Special Snowflake Stories

[Morrigan]

I don't know what you people are talking about.  It's just page 301 for me.   I am post 15,000 though! 

[elephantschild]

Wow. 1000 pages. It's almost like watching a child grow up.

Remember when it was born. *sniff* 

 

[katiescarlett]

Wow. 1000 pages. It's almost like watching a child grow up.

Remember when it was born. *sniff* 

 

Yes, I do!  Our little thread is all grown up!  They grow up so fast, seems like just yesterday it was born.

[AngelicGamer]

It's 3 years old 

Also, I'm more for the binary geekdom than the 1000 page. 

[NyaChan]

SS Story  

My parents have been pushing the marriage thing again and to that end had been talking to a family whose son they thought might be a good match.  The family was given the typical bio-data sheet with my pictures and information including our address, phone number, my background, and family history.  They called today asking to come and visit on Saturday so that their son and I could meet and talk.  My mom was a little taken aback at the short notice but went ahead and invited them for lunch as they live in another city and knew it would be a long drive (3 hours).  Surprisingly, the mother declined saying, "Oh no, we'll eat at home and then head over after lunch."  Then the mother had her daughter come on the phone to get our address.  My mom got as far as the city when she hears someone in the background saying "but that's 3 hours away!"  Turns out, they just assumed we were from a suburb of that city just like they are. 

My mom asked, "Didn't you read the bio-data?  It has our address right at the top..." (People in the past have just called without any serious interest, sometimes even without showing their son my information, and wasted her time, so she is sensitive to people being inconsiderate that way).  Apparently the daughter hadn't read it at all and the parents/son read it but didn't look too closely.  Cue the SS behavior - the daughter then says "Well that's just too far for us to drive.  How about you drive to us instead?  We are free on Saturday."  Mom declined - she figured it was ok for them to invite themselves since she wanted the meeting to happen anyways, but it was a little insulting to all but say that meeting me wasn't worth it to them to have to drive, but it is fine for us to have to drive to meet them instead.  Daughter then said that my mom would have to wait while they discussed whether they wanted to come and she'd call back later and let mom know if they would be coming to our house for lunch.  An hour later she did, "We decided we'll drive over on Sunday at noon after all.  There will be 5 of us coming."  Not sure who all they are planning on bringing with them to make up 5 people, but the more the merrier right? Ok in this case not really, but kudos to my mom, she chose to find it amusing and just started planning her menu.

Sooo looking forward to this weekend    The things we do to please our parents...

[PastryGoddess]

A terminally lazy student yesterday told me that it's MY fault that she doesn't work and that if I were a good teacher I'd MAKE her work. Of course, she was saying this because it was *so unfair* that she was being punished for not working which is designed to, you know, make her work. 

Reading that was like watching a puppy chase its tail!

Puppies chasing tails is cute. 

Reading that story was akin to listening to Celine Dion singing Albanian folk songs in Klingon with a sore throat.

[snowdragon]

A terminally lazy student yesterday told me that it's MY fault that she doesn't work and that if I were a good teacher I'd MAKE her work. Of course, she was saying this because it was *so unfair* that she was being punished for not working which is designed to, you know, make her work. 

Reading that was like watching a puppy chase its tail!

Puppies chasing tails is cute. 

Reading that story was akin to listening to Celine Dion singing Albanian folk songs in Klingon with a sore throat.

  A Poetry reading by Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings of Sussex ( 10 points to the person who gets the reference)

[alegria]

A terminally lazy student yesterday told me that it's MY fault that she doesn't work and that if I were a good teacher I'd MAKE her work. Of course, she was saying this because it was *so unfair* that she was being punished for not working which is designed to, you know, make her work. 

Reading that was like watching a puppy chase its tail!

Puppies chasing tails is cute. 

Reading that story was akin to listening to Celine Dion singing Albanian folk songs in Klingon with a sore throat.

  A Poetry reading by Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings of Sussex ( 10 points to the person who gets the reference)

At least it's not Vogon poetry...

[oz diva]

Another point about the SS mother and daughter is that the school they're suing hasn't got a particularly wonderful academic reputation. If you really wanted great marks, you wouldn't enroll there. There are better schools to go to.

For you foreigners, Prince Charles attended the school for one year.

