Seriously, if nothing else, it's just common courtesy.
Whoa. Good myth.
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
sumi - Aug 05, 2010 5:07:31 am PDT #27540 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
sj - Aug 05, 2010 5:12:29 am PDT #27541 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Teppy, that is really awful. I'm sorry.
Shir - Aug 05, 2010 5:14:23 am PDT #27542 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
I do not get Steph's cow-orkers. Like, at all.
ION. Is it too early to announce that (I think/hope that) there's a pretty good chance I'll be able to see a lot of you people, in person, in October 2011?
amych - Aug 05, 2010 5:27:54 am PDT #27543 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Tep, your coworkers are freaks.
Aims - Aug 05, 2010 5:36:34 am PDT #27544 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
They are total freaks. And also large a-holes.
Fred Pete - Aug 05, 2010 5:43:19 am PDT #27545 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Teppy, how are you and Tim doing today?
erikaj - Aug 05, 2010 5:48:16 am PDT #27546 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Maybe they are awkward. Still impolite, but they seem like the sort of people who wouldn't know what to say because she wasn't "actually" your MIL. But how hard is it to say "I'm sorry for your loss...that must be painful." I could do that. And believe me, with my sick sense of humor, I'm not really the first person you think of for funeral wisdom. Because it's heavy, and emotional, so, bang...Instant Wiseass. If not that I'm a lightweight drinking, I could be a long-lost Gavin.
Steph L. - Aug 05, 2010 5:56:17 am PDT #27547 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Teppy, how are you and Tim doing today?
Not bad. I'm tired, but I don't have to get up for work tomorrow, so I can make it through today being tired. I'm sad; I feel like I lost my mother-in-law, even if she wasn't my official MiL.
Tim is doing okay. He's going in to work for half a day today, since this afternoon his dad and the boys need to meet with the parish bereavement committee to plan the funeral. The company he works for is owned by family, so they know what's going on, and wouldn't have any problem with him not coming to work today. But I think he wants the distraction. He gets weepy -- I asked him if I could take a picture of his mom to work today to show everyone, and he said, "That's a great idea," and then burst into tears. I figure that's par for the course. As far as grieving goes, it's a good, clean grief.
Barb - Aug 05, 2010 6:01:43 am PDT #27548 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Jeebus, Tep, what utter tools your cow-irkers are.
And yeah, the tears they're good ones. He's a good one, your Tim.
Aims - Aug 05, 2010 6:49:09 am PDT #27549 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Lookit! Lookit my gorgeous niece!! [link]