Less is More - NMI

See Tuffy! That would not be a fair trade at all. I'll get her 4 graphic novels and she gets half of 5 bookcases!

(I kid)

Maybe. She fakes it fantastically though.

FIVE bookcases?

How you doin, Pete?

I own a used Toyota, a Nokia cell phone, and some t-shirts I don't like that that may fit you.

hmm, what kind of gas mileage does the Toyota get?

And what's your DVD collection look like?

It's not bad.

And I only have like 15 good dvds BUT I do happen to have almost every Disney princess movie on vhs. Good luck finding a deal sweeter than that.

Well I have a better DVD collection than I do books. And only the Princess movies on VHS? psshhh

Speaking of that: My sister in law is being weird in regards to Disney Princess movies for my niece. I get it, but if one does a good job of parenting, they shouldn't have to worry about their child being brainwashed by Disney into thinking their prince will come or whatever.

I think a really nice illustrated Fairy Tale book is better than a Disney Princess movie. Grimms Fairy Tales are pretty nasty, but they're great. I still have my fairy tale books from my Granddad, and he gave one of them to me when I was only one. He wrote on the inside cover. They mean a lot to me.

Hey, how you doin?

I knew I should've thrown in a cute baby. Darn it. Cute babies always win.

When my mom divorced my step dad, she had him sign the papers when he was on LSD not knowing what they were, she wrote on them:

You get the piano.

I get the kids.

You owe me a dollar a year child support.

17 years later my mom was on welfare and oregon wanted her to do some weird thing transferring her divorce from california to oregon so they could go after him for child support, she yelled at them that how dare they try to bring up what was settled and ruin her day and by the way he owed her $16 dollars and if they wanted to collect that be her guest otherwise shove it.

(also, she still hates piano music)

That's awesome.

It might be. It is the way the story has always been told to me anyway. There is a lot more sad information that isn't involved in the funny part of that story as i told it.

My step dads wife divorced him out of nowhere a couple years ago and ever since then both him and my mom have been doing this shy 'tell your mom I said hi' tell your dad I said hi' and making implications that they are interested in each other an that they think the other is interested in them thing.

Every time they do that I feel like a little kid whose parents might be getting back together...

I honestly hope they do get back together! that would be fucking awesome!!!! (it probably won't happen, though)

I figured there was more, probably sad or at least stressful stuff to it... but that moment, that one moment was funny.

I hope your parents get back together too. Or your parents and my parents. Then we can FINALLY have Christmas together as a family.

I used to imagine my parents getting back together because they divorced when I was eleven months old and married other people (not right away, though). They then divorced the other people they married - after 20 years and 17 years. They were kinda flirty for a bit but that was it and now they're great friends, happy to be grandparents together, but happily married to new other people. It all works.

My parents are so different from each other, and I can't really imagine them ever having been together.

Life's fucking stressful.

I never used to think that. Now I do.

The difference between being a kiwi and being a momma kiwi?

I guess. Things are getting better though.

My heart is beating faster.

rosiemoonjumper wrote:

Things are getting better though.

Toljaso.

It'll never be enough.

Oh crap! Oh yay! OHMYGOD.

I'm curious....

It's like I'm not even here. And it doesn't seem to matter. Ugh. Right in the feels.

You win. Your family is more screwed up than mine. Can I get a word in edgewise now?

Nice shirt.

I feel like I'm gonna burst if I don't tell someone something!

Tell me!!!

You asked for it.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

How could I have let her slip me by? Now she's on the other side of the globe. Won't be back for some time.

I want to know?

Also this is all going to fast

And now I know.

Actually finding out what someone thinks? Not because they told you, but because they couldn't hide it in the moment.

Not a lot of fun.

All I have to remember is everything is going to be fine.

Except I know otherwise.

That's wonderful news!

I am too nice to avoid people I dont want to see.

I'm fucking sick of this shit. Fuck you. Just go fuck yourself.

Oh thats right, here comes that depression I know so well. Just sitting thre in the back of my head and heart. Looking for any excuse to come say hello.
I have to remember that just because it comes in an RX bottle doesnt mean its not a drug.

I noticed something to day that made me feel all sorts of negative emotions, everything from creepy to bitter to despondent to fuck you. And then I was pissed that I should feel anything at all.

I don't know how long the thing I noticed was like that, or why at all, because there was never anything alerting me to noticing it at all, or maybe I just haven't been paying attention at all.

This has nothing to do with my marriage. Another friendship that apparently makes me feel all of the above at times, now. Mostly because I feel I must censor myself and not speak up.

NMI, because this is too vague to put anywhere else. But I want to say it so it isn't in my head anymore.

Sometimes friendships suck and are hard work. They shouldn't be like that, but some are. Especially when those friends have mental health issues.