Couch 83: In a world where...

I could have written that post. In the same boat myself. Except my husband doesn't take the kids. He just goes downstairs while I deal with them.



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Totally agree. Like you shouldnt have to feel constantly on guard against an abusive partner or parent or whoever. That they would even know or care what you want or who you really are, let alone things being in your best interest. And if something does hurt you, that they dont put the emphasis on why that hurts them more than it hurts you, so you need to just get over it.

Everybody is away today.. Last post was 8 hrs!

I'm here!

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Feeling more depressed than usual. Not a fan of Churchill, but was reminded of this quote of his:
"If you are going through hell, keep going."
I'll try...

My dad once made me read Churchill's biography as punishment when I was a teenager. lol

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I thought the biographies I read about him were interesting.

Hehe. Educational punishment!

Yeah. I would read it now for fun. At the time I was so high/drunk I don't remember anything.

Yeah it was one of the more odd punishments. I've had my doorknob taken away. One of my brothers lost his door all together once.

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I've got some strong Irish genes in me and, given history, am also not a fan of the fellow.

I have very few memories from before age seven, so I was reading your post trying to remember how I was usually disciplined. Maybe if I keep thinking, I'll remember...

Some people become larger than life heroes or villains, and so I usually react to that.

This was as a teenager... Before that was different. Punishment only got interesting in the later years... Before that it was being grounded... Before that something else.

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Oh right, sorry, my mind was elsewhere, I did assume you were a teen at the time since you mentioning you had to read Churchill...

No worries. I suffer from a wandering mind that causes me to get confused and misinterpret. Happens all the time. lol

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Just finished watching Ponyo. I love cute anime!

What does it all mean? I feel like a spring thats been overwound. All tension and no release. Even iff do try to relieve it by drawing I get so annoyed that I throw things about. Embarrassing.
The acute care team here couldn't give a flying fruit bowl when I ring. Like all that electricity that runs through your body.

I would start with a simpler definition.
Trust the belief that a person will tell you the truth, keep their promises, and not try to hurt you.

This has been the most overcast /no sun winter I can remember in a long time. I hate not having sun.

It's dreary here too. It's been raining for several days.

I was going to take down Christmas decorations today, but I just don't have the heart to. Think I'll wait until next weekend. The thought of having to return to work on Monday is depressing enough; I've enjoyed ths break. Let me look at my tree one more week.

I love overcast weather. It is my favourite. Fall is the best time of year.

Call me a Scrooge, but we took our tree and decorations down on dec 27. I just got tired of looking at it.

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Usually we would take it down this weekend, but this year we got a new tree and it is just gorgeous. I haven't grown tired of it yet. Our old tree was MUCH larger and took up too much room; I was always ready to get it out of the way. This one is trimmer, better for the space, and just really pretty. We've been using our fireplace quite a bit these last few weeks, and there's just something about a fireplace and a Christmas tree . . .

Typically, I enjoy Christmas. This year was not one of those years that I enjoyed it. It just wasn't right. So the tree being up was just a reminder of how wrong things are.

Besides, the tree had to go before my toddler took it down for us.

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I'm not sure what is worse being a lying untrustworthy person or a pathetic lame person who believes them.

I don't put up decorations. I don't notice them myself and I see no point in putting things out just to have to take them down again. I have had lovers who got into it and I have gone out into the woods to chop the tree down with them and endured decorating events. One of the things that makes me most happy about not having children is that I don't have to have xmas trees.
My sibling loves decorating and putting up the tree etc. Just different personalities.

Perhaps not better or worse, but that each person has responsibility in the situation.