Ava: “I need a JOB so I can make some money. Like a dog walking business.”
Bry: “Can’t you learn to day trade or something?”
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Owen, to me, in a fit of inexplicable rage: “You’re not my father any more!”
Me: “Owen, I’m your mother.”
Owen: “No, Dad is my mother.”
Then, later that night: “I love you, actually. You can be my mother.”