Fuck. I just received a call from my mom that my cousin’s house is burning down. He and his family were not in it at the time but the dog was. His aunt (my cousin) just got out of the hospital yesterday after a month recovering from a brain bleed. So things were starting to look up. Any ~ma you can spare for them please.
Mal: If anyone gets nosy, just, you know... shoot 'em. Zoe: Shoot 'em? Mal: Politely.
'Serenity'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
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.
sj - Oct 30, 2024 6:24:58 am PDT #3135 of 3147
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
sj - Oct 30, 2024 6:40:48 am PDT #3136 of 3147
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
{{{amyparker}}} I’m so sorry for your loss. Love to you and yours.
Surgery~ma for Mac.
JenP - Oct 30, 2024 7:11:20 am PDT #3137 of 3147
Oh, sj, I am so sorry. So much ~ma their way. How awful.
sj - Oct 30, 2024 7:14:02 am PDT #3138 of 3147
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Thanks, Jen. They have two little ones 4 and 6 years old, and I keep crying everytime I think of what could have happened to them. They think it was a gas leak.
JenP - Oct 30, 2024 7:18:47 am PDT #3139 of 3147
I mean, good lord, yes I'm so glad they weren't there, and my heart breaks for them and how they must be feeling, especially losing their family pet. Hugs to all of you.
askye - Oct 30, 2024 8:18:57 am PDT #3140 of 3147
Thrive to spite them
Sj. I'm so sorry for your cousins. I'm glad they are ok but it so traumatic, especially for the little ones.
askye - Oct 30, 2024 8:22:16 am PDT #3141 of 3147
Thrive to spite them
So M's female cousin , who doesnt live with us but is around all the time, was there this morning complaining about political and stuff. She said she hates Democrats but every item she listed that is important to her is something Dems support and have been trying to protect/expand and the GOP doesn't. I keep pointing this out to her and she's telling me I'm wrong.
Like Social Security she keeps claiming that Democrats want to end it and when I show evidence that isn't true she just blows me off.
It's frustrating
dcp - Oct 30, 2024 8:55:44 am PDT #3142 of 3147
Useta-could.
Situations like that, I've found it doesn't help to tell them why I disagree, but sometimes it helps to keep asking, "Why you think so?" Sometimes they stop and think. Sometimes they realize they are just hoping for supporting echoes. Sometimes they realize they are just trying to provoke.
However, if one takes that method too far, one ends up sounding like a three-year-old endlessly asking "Why?!" so use judiciously.
I am reminded of a line from The American President. "Whatever your particular problem is, I promise you Bob Rumsen is not the least bit interested in solving it. He is interested in two things, and two things only: making you afraid of it, and telling you who's to blame for it." [link]
Laura - Oct 30, 2024 9:22:03 am PDT #3143 of 3147
Our wings are not tired.
Oh sj. How heartbreaking for your cousins. All kinds of ~ma sent that way.
Laura - Oct 30, 2024 9:23:40 am PDT #3144 of 3147
Our wings are not tired.
dcp's advice is sound. Personally my patience and tolerance has expired at this point so I can't even talk to the idiots.