I think I kinda hate your co-workers.
I'd say that, only without the kinda.
Reynolds, I'm a dangerous-minded man on a ship loaded with hurt. Now, why you got me chatting with your peons?
Womack ,'The Message'
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.
NoiseDesign - Aug 05, 2010 11:22:44 am PDT #27608 of 30000
Our wings are not tired
erikaj - Aug 05, 2010 11:24:08 am PDT #27609 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Dude, I felt sad when Phil Hartman died and I didn't even know him.(Nor did I require a condolence either, of course.) David Mills, just cause I watched what he made on my "Tv machine.) Feelings aren't like census data. I might want a card if Olbermann ends up like Tim Russert, but that is an emotional problem of a completely different color.
sj - Aug 05, 2010 11:24:54 am PDT #27610 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Teppy that is ridiculous, you and The Boy are in a committed relationship regardless of some official piece of paper.
Laga - Aug 05, 2010 11:25:55 am PDT #27611 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I can't find the word to express my feelings about Teppy's coworkers but it is not at all nice.
erikaj - Aug 05, 2010 11:27:39 am PDT #27612 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
I could, but it's probably a David Milch one...I'll save it.
Connie Neil - Aug 05, 2010 11:27:51 am PDT #27613 of 30000
brillig
a committed relationship regardless of some official piece of paper.
Oh, but it's not "legal" or "moral" or "righteous" or or or . . . So all the people who are "legal", "moral", and "righteous" have no reason to treat it as legitimate. Because "right" is how they define it.
Kate P. - Aug 05, 2010 11:29:13 am PDT #27614 of 30000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Holy bollocks, Steph, your coworkers' stupidity and lack of decency and compassion is just enraging. Of *course* this loss is huge for you. (1) You have known and cared about Tim's mother for years; she was a part of the life you and Tim share. (2) You are also grieving for Tim's loss, because you love him and care for him. None of that would be any different if you were married. I really don't see what is so hard to understand about all this!
And you can call her your "MIL" for mother-in-love.
Oh, that's lovely. More flippantly, I'm also fond of "the sin-laws" and "the out-laws," both of which are used by my unmarried, long-partnered friends to refer to their partner's family. But really, in all the ways that count, ESPECIALLY right now, she was your mother-in-law, and your coworkers' inability to recognize that is just staggering.
Fred Pete - Aug 05, 2010 11:32:26 am PDT #27615 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
As far as Steph's co-workers go, I'm in the "words fail me" category.
Hubs's mother was damn well my mother-in-law. To the extent that I called her "Mom." Steph's relationship deserves no less respect.
tommyrot - Aug 05, 2010 11:34:03 am PDT #27616 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
For some reason this reminds me of a friend of mine who got pregnant while not married. Her father literally stopped speaking to her. Then she quickly got engaged to a man she'd known for two weeks (not the father of her child). So then her father started talking to her again; in fact, he was all excited about the wedding and acted as if the whole not-talking-to-his-daughter thing had never happened.
Shir - Aug 05, 2010 11:47:39 am PDT #27617 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Her father literally stopped speaking to her. Then she quickly got engaged to a man she'd known for two weeks (not the father of her child). So then her father started talking to her again; in fact, he was all excited about the wedding and acted as if the whole not-talking-to-his-daughter thing had never happened.
People. They're... people. "Rational" my ass.