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Life in the Double-Wide Trailer and Suspicions About Dad

from Happy Wife Happy Life · #115

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3 min

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Moses describes moving into a double-wide trailer, riding out hurricanes in the old bus, finding photos suggesting his father was gay, and the family's routine of going to the beach every day instead of school.

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  • 27:44Tim's father got sole custody of the bus in the divorce settlement.
  • 28:27They rode out hurricanes in that bus because they couldn't leave during storms.
  • 28:37Tim found photos of his father with another muscular man wearing long jean shorts, dressed in the other guy's clothes.
  • 29:05Tim's siblings started saying their father was gay based on the photos and how friendly he was with the man.
  • 29:18Tim wanted to just shut up and enjoy having a house, to do the American middle class thing.
  • 29:33Five kids were crammed into the double-wide trailer, sharing beds and sleeping bags.
  • 29:56Tim's mother took all the kids to the beach every day, baking in the sun and putting oil on them instead of sending them to school.
  • 30:16Tim hated the beach and would leave after half an hour, saying he just wanted to eat Ho-Hos at home.
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