So, what do you do for fun?

If I had a dollar for every time I was asked this.

I must not look like a fun person.

What business is it of yours what I do for fun? What if fun is buying A Confederacy of Dunces at a thrift store and settling down with a glass of wine to read it? (Why is wine so expensive?)

What if fun is babysitting my nephew? What if fun is staying late at work to enjoy late-night conversation with my otherwise-busy bosses?

So, what do you do for fun?

Variations on this refrain include Don't you ever get out? Don't you have a life?

Sheesh.

I ask you: Is this the look of a person who doesn't have any fun? When is the last time you wore a Zebra print shirt?

Don't you think reading to this perfect child would be fun?

Reading to your nephew in a Zebra print shirt. Top that.