and honestly though the juxtaposition in rite of passage between tim knowing his parents have been fighting and having conflict (obviously he feels the tension when they're home) vs jack and janet refusing to talk to each other and only speaking through their beleaguered secretary vs the postcard they send tim where they're like "we're island hopping for a few weeks, business. call when we get back. love, mom and dad" which leaves out basically all the strife and fighting they're currently having very interestingly comes across to me like people who think they're doing a great job of Definitely Hiding The Family Fracturing (see! the postcard says love mom & dad! we're still a functioning unit, right? this bare bones letter indicates no strife or issues with said business. business is thriving & so is our marriage!!) from their kid who Definitely Feels The Family Fracturing by staying away from him and thereby keeping him away from and out of their fights and they are definitely not doing a good job because the last time they were home and all went to the opera they started having a Very Pleasant family conversation (through clenched teeth) until jack got real pissy about something and feigned a work emergency ("Sorry, bud! Next time.") and left during intermission and then janet and tim had to go out for ice cream afterwards by themselves and Not Talk about what just happened and janet would laugh a little too loud and too hard about something that's not really funny at all and tim would just be sitting there next to the elephant.
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