“God, Maurice, don’t you ever shut up? She’s obviously trying to work and you keep on yacking.” Neither of us could see her but we heard her loud and clear. Their relationship reminded me of my parents: constant bickering with only one doing the actual bickering. It didn’t matter where she was in the house — she was listening to every word being exchanged, and my dad was the same way. You’d think you’d be having a private conversation and […]

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