She Defended Her Junior, Then Lost Me

Five years together, and whenever I fought with an outsider, my girlfriend never once took my side.

I told myself she was just cold by nature, so I was the one who stepped up for her in everything.

On our trip, a seafood restaurant shorted us on weight. I argued the point, calmly and with the facts on my side, not expecting her to help.

Instead, she said, in that light, careless way of hers, "They've got it hard too. Making a scene over a few dollars like this, it's kind of cheap of you."

The junior traveling with us kept his head down and added, with a sneer, "Yeah, not exactly classy."