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the weekend is a quiet evening at the

movies, just her and Greg.

It seems an irreconcilable difference:

Greg wants fifty-two dinner parties a

year, Emily wants zero.

Greg says that Emily should make

more of an effort. He accuses her of being

antisocial. “I am social,” she says. “I

love you, I love my family, I love my

close friends. I just don’t love dinner

parties. People don’t really relate at

those parties—they just socialize. You’re

lucky because I devote all my energy to

you. You spread yours around to

everyone.”

But Emily soon backs off, partly because

she hates fighting, but also because

she doubts herself. Maybe I am

antisocial, she thinks. Maybe there is

something wrong with me. Whenever she

and Greg argue about this, she’s

flooded with childhood memories: how

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