Yeah, I spent a lot of time - my 20s, my 30s, much of my 40s - letting my mother yank my chain. Then one day I had a little epiphany and it stopped bothering me as much. But I'm a slow learner.
And drat! when I originally posted (about Ruthven) I'd thought it was the Polidori story ... then I thought "No! it's 'Varney the Vampire'" which was wrong, wrong, wrong. However you pronounce it - do your cats come when you call? - enjoy life with new kitties.
Let's make oblique VM references in response, so that one day in their memoirs they'll describe us as "inscrutable."
Force equals mass times acceleration.
(Note: the "give her tension that could kill her" part was a mere extrapolation and not anything she explicitly said.)
I'm sure it was her subtext, but for your own sanity, ignore her subtext when you can. Passive aggression is only effective when the victim buys into it. If she wants to be aggressive, make her be actively aggressive. When she's playing passive-aggressive, you play obtuse.
Force equals mass times acceleration.
It's not me. It's Wu.
I'm sure it was her subtext, but for your own sanity, ignore her subtext when you can.
But then I can't make Nora laugh inappropriately.
How many more braless years do I have left?
Pocket protector, and I'm still full of pimp juice.
I mean really, who names a daughter Trampy McBitch?
You mean standing while black?