The Joy Luck Club
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1:05:03
- What's this writing?
- Mom! It's nothing.

1:05:06
You know. It's just
the things we share.

1:05:10
At least that's what
Harold calls it.

1:05:12
Sharing.
Everything 50-50.

1:05:15
So our love is always equal.
1:05:18
- The irony is, I was the one
who started it that way.
- Let's see--

1:05:24
- Forty-one dollars.
- Oh, total?

1:05:27
Each. What?
You don't have enough?

1:05:33
No, it's, uh...
1:05:37
it's just, uh, I was
never very good at math.

1:05:39
So what if I had a salad
and he had three courses?

1:05:43
We were equals.
1:05:45
Except that I work in his firm
and he pays himself...

1:05:48
seven times more
than he pays me.

1:05:52
Seven and a half.
1:05:56
And then last year, when we
finally decided to get married...

1:05:59
we agreed: love, yes;
false dependencies, no.

1:06:05
With most everything,
we keep track of what we spend...

1:06:08
then split it 50-50.
1:06:11
Of course we agreed early on
not to include personal stuff...

1:06:15
like my tampons and
feminine hygiene spray...

1:06:19
and his shaving lotion
and foot powder.

1:06:21
Honey, isn't there
a generic brand of cat food?

1:06:24
I mean, do they know the difference?
For crying out loud, $34.76.

1:06:29
But we still have these
philosophical arguments...

1:06:31
about the gray areas.
1:06:33
Like magazines I subscribe to,
which he reads...

1:06:36
but only because they're there.
1:06:40
And the cat.
1:06:43
Even the goddamn cat's fleas.
1:06:46
You gave her to me
as a birthday gift.

1:06:49
And now you want me to pay
to get rid of her fleas?


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