I used to date a Filipina.
When the passion waned, we began leaving the hovel more often, whereupon I discovered her disconcerting comfort with sitting on the ground. “By dating me, you’ve become an honorary white,” I explained to her, “and white people don’t sit on the ground.” She didn’t abide by my directives and I had to move on after a year.
* It’s great dating someone who puts companionship as their top value because they’ll go anywhere and do anything so long as they can be with you.
