Glad to hear about you mom, Hil.
and so very glad to hear that something you learned about at work , translates into other parts of you life. Insight, esp. over something you have seen as normal, is a really good thing.
Mal: Okay. She won't be winning any beauty contests anytime soon. But she is solid. Ship like this, be with ya 'til the day you die. Zoe: 'Cause it's a deathtrap.
'Out Of Gas'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
beth b - Sep 13, 2009 3:55:00 pm PDT #22939 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
smonster - Sep 13, 2009 4:09:39 pm PDT #22940 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Yay for the good news Hil.
P-C, my mom made my homosexuality All About Her when I came out ten yrs ago, so I sympathize with what you're feeling and the struggle to separate yourself from her reaction.
Somebody tell me it's just as well that I was all slobby and sweaty when I ran into a friend/former crush today. I think I'm pretty much finally over the whole thing, but his crooked smile still makes my heart splash in my chest. This is TCF from my lj, if anyone remembers that saga. We talked for 45 min, which was nice.
Speaking of sweaty and slobby, I'm off to take a shower.
Strix - Sep 13, 2009 4:14:10 pm PDT #22941 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Glad to hear it, Hil.
And PC, you aren't hurting your mom. Your mom is keeping up with the Jones. You're not a fucking toaster oven. She'll deal. And you'll find the more assertive you are, the less unhappy you'll be. It's not always easy - it's a skill, and like all skills, you get better at it with practice.
ION, I am looking around my apartment at all the stuff I have. I haven't moved in 8 years- I have a lit of culling to do.
WindSparrow - Sep 13, 2009 4:20:16 pm PDT #22942 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Smonster's got a mother? Huh. So you didn't get here by parthenogenosis after all.
beth b - Sep 13, 2009 4:22:18 pm PDT #22943 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
congratulations, Erin, Great new that you were both on the same page!
Cass - Sep 13, 2009 4:23:42 pm PDT #22944 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.
So you didn't get here by parthenogenosis after all.
Nope, smonster is made of 100% pure awesome.
DavidS - Sep 13, 2009 4:33:19 pm PDT #22945 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Somebody tell me it's just as well that I was all slobby and sweaty when I ran into a friend/former crush today.
I've seen you sweaty, and it's a good look on you.
WindSparrow - Sep 13, 2009 4:37:08 pm PDT #22946 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Nope, smonster is made of 100% pure awesome.
Oh I agree there. Was having trouble imagining that much awesomeness coming from ordinary parents.
Did I remember to wish billytea a happy birthday? If I didn't, Happy Birthday, bt. If I did, then twice as much happiness wished for you.
§ ita § - Sep 13, 2009 4:48:16 pm PDT #22947 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Smonster's got a mother? Huh. So you didn't get here by parthenogenosis after all.
Parthenogenesis takes a mother. It's a father she'd be missing.
Steph L. - Sep 13, 2009 4:49:05 pm PDT #22948 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I tell my mother that the title of Joan of Arc was already quite capably filled in a fiery sort of fashion.
My particular favorite comment is "How's the view up there? You know, on your CROSS?"
...which would probably not work so well on P-C's mom.