Might I suggest something for the sappy and/or jaded among us?
The New York Times online has a video series called “Vows” in which a pair of young, affluent New Yorkers explain how they fell in love and got engaged. Oh sure, they had their trials – she went off to Paris for a semester and fell for a man who warmed her WASPy heart with his thick accent while he stayed behind at Dartmouth, wearing Chinos and developing an addiction to single malt scotch. After graduation, he got into the hedge fund game and she found herself in PR for major publisher. Some time later, they ran into each other again at Balthazar and remembered the truth about their relationship. They must fulfill their destinies and create tiny, near-translucent children for whom they will hire a team of au pairs who will feed them caviar from a sippy cup.
Why do you hate? Foie gras is as good as any gerber confection, not to mention more expensive – and therefore better for the economy. And who better to feed the children than their wet-nurse, a voluntarily trafficked maid-servant trying to put herself through grad school? You’re a communist.
Touche, little lamb.