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How to escape from bliss

“Dear, don’t load those boxes yet.”
She was always the same… Instructions… instructions.
“And don’t forget to check the boiler after you place the mats in the basement…”
Do I really want to live like this?
“It’s been too long, we won’t find them, I think, maybe we should call Sue first.”
Call whoever you like, you insufferable woman!
“I had my doubts, I always did, but, no, you said, they will always be there for us, right? Well, now, we’re in a bit of a bind aren’t we?”
Yep, we are in a bit of a bind and I’m feeling it the most!
“One way or another your parents aren’t the types to help, are they? I mean they won’t be discommoded.”
Nope, they won’t, when it’s you who’s demanding it.
“And it was Freddie and Dawn, you remember how they completely botched it? I mean, what a mess! The house and the deed and the kids and all…”
I wish I could just slap you, HARD ...
“And you never told me about your mother.. is she going away to that spa?”
The judge gave him the lightest sentence, smiling.

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