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My mom landed in the hospital again, this time because of the guy I've been dating for three months. I rushed into her room, and she was lying there looking all weak and pitiful. The second she saw me, she reached out with a trembling hand. She said, "If… if you don't break up with him, I'll just die right here." I glanced at the pile of chips she didn't have time to hide on her bedside table. I replied, "Mom, we're on the third floor. And there's a safety railing outside the window."