Friend: So what degree is Kate doing?
Me: Asian Studies.
Friend: …Okay I need to spend the next ten minutes laughing at the irony of this.
(ten minutes later)
Friend: No wait I need more time—
Me: She’s also doing her thesis on the reproductive rights of Indonesian women under the Soeharto regime.
Friend: I don’t know where to begin with you two.
I smack down boys with yellow fever and I seem to end up with the female equivalent. For some reason people find this funny.