{{{libkitty}}} I'm sorry you're having to deal with that. Weight really has nothing to do with how self-assured or insecure a person can be and I think your mother's insecurities are running rampant right now. I doubt this is anything new for you and it sucks that you've had to deal with this kind of stuff at all. I wish I could give you a big hug.
Oh, look at the pretties!
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
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.
Nicole - Nov 19, 2006 3:11:31 pm PST #2428 of 10004
I'm getting the pig!
Topic!Cindy - Nov 19, 2006 3:11:44 pm PST #2429 of 10004
What is even happening?
Strength to you, when she comes to visit. I hope it can be a good one.
Anne W. - Nov 19, 2006 3:14:27 pm PST #2430 of 10004
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
{{{libkitty}}} I'm so sorry your mom is acting like that. Much strength and wisdom to you, m'dear.
SailAweigh - Nov 19, 2006 3:18:00 pm PST #2431 of 10004
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
{{libkitty}} Strength~ma to you. I hope the day with her passes by quickly.
Pix - Nov 19, 2006 3:19:17 pm PST #2432 of 10004
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
((((libkitty)))) I'm so sorry. The only advice I have for you is what my dear friend M. finally started doing with her overbearing and difficult mother: everytime her mom went off on a tangent, M. would mentally add "and porn!" at the end of each sentence, Avenue Q style. It's the modern-day equivalent to imagining someone in her underwear.
SexM, yes, Halo works cross-platform, no worries. We have a regular X-box and a 360 in the house now.
Pete, I'm not particularly into shooters, but it's hard to resist the opportunity to gang up against play with you.
libkitty - Nov 19, 2006 3:19:49 pm PST #2433 of 10004
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
Thanks guys, so much. I'm actually thinking of rearranging my plans to spend the week with other relatives, but I'm giving myself a day or two before I make any decisions.
libkitty - Nov 19, 2006 3:21:54 pm PST #2434 of 10004
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
M. would mentally add "and porn!" at the end of each sentence
Love. this.
Polter-Cow - Nov 19, 2006 3:27:17 pm PST #2435 of 10004
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
libkitty, I'm sorry. Your mom sounds way too much like mom, and I would not wish that on anyone. {{libkitty}}
Cindy! I just watched the Diwali episode. "All right, this isn't Lord of the Rings. " HA HA HA HA HA.
Amy - Nov 19, 2006 3:29:41 pm PST #2436 of 10004
Because books.
Oh, libkitty. I'm so sorry -- it's even worse when that kind of stuff gets dumped on you without any notice. Decision-making ~ma to you.
Good news about your BiL, Cash! Heart problems are so scary.
Steph L. - Nov 19, 2006 3:41:47 pm PST #2437 of 10004
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Those of you who have met me or seen my photos know that I have a serious weight problem. My mom is thin as a rail. She seems to think that I don't care that I'm overweight. That without her to nag me about it, I might somehow forget about social issues or health issues.
Oh, Libkitty. This sucks so bad, and is so needlessly painful. My mom is rail-thin, too, and I'm overweight, and she's been *seriously* invested in my weight for my entire life. And I understand exactly what you're saying -- sometimes I just want to shake her and say "Do you think I MISSED THE PART WHERE I'M FAT?!? Do you think I'm BRAIN-DEAD in addition to being fat, and managed to not understand a SINGLE WORD of the 8 billion books, articles, infomercials, and TV specials about THE HORROR OF FAT?!?"
So far I've managed to not actually do that, but it's always a crapshoot.
I'm turning 40 next year. I thought I would be past this crap by now.
I wish I had good advice, but my experience is that one never gets totally past parental crap.