"What about your savings? How do you keep up with investments?"
"Don't have any. Why pour money into an uncertain future when you can soak life for its richness today?"
"That doesn't sound very responsible."
"A matter of opinion."
This man would drive me insane, Shandra thought. "What do you eat?" she asked.
"I eat quite well. Healthy. Measured portions, lots of fresh produce. I don't go out much. You'd be surprised how far a dollar will go on food, if you're careful. We eat more cheaply in this country than any other place on earth, and yet, despite our ongoing battle with obesity, we never seem to get enough."
"You're a vegetarian, I bet."
"Nope. I've been a meat eater everywhere I've lived."
Oh right, she thought, even on Planet Mongo.
Feeling the need to justify himself, Culpe
