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elle · Messages: 882

luckily enough, i grew up in a family where one of my father's favorite phrases were....you need to be able to take care of yourself and not have to rely on a man.

funnily enough, this came from a man who had about as much mechanical inclination as a door stop and would swipe the top of a door frame to see if my mother had dusted it recently. that is....

until the day she shot all of his yard birds for repeatedly digging up her newly planted flower beds and hung them on the clothesline....

sassyangelac · Messages: 1108

What a visual! I love it!

mame · Messages: 1404 Location: Colorado (aka:Paradise)

Wow! Don't mess with MOM!

BTW Rich, I totally agree. Not getting stuck in that trap...perhaps that has played a part in my commitment phobia! As a mother of 6, my Mom worked WAY too hard!

~~Mame
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"Were there no God, we would be in this glorious world with grateful hearts, and
no one to thank" ~ Christina Rossetti

Kindred · Messages: 912 Location: A little Here.... a little There~

Mame... you crack me up.

But-- Being the Complete Hopeless Romantic that I am...
What's the deal with the one man you chatted with? Did he ever come out?? Details, Girl. Don'tcha hold Out on me, now...
(((...And, Speaking of Committment...it scares the title of this post out of me, too...)))

...A Glorious Un-Work in Progress.~*

rich · Messages: 583 Location: Longmont, CO

Hey Elle,

she shot all of his yard birds

What were yardbirds in your neighborhood? 'Round here yardbirds are prisoners. Name probably came from "jailbirds" who hung around the "yard," or prison grounds.

I HOPE momma didn't shoot a whole passel o' prisoners!

Kindred · Messages: 912 Location: A little Here.... a little There~

YOIKS!! (as a little monk would say..)
...all thie Violence is putting me out of the Christmas mood...

Falalalalaaaalalaalaalaaaaaaaaaa.......

...A Glorious Un-Work in Progress.~*

mame · Messages: 1404 Location: Colorado (aka:Paradise)

Kindred wrote:

Mame... you crack me up.
What's the deal with the one man you chatted with? Did he ever come out?? Details, Girl. Don'tcha hold Out on me, now...

I'm actually "chatting" a lot right now!

all of a sudden I'm hot!...but if you mean Mr. "I'd walk through broken glass and hot coals to meet a woman like YOU"...when I called the phone number he gave me, he didn't remember WHICH ONE I was!!! Nice line though, and it was kinda fun being called "major eye candy" after he looked up my picture.

But I hafta say, I am majorly stressed right now because I have 4 "opportunities" on friday night (1 is a family function, the other 3 are dates), 2 different men I've been chatting with are coming in from out of state on business TOMORROW for a week--(what are the odds!) and then another guy wants to me to come up an hour north for a Christmas party at his workplace. YOOOIIIIKKKSS (as Rich likes to say). I've never in my life had such a situation!!! Haven't really dated much in the last decade. I guess it is time I got out more!

And then the one I really think has the most potential, who lives right here in town, doesn't want to meet me yet because he is kindly trying to get me hired in the department he works in and doesn't think it would look good if we were "in a relationship". The online dating sites have done more, (by far), for my job hunt than monster.com ever thought about!

Okay, I'm off to finish cleaning the house and the car (I have 2 airport runs to make tomorrow)!

~~Mame
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"Were there no God, we would be in this glorious world with grateful hearts, and
no one to thank" ~ Christina Rossetti

Kindred · Messages: 912 Location: A little Here.... a little There~

Go, Honey!!! You are On Fire!!!!

There Is Universal logic to When it Rains, it Pours...

Keep it Going... And... Have Fun!!! : D

Aaaaannd.... , of Course..... Keep me Posted!
; D

...A Glorious Un-Work in Progress.~*

sassyangelac · Messages: 1108

And, of course, be careful.

But, of course, not so careful you don't have any fun.

elle · Messages: 882

well, my mother may have taken a few prisoners in her time, but i doubt she ever shot any. although, there aren't many things i would put past my mother.

from where i'm from, yardbirds are fowl of almost any type that aren't kept in a coop....free range, if you will.

mame · Messages: 1404 Location: Colorado (aka:Paradise)

So, Elle,
sounds like you probably have a few more "mom" stories in you. Give 'em up!

