{{Nora}} I'm sorry.

Suddenly feeling slightly better about Claude Rains-type dad, just a little though, cause if I want anything I have to get it *anywhere* else, but that's weird, Tep. Of course, I can't really advise because my relationship with my mother is pretty complicated and has a lot of shifting boundaries. Maybe you could tell him if he backed off a little, you'd have a chance, to, you know, miss him and have stuff to say. (blush) I know I've done that to people, not second spouse, but pushed a bit too hard, out of loneliness or having a personal problem that I needed to mindfuck to death...uh, talk through. Or sometimes, though not the case with Tep and her dad, I thought we were closer than we were, you know? I'm sorry.

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erika, surgery-ma for your mom.

Teppy, I agree that it sounds like your dad is lonely, which makes things harder. Could you warn him ahead of time, by saying something like "I'm going to be really busy for the next few days, so I won't have time to talk again until Thursday," and then just don't answer the phone form him until Thursday?

I don't really have anything useful to suggest because, while my mom has boundary issues, she doesn't expect to talk to me more than once a weekish, which is fine with me.

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*tumbleweed moseys through thread*

Holy cow! Were we down, or has it just been this quiet?

{{{{Nora}}}} I just RSVPd to your party :)

Steph, boundary stuff is really hard. I'm dealing with some of that myself right now, and not doing very well most of the time. I don't have much more advice than what others have offered, but I offer you my ears and much support.

I have been a busy beaver today. Toto has been groomed (and he looks SO handsome for his party!). I've done laundry. Plus, I've run all of the necessary errands. I even found adorable, perfect plates for Toto's party - they have a dog in a party hat on them. They even had a matching table cloth, which I had to buy. So fun! Now I need to do more cleaning. Not so fun.

I think it's just been quiet.

I, for once, have had work to do. Tedious and boring work, but it keeps me off the internets.

Some of us are in Boxed Set talking about Cylon sex.

Oh, my! How am I missing that?

Also, I forgot to say this in my last post. I got my grade back for my summer session class that I almost withdrew from.

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I'm a big fat dork.

Whoot!