Mike Birbiglia

I didn’t even plan to be old in the first place. Fuck.

Everyone at college was pretending to have a lot of friends. And pretending to be smart. And pretending to be well read. And pretending to have a plan for the future. So I moved to New York City. And I met all these comedians who were pretending to be confident and pretending to be successful. Now my wife and I have a daughter and we live in a neighborhood full of parents who are pretending to love their lives and pretending to have nice apartments and pretending to have nice living rooms. Our daughter loves dressing up as a fairy and a princess and a bunny. It’s practically the first thing we teach her. To pretend.