1st: OMG I totally missed the shower comment. You know the Hairdog is distracted when he doesn't see an opening like that. Not that you have a particularly big opening, Chrissy, uh...what I mean is...now you got me thinking about the shower tryst again and I'm all distracted. Okay...the hairdog is back on duty now.
Lil and Chrissy: You both make some good points concerning the dollars discussion. As a matter of fact, I was reading Lil's comment when my W called (first voice contact of the day). She said we needed to talk some things over before tonight when my kids came over.
She was especially angry at the comment I made about how it felt like she wanted me to "call my mommy" to check if it was okay to spend the $15 on lunch. She totally focused on how I was characterizing her, rather than my meaning, which was that the process of having to check with was demeaning. She still didn't get it after I explained it to her, which tells me that her indignation filter is in place, and no matter how I explain something, she's going to be pissed.
I told her that we needed to come up with some new way to handle the finances, because the current way was unhealthy in that it created the whole teacher/student mom/kid dynamic that the MC said we needed to get rid of.
And she started talking and talking about how it was my fault, etc., and I did the lilloh-talk (you know, when you, lil, told me to respond "oh" all the time) until she kind of gave up. I figured that at least I planted the seed that I was catching on to the fact that I am not in league with the compulsive gambler who spends the fortune on the roulette table, but rather more like the lovable bumbling dad who buys the wrong cereal at the grocery store. Whatever. She knows that I'm not going to be the fall guy anymore.
Anyway, Lil and Chrissy, stop fighting with each other, or I'll have to tear down the shower curtain, douse you both with Wesson, and play referee.
