" Paula told me that you thought that maybe some of my friends thought you were the help at the party."
"Some of your friends thought I was the help at the party."
"Are you sure? I just can't imagine anyone actually doing that."
Sometimes, you go along with it and pretend nothing happened. Sometimes, you hold your breath until the feeling of wanting to be believed passes. Sometimes, you weigh explaining against staying quiet and know they're both just different kinds of heavy. Sometimes, when it's your mother-in-law - a woman you started calling mom the day you got engaged because you admired the ferocity with which she loved her children, and maybe even wanted some of it for yourself - you look ahead and see all the years of birthdays and graduations and weddings that will be shadowed by things she can't imagine about your life. Sometimes, you can't hold your breath long enough. "
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"Some of your friends thought I was the help at the party.""Are you sure? I just can't imagine anyone actually doing that."
Sometimes, you go along with it and pretend nothing happened. Sometimes, you hold your breath until the feeling of wanting to be believed passes. Sometimes, you weigh explaining against staying quiet and know they're both just different kinds of heavy. Sometimes, when it's your mother-in-law - a woman you started calling mom the day you got engaged because you admired the ferocity with which she loved her children, and maybe even wanted some of it for yourself - you look ahead and see all the years of birthdays and graduations and weddings that will be shadowed by things she can't imagine about your life. Sometimes, you can't hold your breath long enough." style="width:100%;margin:20px 0;"/>