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Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served  

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.


shrift - Jul 21, 2017 8:04:36 am PDT #14173 of 30002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I live alone and I haven't had to negotiate this stuff in years, but I do not miss having to hash out who does what in a household even though that means I have to do everything myself.

There are resources out there (such as "Drop the Ball" by Tiffany Dufu) that could help think about it and prepare for a conversation with a therapist or your wife.


Laura - Jul 21, 2017 8:06:20 am PDT #14174 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.

That's not how a caring person acts toward their spouse. It's manipulative, passive-aggressive, and abusive.

Exactly. You need professional help, Gud. If you can't get your wife to agree to go with you, then go yourself. Please. She may get angry, but you should be angry.


Laura - Jul 21, 2017 8:23:14 am PDT #14175 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.

Is it too much to hope that Trump will bad mouth Spicer and Spicey will spill a bunch of good stuff in response? Like ask to be brought before a committee and asked questions? Or have a chat with Mueller? I'm confident he has heard stuff.


Dana - Jul 21, 2017 8:24:57 am PDT #14176 of 30002
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

I just read that Mueller is asking staff to save email correspondence with Trump Jr., and I can't wait for the inevitable "Whoops, we accidentally deleted them!"

And then we get to talk about emails again, forever, in an unending circle of horror.


-t - Jul 21, 2017 8:37:34 am PDT #14177 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I think my outrage fatigue is morphing into straight up reaction fatigue. Anything happens anymore I'm just like - I don't know what that means, I don't know how to react, maybe if I stay very still something will become clear.


Jessica - Jul 21, 2017 8:46:43 am PDT #14178 of 30002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I can't wait for the inevitable "Whoops, we accidentally deleted them!"

BUT SERIOUSLY, HIS EMAILS.


Jesse - Jul 21, 2017 8:56:17 am PDT #14179 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

In other news, you know how I'm on some Republican email list? Now I'm getting messages from some dude who's going to run against Elizabeth Warren. It would be funny if they weren't so awful.

Last year, I was the Massachusetts Co-Chairman of Trump for President. In fact, I was the only legislator in the Commonwealth to have the courage of my convictions to endorse Trump.
When Senator Warren is not yelling at us, she is the chief obstructionist in DC!
Warren supports open borders, single payer healthcare, amnesty for illegal immigrants and higher taxes on us.


Atropa - Jul 21, 2017 8:58:27 am PDT #14180 of 30002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

That's not how a caring person acts toward their spouse. It's manipulative, passive-aggressive, and abusive.

This needed to be repeated.

You love her. She probably loves you. But someone loving you doesn't mean they can't be uncaring and abusive toward the person they love.

Gud, you need to take care of yourself. You're a wonderful person, and you deserve to be happy. You also deserve not to worry that you're not doing enough (because you ARE), and you especially deserve not to constantly worry what your wife will be mad at you for this time.


shrift - Jul 21, 2017 9:04:06 am PDT #14181 of 30002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Y'all, I am so groggy this morning that I failed to type my own name correctly. My caffeine is broken.

Anything happens anymore I'm just like - I don't know what that means, I don't know how to react, maybe if I stay very still something will become clear.

We are all Abed needing help reacting to something.


Consuela - Jul 21, 2017 9:06:34 am PDT #14182 of 30002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

you especially deserve not to constantly worry what your wife will be mad at you for this time.

Exactly. And do please listen to what Dana said about depression.

ION, while Spicer has quit, he's apparently not leaving for several weeks, which strikes me as a weasel move. If he had the courage of his convictions, he'd just walk away, especially since the reason he's leaving is the appointment of Scaramucci. If you consider a hiring decision an insult, why stay any longer than it takes to pack up all your cinnamon-flavored gum?