Dude, I'm so calling P-C out on Rebecca Blacking us.
Oh god, I'm so pop-culture-ignorant that I have no idea what that means.
Early: Where'd she go? Simon: I can't keep track of her when she's not incorporeally possessing a space ship. Don't look at me.
'Objects In Space'
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.
Steph L. - Jul 07, 2011 9:06:17 am PDT #24880 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Fred Pete - Jul 07, 2011 9:14:16 am PDT #24881 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
*They* show no signs of change at this point, nor no signs of wanting to change.
...or even seeing that anything should be changed. But you're grown up, even if they don't realize it.
Toddson - Jul 07, 2011 9:24:33 am PDT #24882 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
P-C, you do realize that if you had been willing to let your father use your miles, your mother would have complained that they weren't enough.
Speaking from the been-there-torn-my-hair-out-over-that point, I can tell you that they're not going to be the parents you want them to be.
Polter-Cow - Jul 07, 2011 9:26:31 am PDT #24883 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Dude, I'm so calling P-C out on Rebecca Blacking us.
Hee. It had to be done!
So if you keep wanting better from them, you are going to keep being let down.
I look forward into changing into my Constant Source of Disappointment shirt after work and dancing with JZ, Matilda, and Emmett.
smonster - Jul 07, 2011 10:17:05 am PDT #24884 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I WANT MORE FROM THEM.
What Tep said. A useful phrase for me has been "Don't go to the hardware store for milk." Fortunately, I've found other people to give me some of the parental validation I'd been wanting - my dance teacher, my aunt, my friends, Buffistas! You know, at this point, what you will and will not get from your parents. What you can't get from them, you can find elsewhere just by being your awesome self. Let go, again and again, of your expectations and hopes. "My parents should love and accept me" is only going to bring you frustration and more heartache in this case.
Toddson - Jul 07, 2011 10:26:26 am PDT #24885 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Or, in some cases (i.e., mine), "my parents should behave like rational human beings".
Ginger - Jul 07, 2011 10:58:49 am PDT #24886 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
A George Washington quote I read just today:
We must bear up against them, and make the best of mankind as they are, since cannot have them as we wish.
Cass - Jul 07, 2011 11:00:14 am PDT #24887 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 WANT MORE FROM THEM.
And they want different from you. They want you to get married to a very specific kind of girl, preferably one they choose. You want them to accept you without it being an issue.
So, yes, you want more and they want different, but I think it's time for you both to realize you aren't getting and try to work with what IS and not what you WANT. You might find a lot more comfort and family peace.
smonster - Jul 07, 2011 11:01:39 am PDT #24888 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I have now sent a somewhat testy yet professional email to the HaRpy at MFC, since she has not responded to either of my voicemails.
Now, budgety stuff. Blecch. Luckily, I am watching White Collar at Nora and Tom's (thank you, Nora and Tom!) to make it less onerous.
Cass - Jul 07, 2011 11:05:21 am PDT #24889 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.
Meanwhile, I want my new phone to update and activate. I am trying to learn some expectation management myself. And patience.