Last week: the roommates were forced to bond, and climb rocks, and hike around during an Outward Bound excursion in the middle of nowhere. Tami mentioned in passing that she was pregnant, but no one batted an eyelash.
Wow, abortion is so funny! Actually, this is a pretty serious episode; like, issues are discussed, and shit. It's like the Bizarro Real World, only not completely, because Beth is still a pain in the ass, and Dom isn't a twelve-stepper. Anyway, I'm just warning you; no matter what your politics are, abortion isn't particularly amusing, so this recap may not be the laugh-a-minute guffaw-athon you've come to expect. On the other hand, Beth still lives in the house and God knows she's practically guaranteed to provide a few chuckles, the poor thing. I'm actually starting to feel bad about the barrage of the mean comments I make about Beth all the time. Not bad enough to stop making them, though.
Fade in on the Beach House of Banality, where Tami congratulates her roommates for not (a) dying or (b) killing her during their recent weekend with the Outward Bound Nature Nazis. "Word!" Jon yells across the pool table. I'd take that as a shout-out, but, um, unless Jon hopped into his De Lorean and went back to the future to insert that little interjection, it's just a happy coincidence. ["No way, dude -- total shout-out." -- Wing Chun] Tami moans she personally hated the entire Outward Bound experience, but she wants to apologize to Aaron for yelling at him, because her wrath was unwarranted. Aaron responds to Tami's apology by looking totally blank. Insert your own "and that would be different from?" joke here. Tami then reminds her assembled roommates that she is, in fact, pregnant and announces that she has decided to terminate the pregnancy. Jon looks away. Everyone else just looks solemnly at Tami, who is remarkably composed. Calmly, she explains that this was a very hard decision to make, but she thinks it's the right one for her at this point in her life. Dom pipes up that he supports Tami in whatever she does, and says that it's "her decision." Tami smiles grimly and nods her head. She gestures to the sofa, where Aaron looks...well, kind of pissed, actually, and says that she knows both Aaron and Jon don't "agree with that," "that" being abortion in principle.
In an interview, Dom reminds me that abortion is not something to joke about (damn. When am I going to get to use all those abortion jokes I made up last night? Maybe I can sell them to Pat Buchanan) and calls it a "necessary evil." He muses something about the Supreme Court, but honestly, I have no idea what he was trying to say. The words were English, I'm pretty sure, but they came out of his mouth in what seemed like random order.
Glen voice overs that he believes abortion is " a woman's choice," but then smarms that he knows "too many" girls who had abortions, and then regretted it, and a couple of them, he says, wanted to have kids, and now can't, because of the abortion. Okay, PSA #1: it is extremely rare for women to become infertile due to an abortion. PSA #2: if you think there are too many women becoming infertile due to abortions now, Glen, imagine how many became infertile -- or worse -- prior to Roe versus Wade, when abortions were illegal.
Back at the house, all the roommates sit down to dinner, and Aaron leads them in an extremely lengthy pre-dinner prayer. I find it really interesting that prior to this episode no mention had been made of Aaron's religious beliefs at all. I doubt he just suddenly found God, between the pool room and the kitchen, and find it highly convenient that B/M Productions chose to highlight his faith in this episode, when it could conceivably play a hand in some kind of conflict. But I'm sure that's totally coincidental.
Tami, in an interview, explains that finding out she was pregnant "was a big downer, because at this point in [her] life, [she's] not ready for kids." That comment honestly didn't sound as flip as it looks on paper; in fact, Tami seems more serious and collected in these interviews than she has up to this point in the series, period. She comments that she feels like she's still a kid, herself. She certainly acts like one.
In his interview, Jon twangs that Tami is "making a mistake," and she's "covering up a mistake with another mistake." Oooh, conflict! What a big, fat, shock. Not.
Back in the house, Jon lolls on the floor and tells Beth that he doesn't agree with Tami's decision to terminate her pregnancy, but she's obviously made up her mind, and his haranguing her about it day in and day out isn't going to help. Not like that ever stopped anyone before. Beth tells Jon that if she got pregnant "right now," she would get an abortion. I think it's safe to say that no one wants Beth to reproduce, ever.
In an interview, Beth crinkles her nose and says that she doesn't agree with people who use abortion "as a form of birth control." Beth says she knows girls who do it over and over and over again, and she totally doesn't agree with that at all, like ohmigod!
