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Dressed in black pants, short-sleeved white shirt, and black tie, I looked like a stranger

I ignored her, moving on and hugging my grandfather with as little contact as possible so the Old Spice wouldn't rub off.

"And that doesn't mean I'm gay like Brett"

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Grandmother:

- “Couldn’t you have found something nice to wear, Jack”

- No one had spoken to him in two years, including - “out of respect” for my grandmother - his parents.

- She slammed the door, pushed through the suddenly silent crowd and locked herself in her bedroom for the rest of the evening.

Jack:

-"I don’t think women are property"

- “Why must i be punished for having a penis? Must vaginas be fed first?”

- "You’re all racist…"

- "I refuse to spend another second with any of you just because you’re family, whatever that means"

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Narrator
1. "I don't think women are property"
2. "Have as many as you want, honey. At least they won't turn you into a lazy, worthless jackass like your father"
3. I was finally free of the artificial, horrific, constraints placed upon me

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Grandmother:
''Could you pass the gravy when you're done with it?'' ''Of course, Grandmother,'' I said, And I passed it down the table.

''Couldn't you have found something nice to wear, Jack?''

The narrator:
I'd long ago learned to stifle any emotional response when blamed for something...

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The narrator:
1. "Dressed in black pants, a short-sleeved white shirt, and a black tie, I looked like a stranger."
2. "I was standing now, and yelling, but no one was looking at me."
3. "I am so sick of this! I refuse to spend another second with any of you just because you're family, whatever that means."

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"... she slammed the door, pushed through the suddenly silent crowd and locked  herself in her bedroom for the rest of the evening."
"Couldn't you have found something nice to wear, Jack?"

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Grandmother:
1. "It's Thanksgiving. Change. Now. (...) That's the point, dear, this is family, so you need to look good."
2. "Couldn't you have found something nice to wear, Jack?"
3. "Standing in the foyer was my cousin, holding hands with someone, well, male (...) she slammed the door (...) and locked herself in her bedroom for the rest of the evening."

Jack:
1. "No, mother, they're just clothes, and this is family."
2. "We were the last to arrive at my grandparents' house, which, of course, was somehow my fault."
3. "(...) but today - as my half-drunk parents berated me for our two-minute tardiness - I almost failed to hold back the tears"

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The Grandmother:
1. "No one had spoken to him in two years, including – “out of respect” for my grandmother – his parents"

2. "After the second it took her to realize what was happening, she slammed the door, pushed through the suddenly silent crowd and locked herself in her bedroom for the rest of the evening."

3. “Couldn’t you have found something nice to wear, Jack?”

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Grandmother:
''Couldn’t you have found something nice to wear, Jack?’’
"No one had spoken to him in two years, including – “out of respect” for my grandmother – his parents"
Narrator:
''Why must i be punished for having a penis? Must viganas be fed first?''
''No, mother, they’re just clothes, and this is family’’

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Grandmother:
1. "Could you pass the gravy when you're done with it?"

2. "Couldn't you have found something nice to wear, Jack?"

Narrator:
1. "No, I don't got a girl, I don't think women are property"

2. "Why must i be punished for having a penis? Must vaginas be fed first"

3. "I am so sick of this! I refuse to spend another second with any of you just because you're family, whatever that means"

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Grandmother:
·      “this is family so you need to look good”

·      “she slammed the door, pushed through the suddenly silent crowd and locked herself in her bedroom for the rest of the evening”
·      “Couldn’t you have found something nice to wear, Jack”
Narrator:
·      “… I looked like a stranger. So I changed… “
·      “I’d had enough. I stood up and headed to the porch”

·      “”No, I don’t ‘got a girl’ I don’t think women are property” … “And that doesn’t mean I’m gay like Brett””

·      “I walked toward the street… But then, someone called out to me in a thin, raspy voice: Jack, dear. I turned. “Could you pass the gravy when you’re done with it?” “Of course, grandmother” I said, and I passed it down the table”

·      “”Ladies first” “Why?” I asked, grabbing a plate off the table. I stepped in line, squeezing ahead of Ruth. “Why must I be punished for having a penis? Must vaginas be fed first?”

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Grandmother:
''Couldn't you have found something nice to wear, Jack?''

Narrator:
''It clattered loudly, and i pushed my chair back and stood up, my head pounding''

# data[].attributes.body
Grandmother:
- "That's the point, dear, this is family, so you need to look..."
- " Couldn't you have found something nice to wear, Jack?"
- " She slammed the door, pushed through the suddenly silent crowd"

Narrator:
-"No I don't got a girl. I don't think women are property"
- "Why must I be punished for having a penis? Must vaginas be fed first"
- " And that doesn't mean I'm gay like Brett"

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Grandmother:
-       “Finally, the family matriarch and her husband”
-       “… she slammed the door, pushed through the suddenly silent crowd…”
-       “>Out of respect< for my grandmother”

Narrator:
-       “We were the last to arrive at my grandparents’ house, which, of course, was somehow my fault”
-       “saying those two words made them flinch”
-       “I sat there, alone, in silence”