Well, the mind reels, but my sense of decorum precludes any impropriety…
Punha, you obviously don’t understand what my high school theatre meant to me. I’m a thespian. I haven’t been able to see one of my troupe’s shows in two years. That hurts.
If I can go, I will. And I get to see the boy in 14 hours.
happy bouncy dance
Besides, one can’t live on sex and chocolate alone. Art and music needs to be in there somewhere.
I would have been dead long ago if not for chocolate…
Medea’s Child, sorry for sharing an unsolicited opinion. I respect there are other redeeming traits.
Originally posted by Medea’s Child
dantheman said:
Personally, I’m living off that “happy bouncy dance”.
Irishman, its no huge deal, like I said I get it a lot. Even attempted to agree with it for a few months last summer til I went nuts and my shrink sat me down and said, “Welcome to your life. Its yours. Not other people’s. Go live as you wish to and not how people say you should. It will make a healthier person” And then I didn’t need a shrink anymore.
I can’t be all things to all people and no one has to have a clue why I am the way I am. Sorry to jump on you.
No, the happy dance is good, but anticipation is nothing to what happens in eight hours. (I can’t stop smiling thinking baout it! I even wished my Statics prof a good weekend. And didn’t add the silent “in hell” I usually do)
BWHAHAHA! That’s great.
I’m so glad to hear how happy you are, darlin. Have a great weekend. 
I realize I’m way late with my response, but hey, I’m always willing to ‘enlighten’ others with my opinion (read: shoot my mouth off. :))
I think it totally depends on the person. I’m a straightforward person; if I want something, I’ll say so. If I don’t like something, I’ll say that too. This approach has been good to me, and I appreciate that my significant other realizes that I’m going to use it and uses it with me as frequently as she can.
If I was told ‘If you don’t come see me this weekend, I’ll feel really lousy,’ or something similar (not a direct quote of MC, I know) I would respond either:
“I should be able to make the trip out; it’ll take some effort but it’s a pretty special occassion.”
or:
“That’s not possible. You know I love and appreciate you, but if I come visit you early that morning I won’t be able to function at work. That might have fairly broad consequences. We’ll be together long enough that another opportunity will arise.”
If #2 was met with resistance, I would offer to pay for a taxi so that the SO could spend the night whereever I was hangin’ the proverbial hat.
This approach won’t work with many people, and if he’s something of a laid-back type, it might be less successful. Since you won’t be using it, we won’t find out; this is more an FYI for people dealing with folks who think like me.
… Are there other folks who think like this? Nitpicks? Criticism?
FD.
Kathryn, as I told you via telephone, I think you did the right thing to talk to him and to address things directly as opposed to dropping hints. Given that you said that he’s not good at picking up hints, the last thing you’d want to do is wonder (if he had not come to see you) if he didn’t care about your feelings, or if he just didn’t pick up on the hint. I know you and I know you’d think the worst.
I hope that you’re having a wonderful weekend, and that things are working out with James. Putting my own affection for you aside, I know you owe it to yourself to see where things stand with him. (See? Not everyone thinks you should dump him.)
Much love, my dear, sweet (and still favorite) friend.
P.S. How did Becca’s play go?
If it qwas me I"d make him find a way to see me. You need to feel loved in the relationship. And love always finds a way… so hopefully you’ll get to see him LThings tend to work out for the best