Misfortune is hereditary

Eliza 2022-04-20 09:01:44

Before his father planned to commit suicide, he hired a nanny for his mother, but her mother hated Indians. The father disappeared, and the eldest daughter, the most beloved by her parents, hurried back with her family from afar, but the mother and daughter have been quarreling over inexplicable things. The sheriff brought news of his father's drowning. During lunch, there was a big play. First, the younger cousin beat the plate, and the mother forced the men to wear formal clothes. Everyone laughed at the little girl's vegetarianism. The mother broke the news about the father's embarrassment. The eldest daughter was separated, the mother recounted that the older generation lived and worked hard, the younger cousin was hesitant to be ridiculed again, and finally ended with the eldest daughter destroying all the pills. In the evening, the three sisters chatted, the second daughter revealed her cervical cancer, dating her cousin, and preparing to move to New York. The aunt found out about the relationship between the second daughter and her cousin, and told the eldest daughter that her cousin was actually her father's son. The third daughter's fiance smoked marijuana and messed with the little girl, and the third daughter chose to leave with him. The eldest daughter's husband and daughter also left. The second daughter found out about her cousin's life experience and left. The mother revealed that his father's suicide was related to his affair and guilt with his aunt, and that his mother chose money over his father's life. The eldest daughter also left, leaving only the mother and the nanny.

Suddenly, I felt that family misfortune was inherited. My grandmother used booties to humiliate my mother, my mother humiliated her three daughters, my aunt humiliated her cousin, and now my eldest daughter keeps humiliating her daughter for trivial things like watching TV and smoking because of vegetarianism.

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  • Violet Weston: Isn't there the TV commercial where the lady says: "Where is the meat?"

    Mattie Fae Aiken: Where is the meat?

    Karen Weston: Where is the beef?

    Violet Weston: [annoyed] Where's the meat? Where's the meat? Where's the meat? Meat, meat, where is the meat?

  • Barbara Weston: Marriage is hard.

    Karen Weston: That's one thing about mom and dad. You gotta tip your hat to anybody who can stay married that long.

    Ivy Weston: Karen, he killed himself.