But I’mterrified.”
“Because it’s been so long?” Moiraasked.
“That, and because he’s so beautiful, and so muchyounger.”
“You’re beautiful too,” Robin said. “Don’t forgetit.”
Nina smiled. “Thank you, but you know how it is. It doesn’t matter how much weight we lose or how much yoga we do or much we lift. We’re never going to be thirtyagain.”
“It sounds like he doesn’t care,” Amy said. “He may not even want thirty. I know tons of women dating younger men. It’s a thingnow.”
“That’s great, but it doesn’t mean I’m eager to show off my body to a guy barely out of histwenties.”
“I’d totally do a super hot guy barely out of his twenties…” Karen saiddreamily.
Nina shot her a glance. “Thanks. That’s superhelpful.”
“It’s a fact,” Karen said. “I’d be all over it if I had the chance. Who cares if he doesn’t like your aging body? You get a sizzling roll in the hay with a gorgeous, muscled stud. That memory will keep you warm for a long time, trustme.”
