When you look back at this, in the three seconds it'll take you to turn to dust, I think you'll find the mistake was touching my stuff.

Buffy ,'Lessons'


Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess  

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.


askye - Oct 08, 2019 3:34:55 pm PDT #12170 of 30019
Thrive to spite them

Zen I hope this leads to something really good for you.


Gudanov - Oct 08, 2019 3:48:33 pm PDT #12171 of 30019
Coding and Sleeping

I fucked up again, this time with the dinner I made badly. I hate being a shit person. I hate being me.


Laura - Oct 08, 2019 4:18:53 pm PDT #12172 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

I love to cook, and try new recipes. Sometimes they are spectacular fails. We all laugh about it and the family gets to tease me for a while. Although my dinners may sometimes fail, I don't consider it even remotely a reflection on me as a person, and neither does my family. A bad meal does not make a bad person. Period.


askye - Oct 08, 2019 4:21:21 pm PDT #12173 of 30019
Thrive to spite them

YOU ARE NOT A SHIT PERSON!

YOU ARE NOT!

Gud, we've never met but you have been part of the Buffistas a long time and that means you've been a part of my life for a long time and I care about you. And I worry about you.

I worry that your wife's abuse will drive you to hurt yourself or attempt suicide. It would be way overstepping all kinds of boundaries but if I could I would be trying to meet you in person and get you to a therapist of some kind. Which would be crossing lines.

PLEASE PLEASE call the number that Fred Pete posted. Please.


DavidS - Oct 08, 2019 5:59:07 pm PDT #12174 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

worry that your wife's abuse will drive you to hurt yourself or attempt suicide.

Me too.

I fucked up again, this time with the dinner I made badly.

Big fucking deal. Everybody's fucked up dinner.

For fuck's sake, Gud, get your kids out of the house and divorce your abusive wife.

I hate being a shit person. I hate being me.

You ARE NOT A SHIT PERSON! You are an excellent human being in a very bad situation.


-t - Oct 08, 2019 6:36:04 pm PDT #12175 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

You are not a shit person, Gud. I'm sorry that being you is not feeling good right now. That's very hard.


-t - Oct 08, 2019 6:36:13 pm PDT #12176 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Fred Pete - Oct 09, 2019 3:30:30 am PDT #12177 of 30019
Ann, that's a ferret.

Again, Gud. 800-273-8255. Or talk to me -- my profile address is good, although I usually only check it in the evening -- either leave me a phone number or ask for mine.


Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 09, 2019 6:14:37 am PDT #12178 of 30019
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I know it's hard to feel it's true in the grip of depression, but you are a *wonderful* person, Gud. You care very much about your family and work tirelessly to make them happy. You are a smart, and funny, and kind, and generous member of this community that is widely liked. Please, bear in mind that there are a lot of brilliant people around these parts who have a very high opinion of you, and they're pretty good judges of character. And there are a few grouchy ones like me who are not slow to call out terrible people, of whom you are definitely NOT an example.


Dana - Oct 09, 2019 9:33:08 am PDT #12179 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

We worry about you, Gud. And your kids.

So what are the chances that this Syria thing is what finally causes the Rs to break with Trump?