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     Debby Citizen Username: Debby Post Number: 1813 Registered: 5-2001 |
I just snorted coffee on my office keyboard. Thanks! | ||
| Brett Citizen Username: Bmalibashksa Post Number: 1648 Registered: 7-2003 |
"TS patently refuses to get me anything for VD." Try some Penicillin | ||
| algebra2 Supporter Username: Algebra2 Post Number: 3288 Registered: 5-2001  |
I think I'd die if I even heard mom say pubic. Back in the day (college) I had broken up with hubby and he called me (from a Knick game) so upset and all weepy that it was VD and he was at a game (poor him) and screamed that it was a Hallmark Holiday and to stop calling me. He never stopped calling but 16 years later I've never gotten a real present - that's ok with me. I really don't need him going out willy-nilly spending $$ on something I probably don't want or need. As for brunch -- I don't have the patience for it. My son already knows "we're lunch menu people right mom, not brunch menu"? | ||
| Cynicalgirl Citizen Username: Cynicalgirl Post Number: 1341 Registered: 9-2003  |
Random comments (as I've got a bad cold and am at work and pooped!) greenetree, when IS your birthday? Mine is May 5 so I, too, am right near Mother's Day... algebra -- sure glad you didn't serve pb&dp! YECH! Or, is it better with beer/wine? Duncan, my SAHCP is doing desultory childcare this week so gainfully employed within his limitations! I grew up in a card-y family -- all holidays, including Halloween and Thanksgiving. All those oldsters are dead now, so we're pretty slight anymore. I am a person who likes her birthday and mother's day cards, tho, and they usually come through. Presents not at all urgent and pretty slight in my house for the parents. But the cards do matter I'm afraid. This year, though, I'd be happiest spending either holiday in bed, asleep...z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z | ||
| greenetree Supporter Username: Greenetree Post Number: 4236 Registered: 5-2001  |
Cyn- glad to see you back. Feel better soon & take lysine! I'm May 11. I do love cards at B-day & Xmas. I send Xmas cards to practically everyone I can think of. Other than that, it gets exhausting. Don't make SAHCP work too hard....  . Honestly, I don't know how mom will handle it when she does have to go back to work. Although we are hoping that she gives up her current high-stress job and gets a job at Borders or something to keep her busy, stress-free and around things she loves (books). She'll be eligible for social security in a few months, so maybe she'll actually do it. TS actually mentioned something about hosting the next GNO (thanks for starting something, Las & Alg). She's got a catering gig this weekend & then we go visit mom, so I have no idea when this would happen. She just loves any chance to feed people. I will make sure that the pb & dp has it's own platter. Lizzie - thanks for the thought. I'd considered a group when all this first happened, but hey, I'm a Jewish lesbian living in the NYC metro area, so of course I have a therapist. I've gone to see her a couple times. It is weird, tho. My mom is young enough that the 'dealing with elderly parents' stuff is something she's doing with her friends and their parents. I really don't have elder-issues, just cancer issues. And, this may come as a surprise, but in my family we deal with serious issues by being irreverent and deeply, disturbingly dark. How many daughters can say that one of the most cherished lessons they have from their mothers is how to curse?  I can use the F-word (and unfortunately have) in any sentence, in any context, as any part of speech, at any time. All learned from mom, who is the master! | ||
| algebra2 Supporter Username: Algebra2 Post Number: 3290 Registered: 5-2001 |
May is a great b-day month -- we're the 14th and the 22nd. | ||
| Brett Citizen Username: Bmalibashksa Post Number: 1649 Registered: 7-2003 |
Greetree I PL'd you  | ||
| Cynicalgirl Citizen Username: Cynicalgirl Post Number: 1342 Registered: 9-2003 |
ALL THIS TAUREAN ENERGY!!!!! Frightening, really... One of my mother's few "gifts" to me was swearing. I'm not saying she was terribly inventive, or creative but I sure grew up hearing people described as "built like a brick sh*# house" and similar. | ||
| sac Supporter Username: Sac Post Number: 2100 Registered: 5-2001 |
OK alg, who is the 14th? (That's my birthday.) | ||
| algebra2 Supporter Username: Algebra2 Post Number: 3291 Registered: 5-2001 |
strawberry | ||
| alia Citizen Username: Alia Post Number: 164 Registered: 5-2001 |
Me too, the 14th. | ||
| greenetree Supporter Username: Greenetree Post Number: 4237 Registered: 5-2001 |
If anyone hasn't figured it out by pairing the birthdays with the screen personas..... Don't mess with the Bull!!!  | ||
| CFA Citizen Username: Cfa Post Number: 1339 Registered: 5-2001  |
This is my first time reading Blogs so I thought I'd pick yours knowing it would be interesting. I didn't know you were a bull. Mine is the 2nd. | ||
| Debby Citizen Username: Debby Post Number: 1815 Registered: 5-2001 |
cfa - I just PL'd you. | ||
| greenetree Supporter Username: Greenetree Post Number: 4239 Registered: 5-2001 |
