But I understand. You gave up everything you had to find me. And you found me broken. It's hard for you.

River ,'Safe'


Spike's Bitches 33: Weeping, crawling, blaming everybody else  

[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.


SailAweigh - Nov 06, 2006 11:32:30 am PST #183 of 10004
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Connie, I wouldn't be surprised if you can get a day of funeral leave. In-laws of the parental variety are often included on the list.

Hec, scarey, scarey. I'm glad you're getting Emmett for the next few days. I hope EM stays safe and the restraining order keeps this guy on the tame side.

askye, how nice for you friends! Adoptions can take so long, that is surprising. Still, nice!


Glamcookie - Nov 06, 2006 11:40:58 am PST #184 of 10004
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

Fucking crazy exes. Mine followed me around for years. He never actually did anything (aside from showing up uninvited and acting menacing) but you never know what people are capable of. I hope EM's gets his head right quickly for everyone's sake.


askye - Nov 06, 2006 11:47:13 am PST #185 of 10004
Thrive to spite them

I want to do something really nice for my coworker, like organizing some kind of baby shower -- but I'm not sure about the etiquette for office baby showers and if anyone would think it was weird to have an adoption baby shower for a guy.


Ailleann - Nov 06, 2006 11:48:53 am PST #186 of 10004
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda

if anyone would think it was weird to have an adoption baby shower for a guy.

My response to things like this is pretty much "screw it, if they don't like it, they don't have to come."

But I am sometimes callous and strange.


Vortex - Nov 06, 2006 11:51:46 am PST #187 of 10004
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Speaking of baby showers, I got an invitation to a baby shower for a coworker. I worked with the woman for maybe two months before she left on maternity leave. She has already HAD the baby. Plus, the shower invite/email actually said "Don't forget your gift". Ugh. I'm thinking of claiming that I will be out of town.


Amy - Nov 06, 2006 11:52:30 am PST #188 of 10004
Because books.

if anyone would think it was weird to have an adoption baby shower for a guy.

Stephen's coworkers had a baby shower for him when I was pregnant. It's a lot more common these days than you'd think. And I know while we didn't have a shower for a guy I used to work with, we all chipped in to get him and his wife something for their first baby.


Aims - Nov 06, 2006 11:56:34 am PST #189 of 10004
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Joe's co-workers gave him a shower when I was pregnant. We got a $200 gift card to Babies R Us. It kicked ass.

Vortex, that's ridonculous.


Vortex - Nov 06, 2006 12:01:48 pm PST #190 of 10004
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Vortex, that's ridonculous.

I know! It's so tacky that I can't stand it! I mean, I like the woman, but jeez! Actually, she wasn't the one who sent out the email, someone else was, but STILL.


brenda m - Nov 06, 2006 12:09:10 pm PST #191 of 10004
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

"Oh! I'm so sorry I won't be able to make it!" is a good all-occasion response. Goes over better than "are you freaking kidding me?" anyway.


Glamcookie - Nov 06, 2006 12:12:12 pm PST #192 of 10004
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

Mmm... I splurged on lunch and am having a lump crab cake with a green salad with vinaigrette dressing from Daily Grill. YUM!