Summer of Blood

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I think it's cool

that I got the salad

but the point was

to eat a salad to be healthier

and there's bread

underneath it...

Well, they said

it was a crostini,

which is usually smaller.

What is it called?

- I should pay more attention.

- A crostini. It's Italian.

It's good, I mean, I guess.

It's the whole bread thing.

I don't want to complain.

I complain too much as it is.

You do complain but...

It's good.

Did you like yours?

Oh, that's cool.

What is that?

Open it.

Really?

Yeah.

This is really nice.

Oh, this is really pretty.

It goes on your other hand.

The left.

- The left hand?

- Yeah.

What is that? Is that Arabic?

What does that mean?

No, the guy at the store

said it was Tibetan.

It means to overcome obstacles.

- Oh, that's really nice.

- I thought it was perfect for you.

This is really pretty.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

What's the occasion?

I mean, It's just... nice.

I mean... thank you.

Erik. I want to...

I'm...

I'm asking you if

you want to marry me?

This is an engagement ring?

Yeah. Yeah and I...

Um...

Here at the restaurant?

I mean...

Not here.

We can't do this here.

Why not here?

Why?

It's such a clich.

You're into that kind of thing.

It's nice. It's pretty.

I mean, I can wear it...

I can wear it like...

So you're saying no?

Yes.

I'm saying "No." I mean, I'm saying,

"No!"But "No" doesn't always mean "Yes',

but in this case it does.

So, you know...

Wow. Okay.

Look, you're not

thinking this through.

- That's just what I'm saying.

- Yes, I have.

I thought... what?

It's just, I know this is your attempt at being post-feminist

and post-modern, after reading that Sheryl Sandberg book.

You want to say,

"Let's reverse it

so the girl now

proposes to the guy"

because that's what

you're supposed...

Erik, I don't really care what

you're about to say right now.

But I want to get married

and I want to have babies. So...

But you're also doing really

well at your job right now.

You're excelling so much.

You're rising up

in the law firm.

You're doing really well.

And like Sheryl Sandberg said,

"We need more women

in positions of power."

Most women in powerful

positions are married.

Sheryl Sandberg is married.

There's an entire chapter

about that,

about how amazing

her partner is

and how she couldn't

do it without him,

especially when

she was pregnant.

Okay, but at the same time,

you have an obligation

to be a housewife.

If you're...

I have an obligation

to be a housewife?

I'm just saying

that if you're working,

you can't do both.

I mean, I didn't read the book

so I don't know

but you can't,

you can't do both.

How can you not do both?

Because someone

has to cook and clean.

Well, you can cook and clean.

I'm Turkish.

Turkish men don't do that kind of thing.

Are you playing the Turkish card again?

I'm also a dirty person.

Dirty people don't have the

disposition for being clean.

And because I'm dirty

I shouldn't cook either

because that's unhygienic

in a lot of ways.

I mean, this is like...

My mother says that

I should break up with you.

See, imagine how she'd

feel if we got married.

No, this is precisely why she

wants me to break up with you.

Because you won't marry me.

Well, I hate your mom anyway.

I mean...

I don't hate her like that.

I'm just kidding.

In a playful way I hate her.

But if she died tomorrow,

I wouldn't be that upset or sad.

I mean, I'd be sad

because you'd be sad probably.

I'd lament for a...

I'd pretend to lament for

maybe like a week or two

or something like that.

It's just... you know?

Hey. Look, you're not

going to storm off

and make a scene are you?

Why would I do that?

Because you're upset.

To be dramatic,

you know, to make a scene.

Oh right, because I'm a woman, I'm going

to be dramatic? I'm going to the bathroom.

Okay, good.

Because I just want to

drink my beer and...

My joints hurt.

I just want to relax.

I don't want to

do this anymore.

Come on, Jody.

I don't.

You always do this every time

we get into an argument, you do this.

You get fatalistic about the relationship,

and then you want to break up.

And then we go back home

and then we start kissing

and everything works out.

I don't want to be with someone who doesn't want to get married.

I don't want to be with someone who doesn't want to have babies.

Jody, babies are worthless.

I don't want to be with someone

who thinks babies are worthless.

Come on.

This is ridiculous.

You're being silly.

You know?

Jody?

- Jason?

- Hey.

- How are you?

- Oh my God.

Oh my God.

Are you still here in New York?

Do you live here?

Yeah.

Do you?

Yes. Yeah. Yeah.

- I just got a job on Park Avenue at a law firm.

- Oh my God.

- That's incredible.

- Wow!

- This is incredible to see you.

- I know.

It's incredible to see you too.

Hey there.

- Hey.

- Erik.

Erik.

- Yes, I'm uh... I am. I'm, uh...

- Hey.

Yeah... it's nice to meet you.

Yeah.

I'm Jason.

- Nice to meet you.

- Yeah.

I'm Erik.

- How are you?

- Cool.

- This is so crazy.

- This is crazy.

I feel like I haven't

seen you...

- I don't even know when.

- I don't know.

Look, it's great that you guys

are catching up and everything

but it's probably not the

best time to be talking

because we're in the middle

of a conversation. So...

- Oh, I'm so sorry.

- Oh, no, no, no.

It was good to see you.

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