Ohhhh, you mean bra size 42 long??? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

Where's 2long when you need him??? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Okay...I just returned home and skimmed these posts so I want to go back and read more carefully...but just quick reactions and clarifications.

But first....while I was out, WH sent two emails of pics of the boys taken when he and the boys went out to dinner last night. I replied with a "thank you so much for sharing!" and a comment about one of DS8's little idiosincracys (sp?! you know what I mean), and asking for pics of the baby rats. Just light, friendly. No mention of tonight's concert. But I'm pleased that he thought to email me. (I'll ASSUME those were for me, not the boys.)

The Trip:
MILs sister and BIL are coming on 3/21, so if WH visits, it will have to be before they arrive. The sister/BIL won't leave until spring break starts here, and there's no WAY WH is getting that time off (you have to sign up six months ago for that week). WH can't really go AFTER, because at that point, the ILs will be prepping to return to MI.

The other issue is WH's rotating days off. It's complicated...just suffice it to say that there is one week each month that it would be advantageous for him to go because it requires that he take less time off from work.

That, however, is not MY problem.

That said...being the Plan A princess that I am (and relishing the thought of WH under his mom's influence for a week), I want to "assist" WH in finding other arrangements. I want to let him know that I have plans that I made based on his w/e with the kids, and I cannot break them. However, I am willing to work WITH him so that he can still make the trip to see his parents.

I'll make it clear (somehow) that I am doing him a favor...but willingly, because I love him and I enjoy doing things for him. I don't want to give him a pass...but I don't want to impede the trip either. (now...if it were a trip to Vegas with some friends...NO WAY)

My sister is off that weekend, too...so it's a possibility that I can work something out with her, even though she lives an hour away. It's an option...but maybe WH can provide my sister with some money to take the boys and their cousin out to eat and to a movie...whatever... Maybe she'd deserve a gift. Maybe WH could even call her to ask. (heh, heh)

LET ME EMPHASIZE: I REALLY want him to go on this trip...can you imagine how RT will FREAK at the thought of WH with his parents...who HATE her?? Especially if she's feeling vulnerable... And if she LBs him about going...he will not react well...after all, he went last year and I didn't raise a stink! And a whole week with MIL (in her best 1st grade teacher way) pressing WH to return to his wife (who is now "her precious daughter"!) and beautiful boys. It's a dream come true, actually.

ANYWAY...I'll leave the discussion about the trip for another time. Since I know I have a fallback w/ my sis...

The Roses:
I LOVE the idea of doing a second go at 6! That's persistence for you! Ooops, they froze? Well, here you go again!

RE: "What do you mean?"
Again...I wasn't even expecting to say ANYTHING last night, so I wan't prepared with the good comebacks. However...I think my backing off on the panty thing has made him less freaky around me...less deer-in-the-headlights, more willing to be around me. So if I had done anything "overt" he might have bolted.

I LOVED the "What should I do about sex" comment...and he reacted to that with humor. "You know what I mean" would have been good, too.... followed quickly by..."just kidding...low key, no pressure." Plants the seed, but doesn't make him think that I'm going to show up wearing Saran Wrap. And we remember what SB said about "just kidding."

Any other ideas along those lines would be GREAT! It keeps him thinking of me as a woman...but doesn't scare him..??? Make ANY sense?

Young ladies, be careful so as not to offend those of us in middle age where some THINGS start moving SOUTHWARD!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

ETA: Mimi, just checking out sales on the "LIFT AND SHAPE" bras... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

Oh...that's funny. WH has a VERY un-PC name for those that I simply CANNOT repeat.

The thing is...TSBH is much harder to type than RT. RT's even easier than OW...in more ways than one. HA!

Ok..I'm really not confident about this BOOBS discussion...

Let's go back to RT..I don't have anything in common with that... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

Oh C'mon...Help a Sista Out! As someone who has been accused of having the sense of humor of a 13 year old boy, I simply MUST know!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Just gimme the initials!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Mrs. W

STOP IT!! I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

[sheepishly]I'm sorry Mimi! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Mrs. W

And anyways..my H likes MINE just fine... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

Mimi, whose FOW was FLAT-CHESTED...and still a SKANK HO....with PADDED BRAS...I actually found one in his stuff... and tore it to shreds...

WOW!! This is what Daze predicted would start happening...

