Super Sad True Love Story

After the visit with his parents, Lenny asks Eunice to meet his friends in Staten Island. He hopes that Noah and his girlfriend, who are “so Media” (149), will impress Eunice, although in the end they appreciate her more than she appreciates them.

As they walk to the meeting, Lenny and Eunice pass a billboard for a housing community “for Non-U.S. Nationals” (150) built by his employer. The extremely expensive units would guarantee freedom from ARA checks and immortality assistance from the Post-Human Services. Lenny is offended because Joshie had originally intended for candidates to have “to prove [they] were worthy of cheating death” (150). As he launches into a lecture, he is taken aback by “an arty reproduction of Jeffrey Otter” (151), his animated inquisitor, on the edge of the sign.

Grace Kim, Lenny’s friend and Vishnu’s girlfriend, thinks that Eunice is “too young” (151) for him. Although Noah’s girlfriend, Amy, as well as Vishnu and Noah are staring into their äppäräti, Eunice’s private AssLuxury shopping seems to strike Grace as antisocial. Lenny hopes that Grace is jealous of Eunice. He also articulates that he thinks “Eunice will let [him] live forever” (152).