I always worked on the theory that what your parents don't know can't hurt you.
Dawn: Is that supposed to scare me? Spike: Little tremble wouldn't hurt.
'The Killer In Me'
Spike's Bitches 36: Did I Sully Our Good Name?
[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.
Ginger - Aug 03, 2007 6:10:14 am PDT #9798 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Aims - Aug 03, 2007 6:14:47 am PDT #9799 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
How many messages regarding a job is too many? Like, at what point do you stop calling to follow-up?
§ ita § - Aug 03, 2007 6:14:53 am PDT #9800 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have a friend whose mother took her to dinner to celebrate friend's losing of her virginity.
Could not have a mother much more different than mine. And I would not be able to deal.
Zenkitty - Aug 03, 2007 6:16:06 am PDT #9801 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I agree that parents really have no business knowing what their offspring like to do in bed (or other preferred locations).
That's what I meant, Fred Pete. I agree with you; I should have been more clear.
msbelle - Aug 03, 2007 6:19:03 am PDT #9802 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
if you are interested, please review the poll: msbelle "Bureaucracy 4: Like Job. No, really, just like Job" Aug 3, 2007 7:52:20 am PDT
Amy - Aug 03, 2007 6:20:35 am PDT #9803 of 10001
Because books.
Thanks for doing that, msbelle.
A little birdie told me it's Deena's birthday.
Happy Birthday, my lovely Deena!
I hope there's cake and happy and all kinds of good things.
Laura - Aug 03, 2007 6:20:40 am PDT #9804 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
I have to scroll back bunches before I can comment on anything...
Happy Birthday to Deena!
brenda m - Aug 03, 2007 6:22:04 am PDT #9805 of 10001
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
At least LJ has custom filters--you can put your family on your friends, and then have a "OMGnotfamilyRealInfo" filter or some shit.
For the record, all of y'all fall under my fillter "Internet Ax Murderers". Though I really only use that when I don't want my sister or her friends to see something. I am v. lax about this shit.
JZ - Aug 03, 2007 6:26:01 am PDT #9806 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
At some point, you're very likely to find out your offspring's orientation -- if for no other reason, when you're introduced to boyfriends, girlfriends, or some of each.
That's exactly why I'd want to know. If my kid finds someone who loves her and with whom she wants to build a life, I want her to feel safe bringing that person home to meet us, and I want that person to feel safe with us, whatever gender that person is.
And, hell, if Matilda's teens are anything like mine were, I want her to feel safe to come to me whimpering for mommy-cuddling and comfort when this or that unrequited crush has stomped on her heart, without feeling like she has to be cagey and dishonest and avoid all gender-specific pronouns so that I won't flip out like a mammal.
Mostly I hope that her teens are nothing like mine, but if they are I want her to feel safe pouring out her woes to me.
I agree that parents really have no business knowing what their offspring like to do in bed (or other preferred locations).
This, exactly.
I have a friend whose mother took her to dinner to celebrate friend's losing of her virginity.
My mother gave me a commemorative plate when I got my first period, and it almost killed me. If ita's friend's mother were my mother, I think I'd have to shoot myself into outer space.
Trudy Booth - Aug 03, 2007 6:27:12 am PDT #9807 of 10001
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
I am all for telling parents what they want to hear when its none of their damn business anyway. (Particularly if they are far far away).
And I'm all for telling them those things well after a situation has relaxed a bit.
Exhibit A: I waited until I went to college to have sex so this would not be a family topic. Got to start all that in privacy. Years later acknowledged it.