I have a friend who is pretty much family to me, but she has a tendency to BE DRAMATIC about everything with a side of making things all about her reactions and needs. She means well, but when my mom passed away, another friend asked me if there was anything they could do for me, I said "Please cope with Friend X for me, because I cannot manage her grief on top of this."
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'Time Bomb'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
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Atropa - Nov 13, 2013 11:49:18 am PST #6257 of 30002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Connie Neil - Nov 13, 2013 11:50:05 am PST #6258 of 30002
brillig
There are lots of people who I don't hear from for days on end that I don't worry about. That may say more about me, though.
beekaytee - Nov 13, 2013 12:28:02 pm PST #6259 of 30002
Compassionately intolerant
I sometimes worry that I am so independent, if I died in my sleep, it would take too long for people to notice and come rescue Cagney.
Connie Neil - Nov 13, 2013 12:38:35 pm PST #6260 of 30002
brillig
Though Cagney might be well fed . . .
beekaytee - Nov 13, 2013 1:27:07 pm PST #6261 of 30002
Compassionately intolerant
This has actually crossed my mind...and frankly, I'd prefer that to him starving...but he sleeps in a crate. He couldn't get out, or even bark out the window!
Connie Neil - Nov 13, 2013 1:45:08 pm PST #6262 of 30002
brillig
Next time you feel sickly, unlatch his crate.
EpicTangent - Nov 13, 2013 2:36:07 pm PST #6263 of 30002
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Maybe some Rube Goldberg-ian contraption hooked up to your alarm clock - if it goes off for x amount of time without you turning it off, Cagney's crate gets opened (via a mousetrap, bowling ball, lit match, etc.)
Hil R. - Nov 13, 2013 2:43:40 pm PST #6264 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I hate dealing with stressed-out students. I feel really bad for them, but with one student this semester in particular, just talking to her takes so much energy, because I have to keep constantly calming myself down, because it's like her stress is contagious, and I get really stressed out just from talking to her. By the time she's done talking, I just need to go somewhere quiet and relax and breathe for a while before I can do anything productive.
Steph L. - Nov 13, 2013 3:14:00 pm PST #6265 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
maybe they need better friends than me.
I think you are, at best, looking for the word "different", but might also be looking for the modifier "in addition to" somewhere up in there. No one needs only one sort of friend, do they?
Totally this.
Hil R. - Nov 13, 2013 4:14:24 pm PST #6266 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
My mom sent me donuts for my birthday. The place she sent them from, Vegan Essentials, has continued their streak of sending me a bunch of random stuff in addition to whatever they were supposed to send me. This time, it was three packages of vegan salami and one package of vegan turkey. Um. I guess sandwiches for lunch for the next few days? I think I liked it better last time, when I ordered cheese and got some chocolate coconut bars.