. i despised that he considered choosing lauren and me as guardians to be one of adrienne's unwise choices . i despised that he referred to jonas as " the boy ." i despised that he used " et cetera et cetera " in conversation .
i despised that he called me ." al. " that one was petty , but there it was .
" because of whom she slept with ?" i said . i was going to say " loved " instead of " slept with " but feared the nuance would sail over his head like an errant frisbee .
he exhaled ." exactly ."
he still thought i was agreeing with him about something .
" marty , could we talk about this letter , after things wind down here ?" i said ." we have many guest . people who want to talk , need to talk , about adrienne . this "- i turned toward the room full of her friends and loved ones -" is about your sister ."
i made my living as a psychotherapist . had marty walked into my office as a prospective patient , within two minutes i would have recognized him as an annuity .
there was that much work to do . that many rocks to turn . that much resistance to which to apply the forces of psychotherapeu tic hydraulics .
my professional radar had also pegged marty 's pathology as being of the personality - disorder variety . unlike people with garden variety neurose who come in to see people like me bacause they are fice of people like me not because they are miserable , but because the people around them are miserable .
i could well understand how people around marty might be miserable .
thank god it's not my job , i said to myself .
i despised that he called me ." al. " that one was petty , but there it was .
" because of whom she slept with ?" i said . i was going to say " loved " instead of " slept with " but feared the nuance would sail over his head like an errant frisbee .
he exhaled ." exactly ."
he still thought i was agreeing with him about something .
" marty , could we talk about this letter , after things wind down here ?" i said ." we have many guest . people who want to talk , need to talk , about adrienne . this "- i turned toward the room full of her friends and loved ones -" is about your sister ."
i made my living as a psychotherapist . had marty walked into my office as a prospective patient , within two minutes i would have recognized him as an annuity .
there was that much work to do . that many rocks to turn . that much resistance to which to apply the forces of psychotherapeu tic hydraulics .
my professional radar had also pegged marty 's pathology as being of the personality - disorder variety . unlike people with garden variety neurose who come in to see people like me bacause they are fice of people like me not because they are miserable , but because the people around them are miserable .
i could well understand how people around marty might be miserable .
thank god it's not my job , i said to myself .
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