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Dharma: Greg, if they're going to have sex, don't you think they should have it here?
Greg: No! They should come up with a plan: sneak out, say they're spending the night at a friend's house.
Dharma: So, they should lie?
Greg: Yes, and if they get away with it, they deserve to have sex.
Dharma: Greg, that is so sick.
Greg: No, it's darwinian, the brightest ones get to breed.
Greg: No! They should come up with a plan: sneak out, say they're spending the night at a friend's house.
Dharma: So, they should lie?
Greg: Yes, and if they get away with it, they deserve to have sex.
Dharma: Greg, that is so sick.
Greg: No, it's darwinian, the brightest ones get to breed.
— Dharma & Greg, "Haus Arrest"
Rory: I don't understand. So your grandma's Buddhist, why are we...God, she doesn't know!
Lane: Nope.
Rory: Your mother's mother does not know she's a Seventh-Day Adventist.
Lane: And it would be a very big deal if she found out.
Rory: That is so weird!
Lane: Tell me about it. I just discovered today that I am the latest link in a chain of Kim women who hide their real lives under floorboards, away from their mothers!
Lane: Nope.
Rory: Your mother's mother does not know she's a Seventh-Day Adventist.
Lane: And it would be a very big deal if she found out.
Rory: That is so weird!
Lane: Tell me about it. I just discovered today that I am the latest link in a chain of Kim women who hide their real lives under floorboards, away from their mothers!
— Gilmore Girls, "I Get a Sidekick out of You"
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Connie: Mom, I'm really sorry about lying to you. It started off as a tiny secret, and then it felt like if I didn't hide it, you wouldn't let me see Steven ever again.
Dr. Maheswaran: Is that how you feel? Are we too controlling?
Connie: Maybe...
Dr. Maheswaran: I just wanted to be a good mother...I just wanted to protect you.
Connie: I can protect myself now.
Dr. Maheswaran: ...Okay. We'll pull back on the rules. And I'll try to keep an open mind about...this...and that...and him. It scares me that you can't talk to me. I need to know what's happening in your life. I need to step in when you're in over your head. You just promise me you'll stop all this lying?
Connie: (laughs nervously) That's a rule.
Dr. Maheswaran: Is that how you feel? Are we too controlling?
Connie: Maybe...
Dr. Maheswaran: I just wanted to be a good mother...I just wanted to protect you.
Connie: I can protect myself now.
Dr. Maheswaran: ...Okay. We'll pull back on the rules. And I'll try to keep an open mind about...this...and that...and him. It scares me that you can't talk to me. I need to know what's happening in your life. I need to step in when you're in over your head. You just promise me you'll stop all this lying?
Connie: (laughs nervously) That's a rule.
