The wife of a young friend of ours died in her sleep a year ago. He was in the living room, he heard her roll over, and he didn't realize what had happened until he went to bed several hours later. She had several congenital things wrong with her, and all they could figure out was her heart shifted wrong and simply stopped. It was tailor-made for bad accusations, but there was the long history of health issues. People are a hell of a lot more fragile than you'd think.
Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
Lilah ,'Destiny'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
[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.
Connie Neil - Oct 23, 2014 7:34:53 am PDT #13945 of 30002
brillig
sj - Oct 23, 2014 7:36:16 am PDT #13946 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Yay for good things, Maria!
Connie Neil - Oct 23, 2014 7:37:07 am PDT #13947 of 30002
brillig
I'm seeing someone who is pretty awesome, and gets all of this.
Oh, blessed be. May I ask, how old are you? I've pretty much shrugged off the idea of anyone new, unless the universe is pretty set on the point and shoves someone my way. I met Hubby when I literally tripped over him at an SCA event, so one never knows.
Hil R. - Oct 23, 2014 7:37:24 am PDT #13948 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Maria, I'm glad you don't have to deal with those people anymore.
In other randomness, I'm kind of boggling at an OK Cupid profile that includes this: "Im a mensa certified genuis. Im very ambitious which makes me misunderstood alot and is probably why I am single." It's actually one of several misunderstood genius profiles I've seen. But this one is special for the spelling and punctuation.
Steph L. - Oct 23, 2014 7:41:47 am PDT #13949 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Im very ambitious which makes me misunderstood alot and is probably why I am single.
I'm gonna say it's not his ambition that makes him misunderstood and single. Or perhaps he hasn't noticed that other ambitious people have relationships.
Maria - Oct 23, 2014 7:42:12 am PDT #13950 of 30002
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Rob had a congenital heart problem. He was born with a hole in his heart--ventricular septal defect--that was patched at age 4. Their contention is that I exacerbated the problem by constantly nagging and fighting with him. His doctor told me that the autopsy showed that he died of an unrecoverable fatal arrhythmia that can sometimes happen after the type of surgery he had, even years later. It was just shitty luck, but with him being cleared to play pro hockey we all thought he was OK. Anything can happen at any time. Bodies and organs are still such a mystery.
Thank you, sj.
Zenkitty - Oct 23, 2014 7:43:32 am PDT #13951 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I'm seeing someone who is pretty awesome, and gets all of this.
squeals girlishly
"Im a mensa certified genuis. Im very ambitious which makes me misunderstood alot and is probably why I am single."
See, this is why I never bothered with Mensa.
meara - Oct 23, 2014 7:43:37 am PDT #13952 of 30002
Clearly I would also misunderstand that person, so better we not date.
Maria, your former in-laws are douchebbags. Seriously? It would e inappropriate to say that shit even if he'd been killed in a car accident and you were driving. Whatever he actually died of, he had cancer! Did they think you withheld the magic serum and potions? So wrong.
amych - Oct 23, 2014 7:44:49 am PDT #13953 of 30002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Yeah, I'm pretty sure Wifely Nagging, however much of a terror it is in old-school sexist stereotypes, doesn't actually go in with surgical instruments to undo heart surgery.
Maria - Oct 23, 2014 7:46:05 am PDT #13954 of 30002
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Oh, blessed be. May I ask, how old are you? I've pretty much shrugged off the idea of anyone new, unless the universe is pretty set on the point and shoves someone my way. I met Hubby when I literally tripped over him at an SCA event, so one never knows.
I'm 40, 41 in February. I wasn't looking for him. He was dating someone else when we met last February, and we were just friends in the beginning. The relationship ended, and he made his intentions clear. I pushed him away like hell. He pushed back. And here we are. And I'm happy with him.