Ugh, 'suela. That's the worst. In some ways, though, it allows your dad to not have to be the bad guy. He's the in-between, but is it possible he really doesn't want to move, but it's easier for you to be the bad guy (for him)?
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Kat - Dec 01, 2012 6:58:05 am PST #2796 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Consuela - Dec 01, 2012 7:00:44 am PST #2797 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
is it possible he really doesn't want to move, but it's easier for you to be the bad guy (for him)?
Yes, but I don't think that's conscious: he's not that subtle or deceitful. It's just that he's old and frail and manipulable. He knows they need to stay but he doesn't know how to make it happen by himself.
Rather than deal with them directly this morning I'm going to go out to the old apartment and pack up their Christmas stuff to set up in the new place.
Jesse - Dec 01, 2012 7:20:52 am PST #2798 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Didn't that just happen to you before?
Yep, that's what happened in the place I moved out of in August. Good times.
In ACTUAL good times, I just had a great trip to Target! I got presents for multiple people, stuff for stockings (I told my mom I would be the lead on stockings this year), and almost nothing for myself. Perfect!
Jesse - Dec 01, 2012 8:17:37 am PST #2799 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ugh. My cat just put his poopy butt on my bed. So I guess I'm doing laundry next. At least that works with my lack of interest in leaving the house.
Lee - Dec 01, 2012 8:37:14 am PST #2800 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I went to target too! I didn't do so well with the present to for me ratio, but at least I bought cat food.
They were out of all the fake Christmas trees I liked though, so I went online to see if they had any of them there, and now I am wondering about a black Christmas tree [link]
What do people think?
Jesse - Dec 01, 2012 8:39:43 am PST #2801 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I think it's kind of cool, but would be best with some coordinated ornament situation, and that's just Not For Me.
I'm not doing laundry yet, and poor dumb Homer is curled up right on the poopy spots on my comforter. So gross, cat!
DavidS - Dec 01, 2012 8:40:49 am PST #2802 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Lee - Dec 01, 2012 8:41:52 am PST #2803 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Not helpful
msbelle - Dec 01, 2012 8:43:52 am PST #2804 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
yeah I think a black tree would only work for me with coordinated ornaments.
Lee - Dec 01, 2012 8:46:36 am PST #2805 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Coordinated like all one or two colors?
Most of mine are silver or pink, so that could work.