Back at her tête à tête with Jon, Beth explains that when she does have sex (Ew, oh, God, ew. I'm never going to get that mental image out of my brain), she practices safe sex (good for you, Beth. But, again, fucking ew). Jon tells Beth that if you "follow God's plan, you won't have sex until you get married," and you won't find yourself in "that kind of predicament." ["Confidential to Jon: some married women don't want to remain pregnant when they get pregnant, either." -- Wing Chun] I wonder if Jon thinks Tami should have kept her mouth shut about the "predicament" she's gotten herself into, and instead have fabricated a looooong visit to a fictional and distant relative, returning to Los Angeles months later, thin, and pale, and with a deep dark secret, who eighteen years later would be fated to confront her (along with Beth and Irene) in a well-appointed New York penthouse, demanding to know "which of you bitches is my mother?!" Oh, wait, that's the plot (sorta) of Lace. Never mind.
In an interview, Tami, looking just gorgeous, explains that "marriage is ideally not for [her]." Huh? That doesn't make sense. I don't mean it doesn't make sense that she doesn't want to get married. Lots of people never want to get married. I mean, that sentence, literally, did not make sense. God, none of these people can string six words together.
In another, totally separate interview, in which Tami wears only one really, really, REALLY big earring, she explains that she and her mother "grew up together," and that her mother gave birth to her when she was 15 1/2. When Tami's mother was 15 1/2, that is. Tami didn't spring full-grown from her mother's womb. Oh, you get it. Talk about not being able to string six words together. I think this show is killing my brain cells. This show, and all the drugs. Oops, did I say that? Just kidding, Mom! Tami explains that her mother is her confidante.
Tami's mother, her aunt, and her nephew pay Tami a visit. Tami's mom is really cute (in a sassy vest and rakish cap kind of way, not in a "whoa, Tami, your mom is totally hot" kind of way). Tami explains her mother was "not happy" about her unplanned pregnancy. How strange! Most mothers are stoked when their daughters get knocked up! ["You'd think she'd be a bit more understanding because...see above." -- Wing Chun]
Tami's mom, who apparently has no name, puts it more bluntly. "I was really pissed off," she says. She explains that she was especially upset with Tami because Tami works at an AIDS clinic, and is surrounded by safe-sex messages and condoms every single damn day. We see a shot of a poster at the clinic that reads "Hot, Healthy and Horny: Rubbers Every Time!" I think my freshman-year roommate, Delilah, had that poster on her wall. Delilah was odd. I think I mentioned her in an earlier recap; she was obsessed with Billy Ray Cyrus and Fabio? Yeah, that was an interesting year. I spent a lot of time in other people's rooms. Crying.
Tami explains that she "should know" all the benefits of safe sex. This entire story line reminds me so much of high school. Remember 1993? People were really aware, I think, of the dangers of AIDS and there was so much noise about using condoms every single time you had sex. Like, my high school's nurse (and "Human Development" teacher) brought a dental dam to school. A dental dam! She opened it up and stuck it over her mouth to demonstrate and everything. Then she asked us girls to feel our pelvic bones. Yeah, she was a little odd, in retrospect. I wonder if all that safe sex stuff gets hammered into kids' heads as much today as it did back when I was a youth. Back in the freaking dark ages. I can't believe how old I am sometimes. Anyway, it's good advice. Hey, kids! Use a condom. Seriously! Okay, that was PSA # what? Number three. I'm really pedantic sometimes. I swear I'm letting you off easy today.
Tami's mom snips that she doesn't know how Tami let herself get into this "situation." I love all these euphemisms people are using for the pregnancy. "Predicament," "Situation," "Giant Fucking Mess." Tami's mom is especially perturbed, considering how many conversations she and Tami have had over the years about this very subject. "I was devastated," Tami's mom says emphatically.
Tami explains that her mother was incredibly upset with her. R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts" wails as Tami stands in front of a mirror. That's so deep, yo.
So, hang on. Is Tami's mom happy that Tami is pregnant, or not? I'm not sure I got that part.
In an interview, Jon says that he's against abortion and he'll never be "for it." Okay, I have to say it. I have to: dude. People who are pro-choice are not for abortions. They're not all standing outside Planned Parenthood with signs saying "Abortion! Yay!"
