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When Ansel Did Not Grow Up Living In A Happy Family
Ansel did not grow up living in a happy family. His parents were always calling him invidious names, saying he was stupid and annoying. George and Amy, Ansel's parents, were both high school dropouts and had Ansel at a young age, they got married a year after only because they wanted Ansel to be raised with two parents. They say that Ansel is to blame when it comes to why they never graduated and why they don't have a happy marriage. Ansel prefers to eschew his parents and hide away in his room when they start yelling at each other, which is often. When Amy and George start yelling it seems to never end, both of them are intransigent and they think they have tenable sides to their story and think they can substantiate why they are right. Sometimes they won't speak to each other for days because of a silly argument. Ansel does everything he can to just stay away from his parents, it’s not that they are abusive to him, they just don't give him the respect a child should have growing up. …show more content…
I went right to the library where we met every day before first period began. I checked my watch, 8:12, where is Edra? She is normally here by 8:10, I grabbed my phone from my back pocket and texted her.
“Where are you? You’re late? I need to rant about my weekend” I pressed send and checked my watch, 8:14.
“Sorry forgot to tell you, got home late last night from Alaska and I'm wicked jet lagged. Skipping school for today and tomorrow.” - Edra
“You skipping school tomorrow is not germain to you getting back yesterday. You have all today to nap and catch up on life, I’m not letting you skip tomorrow.” - Ansel
“Ughh, fine. I gotta go nap then if i going to school tomorrow.” -Edra
“Okay, I’m stopping by after to school so I don't have to go home.”
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