Welcome to the Hellmouth petting zoo.

Buffy ,'Beneath You'


Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


DawnK - Mar 22, 2011 10:20:35 am PDT #29610 of 30001
giraffe mode

I find myself terribly resentful, and then feel guilty for being resentful, because they're my parents and I should be willing to sacrifice for them.

Oh yeah! AND my mom gets to hear all about the issues with my MIL and now she won't even ask for help from my husband, and my brother is in England... it's just ugh! Thankfully my mom is in good health and has a long-term care plan in place.

Ohhh Jesse how fun! New babies are awesome


beth b - Mar 22, 2011 10:21:17 am PDT #29611 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

My grandparents started the trend and my parents are continuing it . WE are a sensible lot. My grandfather enjoyed his last years in the assisted living facility . My parents , while they have no need, will be going that way when thy do need it. I t was a hard decision for Matt's parents, but to keep their Independence , they chose a place


Liese S. - Mar 22, 2011 10:24:33 am PDT #29612 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Yeah, at the root of this for me is that I, personally, have a huge fear of old age. Death, not so much. Old age, horrified.


Ginger - Mar 22, 2011 10:27:26 am PDT #29613 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I would like to complain about a much less fraught irritation.

Why the hell is everything videos these days? The only instruction for something I'm trying to do is on a damn video, which will take 4 minutes to watch and I might have to watch it again. It takes me seconds to read instructions.


Consuela - Mar 22, 2011 10:33:06 am PDT #29614 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

It takes me seconds to read instructions.

ITA.

Not to mention the fact that streaming video is blocked at my workplace, anyway. Very annoying.

A friend of mine, who just got divorced and has little surviving family and no kids, is talking about something like senior co-housing, with independence but also a lot of community. I have to admit it sounds like it'd be a good way to go.


Jesse - Mar 22, 2011 10:37:09 am PDT #29615 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I think office morale would improve if there were weekly baby visits.

And/or hookers and blow.

TOTALLY. Although maybe not the babies and blow at the same time.


sarameg - Mar 22, 2011 10:39:36 am PDT #29616 of 30001

This [link] being built in my neighborhood, which is already home to a senior independent living complex.


Sparky1 - Mar 22, 2011 10:39:47 am PDT #29617 of 30001
Librarian Warlord

Although maybe not the babies and blow at the same time.

HOOKERS AND BABIES!


Zenkitty - Mar 22, 2011 10:40:47 am PDT #29618 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I think office morale would improve if there were weekly baby visits. And/or hookers and blow.

Productivity seems to suffer in all cases, though.

After going through what she has with her mom, my mother is pretty much just, "If it gets bad, hold a pillow over my face, please."

Oh yeah. My sister and I have had that conversation. Neither of us wants to be in the situation our mom was, in her last couple years. My sister's 14 years older than me, and I can't even stand to think about what I'd do without her. I dread that someday I'll have to take care of her, without anyone to help me. Her daughters are useless in any kind of crisis, alas.

Why the hell is everything videos these days? The only instruction for something I'm trying to do is on a damn video, which will take 4 minutes to watch and I might have to watch it again. It takes me seconds to read instructions.

I am you in this regard. I can read faster than most anyone can talk.


Connie Neil - Mar 22, 2011 10:41:35 am PDT #29619 of 30001
brillig

HOOKERS AND BABIES!

It seems to work for Charlie.