Tagged: Family (813)

T 3735

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

I thought I loved her. But you should see how she dresses the baby. I mean, my kid looks like a douchebag. So, like, going the condom route.

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T 3725

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

They watched the kids eating. The mess they made. Remember when we didn’t have kids? he said. No, she said. He didn’t sleep well that night.

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Twister 3712

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

The wind came up. She held on to her skirt. He said, Hold my hand. She said, Very funny. He patted her ass. And their kids were grossed out.

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Twister 3710

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

And then they sat to watch television except no one really watched. This is like sitting around a fireplace, the kid said. And he was right.

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Twisters 3707

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

He trudges the family to the photo studio at the department store. The photographer asks them everyone to smile. But that isn’t their style.

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Twisters 3703

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

He calls her therapist The Laxative because he feels shat on every time she goes. She says, Ew. He thinks she needs more work on her issues.

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Twister 149

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He sits in his room, winded from the fight. He remembers the taste of clementines, and reminds himself to write a letter to his step-mother.

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Twister 127

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

It was essential he completed the tasks. Otherwise, his wife was going out with friends. And that meant he’d have to make his own breakfast.

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Twister 224

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

His voice had a certain kind of resonance. It helped define him. So when his kid kicked him in the groin, he didn’t know who he was anymore.

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Twister 306

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Sitting at the bar, he called his son The Burden. The bartender threw a dart at him and guffawed and poured him a cognac. He got the message

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