"But somehow I understand her; the only thing I don't understand, of course, is her hatred of her daughter".
I am a product of intermarriage and it pained me to sit in my synagogue and listen to a sociologist unravel the data only to feel that somehow I was understood to be part of the problem and not part of the solution.
In my own case, I did not understand and acknowledge my homosexuality until well into adulthood, but I somehow understood even as a young boy that I would probably never marry.
"O.K.," I said, "but what about the uncle or aunt I never had?" Mom whipped toward me, face taut with a rage and fear that I somehow understood had nothing to do with me.
"I somehow understood that this line of work would set me free from my own judgmental perceptions ― formed through social standards ― of how a woman should behave and follow the 'rules'," LaMorgese said.
I somehow understood or intuited that the medical residents were telling me that they could not give more medication because it could precipitate his death -- even if only by hours.
"We had another rear suspension failure somehow, I don't understand how," he said.
They think that I understand somehow, listen and understand and so on.
