You know what? "Kinda weird" might be less intimidating once they get to name it like that.
Those rough adolescent times may well be mitigated by kids who've known Owen for years and enjoy his company and feel welcome in his home.
So there is something I can do, besides scream like a woman?
Wesley ,'Chosen'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
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Trudy Booth - Oct 30, 2009 4:49:09 pm PDT #28782 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
Cashmere - Oct 30, 2009 4:53:24 pm PDT #28783 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
I hope so, Trude. I'm probably more bothered by this than I should be. It's why I don't ask that question from his peers.
Those rough adolescent times may well be mitigated by kids who've known Owen for years and enjoy his company and feel welcome in his home.
This is one reason I'm glad we moved here. A small town with kids who have known him his whole life might be less judgemental of his behavioral quirks. But it's not so small that he won't be able to find kids with similar interests.
javachik - Oct 30, 2009 4:53:54 pm PDT #28784 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Embrace the weird! He's got an awesome imagination, and an incredible family. Things might get rough, but he's exactly the jewel you want and need and love.
And I wouldn't say that to just anyone about any kid. You know me too well for that.
Cashmere - Oct 30, 2009 4:56:10 pm PDT #28785 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Thanks, guys! He's just so amazing. He actually READ A BOOK TO his class last week. I love that his teachers work with his gifts and he really does feel like he's got friends. That is what's important.
javachik - Oct 30, 2009 4:58:38 pm PDT #28786 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Cashmere, face it, a lot of us Buffistas are weird. We pride ourselves on it. We are loved for it. And we love it.
Trudy Booth - Oct 30, 2009 5:04:56 pm PDT #28787 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
There's a lot to be said for a smallish town in that regard.
Let me introduce you to the flamboyantly gay from the age of nada kid who played the wicked stepmother in Cinderella IN THE EIGHTH GRADE and was cheered wildly for it. This was nearly thrity years ago. ::feels woozy::
I still see him now and then -- he lives here in the city and is a hella awesome interior designer. We marvel at the absolutely zero crap he took growing up.
Please note: He is older than I.
smonster - Oct 30, 2009 5:08:19 pm PDT #28788 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
For those of you who identify as bisexual, have you had equally long relationships with same sex as you have with opposite sex partners?
I've had two girlfriends, one for five months and one for two years. KBD is my only adult relationship with a guy, we're at one year and counting. In between girls and guys was eight years of being single. Not sure I'm any kind of representative sample.
javachik - Oct 30, 2009 5:11:12 pm PDT #28789 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Thanks, Smonster and Ms. Marcontell!
WindSparrow - Oct 30, 2009 5:20:29 pm PDT #28790 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.
Daniel's been doing voices again. I'm not sure if it's supposed to Sean Connery doing an imitation of Jimmy Stewart, or Jimmy Stewart doing a Sean Connery imitation, though.
Also, it sure seems as though he has set his mind on being a Vogon for Hallowe'en - he's definitely working on some really bad poetry.
Thank heavens it's not in the funny voice.
Yeah. Did someone mention weird?
billytea - Oct 30, 2009 5:28:40 pm PDT #28791 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I have found some Indian girls on OKCupid but haven't worked up the nerve to send a message. Especially since some "reply very selectively."
I'm with EpicTangent - if the worst outcome is no reply, go for it! (I found online dating to be something of a numbers game - I didn't get a reply from most of the contacts I made. The ones who did reply made it worth it. The one who contacted me I married.)
I've almost never seen white guy/black woman
That's my brother now. He's marrying a Kenyan woman. I think too that Caucasian guy/Asian woman seems more common than Asian guy/Caucasian woman.
My mother once told me that, if I don't marry a Jewish guy, an Asian guy is the next best choice, because Asians put the same value on education that Jews do.
That's actually one reason why my in-laws like me, because I treat education as a value. (Wallybee's parents are both well-educated; her father is a biochemistry professor, and her mother both practises and teaches dentistry.) I will also note, Wallybee caught flak from some people who were ostensibly her friends for marrying a white guy. Her parents have been nothing but supportive.
I've several times come across message boards where idiots in their early twenties chirpily proclaimed that daring to get knocked up after 30 is tantamount to child abuse.
As you can see, the outcome of our 30+ pregnancy is clearly suffering: [link]
(That reminds me - we have new photos! I'll do a link later.)