[ WP ] Stories must end with `` It was Valentine 's Day . ''

`` Oh, hey! Over here! Honey, you're late! I'm already on my second cosmo!'' 
 
 `` Yeah, sorry. Traffic was crazy. Valentine's day, you know. All the panicked husbands rushing out at the last minute to buy up any remaining flowers and chocolate.'' 
 
 `` You know, hon, you're always so pessimistic. I know you've been single for a while, now, but is n't it time to get back on that horse?'' 
 
 `` Look, could we talk about something else? Is n't it kind of a cliche for us to be here, two single gals getting drinks, and to just be talking about men?'' 
 
 `` It's still a point, hon.'' 
 
 `` Yeah, I know. I just have n't met anyone yet.'' 
 
 `` Ah, but I've got the perfect guy for you! He's a little bit older, and one of his eyes tends to roll around a bit, but he's totally a sweetheart...'' 
 
 `` Please, no. Just - okay, have you ever heard of the Bechdel test?'' 
 
 `` Is n't that a type of sauce?'' 
 
 `` No, that's bechamel.'' 
 
 `` Ooh, yeah, it's really creamy! I love getting that with pasta, even though I always end up hating myself for it later when I'm on the scale.'' 
 
 `` Er, sure. No, the Bechdel test. It's a way of analyzing movies.'' 
 
 `` I usually use IMDB.'' 
 
 `` Shut it and drink your cosmo. No, the Bechdel test is supposed to check whether a movie is balanced in terms of gender. To pass the test, a movie has to have a conversation between two named female characters that is n't about a male character.'' 
 
 `` Well, that's easy! I bet most movies have that.'' 
 
 `` No, you'd be surprised. A lot of them either do n't name enough female characters, or all the female conversations are about men, and nothing else.'' 
 
 `` Okay, hon, I'll believe you. But what's your point?'' 
 
 `` My point? I feel like every conversation with you fails the Bechdel test.'' 
 
 `` I don't-'' 
 
 `` I mean, every single conversation is about men, or dates! Maybe we'll chat a little about our work or something, but we basically just get together and gossip over men.'' 
 
 `` But you got ta look at the situation, too! Where do we meet up?'' 
 
 `` Well, at a bar...'' 
 
 `` That's right. And has anything interesting happened at work?'' 
 
 `` Well, no...'' 
 
 `` Uh huh. And even more than that - what day is today?'' 
 
 `` It's Valentine's Day...'' 
 
 `` Exactly.''
