every time

i walk into the trap every time.

"are you busy tonight?"

"yes, but after __, i'm free."

"can you do me a favor?"

*pause* "sure."

"can you watch my kid for a couple of hours tonight?"

"uh, sure."

"i've got this . . . thing tonight."

"oh. . . . is everything okay?"

"yeah. i have . . . a date tonight."

*pause* "oh, i see. is it with -- the same person . . . ?"

"no!"

"is it a guy or a girl?"

"the second."

"oh, okay. yeah, no problem."

*pause* "how do you feel about it?"

*shrug* "it's all good. the kid and i can just hang out."

"thanks, dude. i owe you."

yeah, right.