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    Our Daughters? Or Sons?

    What about our kids? Are they expected by your family — to go into politics? No dear, they’re not expected to go into politics. Our family isn’t actually established as “Taiwanese Kennedy’s” right now — not in 2025. So… relax! It hasn’t happened… AT ALL… And, if it does happen…

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    Yum Cha with Mum

    Vegetarian Yum Cha Mum: So, we need to talk about everybody’s schedules this year. Your cousin’s very likely to win… Brother: (Chuckles) Which one?! They’re both running! Husband: (The only person sitting upright and taking Mum seriously) (Nodding, eyebrows, furrowing) Mum: It doesn’t matter. Both sides of our families are…

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    Girl-Friends

    Girl-Friends: Is there something you want to tell us? Wifey: I don’t know… is there? Girl-Friends: Feels like there’s something you want to tell us but you’re not able to tell us yet? Wifey: I don’t know. Where do I even begin? How do I explain that I was briefly…

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    Friends

    Friends: Dude, she’s fuckin’ horny for you in her writing. I can’t fuckin’ read this blog! I feel like I should look away… Husband: (Chuckles) (Smiling) She’s a good writer… I love her so much. I’m horny for her in some of my songs, too. Most people just don’t make…

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    I Miss You

    Can I just have you hereright now?Can your arms be around my arms?Can I feel your breathon my skin?Can you nuzzle your faceinto my breasts?Can we make loveover and over? The wholeday and night — forget aboutEveryone. The rest of the Worldcan wait for us.

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    Victory

    The crowd goes wild. Celebrations galore. Taiwanese news media, “This is a historic win! A historic win!” Taiwanese fan cams: Is that… Is that Common Name?! (Zooming in) on stage?! Is that him on stage there with the winning extended family?! On stage there with all the balloons, the band…

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    Cutey

    You really sat with me whilst I wrote all that? I went on a whole other James Bond 007 Taiwanese version political tangent pre-emptive forewarning of something that turned out to still be nothing and doesn’t even affect our day to day lives, and you’re still sitting with me energetically…

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    Blood Relations

    This was… so not the direction I was expecting our conversations to go this week… (staring and blinking in disbelief) (Chuckles) (Giggles) (Can’t stop giggling!) So… when you say “our core family” though — how many people in this core family? What? Can you elaborate? Okay. The thing is… they’re…

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    Shirts on or Off?

    Does it matter if I have my shirt on or off? Is that going to… “lose face”…? (Chuckles) No, darling, it doesn’t fucking matter if your shirt is on or off. As long as you don’t TALK SHIT — that’s how you’re gonna lose face. Oh. Okay… I just wasn’t…

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    The Meeting

    Staff: Hey, there’s some Taiwanese politicians at this charity event. Pretty cool, huh? Husband: (Nervous) Oh… yeah… cool… (I’M SO NERVOUS!!!) (They’re not even being introduced. The Taiwanese politicians are making speeches. Husband just sits in the audience of the event, listening to these types of speeches)… Husband’s inner dialogue:…

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