There was one occasion when a guy I was dating called my parents (near San francisco) looking for me and my mom told him that she had just spoken to my sister (up in Humboldt County) and heard that I had left my sister's not long before and would be home (Gold Country) that evening. When he was successfully found me at home when she said I would be, he said my family communicated too much.
Book: Yes, I'd forgotten you're moonlighting as a criminal mastermind now. Got your next heist planned? Simon: No. But I'm thinking about growing a big black mustache. I'm a traditionalist.
'War Stories'
Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Aug 03, 2005 9:57:14 am PDT #5391 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
P.M. Marc - Aug 03, 2005 10:08:45 am PDT #5392 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
My parents, or rather my mother, don't tell me important things like, say, my brother having a kid or various relatives having heart attacks or my cat dying. However, detailed and boring updates on how people I *may* have gone to high school with, never hung out with, and cannot for the life of me remember are par for the course.
tommyrot - Aug 03, 2005 10:13:36 am PDT #5393 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
However, detailed and boring updates on how people I *may* have gone to high school with, never hung out with, and cannot for the life of me remember are par for the course.
I've had this conversation several times:
Mom: Do you remember So-and-So?
Me: No.
Mom: Well, she died.
JenP - Aug 03, 2005 10:14:57 am PDT #5394 of 10002
Does Deena have time to read Natter? Well, if so...
Happy Birthday, Deena!!
If not, the well wishes still hold.
-t - Aug 03, 2005 10:16:35 am PDT #5395 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's a common Friday night dinner conversation, except with added discussion of why DH should remember So-and-So, is he sure he doesn't?
And now I'm grateful that my parents moved to a different state after I graduated from High School.
JohnSweden - Aug 03, 2005 10:30:04 am PDT #5396 of 10002
I can't even.
I retaliate by not mentioning things like travel plans. "Hey, whatcha doing on Saturday?" "Oh, I'll be in L.A., why?"
I totally do this too. Vengeful out-of-the-loop offspring R us.
DXMachina - Aug 03, 2005 10:52:05 am PDT #5397 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Why girls shouldn't throw rocks at boys: [link]
sarameg - Aug 03, 2005 10:54:18 am PDT #5398 of 10002
I'm tired of sending emails off with the words "Since T was laid off, I need..."
§ ita § - Aug 03, 2005 10:56:56 am PDT #5399 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Two pound rock? Girlfriend wasn't kidding around.
I wonder why the parents weren't going to press charges.
DXMachina - Aug 03, 2005 11:00:05 am PDT #5400 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I wonder why the parents weren't going to press charges.
Because their kid provoked it? By which I mean that they may not agree with the method of retaliation, but were able to see it as a childish response to a childish action by their child.