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[ "This morning before work my new little kitten was so hungry, she was trying to eat my shoe!", "Poor thing! Have you bought her some food?", "I had some food left over from when my other cat ran away, but this kitten doesn't like that brand.", "So what did you do? That kitty needs to eat!", "I ran to the pet store before work and bought some expensive kitten chow and she loves that kind.", "That's great! Fat kitties are the best kind of kitties!" ]

[ "Look! It's a kitten!", "Oh my goodness! Where is it's mom?", "I don't see or hear any other kittens.", "Do you think it's hungry.", "She does look hungry, I'm going to give it some of the meat from my sandwich", "We should probably get it kitten milk from the store" ]

[ "this is such a cute kitty, where did you get her from", "we adopted her from the shelter last week", "Did they have anymore kittens?", "they had a few more left, if you hurry, you can get them", "let's go right now and we can get one", "sounds like a good idea to me" ]

[ "Do you have any bread? I would really go for some right now.", "I am afraid not, but we have some flour in the pantry.", "Great, let's get baking. I bet you'd like fresh bread, too.", "That sure sounds amazing, I'll get the flour.", "Thank you. Let me warm up some water for kneading." ]

[ "I couldn't find any bread in your cabinet. I decided to make some homemade bread for all of us to try!", "That's thoughtful of you, what kind of bread did you bake?", "Just a regular loaf of sourdough, it's in the oven now.", "I'm getting hungry, when will it be done baking?", "Give it like 20 more minutes and I'll check on it.", "Okay, I can't wait. I'm going to put garlic on my slice." ]

[ "I had a great recipe for rye bread in my head, I also had the flour on hand, so...", "You made bread for everyone at the party!", "Yes! And it came out of the oven hot and delicious!", "Oh, I bet! What did you serve with it?", "Antipasto and extra virgin olive oil and cracked pepper to dip the bread in.", "Oh I wish I'd been there!" ]

[ "Hey, you want to make some bread? I could make that recipe you like.", "Yeah! Sounds great.", "Awesome, I'll get started.", "Do I have everything you need?", "Umm...yep, looks like I'll use the rest of your flour.", "That's fine! I'll run to the store, it is just around the corner." ]

[ "Did they follow me?", "Did who follow you?", "I was walking over here when I saw a group of punk kids looking at me. I just tried to stare them down to seem intimidating.", "Did it work?", "I broke eye contact after a minute because the situation was just so stupid. But then they started to get up and move toward me so I ran.", "I don't see anyone menacing around the house, but I'll let you know." ]

[ "I'm in trouble", "Aren't you supposed to be at work now?", "Yes, that's the problem. I can't find the car keys", "Oh dear, Carson will not be happy to hear that you lost his keys", "Carson will be pissed and so will my boss, when I'm late for work", "you can borrow my car if you want" ]

[ "Oh no, where are my keys?", "I thought I had given them to you.", "No, I don't have them! This is not good at all.", "Okay let me try looking in my bag first, and then we can look at your bag.", "Okay, I still cannot find them.", "I found them! They were in your secret pocket in your bag." ]

[ "I had to put a stop to it.", "I hate bullies and what they stand for.", "Skylar is my friend, so if you hurt her we will have problems.", "You' re a great friend to have.", "Thanks, so are you.", "We should bring Skylar into our group more often." ]

[ "Skylar was getting bullied by a bunch of girls in the playground. I went over there to put a stop to it.", "Why were they bullying her?", "I didn't really care. I told them they need to stop harassing my friend.", "How did it go? You are a big guy. You can be pretty intimidating.", "I do not tolerate bullying anywhere. It's just not good.", "No, it isn't. I am happy you stood up for your friend." ]

[ "I won't allow anyone to bully Skylar ever again!", "You are a true friend Jordan, and Skylar is lucky to have you as a friend.", "I hate that the girls bully her, just because she is overweight.", "Kids are just so insensitive these days.", "Well, I am not going to stand by and watch, I will teach those kids.", "Be gentle on them, Jordan." ]

