"You'd better do it, Boo. You don't freeze them strawberries? That'll make you the anti-Christ."
Not quite...just close~
Ha! Not in lunatic uncle's opinion!
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Congrats on the conversation about your sitch with your g'ma. That takes guts, #8
Thanks. It was difficult, but I was so relieved when it was done. I wasn't sure what she would say (she can be less than sympathetic at times), but it made me feel much better to talk to her.
I did ask her not to say anything to lunatic uncle about my situation. I don't want any of his friends (including parolee friend, among others) to think I'm fair game. She readily agreed to that. She's met them, after all.
Love "guess his mama's never going to die!" my mom says stuff like this. i will have to say your grandmother pulled it out with the USEFUL homespun wisdom. you thought you were getting a tongue lashing, but she said, "detach! detach!" good for her (and you).
Love "guess his mama's never going to die!" my mom says stuff like this.
Your mother needs to come visit with my father and grandmother. They would get along all too well.
It's funny--my father has said something like this before, too. Love the common sense approach to dealing with WAHs.
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i will have to say your grandmother pulled it out with the USEFUL homespun wisdom. you thought you were getting a tongue lashing, but she said, "detach! detach!" good for her (and you).
I dreaded telling her. She is not known for having much sensitivity or for being empathetic, and this was a side of her I've really never seen. It was wonderful. It makes me want to see her again for more advice next weekend, even if it means risking spending time around boyfriend and lunatic uncle.
I dreaded telling her. She is not known for having much sensitivity or for being empathetic, and this was a side of her I've really never seen. It was wonderful. It makes me want to see her again for more advice next weekend, even if it means risking spending time around boyfriend and lunatic uncle.
Isn't it wonderful when you get wise advice from relatives that you would have never considered "safe" to ask for their opinion? I had an encouraging chat with my cousin from overseas; she had a lot of understanding for my situation and good advice regarding GAL and patience. I never asked her for advice (while I have listened to her problems in the past), because it seemed to me that our approaches would be very different. One never knows where the sources of inspiration come from!
Thanks for posting on my thread, Number 8. Yeah, I also felt in the past that you had been eavesdropping on what was going on in my house! So many similar things!
