At Sunday dinner, Dad told 23 relatives: “She’s wo…

showed up at a restaurant where they had somehow discovered I had made a reservation with friends. All twenty-three of them crowded around our table, making a scene.

“Surprise!” my mother shouted. “We wanted to celebrate with you.”

My friends looked uncomfortable. I stood up, placed money on the table to cover my meal, and said, “We’re leaving.”

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