Me: You remember when your mom and dad got cranky because I
didn’t want to watch TV with them?
Primo: Yes.
Me: I wish you hadn’t involved me at all. I wish you had
just said, once they started complaining, “Yep. She’s reading. She’s not
watching TV with us.”
Primo: But in their mind, this is the sort of thing you are
supposed to do to suck up to them to earn their approval. This is a family
thing, watching TV together.
Me: Yeah, but you shouldn’t have to be complicit.
Primo: What do you mean?
Me: I wish you had just told them that I was going to stay
in the guest room and read and I was not going to watch TV. I wish you had not
given in to terrorists.
Primo: You’re right. I didn’t do it right.
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