Jilli that story reminds me of when I worked at a small gift shop. My boss was 7 or 8 months pregnant and her sisters came in and screamed at her for over an hour about how difficult her friends were making the planning of the baby shower. I could not believe it.
No. You're missing the point. The design of the thing is functional. The plan is not to shoot you. The plan is to get the girl. If there's no girl, then the plan, well, is like the room.
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sj - Jul 15, 2012 3:37:09 pm PDT #17151 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
§ ita § - Jul 15, 2012 3:39:49 pm PDT #17152 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I do have a handful of literally certifiable members of the family, but at least I have the freedom to turn down invitations. It's how I keep myself out of the institutions.
Vortex - Jul 15, 2012 3:48:35 pm PDT #17153 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Vortex, your not baby shower is what I remember baby showers being.
That was exactly my intent. :)
WindSparrow - Jul 15, 2012 4:08:32 pm PDT #17154 of 30001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I would say I retaliate against baby showers by making the gift I bring, but I am actually rather proud of the baby blankets I make.
There was a stretch of time in my mid-20s when I kept saying someone should throw me a "looks like I'm going to be single for a while but I deserve nice stuff too" shower. Oddly enough no one did.
I loved Richard Scarry as a child.
I envied with the strong envy of a new reader my cousin's Richard Scarry's something or other. And began to covet it all the more when I discovered that my library only had a Richard Scarry picture dictionary. Wow, I can still feel that visceral WANT.
Smonster, Lots of ~ma for your sister.
§ ita § - Jul 15, 2012 4:37:58 pm PDT #17155 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can only imagine retaliating against a shower by not going. But I can't even imagine that, since I've been lucky.
Kate P. - Jul 15, 2012 4:38:05 pm PDT #17156 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
We made onesies with iron ons (mostly Ramones and funny song lyrics) and hung out. It was fantastic.
Awesome! I should track down some Ramones iron-ons for Rose -- they are by far her favorite band.
My boss was 7 or 8 months pregnant and her sisters came in and screamed at her for over an hour about how difficult her friends were making the planning of the baby shower. I could not believe it.
Jesus.
smonster, lots of ~ma for your sister that it's something easy and cheap to solve.
amyth - Jul 15, 2012 4:43:33 pm PDT #17157 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
I should track down some Ramones iron-ons for Rose -- they are by far her favorite band.
She is so cool.
Vortex - Jul 15, 2012 4:57:25 pm PDT #17158 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Making onsies is one of the few shower activities that I actually think is fun.
Pix - Jul 15, 2012 5:03:24 pm PDT #17159 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.
I should add that I actually think it would be very different going to a shower for someone I’m really close to -- most of the ones I’ve struggled with have been family and people I’m not as close to, which makes the forced frivolity harder to deal with for me.
Kate P. - Jul 15, 2012 5:04:48 pm PDT #17160 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
She is so cool.
Totally. Already cooler than her parents, that's for sure. I barely knew any Ramones songs before she was born, and now I can probably sing you the entirety of Rocket to Russia, including the bonus tracks. Of course, it helps that all the songs only have about four lines each.