This experience contributes to Sedaris’ struggle with self-confidence. He proceeds to kick David out of the house after displaying his lack of support and acceptance towards Sedaris’ sexual identity. Later in their relationship, Lou realizes that David was in fact gay and has a hard time understanding. In the essay “Full House,” Sedaris’ father, Lou, encourages him to attend an all boy sleepover in hopes of the boys transforming him into a regular boy with little knowledge of Sedaris’ budding homosexuality.
At a young age, Sedaris was well aware of his homosexual identity which he hid from his parents until a later age. Sedaris’ example of experiencing child neglect can connect with some readers who may be going through the same or similar difficulties. This is a scene which he and his siblings observed frequently. After relentlessly attempting to go back inside, Sedaris recalls looking through the window and seeing his “mother in the kitchen, watching television,” and drinking a glass of wine. However, she is regularly unsympathetic toward her own children and in his “Let it Snow” essay, Sedaris tells of a time when Sharon commanded him and his siblings to get “the hell out of her house” and stay outside in the freezing weather. First mentioned in the “Us and Them” essay, it is clear that Sedaris adores his mom, Sharon.
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