The Joy Luck Club
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:14:00
That nothing, nothing
could ever change me.

:14:05
Or us.
:14:08
Wayne, could you chop this up
into smaller slices?

:14:11
Last time they were
way too big. Thanks.

:14:14
Ah, also, could you dress
the deviled eggs...

:14:17
- with tomatoes and watercress--
- At first, it was just
a bunch of little things...

:14:20
loving things a wife would do behind
the scenes without him even knowing.

:14:24
- You know, like paying
the household bills...
-Joe, last time these...

:14:27
- deviled eggs were too salty.
- buying him special gifts
that showed my love.

:14:29
That's still too salty.
:14:31
The beautiful part was,
he never had to ask for any of this.

:14:35
In fact, he never even knew.
:14:39
I told myself that was
the selfless way, the loving way...

:14:43
instead of the chicken shit way.
:14:50
- I was offered a fellowship in fine arts...
- Hi.

:14:52
- Oh, hi.
- to this school I admired in Idaho.

:14:55
- Of course, that was out of the question.
- How are you?

:14:57
The interesting part was,
I never asked the question...

:15:00
not even of myself.
:15:04
Sometimes I really don't
understand. I'm serious.

:15:07
- He leaves his wife--
- He was running two of
his family's magazines now...

:15:11
- and there were four or five
business affairs each week.
-...a 23-year-old girl.

:15:14
-I was glad to help
and knew he appreciated it.
-It just doesn't make any sense.

:15:18
I just don't understand
that at all. I don't--

:15:20
I really don't. I mean,
if you can explain it to me.

:15:22
- Because--
- Why does one cultivate their daughter?

:15:25
I mean, they happen to
disagree with each other.

:15:27
And, over time, I could see
that Ted was becoming bored.

:15:31
We said less and less.
:15:36
So I tried harder.
:15:40
I got pregnant for the worst reason
imaginable, a last attempt to hang on.

:15:45
Although, of course, I never thought of it
that way at the time.

:15:49
The good news was,
he adored her.


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