cecilia-ahern-love-rosie

68 Cecelia AhernRosie: That child feeds himself, Ruby.Ruby: Ah leave my little fatso alone. He’s my baby and I love him regardless.Rosie: He’s 17.Ruby: Yes, and old enough to have a baby of his own, going by yourstandards . . .Rosie: Well he’ll be fine as long as he doesn’t go to his school ball with themost uninteresting man in the world with the ugliest face, that wayhe won’t have to drink a sickening amount of alcohol to trick thebrain into thinking that man is beautiful and funny and ...wellyou know the rest.Ruby: Are you suggesting that my son could perhaps have a gay relationshipat his debs?Rosie: No! I was just saying . . .Ruby: Oh I know what you were saying, except I think that my poor darlingson may be the exact person that girls will have to drink excessamounts of alcohol just to love ...Rosie: RUBY!! You can’t say that about your son!!Ruby: Oh, why not, I love him with all my heart but bless him he wasn’tborn with his mother’s looks.Rosie: Ha ha.Ruby: Anyway so when are you going to ever go out with someone, anyone?Rosie: Ruby we are not having this conversation again. Everyone you havetried to set me up with has been a complete weirdo! I don’t knowwhere you meet these men and in fact I don’t think I even want toknow! Anyway you can’t talk, when exactly was the last time youwent out on a date?Ruby: Ah that’s a very different matter altogether! I’m a woman 10 years yoursenior who has just been through a very difficult divorce from a selfishlittle bastard of a man and I have a 17-year-old son who only communicateswith me through monosyllabic grunting sounds. I think he isthe son of an ape (actually I know he is), I have no time for a man!Rosie: Well neither do I.Ruby: Rosie honey, you’re 25 years old, you’ve got at least ten years ofyour life left before it’s over. You should get out there and enjoy