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"I stared, dumbfounded, as two questions formed in my mind. First, who was this person? And second why didnt I know her?"
"'I have one request,' she said slowly.I had no idea what was coming."
"Over the years, Ive stressed the importance of kindness. Maybe shes taken that lesson too far."
"I didnt feel allowed to not know whether I wanted a child someday. It was either/or, with character assumptions attached to each."
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"The line conveys a message that seems at odds with the rest of the film."
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"What I needed was to be mothered. But, because I didnt trust my own mother, I decided Id have to do it myself."
There is no easy way to say, "I'm estranged from my mother." It's even harder to say, "I've cut my mother out of my life," clarifying that you are the one who has severed the bond.
"Its expected that we have a father to walk us down the aisle, a mother to be our everything. What about those of us who dont have these relationships?"