(side note: I mean "pulling for you" in the American sense of standing behind you, rooting you on, etc. Not the British sense of "trying to get you laid". Although Buffistas are good for that too)
And just as a point of clarification, I'm pretty sure she means the American sense of "standing behind you, rooting you on" as well.
I'm really curious as to the background of "pulling" for picking up someone.
Bless you Fay. I'm sorry for your loss at the same time I really understand not being close to family.
When my father's mother died, the only tears I shed were for the people who came to the funeral...those who had known her in her younger years before she turned evil. They had really cared for her, despite how awful she had been to them. Sympathetic amnesia can be so poignant.
I hope that you can do whatever completes your experience of her in this life. Nothing else really matters.
Fay, I'm really sorry to hear about your grandmother.
Shir, that sucks - the poor guy.
I'm really curious as to the background of "pulling" for picking up someone.
It gets used a lot. "I'm out on the pull" being one of the more delightful associated phrases.
SHOE POST!
Shoes I bought last fall that I haven't worn until now [link]
Side view: [link]
{{Fay}} I get it. I'm another that was more upset for others than me. I think I get my fathers parents more now than I did as a child. And I am way more like my father's mother than makes any sense. Except that I find more humor in the way I behave. I know it is ridiculous to have rules about grill cheese sandwiches.
On sunday we pulled up a giant clump of whit irises. I put it on my local egroup telling people to come get it if they wanted it. 6 to 8 people said they wanted it. No one has actually bothered to come pick it up off the end of my driveway. So it will go on top of the green bin.
Now , if it had just sat there, whatever. But if they wanted it , why not come get it? Why email me and not bother to get it? Seriously, I live less than a mile from most of these people.
Why email me and not bother to get it?
Email is easier than moving?
Email is easier than moving?
yes, but plants don't have wings. or even legs. and it looks like they slide really slowly
Fay, I hope your trip is a healing one. My thoughts are with you and yours.
Cute shoes, GC!
We have a new pizza place opening in our wee, historical downtown tonight that I hope I can convince my DH to try. I do not feel like cooking dinner.
Tell him you have a craving. What father-to-be can refuse his wife's pregnant cravings? Just an idea. Sounds better than "I don't feel like cooking".