The one possible solution that Tengo was able to decipher from his readings was this one: My real father must be somewhere else.

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The issue of personal care has been a real challenge for my father - he objects to people washing him.

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Lifestyle, music, art, fashion: I am so excited to extend myself behind the scenes as a designer, and as my father puts it, finally have a real job.

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"Pride of ownership" was a favorite phrase of my father's, embodying an idea real as bread to a man of his background, one having to do not with social competitiveness or conspicuous consumption but with his standing as a manly provider.

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My father traveled extensively as a jewelry salesman in the Midwest, and my mother was a real estate agent who took on other work as money needs arose.

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