"If he wanted me to be happy, he'd realize that making me happy meant getting off my back once in awhile. It's bad enough that I have to live with the guy, I don't need him breathing down my neck all the time, too, asking me stupid questions."
He knows that he sounds bitter, and he's half-compelled to apologize for it. He's not supposed to be here complaining about his family life, after all, he's supposed to be comforting Ned, and this is counterproductive. The problem is that once he gets started talking about all the ways his father is overbearing, he can hardly stop.
"He's not even my real father. He needs to back off and let me live my life. I'm an adult."
Even as he's saying it, he realizes how petulant and childish and decidedly un-adult-like he sounds. He doesn't pick up on the false lightness in Ned's voice, though if he did, he'd stop his tirade immediately. As it is, he's winding down with it anyway, realizing how stupid it all sounds.
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He knows that he sounds bitter, and he's half-compelled to apologize for it. He's not supposed to be here complaining about his family life, after all, he's supposed to be comforting Ned, and this is counterproductive. The problem is that once he gets started talking about all the ways his father is overbearing, he can hardly stop.
"He's not even my real father. He needs to back off and let me live my life. I'm an adult."
Even as he's saying it, he realizes how petulant and childish and decidedly un-adult-like he sounds. He doesn't pick up on the false lightness in Ned's voice, though if he did, he'd stop his tirade immediately. As it is, he's winding down with it anyway, realizing how stupid it all sounds.