Deena and Nora speak for me, with the mommy issues and the autonomy and the boundaries. Yes.
Buffy: He ran away, right? Giles: Sort of, more. turned and swept out majestically, I suppose. Said I didn't concern him. Buffy: So a mythic triumph over a completely indifferent foe? Giles: Well, I'm not dead or unconscious, so I say bravo for me.
'Same Time, Same Place'
Spike's Bitches 30: Going on Thirteen
[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.
Steph L. - May 30, 2006 7:12:28 am PDT #6677 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
sj - May 30, 2006 7:12:35 am PDT #6678 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
{{{Teppy}}}
Deena, can you link me to that bead website you like next time you come here for a mental break? Good luck with work.
Deena - May 30, 2006 7:13:12 am PDT #6679 of 10002
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Oh, yes, that's what I meant, what Nora said! Nora, you speak for me today, okay? I'm going to actually work now. For at least 10 minutes.
Deena - May 30, 2006 7:15:14 am PDT #6680 of 10002
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Amy - May 30, 2006 7:15:30 am PDT #6681 of 10002
Because books.
You're living your life and you're entitled to keep some boundaries and privacy while doing so.
So very much this. Nora can speak for me today, too.
I'm going to actually work now. For at least 10 minutes.
Ready? Set? Go!
Trudy Booth - May 30, 2006 7:15:31 am PDT #6682 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
"yes, Mom, yes, Mom" seems more do-able than "Mom, this is really none of your business."
Scrappy - May 30, 2006 7:15:32 am PDT #6683 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I don't know, Sunil. Once I started dating, I didn't lie to my parents so much as not tell them everything. They didn't need to know every person I spoke to or flirted with or kissed--and it really wasn't their business. I think if you tell her when you are seriously interested in someone, that's enough.
ETA: Or what everyone else said while I was typing htis post, only they did it better.
sj - May 30, 2006 7:20:40 am PDT #6684 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Yay, sj! Another excuse not to work!
Happy to help! Thanks for the link.
Polter-Cow - May 30, 2006 7:26:16 am PDT #6685 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I wouldn't think of it as lying to parents, because, if it were me my assumption would be that it is none of my parents' business who I kiss, and I'd be fine and dandy telling them that my thrice-kissed lips and the rest of me were A-OK. And I am a shitty liar.
But it's different for you. You're not ostensibly on the arranged marriage track, and you haven't gone ahead and given your mom the impression that you're heeding her restrictions because you're extremely non-confrontational and you don't want to unleash some scandal that will defile the family name.
I guess I should stop complaining about this shit. I don't really have a right to when I don't have the fortitude to leave my family or whatever.
Frankenbuddha - May 30, 2006 7:28:04 am PDT #6686 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I am at work and feel like I have accomplished all I want to just by showing up. This is not good.
You too? Felt crappy all weekend (stuffed up plus tired), slept like crap last night, and I almost called in sick today (if it wasn't the day after a holiday and if I wasn't feeling stir-crazy in my place I would have). It's sad when you go to work because you don't feel up to doing anything else, but you want to do SOMETHING.