Yikes, Laura, that's some poor decision-making on his part! I'm sorry. Hope he comes around and manages a decent apology.
And Kaylee, what the hell's goin' on in the engine room? Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?
Mal ,'The Train Job'
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.
Kate P. - Oct 26, 2020 1:20:05 pm PDT #28141 of 30019
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
aurelia - Oct 26, 2020 1:29:45 pm PDT #28142 of 30019
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Laura, I'm sorry you're dealing with that. From where I'm sitting it sounds like he needs to learn to deal with his stresses without taking them out on the people around him, especially before he has to start parenting.
Jesse - Oct 26, 2020 1:45:09 pm PDT #28143 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
His grievances are absurd and as the parent here I have no need or desire to justify anything I have done.
I am glad you have the right attitude here!
Topic!Cindy - Oct 26, 2020 2:17:35 pm PDT #28144 of 30019
What is even happening?
Pretty much the same kind of thing, Cindy. Also, we generally ate earlier than the kids so our dishes may have been there when he went to cook. I have a dishwasher. He could have rinsed them and put them in there. I have no guilt over not immediately washing my dishes after I ate so that my son living rent free with his wife didn't have to feel uncomfortable. Ungrateful ass.
Nor should you have any guilt. You and your husband weren't their kidnappers. You were their benefactors.
The uncomfortable makes me chuckle at him (not in a mean way; my husband and I are still sponsoring two young adults ourselves). It says a lot about his life has been, that your speed at getting the dishes done even rates among your parental sins.
I did not have perfect parents. I have not been a perfect parent. And SPOILERS: * I did not produce perfect children. *
Dear Laura's Impending Grandchild:
Please be healthy and strong, but maybe get your days and nights mixed up for a little while. Do it for your grandmother, who is itching to spoil you rotten. Also, when you're older, please sigh loudly, and "forget" a lot, when your parents ask you to do a small household chore.
Love,
Your Buffista Fairy Godparents
sj - Oct 26, 2020 2:35:53 pm PDT #28145 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
What Cindy said. Also, maybe pee on them a few times, Impending Grandchild.
Topic!Cindy - Oct 26, 2020 2:49:56 pm PDT #28146 of 30019
What is even happening?
Excellent addition, sj.
askye - Oct 26, 2020 3:37:39 pm PDT #28147 of 30019
Thrive to spite them
I realized next week I have the day off after the election. I am getting my haircut next Wed. This is better than 4 years ago when I had to go to work and here people cheer and be excited about the outcome.
If we have 4 more years of the same there will be people at the store who will cheer and be happy. Luckily I don't have to interact with many of them
Laura - Oct 26, 2020 3:47:09 pm PDT #28148 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
Smiling at the Impending Grandchild evening the score. Of course, they expect the grandmothers to take over child care when they go back to work since both grandmothers WFH. Too bad my house isn't childproof.
sj - Oct 26, 2020 3:48:16 pm PDT #28149 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Is 5 the age when kids start to get mean? ltc has never complained about other kids being mean to her until this year.
Laura - Oct 26, 2020 3:50:57 pm PDT #28150 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
Also, WHEN the Democrats take over they had better expand the courts, all the federal courts, including the Supreme Court. The voter suppression crap has to end.