You should all watch the 3 part documentary on the Stephen Lawrence murder/inquiry
It is very good.
Edit: I mean well made. The actual subject matter is not happy
I will check it out!
Be prepared to be shocked at how incompetent/racist/corrupt the Met was back in the 90's
When I did my a level in government in politics we studied it as a case study and remember being horrified, but it's been a while since then and I bet it's going to horrify me again.
Also my home town (which isn’t even small! 120,000 people!) is like a black hole from which few manage to escape. People just slowly spiral round while time seems to freeze (I’m always a little freaked out by how unchanged the town is from my childhood).
My dad’s family has resided there for more than 300 years.
So, my mom and her sister were born in mid-England and moved all over the country. Went to colleges in different cities. Both ended up marrying men named Peter from my hometown. To cut a long story short, my aunt and mom now live 100 ft from each other, in houses on opposite sides of the same street. My mom’s parents also moved down to live there in their retirement until death.
My dad always said he didn’t intend to remain in his hometown (to which he returned when I was 2) and he actually left my mom (who never wanted to live in my hometown either!) a few years ago and divorced and moved to London. Now my mom is stuck, unable to move both for monetary and family/network reasons.
My dad’s hope was my siblings would escape, as I had, and that he’d have kids scattered across the globe to visit. My brother went to college in London and planned to move to New Zealand! My other brother went to college in Sheffield, like me! He liked Canada! My sister went to college in yet another city. (The twins are still too young to have settled anywhere yet).
Yeah, all three siblings have since bought houses in my hometown; my sister is married to a local, one brother is engaged to a local, and all three plan to raise their kids there.
That sounds kind of nice in some respects?
But if I lived forever in the house I was born in I might die.
I think about that when I hear about people inheriting the family home and living there.
And all I think is, your bedroom (as I assume they'd move into the big bedroom) is the one your parents probably conceived you in.
And that is weird AF.
Why?
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Because I think it's weird.
When you think something is weird, you don't have a well thought out argument. You think it is weird.
Especially if I was having sex there like, that's even worse
I have lain in my parent’s bed a lot in my life.
They absolutely got busy in that bed. I can’t imagine what my life would be like if I was squicked out by the idea of having lain where my parents rode the bone train. I imagine it would be unnecessarily uncomfortable.
If I had the chance to get busy on it I wouldn’t unless I had the chance to change the sheets, cuz leaving fluids on other peoples’ bed is pretty rude, but beyond that I don’t think I see the problem.
Edit: super excited I got to use the euphemism “ride the bone train” for this post.
Also my home town (which isn’t even small! 120,000 people!) is like a black hole from which few manage to escape. People just slowly spiral round while time seems to freeze (I’m always a little freaked out by how unchanged the town is from my childhood).
My dad’s family has resided there for more than 300 years.
So, my mom and her sister were born in mid-England and moved all over the country. Went to colleges in different cities. Both ended up marrying men named Peter from my hometown. To cut a long story short, my aunt and mom now live 100 ft from each other, in houses on opposite sides of the same street. My mom’s parents also moved down to live there in their retirement until death.
My dad always said he didn’t intend to remain in his hometown (to which he returned when I was 2) and he actually left my mom (who never wanted to live in my hometown either!) a few years ago and divorced and moved to London. Now my mom is stuck, unable to move both for monetary and family/network reasons.
My dad’s hope was my siblings would escape, as I had, and that he’d have kids scattered across the globe to visit. My brother went to college in London and planned to move to New Zealand! My other brother went to college in Sheffield, like me! He liked Canada! My sister went to college in yet another city. (The twins are still too young to have settled anywhere yet).
Yeah, all three siblings have since bought houses in my hometown; my sister is married to a local, one brother is engaged to a local, and all three plan to raise their kids there.
That sounds kind of nice in some respects?
But if I lived forever in the house I was born in I might die.
I think about that when I hear about people inheriting the family home and living there.
And all I think is, your bedroom (as I assume they'd move into the big bedroom) is the one your parents probably conceived you in.
