Obviously, 2 is really bad. 5 is nice.
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Honestly, when I remember it, I can hear the fabric of reality tearing.
I was 16, on a road-trip in the US with my dad and my sister. We’re French. First time in the US. Get to NYC after a month. That was before Internet existed: we had booked a room in the Central Park YMCA by mail. Reception goes: “Yes, you’re in the book. LastName, 2 people, today through next Saturday.”
“Err, no, sorry, the dates are right but there are 3 of us.”
“Oh, we must have written it down wrong, no problem, we’ll give you a bigger room.” We get to our room. 5 minutes later there’s a knock on the door. My sister opens it. My dad’s jaw clatters on the lino floor. It was his estranged dad and very much estranged step-mother. He hadn’t been in touch for 20 years; I had met them once when I was 3; my sister, never. They had booked a room under the same LastName (duh), for the same 6 nights, in the same hostel, for their first visit to the US.
We did spend some time with them in NYC, but it didn’t lead to any happily-ever-after, family-healing breakthrough, because they were jerks or, to be honest, monsters.
I like the way you think.
It’s a wine vine, I think.
Mariemarion@lemm.eeto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•If we give human names to dogs, do they give dog names to us humans?0·1 month agoI thought you were doing alright!
Well. We had a good run. May your next relationship last a bit longer.
Mariemarion@lemm.eeto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•If we give human names to dogs, do they give dog names to us humans?0·1 month agoWhy chose?
(But go ahead, please.)
Mariemarion@lemm.eeto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•If we give human names to dogs, do they give dog names to us humans?0·1 month agoMe too! Wanna get married?
French here: it works. Miam.