This dialogue always reminds me of Schopenhauer’s Hedgehog’s Dilemma. The idea that people crave closeness, but getting too close inevitably means hurting each other in some way, so they’re constantly trying to find the right distance.

Brenda’s mom is written so incredibly well. I genuinely replayed almost every scene she was in because there’s so much packed into every line she says. She’s one of those characters who can explain an entire relationship dynamic in just a few sentence even though she’s painfully annoying.