[Ceallach]

SS Story  

My parents have been pushing the marriage thing again and to that end had been talking to a family whose son they thought might be a good match.  The family was given the typical bio-data sheet with my pictures and information including our address, phone number, my background, and family history.  They called today asking to come and visit on Saturday so that their son and I could meet and talk.  My mom was a little taken aback at the short notice but went ahead and invited them for lunch as they live in another city and knew it would be a long drive (3 hours).  Surprisingly, the mother declined saying, "Oh no, we'll eat at home and then head over after lunch."  Then the mother had her daughter come on the phone to get our address.  My mom got as far as the city when she hears someone in the background saying "but that's 3 hours away!"  Turns out, they just assumed we were from a suburb of that city just like they are. 

My mom asked, "Didn't you read the bio-data?  It has our address right at the top..." (People in the past have just called without any serious interest, sometimes even without showing their son my information, and wasted her time, so she is sensitive to people being inconsiderate that way).  Apparently the daughter hadn't read it at all and the parents/son read it but didn't look too closely.  Cue the SS behavior - the daughter then says "Well that's just too far for us to drive.  How about you drive to us instead?  We are free on Saturday."  Mom declined - she figured it was ok for them to invite themselves since she wanted the meeting to happen anyways, but it was a little insulting to all but say that meeting me wasn't worth it to them to have to drive, but it is fine for us to have to drive to meet them instead.  Daughter then said that my mom would have to wait while they discussed whether they wanted to come and she'd call back later and let mom know if they would be coming to our house for lunch.  An hour later she did, "We decided we'll drive over on Sunday at noon after all.  There will be 5 of us coming."  Not sure who all they are planning on bringing with them to make up 5 people, but the more the merrier right? Ok in this case not really, but kudos to my mom, she chose to find it amusing and just started planning her menu.

Sooo looking forward to this weekend    The things we do to please our parents...

So to clarify, this is an arranged marriage situation and presumably the whole bio-sheet thing is part of your cultural way of doing this? 

[NyaChan]

Ceallach, in a way yes.  In my case, it would be more like a set up with a hope that things will go towards marriage.  Like Omiai in Japan, but Indian style.

[Ceallach]

Ceallach, in a way yes.  In my case, it would be more like a set up with a hope that things will go towards marriage.  Like Omiai in Japan, but Indian style.

Ah right, gotcha!   Thanks.   

I know 3 very happily married Indian couples who were "arranged" - but I think in both cases it was actually more like you described, a family setup with a view to marriage.  I never knew how it worked technically though, I figured they just "knew" people.  But the bio sheet makes sense.

[Iris]

A terminally lazy student yesterday told me that it's MY fault that she doesn't work and that if I were a good teacher I'd MAKE her work. Of course, she was saying this because it was *so unfair* that she was being punished for not working which is designed to, you know, make her work. 

Reading that was like watching a puppy chase its tail!

Puppies chasing tails is cute. 

Reading that story was akin to listening to Celine Dion singing Albanian folk songs in Klingon with a sore throat.

  A Poetry reading by Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings of Sussex ( 10 points to the person who gets the reference)

At least it's not Vogon poetry...

Imagine what it was like actually having the conversation. I really thought I had an answer for everything a teenager could throw at me. Apparently not. Perhaps I should have posted this in the 'brain hurt' thread because my brain certainly did, but the total abdication of personal responsibility swayed it this way for me.

An Ode To a Small Lump of Green Putty I Found in my Armpit One Midsummer Morning would have been bliss, believe me.

[weeblewobble]

Ceallach, in a way yes.  In my case, it would be more like a set up with a hope that things will go towards marriage.  Like Omiai in Japan, but Indian style.

Ah right, gotcha!   Thanks.   

I know 3 very happily married Indian couples who were "arranged" - but I think in both cases it was actually more like you described, a family setup with a view to marriage.  I never knew how it worked technically though, I figured they just "knew" people.  But the bio sheet makes sense.

I hope things work out, NyaChan, but I think in terms of potential annoying inlaw behavior, they're waving a lot of red flags.

[Twik]

Yes. When people say, "It's too far for US to drive to YOU, why don't YOU drive to OUR location?" they are indicating that they are either seriously entitled, or lacking the logic to understand it is the same distance both ways. Neither would make for a good family to marry into, IMO.