When We Were 19, My Best Friend and I Promised That If We Were Both Single at 60, We’d Find Each Other – I Turned 60 Last Tuesday, & My Old Landline Rang

“You could’ve tried.”

“I know.”

I shook my head.

“So we lost over four decades because everybody kept deciding what was best for somebody else.”

“Pretty much.”

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“That’s incredibly stupid.”

“Also true.”

We sat in silence for a moment.

Then I remembered. I looked at him.

“Jeffrey.”

“What?”

“I’m 60.”

His eyes widened. Then he smiled.

“So you are.”