And that is weird AF.
One of my previous bosses once asked me to house-sit for her while she and the family were away on holidays.
When I went there to get the rundown of the house, she took me through everything and once we were done I asked about the sofa bed.
"Oh we don't have a sofa bed, but you're more than welcome to use ours!"
Especially if I was having sex there like, that's even worse
There's every chance your parents 'christened' all the rooms in your childhood home, even your bedroom.
Nope, my childhood bedroom was just dirt in the ground when I was born. We renovated the shit out of our house during my tenure there.
You think they didn't christen that dirt??
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I know for a fact that my brother and one of his past girlfriends did the nasty on our old kitchen table. Which is now the kitchen table in his house that he shares with his wife. And she also knows. Because he told both of us. While we were sat there eating dinner.
Also my home town (which isn’t even small! 120,000 people!) is like a black hole from which few manage to escape. People just slowly spiral round while time seems to freeze (I’m always a little freaked out by how unchanged the town is from my childhood).
My dad’s family has resided there for more than 300 years.
So, my mom and her sister were born in mid-England and moved all over the country. Went to colleges in different cities. Both ended up marrying men named Peter from my hometown. To cut a long story short, my aunt and mom now live 100 ft from each other, in houses on opposite sides of the same street. My mom’s parents also moved down to live there in their retirement until death.
My dad always said he didn’t intend to remain in his hometown (to which he returned when I was 2) and he actually left my mom (who never wanted to live in my hometown either!) a few years ago and divorced and moved to London. Now my mom is stuck, unable to move both for monetary and family/network reasons.
My dad’s hope was my siblings would escape, as I had, and that he’d have kids scattered across the globe to visit. My brother went to college in London and planned to move to New Zealand! My other brother went to college in Sheffield, like me! He liked Canada! My sister went to college in yet another city. (The twins are still too young to have settled anywhere yet).
Yeah, all three siblings have since bought houses in my hometown; my sister is married to a local, one brother is engaged to a local, and all three plan to raise their kids there.
That sounds kind of nice in some respects?
But if I lived forever in the house I was born in I might die.
I think about that when I hear about people inheriting the family home and living there.
And all I think is, your bedroom (as I assume they'd move into the big bedroom) is the one your parents probably conceived you in.
And that is weird AF.
One of my previous bosses once asked me to house-sit for her while she and the family were away on holidays.
When I went there to get the rundown of the house, she took me through everything and once we were done I asked about the sofa bed.
"Oh we don't have a sofa bed, but you're more than welcome to use ours!"
Today, I'm going away with some friends to the Lake District for a weekend of walking, playing board games, hanging out and just enjoying each other's company.
Dang that is like
The best holiday
It's definitely up there! There's like, twelve of us going? Happy days
I feel as if it’s the type of holiday that just doesn’t happen in the US
Today, I'm going away with some friends to the Lake District for a weekend of walking, playing board games, hanging out and just enjoying each other's company.
Dang that is like
The best holiday
It's definitely up there! There's like, twelve of us going? Happy days
I feel as if it’s the type of holiday that just doesn’t happen in the US
Socailizing in general is hard in the US, bleh.
This sort of thing was, like, 90% of my last vacation and everyone back home was kind of baffled when my answer to "so what did you do?" was "mostly just hung out with friends"
I am supremely lucky to have a great group of friends from grad school - we do friend mountain cabin trips (we live in Colorado) and just hang out for weekends!
I did a mountain cabin trip with some friends like two weeks ago. Except that with the absurd resurgence of winter the snow nearly killed us on the drive up and the power went out the first night taking the heat and the hot water with it, and we had no firewood.
Today, I'm going away with some friends to the Lake District for a weekend of walking, playing board games, hanging out and just enjoying each other's company.
Dang that is like
The best holiday
It's definitely up there! There's like, twelve of us going? Happy days
I feel as if it’s the type of holiday that just doesn’t happen in the US
Socailizing in general is hard in the US, bleh.