Back in the house, Jon (wearing a DARE tee shirt) sputters that he can't understand "how people can say 'save the trees but kill the babies.'" Aaron just stares at him, as Dom asks Jon what he thinks a woman should do if she were, for example, a victim of incest. Jon says, disgustedly, that in that instance he supposes abortion is okay, but it still makes him sick to his stomach to think about "how people can kill babies like that." Aaron, Mr. ConservativePants, surprises me by angrily asking Jon if he thinks it's easy for a woman to have an abortion. Dom spits animatedly that abortion is a sad fact of life. Jon brilliantly argues that it's a fact of life he "doesn't agree with." Dom informs Jon that a woman has a right to do what she chooses with her body. Aaron (who is, yet again, cleaning the sparkling stove top, like, I really do think he has OCD) appears very angry about this entire issue and tells Jon that while he doesn't personally agree with the idea of abortion, and he tries not to put himself in a situation where he could get a woman unintentionally pregnant, there is a difference between personally being able to go through with an abortion, and believing that other people ought to be able to make that decision for themselves. Jon says he doesn't care about that. Aaron tells him he's thinking selfishly. "I'm very selfish, but I say, let the children live!" Jon dramatically intones. I think he's been watching soap operas during the day. The discussion continues, apparently, because we see Jon get up, and walk away, and Aaron half-mockingly pretend to throw a sauce pan at him, and clearly, they're still talking animatedly, but B/M Productions orders that "Everybody Hurts" be cranked up a little louder, because how dare they show the viewing public more than three minutes of a discussion about something other than blow jobs or threesomes? The music comes down again, enough for Jon to brat that it's late, and he can't believe they're still arguing. Wow, Jon, wait until you get to college; I used to stay up until four in the morning debating, like, the merits of the quarter system versus the semester system, and whether or not Eddie Vedder could actually sing, never mind actual issues like abortion or affirmative action. "My wife isn't having a abortion," Jon whispers to himself. No one's gonna hold a gun to her head, and make her, dude. PS -- it's not all about you.
Phew. Commercial. This is so heavy. It reminds me of last year, when I was recapping Judging Amy and all the episodes were about, like, female circumcision and child abuse. A laugh riot, I tell ya. ["Ha! 'Last year.' It was like four months ago. It feels like last year, though, doesn't it?" -- Wing Chun]
Tami's at work, and today she has a little helper! It's Aaron. This must be Bring Your Conservative Surfer Roommate to Work Day. She hands him some busy work and explains that Aaron is taking an "AIDS awareness class at school" and he came to the center to do some volunteer work. Oh, I know all about this! I know! I know! Aaron must be taking the infamous Bio 40 (AIDS and Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases), which I also took while at UCLA. It's the most popular class on campus, and very hard to get into. Like, when I was a student, they held it in the ballroom, and people used to bring lawn chairs and sit in the aisles. The class was once considered an "easy A," but was (damn it) beefed up while I was a student. It was a very interesting class, all about, as one could infer from the name, the biology of AIDS. The professor, Dr. Bowman, was this crazy old guy, incredibly sardonic, who used to wear shorts held up with bright red suspenders, and who carried a huge stick all the time. He was strangely attractive to me, and several of my female classmates, in spite of the massive beer gut, because he was really sarcastic, and funny, and he talked about booze all the time, and you could tell he used to be hot. Also, he had that large phallic symbol he carried everywhere. Or maybe we were just weird. In order to pass the class, in addition to a mid-term and a final, every student needed to put in something like eight hours volunteering at an AIDS-related charity. I volunteered at Project Angelfood, which delivers meals to shut-in AIDS patients. It was a little scary at first, but very enlightening, and ultimately rewarding. PSA #4: volunteering is good! Tami hands Aaron a stapler.
In an interview, Aaron says that he personally believes that abortion is killing a life, but that it's not his right to judge what Tami is doing. He says that he knows the decision was hard for her, and that was her decision and he supports that.
And suddenly, we're at the airport, where Aaron and Jon pick up Erin, a thin brunette whom Aaron identifies as his "friend from San Francisco," but who I suspect is, as they say on Buffy, his "orgasm friend." Aaron grins and tells us that Erin is really cool. Aaron and Erin. Isn't that precious? ["When I was in grade 9 my best friend Jodi was dating a boy named Jody. It was precious, too." -- Wing Chun]
Erin and her flannel shirt look around the beach house in awe. "Aaron," she says "this place is rad" Hee hee. That's so 1993.
