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mvansand76:
...Alma jr. had looked in her daddy's closet while she was in his trailer? I know she doesn't seem like the type to be nosy and look in her daddy's closet, but what if she did, how would Ennis explain what she found there? It's not a very well-hidden shrine is it?

Momof2:
Maybe she would have grabbed him and gave him a great big hug.  Then she would have told him she had known all along.  Especially when she told Cassie, "Maybe he aint the marring kind."
She knew her father was going on fishing trips with Jack.  She proably sensed how happy he was each time he came back.  I think as his daughter thatshe  obviously loved him even though she did not live with him for a long time.  Maybe "coming" out to her would have taken a little of the burden off of him and then he would have someone to help him through his grief.  I think daughters are more accepting of there fathers and have a hard time seeing fault in them. 

serious crayons:
I think she would have gently and knowingly pushed the closet door closed again without saying anything.

I believe she at least suspects the truth about her dad. Not only "maybe he's not the marrying kind," but also her expression when he says "This Kurt fella, he loves you?" and then he gazes out the window with that heartbreaking expression. She pauses, peers closely at him, then gives that slow, sympathetic smile -- in that moment, she understands they're not just talking about Kurt.

I don't know if she exactly concludes that her dad is gay. But she knows there's more to his life than meets the eye, that he has been through some kind of heartbreaking experience that didn't involve either her mother or Cassie. And if she put two and two together ...

ednbarby:

--- Quote from: Momof2 on August 04, 2006, 09:49:23 am ---Maybe she would have grabbed him and gave him a great big hug.  Then she would have told him she had known all along.  Especially when she told Cassie, "Maybe he aint the marring kind."  She knew her father was going on fishing trips with Jack.  She proably sensed how happy he was each time he came back.  I think as his daughter thatshe  obviously loved him even though she did not live with him for a long time.  Maybe "coming" out to her would have taken a little of the burden off of him and then he would have someone to help him through his grief.  I think daughters are more accepting of there fathers and have a hard time seeing fault in them.
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I'm with you.  I think Jr. knew all along.  I think she definitely knew when Ennis introduced Jack to her and Jenny in the post-divorce scene.  I liked how they both looked at him curiously, but not judgmentally.  They both knew.  And they both accepted it, I think, because kids are just more accepting, and girls besides.  I do credit Alma in a way for not poisoning their minds against gays like she certainly could have out of spite.

And the way Alma, Jr. says to Cassie, "You're good enough."  That's a dead giveaway.  You're good enough = You're not Jack, but you'll do as well as any other woman (or person, for that matter) who isn't.

Yes, I think she would hug him, too, and maybe even whisper something like, "You know, it's OK, Daddy."  She wouldn't know Jack had died, so she might think it's something he's keeping as a memento like Jack really was all those years.

Poop.  I think I need to cry again.

mvansand76:

--- Quote from: latjoreme on August 04, 2006, 10:34:33 am ---Not only "maybe he's not the marrying kind," but also her expression when he says "This Kurt fella, he loves you?" and then he gazes out the window with that heartbreaking expression. She pauses, peers closely at him, then gives that slow, sympathetic smile -- in that moment, she understands they're not just talking about Kurt.


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Oh yes, definitely!

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