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my sister is a freak
A quick recap in case your "Mouse's nutty family" file is out of date. My sis has struggled with severe anorexia for about a decade now. She lived in NOLA for about a year but moved back after she mysteriously broke her nose.
Well my parents' latest brilliant plan (because they don't believe that therapists really "understand" my sister's problems) is that Sis just needs something to take care of. Because if she just gets used to caring for something else she'll start taking care of herself they got her a puppy. (From a backyard breeder but that's another vent.) He's a very cute, 9 week basset. She's making a huge deal about taking care of the puppy, carrying him every where, baby talk, can't have a conversation without interrupting it 10x to get the puppy a new toy so he isn't bored, swaddling him at night and sleeping next to him, etc. Our nickname for Dimi is Buddy. Guess what she named the puppy? Buddy.
All evening at my parents' house any time something Dimi was doing came up, did we know Buddy was doing it too? Dimi's learning table manners, Buddy is learning bowl manners. Dimi seems to be recognizing bodily functions, Buddy is too. Buddy makes the same noises Dimi does when he's hungry. Buddy likes to sing along when he's being rocked to sleep, just like Dimi. Buddy likes having stories read to him, just like Dimi.
My sister is competitive parenting with a dog. It's starting to freak me out.
"The meek shall inherit the earth" isn't about children. It's about deer. We're all going to get messed the fuckup by a bunch of cloned super-deer.- samfish2bcrab
Sometimes I wonder if scientists have never seen a sci-fi movie before. "Oh yes, let's create a super species of deer. NOTHING COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG." I wonder if State Farm offers a Zombie Deer Attack policy. -CaliopeSpidrman
Re: my sister is a freak
Yeah, it's something to see. Picture a looong burrito with floppy ears.
I have a feeling my sis is about to become the dog equivalent of a Cat Lady. I will share the stories as they come.
"The meek shall inherit the earth" isn't about children. It's about deer. We're all going to get messed the fuckup by a bunch of cloned super-deer.- samfish2bcrab
Sometimes I wonder if scientists have never seen a sci-fi movie before. "Oh yes, let's create a super species of deer. NOTHING COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG." I wonder if State Farm offers a Zombie Deer Attack policy. -CaliopeSpidrman
She can't even take care of herself and they thought they should give her a living breathing creature to be responsible for? Neat.
If she is swaddling and reading books to a dog, she has already proven that she isn't exactly up to this task.
Blech.
Great plan, huh? To be fair my sis is living at home, so when she gets bored the responsibility will fall to my mom, like it always does.
In the meantime maybe I can convince my sis that if Buddy is going to have good bowl manners she has to eat whenever he does.
"The meek shall inherit the earth" isn't about children. It's about deer. We're all going to get messed the fuckup by a bunch of cloned super-deer.- samfish2bcrab
Sometimes I wonder if scientists have never seen a sci-fi movie before. "Oh yes, let's create a super species of deer. NOTHING COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG." I wonder if State Farm offers a Zombie Deer Attack policy. -CaliopeSpidrman
"That chick wins at Penises, for sure." -- Fenton
For less then ten cents a day, you can feed a hungry child.
"That chick wins at Penises, for sure." -- Fenton