How It All Goes Down
- The next day, Conrad feels like an "outcast, quitter, [and] f***-up […] separated from everyone by this aching void of loneliness" (14.2).
- Conrad should write goth poetry.
- In therapy, Berger wants to know why Conrad hasn't tried to talk it out with his mother.
- Conrad says he can't, because Beth will never forgive him for the suicide attempt.
- Why? Berger asks. Conrad says it's because he ruined a lot of towels. What, were they from the Martha Stewart collection?
- Berger suggests that it's hard for Beth to give love.
- Berger says that Conrad isn't unlovable, but his mother gives him a different kind of love.
- Berger tells Conrad that his mother won't change, so he's going to have to accept her as she is.
- Easier said than done, Berger-boy.