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the weekend is a quiet even<strong>in</strong>g at themovies, just her and Greg.It seems an irreconcilable difference:Greg wants fifty-two d<strong>in</strong>ner parties ayear, Emily wants zero.Greg says that Emily should makemore <strong>of</strong> an effort. He accuses her <strong>of</strong> be<strong>in</strong>gantisocial. “I am social,” she says. “Ilove you, I love my family, I love myclose friends. I just don’t love d<strong>in</strong>nerparties. People don’t really relate atthose parties—they just socialize. You’relucky because I devote all my energy toyou. You spread yours around toeveryone.”But Emily soon backs <strong>of</strong>f, partly becauseshe hates fight<strong>in</strong>g, but also becauseshe doubts herself. Maybe I amantisocial, she th<strong>in</strong>ks. Maybe there issometh<strong>in</strong>g wrong with me. Whenever sheand Greg argue about this, she’sflooded with childhood memories: how638/929

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