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and so there, i win

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Berry

That's exactly how I would have phrased it, and then realized later as "Dina isn't likely to pass as 21." would have been a better way to phrase it. Maybe still not the socially *correct* choice, but it *is* the truth.

Onyx

ooooooooof

Julian Williams

Joyce, probably shouldn't have mentioned that part. Just stick to trying to tap Dorothy's pressure valve open.

Uniquitous

Kinda doubting that's even the real reason, but this current awkwardness (painful as it is) is preferable to addressing the actual issue.

Beck(y) Chonigman

Did Joyce even know about the time she got mistaken as 12 by an actual 12 year old? It would at least give her a precarious foothold at the very least.

Bagge

...smooth? No? No, not smooth

Anna K

Disclaimer that my autism is not the same as Dina's autism, but personally as an autistic woman, I tend to prefer "the phrasing that clearly & succinctly states the truth" to "the phrasing that's deemed to be 'socially correct'". I do wonder if Dina would have the same preference... but with Joyce's propensity to put her foot in her mouth while trying to do the exact opposite, we may never know.

VengeanceKnight

Joyce is talking out of her ass muffled through the foot in her mouth. She is also not wrong.

Albi

*sighs in empathy for Dina* Joyce, you should've not said anything at all...

Alexandra Falk

Some of the most compelling autism writing ever. The seduction of thinking you can solve things like this...