You aren't obligated to maintain social ties if you don't want to, Connie. "I don't like giving out my number" is enough reason, I would think.
Whoa. Good myth.
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Natter 74: Ready or Not
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.
-t - Mar 23, 2016 7:45:48 am PDT #18154 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Connie Neil - Mar 23, 2016 8:02:52 am PDT #18155 of 30003
brillig
"I don't like giving out my number" is enough reason, I would think.
Oh, that excellent wording. Coupled with an offer of FB messaging, that leaves channels open but with a slight remove.
shrift - Mar 23, 2016 8:21:31 am PDT #18156 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Yeah, what -t said. You're under no obligation to do emotional labor for this dude.
JZ - Mar 23, 2016 8:38:01 am PDT #18157 of 30003
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Seconding -t. You're under no obligation, even for hubby's sake, to maintain more contact than you feel comfortable with, on any terms other than those you feel comfortable with.
Continued prayers and vibes, Liese, and I'm glad you are practicing self-care amid all the care for others. Best-and-most-gentle-and-graceful-possible-outcome~ma, in abundance.
And, ugh. An otherwise dear friend just announced to all and sundry on FB that he has come around to being just fine with a Trump presidency because if that's what it takes to bring on the revolution, that's what it takes, and the goal is worthy enough to endure some bumps in the road along the way. I'm sure that none of you could possibly even begin to guess what race and gender this friend is.
tommyrot - Mar 23, 2016 8:40:04 am PDT #18158 of 30003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I remember when some people thought the Reagan presidency would bring on the revolution.
Connie Neil - Mar 23, 2016 8:41:13 am PDT #18159 of 30003
brillig
Wow, all sorts of drama in the supporting cast of my life. Friend on FB has been contacted by his birth mother and is confused on how to react. Also, my middle sister is getting divorced for the second time and moving back to the old homestead. And I feel like an utter miserable bitch for that background smug hum of "I was married longest of all my sisters!", which is easily countered by "Dear god, what grief Mother must have given Sister.")
JZ - Mar 23, 2016 8:42:06 am PDT #18160 of 30003
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
And the W presidency. Totally the prelude to a (bloodless and hugs'n'puppies delightful) revolution!
Connie Neil - Mar 23, 2016 8:47:14 am PDT #18161 of 30003
brillig
Totally the prelude to a (bloodless and hugs'n'puppies delightful) revolution!
I listen to the protest songs from the 60s and 70s and wonder if all those singers sit around in bitter, cynical disgust.
tommyrot - Mar 23, 2016 8:52:58 am PDT #18162 of 30003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I listen to the protest songs from the 60s and 70s and wonder if all those singers sit around in bitter, cynical disgust.
I've often wondered that.
juliana - Mar 23, 2016 9:10:13 am PDT #18163 of 30003
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
An otherwise dear friend just announced to all and sundry on FB that he has come around to being just fine with a Trump presidency because if that's what it takes to bring on the revolution, that's what it takes, and the goal is worthy enough to endure some bumps in the road along the way.
I'd be happy to transport this dude back to Serbia in 1913 and let him see exactly what "bumps in the road" wreaks. And then to Germany in 1935. And then, and then, and then. Vitriolic nationalism never turns out well. Ever.