I'm sorry. You were going to ask me to choose, right? Did you want to finish?

Zoe ,'War Stories'


Spike's Bitches 49: As usual, I'm here to help you, and I... are you naked under there?

Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Steph L. - Mar 19, 2018 9:12:40 am PDT #3541 of 8218
I look more rad than Lutheranism

"Where were you when I called?"

That would get a brisk "none of your fucking business!" from me. I do not like to be monitored.

He's so goddamn needy. I cannot abide it. I've actually started answering "where were you when I called?" with "Sorry I missed you; what's up?" Because NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS DAD.


Fred Pete - Mar 19, 2018 9:19:17 am PDT #3542 of 8218
Ann, that's a ferret.

And I forgot my therapist's most mind-blowing piece of advice, which was: I don't have to answer the phone. I can just let it go to voicemail and return the call(s) when I'm ready.

You and I need to form a support group. Hubs calls me at work repeatedly (at least 5 times today, and that's just on my cell phone), usually over things that can wait until I get home or longer.

I offer my favorite lines from the movie version of Barefoot in the Park. It's Paul's (Robert Redford) first day back at work after his honeymoon with Corie (Jane Fonda), and when he gets home it's

Corie: Did you miss me?
Paul: How could I? You called me seven times.


Steph L. - Mar 19, 2018 9:23:21 am PDT #3543 of 8218
I look more rad than Lutheranism

I love that movie. And yeah, that line is all too relatable.


Glamcookie - Mar 19, 2018 9:29:29 am PDT #3544 of 8218
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

Tep, we should hook your dad up with my emotionally needy, draining MiL.


Fred Pete - Mar 19, 2018 10:20:47 am PDT #3545 of 8218
Ann, that's a ferret.

Steph's father -- Glam's MiL -- my husband --

One more, and they can play bridge.


meara - Mar 19, 2018 10:34:11 am PDT #3546 of 8218

"Sorry I missed you, what's up" is a perfect response!!


aurelia - Mar 19, 2018 11:34:54 am PDT #3547 of 8218
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

One more, and they can play bridge.

My aunt could join in!


Nora Deirdre - Mar 19, 2018 12:01:33 pm PDT #3548 of 8218
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

"How can I miss you when you won't go away?"


sj - Mar 19, 2018 3:46:21 pm PDT #3549 of 8218
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

We were watching some show once and a character said to their spouse something about how much the inlaws talk about their bathroom habits. TCG looked at me and said, "it's your family".


Laura - Mar 19, 2018 4:22:56 pm PDT #3550 of 8218
Our wings are not tired.

Ha! DH often calls me several times a day, and we both work and live together. And after 30 years he knows how fond I am of the phone. He is getting better about emailing or texting.

Corie: Did you miss me?
Paul: How could I? You called me seven times.

I had forgotten that! The best.