'Serenity'
[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.
My take is what if it were her child who had died, and she wanted to be dismissive of her own motherhood, it would be her right, though still incredibly creepy, to say that her own motherhood "didn't take". But to say that about someone else? Sorry, but NO.
(leaving office now, so won't be able to respond right away to any additional postings on this topic)
It's entirely possible - likely, even, given the fact that evidently you guys can't imagine having this response yourselves - that she's just an insensitive cow. But I know that I could totally have said something like that, if questioned, and if it were something I found painful.
This is sort of the standard mode in my family, as well. But we're not far removed from the British Isles. So.
I mean, I think it was at best hugely insensitive, and hurt is hurt no matter the intent, but it is something I could see someone saying out of their own sense of loss. But I also didn't read it as her saying that motherhood didn't take, I read it as saying she'd had a grandchild, but no longer did.
I do not think this reads as being dismissive of her own motherhood or of her daughter-in-law's motherhood. At all. That's kind of my point: that this (can be read as) the polar opposite of that sentiment.
eta Or: what Plei said.
But it looks like we're going to talk in circles here, so I'm bowing out.
I have admitted to myself that I'm not going to get to the grocery store any time soon, so I ordered groceries online. I know the produce will be crap, but at least it's food.
I try to avoid all talk about children except in echoing the happiness of parents. I've never wanted children; I just don't have that visceral desire, and I know I don't "get it". I have such a tendency towards black humor (and saying what I'm thinking without realizing I haven't provided the necessary context), I sort-of live in fear of saying something that would come across as totally heartless.
t scrolls casually into thread.
Zombies on Smallville.
LANA'S PARENTS ARE UNDEAD??
I'm kinda with Fay, I admit, but definitely couldn't see saying that in front of the mom, gawd!!
Sadly, no, but they did manage to make reference to Superman=Jesus "...people can worship you like some kind of modern Jesus."
Black humor is often how I get through things too, and I have a deep appreciation for it, but I gotta say, context definitely has to come into play.