I don't think that sadness/regret would be the response. I am guessing the child might be angry at the parent for wasting all of the time by not understanding that kids grow up
Now I did a job. I got nothing but trouble since I did it, not to mention more than a few unkind words as regard to my character so let me make this abundantly clear. I do the job. And then I get paid.
Mal ,'Serenity'
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.
beth b - Jan 09, 2010 4:06:51 pm PST #6262 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Cass - Jan 09, 2010 4:10:49 pm PST #6263 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I'd still like to know what terrorist act it's possible to carry out with four ounces of liquid but impossible with three ounces.
Bad home dye jobs.
a heart-warming story of a mother that badgered her son so much that they were never able to share a true relationship. UNTIL one day when she witnesses a GOOD relationship between a friend and her friend's son. And only then does she learn how to treat her son with respect and allow him to find his own happiness, so that he will want to share that happiness with her.
Nicole is the best. The end.
Polter-Cow - Jan 09, 2010 4:10:56 pm PST #6264 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
P-C, wow. Bless your mom's artlessly cunning heart, that could not possibly be more transparent if she'd etched it on glass, sealed it in a glass envelope and had it delivered by a flock of glass passenger pigeons.
I was first in the list of names! And then there were a few others before my brother and sister appeared.
Typo Boy - Jan 09, 2010 4:17:02 pm PST #6265 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
You know maybe the amulet really is magic. As long as it is not in your possession your Mother's guilt trips don't work any more.
Polter-Cow - Jan 09, 2010 4:27:24 pm PST #6266 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
There is a slightly amusing thing to note about bad juju Thursday: I was considering going to the io9 meet-up on Thursday in hopes of running into the cute girl from the xkcd party who totally flaked out on me, but I decided I didn't need the potential awkwardness in my life right now, despite the small possibility that things could go well. Turns out she was, in fact, there. And she's still cute. And not calling me.
WindSparrow - Jan 09, 2010 4:29:24 pm PST #6267 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.
a heart-warming story of a mother that badgered her son so much that they were never able to share a true relationship. UNTIL one day when she witnesses a GOOD relationship between a friend and her friend's son. And only then does she learn how to treat her son with respect and allow him to find his own happiness, so that he will want to share that happiness with her.
All I can think of is Princess Leia saying to Grand Moff Tarkin, "The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers." But I don't think P-C's mom would really get that.
Hil R. - Jan 09, 2010 5:01:25 pm PST #6268 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm watching Carousel on TV. I swear, this movie gets more disturbing every time I see it. Or maybe I've just got enough time between viewings that I forget some of the more disturbing parts.
Barb - Jan 09, 2010 6:41:49 pm PST #6269 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
I sure hope Bev went out and explored today because it was GORGEOUS. An example of what it looked like today...
Steph L. - Jan 09, 2010 6:43:29 pm PST #6270 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Wrong thread. Oops.
While I'm here: YAY Barb!
Beverly - Jan 09, 2010 6:47:02 pm PST #6271 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Well, yeah Barb--that's what it looked like a couple of days earlier this week when we played hooky and went driving around. Gorgeous--we can't stop grinning at each other.
I did a bit more in the closet and had a pedicure and upped my speed and time on the treadmill, thus avoiding closet slog *and* the guilt incurred by once again blowing off the closet slog, and feel virtuous about exercising. Plus, pedicure! No bad there.
Did you and the fam get out and about at all?