So Steve the Book is, according to my flist, a fine and acceptable book name. I love you all. My choice of icon is not at all aimed at you
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He is indeed special. I liked the bit where he yelled that I should move in with Marco (who had the misfortune to be on the phone at the time) and take my animals. Yes, Baba, because that'll make me regret my selfish ways!
You're taking this rather well, I think. You realize that the problem isn't you, at least, and that's a good thing. And you're working on un-breaking and so far as I can tell, you're making real progress. Go you!
That's what I was going to say, and it's definitely worth repeating. The less upset you get by the emotional blackmailing tantrums, the less useful they will be from your father's point of view. It's unlikely that he will ever really be happy, so if you can put up with the shouting, it means you have more freedom to undermine his despotic regime.
Mister Badgoat (formerly the imaginary friend of one of my cousins, and now our family's equivalent of the Invisible Man) would like me to suggest that you could get another pig without telling him. It would probably take a while for him to notice, newpig would be difficult to get rid of once it was there, and all he can do about it is complain. This might mean that you spend more time in your bedroom watching QI, but it may not be that much of a hardship. The wisdom of listening to Mister Badgoat is debatable, but he does have a bit of a point, and it might be worth testing the boundaries in smaller ways.
I have considered this, yes. I would rather go down the road of telling him I'm getting one and then doing so, but that might require more bravery than I possess. I'll have a scout around to see where suitable classifieds might live, ready for any Christmas-present pigs.
Baba would probably notice Newpig quite quickly because of that thing where he thinks it's OK to wander into my bedroom at any time. I may make a sign that says "Please knock and wait, as a naked dancing woman often offends" and see if that has any effect.
Clancy has been sitting on the roof of his little wooden house looking small. He definitely needs another pig.
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I think your father is the adolescent here, really. Good gods.
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Um.
How soon can you pack? :P
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Mister Badgoat (formerly the imaginary friend of one of my cousins, and now our family's equivalent of the Invisible Man) would like me to suggest that you could get another pig without telling him. It would probably take a while for him to notice, newpig would be difficult to get rid of once it was there, and all he can do about it is complain. This might mean that you spend more time in your bedroom watching QI, but it may not be that much of a hardship. The wisdom of listening to Mister Badgoat is debatable, but he does have a bit of a point, and it might be worth testing the boundaries in smaller ways.
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Baba would probably notice Newpig quite quickly because of that thing where he thinks it's OK to wander into my bedroom at any time. I may make a sign that says "Please knock and wait, as a naked dancing woman often offends" and see if that has any effect.
Clancy has been sitting on the roof of his little wooden house looking small. He definitely needs another pig.
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