Magnolia: For what it's worth, he barks at my brothers that way too when they visit. Anyone outside the house is the enemy.
Ben: Smart boy.
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Ben: Explain to me again why we can't work on one room at a time.
Magnolia: Because you ripped the walls and floors and windows out and we have to fix those things first.
Magnolia: You can't spend your time on finding cool shower fixtures until you have walls. You need walls.
Ben: You're saying I should stop buying stuff.
Magnolia: Among other things, yes.
Ben: Can you tell me what else you're saying because I don't know how to read between the home renovation lines.
Magnolia: You need to figure out what you're doing with this place. Once you determine whether you're renovating the entire place to sell or renovating it for you to live in or selling it as-is right now, other questions will answer themselves.
Ben: I'm not ready to sell it. I don't know. I just can't be finished with it yet.
Magnolia: I get that.
Ben: No. It doesn't make sense.
Ben: But I should sell it. I don't want a house in Beverly, of all places.
Magnolia: HEY
Ben: Sorry.
Ben: But I don't want a house. I don't want the responsibility.
Magnolia: And you don't want to sell it.
Ben: Not yet.
Magnolia: In that case, you shouldn't buy any more shower fixtures.
Magnolia: Any fixtures. At all.
Ben: I just don't know when I'll snap out of this. I need to get on with my life.
Magnolia: I think you have to take it as it comes and do your best. It's not the sort of thing you can rush.
Ben: I'm trying.
Magnolia: I know, sweetie.
Magnolia: Do you want to talk about it? You can tell me about your grandmother.
Ben: No.
Magnolia: Okay.
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Rob: Here's how fucked up my day has been.
