My boyfriend and I had a Weird Lunch with three other people. While weirdness with my boyfriend is pretty normal, this was the kind of group weirdness that crops up when one party crashes another and you're not really sure why you're all having lunch together. They were nice enough people, but the conversation never got past my earnest initiations which ranged from "Has anyone seen Palendromes?" to "This tuna tastes like old chicken." Everything fell on the table like wet toast and I had to ask myself, is it not better to just say, "we'd like to eat alone?"

Just for today, I have boundaries.