Oh dear. I hope things go as smoothly as they possibly can.
Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
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Atropa - Aug 11, 2010 3:23:03 pm PDT #28250 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Nora Deirdre - Aug 11, 2010 3:23:50 pm PDT #28251 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Man, does he need to drag you down with him? I mean I know you 2 are close, but it's not like it'll be easier on him if you're outed as a co-conspirator.
sj - Aug 11, 2010 3:25:12 pm PDT #28252 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Yikes, P-C! Your poor brother, and I am evil for thinking that they may leave you alone for a while.
hippocampus - Aug 11, 2010 3:32:19 pm PDT #28253 of 30000
not your mom's socks.
(His latest development: we were at dinner with a friend, who lent him her mobile phone. After playing with the buttons and turning on the lights, he put it up to his ear - upside down - and started merrily burbling away. Lovely Boo.)
::melts::
PC - good luck and ~ma to your brother. And to his girlfriend, who sounds pretty darn cool.
I have two recommenders out of three - yay! BITE ME person who made me feel awful yesterday. Now to work on the third.
meara - Aug 11, 2010 3:33:50 pm PDT #28254 of 30000
OMG, you didn't tell us that your bother had a secret shedevil girlfriend!!! He was LIVING with her and keeping her secret?!? That's crazy.
askye - Aug 11, 2010 3:38:29 pm PDT #28255 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
Billy - wait until he's older and can actually work the phone.
Or do what my nephew did the other day --Mom put the phone to his ear so I could talk to him, and he grabbed and went off running chanting "Mine! Mine!" I could hear mom in the back ground "Can you bring Nina the phone?"
I was cracking up but hoping he could hear me I was telling him "E you're such a good boy! Can you take Nina the phone? Go to Nina !"
PC I'm sorry about what happened with your brother.
billytea - Aug 11, 2010 3:44:49 pm PDT #28256 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.
Holy crap, PC. No wonder he's supportive about the grief you get from them.
I hope it works out, for both of you (and the white she-devil).
Spidra Webster - Aug 11, 2010 3:48:41 pm PDT #28257 of 30000
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
Good luck to you and your brother, P-C.
Calli - Aug 11, 2010 3:55:28 pm PDT #28258 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Yipes! I hope the fallout isn't too bad, P-C.
Liese S. - Aug 11, 2010 3:56:33 pm PDT #28259 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
<unhelpful>Dude, this is awesome. Now you can marry a nice Gujarati girl that you meet yourself and you will not be nearly as bad as your brother!</unhelpful> In all seriousness, I wish your family luck in going through all this.
Mine went through the Japanese equivalent, but luckily for me it happened in my generation but I am the youngest of all my cousins. So by the time I was dating my first boyfriend (black) or my long distance boyfriend (Hispanic) or my husband to be (Caucasian) it was no big deal. I always told my parents I would be happy to date a nice Japanese boy, only I`d never met one that wasn`t my cousin and this was not my fault.