ita, that would infuriate me. Wow. Of course my dad didn't tell me he'd been diagnosed with prostrate cancer until AFTER THE SURGERY, so yeah. I'm right there with you.
Oh, Pacey! You blind idiot. Can't you see she doesn't love you?
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Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Pix - Oct 02, 2010 4:10:48 pm PDT #27392 of 30001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Cashmere - Oct 02, 2010 4:10:49 pm PDT #27393 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Shit, ita! Glad it turned out ok. Someone should have told you sooner.
Our birthday is in 11 days. How old is your dad going to be?
Calli - Oct 02, 2010 4:11:53 pm PDT #27394 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Goodness, ita. I'm glad your father wasn't hurt.
Zenkitty - Oct 02, 2010 4:12:43 pm PDT #27395 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Good grief, ita. Thank goodness he's all right! And everyone else, of course. Why wouldn't they tell you that? No, never mind, that's the kind of thing my sister would "oh, by the way," in at the end of a conversation about tomatoes or something.
Cashmere - Oct 02, 2010 4:15:26 pm PDT #27396 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
My dad's side of the family is that way. My folks didn't mention one of my aunts died until nearly a month after it happened. They're not close.
My sisters, however, tend to call each other the second after something happens. So we've got that going for us.
Strix - Oct 02, 2010 4:19:41 pm PDT #27397 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
So glad he's ok, ita!
And sounds like my fam, too. My mom has this...thing where if my sister knows about something (my sister lives in the attic) then I know about it. Through amnioosmosis? Which I don't have.
sarameg - Oct 02, 2010 4:20:45 pm PDT #27398 of 30001
If something happens with my dad or my brother, I pretty much have to rely on my mom or SIL to tell me, and that's WITH talking to those men regularly. Hell, it was my mother who emailed me to tell me that dad got the call his sister's cancer was back and it was terminal. He did get better about passing along the news, but even then, he was only getting it because either John would call, or mom would make my dad call if two days had passed.
But even she doesn't tell me about the bike accidents. But I think she's just grown numb to them.
Zenkitty - Oct 02, 2010 4:23:46 pm PDT #27399 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
if my sister knows about something (my sister lives in the attic) then I know about it
Sounds like a pretty good movie.
Amy - Oct 02, 2010 4:24:11 pm PDT #27400 of 30001
Because books.
Yikes, ita. I'm so glad he's okay.
My father used to do the same thing when it came to my mom's health until my brother and I put our collective foot down. No more calling when she'd already been in the hospital for three days, and it wasn't looking good. Argh.
Go, sara! What fantastic work. I'm really really sure I wouldn't have the patience or persistence to tackle that project.
§ ita § - Oct 02, 2010 4:27:25 pm PDT #27401 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How old is your dad going to be?
::does furious math:: 73. Whoa. Time is flying.
My sister and I might have covered every topic under the sun and gay sex twice, including the tropical storm that cut off power and water to their homes and the family death, but the thing with the GUNS didn't come up. Then I called home and yelled at my mother ("Fucking armed robbery, seriously?" was my opener), who told me to call my father's cell. He said he would have told me when I came home at Christmas.
PEOPLE!