Couch 74

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Public service announcement: It is recommended clients not contact the therapist while intoxicated. It will not make you feel better in the morning.

Thanks, SD for the new couch!

Is a huge Red sox fan otherwise I would be lonely in this household...my son plans to be the next Tom Caron.

Stopdog you are so right. Emailed T when very intoxicated. The email was fine and all but I told her something I really didn't want to...oops

So were now just calling them Couch (insert number) now and not doing cute.

I do have something special for something a few Couch numbers from now though.

Nice I have been a Red Sox fan most of my life, with me having family members who used to live in New England, I am a Patriots fan as well.

I am stuck being a Patriots, celtics, and Bruins fan...again so I am not a widow all the time..so yeah I live in New England

Hey not necessarily, just because you live in a certain area doesn't mean that you have to root for their teams, you can root for whatever teams you want (I root for Red Sox and Patriots but not typically the Celtics or Bruins)

I should also mention that my dad's first day at his new job today went very well.

My cat just leaped to the top of the curtain and tried to balance on the rod and walk across. Because the two giant cat trees and three scratching posts and various dressers and cabinets and bookshelves that they are allowed to roam at will are not sufficient and because he thinks I don't need nice things anyway apparently.

Did I mention the curtain rod promptly broke? Jerk. Then he comes over and wants attention because he feels bad about falling on the floor.

SD doesn't do "cute" by default, but feel free to start the next couch as you see fit...

MKAC Withs cats its all about them and only them.

MKAC - sorry about the rod. I find I am resigned to the idea the cats allow me to live in the house I pay for because I am their minion. They are mostly benevolent tyrants and when wrathful, the dogs bear the biggest brunt of it.

Indeed - I did wait a bit to give others a chance to start the new thread- but I get twitchy once it gets past 1000 posts.

It was a very bitter sweet final session.

It went something like this in the session and in car on drive home.

My young dog gets whacked for no apparent reason sometimes. The one cat has just gone psycho. She was loving on the dog a couple of weeks ago while they both laid on my chest. Suddenly the cat whacks the dog on the nose with her claws out, for no apparent reason. The dog took it for a second and I tried to push the cat away, but the cat attacked again, and the dog snarled and snapped at her. THEN, the cat turned and purposely slashed me across the face, as if I were somehow the cause of the problem. I have actually tried to find her a new home, but turns out, you should wait to ask someone if they want a cat until your slashed-up face heals.

Oh, Ready, I am so sorry! I will stop whining about my petty stuff. I am so sorry you are having to go through this.

I have one but it is 2 couches from now

I had a dog who every morning (literally every morning) would lie on the bed with one of my cats who would lick her face and then stop. When the cat stopped, the dog, Every Morning, would poke the cat gently and the cat would go berserk and whap the dog a few times on the head and jump down.
The dog would cry, get loved by me, and we would get up and I would feed them all their breakfast. I am not certain the dog would have gotten up to eat without her getting licked and then attacked and then loved by me ritual. I adored that dog.
That cat is lying between my ankles on the recliner right now.

RTS - how was the anon meeting?

Why did the cat cross the rod?

To get to the other shade...

Sorry!

Well imagine if every post started Hi My name is Readytostop... And evey reply post is the whole couch saying Hi Readytostop in Unison...

But seriously these people have lived through some of the same **** I am going through so Im thinking it will help...im going for atleast 6 weeks...thats what they suggest before you decide if its for you or not.

thanks hankster...that made me lol for real.

They do say laughter is the best medicine. The cat vs dog vs you story made me lol. "Apparently".

Eta i thought you wrote "apparently you should wait until the scratches have healed!"

Well its been 1 1/2 hour since i left session...drove longest route home and i've been sitting in my car in the driveway since...guess i will need to go into house soon.