I don't really have a security blanket... unless you count Mr. Pointy.

Buffy ,'Lessons'


Spike's Bitches 25 to Life  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Scrappy - Jul 17, 2005 1:52:58 pm PDT #1389 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

You get moxie points, just not from him maybe.


§ ita § - Jul 17, 2005 1:56:27 pm PDT #1390 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I spend a lot of time trying to convince my sister to stop reading between the lines and deciding on a conclusive (and always negative) meaning of what her guy said.

Doesn't make it that much easier to stop doing it myself -- though it is more embarassing.


DavidS - Jul 17, 2005 2:00:12 pm PDT #1391 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I spend a lot of time trying to convince my sister to stop reading between the lines and deciding on a conclusive (and always negative) meaning of what her guy said.

Isn't this the whole point of the He Just Isn't That Into You book that's going 'round?


Topic!Cindy - Jul 17, 2005 2:01:00 pm PDT #1392 of 10001
What is even happening?

Well, if we can talk in generalities. I do find men say what they mean, but I don't run across many who say it all. I think that's why some women play the decoding thing.


§ ita § - Jul 17, 2005 2:01:35 pm PDT #1393 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Isn't this the whole point of the He Just Isn't That Into You book that's going 'round?

Guess what I got her for Christmas?


DavidS - Jul 17, 2005 2:03:56 pm PDT #1394 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Guess what I got her for Christmas?

A lead bar in a sock?


Jessica - Jul 17, 2005 2:15:45 pm PDT #1395 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Well, if we can talk in generalities. I do find men say what they mean, but I don't run across many who say it all.

More/less so than women do?

I think women do overanalyze more than men do, but I'm not sure we have any more reason to.


erikaj - Jul 17, 2005 2:16:11 pm PDT #1396 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

I was gonna say a bag of quarters, Hec. Robin, maybe the prizes for chutzpah aren't what they used to be. Damn it.ETA: He must like me a little...I threatened his life yesterday and we still talk. Hee! If ita wrote the commercials... Latte: $2

Sweet pastry: $2
Relationships that stand up under threats of physical violence:Priceless.


brenda m - Jul 17, 2005 2:36:21 pm PDT #1397 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

My new hair can (kind of) be seen here. [link] Hopefully there'll be more when the people with the real cameras (as opposed to camera phones) get around to uploading.


Topic!Cindy - Jul 17, 2005 2:41:28 pm PDT #1398 of 10001
What is even happening?

More/less so than women do?
I don't know. Probably just differently. I also think more women are, generally speaking, socialized to please. They say we smile more (which might explain why I've had people tell me to smile all my life, or ask me if I'm angry or upset, when I'm perfectly content).

I think women do overanalyze more than men do, but I'm not sure we have any more reason to.

If there is any truth that women relate differently than men, that might explain some of it. I suspect though, that if there is girl-speak, then the men that get girl speak probably have a huge cross-over section with the poor guys that are inexplicably usually pigeon-holed in the buddy role.