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Chapter 1: What is the theme of Armchair Anonymous: DNA Testing?
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Hi.
Fuck me, guys.
You gotta listen.
You're so lucky.
You gotta listen to this one.
This is dynamite. This is the most I've retold.
Really? Ever?
Oh, I've walked everyone I've seen since this episode through this episode.
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Chapter 2: Why is April's DNA story so compelling?
Correct. And I almost think... I would be grateful that Kristen had chosen what she did because I feel this way about her and I love it so much. And I think I would agree with the decision. But we're not divorced. And your folks were divorced when you told them this?
They were not together when I told them. And I'll tell you, my grandparents are actually who had the hardest time with it because I'm so close to them. And of course, this is my grandpa on my dad who raised me side. He will still find old pictures of distant relative family members that he thinks I resemble. Oh.
He's still living in another reality.
That's okay. I love him. He's my papa, and that'll never change.
So did you go find Jim?
I found him. I got to give my younger sister a little surprise. I didn't actually mean to tell her in that way. I just messaged her to ask her. For her dad contact info. And I didn't give her a reason why. And she joked back to me and said, why are you my long lost sister?
Oh, my God. The cliches are coming through.
Careful what you joke about.
I did get to meet him and kind of hear about his family history and very pleasant guy. But my life worked out the exact way it was supposed to, because he even said he wouldn't have been in a place to be a really great father for me at that time in his life. So it really worked out.
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Chapter 3: How did April discover her true parentage?
What about the twins? Yeah.
And are you guys identical or fraternal?
It's a boy. So he stayed back. We were freshmen in high school, but I was a pain in the ass. I have a 17 year old right now. And like, God bless her.
I know I'm caught between. So my brother was really, really challenging. And now that I think of his story and I write about it, I realized he really needed someone that had a lot of capacity to help. I just feel bad for both people in the story. Like I feel bad for my mom and I felt bad for my brother. So you probably needed a lot of help.
I am so blessed by my children that I'm like, how did you do it? And she's like, I sent you. I didn't. So she sent me here and I was nice and sassy. And I was like, you know what? Why'd you leave? Like, what's your problem? Was she worth it? And he's like, wasn't the only one. For all I know, you're some jack guys, baby. Oh. I understood that this Jack guy was like a colleague of my mom's.
I'd heard the name, but I'm like, you're deflecting. You're just trying to take the attention off what you're doing. I was very much not here for it.
Also, Jack guy sounds like a term, like a certain kind of guy, like he works at a guy. Well, that would be great. But I was thinking more like he works at a mechanic shop, like he's jacking up cars or like a different industries for sure.
But yeah, fair enough. He didn't harp on it. He never really had a lot of nasty things to say about my mom. He was always very kind. He's like, she loves you. But he was tired of being the only one taking the blame. And he kind of wanted to get his story out there. But then we didn't talk about it again.
And did he and the friend girl have any children?
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