On the mental health, you mean? I don't think empathy is the sticking point as much as basic socialization.
You got all kinds of learnin' and you made me look the fool without tryin', and yet here I am with a gun to your head. That's 'cause I got people with me. People who trust each other, who do for each other, and ain't always lookin' for the advantage.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Strega - Aug 30, 2011 10:43:56 pm PDT #23254 of 30001
amyth - Aug 31, 2011 1:34:00 am PDT #23255 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
{{Maria}} I can't say anything more eloquent than what other Buffistas above have said, especially since I just woke up, but my heart is going out to you.
Stephanie, I'm so glad things have worked out for you!!
Allyson, I'm so glad about your car.
Blargh. 8:00 meeting. This means I have to get out of bed, right?
Sparky1 - Aug 31, 2011 3:07:35 am PDT #23256 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
{{Maria}}
Allyson, I don't exactly know why you're afraid to have a child at 38, but I had K at 41 without any problems (I don't even have stretch marks, which is a miracle of good genes, not miracle creams). I went into it quite afraid from the stories society told me about my biological clock, but I had an OB with a average patient age of 37 at delivery and she put things in context for me.
My thanks to those of you that have tweeted/facebooked about the most recent Sassafras sighting - she actually walked into someone's house on Sunday, but the woman was so surprised she didn't get the doors closed. The DH was out with the tracker last night, and we'll pick it up again tonight to see if she goes right back to the American U. neighborhood where she's been before.
Jessica - Aug 31, 2011 3:19:06 am PDT #23257 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
You are all extraordinary. What a marvellous thread to wake up to. Thank you.
Ginger - Aug 31, 2011 3:27:43 am PDT #23258 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
After invoking the FPC, I would like to whine, "I'm sooo sick." My lungs are full of gunk and there are tiny jackhammers being operated in my sinuses. All the things I haven't gotten done loom much larger when I can't do them. And I absolutely, positively have to be well by Saturday to do my volunteer stuff at the book festival.
eta: Also, I have the attention span of a mayfly. Sass! Let the people help you!
Sophia Brooks - Aug 31, 2011 3:39:36 am PDT #23259 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Sassafras sighting - she actually walked into someone's house on Sunday, but the woman was so surprised she didn't get the doors closed.
I can't believe it was so close!
(I don't even have stretch marks, which is a miracle of good genes, not miracle creams).
I have opposite genes. I have never had children, and I am covered in stretch marks. I swear I have even gotten them from losing weight! Most of them are from when I went on AD''s and gained about 80 pounds in less than a year.
flea - Aug 31, 2011 3:51:23 am PDT #23260 of 30001
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I have stretch marks from puberty (in the process of getting to a B cup? seriously?) but none from two 8+ pound babies. Bodies is weird.
Also, that Sassafrass is some rascal! Inside a house? Dang.
Nora Deirdre - Aug 31, 2011 3:53:46 am PDT #23261 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
COME ON SASS!!!! Man, she's tricksy.
Love the FPC clause invocation.
Sparky1 - Aug 31, 2011 3:59:45 am PDT #23262 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
The good news is that the woman said Sassafras looked healthy, and calm - not dirty and desperate. She was making Ragu, and it must have smelled wonderful.
I feel like I should have stretch marks, because pregnancy on a 4'9" frame is not pretty.
Lee - Aug 31, 2011 4:00:40 am PDT #23263 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Awesome news on the Sass sighting!