[ "I hate living with my parents, they drive me mad.", "I heard Austin offered you a job at her firm, did you accept her offer?", "Yes, I sure did! I start there Friday. In a month time, I'll have enough money to move out.", "You must be very excited to get out of there.", "You know I am. Plus I will have my own place and a job. Austin is a great friend.", "She is very generous as long as you keep working hard, and show you care about what you do." ]

[ "I got some really good news today, Austin hired me.", "That is great! When do you start?", "I'll be starting next Monday, I am really looking forward to making my own money.", "Just don't spend it all when you get it.", "No way, I plan on saving up for a deposit on an apartment. I need to get out of my parent's house.", "I know what you mean, it is nice that they can be a safety net, but having your own place brings so much freedom." ]

[ "I want to move out of my parents' house, as Austin offered me a position, I can finally do that now.", "What will you be doing?", "It's an accounting job with a big firm.", "Does Austin have connections?", "He knows one of the principals. He thinks I'll get the job.", "It pays to have connections." ]

[ "I was trying to grab Casey's hands to hold them, but she pulled them away.", "She's probably want to.", "That's what I thought so I stopped trying.", "It's no big deal. People don't always want to hold hands.", "She's usually into it. She grabs for my hands sometimes.", "You wait for her to initiate then." ]

[ "Hey I'm sorry but I ordered some food off the menu and I want to eat them by myself today.", "Why do you want to eat by yourself?", "I had a rough day at work, and need some alone time during my lunch.", "Ok. Let's talk about it after you've rested.", "Thank you. See you later." ]

[ "The food I want is not in the menu.", "What do you want to eat?", "Have ordered the waiter to get me Grub Hub.", "Okay, but what I ordered is different.", "I insisted on having mine differently 'cos I want to eat alone.", "Okay then, not a problem." ]

[ "Hey can you reach the Snickers bar from the bottom?", "The chocolate is stuck on the bottom part of the dispenser.", "Can you reach in and grab it from where you are.", "Hey, please don't push my fingers through that opening.", "Oh, sorry Casey, I was being too overanxious for the chocolate.", "Thanks, I got it now and we are good." ]

[ "This sounds funny but I'm pushing Casey's fingers into the opening.", "Yes it did look funny. What were you doing?", "I'm trying to get my purchase out of the vending machine.", "Those vending machine have been causing some trouble for everyone for years now.", "Imagine if you had a penny for every time you heard someone trying a vending machine.", "You'd be Bill gates." ]

[ "I had to make sure that Austin had a great education.", "What was wrong with the one he is attending?", "The school he was attending is terrible.", "What makes the school so bad?", "It's like the faculty have lost hope, and just don't seems to care.", "I've seen that happen and it's very sad." ]

[ "It didn't take much convincing for me to get Austin to check out this school.", "Was there something wrong with the school your cousin was attending?", "It has a bad reputation. He is too smart for that school.", "Does he want to go to the new school as well?", "Yes, Austin was very excited to go to a better school.", "This is good. You are a good cousin to look out for him like that." ]

[ "I love to use my bike instead of my car.", "It's a good idea because it is environment friendly.", "That's true. I just need to remember to lock my bike before I enter the store.", "Oh yes! You're doomed should you forget.", "It will be gone quickly.", "You are right about that." ]

[ "I've already had one bike stolen this year so I got to make sure to protect this one.", "Where are you right now?", "I'm at the Tri-Rail getting ready to get on the train.", "You're not bringing your bike with you?", "No, I'm going to lock it up here.", "I hope it's safe for you until you get back." ]

[ "I'm glad I got there, but then I needed to lock my bike.", "Yes, it would be good, you don't want to lose that.", "Yes, so I locked it up quickly and moved on.", "That's awesome! Sounds like a great plan to me.", "Thanks! It worked for that purpose.", "Yea, I'm glad you were able to get it all locked up." ]

[ "I hear you need some help.", "That is right I need my gutters cleaned.", "I think I can do that for you.", "I don't have much money though.", "Maybe you can make me a lunch.", "Yes, this should be great. Let me know what you like" ]

[ "I am going to give you some great service because you are unable to clean the gutters yourself", "That will ne so great. Thank you so much", "Here is the piece of advice", "I am listening", "Overall you need to watch out more, because there are a lot of bats. They can get into gutters and they can get in the way of your cleaning. I can do this type of service for you if you like", "yeah, so I should use the scraper to scoop them out instead of the rake it?" ]

