We totally kept my ex-aunt-in-law in the divorce. We liked her better. We kept her.
Yep! It's how I got my Aunt Sharon!
Wesley: Illyria can be...difficult. Testing her might be hard without getting someone seriously hurt. Angel: We'll make Spike do it. Wesley: Good.
'Underneath'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
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.
javachik - Dec 26, 2011 8:32:40 pm PST #13186 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Cass - Dec 26, 2011 8:46:02 pm PST #13187 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
It's a valid lifestyle choice.
aurelia - Dec 26, 2011 9:09:23 pm PST #13188 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
My brother would be willing to pick me up, but he'd probably be a couple of hours late. Time management is not his thing, but he's a pretty good guy otherwise.
It seems my extended family has some excitement/drama going on. My cousin's 19 yr old daughter announced last week that she's getting married on New Year's Day instead of the planned date in late summer. No one is making a major drama about it, but there is some irritation with the lack of notice. Her brother and her uncle won't be able to get off work to attend. I'm just amused by the reason she's giving. She says it's because of how much money they'll save on rent.
Typo Boy - Dec 26, 2011 9:12:42 pm PST #13189 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Has anyone pointed out to her that she could start saving money on the rent right away and still get married on the original schedule? Most married people I know started saving money on the rent well before the wedding, in some cases decades before.
javachik - Dec 26, 2011 9:13:48 pm PST #13190 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Very practical! Plus, small intimate wedding right away is much cheaper than a planned Summer wedding!
aurelia - Dec 26, 2011 10:02:58 pm PST #13191 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Has anyone pointed out to her that she could start saving money on the rent right away and still get married on the original schedule?
I'm sure she's afraid of scandalizing the (Southern Baptist) family. If she asked me I'd tell her to go ahead and shack up, but I don't expect anyone to ask for my opinion.
§ ita § - Dec 27, 2011 3:13:03 am PST #13192 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I took the taxi home from my appendectomy at 14 because I was tired of spending time in hospital, and could not be arsed to wait until I was officially discharged (or given my antibiotics script, for that matter). Simpler then, not to get the fam to pick me up. Worked out just fine, and started a long history of cabs to and from the hospital, bleeding or not.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 27, 2011 4:26:00 am PST #13193 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
We totally kept my ex-aunt-in-law in the divorce. We liked her better. We kept her.
When one of my uncles got divorced in his midlife crisis after decades of marriage, we kept our aunt as part of the family in her own right. The new girlfriend didn't become part of the family in the same way, and was kind of outraged that she wasn't the one treated as the grieving widow a few years later at his funeral. (Whatevs, losing the father of your children trumps losing the boyfriend your lack of support helped send on his downward spiral, Ms. Cheap Substitute.)
Theodosia - Dec 27, 2011 4:29:46 am PST #13194 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I can't imagine a hospital discharging a 13yo unaccompanied, into a cab these days. I suspect that CPS would get involved, so there's that.
Theodosia - Dec 27, 2011 4:34:11 am PST #13195 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I've privately told my SIL that no matter what happens to her marriage she'll be part of my family. Not that it's been necessary, but since my brother was going through a fraught (inpatient alcoholism treatment) time it seemed like a good thing to remind her that she was free to make her own decisions without fear of losing our side of the family's support.