Dana--yes, they have. First, FiL wanted a new Mustang and asked us to cosign for him, which we didn't.
This just makes it worse - it's doing an end run around something they already know you don't really want to support.
I am not...I am not the damsel in distress. I am not some case. I have to work this. I've lived in a cave for 5 years in a world where they killed my kind like cattle. I am not going to be cut down by some monster flu. I am better than that. What a wonder...how very scared I am.
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[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.
brenda m - Jan 10, 2011 11:17:21 am PST #12781 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
erin_obscure - Jan 10, 2011 11:22:59 am PST #12782 of 30000
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
smonster, i hope your throat clears up quickly. that's just miserable.
Scrappy, another vote for "insanity." Who buys their own gift and then guilts their kids into paying for it? That's extremely rude.
beekaytee - Jan 10, 2011 11:27:13 am PST #12783 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
This just makes it worse - it's doing an end run around something they already know you don't really want to support.
brenda makes an excellent point.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jan 10, 2011 11:31:42 am PST #12784 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Agree on the rude, Scrappy. Disliking a gift is one thing, but the demand-making sounds horribly irritating.
Burrell - Jan 10, 2011 11:32:40 am PST #12785 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Ugh Scrappy. I cannot imagine my parents ever doing something like that.
Cass - Jan 10, 2011 11:46:05 am PST #12786 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 say it IS rude and he is not overreacting. What say you?
Hugely rude. I'd be livid.
Not that I wouldn't have just sent the check this time but I'd be really wary of doing anything nice in the future that could be warped. Grrrr.
Calli - Jan 10, 2011 11:46:58 am PST #12787 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I hope you get a treatable diagnosis soon, smonster. Would you like me to pick up anything for you? Orange juice or whatever? Just give me a call if you need anything.
Scrappy, yes, that was rude. I'd be pretty pissed off.
Barb - Jan 10, 2011 11:48:54 am PST #12788 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
I'm with the insanely rude, totally not overreacting camp.
Also? The Alaskan cruise we went on this summer was in honor of my in-law's fiftieth wedding anniversary as well.
Barb - Jan 10, 2011 11:48:54 am PST #12789 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Vortex - Jan 10, 2011 11:58:59 am PST #12790 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Oh, wait, was the cruise already paid for? If so, I definitely would not have sent a check.