> On 9 May 2008 00:41:56 GMT, Dover Beach wrote:
>

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>>
>>My stepson and his girlfriend are coming for a long weekend. Last
>>time they were here my husband woke me up at 2:00 AM to yell at me
>>because I was insufficiently June Cleaver-ish. So I'm all smiles and
>>brownies and simmering rage. Wish me luck!

>
> Don't forget to wear your pearls in the shower.
>

>>[1] I'm also not supposed to swear.
>>
>>[2] Apparently if I ask if him one more time if his client shot a man in
>>Reno just to watch him die, I'm going to lose important body parts also.
>>

>
> Don't forget to wear your pearls.

>
>Part of the reason I don't bother visiting relatives anymore is I
>don't talk much and I don't like being asked questions.

>
>

>>>[1] I'm also not supposed to swear.
>>>
>>>[2] Apparently if I ask if him one more time if his client shot a man in
>>>Reno just to watch him die, I'm going to lose important body parts also.
>>>

>>
>> Don't forget to wear your pearls.

>
>Isn't she supposed to greet him at the door wearing nothing *but* the
>pearls?

>On 9 May 2008 01:20:30 GMT, Dover Beach gmail.com>
>wrote:

>>Boron Elgar hotmail.com> wrote in
>>news:ln7724dsq8maem791djd1lq05skqts8r78@4ax.com:

>>> On 9 May 2008 00:41:56...

> My stepson and his girlfriend are coming for a long weekend. Last time
> they were here my husband woke me up at 2:00 AM to yell at me because I
> was insufficiently June Cleaver-ish. So I'm all smiles and brownies and
> simmering rage. Wish me luck!
>

>
> Well, it's not entirely clear. If it were clear, that would be fair,
> wouldn't it? Well, more fair. I guess I'm not supposed to slob around
> in pajama bottoms and tee shirts, and I'm not supposed to drink In Front
> Of The Children, and I'm supposed to have dinner (a balanced dinner,
> mind, with a protein, a starch, two vegetables, and bread) on the table
> at 6:00 (not that I'm home before 5:45, and not that Ward is home before
> 8:00) and I'm supposed to smile and chat even though the girlfriend
> (hereinafter referred to as That Skinny Bitch, or TSB, you've seriously
> never seen a girl this thin; but that's not the problem, the problem is
> SHE DOESN'T TALK, even in response to DIRECT QUESTIONS) and I don't
> fucking[1] know what-all. I guess the house is supposed to be cleaner
> than it is, but guess what, Ward lives here too. He could clean up. Am
> I a housewife? No, Socrates, I fucking[1] am not. I work full-time.
> Don't like the mess? Clean it the fuck[1] up.
>
> Oh, I just got told that I'm supposed to hide all my exercise clothes
> that I typically leave in a pile in the corner of the living room. How
> much rent are these kids paying? None? And we're paying their air ...

> On May 8, 7:38 pm, Dover Beach gmail.com> wrote:

>> QueBarbara gmail.com> wrote innews:7vc724tds5rtbnp92nnll6k7nms5tebplb@4ax.com:
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>>

>>> On Thu, 08 May 2008 20:33:57 -0500, QueBarbara
>>> gmail.com> wrote:

>>>> On 9 May 2008 00:41:56 GMT, Dover Beach gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:

>>>>> My stepson and his girlfriend are coming for a long weekend. Last
>>>>> time they were here my husband woke me up at 2:00 AM to yell at me
>>>>> because I was insufficiently June Cleaver-ish. So I'm all smiles and
>>>>> brownies and simmering rage. Wish me luck!

>>>> There's something else going on. Even the most casual AFCA visitor
>>>> knows you are not very June Cleaver-ish (NTTAWWD, thank god). Mr.
>>>> Right has to know that, too. Is he trying to outdo his ex, and
>>>> projecting some of that stress onto you?

>>> Er, having seen your reply to Boron's post, I would like to retract
>>> this post, since I didn't realize the situation was close to critical ...