What does it mean to be a good person I want to hang out with?

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I don’t feel qualified to say who is “good,” but I can tell you that one quality I appreciate in a person is the ability to enjoy dessert.

“I don’t like sweets.”

“Sugar is bad.”

“I’ve never even tried hot fudge.”

“Those are just empty calories.”

And the worst one of all:

“No birthday cake for me.”

Diabetics get a pass, but generally these are the types of statements that have me looking over your shoulder for someone else to talk to. Enjoy your marathon training or whatever. Imma go talk to the happy laughing people on the porch eating cake.

It took quite a while, but I finally turned my husband into a true dessert guy. He’s disappointed if we don’t have anything homemade on hand for dessert.

Yesterday, he spotted a 3-ingredient peanut butter cookie recipe in the NYT and then just whipped them up — all by himself. I now feel I have succeeded in life. I will not grow old eating dessert all alone, with another person sitting right there.

The three ingredients are: one egg, one cup peanut butter, and half a cup of sugar.

Here’s the recipe from New York Times Cooking: