Alex [going through each others wallets]
Oh, my God. I wasn't sure this actually existed. This is the American Airlines...
It's a Concierge Key, yeah.
Alex What is that, carbon fibre?
Alex Oh, I love the weight.
I was pretty excited the day that bad boy came in.
Alex I'll say. I put up pretty pedestrian numbers. 60 thousand a year, domestic.
Alex Don't patronize me. What's your total?
It's a personal question.
Alex Please.
And we hardly know each other.
Alex Come on, show some hubris. Come on, impress me. I bet it's huge.
Alex How big? What is it, this big? This big?
Alex Oh, come on! Come on.
Let's just say I have a number in mind and I haven't hit it yet.
Alex This is pretty **** sexy.
Hope it doesn't cheapen our relationship.
Alex We're two people who get turned on by elite status. I think cheap is our starting point.
There's nothing cheap about loyalty.
[about her fiance]
He broke up with me by text message.
Wow. That's kind of like getting fired over the Internet.
Alex Goran What a weasly prick.
Yeah, but what does that make me? Someone who falls for a prick.
Alex We all fall for the prick. Pricks are spontaneous, they're unpredictable and they're fun. And then we're surprised when they turn out to be pricks.
I thought I'd be engaged by now. I thought by 23, I'd be married, maybe have a kid, corner office by day, entertaining at night. I was supposed to be driving a Grand Cherokee by now.
Alex Well, life can underwhelm you that way.
Where did you think you'd be by now?
Alex It doesn't work that way. At a certain point, you stop with the deadlines. It can be a little counter-productive.
I don't want to say anything that is anti-feminist. I really appreciate everything that your generation did for me.
Alex [drily]
It was our pleasure.
Sometimes it feels like, no matter how much success I have, it's not gonna matter until I find the right guy. I could have made it work. He really fit the bill, you know. White collar, 6'1, college grad, loves dogs, likes funny movies, brown hair, kind eyes, works in finance but is outdoorsy. I always imagined he'd have a single syllable name like Matt or John or Dave. In a perfect world, he drives a 4-Runner and the only thing he loves more than me is his golden lab. And a nice smile. What about you?
Alex You know, honestly by the time you're 34, all the physical requirements just go out the window. You secretly pray that he'll be taller than you, not an asshole would be nice. Just someone who enjoys my company, comes from a good family. You don't think about that when you're younger. Someone who wants kids. Healthy enough to play with his kids. Please let him earn more money than I do, you might not understand that now but believe me, you will one day. Otherwise that's a recipe for disaster. And hopefully, some hair on his head. I mean, that's not even a deal breaker these days. A nice smile. Yeah, a nice smile just might do it.
Wow. That was depressing.I should just start dating women
Alex [sitting down]
I tried it, we're no picnic ourselves.
I don't mind being married to my career and I don't expect it to hold me in bed as I sleep, I just don't want to settle.
Alex You're young, right now you see settling down as a failure.
Alex By the time someone is right for you it won't feel like settling and the only one to judge you will be the twenty three year old with the target on your back.
Alex [over the phone]
You never called.
Well, I wasn't sure what was appropriate.
Alex Appropriate? Ryan, I'm not some waitress you banged in a snowstorm. That word has no place in our vocabulary. I am the woman that you don't have to worry about.
Alex Listen, the next time that you're worried about manners, don't. If you want to call, call. Just think of me as yourself, only with a vagina.
When am I going to see you?
Alex [Over the phone]
What were you thinking showing up at my door like that?
I wanted to see you. I didn't know you had a family why wouldn't you tell me that?
Alex Goran I'm sorry I ruined your evening but you could've seriously screwed things up for me. That's my family that's my real life.
I thought I was a part of your life.
Alex I thought we signed up for the same thing.
Tell me what exactly you signed up for.
Alex I thought our relationship was perfectly clear. You are an escape. You're a break from our normal lives. You're a parenthesis.
Alex What do you want? Tell me what you want. [pause] You don't even know what you want. I'm a grown up, so if you'd like to see me again then give me a call.
