At Christmas Dinner, My Parents Joked That I Was The Result Of Failed Contraception. Dad Said, “Now You’re A Failure — Same As When We Tried Not To Create You.” I Quietly Finished My Plate And Said: “Interesting Joking.” And I Left. Days Later, They Came… Knocking On My Door In A Panic.
At Christmas dinner in my parents’ house in suburban Ohio, my father raised his glass and turned me into the…