Theo, that's awful! I agree that withholding that information is the right thing to do for your mom. I hope your brother can recover without more trauma and loss of function.
I caught her on a park bench, making out with a *chaos* demon! Have you ever seen a chaos demon? They're all slime and antlers.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
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.
Cashmere - Oct 23, 2011 10:02:47 am PDT #2862 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
§ ita § - Oct 23, 2011 10:02:51 am PDT #2863 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
In case of other health (mental and physical) problems, I do get the withholding things. You don't want to exacerbate a delicate condition. It's when everyday life is the delicate condition that I get pissed.
Ginger - Oct 23, 2011 10:10:42 am PDT #2864 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm in the "don't tell anyone until you have the whole story and maybe not even then" camp. I have been told repeatedly that I'm wrong. I don't know what the answer is.
I had a tonsillectomy at 15 and it was hell.
Anne W. - Oct 23, 2011 10:15:03 am PDT #2865 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
{{{Theo}}}
I do agree that waiting to say anything to your mom is probably the wisest course.
Beverly - Oct 23, 2011 10:26:59 am PDT #2866 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Agree that waiting for definite details before you tell your mom is the wisest course. And you and your brother have all my good thoughts and healing wishes.
§ ita § - Oct 23, 2011 10:36:30 am PDT #2867 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm in the "don't tell anyone until you have the whole story and maybe not even then" camp.
I would have preferred to know what my mother was going through prior to her successful diagnosis. They kept MONTHS of doctors visits from me. MONTHS.
Does anyone still need a dead man's trigger on a suicide bomber's vest explained to them anymore?
Jesse - Oct 23, 2011 10:41:05 am PDT #2868 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Best thoughts to your family, Theo.
And thanks for the ~ma for my friends, y'all. S's wife just posted to say that they're all doing OK, just taking things slowly, and labor has not started yet. Now that I know everything is OK and she hasn't been laboring for two days, I'm kind of hoping the baby holds off until tomorrow so it can share my birthday!
This is the problem with modern technology wrt having babies! A similar thing happened with my coworker -- we heard she was going to the hospital, and then nothing for like 4 days! Yeah, we got in touch and found out she had had the baby days earlier, just hadn't let us know. I'd rather just hear nothing until "here's the baby!"
Ginger - Oct 23, 2011 10:58:14 am PDT #2869 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Does anyone still need a dead man's trigger on a suicide bomber's vest explained to them anymore?
I wouldn't think so. At least I can think of several occasions on shows like Law & Order when they said the bomber had a dead man's trigger without further explanation.
SuziQ - Oct 23, 2011 11:07:39 am PDT #2870 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Whine - for the first time this weekend, I finally got to just sit down and relax. Of course, that is when a first class headache decided to set in. No fair.
Jesse - Oct 23, 2011 11:17:20 am PDT #2871 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I couldn't say I actually know what a dead man's trigger is, but I don't think it usually matters in context?
Thinking for a second, is it something where it detonates if the person falls down or something?