[ "I really want a new roommate.", "Oh, I thought you were good friends with your roommate Alex.", "Yeah, but Alex has been living in my house for a year now, and he doesn't have the best habits.", "Does he snore or something?", "No, but he's incredibly messy, and he makes tons of loud noises pretty much all the time." ]

[ "I had to kick Alex out of the house today. I can't live with the guy anymore...he's so messy.", "Can't you make him clean up after himself?", "I've tried and tried, but he doesn't care. He's so noise...he talks loud, plays loud music and tv programs, even his video games are loud.", "I think I understand. I probably would have done the same thing." ]

[ "Alex is a terrible roommate.", "Which house rules did he break?", "They are loud and messy at all hours.", "Do they at least pay their share?", "Well, they think paying their share gives them the right to behave like that.", "Maybe you should withhold your share to pressure him." ]

[ "We drew turkeys in class today for Thanksgiving Day.", "Oh how cute! Did you have them trace their hands?", "Of course, we did, it's tradition. One of my students was having troubles so I helped trace her fingers.", "You're such a great teacher. Did hers come out well?", "Yeah it came out great. She was super excited to take it home and show to her parents.", "It's probably on their refrigerator as we speak." ]

[ "The kids in my preschool class are so cute.", "What was the lesson today?", "We were doing finger tracing projects, my student Robin was having trouble so I helped her.", "They're lucky to have you as their teacher." ]

[ "Why do you want me to face you?", "Because I want to see your face, especially when I tell you something.", "Okay and what is that?", "I'm glad you've got your arm around me.", "Is something wrong?", "I am not feeling too well." ]

[ "Cameron and I have been making up a new dance.", "Great, how is that going?", "Well, we have been having some troubles. I had to kind of move Cameron around and get her into position.", "What do you mean?", "I just had to physically turn her around and grab onto her back to show her how I wanted her to move.", "It sounds like you guys have a lot more work to do." ]

[ "Excuse me, I didn't know I was that close to you.", "that's ok, I did not realised, I was that close either.", "thank you for understanding.", "Not to worry, there was no harm done. I took it as a friendly touch.", "Yes, I feel the same way about it.", "nice talking to you, maybe we can talk again soon." ]

[ "I had a big fight with Sydney at work, today.", "Why would you fight with a co-worker?", "She didn't respond to an email, and I missed a deadline for a project.", "Oh, that's terrible. So what did you end up doing?", "Well, it turned out the email was in my drafts folder, but I never sent it and it was all my fault. So I apologized.", "How did she respond to your apology?" ]

[ "You know that I have a huge crush on Kendall. I got her to go to the movies with me.", "That's great, how did it go?", "We had a great time. I got up the courage to put my arm around her during the movie and she didn't mind it. Then we went for a bite to eat.", "That's a good sign for sure! Where did you go to eat after the movie?", "We went to Applebees.", "Let me know about your next date with her!" ]

[ "I hope you like this movie, your mom said you love scary movies", "I loved scary movies ever since I was a kid, and they are my favorite", "something about them just really appeals to me, I guess", "well, I guess we have this in common" ]

[ "Whew, what a game. That was a good one.", "Do you realize how long you have been playing?", "No, not really. Time fly's when you are having fun.", "Well, you must be having a lot of fun. You have been at it for hours.", "Oh my, really? It doesn't feel like it at all.", "Yes, Taylor you have been playing pinball for two hours." ]

[ "I wouldn't be too sure about that move", "Oh stop, you've never beat me before", "Ok did warn you", "Do you think you can beat me", "Yes, I do, watch me", "Oh wow, where did that come from" ]

[ "I could tell what my opponent is going to do. He's so predictable. I've been studying his every move.", "That gives you an advantage.", "I think so. I've been winning against him. I've spent hours studying his past chess games online.", "Your opponent sounds like an accomplished player.", "He's the top ten in the nation.", "You must rank up there, too, if you are playing against him." ]

[ "All I can see are stars.", "You better stay down if you know what's good for you.", "I want to continue but my legs aren't working.", "I will drop you again punk.", "I can't move, so I am giving up.", " I take the win this time" ]

