Cash, you gotta go all Tough Love on 'em, or you'll just be financing their stupidity and drama.
Ah, yes, of course. The gypsies, they gave you your soul. The gypsies are filthy people. Ptui! We shall speak of them no more.
Ilona Costa Bianchi ,'The Girl in Question'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Jul 16, 2009 8:04:33 pm PDT #29570 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
javachik - Jul 16, 2009 8:07:36 pm PDT #29571 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Cass, wow. I know how you feel, though. The worst thing I ever said to someone was also as a teen in high school. Danica P, a friend from 6th grade who was kinda mousy, made some comment about the restaurant my date had chosen for prom (denigrating the choice). I looked her squarely in the eye and said, "well at least someone asked me to the prom!" She had been snippy but I'd been downright spiteful. I still cringe when I think about it. But, yeah, not exactly wishing death upon her. Still, though, everyone's got shit they wish they hadn't said, right?
Cashmere - Jul 16, 2009 8:08:06 pm PDT #29572 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Cash, you gotta go all Tough Love on 'em, or you'll just be financing their stupidity and drama.
Oh, yeah.
Thanks for putting up with my venting. My head just goes 'splodey thinking they've got three generations of this bullshit going on. And that I share genes with these people.
javachik - Jul 16, 2009 8:09:06 pm PDT #29573 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Cashmere, I know that you know I can relate. It's not easy cutting the financial strings, but you've got to do it. Hec's right.
And vent all you want!
Trudy Booth - Jul 16, 2009 8:10:32 pm PDT #29574 of 30000
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
Vent away, Cashmere.
You always seem to make smart choices. I'm pretty sure you'll continue to.
Cass - Jul 16, 2009 8:12:28 pm PDT #29575 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Still, though, everyone's got shit they wish they hadn't said, right?
Pretty much.
I just wish I hadn't been an outright bitch about something where I'd have to think of it every time there was an anniversary or remembrance. It was *such* a low point. Especially because I liked the guy well enough.
Nothing so cruel as other humans...
javachik - Jul 16, 2009 8:17:01 pm PDT #29576 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Nothing so cruel as other humans...
Aint it the damned truth.
Burrell - Jul 16, 2009 8:17:14 pm PDT #29577 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Ugh Cash, I'm so sorry your family keeps putting you into this tough love position.
I can't recall where I was when I watched the Challenger explode for the first time (perhaps because it was aired so many times in the following weeks), but I have a very clear memory of the gut wrenching feeling of watching it blow up.
DavidS - Jul 16, 2009 8:25:38 pm PDT #29578 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I watched the Challenger explosion with the actor who had played Peter Brady. For that extra layer of surreal.
Trudy Booth - Jul 16, 2009 8:27:20 pm PDT #29579 of 30000
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
Nothing so cruel as other humans...
And none so harsh a judge as yourself. You know, since the guy never knew.
I watched the WTC collapse with Ed Koch. That was trippy.