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6/6/00 Oh, the drama...Like the relentless cycle of the seasons, the quarterly shouting match between my Mother in-law Patty - and her husband Ted, arrive like clockwork. Just because it's predictable though, doesn't seem to reduce the impact it has on everybody within earshot. I think it's probably pretty clear to everybody, that I avoid confrontations... to a fault. I'm the type of guy who will eat whatever food they give me at the McDonalds drive-thu... whether its what I ordered or not. Growing up, I was the nerdy little "half Japanese kid", a bully target - it was definitely in my best interest to lie low and avoid trouble. Heck, I never saw my parents argue and fight while I was growing up (you can imagine my surprise when the announced their divorce!). Patty and Ted routinely turn their private married life into a public
spectacle of name calling, irrational behavior, inconsolable bawling, and
threats of the unthinkable. They say things they know they will regret,
and never apologize.
Monica instinctively sides with her mother and feels free to enter
the fray- "Ted must be to blame." I'm not so sure. Ted is no angel either.
And they try to drag Monica into their childish arguments... Sometimes Monica jumps into it willingly. It's all so disfunctional. Why are they even married?
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last adult."