Given your guilty fidgeting, Keith's hostility, and Ted's inability to look away from you, I'm pretty sure you and Ted had an affair. Long term? You ended it. You and Keith stayed together, but it's still a source of tension in your marriage.

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Zero Sum bias is the misbelief that nonmaterial resources like love, respect, even good grades are finite. Such that if one person wins, then another one has to lose. The worst part about Zero-Sum bias is that it can make a situation where everyone could win into a cutthroat competition, making win-win into win-lose.

Mercer

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Trey: Stop, or I'll shoot her
Mercer: I just came to talk. I feel like what's happening here is my fault. I'd have gotten here sooner, but you know, there was so much snow.
Trey: Snow? It's not snowing.
Mercer: Sorry, Eddie. I stand corrected.
Trey: My name is Trey.
Rose: What is he doing?
Marisa: He's using absurdism, saying weird things to force Trey to correct him and ground himself in reality.

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Trey: Look, Mrs. Moore has worked at our house for as long as I can remember. Veronica and I practically grew up together. She may not be my sister, but she's still family.
Mercer: Pseudo-family bond.
Trey: Mr. Moore, sounds like my dad really hurt you, but let us help.

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