The thing is, I may lie about having known about it, but I'm not going to pretend I feel the same way about it as they do. One time my mom told me about someone who had married a Punjabi girl, and I was like, "So?" and she was like, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'SO?'???"

Nah, go ahead and nut up. You knew, you didn't tell them, you knew they'd freak the everlovingfuck out and you were right.

The band-aid is off. They probably can't get any worse than this and if they can goody for them. Time for the Patel boys to take off the gloves... well, keep off the gloves.

The collective and individual wisdom on this board never ceases to amaze me. Have cut and pasted that piece of Scrappy wisdom and will be emailing it to my sis tomorrow.

P-C, best of luck to your brother, the she devil, and assorted animals. Could have been worse, could have been a dude?

::sits on lonelyhearts bench:: ::is in good company::

Harvey sends his best purrs to all y'all. He's lounging in the crook of my shoulder, I'm resting my ear on him, and the purr is all I can hear. Yeah, it doesn't fix any situation, but it makes right this moment a better moment. You are surrounded by love, held up by love - you may not have everything in life that you desire (I for damn sure don't) but we have each other.

Much ~ma to Amyth's brother, and Raq. And of a different kind to brother of P-C.

~ma heading your way, Raq!

P-C, that is totally crazy.

Loving Scrappy's quote. I'm sorry if I caused any bad feelings with my children question. If it helps, I never thought I'd have a kid once I hooked up with DW. I figured that kinda sorta dream was gone. And yet, here I am, a new mom at 40 (hey, I was in my 30s when he was born)! Life certainly does twist and turn. You just never know what's around the corner. {{{}}}

Life certainly does twist and turn. You just never know what's around the corner.

Yeah, if you could show my current life to me five years ago, ten years ago, and fifteen years ago I'd be completely flabbergasted in every instance.

Oddly enough, I find myself ending up with the kind of life I would have predicted 15 years ago, though the intervening time was full of surprises.

Funny old thing, life.

Yeah, if you could show my current life to me five years ago, ten years ago, and fifteen years ago I'd be completely flabbergasted in every instance.

I will see your flabbergastation, and raise you a gobsmackery.

Yeah, if you could show my current life to me five years ago, ten years ago, and fifteen years ago I'd be completely flabbergasted in every instance.

I will see your flabbergastation, and raise you a gobsmackery.

Ditto, ditto, my friends.

Yeah, if you could show my current life to me five years ago, ten years ago, and fifteen years ago I'd be completely flabbergasted in every instance.

Ahahaahahaha! Yeah, this. Very much this.

I think the only thing that startles me about my life is my location.