Joyce: Dawn, you be good. Xander: We will. Just gonna play with some matches, run with scissors, take candy from some guy, I don't know his name.

'Beneath You'


Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Scrappy - Jun 17, 2014 2:47:11 pm PDT #137 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I think for some people, talking about the good stuff feels like bragging, so you only really hear about the bad stuff. "He never calls me when he's going to be late and it's so inconsiderate" seems more socially acceptable to say than "He's always supportive and always makes me feel like I'm important to him." or "My boyfriend is a great kisser."

And for some people, they can't actually SEE the good stuff, in their lovers or themselves.


Connie Neil - Jun 17, 2014 3:02:20 pm PDT #138 of 30000
brillig

I may mention one of Hubby's shortcomings to people, but I don't constantly bitch about him. I've seen that, though, women continually complaining about their significant other. I often wonder what they saw in the man.

Oh, and it's snowing in Utah. Cold, wet storm. It should hit 90 in less than a week.


Kat - Jun 17, 2014 3:11:32 pm PDT #139 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Event went fine and I was able to find parking!

Surgery was fine. Then Grace tried to cough, was in pain (due to the surgery) panicked, de-satted down to 72%, turned blue, panicked more, and generally freaked out an entire recovery room, a few pediatric residents, some nurses, her ENT and her anaesthesiologist.

She's being held over night not on the regular floor but in intensive care with a one-on-one nurse.


Sue - Jun 17, 2014 3:17:08 pm PDT #140 of 30000
hip deep in pie

Aw, poor Grace.


Juliebird - Jun 17, 2014 3:22:57 pm PDT #141 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

I'm just happy that I find that I adore my interns boyfriend almost as much as I adore her (and I adore and respect her bunches and bunches).

Of course, then I think of my parents, and how many outsiders think my mother is a cruel shrew for being so mean to my sweet sweet father, when in fact he really is an absented-minded neglectful family man who puts church before family and in the end is a bit of an asshole. But that's almost forty years of marriage. (although I'd laugh myself silly seeing him divorced and trying to maintain a house beyond just mowing the lawn and washing his personal laundry). (Bringing home a paycheck isn't the end of your familial responsibilities, fuckwad).


Amy - Jun 17, 2014 3:23:34 pm PDT #142 of 30000
Because books.

Aw, Grace! That would be scary.


-t - Jun 17, 2014 3:28:29 pm PDT #143 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Meep, poor Grace! That sounds terrifying for everyone involved. I hope tonight holds no exciting developments, just stable recovery.

I got fuck-all done today, but that is fine. Actually, that is not even true, I got a little done, just not as much as I would have liked. So it goes. Using my vacation to rest as well as try to catch up on all the stuff I am failing at is okay.


Kat - Jun 17, 2014 3:30:43 pm PDT #144 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Definitely scary. Luckily the ENT was walking by in the middle of the panic as well as the Child Life person that Grace adores. So when she saw them, she started to calm down.


Laura - Jun 17, 2014 3:31:26 pm PDT #145 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Aww, Grace. Such a big transition for her.

I've seen that, though, women continually complaining about their significant other.

I see this so much with men and women. Good grief, if the mate is such a loser why do you stay? Then again, more often these same people complain about their jobs, the restaurant, and every thing else. Some people just wanna bitch.

In Laura land, there is a spectacular sunset out the window and I am too lazy to walk outside and enjoy it.


Kat - Jun 17, 2014 3:34:23 pm PDT #146 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Some people just wanna bitch.

And some people dwell in that place of external locus of control, which prompts the complaining, maybe. I don't complain about the things I can fix. The more I feel I can fix the less I complain? Maybe?