Reel Life Starring Us (2011)
“My parents always used to be the type to go out on Saturday nights. Fancy places, too. My mom would wear nice pants or a dress, and my dad would wear a shirt and jacket and sometimes a tie.
Lately, not so much.
And I can tell my mom wants to go out because she’ll drop not-so-subtle hints like, “The Cohens are going to Riverbay on Saturday. They said we’re welcome to join them.” Or “The Steinfelds have a subscription to this off-Broadway show series. We can get discount tickets.”
In the beginnin...g, my dad would go along with it. Up until about a month ago, he’d even still go out to the fanciest restaurants and order bottles of wine, and it seemed like nothing had really changed at all.
Until mid-September. It was like he flicked a switch, or someone flicked a switch for him. That’s when he started working out for hours and staying in his workout clothes all day and making every day feel like every other day.
These are the cues I hate, the cues that tell me things are bad and getting worse, and they make me wonder how bad things will end up getting.MoreLess
Lately, not so much.
And I can tell my mom wants to go out because she’ll drop not-so-subtle hints like, “The Cohens are going to Riverbay on Saturday. They said we’re welcome to join them.” Or “The Steinfelds have a subscription to this off-Broadway show series. We can get discount tickets.”
In the beginnin...g, my dad would go along with it. Up until about a month ago, he’d even still go out to the fanciest restaurants and order bottles of wine, and it seemed like nothing had really changed at all.
Until mid-September. It was like he flicked a switch, or someone flicked a switch for him. That’s when he started working out for hours and staying in his workout clothes all day and making every day feel like every other day.
These are the cues I hate, the cues that tell me things are bad and getting worse, and they make me wonder how bad things will end up getting.MoreLess
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