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Submitted to Contest #69
Every year, my father organizes a formal familial dinner. My parents, my siblings and I all go to the restaurant. My father insists on it being formal, men are to dress in suits and ties and the ladies in their attire of choice provided that it is elegant and dignified. Both my mother and sister enjoy this and derive immense pleasure from crafting their wardrobes. I find the ritual trivial and mildly annoying but it is pleasant to look smart occasionally, it’s ‘ennobling’ as my sister likes to say. The window by which I’m standing is sl...
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