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.
Jayne: Captain, can you stop her from bein' cheerful, please? Mal: I don't believe there is a power in the 'verse that can stop Kaylee from being cheerful. Sometimes you just wanna duct tape her mouth and dump her in the hold for a month.
'Serenity'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[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.
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.