And so...

[windandwater]

... I haven't even had that phone interview yet, and my parents are already starting in on their second life goal for me. My dad sat next to me while I was gnawing on some fried chicken and asked me: "When are you giving me apo (grandchildren)?"

I am quite appalled and disgusted and I want to stab something. This after both my parents know that I've had terrible luck with guys and 3/5ths of the guys I HAVE been interested in turned into stalkers. No lie. I'm glad I have caller ID on my cellphone, because I have to screen my calls. Still. And the other 2/5ths are absolute losers.

I'm going to have myself a nice milk chocolate chip cookie and read some porn now.

Comments

[chibi-faolan.livejournal.com]

... I think I might be lucky. My parents are in no hurry to give either Umi or I that pressure.

I dunno... threaten him with a nursing home in his old age?

[windandwater.livejournal.com]

Nah, I think Daddy still wants to retire in the Philippines. That might be worse than a nursing home, depending.

[chibi-faolan.livejournal.com]

*blinkblink* I can't argue. Nominally, this is because I've never been and don't know, but I'll maintain my position that ignorance is bliss.

What about a nursing home in the Philippines? That sounds like a threat equivalent to a Mexican prison, somehow...

[windandwater.livejournal.com]

... I don't think those actually exist. Like divorce.

[chibi-faolan.livejournal.com]

What do they do with old people over there, then??

...

Wait a minute. They send them here, don't they?

[windandwater.livejournal.com]

Typically, since the Philippines is very family-oriented, elders are cared for by the family. And if they're sick they go to the hospital. And then they die. Funerals are traditional and very long.

[chibi-faolan.livejournal.com]

Rationally, I know that... I just can't shake the feeling of a vast conspiracy.

[windandwater.livejournal.com]

It's called the Roman Catholic Church. :P

[chibi-faolan.livejournal.com]

... Amen?

[windsorblue.livejournal.com]

...just to be snarky, you could get a puppy. ^^;;

[windandwater.livejournal.com]

... but I really do want a puppy. ;___; *wibble*

[askerian]

*marries?* ;.;

PORN SHALL BE MY MARRIAGE GIFT TO THEE.

[windandwater.livejournal.com]

... T____T I don't think that counts, and you don't have a penis. Besides your very large e-penii.

D: BUT I WANTED A NICE VASE.

[sunhawk16.livejournal.com]

Just tell him artificial insemination is too expensive and he'll have to wait a few years. ^___~

[windandwater.livejournal.com]

............ that would be met with much shock and horror. I already said I'd adopt.

[missingwatch.livejournal.com]

boys are icky anyway, try girls ^_^

[windandwater.livejournal.com]

Alas, that would get me disowned, and I didn't live with my parents this long to not get something when they die. XP

[chibi-faolan.livejournal.com]

... I saw that coming a mile away.

[windandwater.livejournal.com]

You know me too well.

[chibi-faolan.livejournal.com]

Don't try to scare me! :p~

[windandwater.livejournal.com]

Rawr~

[chibi-faolan.livejournal.com]

Mee- hey. Not fair rawring.

[windandwater.livejournal.com]

But it's awesome to rawr~!

[chibi-faolan.livejournal.com]

I can't argue. ^^

[devilkitty0.livejournal.com]

Tell him that your children are all the stories that you wrote. : -).

That's what I'm telling my mother next time she asks. But at 40+, I think she should have figured out by now, that the husband and I aren't having grandchildren for her. Not with all the drugs we're on now. She's got my sister's 2 to spoil.

I dont know why she thought that I was going to be the one to produce the blond, blue eyed, aryan youth that she was looking for.

Chris

[windandwater.livejournal.com]

... my parents don't actually know I write. I keep them ignorant of my online habits, as they are generally disapproving of anything in my life that doesn't pertain to getting a job, getting married, and having kids.

... and could your genes even actually produce that aryan youth? I know mine can't. Even if I marry a cousin.

[devilkitty0.livejournal.com]

It would be a longshot. I have the recessives for the blondness. The husband and I have the recessives for blue eyes and red hair. Odds were we might be able to. However, we are not having children.

My mother doesnt know a lot about my online life. She's gotten hints that I write. My father doesn't know. They've been separated for decades.

Both of them were just happy I married a guy.

You know, I can send pictures of potential guys to you. Guys I know that are single. You're parents will stop bugging you if you start making noises with them. I think that they are all old enough to be your father.

Christine

[windandwater.livejournal.com]

.............. them being old enough to be my father might make them happy. They're already tried to arrange a marriage for me. To a cousin.

[devilkitty0.livejournal.com]

Just say the word, I'll send pictures.

Arranged marriages are a popular with some of the students I have working for me.

What does the cousin think of it??

Christine

[windandwater.livejournal.com]

Oh no, it was years ago. Like, when I was 12 or something. [Insert Shock and Horror Here]

[devilkitty0.livejournal.com]

Well it would get it out of the way.

DC's met some of these guys too...so you can ask her about some of them.

A couple of them like anime and one even beta's some of my writing.

christine