[ "I had to go to the hospital after I couldn't even get up.", "Were you in a terrible accident?", "I was punched so hard in a fight.", "You should avoid fighting like that.", "The fight came to me, and couldn't be avoided.", "I've gotten into three fights since I was a kid. This is your third fight this year." ]

[ "I am so burned out from work but I really want to get the special gift for my boyfriend", "What do you have in mind?", "I was thinking a high end MacBook. They run about four grand.", " You must be in love !! To get such expensive gift for him", "Not really, but Bob is so good to me. He's done so much for me.", "You know Bob is married and has a line of affairs all over town. He does so much for so many." ]

[ "Sorry I can't make the dinner party, I have to work Friday night", "I didn't know you worked in the evening hours", "Usually I don't, but I have been working a second job for a few months now. I needed to save some money", "What are you saving for?", "My boyfriend really wants a new gaming keyboard, he has been working really hard so I want to buy it for him", "Aww that is very sweet of you, you are an awesome girlfriend!" ]

[ "This was the toughest fight of my career so far.", "They seem like they were bigger than you.", "They were definitely bigger than me.", "I thought you had to fight people around your weight.", "For the weigh in you do, then you can pack on the pounds.", "I didn't know that's how it worked." ]

[ "That fight on the other night was a hard one.", "You won, so you should be pretty happy.", "I know but he was so much bigger than me, and hit like mule.", "I guess you wore him down with your face.", "Is that so? I just stayed in my corner and tried to make him miss." ]

[ "I didn't get to my morning run yet again.", "What happened? I thought you woke up early and everything!", "I did. I got to bed early last night and woke up on time, but I wasn't wearing my running clothes. By the time I found them, it was too late and I had to get to work!", "Get the running gears ready for tomorrow, I always get thing ready the night before, it helps" ]

[ "I went to sleep really early last night.", "What time did you go to bed?", "I fell asleep probably around 7pm.", "Did you wake up early?", "Yes, I did and I wanted to run and almost left the house without much clothes on.", "Good thing you stopped yourself!" ]

[ "I woke up super early this morning, because I went to bed at eight.", "Wow! What are you going to do with all your extra time you have?", "Well, I plan to go for a run down by the lake, but was naked.", "Why don't you just put on some clothes?", "Yeah I could do that. But I've always wanted to run naked in public.", "Please, don't call me from the police station." ]

[ "I don't know why I'm up so early.", "It's five in the morning. I'm just starting my newspaper delivery route.", "I guess, maybe I'll go for a run.", "Hold on! You're not wearing any clothes.", "Ooops, you are right.", "You're still half asleep; you better go back to bed." ]

[ "I am really worried about getting a flat on the highway.", "Do you have a spare tire?", "Yes, there's one in the trunk.", "Well, you're set then.", "Not really, I need more spares so I bought a couple others.", "There's no room in your car for three spares, though." ]

[ "I think I have everything ready for our road trip.", "Don't forget to bring a spare tyre.", "Even better I bought two spare tyres just in case.", "two more spares, why?", "I don't want the same thing happening again, like it did last time I was on the highway.", "I understand. But two tyres is a bit much." ]

[ "Maybe it's irrational, but having a blowout is one of my biggest fears.", "Statistically it's very unlikely to happen. Don't be nervous about it.", "I'm trying not to be. But I bought a couple of spare tyres, just in case.", "A couple of spare tyres? Doesn't the car already have one?", "It does. But I wanted two more, just to be safe.", "Sure, if it makes you feel better. But the chances of having a three tyres blowout are basically zero." ]

[ "I know I already have a spare tyre, but I am so afraid that I'll have a blowout on the highway that I got a second one.", "Have you ever had a flat?", "Yes, I did last year, and it was really stressful. I barely made it to the shoulder and then I had to change it myself.", "Have you thought about getting roadside assist?", "I guess I should do that, then I won't have to worry as much.", "You really should. I have it and it's really comforting to know if I have an issue on the road, I can just make one call to get it resolved." ]

[ "I'm so busy at work right now.", "Is it taking up all your time?", "Yes Idid, I had a dental appointment but moved it to the next day to make room for an extra client.", "At least you'll be earning more with additional clients." ]

