“but girls go through a lot of indoctrination. It’s like, ‘Here’s your Barbie, here’s your Ken, here’s your Hostess Play Kitchen. Learn well, because when the real stuff comes along it’ll be your job to take care of it, and if any of it gets broken, you’ll get the blame.’ And I think I could have gone down the line with that—I really do. Except no one told me that in some marriages Ken goes nuts. Does that sound self-indulgent?”