Dead on!!!! This came about from a conversation the WH and I had, the first time he confessed he was indeed cheating on me. H is a boob man. He loves them, and he loves mine (sorry if that's TMI... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />). So when he confessed, I asked him if hers were as big/nice as mine. He said, "ummm, no, hers are, uhm, different." I said, different how? He said, uhm, they're long. National geographic is what immediately popped into my head, and I've been calling her tribal boobs since. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Ewww... I've got to hear it too. Maybe I'll add it to my repertoire (sp?).

Sorry Mimi

Email just received:
I will meet you at the High School Auditorium just before 7

The latest arrival for the students is 6:45. DS11 was over my shoulder at the computer when I opened the email and said, "Awww...can I reply?" I said sure. So he replies, "What's the fun in that? Love, DS11"

He couldn't even call....?? or use punctuation?? (looking for the humor, folks) Joking aside...I can't help thinking that DS8's feelings will be hurt that he doesn't get to see his dad before the concert...but that's on WH. I'll make a rip-roaring big deal for DS8 and lessen the blow as much as I can.

I smell a rat.

I'm at a loss for words..for many different reasons..including you asking about her BOOBS...why are they LONG?...what parts are LONG...NEVER MIND!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

I know that this is WAAAAY OT..but one of my goals lately has REALLY BEEN to find a BRA to do what I want it to do...I can't get into the DEMI-BRAS..I feel like I'm jiggling all day... or those with UPLIFT...but I do NEED the LIFT..I'm trying not to laugh because I'm DEAD SERIOUS... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

This is what I was hoping would happen if you backed off just a bit. He will definately relax more and more, he already is. I will tell you another little trick to start breaking down those barriers. Now, I will warn you, it is kind of childish and not very polite but it was our own private little joke between us but there was nothing loving or marital about it. That was the beauty of it, it was just juvenile. We would find ways to flip each other off discreetly. It was our goal to be the first one to do it whenever we could. It got to the point where he sent me a picture text of his finger first thing in the morning. I don't really know how it started but all of the sudden we were bonding b/c of it.

The first day of plan B, I was picking up my kids from his apt. I never got out of the car and when I looked up, he had his finger sticking through the blinds trying to break my silence. That was how much it meant to us. Does that make sense? It was so hard not to respond.

Now I'm not saying go flip him off the next time he pulls in your driveway, just maybe find something extremely non-threatening. Nothing that reminds him of your M, your love, or what's going on right now. Just something very generic. Maybe someone else has an idea. A joke of the day or something like that.

Daze...love the story. Isn't it great to find humor in some of this stuff? I would absolutely share WH's phrase...but it is highly offensive and would get edited by the mods for sure.

But let's get off the boobs discussion. In one of the emails on D-day, WH referenced RT's boobs by comparing them to Portia DiRossi from Arrested Development. Small and very perky. Great. Needless to say, I threw my Arrested Development DVDs away IMMEDIATELY.

WH always admired mine. I used to be quite proud of them, but not so much anymore. They've changed, but for a good reason that he appreciated: he loved the fact that they had nursed our babies. That's what he told me anyway whenever I would bemoan the loss of my...well, you know. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

Hope that's not TMI, either....

ETA: Besides, that's what Victoria's Secret is for...

I could ask FWH if he remembers the kind of bras TBSH wore. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> I'm sure he knows b/c he told me he looked at what size she wore to see if they were the same size as mine. It was the same size and I said the only way (now no offense, remember I'm talking about a ho here) she wears the same size as me is if she rolls em up like a slinky.

Nevermind, then I'd be wonderin if he's think bout her boobs the rest of the night. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

Yes, it's nice to find humor but so sad that we have to. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

I agree, lets get off this topic.

Hi!

Just stopping in to try and catch up and to let you know I'm pulling for you over here! One of my <way too many> hobbies gets a bit labor intensive when it's sub-zero. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

Things sound positive! YAY! Loved that he sent the email pics.

Have you thought about Valentines Day? It might be kind of neat to use the '7 rose day' as a way to give him a Valentine without it being a LB. Like red foil wrapped chocolate roses or something? (I had to laugh as I was looking at them myself and saw this gift that consists of one red chocolate rose and one pair of <one size fits all> ( <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />) red panties rolled up like a rose. lol! Thought of you!)

Something's going to happen on this trip of his. It just feels......big.

Have to go freeze my butt off now and wonder why I insist on living where there are four seasons. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />

(Somebody needs to give Mimi a National Geographic. When I was a little girl, I thought I was doing something pretty risque and verbotten when I looked at the TBs.)