[ "I was having such a hard time with that assignment. I am so glad Sydney helped me out.", "What did Sydney do?", "She re-wrote the essay for me, that explained everything in more detail.", "Don't you think you might get in trouble for cheating?", "I as so worn out, so she helped out. I then helped her with Algebra.", "Well hopefully you will get a good grade." ]

[ "I just finished my essay last weekend.", "All by yourself? That is impressive!", "I had some help, Sydney edited it to make it more complex and detailed.", "That is very kind of him.", "Yes it was. I am confident that I will score a good grade.", "All the best with your tests." ]

[ "My way was vague and simple, at least that's what Sydney told me. He changed it, so that I can get better grades.", "Did that help?", "My grades have improved this semester. I am up by a whole grade in every subject.", "That's amazing. You are putting in the work.", "Sydney is a great tutor. He motivates me to study harder.", "Sounds like he's a great influence." ]

[ "My grandma had a really hard childhood in New York.", "I can imagine, it must have been difficult to be black living in those times.", "Some of the stuff she told me, I can't even repeat.", "I'm so sorry, she had to go through those times." ]

[ "My gammy is this frail little lady. I cannot believe how she fought gangsters and villains in her days in New York until it caught up to her.", "I heard she was pushed on to an oncoming subway train and she managed to push the train out to the way.", "She does not talk about that, but it's true.", "What about the time she flew to the sky to push that big meteor crashing toward Manhattan. That was amazing.", "I don't thin it was not real.", "She has many struggle in life and I am amazed how she has overcome all these hardship." ]

[ "Did you look at the concrete?", "Yeah. Whose hands are those?", "They're Skylar's. I print her hands in the wet cement to memorialize them.", "That's great. I bet she'll love looking at that when she's older.", "She does, she loves it." ]

[ "I had a great time this afternoon.", "What did you do? Didn't you work today?", "Today was a day off for me. I watched a movie.", "Did you watch it on Netflix?", "No,we went to a theater with Riley's friends.", "I am glad you had a good time." ]

[ "We just got back from the movies with my friends.", "Are they showing any good films?", "Yes they did. We really enjoyed the movie and had a great time.", "Can I come with you next time." ]

[ "I've been trying for weeks to get at this game. I finally beat Carson's personal record.", "What game are you playing?", "It's this online game. It keeps track of the highest score. Carson held the record for months. Almost a whole year.", "It must feel good to beat him then.", "It's an accomplishment.", "We all need to find our purpose." ]

[ "I beat Carson's personal record today.", "I didn't even know you were trying to beat his record.", "I have been secretly for weeks. I didn't want anyone to know if I failed.", "But you didn't fail. If you worked for weeks you had to succeed. I am proud of you.", "Carson is not too happy about it though.", "I bet he isn't. That record meant a lot to him." ]

[ "I accomplished something awesome today", "Oh nice tell me about it!", "I finally beat Carson's record in the 100 m run", "Wow that's great you must be fast", "It was a lot of work for sure", "I am very proud of you my friend!" ]

[ "I really have what you call a \"Green thumb\". I can grow anything.", "What are you doing right there in the soil?", "Right now I'm seeding the soil. Then with some water, fertilizer, sunlight, and a little time, we'll have a whole field of snow peas.", "And they'll grow forever and ever and feed our families?", "Well, with the right care every season, we can grow snow peas and we can grow other stuff like beans, potatoes, and corn.", "If you plant a sesame seed from a hamburger bun, can we grow a hamburger tree?" ]

[ "these plants have turned out really well", "I love the colors of the roses", "I wanted to get s little bit of red and yellows", "looks like the company forgot to send you the yellows though", "guess I can order some more then" ]

[ "I've been out in the garden, seeding the plants all morning.", "It's good to get it out of the way before the sun heats up.", "They require tending to every season, to keep the heirloom variety going, but it's a good harvest every time.", "You gave me some from last year and I just can't get mine to grow like your do.", "It's the fertilizer. You need worm castings throughout your soil, and start each seedling with a little nitrogen fertilizer.", "I'll try that next season. It's too late for my little plants this year." ]

