Unexpected Exclamations in a Tense Moment
John: [Trying to explain the money he gave to Cristina. Exasperated]
Oh, shit!
Cristina: [Translating for Flor]
Ay, mierda!
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The Perception of Neediness in Communication
Deborah:
So tell me again why I can't call him on his cell again?
Evelyn:
Besides that he turned it off?
Deborah:
Yeah.
Evelyn:
Forty messages starts to look needy.
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Miscommunication in a Tense Moment
Deborah:
Do you really think that cupping my breast is going to solve the issue here?
John:
It's worked before.
Deborah:
Well, now it's infuriating me.
John:
Wrong breast.
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A Difficult Conversation About Personal Struggles
Evelyn:
We have to talk.
Deborah:
Mother, are you buzzed?
Evelyn:
No. I quit drinking weeks ago! No one noticed, but I guess that's a pretty good indicator that I conducted myself quite well when I was drunk. But this isn't about me right now.
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Setting the Bar in Relationships
Deborah:
How are you nicer than me?
John:
You didn't set the bar that high.
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Blame and Responsibility in Family Dynamics
Deborah Clasky:
You were an alcoholic and wildly promiscuous woman during my formative years so that I'm in this fix because of you, it is your fault and I just needed that moment for us to build on.
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Surrogate Pregnancy as a Lucrative Opportunity
Deborah Clasky:
Flor! Look at this child! You could make a fortune doing surrogate pregnancy!
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Finding Joy Amidst Limitations
John Clasky:
I know I know we can't do anything, that brings a kind of satisfaction and release, BUT I'M STILL HAVING A GREAT TIME!
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Admiring Extraordinary Beauty in a Unique Way
John Clasky:
They should name a gender after you. Looking at you doesn't do it, staring is the only way that makes sense. And trying not to blink so you don't miss anything. And all of that and you're you. It's just that you are drop dead crazy gorgeous,so much so, that I'm actually considering looking at you again before we finish up here.
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Unconventional Communication Methods
John Clasky: [Victor: Huh?]
Do this for me or I'll set my hair on fire and start punching myself in the face! Yeah, yeah, you're right: that was an unusual way to make myself understood.
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The Sanity of Worrying About Children
John Clasky:
Worrying about your kids is sanity, and being that sane can drive you nuts.
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Identity Beyond Acceptance and Encouragement
Cristina Moreno:
I've been overwhelmed by your encouragement to apply to your university and your list of scholarships available to me. Though, as I hope this essay shows, your acceptance, while it would thrill me, will not define me. My identity rests firmly and happily on one fact: I am my mother's daughter. Thank you, Cristina Moreno.
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Desire for Fullness in Women’s Lives
Cristina Moreno:
American women, I believe, actually the feel the same as Hispanic women about weight: a desire for the comfort of fullness. And when that desire is suppressed for style and deprivation allowed to rule, dieting, exercising American women become afraid of everything associated with being curvaceous: such as wantoness, lustfulness, sex, food, motherhood; all that is best in life.
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Self-Reflection and Aspirations in Spanglish
Flor Moreno: [Is what you want for yourself? To become someone very different than me?]
Es lo que quieres para ti? Para llegar a ser alguien muy diferente a mí?
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