tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577155903853273621.post9148958975809303832..comments2023-10-05T10:00:27.231-07:00Comments on The Diary of a Gold-Digger: Ch 5 Sly is ticked off because I do not want to watch TV with them and I want to say, “Would you please just give me a list of your Rules for Houseguests so I can navigate?”the gold diggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09134199198587591427noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577155903853273621.post-45102123639940318162017-07-11T12:38:34.913-07:002017-07-11T12:38:34.913-07:00OK - I need this headlight! I have taken my own li...OK - I need this headlight! I have taken my own lightbulbs on vacation before (because how can it be a vacation if I don't get to spend hours and hours reading?)the gold diggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09134199198587591427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577155903853273621.post-92114681903923228972017-07-11T12:38:06.319-07:002017-07-11T12:38:06.319-07:00And by asking me what I wanted to watch, it would ...And by asking me what I wanted to watch, it would have given them even more things to criticize about me! It could have been a total win for them!the gold diggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09134199198587591427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577155903853273621.post-43793896407910062482017-07-11T12:37:20.823-07:002017-07-11T12:37:20.823-07:00So - you were reading AT her?
I am sorry. :(So - you were reading AT her?<br /><br />I am sorry. :(the gold diggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09134199198587591427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577155903853273621.post-14365108288946830592017-07-10T09:44:11.705-07:002017-07-10T09:44:11.705-07:00I read with the tv on every night. When I travel, ...I read with the tv on every night. When I travel, I bring my headlamp so I can read my kindle in rooms without appropriate lighting. My sister loves to tease me about this. I tell her if she had good reading lights in her living room, I wouldn't need my head lamp. I can be social/watch tv/chat/be in the same room with others AND read my book. :-)Hoyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09014795035635432954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577155903853273621.post-31847181513905402872017-07-08T10:32:25.663-07:002017-07-08T10:32:25.663-07:00Wow. We watch a lot of TV, I'll admit, but if ...Wow. We watch a lot of TV, I'll admit, but if we're going to watch TV with guests over, it's because we've said "Hey, do you want to watch [movie I think they'll like] on the home theater downstairs?" <br /><br />So if they wanted you to sit in the same room while they're watching TV, they should have at least asked what you wanted to watch! The Cosmic Avengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10197101759099190901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577155903853273621.post-76885837631980758042017-07-08T07:26:10.562-07:002017-07-08T07:26:10.562-07:00Once when I was home on a break from college (spri...Once when I was home on a break from college (spring break maybe? Could have been Easter), I was reading on the couch while my parents watched TV. I had just thought, "It's nice to have a quiet evening together," when my mom abruptly turned to me and asked, "Aren't you even going to TALK to me???" Caught completely off guard, I stammered, "Um...have a nice semester?" (she was a teacher at the time) <br /><br />Turned out that was not the right thing to say. <br /><br />(I'm currently not speaking to my mother and may never again...long story that I should really tell on my own blog, but the upshot is that she chose a time when my little 13 month old was in the hospital and I was too sick myself to go to him to attempt to pick a fight with me, and the next morning, gave a ten minute diatribe about how my husband is a horrible person, concluding with, "But that makes you MAD, doesn't it?? Well I guess you already HATE ME so you might as well HATE ME MORE!!!") Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05857782133498351917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577155903853273621.post-85648586859701345062017-07-08T07:24:50.053-07:002017-07-08T07:24:50.053-07:00(But that was at my own house. I do not demand TV ...(But that was at my own house. I do not demand TV when I am visiting someone else!)the gold diggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09134199198587591427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577155903853273621.post-79537157097405905842017-07-08T07:23:32.760-07:002017-07-08T07:23:32.760-07:00I grew up without TV and am always puzzled by peop...I grew up without TV and am always puzzled by people, especially self-proclaimed intellectuals like Sly and Doris, who cannot entertain themselves without it.<br /><br />(That said, I spent last weekend binge-watching season 11 of Criminal Minds.) the gold diggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09134199198587591427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577155903853273621.post-34943004512585557832017-07-08T04:16:57.423-07:002017-07-08T04:16:57.423-07:00This reminds me of the Thanksgiving when my husban...This reminds me of the Thanksgiving when my husband-to-be's parents were visiting my parents for the first time. After spending the day eating and visiting, after supper everyone in my family (six of us) settled down in the same room to read, our usual practice, and my future in-laws were totally flummoxed that the TV wasn't on. My father-in-law still talks about how strange we were, 45 years later.Triciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12979113683683598684noreply@blogger.com