Yes, birth mother. Her birth parents will be reuniting for the first time since her conception AT THE WEDDING!
Now, that is a whole new LEVEL of craxy. It's craXXXy.
A year and a half ago, I could have eviscerated him with my thoughts. Now I can barely hurt his feelings. Things used to be so much simpler.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
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.
Astarte - Aug 26, 2005 2:47:53 pm PDT #9039 of 10001
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
Aims - Aug 26, 2005 2:50:05 pm PDT #9040 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Giant panda! Get the giant panda to stand in for you!
YES!!!
Gris - Aug 26, 2005 2:50:20 pm PDT #9041 of 10001
Hey. New board.
Now, that is a whole new LEVEL of craxy. It's craXXXy.
Well, depends on the context. This was kind of the plot of "Mamma Mia," where it mostly worked.
As long as the mother and father randomly burst into ABBA songs partway through the ceremony, it'll be fine.
SailAweigh - Aug 26, 2005 2:50:29 pm PDT #9042 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
The answer to "Do you take this man?" probably shouldn't be "Yes! YES!! YES!!!!"
As long as she's not doing her Meg Ryan impersonation, but really means it? Would probably impress the hell out of the new husband.
Aims - Aug 26, 2005 2:51:08 pm PDT #9043 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
This is....similar-ish.
She was adopted by her parents at 8 weeks old. Her birth father never knew about her, her birth mother was 15.
billytea - Aug 26, 2005 2:54:27 pm PDT #9044 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
As long as she's not doing her Meg Ryan impersonation, but really means it? Would probably impress the hell out of the new husband.
I think you misspelled 'terrify'.
Aims - Aug 26, 2005 2:55:51 pm PDT #9045 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Gris - Aug 26, 2005 2:56:42 pm PDT #9046 of 10001
Hey. New board.
This is....similar-ish.
She was adopted by her parents at 8 weeks old. Her birth father never knew about her, her birth mother was 15.
That works okay, then. Probably. Maybe. I guess we'll see.
If it gets tense, though, it's your job to burst into "Knowing Me, Knowing You" and see if the rest of the wedding joins in.
Aims - Aug 26, 2005 2:57:44 pm PDT #9047 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I'll have the groomsmen put on the flippers.
Susan W. - Aug 26, 2005 3:01:02 pm PDT #9048 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Jilli, Plei, y'all know the east side better than I do:
I'm trying to find a restaurant to host a Saturday night dinner for a group of writers at our conference in October. We're at the Coast Hotel in Bellevue, which is just off 405, I think the NE 8th St exit. We need space for 15-20, ideally in a private room or secluded alcove where we'll actually be able to hear ourselves think. I'm looking for something broadly in the sit-down chain price range, though I've struck out with the really obvious Bellevue Square places like PF Chang's and the Cheesecake Factory for either not having the private space or taking evening reservations.
Any ideas? Other pluses would be easy to drive to and a cuisine likely to please a broad range of people.