Do Lawtalkers Dream of Electric Sheep?

[Sparklehorse]

Originally posted by dtb
You mean to regulate my behavior, because I am a PSYCHO???

No. No I didn't.

Are your friends like the support staff in the clerk's office of your local courthouse?

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally posted by Sparklehorse
Do you mean Dr. Grinch?

No, I'm referring to an oldskooler, less active poster with well-known performance deficiencies. Kind of like J. Fred Muggs, but with less body hair.


eta: but if you have inside knowledge with Dr. Grinch, please share.

[dtb]

Originally posted by Sparklehorse
Are your friends like the support staff in the clerk's office of your local courthouse?

I do not know what any of these words means.

So, I will go with "Yes."

[Sparklehorse]

Originally posted by dtb
I do not know what any of these words means.

So, I will go with "Yes."

Originally posted by Jack Manfred
You have to look at a woman's coterie of friends like you do the support staff in a law firm or the clerk, court reporter, and baliff in a courtroom. If they like you, then all is well, and they'll go to bat for you when the time comes. If you get on their bad side, only bad things will happen, and they'll happen at the worst possible moment.

[Sparklehorse]

Originally posted by Flinty_McFlint
No, I'm referring to an oldskooler, less active poster with well-known performance deficiencies. Kind of like J. Fred Muggs, but with less body hair.


eta: but if you have inside knowledge with Dr. Grinch, please share.

Eh, what do I know? I came to these lands in 2002 so I don't think I even qualify as a mid-skooler.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by Sparklehorse
Are your friends like the support staff in the clerk's office of your local courthouse?

My friends are, but only in the sense that I view them as performing, for the most part, menial and rote tasks day in and day out, for which I secretly hold them in contempt, although I disguise this contempt with such a compelling act of friendliness and charm that I believe they will have my back if I get into a sticky situation. Ah friends. What would we do without them?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Sparklehorse

I can't take advice from someone who says "coterie". not because it necessarally is bad advice, but because it's probably only been field tested in richer fields than where I live

[dtb]

Originally posted by Sparklehorse

Oooooooh.

Yes, my friends are all like that. But Sparkly, you knew that already, given my fragile mental state, and all.

Is this the kind of thing that can be cured by sustained vibrator use?

Or maybe a stern lecture from Jack Manfred?

I think I'll keep working with the vibrator.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Can we all agree that it's no longer a close call as to whether you'd rather be "rich or famous"? Obviously, some wealth comes with fame, but given the internet, paparazzi and general lack of any privacy, fame appears to suck.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
If she were to agree to sex, it would not be for pleasure. And that makes it much less fun for me. This may be one of the few instances when a woman wants a two-pump chump.

Hmmm, that was not true for me, and yes, it worked last time. Started labor that very day. This may have been mere coincidence (just MAYbe) as baby was already 10 days past her due date, but I'm no statistician.

[tmdiva]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
If she were to agree to sex, it would not be for pleasure. And that makes it much less fun for me. This may be one of the few instances when a woman wants a two-pump chump.

Yeah, except that the part that is supposed to be the stronger trigger is her orgasm, not (as incorrectly thought by many) the prostaglandins in the semen.

When I started having real-but-irregular contractions a few days before my due date (with my third, born last October), we took measures to encourage things to progress more quickly, including a visit to my acupuncturist (my first less-than-pleasant reaction; I got shocky a la dtb) and a round of love-in-the-afternoon. Definitely not our finest ever, but the bebe was born 16 hours later.

However, sex was awkward and unpleasant enough that I'm not sure I'd recommend it unless she's really showing signs of being ready, not just uncomfortable.

tm

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally posted by tmdiva

However, sex was awkward and unpleasant enough that I'm not sure I'd recommend it unless she's really showing signs of being ready, not just uncomfortable.

tm

I don't know, I think Sequels would appreciate the symmetry of the experience. Like bookends. A story to tell the spawn for years to come.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by tmdiva
Yeah, except that the part that is supposed to be the stronger trigger is her orgasm . . . [when we had sex in an effort to make the baby get the hell out of my uterus] sex was awkward and unpleasant enough that I'm not sure I'd recommend it unless she's really showing signs of being ready, not just uncomfortable.

tm

awkward and unpleasant, but orgasmic? hm.

And, rp, did you affirmatively enjoy the pre-labor sex? Or just not hate it?

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
My favorite description of old wives tales that overly pregnant women eagerly follow: This was when a friend of mine was about five days late and going crazy.

Others piped in with "I ate curries. I pinched my ankles (!), I had sex (no mean feat at that time), I walked (ish), I ate spicy chillies, I think I tried EVERY old wives tale I had ever heard. I even ate pineapple. I did me some funny exercises that showed off my ass crack." and "[we] did dances under the moon, midnight push-em-out mantras, and the pregancy pressure point (leg or foot, i can't remember) and little one still came out when she was ready."

I had a c-section.

I recommend it.

[tmdiva]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
awkward and unpleasant, but orgasmic? hm.

Sure. You don't have any experience in this department, I know, but when you're that uncomfortable, well . . . I got there but it was a lot of work.

tm