We joke about his little housecleaning army. There's an inside joke there. But as my MiL, she doesn't get to say "Agreed".
Oh, yeah. That's not cool. You may be cranky, but she's the one who took it to a serious (and hurtful) place.
I'm so sorry, but if it makes you feel any better, my fun-time-Buffy party night involved watching a robot throw Spike through a window, so if you want to trade... no wait, I wouldn't give up that memory for anything.
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[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.
brenda m - Jul 01, 2010 5:31:19 am PDT #24449 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
WindSparrow - Jul 01, 2010 5:40:36 am PDT #24450 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.
That's a crappy situation, Aims.
Gudanov - Jul 01, 2010 5:41:24 am PDT #24451 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
Sorry she took you to a hurtful place.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jul 01, 2010 5:43:05 am PDT #24452 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Ugh. That's horrid, Aims.
Vortex - Jul 01, 2010 5:43:34 am PDT #24453 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I'm mostly ok. I need to email her and say, "I know you didn't mean to be hurtful, but there aren't any more children because there are issues." but I know - I flipping KNOW - that she's going to reply with how she couldn't conceive anymore after D and how sad she was and wtf-ever. I
I don't know if I would do that. Then you are inviting her into your issues, and if she's clueless now, she might say even more (unmeaning) hurtful stuff because she thinks that you're bonding.
Jessica - Jul 01, 2010 5:46:30 am PDT #24454 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
But as my MiL, she doesn't get to say "Agreed". It's awhole other ball of wax. Unless I'm just being cranky. Please tell me if I'm just being cranky.
You are absolutely not being cranky. She's being insensitive and needs a thwapping with a clue-by-four.
BUT, I would not send any kind of response yourself. I would make Joe do it.
Aims - Jul 01, 2010 5:46:38 am PDT #24455 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
You are absolutely right, Vortex. And Jessica.
I am trying really hard to change my attitude toward her. I know that it hurts Joe that I don't much care for his mother. He knows it's not *new*, my not liking her, but I want to try to not be so hostile. She's his mom. She's my child's grandmother. It makes things that much harder. But then she says stupid shit like always, and I fall back into being hostile and angry.
Nora Deirdre - Jul 01, 2010 6:02:06 am PDT #24456 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Maybe you should filter her off you FB status updates?
Aims - Jul 01, 2010 6:04:10 am PDT #24457 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I'm totally going to. I had her filtered off as a default. I think I might have to back to it.
Sigh.
Insent to you, by the by.
Dana - Jul 01, 2010 6:04:35 am PDT #24458 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
The John Soame museum is very cool, but I would probably still pick the British Museum or the V&A over it, even for only one day in London.
(And I'm sure all of this is moot because Sean is already out having a fabulous time.)