Because I Said So Page #8

is that they tend to

over-sauce it.

They put too much stuff on.

In Italy, the main event

is the noodle

and the rest is just the dressing,

very much like we dress salads.

Now, I've got it in there.

I'm allowing it to start...

Hello.

Hi.

Hi.

Hi.

Hi.

We were worried sick

about you.

It's nice to see you again, Milly. You, too.

It's a great night, isn't it?

It's one for the books.

Yeah.

She has a 'gina, too.

Lionel.

As Grants,

we Grant you health,

we Grant you happiness,

we Grant you someone else

to water your plants.

Cheers.

Definitely.

Cheers.

Reggie's the toast giver.

He's the real talker in the family. I see.

Can somebody get me another

bourbon and soda on the rocks?

Oh, no, no, no,

you can't order bourbon...

They seem to be

hitting it off.

Definitely. Yeah.

Beautiful. I don't think so. And then

I want you to try the buffalo filet

while we're here.

Yeah.

You know, the buffalo was an endangered

species up until a couple of years ago

and now we're eating them.

Isn't this great, Mom?

...and you look out

over the fields

and what you see are herds

of commercial buffalo.

And then you also see

herds of...

I had a great time. Please tell

your parents good night for me, okay?

Good night.

Good night.

Tell me you're not seeing

that guy. Are you, Milly?

Yes, but I don't...

Actually, the "yes"

is all I needed to know.

No, no, no, but the "but"

part's really important too.

But what? Not him.

Why?

'Cause he looks like some guy

your mother would love.

Johnny, wait, though.

This is really difficult for me

and I've never been here before.

I don't know how to

navigate this.

Oh, poor thing.

Don't talk to me that way.

Oh, I'm sorry.

What was I thinking?

You're involved with this guy to the

point where you're meeting his family

and I should be careful

how I'm talking to you?

Are you sleeping with him?

I wouldn't say it that way.

Well, what way

would you say it?

Are you going to stop

seeing him?

That pause says it all.

No, it doesn't.

That's not true.

That's not true.

Who are you?

I can't even look at you.

Oh, God.

Oh, God.

The train has been delayed.

The train has been delayed. Scusi,

I'm gonna go check on the souffls.

Oh, no.

Oh, no.

Jason's finally met

such a wonderful girl.

She's so sweet. She has the

loveliest spirit about her.

But I still can't believe

he found her on the Internet.

Not like in our day.

That somehow reminds me

of people writing a phone

number on the bathroom wall.

Sweetie, I think that we should...

Are you dating somebody else?

What?

I just heard your mom

on the phone talk about

how you're dating some girl

you met on the Internet.

Oh, it's nothing

like that at all.

I'm surprised and I don't even

know if I have the right to be,

'cause to be honest,

I feel like I need to tell you

that I'm also dating

somebody else.

Well, first of all, to be honest,

you didn't need to be so honest.

I'm not seeing anyone but you.

But since we're being honest, this is

something that I was saving for later.

What?

My mother's personal ad?

Oh, my God.

You sounded just like her

there.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Hey, hey, hey. What does

it matter how we met?

You and my mom have been

totally scheming

and now I know exactly

why she pushed me on you.

Because she was voting

for you. She found you.

Yeah, and it doesn't

take anything away from us.

What matters is that we did meet

and how good this is between us.

And the truth of that...

The truth? Where's the truth?

Where's the truth?

Because you've been living a lie

and I've been lying to you, Jason.

And it doesn't

change anything.

How does that not

change everything?

Because you're here. I think

you already made your choice.

But if it helps, I'll say it.

Stop seeing him.

Then you and I can get closer.

Close enough to spend the

rest of our lives together.

I knew I had you

the day I met you.

How could you know

something like that?

'Cause you were so nervous,

you laughed like a hyena in that

beautiful polka dot dress of yours.

Really?

Mmm-hmm.

I'll tell you one thing,

though.

You did not have me

the moment that we met

because I wasn't even sure

that I liked the fact

that your staff talked about you

behind your back at the dessert table.

And, excuse me,

but, truth be told,

I didn't like anything

that you ordered for me

on our first date,

except the calamari.

And okay, fine, yes, it was nice

to not have to think for a change,

but who wants someone

who doesn't think?

Look, and sometimes you laugh when I cry

and say, "Huh?" When I make perfect sense.

And never, ever, in my life have I

burned a chocolate souffl until now

and that, in and of itself,

oh, my God, should have told me I

don't feel like myself around you.

And I would have decided that a long

time ago if it weren't for my mother.

Because who wants someone

who laughs like a hyena

in a polka dot dress

that my mother made me buy?

I love that dress.

Take her out.

Hey.

Stuart, this is an emergency.

Well, should I wait?

Let's reschedule.

But I'm suicidal.

Oh, wow, this is making me feel like

when I was the last pick in kickball...

Right and that's exactly

where we'll begin next week.

Maggie, you promised me

after Willie Matthews,

you would never

lie to me again.

Oh, Milly Woo, Milly Boo.

Stop.

Well, I'm sorry. Mommy made

me promise not to say anything

or she'd be furious.

Mommy?

Mommy made you promise?

Where is your own moral code?

Your adulthood?

Your sisterhood?

Just...

I'm feeling rejected by you.

Okay.

And it's bringing up memories

of summer camp

when Jimmy Feldon and Eric Fishman

both transferred out of my bunk.

I totally understand, Stuart.

Come back today and we'll do a

two-hour session at 3:00 p. m.

Listen, you're right.

I didn't handle this well and

I understand you feel betrayed.

But, really, isn't some of

this anger a little misplaced?

No, no, Maggie. It's placed

exactly where it should be.

And there is plenty to go around, so

don't worry, Mom will be getting hers.

Okay...

Maggie.

Stuart, I am asking you

to empower yourself and leave.

This could be a huge day

for you, Stuart.

This makes me feel like when I was

13 and no one came to my bar mitzvah.

Why didn't they come?

I don't get it.

Stuart, you have

a blood sugar problem, okay?

Just get some lunch,

you'll be fine.

Honey, I know this is painful.

Do you have any snacks

in here?

Third shelf on the right.

Honey, instead of blaming Mom,

you should really focus on the fact that

both of these guys went along with it.

I am, I am. Because

I just told Jason that...

Guys...

Guys?

That was plural, wasn't it?

I feel like I don't know what

you guys are talking about

and it's making me feel

very much out of the loop,

and it's making me want

to jump out the window.

Stuart. For ten years,

my sister has sat here

and told me that you're

about to commit suicide.

Well?

You mean she's been

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