[ "Ok Jan, I need you to pick me up at five, today", " I will", "And can you clean up a bit, its a bit messy", "Hey, I invited you to stay at my house", "I dont care, remember what I did for you", "yeah I know, sorry, I will" ]

[ "I think I need to look for new places to live.", "Is Jan that bad?", "She is just so controlling of everything I do.", "That sucks, I think my neighbors are looking for a roommate.", "Can you give me their contact info?", "Yeah, I'll let them know about you." ]

[ "your hands are so soft, how did you keep them soft.", "I put cream on every time I washed them.", "It's all good.", "It helps and prevent them from cracking when it is cold.", "do you use any specific brand." ]

[ "Alex, your hands are so warm.", "Well, you were trying to hold my hand. You act like you're interested.", "I am", "let's hold hands to keep them warm.", "your hands are nice and soft.", "Thank you" ]

[ "Whoa, your hands are so cold.", "Sorry, I always have cold hands for some reason!", "Don't you feel well.", "I do, it is that my hands are naturally always cold.", "Let me hold them in my hands to warm them up.", "This is so sweet of you." ]

[ "Aubrey said my house was dirty", "Why did she say that", "because he found dirt in my house", "Did you clean it up", "No, I left it there until later" ]

[ "Hey Aubrey! I hoped you had an enjoyable time at my house for lunch.", "Thanks for the invitation, Addison, but I am afraid I won't be coming to your house again.", "Oh, really? Why do you say that?", "I found that your house had a lot of dirt in it. I feel a bit uncomfortable there.", "I'm sorry you feel that way. Would you mind showing me so I can get it cleaned up?", "Of course! I would be happy to help." ]

[ "I'm feeling a little embarrassed right now.", "Oh no. Why are you feeling embarrassed?", "I invited a girl named Aubrey over to my house for lunch, but it didn't go too well.", "I'm sorry to hear about that. If you don't mind me asking, what went wrong?", "I tried my best to make the house look good, but Aubrey commented on how she could see dirt in the house.", "I can see why that makes you feel bad. You focused your efforts on cleaning but were still criticized." ]

[ "I just cleaned my house.", "I see a little dirt over there.", "Oh, I just let the dogs in and they must have drug in some mud.", "Yeah, that happens with dogs.", "I just can't keep the floors clean.", "It's no big deal really." ]

[ "I can't believe I am back here seeing our old high school play football.", "It feels like forever ago, that we were students.", "I know, and not much has changed either.", "They made the bleachers and concession stands new but that is it.", "I remember standing in the front row over there in the student section.", "Me too, those were some great times." ]

[ "Did I miss anything?", "No, it just started, this is going to be a great game", "I know, I had to be here, better be worth the two hour drive", "oh please don't complain, you know you love being back home", "I do, we going to hit up Johnny's after", "You know it, I actually haven't been there in a month" ]

[ "It's a mummy style to I can stay warm.", "My feet and legs always get cramped in that style of sleeping bag.", "Really? I've never had that problem.", "Yeah, I have to have a box style sleeping bag so I have plenty of room.", "And you don't get cold?", "No, I put a hot water bottle at my feet every night." ]

[ "Tomorrow we leave on the big family camping trip.", "Oh that reminds me, I have the camping chairs you wanted to borrow in my car.", "Great, thanks, I'll grab them at lunch. I have already bought so much stuff for it.", "Yeah, camping with a family involves a lot of supplies, that's why I sometimes like to do solo trips.", "You're not kidding, I had to go back to the camping store because in planning for everyone else I forgot to get myself a sleeping bag.", "At least now you will have everything, and can just pack up and go for the next camping trip." ]

[ "I got the longest sleeping bag that they had so that my feet stay warm.", "I didn't realize sleeping bags come in different sizes.", "They do. With a longer sleeping bag I can put extra blankets inside.", "That is smart of you especially if you like lots of blankets.", "I do. I've gone camping with a standard size bag and was cold all night.", "Well you should be able to get 2 or 3 extra blankets in that long bag." ]

[ "Don't tell", "what are you doing that for", "well, what's better than free food", "not going to jail it", "I won't get caught, if you don't tell", "I'm not saying anything" ]

