Couch 160: The Squeaky Clean Couch!

oh boy!! woebot wants to play truth or dare with me!!

For those of you who read my freak-out re: my ob/gyn's office being closed Thurs. after our minimal amt of snow on Wed night, my dr. was able to see me yesterday instead. Thank god.

I'm glad you were able to get in, UnderRugSwept.

I love that it's just "Pink Donut" without an actual flavor.

I’m at some sort of social gathering with my boyfriends family.

Topics so far included


I want to leave. I feel bad, triggered, scared.

Pink is a definite flavor. It’s not strawberry. It’s just food coloring. So sweeeet.

Dang, that is a lot of deep topics in a short period of time. Do you have a list of topics that you can interject into the discussion to kind steer it to safer topics?



Do you think you could talk to your BF after this event and let him know that you'd like help steering the conversation away from these types of topics because they are triggering for you?

Whoa! That sounds awful. Can you feign gastrointestinal issues and spend the rest of the time in the restroom? Desperate times call for desperate measures. I agree with Elio about talking about this with your boyfriend. Maybe the two of you can come up with a plan for future events, if this is what passes for appropriate conversation topics in his family.

Ice cream for breakfast.

Adulting all around.

I’m not sure about steering away. One of the first questions was about how I feel being one of the only woman in my field (what do you think are reasons for it? How would you change it? Do you think your decision is based on the way you were raised?) I managed to get away from the question but they came back to it 3 (!!) times.

Wouldn’t even be a lie because my stomach started hurting again.
Blah. I wish there were less topics that felt triggering to me.
I talked some about our dog, that was a welcomed topic for a while. I’m kind of impressed by this part of his family. They’re very well educated and have a brought interest in basically everything. We talked about maths for a while too, so that was nice

I'm going to try them tonight. I will report back later

It's pink flavor!!!

Its like, "we're the anti-cheerio - we dont even pretend to be healthy!"

Its MAEF - Make America Even Fatter

Its whats for Trumps breakfast!

Sorry, i see politics in everything!

My breakfast is bigger than yours.

Just sayin’.

Since it’s junk-food testing day, I’m pleased to say I have procured cinnamon and chocolate hazelnut Oreos.

Unfortunately I still have no appetite, so you’ll have to wait for a review. Unless jDNA wants to step in?

Im still frozen in. My treat yesterday was dried cherries and brazil nuts. I swear Im buying donut holes on tuesday!

Pink is not a flavor. I try not to eat stuff like that - I don't tend to like it and I don't think it is good for people. I am not a huge sugar/sweet person to begin with, I don't like cold cereal in general (I like oats but that is about it) and I don't like sweets for breakfast.
I am not hugely a health food nut but I do think what one eats can have bearing on mood and feeling better - pink sugary processed cereal would not make me feel good.

my son was actually home this morning so we went out for a family breakfast. yum! he got this ginormous skillet breakfast thing and ate it all. that boy can suck down some food! We don't see much of him between work and school so it was nice to go out as a family.

Is it odd for adults to go get drunk with their parents? More and more of my students report going out and partying with their parents. Not just a drink but consuming mass quantities of alcohol and nursing hangovers with mom and dad.
I find this insane.

I think thats boundary issues sheesh. Who pays for the uber home?

Seems odd to me, but I have terrible/non-existent relationships with my parents so can't imagine wanting to get drunk with them. At least your students have good relationships with their parents?

I think if you’ve raised a child who actually wants to party with you, you probably went the be-a-friend-not-a-parent route in parenting. *calling Lorelai Gilmore* A route that causes all kinds of problems imo.

I have sipped champagne in my parents’ presence at weddings, new year’s, etc., and that’s it. No one got drunk.

Yeah, I couldn't imagine doing it with a kid of mine.

My cousin sends videos and photos of getting drunk and doing shots with her kids -- I get really queasy seeing it. My aunt and uncle also stay with my cousin and my cousin goes to great lengths to avoid having them know that she's nursing a hangover

I've seen pictures of my neighbor with her grown daughter on vacation and they were both lit. My neighbor told me they'd been discussing future plans regarding a big life event and added, "But who knows if [daughter] is serious. We were just talking in that way you do when you're really drunk..." I thought, uh no?