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Oh, my God! It's your kid?

Your kid is gay?

Oh, my God! That is fabulous.

Her kid...

I know he's hot.

Of course, you people

would think it's fabulous.

Listen, it's not up to him.

He doesn't have a choice.

It's who he is

and you have to accept that.

Ugh!

You ever hear of PFLAG?

No, and I don't think

I like the sound of it either.

No, no, no.

It's for people like you.

People who have a friend

or a family member who's gay

and they don't know

what the hell to do.

Oh.

There's a meeting tomorrow night

at the church across the street.

It's always at 8:30.

What if somebody sees me?

Who's gonna see you?

Do you want to

find out what to do

or you want to have

a nervous breakdown?

Go with me, Ruthie, please.

Oh, no, no, I can't...

Please, Ruthie. Please.

Sh*t.

Okay, okay.

I'll walk you over,

but that's it.

Okay.

Meet me here at 8:15,

all right?

Here you go.

Keep the change.

Thank you.

You are an angel.

[Whispers]

Have him call me.

Oh, Jesus...

Tomorrow.

Mr. Paul?

Everything's all clean now.

I'll be leaving now.

I'm gonna take

that thing downstairs

and have the boy walk her.

[Movie audio plays]

[Moaning, groaning

[doorbell rings]

[Moaning, groaning continues]

Hello, Mr. Greco.

I brought the Mrs. Back for you.

Thank you very much.

- Is everything all right?

- All right, thank you.

You, missy, are gonna spend

a little time in the kitchen.

[Movie audio plays]

[Moaning, groaning continues]

Oh, uh, thank you.

Nice meeting you.

All right, rambunctious,

here you go.

Sit down. Behave.

Oh, good morning!

Fine.

Who was that?

That was some guy

with a puppy?

Just some guy?

With a puppy.

Something wrong?

Wrong?

Uh, no, just, you know...

I come here everyday,

sit on this bench

and chat with you for a month.

Now you're being all coy

with some guy with a puppy,

but it's,

you know, it's fine.

You should do

whatever you want.

It's just me being ridiculous,

I guess.

Thank you.

Thank you?

Do you know how long it's been

anyone cared that much about me?

Ugh, I feel like such a woman.

Please, don't confuse me

any more than I already am.

That's good.

Uh, I wish I could stay,

but, unfortunately,

I have such a day.

What's going on?

Well, I have a job due at noon.

Then I promised Roz

I would stop by,

and I've got

the meeting tonight.

Oh, right, PFAG.

Tuesday night, right?

Uh, FLAG.

It's PFLAG, F-L-A-G.

Uh, not FAG.

PFLAG.

I stand corrected, sorry.

I was glad to see you today.

Me too.

See you tomorrow.

Let's go, Bean.

Uh, see now...

This one is really strong.

Yeah, but that's 26

and we're maxed out at 24,

unless you want to do

some smaller ones.

No, no, you're right.

We need to scale.

Zach, can you measure the wall

from here to here, please?

I need a tape measure.

My God, you are so needy.

Top drawer.

Sorry.

Okay, well, how about

maybe losing these two?

Ohhh, God it's so hard...

No, you're right.

These two,

they're not as strong.

Would you like that

in metric or US Standard?

Just measure it.

All right, so if it fits...

I think we should do

this one on the main wall.

I love the idea of having

one really huge piece.

I couldn't agree more.

Hey, Zach.

Hi.

Andy!

I hope I'm not interrupting.

No, this is my

very best friend, Andy.

Andy, Brian Burns.

[Shutter clicks]

Oh, wasn't expecting that.

I've heard so much about you.

Oh. Well...

Zach, you're doing it

all wrong!

Uh, excuse me.

Heard that your work

is brilliant.

Well.

May I?

Yeah.

Only show him the one

for the main wall.

I want the show to be fresh.

Oh, I love it.

If I had the room,

I'd buy it like that.

Did somebody just say fat?

Uh, thanks.

I just am really nervous

about the show, so...

Oh, don't be.

Roz is fabulous.

She's the best.

Of course, I am.

The show will be

equally as fabulous.

And you don't think

there's gonna be a problem

getting an additional proof

for Friday?

It's a gift.

Maybe later in the day?

Where are you gonna be?

- Uh, I'll text you.

- Perfect.

Andy, it was a pleasure

meeting you.

Zach, nice meeting you.

It was nice to meet you too.

So... What do you think?

I gotta go.

It's my turn to pick up

snacks for the meeting.

Oh, did you want to come?

No, I'm gonna hang back

and watch Anderson Cooper.

- Would you mind walking Bean?

- No problem.

- I love you.

- Love you more.

Can't you just come in

with me for just a minute?

I told you I'd walk you here.

I got plans, Elise.

Go on in.

Nobody's gonna bite you.

Oh, my God.

All right, I can't do this.

I am gonna really have

a nervous breakdown

right here, right now.

Hi, my name's Andy.

Can I help?

- Yes.

- No.

My friend here,

she's a little nervous,

you know.

Well, there's nothing

to be nervous about.

What's your name?

Uh, Mary.

She's all yours.

Uh, so, Mary,

can I show you in?

Uh, you know something...

I don't think I'm really

ready for this.

I think I'll just

come back next week...

You don't have to go in.

We could just

sit on the step here

and chat for a while.

- Uh...

- Okay?

Well, I can't stay long.

That's okay.

Thank you.

It's my son...

Robert.

Okay.

Well, he's always

been different.

He's sweet

and kind and gentle,

and I can't believe he's mine.

And I guess

I've always suspected

that he was... you know.

Gay?

Yeah. I fear so.

Have you ever

discussed this with him?

God no, I could never do that.

Well, has he ever

told you that he's gay?

No, no. He doesn't have to.

A mother can

sense these things.

Well, I'm glad you're here.

It's a good place to start.

I want to

acknowledge you for that.

I guess I'm never

gonna have grandchildren.

Hey, Mary, don't you look hot.

Hi, Ted.

It's not you.

Oh! No, of course not.

I didn't think that anyone here

would consider me hot.

Do you?

What?

Uh, no...

I think you're lovely.

- Let's get back to Robert.

- Who?

Your son.

Oh, yes, yes!

Robert, yes.

Mary, the fact that

Robert is gay

has nothing to do with you.

It's not anything you did.

It's simply the way he is.

Yeah, but I find that so very

hard to believe because,

you see, we never had any of

your kind in our family - ever.

You can't even say it, can you?

- Well, of course, I can.

- Then say it.

- This is just silly.

- Say it.

All right, G-A-Y, gay.

Are you happy now?

I'm overjoyed.

Mary, it's important

that you know

that you are not

responsible for any of this.

Really?

You really don't think

this is my fault?

Tell me some of

Robert's shortcomings.

Well, um...

He doesn't call me,

like hardly ever.

And he is not respectful.

Now that - that is your fault.

That's not a very

nice thing to say.

Well, I'm not being nice.

I'm being honest.

Isn't that why you're here?

See now that clever thing

that you're doing right now,

that sounds exactly like him.

That really pisses me off.

It does.

It's smart ass.

Sorry, I would have

had you pegged at 50 max.

No, no, no,

it's true, it's true.

I'm telling you, it's Botox.

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