hypothetical conversations: #1

-hey...
+hey...

-what's new?
+nothing much, just working and planning anniversary stuff

-gotcha...how's the family?
+mom's doing well, so is the sister. as for dad, let me ask you this...has your dad ever boiled the leaves from a mulberry bush in the backyard in the middle of the night to make tea because he watched it on some china documentary on tv?

-um, nope...why you ask?
+[laughs nervously] no reason, neither has mine, just a question...

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i'm talking way more than a simply generation gap here folks...