I'm home in Dub-ford for a quick visit, which means intense contact with Mother's particular brand of crazy. Yesterday, discussing colleges ("I know you joke that we don't treat the Bo' with the same prestige as we do Harvard, but I never knew that you and your friends actually believed that the Bo' was a really elite school"), Mother mentioned that Brother had previously received admittance to Smith but ended up choosing UMass Amherst for financial reasons-- an account we vociferously denied on many counts. Finally, Mother called Brother to set the record straight. You don't even need to hear both sides of the call. Just soak in the crazy.
Mother: Help me settle a score with your sister and father. Didn't you get into Smith College when you were applying? They're saying you didn't.
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Mother: I know it's a women's college. I remember you'd gotten into one, which I thought was weird at the time. What about Holyoke something?
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Mother: Yes, I know Mt. Holyoke is a women's college. I know you're not a woman. So you didn't get into any women's colleges? I really thought you did.
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