Epic, it's great to see you. Good luck with the work craziness.
Giles! I accidentally killed Spike. That's okay, right?
Buffy ,'Never Leave Me'
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.
sj - Jun 14, 2013 9:15:59 am PDT #912 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Steph L. - Jun 14, 2013 9:16:38 am PDT #913 of 30002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
X-post: I'm sorry to hear your mom posted nasty comments.
Heh. I'm mostly amused but slightly mortified that she posted them where Tim's family could read them. (Actually, no -- addressed one of them TO Tim's SiL.) One comment was on a post about the bridal shower, and mom addressed it to SiL, saying "Thank you for taking Stephanie under your wing, even though she's a real pain!"
Classy, lady. Classy.
Another one was a comment on a picture my aunt posted of the shower, saying "I don't know why Tim's family puts up with her!" (Uh, my mom posted that, not my aunt. My aunt just posted the picture.)
I didn't even realize until I was in my 30s that healthy families don't actually treat each other that way. But I get it. I get her. She hates not being the center of attention, and while she more or less behaved perfectly well at the shower (other than taking literally 135 candid photos, 4 of which are somewhat flattering), sooner or later her need to be the center of attention was going to come out.
And I don't actually even think she deliberately does it -- she doesn't think "I'm going to insult my daughter in public so that it takes away from her enjoyment of her only bridal shower!" I think she just thinks she's teasing or being funny or something, but...really? Insult me TO Tim's family?
Stay classy, lady. Stay classy.
Burrell - Jun 14, 2013 9:30:37 am PDT #914 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Oh Steph, I am so impressed that you can take the high road with her acting like that. I'd be so tempted to get angry at her. But your reaction is so much healthier.
Steph L. - Jun 14, 2013 9:41:58 am PDT #915 of 30002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I think my replies to her in the FB threads were as follows:
Mom: "blah blah she is a real pain..."
Me: "Actually, I am a bottomless fountain of PURE DELIGHT."
Mom: "I don't know why Tim's family puts up with her!"
Me: "They put up with me because I am a delight and they love me."
Burrell - Jun 14, 2013 9:45:55 am PDT #916 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
You are a delight.
Ginger - Jun 14, 2013 9:49:19 am PDT #917 of 30002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
My mother's family members, particularly the men, practiced teasing of a vicious nature, which is probably one reason why my mother has no self esteem. I am not particularly sorry that they're almost all dead.
sj - Jun 14, 2013 9:56:13 am PDT #918 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Teppy, you are delightful and also incredibly understanding to your mother. I'm so sorry she treats you that way.
WindSparrow - Jun 14, 2013 9:58:03 am PDT #919 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Teppy, you are certainly a delight. And Tim's family are smart enough to enjoy your delightful qualities, as are we here. And I bet you find the syntax of that sentence interesting; I certainly did.
Sue - Jun 14, 2013 10:10:26 am PDT #920 of 30002
hip deep in pie
Ugh, Steph. Your mother sounds like my oldest sister.
Scrappy - Jun 14, 2013 10:16:47 am PDT #921 of 30002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Or my FiL.