Dorothy: Blanche, this guy has gone past being a challenge. He is really treating you very badly.
Blanche: Dorothy, you'll see. I'm just reeling him in.
Dorothy: Blanche, look, I usually don't talk to you about the men you date.
Blanche: Nor do I talk to you about the men you date. Oh, ha-ha. Listen to me. I made a joke.
Dorothy: Blanche, this is no laughing matter. How can you take this kind of abuse?
Blanche: Abuse? I'll have you know he has never raised a hand to me.
Dorothy: Verbal abuse, Blanche.
Blanche: He talks like that all the time. I just don't pay any attention.
Dorothy: Blanche, you're making excuses for him.