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.
I had a whole section about civic pride.
Mayor ,'Chosen'
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Pix - Jul 15, 2012 5:03:24 pm PDT #17159 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.
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.
Pix - Jul 15, 2012 5:05:35 pm PDT #17161 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.
Kate! Tacklehug!
Kate P. - Jul 15, 2012 5:11:56 pm PDT #17162 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Pix! Big hugs! How's the bedroom coming along?
Pix - Jul 15, 2012 5:16:22 pm PDT #17163 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.
Oh dear gods I can’t even. I’m just about out of spoons and I have an out of town guest who I haven’t seen in 8+ years arriving at 10 and the house is so close but...yeah. Having a hard time mustering the energy for a final push.
But hi! You and the bebe are adorable.
Kate P. - Jul 15, 2012 5:18:50 pm PDT #17164 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Oof, good luck to you! *hugs again, just because*
Zenkitty - Jul 15, 2012 5:31:44 pm PDT #17165 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
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.
Yeah, that would help. I was 8 when my sister got married, and I was out of touch with her and with my BFF when their babies were born, so all the showers I've gone to have been for casual and work friends.
Hil, my grandmother instilled in me a similar superstition, but about *everything*. That if you talk too much about something you love or want, or you're too "proud" of something, you'll lose it because God will take it away from you.
DebetEsse - Jul 15, 2012 5:34:12 pm PDT #17166 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Zen, her God sounds like a bastard.
erikaj - Jul 15, 2012 5:34:54 pm PDT #17167 of 30001
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
I thought that was a Lutheran thing. (of course, maybe you are.) I think I might send out "It's a Novel!" announcements since I don't think I'll ever get married or breed.
Zenkitty - Jul 15, 2012 5:38:16 pm PDT #17168 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Zen, her God sounds like a bastard.
He was. His followers talked a lot about love and comfort and forgiveness, but they never actually showed any.
I thought that was a Lutheran thing. (of course, maybe you are.)
It was a Presbyterian congregation, but I've been told other Presbyterians aren't as hellfire-and-brimstone as we were. I know nothing of the Lutheran tradition.
I think I might send out "It's a Novel!" announcements since I don't think I'll ever get married or breed.
You should absolutely do that.