~~Mame
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"Were there no God, we would be in this glorious world with grateful hearts, and
no one to thank" ~ Christina Rossetti

mame · Messages: 1404 Location: Colorado (aka:Paradise)

sassyangelac wrote:

And, of course, be careful.

But, of course, not so careful you don't have any fun.

I had a blast! And not to worry, I didn't even kiss anybody! teehee. (except for some relatives). I postponed 2 of the 3 dates (since the 2 guys were both in town for several days and I would've had to postpone somebody anyway), declined the corporate Christmas party date, and went to my nephew's early Christmas feast, since his kids will be elsewhere at Christmas.

Both out of town guys adored me, which fed my feminine self-esteem.

One guy coming into town on business and to see me, was a motivational speaker / personal coach. His visit was a wonderful gift! Sadly we did not have a romantic connection (at least from my point of view), but he was an amazingly gifted human being! So insightful and intuitive! We spent the better part of 3 days together while I played travel guide, which I love to do! Can you imagine spending 3 days one-on-one with a talented personal coach? Wow! He gave me so much to think about! And left me feeling jazzed and optimistic and encouraged!! And determined not to go back into work environments that require me to stuff my personality at the door! We parted friends Sunday evening.

The other poor guy had a hard act to follow and ended up getting on my nerves a bit. He wasn't a good listener. We had planned to go out again to see a movie tonight, but that was planned before things went downhill, and since we are in the middle of a blizzard, and his hotel is across town, I had an easy out!

~~Mame
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"Were there no God, we would be in this glorious world with grateful hearts, and
no one to thank" ~ Christina Rossetti

Anonymous · 04/01/2007 19:00:01 Subject: Re: Thanks for Crap

mame...you have no idea at the stories about my family. more from my father than my mother, although she's certainly had her moments. most of them just wouldn't do to tell.

although...there's the time that my father made a hitchhicker jump out of his car at sixty miles an hour after trying to pull a knife and rob him....

or the time my mother drank a single glass of champagne and wrote a check for ten thousand dollars in diamond stud earrings....and she doesn't even have pierced ears....

or the time my mother went to the door smelling to high heaven of beer when our pastor brought me home after breaking my arm at a church event (that was when using beer as a setting lotion for your hair was all the rage. trust me, after the earring incident, she never touched alcohol again)....

or the time my father was out of work and raised over twenty five thousand dollars for a neighbor whose uninsured house burned...

life was never dull.

elle · Messages: 882

timed out....that was me!

told you there were too many stories.

Lily · Messages: 51 Location: the Northeast

Elle - Share some more! I love stories!

I'm late to this thread - have to reply -- Sassy, girl, that crap is probably the source of more stories than we'll ever know!! Ours are minor and dull compared to yours, but we have them too. It's one of those combining family traditions things!

So -- Kindred claimed Mashed Potatoes All you non-participants: Tread Verrry Lightly.... and baaack away ssslowwwly... And Don't Take Sides. This is the Politics of Kitchen! It's a Bloodbath. Go to the Swiss-side of the Dining Room & quietly eat your mashed potatoes. Mashed Potatoes is pretty neutral; hard to argue about that...
Sad to say, this very food was the source of discontent at our Christmas Dinner! I wanted different, so we had mashed potatoes made with Brie cheese and then baked in the oven. Sounds yummy, especially to a family that loves Brie. Well, I got grief - they won't be making a return engagement!

Then Rich said "This model was so thoroughly ingrained that my mom would get angry when she found me ironing my own shirts. She felt, of course, that was Lana's job and Lana was not "taking care of me" if I had to iron my shirts.

Once in a while when we weren't home, Mom would pop in, run a quick batch of laundry and swipe my shirts. A day or two later, they were back, all freshly ironed. 'Cuz that was "woman's work."
Boy, this brings back some old memories! My MIL did my husband's laundry before we got married, though he had his own house. His mother insisted after he got a stain at the laundromat. Mom didn't have a dryer, so he made two trips.... We requested [and got] a washer and dryer as our wedding gift from them....

When my in-laws first visited us in our new home 1000 miles [yippee] away, well, my MIL was offended when she found her son washing dishes. I wanted a dishwasher; we had the money but my husband didn't think we needed one -- so HE was my dishwasher. MIL was sufficiently offended to leave a check behind, with a note to purchase a dishwasher.....