Aaron explains that he met Erin while going on job interviews in San Francisco, and that they got along really well, and have a lot in common, and they stayed in touch. Literally. (Get it? "In touch?" They touch each other? Get it? Get it?)
In an interview, Glen shares too much, snarling that Erin would be his "ideal wife," (yuck, Glen. Could he be any skeezier?) and that "Aaron is a lucky guy." Glen is about six months away from donning a polyester suit and bunch of gold chains and trolling college bars for virgins.
Jon says that Erin is real purty.
So, Jon, Aaron and Erin head off to the beach. Who even knows what's happened to poor Tami and her reproductive problems? I suspect that the Tami Abortion story line and the Erin/Aaron story line occurred sometime apart, but the crack editing team at Bunim/Murray threw them together because of an overlap that will soon become clear. Today, Aaron is wearing his customary red swim trunks. And Erin is wearing a bright red one-piece. And, I swear to God, they look just like members of the Baywatch cast. It's disturbing. Jon gallumps down the stairs, to screams of horror from the Aaron/Erin contingent. He's also wearing red trunks, but has artfully accessorized them with a bright yellow tank top emblazoned with the words "Hulk Rules," a yellow straw Stetson and dingy brown cowboy boots. And tube socks. Aaron and Erin both plead with Jon to change before they head out to the beach, but he demurs.
Sweet home Alabama! On the beach, we see that the back of Jon's tank top has been all shredded -- on purpose. Like for ventilation. Even worse, we see that Glen is tagging along. The King of Grunge is wearing denim shorts, a leather belt and sneakers with no socks. Why don't Jon or Glen have any flip-flops? They're, like, $3.34 at Rite Aid. Not to mention the fact that I was seriously under the impression that California highway patrolmen handed out appropriate footwear at the state line.
The rest of this beach montage puts me off my feed: Jon rips off his Hulk Tank, and strips only down to his trunks, and Glen hops in the water and gets wet and even grosser, which I actually never thought possible.
Dom opines that Erin is sweet and intelligent. Then he wanders out of the shot and drinks some hairspray.
Aaron tosses his golden locks and snickers that whenever a girl calls for him and Dom answers the phone, Dom always tries to strike up a conversation with the girl instead of passing the phone along.
In Dom's interview, he repeats that Erin is sweet. Is that some kind of guy-speak that I don't understand? I'd interpret it as "dumb," but Dom's already commented that Erin is smart. Whatever. I don't get men. For so many, many reasons, but I think I've talked about my personal life enough today. Dom muses that Erin "deserves better" than Aaron. Also, if they got married, imagine the hilarious mix-ups sure to come hand in hand with the overly similar names! Sounds the premise for a short-lived ABC sitcom, starring Adam Rich (in the comeback of the century!) as Aaron and Louisa Jean Kelly as Erin.
This is the part where B/M tries to make it look like Dom is trying to steal Erin away from Aaron, but it's poorly done -- surprise, surprise -- because, honestly, Dom just seems friendly. He's merely talking to the girl, a guest in his house. In many places, that's considered being polite. Aaron grins and says that he knows neither Erin nor Dom would do anything behind his back. Blah, blah, blah. Where's poor Tami and her choice, which will change everything? Oh, wait. That's another show.
Erin and Dom are tanning on the roof. Dom comments that, when he moved into the beach house, he expected to see more "naked chicks" tanning themselves on other roofs, but all he's seen so far are "sweaty construction workers." He mournfully comments that he hasn't seen any naked chicks on the roof at all. Erin laughs, a little derisively. You can tell she's thinking that he ain't gonna see any naked chicks on his roof either, not that day.
In her interview, Beth smirks that "it was interesting" that Dom slept on the couch all week, while Aaron and Erin slept in his and Aaron's room. I think it's interesting that no one took up a collection to get Erin and Aaron a room. Like, at a hotel. Away from them.
Oh, here comes my lunch; Erin and Aaron are in the hot tub. There is this freaky montage with naked Aaron and wet Aaron and wet Erin and wet Erin's swimsuited crotch and bursts of water and the garden hose. Um, I'm kind of scared.
In the kitchen, Bethica Wakefield is making cookies, as Jon sits on the counter and watches. Beth asks Jon, seemingly apropos of nothing, if he considers someone a virgin if they engage in oral sex.
Back in the hot tub, Aaron takes the running garden hose, and shoots the stream of water towards Erin. Holy Freudian Symbolism, Batman!
