I've always enjoyed Help!, it's got that fun '70s surrealism.
Ten years ahead of it's time!
Elliot: I thought I said discreet. Gwen: What, do you see nipple?
'Just Rewards (2)'
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.
DCJensen - Sep 17, 2009 7:35:55 pm PDT #23655 of 30000
All is well that ends in pizza.
DavidS - Sep 17, 2009 7:36:28 pm PDT #23656 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I've always enjoyed Help!, it's got that fun '70s surrealism.
Mid sixties more like. But a fun movie. Though Hard Days Night is way funnier and cooler.
FWIW, P-C, I totally concur with Liese.
Here's the thing. You are not ready to get married. I mean, you don't think you're ready - which is how you're feeling. But on top of that you just haven't had enough experience in relationships to get married.
If you get married under the circumstances your mother is pushing, you're going to make two people very miserable. It will cause a fair amount of damage and bitterness.
So you need to say: "I'm not going to get married right now. You need to stop talking to me about it."
And your mom is not going to have a stroke on the spot. She'll be pissed and it'll be some drama. However, you need to - as Aims put it - "nut up." And it's not just for you. It's for whoever they're trying to hook you up with. You're protecting them from misery too.
Marriage is hard. Don't do it with strangers.
DCJensen - Sep 17, 2009 7:38:01 pm PDT #23657 of 30000
All is well that ends in pizza.
Do we know about this?
Google signed a deal allowing On Demand Books to print more than two million volumes in the public domain. The publisher’s Espresso Book Machine can download and print a book in the time that it takes to make a cup of coffee. The machines can be found in the US, Australia, Britain, Canada and Egypt.
Apparently the SRP will be $8.
Liese S. - Sep 17, 2009 8:14:58 pm PDT #23658 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Thanks for all the love, guys. Right backatcha. I just figure, hey, if someone can benefit from my (sometimes painful) experience, then it's all to the good.
And P-C, don't worry. You'll be fine. It's good you have this thread to vent in, and you've been very open about asking for input. I hope you feel free to take whatever we say and ignore whatever you want to.
Even less than this process being about your family is it being about us. We're buffistas, we have opinions, we show them. We're talky. But don't let that interfere with your life either. Step into it when you need to, and away when you need to.
Trudy Booth - Sep 17, 2009 8:19:36 pm PDT #23659 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
Marriage is hard. Don't do it with strangers.
I think there is a long history of arranged marriages working. But its with people who, you know, are for it. Either they want it or think its best or they accept the cultural expectation and go with it. I don't think that's where you are, PC.
Cass - Sep 17, 2009 8:48:33 pm PDT #23660 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.
I think there is a long history of arranged marriages working. But its with people who, you know, are for it. Either they want it or think its best or they accept the cultural expectation and go with it.
This.
I'm not saying it can't work. I am just .. going to point back up at everything Liese said before and better.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Sep 17, 2009 10:11:18 pm PDT #23661 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Timely greetings, people.
I have an occupational therapist coming shortly. These visits tend to be just on the right side of completely useless, but we'll see if she has any interesting solutions for my various issues with my tiny flat. Like bumping into things and falling over everywhere.
P-C, wishing you all the best with the marriage situation. I have no useful experience or advice to share, except that my partner is going through the recriminations involved in having the 'wrong' kind of relationship/marriage for her family. It's hard work. I can't imagine how much harder work it is for you in your situation. But the advice here from Bitches seems really good.
Shir - Sep 18, 2009 1:38:32 am PDT #23662 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
{{{P-C and Bitches}}} All the best. And good luck. Figuring your personal opinions about almost everything, in a very intimate perspective, is very hard IMHO.
(Signed, she how's mother thinks she doesn't have a bf because "it's not high on her priority list". IRL, she doesn't have a bf because honestly, she doesn't know what the fuck is up with and what to do with this extremely confusing "love" concept, and just figures that when her time comes, it'll come. But that's not that much a question of priority - having a bf isn't like having milk on the fridge, something to mark off the list. And let's face it, while I can wake up without a bf at my side, I can't see how I'll wake up without coffee).
Shir - Sep 18, 2009 1:40:53 am PDT #23663 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
ION - Happy New Year, Jewishstas! So long, ha'tashsat (5769)!
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Sep 18, 2009 2:30:00 am PDT #23664 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Shana tova*, everyone who celebrates Rosh Hashanah! I just went out to get chullah bread and honey cake. We're making roast lamb later. Should be lovely.
Shir - enjoy your celebrations.
*I hope I got that right. The Girl taught me!