Love in a Time of Carbohydrates

I mean,… how is that not “love”?

My girlfriend is hot, but she also has hot flashes. She’s fit and healthy and beautiful, but she’s entering a stage of life during which it has become harder for her to be pleased with her body, and that has led us both (because being unaffected by this is not an option, I’ve learned) into some amusingly unsuccessful attempts at dieting.

Preemptive Disclaimer: No girlfriends or girlfriends’ feelings were…