Jon asks Beth why she's asking him that dirty, dirty question. Beth explains that Aaron considers himself a virgin, and he "engages in oral sex." Too. Much. Information.
Back in the hot tub, Aaron sits between Erin's legs. I'm serious. Several ultra close-up shots of their wet, smiling faces follow. For like the eighth time in this recap: ewww!
In the kitchen, Jon is literally lying on the counter. Like, he's sprawled out on the tile like Michelle Pfeiffer on top of the piano in The Fabulous Baker Boys. He tells Beth that he was watching Oprah, and according to Oprah, (and Ken Starr, but that's several years in the future) oral sex is sex. Beth giggles and licks some cookie dough off the spoon. She's bringing the cookies to Bruce Pattman after his football practice, and then she's going to let him touch her butt behind the gym!
In an interview, Aaron explains that he has "physical relationships" with his girlfriends, but that he "draws the line" so that he doesn't have to worry about "any type of pregnancy, or anything like that." How many types of pregnancy are there? I wonder how many of his Lambda Chi frat brothers knew about this line-drawing crap, which seems to go against everything I learned about UCLA Lambda Chis over the course of four years. Aaron must be the token Lambda Chi virgin -- the one they keep around in case they need to make a sacrifice to the gods.
Back in the hot tub, Aaron is nowhere to be found, and poor Erin is stuck with Glen and Jon. Is there any pair of men with whom I'd like to be naked less than those two? Maybe James van der Beek and...ah, James van der Beek's identical twin, but other than that....Glen sneeringly tells Erin that Aaron expects his future wife to "cook everything." Erin rolls her eyes and says that Aaron told her he can't imagine marrying someone who didn't want a career.
Tami, in her One Huge Earring interview, sets up the scene by saying that Erin got into an argument with Jon about abortion.
In the tub, Erin tells Jon that while she personally is pro-life, she's "absolutely" pro-choice for the rest of the world. Jon nonsensically snorts that "that don't make it right." Erin informs Jon that it's not about what he thinks is right or wrong, it's about giving people the right to make a personal choice for themselves. "That's what America is all about," she says, "freedom." Patriotic Erin gets angry and tells Jon that he's trying to inflict his own personal belief system on the rest of the world. Jon babbles that if she's so into giving people a choice, she ought to give the fetus a choice. Erin shakes her head at this line of argument and gets out of the hot tub, not responding to Jon, who turns and shouts over his shoulder that he's "never meet an aborted baby yet that said 'yeah, I'm glad you aborted me.'" Erin closes the sliding glass door silently. I bet she went inside and called American Airlines to arrange for her flight back to San Francisco, departing as soon as humanly possible.
In an interview, Jon explains that he's not into "taking away anyone's American rights." Although, clearly, if someone is Canadian, or Norwegian, or Moroccan, their rights are going right out the window! "If it's choice y'all want, give the baby the choice," he says. I wonder if Jon understands why that concept doesn't exactly compute.
In the hot tub, Jon tells Glen that "you can't talk to [Erin]. It's like talking to Aaron." Glen says nothing, probably because he's plotting how best to convince Erin that he, not Aaron, is her "ideal husband." He'll only make her cook six out of seven nights of the week! And he'll take out the trash!
So, here comes a big fat slice of 1993 nostalgia. The roommates, and Erin, are talking about the Robert Redford/ Demi Moore/ Woody Harrelson movie Indecent Proposal -- you know, the one where Redford offers Woody a million dollars to boink Demi? Dom says he'd "do it in a shot!" I love Dom. I've totally come around on the Dom issue. Everyone laughs, and then Dom reconsiders, saying he'd have to "look over the offer." Aaron would not do it. Erin would. Tami turns to Jon and asks if he'd "let his wife do it." Jon looks confused. "Do I have a wife?" he asks. Oh, didn't we tell you, Jon? We've arranged a marriage between you and Beth. Her dowry consists of a red Fiat Spider, a lavaliere necklace given to her on her sixteenth birthday, and the change I have in my pocket: fourteen dollars and seventy-six cents. Make beautiful babies together.
Tami voice-overs that she and Jon have talked about "her decision" a couple of times. In an interview, Jon explains that no matter what Tami chooses to do, she's going to have a hard time and he's just going to be the best friend that he can be. Considering how obviously vehemently pro-life Jon is, this really impresses me. I mean, he's doing the mature thing, supporting Tami even though he doesn't agree with her at all. How very unReal World of him.
