The last few years have seen the development of diabetes-induced severely dry winter skin. I have it pretty well under control, and I even invested in a very heavy facial moisturizer this year. Despite that, my future wrinkles still show for a few months during the dry season.

A: I have wrinkles under my eyes….
J: No you don’t.
A: [I perform various contortions to point them out.] Yes, I do, but I was going to say that I think I like them. They give my face character. And they’re smile lines, so my wrinkles tell people that I’m happy.
J: Yes, they make you look wizened, and, and nice… [I burst into raucous laughter in the middle of that sentence]… what?
A: [Laughing]
J: Oh, not wizened in… oh boy… not in the sense that… Oh come on, it’s not that funny.
A: Yes, yes it was. And…. [sobering up] and you should be on your knees thanking God that I think so.

Because I mean, really, it could have been a very loooooong night…