did your dad say why he hates you? I mean were you fighting or something or did he just walk up to you and say i hate you? not that it's okay to say even if he's mad at you but i'm just wondering if he said it out of anger maybe he didn't mean it.

i was just trying to convince him to go to his christmas party that's all.

they dont really hate you blossom, they are being really mean and saying nasty things to you, they are taking there problems and frustrations out on you, instead of blaming themselfs for whatever it is thats making them so mean

you are a brill person, and we love you and think the world of you little sis, dont give them the damn satisfaction of believing there nastiness

Proove them wrong, and make a big success of you, that WE ALL KNOW YOU ARE CAPABLE OF

I don't know, sweety.

Why did my wife like to call me a "shit"?

Who cares? :-) I know I'm not one. And I know you're not a horrible person.

Remarkably often, "why" is an entirely useless question.

thanks Jj. i'll try.

and marky that's not a nice name to call anyone:( i'm sorry she called you that.

i just feel like i'm cracking up that's all.

Well, it's not nice for them to say they hate their own baby, either.

You don't have to crack up. There are other ways to handle it.

blossom, im sorry hun, i have to go now, I will try pop by later to see how you are, ok.

please take care hun.

Jj

bye Jj, thanks for helping me.

i can't stop myself from cracking up. everytime they say something like that to me i can feel my heart breaking even more.

What exactly did he say, sweety?

I know it must hurt. That's why I'm so much better off, now that I don't have to listen to that kind of talk, any more.

he said i hate you. and it sounded like he meant it and it looked like he meant it.

Okay, then, let's play the conversation back in reverse order: what was said just before that?

i don't remember exactly what was said but what happened was daddy's friend from work rang him to ask him if he was going to the work christmas party so then he asked ykw would she give him a lift there and she said no and then he said he didn't want to go anyway but i knew he really did so i told him to go get ready and i'd call a taxi and then he got angry and said i hate you.

Well, that's strange, but we can still work with it.

Looking back at that conversation, were you being horrible, or offering to try to help him? Was there really any justification in your behavior for an outburst like that?

I don't think there was. Which makes it his problem, not yours. I'm sorry he has them, and it must be hard to live with, but his problems are not a reason for you to hate yourself.

My guess is he was probably pissed at ykw and you jumped in at the wrong time, which still isn't right.

i know marky. but i can't stop this feeling.

then ykw came out after he said it and started rubbing it in. she always does that.

yeah probably. he must've meant it though or he would've said sorry.

Well, maybe not immediately. It might take him some time to calm down, and then it would be hard to take it back with your mom there rubbing it in.

i don't know. whatever:(

does anyone have any funny stories???

Funny you should ask. This one shows the importance of punctuation, too.

A man is sitting in a bar, when a koala walks in. This is the Wild West, though, so the koala has a big cowboy hat, and a six-gun strapped to his waist. He swaggers up to the bar, and the bartender says, "Howdy, stranger, what'll it be?" The koala ordered fresh eucalyptus leaves. Suddenly, everybody else in the bar runs out in fear. The koala looks around, and asks the bartender, "What just happened?" The bartender looked frightened and said, "Well, you know what they say:

The koala eats, shoots, and leaves."

ooooooh.....!!!!!!!

[emmmm, marky i don't really get it...]

Try it without the commas:

"The koala eats shoots and leaves."

oooh i get it now:) thanks marky!

how do you feel today?

It's pretty bad, I know. Exactly the kind of joke that I remember on short notice, though, which is why I'm not nearly so funny in person. ;-)

I'm doing okay, sweety. Work isn't being too mean to me. I'm working on my fairy godfather story, bit by bit. It's tough going: it tends to suck me into it, so it's hard work.

you're a really good writer marky, you should write a book!!!