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Family as Theater

Theater as a matter of witnessing things.
We witness each other's choices.
Each other's children and spouses.
What things are successful DNS which arent.
We arrived at dinner in 2 separate cars. The children were starving.
We, grown ups, ordered.
The kids who came late with a father who didn't prioritize them, sat waiting, and he only thought to order when the grownup food arrived.

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