H: You didn't remind me to tell you about Rice Lake.
J: So tell me now.
H phones. Seems he got to talking to a customer yesterday who told him that her H never got her jokes, just had no sense of humor. H says "That's just like my wife!" Customer goes on to say that her H went on a fishing trip to Rice Lake and came back a totally changed person with a great sense of humor. So, H says to J, "I think you need to go to Rice Lake!"
This morning D19 calls. "Are the twins home?" J, "No, they're in Canada." D19, "Sigh! What about S20." J, "He's at work. Why? What's going on?" D19, "I got pulled for a random drug test at work and wanted to use their pee. But that's ok, I'm tired of this job anyway." J, banging head into wall, "D19, don't you think the lesson here is to stop using drugs?"
******************************************************** J, on way to work, driving H's truck turns too close and swaps paint with a red guard post at the gas station. H's truck is not red. Its gold. Well, now its a little red.
S20, "Mom, do you think I have kidney cancer?" J, "No." S20, "Are you sure?" J, "Do you have a good reason to think that?" S20, "No, just been having panic attacks about it. That and testicular cancer. Do you think I have testicular cancer?" J, "No." S20, "What about blood cancer?" J, "No."
Fortunately he only had 3 diseases for today... actually a mild episode for him. Sometimes he'll ask the same questions over and over for hours - getting more and more worked up.
*********************************************************** J calls H to tell him about the truck. J asks if he doesn't think what she did is funny? H says "No!" J says well then, maybe you need to go to Rice Lake too
Me 46 H 56 M 22 yrs S22, D20, Twin Ss18
You teach people how to treat you by what you allow. What you stop. And what you reinforce. ~~~~~~~ A lack of boundaries invites a lack of respect.
