Confession is good for the Hype. - - - Part 12

[Anubis]

Eh, perfectly understandable if you ask me.

 

[Boy Scout]

Have you tried talking to her about it? Do you think she'll understand where you're coming from?

 

[Manic]

She acknowledges that she always interrupts me and takes up my time, but she follows it up by reminding me she has no one else to talk to. And then she goes on about something else for the next five minutes before leaving.

I get the impression that my mother was the type of kid who made a ostentatious display of herself whenever possible. You know, the kind of kid who'd get a splinter on their finger, immediately bring it to everyone's attention as a group, but then still try to work it into every individual conversation she had for the rest of the day because everybody has to know what she's up to.

 

[Superwoman Prime]

I have had similar experiences with emotionally erratic relatives, Manic. Explaining to them how their behavior affects others only makes them act worse. Did you ever try acting aloof or bored with her? That usually worked for me.

By the way, is your avatar of the 2nd Doctor?

 

[Manic]

Aloof & bored is my regular demeanor. Most people get the impression I don't care what they're talking about, even when I do.

And yes, it's the 2nd Doctor.

 

[E-Man]

Do you have money to rent a motel or hotel for a few days, Manic? It might help to have her go without you for a little bit. It might suck the first day or two, but maybe by day three she sees that it won't all fall apart without you.

 

[ComicChick]

go stay at e-man's house

 

[Hobgoblin]

I understand where you are coming from Manic.

I was practically my mother's therapist for over ten years. Like your mother, she said that no one else would listen to her. It is unhealthy, manipulative behavior called "parentification."

http://www.parentification.ua.edu/what-is-parentification.html

 

[Manic]

I'm not driving all the way to Texas.

I'm totally finding a hotel, though. I've taken naps in my little hatchback before, and it's not comfortable.

 

[ComicChick]

can't you just... lock your door instead of spending your money to stay at a hotel?

 

[Manic]

I understand where you are coming from Manic.

I was practically my mother's therapist for over ten years. Like your mother, she said that no one else would listen to her. It is unhealthy, manipulative behavior called "parentification."

http://www.parentification.ua.edu/what-is-parentification.html

Yikes. Figures there'd be a name for this.

can't you just... lock your door instead of spending your money to stay at a hotel?

Whenever I lock my door and she knows I'm awake (I usually lock my door whenever I go to sleep because no one in this house knows how to knock otherwise), she gets kind of indignant. Or she does her sadsack routine and audibly cries about nobody loving her from the other side of the house.

She's so starved for attention, it gets downright ridiculous. I kid you not, I can hear her shout "CAN'T SLEEEEEEPPP" on the nights she can't sleep. With my door closed. She does something similar whenever she's sick. I swear she wants me to come and check in on her when she does that, but I refuse because she's not a child and she should really know better.

 

[E-Man]

go stay at e-man's house

You....you used the hyphen. I knew you loved me.

 

[ComicChick]

not really. i heard you smell like feet. Manic told me that's why he won't come stay at your house

 

[Kane52630]

Ah, the Hype/Skype get together that will never happen.

 

[E-Man]

not really. i heard you smell like feet. Manic told me that's why he won't come stay at your house

You sure do love to talk dirty. Tone it down, please. There are children present.

 

[Bruce Banner]

I'm on vacation from work this week, and it's only given her more opportunities to come and talk to me.

So I'm thinking about hopping in my car tomorrow, driving to godknowswhere, and just disappearing for a couple of days. I have no idea where I'm going, but I can't stay here and listen to her ramble on about her concerns all day. I feel guilty about this because I know she has nobody else to talk to, and I feel like I'm a selfish enough person as it is, but I kinda have to do it.

Next time you are on vacation. Lie and say you are working. Nobody should ever know if you are free or they try to get something out of it for their benefit.

And yes, getting in the car and driving will do some good. Except if you are reflecting on **** in the car. Don't do that. I'm just lucky I travel often.

 

[blknrdcllctv]

I had a dream the other night that really shook me. It's been on my mind since.