In the living room, Jon tells Glen that they don't have to "keep telling" Tami that she made the wrong choice. Glen scantimoniously says that he doesn't plan to say that to Tami at all, because it's between her and the Lord.
Shots of Tami looking pensive, as the soundtrack wails "help! Heeeeeelp! Welcome to the real world!" Anvilicious!
Tami, Jon, and Tami's mom go to dinner at Aunt Kizzy's Back Porch, this incredibly fantastic soul food restaurant in Marina del Rey, right by my office. Oh, it's so good. Hmmmmmm....Aunt Kizzy's. The food at Aunt Kizzy's consists of, like, fat and salt. It's so good. Gravy everywhere...hmmm, gravy. Through the gravy, Jon comments that Tami's mom is just like Tami, in that they can have a good time, but they have "attitude." Whatever that means.
Tami's mom explains in an interview that she and Tami were homeless at one point. And, because Bunim/Murray can't do anything subtly, this section consists of a Tami voice-over, Metallica's "Enter Sandman," and lots of shots of homeless people and dark alleys and dumpsters. What a sensitive take on the topic. Tami explains that her mother lost her job during the beginning of the recession, when Tami was a senior in high school, and they were forced to live in their car for a while, bathing in gas stations, and barely eating. Tami muses that having nothing makes you strive to get achieve everything you ever wanted, and that homelessness has made her driven and determined. Tami's mom explains that Tami's intelligence and desire to succeed makes her (Tami's poor nameless mother) that much prouder of Tami. Tami smiles, and says that her mother never gave up, that she worked hard, got another job, and pulled them out of homelessness. Go, Tami's mom!
Tami mentions in a voice-over that her mother has accepted her choice to have an abortion. Tami's not looking forward to the procedure.
Aaron takes Erin to the airport. In an interview, he says that he used to think abortion ought to be illegal, but he now realizes that that isn't realistic. He says that it's all about being responsible for your actions.
So, Tami's mother takes Tami to the abortion clinic. Tami voice overs that she just wanted to get the procedure over with, and go back home. Even in the voice-over, her voice gets a little emotional. At the clinic, Tami informs the nurse that she's paying in cash, looking very solemn. She fills out a bunch of forms, and eventually, the nurse calls her into the back of the office and asks her a bunch of medical history-type questions, including one about Tami's diabetes (which we didn't even know about until this point). Tami looks solemn. Her mother looks solemn. The nurse is perky, which seems inappropriate, and has hair hanging all the way down her back. I sure hope she isn't involved in the procedure, because that seems really unhygienic.
Tami's mother says that she and Tami discussed Tami's keeping the baby, but Tami explained that she was neither emotionally nor financially prepared to be a mother. I wonder whether they talked about adoption, because it isn't mentioned. Tami's mom says that, after much discussion, she realized she had to support Tami's choice. She sighs.
Tami's mom waits outside the clinic, smoking a cigarette. After a moment, the perky nurse shows Tami, who looks drained and pale and in pain, out of the clinic. Tami embraces her mother. Tami's mom asks Tami if she's okay, and Tami shakes her head. "Sick," she says quietly. Tami voice-overs that after the abortion, she was in pain, and tired, and just wanted to go home. On the way to the car, Tami has to take a moment to sit down and rest. Her mother asks if she wants "to be carried." Tami grins weakly, and shakes her head.
Tami recuperates at her mother's apartment, where she immediately goes to bed and pulls the comforter over her head. I'm sure she's thrilled that this part of her life has been captured on tape forever. Her mother brings her some painkiller. I wish I had some painkiller right now.
In the confessional, Tami explains that she was in so much pain after the abortion that she wondered if she was being punished for choosing to terminate the pregnancy. She looks thoughtful for a moment and then says that she finally had to come to grips with the choice she made, and accept the fact that while it wasn't easy, it was the best decision for her at that point in time. She says that once she got over the pain, the guilt kicked in. She sighs.
Tami's mother comments that when she got pregnant with Tami, abortions were not legal. If they had been, she says, she probably would have had one. But, she says, in retrospect, she's glad she has Tami. She looks thoughtful. Thoughtful music plays. I type thoughtfully.
Heavy.
week: slagging of Beth! Slagging of Aaron! Slagging all around! No more of this serious shit! I promise.