Read "September: Up the Fireman's Pole" through "October: Date with Darcy."
Content Summary for Teachers
September: Up the Fireman's Pole
At the beginning of September, Bridget starts her new job in TV. On her first day, she overhears two young colleagues talking in the bathroom about the “bitchy thirtysomethings” (184). Bridget doesn’t know if she’ll be able to deal with the already-apparent personality differences in her new job. Bridget goes to a dinner with “Smug Marrieds” and is annoyed to hear one of the men telling a 37-year-old divorced man that younger women find older men attractive. Bridget lies about having a 23-year-old boyfriend herself; they tell her to bring him to...
