Learning Poem by anais vionet

I'm learning a lot, dating Peter. For instance, I have a whole new awareness of how clueless older Americans, like people in their mid-twenties, are about things in the modern world.

I think Peter's learning things too. Like the other night, I was 30 minutes late because I was gluing little, glittering rhinestones to my eyebrows. Was he mad? Yes, we had a little drama, but that's just because he hasn't learned to respect my lifestyle choices.

"Don't be mawkish Peter, " I softly advised him, while fixing the caller of his shirt, "look, let's just pretend that we squabbled over this, and I won? " I suggested, helpfully. "It'll save us time and WOW, we're running late, OK? Seeing some small, lingering irritation, I promised, "We can still makeup later."

The rhinestones looked spectacular, I got a LOT of compliments and in the end, I think he liked them. You know, sometimes I'll catch him looking at me, like the moon or something, like I'm out of reach.

Guys are so.. (Searching for a word) .
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mawkish = exaggeratedly or childishly over-emotional.