"A real journalist or a more intrepid conversationalist would have gone up to the couple and asked them to explain the longevity of their marriage vis-à-vis their love of cruising. But instead I head to my mall suite, take off my meatball T-shirt, and allow the first tears of the cruise to roll down my cheeks slowly enough that I briefly fall asleep amid the moisture and salt."

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🚀 Gary Shteyngart: Crying Myself to Sleep on the Icon of the Seas - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/05/royal-caribbean-cruise-ship-icon-of-seas/677838/?gift=nWWhr6vvKQT2aBBA5Cefdk56CJnhm9TUwfENmZxQJGY&utm\_source=twitter&utm\_medium=social&utm\_campaign=social