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Why do parents say we'll leave soon at family gatherings like that means anything? I've been standing by the door for 20 minutes holding my jacket like I'm waiting for an Uber that's coming from China. First five minutes. Okay, maybe they're just finishing later. 10 minutes later, they've somehow started a new story. With a random relative I didn't even know existed. 20 minutes. I've said goodbye to the same aunt three different times. Different. Think. Well, thirty minutes in. I'm pacing by the door like a guard dog shooting my parents to let's go. I. Ignore me like a scam caller. By 40 minutes, I'm sitting in the car with the door cracked open, hoping they see me and get the hint. Nope, they're still in there. Laughing about cousin Jimmy's incident back in '92. At the 50-minute mark, I fully accepted that we live here now. Do I unpack and roll in the local schools? They. Car. Freedom. But halfway there, they stopped. To strike up one last conversation with her second cousin twice removed. Twice. Know. To. Leave.