Ugh Steph, I feel for you. I totally understand why you are letting not-son crash there during the cold spell. Cold wave? Why does heat hit in a wave and cold comes as a spell?
I like pancakes 'cause they're stackable. Ooo, and waffles 'cause you can put things in the little holes if you wanted to.
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Spike's Bitches 49: As usual, I'm here to help you, and I... are you naked under there?
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Burrell - Jan 02, 2018 11:47:18 am PST #2939 of 8216
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
WindSparrow - Jan 02, 2018 4:37:40 pm PST #2940 of 8216
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.
sj, lots of supplies~ma for you.
EpicTangent - Jan 03, 2018 6:39:10 am PST #2941 of 8216
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
With a side of Insurance Company making your life easier instead of harder-ma.
Steph L. - Jan 03, 2018 6:40:43 am PST #2942 of 8216
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Not!son decided to go back to his car last night. I don't think it got into the negative temperatures last night, but it's still well below freezing. But, you know, his choice. We fed him dinner and then Tim took him back to his car. As far as I know, he didn't freeze to death overnight.
Steph L. - Jan 03, 2018 11:08:26 am PST #2943 of 8216
I look more rad than Lutheranism
And speaking of freezing, our Horrible Abusive Neighbor Mom who lives across the street just screamed profanity and insults at her 8-year-old son and scared him so badly that he ran down the street in a short-sleeved shirt and pants (no coat) in 25-degree weather to get away from her.
I feel like I need to call Child Protective Services about her. Considering what she's willing to do in front of her neighbors, and the lengths I've witnessed her son go to in order to stay out of arm's reach of her, I think the assumption that she is much worse behind closed doors isn't wrong.
Steph L. - Jan 03, 2018 11:10:10 am PST #2944 of 8216
I look more rad than Lutheranism
And this shit triggers me so badly. In the actual meaning of the word, not "oh, it bums me out to hear her yell," but actual flashbacks and panic attacks.
Laura - Jan 03, 2018 11:14:24 am PST #2945 of 8216
Our wings are not tired.
Please do so. Your reports from the neighbor are really heart breaking.
Steph L. - Jan 03, 2018 11:17:58 am PST #2946 of 8216
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I've been keeping an ear out to see if he's come back yet (where I sit, I can see out the front window, but can't see their house directly, so I can't see if he's come back). He could get really hurt in this weather. And the fact that that's preferable to being in the house with her is terrifying.
And my fucking childhood has broken my calibration, because I keep second-guessing myself and thinking "Well, it's not *that* bad, right? I'm overreacting." It literally takes you calling it heartbreaking for me to realize that it's actually pretty awful and not okay.
Tom Scola - Jan 03, 2018 11:19:41 am PST #2947 of 8216
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I'm so sorry, Steph.
Fred Pete - Jan 03, 2018 11:32:09 am PST #2948 of 8216
Ann, that's a ferret.
Steph, from what you describe, it sounds like somebody needs to intervene in that situation. My detector of emotional abuse doesn't work very well. But that child needs help. If he's so upset as to run out the door when so inadequately dressed for the weather, something is terribly wrong.