Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
OH! I've been meaning to say SUE! we got the stuff THANK YOU! because I suck at remembering to send email.
Erin, I don't think the video game matters, but given my exposure to men (my father, brother, and son), I would say that expecting something without asking for it is a thought pattern that will result in frustration many times over.
I would say that expecting something without asking for it is a thought pattern that will result in frustration many times over.
I actually think that's a reasonable rule of thumb for dealing with anyone.
I agree.
my one grandmother brought me stuff without my asking. I believe fairies and nymphs do too, js.
My grandmother brings me stuff without my asking, but it's not usually stuff I want!
Speaking of grandmothers, I'm sorry, smonster.
Timelies all!
One more day of work this week, yay.
my one grandmother brought me stuff without my asking. I believe fairies and nymphs do too, js.
But, but -- I do this for him! I bring him stuff ALL THE TIME!!
Maybe this is why he's my first live-in reltionship.
I am running into the whole "I do these things, why can't you try to anticipate my needs as a sign of love" thing, and while I realize it's a differnet mind pattern/societal upbringing/not-thinking-reciprocally blah blah relationshipcakes, it's still very frustrating!
But he is over there assiduously scraping the pounds of cat fur off the sofa, like I asked him, and he's being very meticulous about it, so I am just going to have to work my way through this weird boy-mind thing.
And it was Mario Bros. -- which version, do not ask, I dunno.
He played for 7 hours. @@
It is 6:32, and I am going to bed. I may fall asleep before I manage to eat, or after (I am waiting for food to cool).
But, but -- I do this for him! I bring him stuff ALL THE TIME!!
As my therapist once said, when I said much the same thing about a friend of mine, "Yes, but he's not you. Stop expecting people to think the way you do." That was a HUGE thing for me.
And it was Mario Bros. -- which version, do not ask, I dunno.
It was New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
He played for 7 hours.
As you do!