OK, is it time for my next date yet? Cause really, this whole "going to work" and "calling and setting up a date" and "waiting for it to be time for the date" thing is going to be LAME, I can already tell.

Not lame! Exciting! (and you forgot the "waiting for meara to post about her date" part -- oh, wait, that's our problem, nevermind)

OK, is it time for my next date yet? Cause really, this whole "going to work" and "calling and setting up a date" and "waiting for it to be time for the date" thing is going to be LAME, I can already tell.

How cute is meara? I love this part. The anticipation. The butterflies. The shiny new.

Actually used the word "poopyhead"?!? Wow. Even in jest, that seems a little odd out of anyone over the age of four...

heh. one of the rugby guys once called another guy a pottymouth for cussing in front of one of the kids. Of course, that started a fight that ended up with my guy threatening to get a hammer from his truck.

It's terrible, I'm all burbly, and yet, I should really go to bed and get some sleep.

However, at least when I go to work, I will get to tell my tale to my coworkers--and show them the cute postcard thing she drew me! SO CUTE!!! (She called it her "arts and crafts project")

hey, I wanna see the cute postcard thing!

Meara date: Awwww.

EM: Has every reason to flip out, poor thing.

Amusement from Wired, about a wacko that claims soybeans are turning our children gay.

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YAY good meara date.

Has every reason to flip out, poor thing.

Yes, this, and what Sparky1 said. Hec, I know (hope) you were being flippant, but honestly, Em has very good reasons for overreacting, and the Xanax comment hit me exactly the wrong way, even knowing you have been a huge support to her.

This rubs me the wrong way, Hec. I can't help but think that she's got a perfectly good reason for flipping out. And also, any time a male of the species suggests that a female of the species is getting hysterical over something and should be medicated -- well, my hackles are raised.

Undoubtedly, hysteria is a convenient guy-esque way to dismiss a woman's experience. And she's got reason enough. But she's also a mom with a child that needs her to marshall her resources and pull it together. I think Xanax is one of those resources now.

It's not lithium - it's an anti-anxiety med. I don't see any stigma in taking it, anymore than an AD. She's not sleeping, she's stressed out, she's endangering her job, and she's been through the mill lately. Xanax won't shut her down - it will just allow her to deal. She's used it before - sparingly - and it's been helpful.

Trust me enough that I (a) know her; and (b) am not into pharmaco-shackles on the female psyche.

I will say this. Xanax (and a few cocktails right after) helped me get through Prom without a panic attack this year.

(Not to compare my panic attacks to what EM has ben going through AT ALL. Just relating a bit.)