Admit your other children (the ones you kept) know nothing about her, and forget to include the word “yet”
Shrug as if you have no regrets which will show you are too dense to understand she knows you’re lying
Conversely, say giving her up was the worst day of your life, which will not elicit sympathy, for who wants to be the cause of someone’s worst day of their life?
Yap about the family vacation to Sarasota Springs last week, one more reminder of another adventure you had without her
Curse her father; claim he was a worthless SOB and “You don’t need to hear about him” which is another way of saying you get to have firsthand knowledge of an important person she was cheated out of knowing
Gush “You were better off without me.” To what end are you trying to convince her of something you don’t believe yourself?
Blurting “Good thing you got my profile!” is not the gal-to-gal glue you think it is when she decides to show you a photo of her adoptive mother
Shoshauna Shy is a poet, short story, micro-memoir and flash fiction author. Recent awards include landing a story in the 10th Anniversary Contest Anthology by Brilliant Flash Fiction, getting shortlisted for the Fish Publishing Poetry Prize selected by Billy Collins, and receiving the 2nd Place award in the Jade Ring Contest for poetry sponsored by the Wisconsin Writers Association.