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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,449
    dankind said:
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    Ummm...she replied with ”just stop talking”? I stand by my statement!
    I would never say that to anyone, let alone a parent -- that is, unless the person were embarrassing himself/herself and I'm trying to prevent them from digging a deeper hole.

    Her mom, a rude New Englander (is there any other kind?), says shit like that all the time, though.
    Don't think I've ever said that either, actually.  I have thought "please, just shut the fuck up!" though.

    Yeah, the relationship evolves, just as your girl.  Not always easy.

    Your other thread got me thinking a lot about my own relationship with my father - the good and the bad (thankfully, never ugly).
    I grew up without a father (not much of a mother either), so I’ve been doing my best to learn on the job. 

    So far, I’ve made it 10 years longer than I thought I would. 

    I got my first grey hair when my wife told me she was pregnant with our daughter, and I gave our marriage/family six months tops before I figured I’d be asked to pack it up.
    I’m not a parent, but based on what I know of them (and you), I’d say you’re doing just fine. 

    Even those with “ideal” childhoods still struggle with their own parenting, I believe. 
    I may be doing fine, but I can't wait to be done.

    I never wanted to be responsible for anyone but myself, and even that's incredibly difficult.

    As soon as they turn 18, I imagine it will feel like a giant burden has been taken off my back. 
    All during our teens my dad would joke that for our 18th birthday each of us would receive a ladder, a suitcase and a roadmap as present.  I think we all stayed home until our early twenties when we were kindly asked to leave and to spread our wings and learn to fly.  
    See, I'm making it easy by being the one who splits. They can stay with their attachment parenting mother till whenever, and I can read my books and listen to my records in peace somewhere very far away. 
    so you're married and you intend to leave your wife as well?
    Yes. She knows she's welcome to come, but she thinks that the kids will benefit from being able come home to their old rooms during college breaks, etc. Blahblahblah. I didn't have a home to go to for college breaks, and I turned out OK.
    well this might have something to do with your daughter's resentment. if i knew my dad intended on breaking up the family as soon as i or a sibling are out of high school, i might have issues with that as well. 
    Where did I say anything about breaking up the family? My family spans from Florida to Alaska, and I don't consider us broken up.

    My daughter is a twat to everyone right now, not just me. In fact, I think she's twattier to everyone else. :lol:

    Anyway, she's been in therapy since 6; she'll be better off than anyone. 
    whatever you say.  
    Hugh Freaking Dillon is currently out of the office, returning sometime in the fall




  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    edited September 2020
    My mind keeps drifting to a juxtaposition in the DotC video. When Ed is singing "outta this world", he shows round dome creations similar to art. (Artwork of Polaris?)

    What the in the world is that beehive-like outta this world thing?
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    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
    Gurgle Gurgle
  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,065
    tish said:
    My mind keeps drifting to a juxtaposition in the DotC video. When Ed is singing "outta this world", he shows round dome creations similar to art. (Artwork of Polaris?)

    What the in the world is that beehive like outta this world thing?

    It looks like an old stone hut. I think they are called chibottes. If you look up images of that it looks very similar. 
  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    ^Thx GG  :)
    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
    Gurgle Gurgle
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    I’d like - no, need - to go to one of those places where you can break shit.
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    I mean, the thing is, you’ve just gotta be nice to the people who wash your underwear; they know shit about you. 
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    dankind said:
    I mean, the thing is, you’ve just gotta be nice to the people who wash your underwear; they know shit about you. 
    Ha!

    I eat lots of fiber, resulting in two pluses: Less TP, and I can treat my houseboy as I wish. 
  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    ^Hede babe, love ya grl, I mean, human.
    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
    Gurgle Gurgle
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    I imagine it’s not de rigeur and some may wag their finger, l but I am so sick of politics and most of what’s attached to it. 

    I’m sick of sides, of anger, of innocents attacked for just being - REGARDLESS OF SKIN COLOR - of fucked up ideologies, of adults speaking and behaving like brats, of the self-righteous, of the hypocrites, of sellouts, of agendas, of lying.

    ”I’m mad as hell and I’m not gonna take this anymore!”

    I’m think I’m due for a re-watch of Network :lol:
  • Hobbes
    Hobbes Pacific Northwest Posts: 6,438
    hedonist said:
    I imagine it’s not de rigeur and some may wag their finger, l but I am so sick of politics and most of what’s attached to it. 

    I’m sick of sides, of anger, of innocents attacked for just being - REGARDLESS OF SKIN COLOR - of fucked up ideologies, of adults speaking and behaving like brats, of the self-righteous, of the hypocrites, of sellouts, of agendas, of lying.

    ”I’m mad as hell and I’m not gonna take this anymore!”

    I’m think I’m due for a re-watch of Network :lol:
    Bitch, please. 
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Hobbes said:
    hedonist said:
    I imagine it’s not de rigeur and some may wag their finger, l but I am so sick of politics and most of what’s attached to it. 

    I’m sick of sides, of anger, of innocents attacked for just being - REGARDLESS OF SKIN COLOR - of fucked up ideologies, of adults speaking and behaving like brats, of the self-righteous, of the hypocrites, of sellouts, of agendas, of lying.

    ”I’m mad as hell and I’m not gonna take this anymore!”

    I’m think I’m due for a re-watch of Network :lol:
    Bitch, please. 
    =)
    https://youtu.be/JmquS1sULiM
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    This life.

    How we surprise ourselves, let ourselves down, hurt so deeply, find strength we had no idea we possessed. How others can be our strength at times. 

    May I never lose this sense of...wow-ness.

    If I do, my husband knows to off me. 
  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    Hehe, with Ms. Vice or more humanely?
    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
    Gurgle Gurgle
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Ms. Vice?

    Nah, just pull the plug or Kevorkian me. I mean, if I’m that far gone, what’s the point?
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    edited September 2020
    So those people are rallying around your profession? That's great!

    They are also, however, breaking the law.

    So when they break the law, why don't you show them how great you are at your profession (the one around which they are all rallying), do your fucking job, and arrest them?

    This town needs an enema!
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    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,876
    On my mind are stupid fuckin people .


    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
  • Purple Fairy Tree
    Purple Fairy Tree Posts: 2,055
    edited September 2020
    I decided to wrap up my little ewok in a blanket as he was shaking.  Just want to share the cuteness:)
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  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,876
    Are those dog step ups .


    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
  • ConorKavanagh
    ConorKavanagh Ireland Posts: 1,148
    Thinking about an interaction I had with a co-worker as I was going off duty yesterday morning, wondering why I find it so hard to be assertive.
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  • Purple Fairy Tree
    Purple Fairy Tree Posts: 2,055
    lastexitlondon said:
    Are those dog step ups .
    Short answer- Yeah.

    Long answer -  I've had to train the dog to use them by placing treats on each step to the top. It worked but he doesn't use them to get down which is annoying as I only got them as he was losing use of his back legs earlier this year. He seems ok though. I have to pick him up everytime I put him in and out of the car. He is 10 and I want to avoid losing him for as long as possible. Hopefully using the steps to get up onto the sofa will help. I dont let him jump up onto the bed anymore though and he has been better from not having to jump down.

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