{{d}} I hope things ease for you soon.

So break-up we must, if only to get our lives back in order without the other clouding up the issue. I will attempt personal discovery, and will try to do that whole love yourself thing as I beat myself up so. He has things to work on as well.

This is very, very wise. good luck to you d.

d, I'm so sorry you are going through all this. If it helps to know, then know that to an outsider, it sounds to me like you are making really sound choices, and are awfully brave. Here's hoping some wonderful things come your way in 2006.

Sail, she says that there will be an adult there, but I'm kinda feeling grinchy. Part of it is that we are not "official" yet, gaurdian-wise, so I'd hate for something to happen that could jeapardize that, ya know?

Somehow making a bad parental decision when it is really YOUR decision to make is different.

I think I would feel the same way, and make the same decision, Suzi. I know that went through my head when I read your post and realized it was C and not K-Bug.

When I was a teenager, and starting to go to parties of kids my mother didn't know, she made no bones about calling the parents to (a) make sure they'd be there, and (b) that their idea of chaperoning was somewhat in the same neighborhood of her idea of chaperoning. The first time she did it (I was going to a slumber party in 7th grade, at the house of a girl I'd just met that year), I thought I would die of humiliation. I never did like it, until I was past the age where it was necessary. As a parent, I know I'll do the same thing.

But we saw some shots of Mae West that made us do a rewind. I didn't find the exact shot ... but our dear Teppy could do a Mae West with ease.

Beth, you and Matt just made my DAY. I'm going to feel all Mae West for the rest of the weekend.

But we saw some shots of Mae West that made us do a rewind. I didn't find the exact shot ... but our dear Teppy could do a Mae West with ease.

Absolutely. Teppy would make a great Mae West.

{{{d}}}

{{d}} You're doing the best you can and that's pretty damn awesome. Ease~ma to help you over the worst spots.

Suzi, what Cindy said. C will thank you for it in the long run, truly. You are only concerned about her safety and she needs to know that, even if she protests.

But we saw some shots of Mae West that made us do a rewind. I didn't find the exact shot ... but our dear Teppy could do a Mae West with ease.

Absolutely. Teppy would make a great Mae West.

Back when my hair was longer and I could curl it: [link]

And Mae: [link]

Granted, she's far more platinum and glam than I, but then, I don't have a makeup artist and hairstylist and professional photographer, so I'd say I'm doing pretty well.

t edit Er -- that was kind of egotistical, wasn't it? Sorry.

Oh, I can totally see that. And you've got such gorgeous lips you should really do glam at every opportunity.

you should really do glam at every opportunity.

Ah, but I am at heart a lazy, lazy slug. I make the lipstick effort for going out, and other Special Events (like, I will tonight), but every day -- nope. I make sloths look hyperactive.

And thanks!

Teppy, you look glam even when you're not trying to. It's just in you.