I’m so sorry, Hec. I know how hard that is and I don’t know any helpful tips to bear up under it, but you’ve got my sympathy
Anya: We should drop a piano on her. It always works for that creepy cartoon rabbit when he's running from that nice man with the speech impediment. Giles: Yes, or perhaps we could paint a convincing fake tunnel on the side of a mountain.
'Touched'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
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.
-t - Sep 24, 2023 6:24:20 pm PDT #25623 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
sj - Sep 24, 2023 6:25:55 pm PDT #25624 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Hec, I’m sorry. She sounds like the opposite of Jacqueline. Does she have a good relationship with Matilda?
erikaj - Sep 24, 2023 6:28:15 pm PDT #25625 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
I had a grandma like this, too.Maybe worse, if only slightly. When we were kids, she had a portrait taken...of herself. I learned the word "prostitute" because she dressed as one for her dancing school costume party.(I might make that up, but I swear I didn't!) I tell my mom she should be crazier, but she says it's bad enough. Make no mistake...although I can't even imagine the whole maternal grief thing? If there are sides, I'm totally on yours. Even if everything was great between, y'all you need some peace and backrub more than you need to host anyone.
erikaj - Sep 24, 2023 6:32:33 pm PDT #25626 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
My brother is an awesome grandma wrangler. (At times, it verges on the disturbing when one pictures meeting his girlfriend with glasses on a chain) But I wish he could run interference for you...she'd love him, too.
dcp - Sep 24, 2023 6:32:55 pm PDT #25627 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Strength to you, Hec. It is hard, but it should pay off in the long run if you can refrain from feeding the negative energy creature.
DavidS - Sep 24, 2023 6:37:20 pm PDT #25628 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Does she have a good relationship with Matilda?
They are close. But Matilda is kind of mad at her for yelling at me when Jacqueline's body was taken out. And generally just being a sour-ass presence for the last weeks.
erikaj - Sep 24, 2023 6:41:25 pm PDT #25629 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
No bullshit, Hecubus, but you have been my fucking hero for how you've handled all that stuff. I think my mother might build a shrine or some shit, because even though she's given up on men, for some reason she doesn't want me to(Not that the World At Large tells the difference between me On The Market or off, exactly.) But I think she's hoping I find one with nurturant qualities and an empty dance card.
erikaj - Sep 24, 2023 6:44:10 pm PDT #25630 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Which is, kind of, good luck. Not that I'd be at a commemoration all, "So, got plans after this?"
erikaj - Sep 24, 2023 6:56:29 pm PDT #25631 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
My grandpa used to say "You stick the knife in and jiggle it," and my grandma was, indeed the mistress of the art, but I'm sad to see that all the worst practitioners aren't dead yet. You mean, "Thank you for giving my girl her smile back." Thinking you're a sloppy Bohemian could totally wait for the twelfth of never, even giving points for pain that makes you smash things.
Kate P. - Sep 24, 2023 7:39:03 pm PDT #25632 of 30000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Ugh, David. That's the last thing you need to be dealing with right now. Is she in town for Matilda's birthday?