Rachelle: You’re still mad about losing at Ms. Monopoly, aren’t you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: A resignation is a loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: Yes, it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: I know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: It was clear you were thrown off your game when you weren’t allowed to use your special dice or your customized Hat marker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: You didn’t quit because it was unfair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: You quit because you knew you had no hope of winning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: Yes. Times change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: That was the POINT of the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: It was designed as a twist on the original, inverting the societal hierarchy we labour under, giving women $240 every time they pass Go, while men only get $200.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: I have no idea what Jordan Peterson would say about that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: Who is he, anyway?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: Boy, that’s an awful lot of links to YouTube videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: Okay, okay, okay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: I’ve heard enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: Fine. Equal opportunity and equity are different things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: So that’s the reason you quit Ms. Monopoly just when you were about to lose?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: Okay. Resigned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: Principles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: Oh yes, we certainly do need more community leaders like you, Pickle!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: Quitting a board game with friends and running off to \u201ccatalogue your comics\u201d was indeed a brave and principled stance!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: You bring honour into our home with your actions!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: No, that’s not right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: You do not support our family by scavenging the garbage cans of Toronto for comics and then never bothering to resell the soggy, disgusting ones you retrieve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: You know it makes the neighbours very uncomfortable to see you doing that, don’t you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: Pickle, they have no idea what you’re looking for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: They’ve started to leave their empty wine bottles in front of our apartment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: I can’t believe you didn’t notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: On Monday there must have 30 of them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: No.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: That bottle increase had nothing to do with the film festival, and everything to do with the neighbours trying to charitably address your disturbing, garbage-picking ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: Yes, it is nice of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: Most people are nice, Pickle, it’s true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: I honestly don’t know if Cate Blanchett is nice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: I can’t imagine you having dinner with her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rachelle: You’d lose all composure, drop your cutlery, knock over glasses. That sort of thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: My guess is Jennifer Lawrence is nicer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: I suppose you’re going on another celebrity watch today?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachelle: Okay. Just don’t be creepy, and remember to pick-up some coconut water! Must get back to work! xo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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