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.
Now we're saving a vampire from vampires. I got two words for that -- Nuh and uh.
Gunn ,'Underneath'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
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beekaytee - Jan 10, 2011 11:27:13 am PST #12783 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
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.
Dana - Jan 10, 2011 12:02:44 pm PST #12791 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Yeah, I'm assuming you're not out any additional money. If you are, then that's totally different.
smonster - Jan 10, 2011 12:11:28 pm PST #12792 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Not flu, thank god. Most likely "just" an adenovirus, but I'm probably going to be out all week. I'm getting a note. I do have a low fever, too.
Calli, thank you so much. HT is on my way home, so I'll just pop in and grab a couple of things. Children's liquid Tylenol, Popsicles, and something for dinner.