It was the dead of night and I was driving somewhere to do something I shouldn't have been doing. I ended up getting lost. I decided to take an exit last minute, thinking I knew my way. This exit had an abnormally high-arching onramp, and unfortunately for me, I didn't notice that there was construction being done. Keep in mind, when I say abnormally high...I'm talking hundreds of feet up in the air. It was so dark I didn't see the barricade until the last minute, and my car goes off the onramp and I am what seems like miles above anything.

I vividly remember thinking..."I can't believe this is how I'm going to die - no rhyme or reason, so sudden, no warning." I can't quite explain the feeling that went through my body - panic, terror, etc. It seemed like I was suspended in the air for several seconds while I was processing all of this and then my car dropped. I woke up just as my car went from being suspended to dropping.

My takeaway...don't do stuff I shouldn't be doing. That and don't drive at night.

 

[Anubis]

Reminds me of that scene at the end of the Blues Brothers.

Did an Illinois Nazi turn to you and tell you he loves you?

 

[blknrdcllctv]

Reminds me of that scene at the end of the Blues Brothers.

Did an Illinois Nazi turn to you and tell you he loves you?

I wish it was as "light" as that. I've NEVER had a dream terrify me like this. I've been off since. I need to watch some standup before I go to bed.

 

[Duke]

I had a dream the other night that really shook me. It's been on my mind since.

It was the dead of night and I was driving somewhere to do something I shouldn't have been doing. I ended up getting lost. I decided to take an exit last minute, thinking I knew my way. This exit had an abnormally high-arching onramp, and unfortunately for me, I didn't notice that there was construction being done. Keep in mind, when I say abnormally high...I'm talking hundreds of feet up in the air. It was so dark I didn't see the barricade until the last minute, and my car goes off the onramp and I am what seems like miles above anything.

I vividly remember thinking..."I can't believe this is how I'm going to die - no rhyme or reason, so sudden, no warning." I can't quite explain the feeling that went through my body - panic, terror, etc. It seemed like I was suspended in the air for several seconds while I was processing all of this and then my car dropped. I woke up just as my car went from being suspended to dropping.

My takeaway...don't do stuff I shouldn't be doing. That and don't drive at night.

I wish it was as "light" as that. I've NEVER had a dream terrify me like this. I've been off since. I need to watch some standup before I go to bed.[/QUOTE




Just chill out dude, it was just a dream. Don't dwell on it.

 

[Hobgoblin]

Sometimes I really just want to give in and be a bad person. Trying to be a good, kind, caring person is too hard and has too few rewards.

"We dont need no water, let the $#%%@%^ burn. Burn %#$^%^, burn!"

 

[Spider-Aziz]

My mother has no one she feels she can talk to except me. She doesn't have any more friends because of circumstances I won't get into, and she resents her cousins (the ones she grew up with and were like siblings to her) because she has to call them to talk and they never call her.

The phone thing happens very often with my friends, I go for a while, then get over the thing

So I'm thinking about hopping in my car tomorrow, driving to godknowswhere, and just disappearing for a couple of days. I have no idea where I'm going, but I can't stay here and listen to her ramble on about her concerns all day. I feel guilty about this because I know she has nobody else to talk to, and I feel like I'm a selfish enough person as it is, but I kinda have to do it.

You just said something that might cheer her up, take her with you on a road trip, state hiking if you can, it might clear her head and make her a bit chipper

 

[enterthemadness]

Sometimes I really just want to give in and be a bad person. Trying to be a good, kind, caring person is too hard and has too few rewards.

"We dont need no water, let the $#%%@%^ burn. Burn %#$^%^, burn!"

yes, embrace it and join the dark side. We have root beer.

 

[Superwoman Prime]

Sometimes I really just want to give in and be a bad person. Trying to be a good, kind, caring person is too hard and has too few rewards.

"We dont need no water, let the $#%%@%^ burn. Burn %#$^%^, burn!"

Anakin, you're breaking my heart.

 

[Hobgoblin]

Anakin, you're breaking my heart.

.......You aren't pregnant, are you?