My partner is a quite nice lad as a rule, but he is a reptile. He does not feel what I consider to be normal human emotions eg love, guilt, empathy etc- just a general sort of crossness (no frozen mice in fridge) happiness (fridge full of frozen mice) and so on
As a result, I have to cover for his reptileness for his family. This includes- gently prodding him to visit, phone, buying lavish gorgeous well chosen socks presents for them for which he takes full credit, etc etc
bear with me, please...
this week, more than usually, have been prodding him a bit frequently. His elderly mum is ill, his niece has had a baby (awwww, , it's a cute baby, too. Much cuter than normal babies), his sister (dn's mum) is feeling it a bit, iykwim
as a result have spent all week wondering when I can schedule baby present buying, where to go, what to get, when to visit. Honestly. I have put things out on Twitter and everyfing. I've asked him how much cash we can spare, nudged card buying. And looked at lots of websites. No, really, it's been vair, vair hard.
Yesterday d(reptile)p texts me to suggest we send dn some flowers instead. I have texted back to say no, no, not flowers, she's only young and in a little flat, won't have vases and stuff- let's send her some money for now and she can get a chinese and fizzy booze, then we can get her a Proper Present.
Last night he's on the phone to SIL (as a result of me poking, again) and I overhear him say "I wanted to get dn some flowers, but Jack says don't bother because she's only 22 and they're too expensive"
Thank you to anyone who's read this far
Now. AIBU to turn his fucking heat lamp off and kick him in the scaly face???
AM I???
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help! I married (well, I haven't yet. I'm sposed to be. But I may tell him to poke it) a REPTILE
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SpringHeeledJack · 13/10/2011 12:19
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