ME:	did I tell you K asked me to go to happy hour "sometime" and winked at me a week or so ago- terrifying
B:	really? you really are on a hot streak
did I tell you that when they sent out the original email introducing him, D says something to me along the lines of "He's kind of cute. And he's single, Becki." (it was a good picture of him, to be fair)
I tried to keep an open mind about his potential until I caught him talking to Conor about his birds in the kitchen one day
Me:	shudder.
B:	and he referred to himself as "Daddy"
Me:	dealbreaker. he likes to come tell me about them
B:	in reference to the birds
Me:	like I appreciate them- they are not pets. they are vermin
B:	haha. I mean, unlike you, I can appreciate the concept of birds. but that doesn't mean I want to hear their constant squawking or have them flapping their wings on me and I certainly wouldn't want a man who referred to himself as his birds' "daddy". that is beyond deal-breaker
ME:	there is never a time for a grown man to refer to himself as daddy- unless he is talking about how he is a baby-daddy, which is still a dealbreaker. is that hypenated? babydaddy? baby daddy? Baby-daddy?
B:	well, he could conceivably refer to himself as "daddy" in relation to his children and not make me giggle derisively behind my hand but any other context is not acceptable. I'd hyphenate, btw- baby-daddy
me:	when talking to children= acceptable or quoting sed conversation. I am SO glad we resolved the hypen issue
B:	haha- I just used "baby-daddy" in an article btw, "Let’s face it: some of us need structured class time and strict deadlines. We don’t necessarily like them… but if you’ve ever found yourself watching those trashy “You’re My Baby-Daddy” talk show beat-down sessions, doing laundry, picking cat hair off the couch, or just staring off into the middle distance—all to avoid writing that first paragraph of your paper, you know that a deadline can be a beautiful thing"
me:	truer words were never spoken.