[ "Why are you looking at me that way?", "I have been watching you, so you better stop stuffing food in your pocket.", "Well, I don't want to go hungry later, And you know I can't afford to buy them.", "Why don't you put them in my basket, I can purchase them for you.", "How nice of you to do that for me. I promise to pay you back when you can.", "That is nonsense. That's what friends are for. Don't you worry about it." ]

[ "I took bought my friend with me tonight. I hope we both meet someone.", "Is she looking to meet someone special?", "I know she is tired of sitting home alone every weekend.", "I think she'd rather you date her, so she isn't sitting home along.", "We are just friends.", "Well I think she wants to be more than friends." ]

[ "Just try to have fun at the dance.", "I'm just not really good at talking to people.", "Just relax and socialize with people.", "How? I don't have good people skills.", "Just be like me and talk to somebody you like about the things that you think they are interested about.", "I don't think anybody here is interested in anything but looking at their phones." ]

[ "I took my son to his favorite restaurant for his birthday. He really enjoyed it.", "Tell him Happy Birthday for me.", "I will. He smiled at me and told me he had a wonderful birthday.", "Awww, that makes my heart melt.", "I know. My whole heart...I started crying." ]

[ "Hey, I just celebrated my birthday.", "Happy birthday! What did you do?", "My parents brought me to dinner at this fancy restaurant.", "I'm sure you were sure to thank them?", "Of course I did tell them, I was so happy.", "Sounds like a great time!" ]

[ "I took my son out to dinner for his birthday last night.", "That sounds like fun. Did you have a good time?", "We had a great time. He thanked me a lot, so I could tell he really enjoyed himself.", "That's awesome!! it sounds like it was a really nice celebration.", "It was. I took him to his favorite restaurant, and we had some good quality time together.", "I'm so happy for you. Wish him a happy birthday for me." ]

[ "I hope you had fun", "It was a blast mom, we have been to Jimmys Rib shack in 2 years", "well its your birthday, so it was worth the 2 hour drive", "and you didn't have to take me and my friends to laser tag, we could have just stayed at home, I know moneys tight", "Don't you worry about that, this is your day", "you're the best mom" ]

[ "I ordered the special at dinner tonight. It came with all the extras.", "Was it good?", "It was great but I had no idea they gave so much food there.", "Did you bring any home?", "Yes, I brought home the rest of the ribs.", "Maybe I should come over and help you eat them." ]

[ "These ribs and side dishes look so good, but I'm so full, I can't even finish them!", "Well, you can always put them in a carryout box.", "That's a good idea. Waiter! Waiter!", "The waiters here are not very kind, it takes forever to get their attention." ]

[ "I went to that new steakhouse for dinner the other day. The servings were so big, I couldn't finish all my ribs and side dishes.", "I know you can eat a lot, so that must have been an incredible amount of food.", "It was, it was delicious. I high recommend it though.", "I'll have to give it a try. What side dishes did you try?", "The onion rings, the baked beans and the cinnamon apples.", "I can see why you weren't able to finish everything." ]

[ "Oh it was a tense situation just trying to carry all that water.", "How did you have to carry it?", "I was concentrating on carrying it by hand, so as not to spill any on the floor.", "Did you not spill any in the end?", "Yes, I was lucky and I was so focused that I didn't spill a drop.", "You are talented and you have such great concentration!" ]

[ "So IU've got my hands tightly cupped, full of water as I make my way across the floor.", "Why didn't you use a pot or a cup or something easier?", "I was upstairs at the time and didn't have a better option.", "You could have gone downstairs and grabbed something to use.", "I didn't have the time. I had to act quickly and my hands were the best option.", "I guess you did the best you could given your choices." ]

[ "I spilled syrup on my hands.", "Quick, go to the sink and wash it off.", "I have gotten rid of the sticky stuff but my hands are still soaked.", "Come here and take a towel.", "I am focused on the water in my hands and being careful not to drop any on the floor.", "You are doing a good job." ]

[ "Jan was over earlier and helped me out with the others when my mom had a fit.", "Is your mom still acting out like that?", "Yeah, she's always yelling and scaring everybody. Jan took them outside until my mom calmed down.", "Maybe you need to take her to see the doctor, she has been so stressed lately.", "I know. Her behavior's getting worse." ]