"I'll do it as soon as I get home," he promised. "I'm sure that all of our mutual friends will be amused to see that 'Benson Retlin is now friends with Mallory Pike.' I remember the good old days when you could just be friends with someone and not have to prove it to the world. One day Facebook will be obsolete, though, and our kids will have to align their brain chips with their boyfriends and girlfriends."
Too late Benson realized that he could have worded things better. "I mean...your kids and my kids separately...not...together." His face colored a little in embarrassment. Better to play it off as a joke. "Whoops!" he said brightly.