And don't you ever stand for that sort of thing. Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back! ... You got the right same as anyone to live and try to kill people.

Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Delurking 1: Because we don't always check our e-mail.


EpicTangent - Oct 20, 2014 10:25:14 am PDT #2446 of 3094
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

Also, hi Nilly! Always a pleasure to see your font!


Stephanie - Oct 21, 2014 11:28:22 pm PDT #2447 of 3094
Trust my rage

Wayback me: I'm 28 and just lost my first pregnancy. Husband is deployed and i was desperate for human contact. Watching Buffy helped pull me out of my post miscarriage depression and so I go looking for more on the Internet. Eventually I find you all. I'm in my first year of law school, no kids, living in Colorado.

Current me: hi! I miss you all. I am again in Colorado. Now happily divorced. Ellie is 9 and Sammy is 2.5. Frisco is 6. My parents have moved in to my house and it has been transforming for all of us. We are planning to buy a larger house together. It's been wonderful for the kids. My 25yo friend Abby also lives with us. It's like a commune and I love it. My business is growing like crazy. I know have 4 employees. I'm struggling to be a good manager. That's not my strong suite (hate confrontation!!!) but I'm working on it. I recently went on a trip to rural Mexico and it was so beautiful. I'm kinda stressed (hello, insomnia) but I'm working on handling it better. I think it's part hereditary and part actual work. My life is mostly work and kids these days but I'm way less lonely than I used to be. I miss you all.


quester - Oct 22, 2014 4:13:23 pm PDT #2448 of 3094
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

Wow, Stephanie! That's a life and a half!

So glad we found this place.


Jesse - Oct 22, 2014 4:23:55 pm PDT #2449 of 3094
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

(hate confrontation!!!)

Um, isn't that kind of your business?


Laura - Oct 22, 2014 4:30:27 pm PDT #2450 of 3094
Our wings are not tired.

Confrontation on behalf of someone else and confrontation for yourself totally different for me.


msbelle - Oct 22, 2014 4:41:30 pm PDT #2451 of 3094
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I kinda want a commune house. The next house I buy will probably be a split bedroom design so that I can ideally share with a single female friend.


Stephanie - Oct 22, 2014 5:33:16 pm PDT #2452 of 3094
Trust my rage

Laura, that's is 100% right on for me too. I'm a great advocate for other but suck at it for myself.

Mabelle, I love my commune. It actually has freed me to date, even if the date is not a dude I want to marry/help raise my kids. My kids are doing great, I have lots of fun and company at home, and dating is just for fun.


-t - Oct 22, 2014 5:37:15 pm PDT #2453 of 3094
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That all sounds so wonderful, Stephanie! Good to read.


meara - Oct 22, 2014 7:30:08 pm PDT #2454 of 3094

Mabelle, I love my commune. It actually has freed me to date, even if the date is not a dude I want to marry/help raise my kids. My kids are doing great, I have lots of fun and company at home, and dating is just for fun.

That sounds awesome! I want my sister to make a commune, she's joked about it, but not in Indiana.


Zenkitty - Oct 23, 2014 3:05:14 am PDT #2455 of 3094
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I kinda want a commune house. The next house I buy will probably be a split bedroom design so that I can ideally share with a single female friend.

Me too! It sounds wonderful. My BFF and I have talked seriously about buying a house with two master suites or something that we can share. In Nashville, I had a big house, and there were always three or four people living with me, and I liked it. We were all introverts, so it worked. I like living alone, but it does get lonely. And scary, sometimes.