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[dr_greghouse_md]

No.

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[semper_fi_house]

Fine. I'll rephrase: tell the friend who you pretend to be a faggot with and the woman who left you after you started acting like a pig to calm down and mind their own business.

*shakes his head*

[mcgill_pride]

Hey. That's enough.

[semper_fi_house]

*sighs* Alright, I suppose I lost my temper a bit there. I apologize. I certainly didn't mean that as an insult against you, Wilson.

I just get the feeling that I'm being ganged up on here.

But that's no excuse and I'm sorry if I offended you.

[mcgill_pride]

I don't give a damn how you meant it.

And you are being ganged up on, sir. House doesn't need defending, but he certainly doesn't deserve your attacking.

And neither does Stacy. I think it's time you left. Go cool off.

[semper_fi_house]

I was not attacking Stacy.

Look, all I did was state the blunt truth. Now, I might have taken care to say it a bit more politely, but it seems everyone else has decided this situation doesn't call for manners, so why should I bother with them?

Please, Dr. Wilson, mind your own business. I'm talking to my son.

[dr_greghouse_md]

Wow, that's very left-center of you, Dad. Good to know you're taking the time and effort to talk to me, though. Nothing more endearing than being called a faggot and a pig by my dad. Keep the punches rolling.

[mcgill_pride]

And I'm talking to you.

What he pretends to do, what he does, is none of your business.

You are most certainly abusing him now, and I won't have you directing insults at him under the guise of defending my good name.

And your hypocrisy is getting to me. You brought me into this just as much as he did so do yourself a favor and quit asking me to get out of it.

[semper_fi_house]

I have not insulted him. I criticized his behavior, and I see no reason why I shouldn't if his behavior calls for it. How is what he does not my business? I'm his father.

Do not call me a hypocrite. I already apologized for bringing you into this. I don't see why I shouldn't be able to ask you to kindly stay out of it now.

[semper_fi_house]

Look, Stacy, I'm sorry if I offended you, but I'm afraid this just isn't any of your business. Besides, I'm sure you've said as much to him yourself in the past. Just because it's coming from me doesn't mean you can take it back and get all defensive on his account. And I have just as much reason, if not more, to frustrated at him as you. I've known him his entire life, after all.

[dr_greghouse_md]

Just because you're my dad doesn't give you rights to claim you know me. Because you don't.

[dr_greghouse_md]

Thanks, Dad.

I suppose that gives me the right to call you a child abuser if you want to start calling names, but that would just be incredibly eighth grade of me.

[semper_fi_house]

I didn't call you anything, Greg, I-- I...

When did you get this idea in your head that I abused you?

[dr_greghouse_md]

Faggot. Pig. Sound like names to me. God forbid if I actually was gay. Can't begin to imagine how much more of a disgrace I'd be to you.

You're right, as usual. I'm totally just overreacting.

[semper_fi_house]

What, so you're saying it wasn't a joke now? I said pretends, not that you are. You've pretended to be gay (and I'm sorry for using the word "faggot" - I realize it's un-PC - I lost my temper), and you've acted like a pig. But you're not either, not really. At least, I'd like to think not. I'd like to think there's a good, decent man in there, Greg. But I just don't understand why you have to always... be so goddamn disrespectful to everyone around you.

I really want to know - how long have you thought this of me? Why didn't you say something years ago, if that's what you really thought happened?

[dr_greghouse_md]

I never said it wasn't a joke. But the words you used clearly define what and how you think of me, be they similes, metaphors or any other grammatical terms.

It doesn't matter how long I've thought that. And it wouldn't have mattered if I told you, because you would've told me I was wrong, that you were only doing those things for my own good. You live in this thing known as an impenetrable bubble of denial.