This sort of thing was, like, 90% of my last vacation and everyone back home was kind of baffled when my answer to "so what did you do?" was "mostly just hung out with friends"
This is what I tell people I do at South-PAX but with a lot of drinking involved.
Today, I'm going away with some friends to the Lake District for a weekend of walking, playing board games, hanging out and just enjoying each other's company.
Dang that is like
The best holiday
It's definitely up there! There's like, twelve of us going? Happy days
I feel as if it’s the type of holiday that just doesn’t happen in the US
Socailizing in general is hard in the US, bleh.
This sort of thing was, like, 90% of my last vacation and everyone back home was kind of baffled when my answer to "so what did you do?" was "mostly just hung out with friends"
This is what I tell people I do at South-PAX but with a lot of drinking involved.
it is exclusively what i do because i am not even there for the pax part
Oh my god the second one. Literally emerging from the shadows
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Someone started giving out my number to Tinder matches, and despite me telling every single text that came in that I'm not the dude in the profile, my number is being given out, and directing people to my FaceBook to verify that its not me on Tinder (which I don't even have) two of them still want to meet up and one of the two wants to potentially date
so
thats
hm
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Some of us can't find love when we look and here's Mal having it thrust upon him as he tries to deny it.
Isn't that always the way
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I am just as, if not more, baffled by this turn of events.
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When I did my a level in government in politics we studied it as a case study and remember being horrified, but it's been a while since then and I bet it's going to horrify me again.
Why?
When you think something is weird, you don't have a well thought out argument. You think it is weird.
Satans..... hints.....
Your parents had sex in that room
A lot
I dunno if I could get past that at all
Especially if I was having sex there like, that's even worse
Oh I'm cool with that.
Satans..... hints.....
There's every chance your parents 'christened' all the rooms in your childhood home, even your bedroom.
Fair enough.
I have lain in my parent’s bed a lot in my life.
They absolutely got busy in that bed. I can’t imagine what my life would be like if I was squicked out by the idea of having lain where my parents rode the bone train. I imagine it would be unnecessarily uncomfortable.
If I had the chance to get busy on it I wouldn’t unless I had the chance to change the sheets, cuz leaving fluids on other peoples’ bed is pretty rude, but beyond that I don’t think I see the problem.
Edit: super excited I got to use the euphemism “ride the bone train” for this post.
Nope, my childhood bedroom was just dirt in the ground when I was born. We renovated the shit out of our house during my tenure there.
One of my previous bosses once asked me to house-sit for her while she and the family were away on holidays.
When I went there to get the rundown of the house, she took me through everything and once we were done I asked about the sofa bed.
"Oh we don't have a sofa bed, but you're more than welcome to use ours!"
I slept on the couch.
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You think they didn't christen that dirt??
I get invited to parties now
What a change in life since a year ago
Positive changes can and do happen.
Party all the time.
Never stop partying.
Impossible
To clarify: before they were deceased.
Although, maybe the had some unfinished business. That would make sleeping in their room really weird.
See, I'd bang on that bed.
Satans..... hints.....
Nobody in my family has ever had sex and I will fight anybody who says different
Socailizing in general is hard in the US, bleh.
This sort of thing was, like, 90% of my last vacation and everyone back home was kind of baffled when my answer to "so what did you do?" was "mostly just hung out with friends"
Other than that, good times.
This is what I tell people I do at South-PAX but with a lot of drinking involved.
it is exclusively what i do because i am not even there for the pax part
so
thats
hm
"Readers who prefer tension and romance, Maledictions: The Offering, delivers... As serious YA fiction, I’ll give it five stars out of five. As a novel? Four and a half." - Liz Ellor
My new novel: Maledictions: The Offering. Now in Paperback!
Isn't that always the way
"Readers who prefer tension and romance, Maledictions: The Offering, delivers... As serious YA fiction, I’ll give it five stars out of five. As a novel? Four and a half." - Liz Ellor
My new novel: Maledictions: The Offering. Now in Paperback!