“Would you like me to introduce you to my cousin? She’s very pretty…”

This was only the second time I met this lady, and she was already offering me her pretty cousin. I must have done something right.

“Is she pretty?” a pal of mine asked about the lady made the offer, after I related to him the incident.

“Not bad actually. But she’s married, with a 5 month old baby.”

“Then her cousin must be really pretty. Go for it!”

I paused a while, trying to comprehend his logic - the cousin must be really pretty because she herself is pretty and she says the cousin is very pretty. Kinda makes sense.

“Nah, I botched it.”

“You botched it! How the hell did you botch it?”

That was easy.

Right after she offered to introduce me to her cousin, I asked, “So how many pretty cousins do you have?”

“Two…”

“How old are they?”

As she paused to think about t[...]