They say that you marry your mother, right? Sometimes I am frightened by the similarities between mom and TS (if TS ever reads this, I am dead). Here I am at work, chatting with her on the phone for a few minutes - one of these "stop and smell the roses, make time for your spouse" moments. The conversation deteriorates into her talking to herself about whether or not we have frozen spinach in the freezer. "Um, darling, light of my life? Do you mind if I hang up and do some work now"? I made the mistake last night of calling mom to tell her that I won a Lalique fish for $45 on E-bay. This is a big deal, since they retail $125-$100 and $70-$80 on E-bay. Big mistake. My hardly-working, self-employed mother says "Oooo. I didn't know you were collecting those. So, tell me what colors you already have". Mom, you can't afford this right now. Probably a mean thing to say, but I can see it now: "Greenemom, we just need you to fill out these forms for food stamps. Hmmm, you had a good living and decent savings. What happened? Oh, Lalique fish for your daughter? Why, that's perfectly understandable. We'll just give you extra food stamps so that you can get her all 27 colors". | ||
| greenetree Supporter Username: Greenetree Post Number: 4240 Registered: 5-2001 |
I've mentioned the completely dysfunctional relationship between Greenemom and Greenegrandmother before. Mom continues to channel any frustrations she has into torturing her mother, which is perfectly fine for me. I can't remember if I've mentioned this before (and am too lazy to reread everything to find out) but Grandmother was bulemic before it was an eating disorder. She is Nancy Reagen, Social X-ray thin. Mom told me that, growing up, she thought it was normal to go make yourself puke after a meal. The worst crime in the world to my grandmother is to be overweight. Her horror, should any of us to be sent to jail, would not be over the incarceration itself, but the thought of us gaining weight on prison food. Mom, of course, takes after her father's side of the family - very curvy. And I take after mom. I've been hearing for years how "fat" I am (I entertain myself by thinking of creative ways to embarass her for commenting on my weight). So, when I told Grandmother back at the beginning that mom was under doctor's orders to put weight on, it nearly gave her a stroke. She actually called her own doctor to verify this. Mom is now on an appetite stimulant (which is good, because I was going to bake her magic brownies, but chemo has left her not liking chocolate, so she wouldn't eat them). Mom takes great glee in calling her mother in the morning and telling her what she's eaten for breakfast. This morning it was 4 slices of bacon, 3 slices of heavily buttered toast, eggs and oatmeal with cream. Grandma's reaction? "What will happen when you are well"? Mom's cheerful reply, "I guess I'll weight 300 pounds". Mom and I agree that, apart from the satisfying sound of my grandmother choking on the other end of the phone, it's good to see her actually allude to the fact that my mother may get well again. | ||
| SoOrLady Citizen Username: Soorlady Post Number: 2081 Registered: 9-2003 |
That's great - so glad your mom can enjoy her oatmeal & cream again! However - I can get you a recipe for Blondies (and remember, saute the "magic" stuff in butter, strain it, then add butter to the other ingredients). | ||
| Wendyn Supporter Username: Wendyn Post Number: 1630 Registered: 9-2002 |
Parents can be so clueless (talking about GreeneGrandmother). About 6 months after the birth of my first child I got an email from my dad about how if I didn't lose some weight my husband would loose interest in me. I told him my massive boobs more than made up for the extra 20lbs I had put on. Also if my husband wanted to leave me because I put on 40lbs to carry his child for 9 months I would help him pack. | ||
| redY67 Citizen Username: Redy67 Post Number: 1421 Registered: 2-2003  |
Wendyn that is classic!! Greentree, I love you and your mom "ganging up" on your grandmother!! If she only knew how much fun you were having at her expense! | ||
| greenetree Supporter Username: Greenetree Post Number: 4242 Registered: 5-2001 |
Yeah, well, we get our kicks even tho she's not really funny. I've always had issues with my grandmother treating my mom like crap (even before she got old enough to be dismissed as a grouchy old lady). A few weeks ago, talking about their relationship, I said to my mom "if you had treated me the way she treats you, I wouldn't be here right now". She said "oh, sure you would". I can seriously assure everyone that I would not have been. People who haven't watched their relationship for 40 years think I'm pretty cold-hearted. Hey- I'm not gonna let the old bag go homeless or starve. But I just don't understand people who treat their children the way she treats my mom. Of course, I don't understand adult children who hang out & take it, either. Maybe it's a generational thing? Every time I start to feel bad for my grandmother and what she must be going thru (no matter how old the child, it has to be the worst thing in the world to lose that child, or know you could lose that child) she does something else stupid to blow me away from the precipice of compassion. Last week, when I called to tell her that mom was in the hospital, had been rushed to the ER in the middle of the night, she spent 6 minutes (I timed her) complaining about how mean my mother had been on the phone to her the night before (that would have been while mom was having her chest pain). When she stopped, she expressed her concern by saying "so, what's wrong with her"? So - I'm not the evil creature I seem to be. Well, OK, I am, but not for these reasons. Wendy - I spit water on my keyboard reading your post. How'd your dad like your boob reference? |
