When you worked on the formula, perhaps you forgot to carry a two or something? Midnight update!
Made this for Totalditz on the Haven, and it might take a second run through to get to the voice of the story.Not sure if the speaker is a friend, her dad, or some other supportive figure in his/her life. Also, when making a potion to be popular, you didn't figure that it would make you dumber as well. Popular in High School and popular as an actual adult are two different things, and many of the people who were popular when I was in school peaked very early, and their lives seem to be on a downhill course ever since.
Relatively serious topic coming ahead, so if you don't want to know about some of my life's details, just read the next paragraph and then skip to the video.
Well, got a post for you tonight, but probably won't have another for a few days. In addition to the host of busy weeks I've had, the GF's mom had a major setback and we are off to chat with doctor's and such about what happened, and what likely is her ultimate future. So not looking forward to this drive and the implications therein when we get there.
She's not had a good relationship with the madre as it is since she was a child, and no matter how much damage her mother has caused, people look at you like the shittiest person in the world when you say to the doctors, "Well, that sucks. Put her in a home and we'll send her a birthday card and visit at Christmas. I'm sure she'll love the gruel at the pauper's hovel."
To those that think it is just a recent development that parenting has gone down the tubes, I call utter and complete bullshit. Her mom was a complete flower child, and yes, her mom went to Woodstock, leaving a 4 month old with her husband's teenage sisters babysitting. Honestly, if she wanted something adorable, she should have just gotten a puppy and been done with it. Instead, she had a daughter that was everything that her mother wasn't, and she never let her forget that .. such a disappointment that they never tried to have another child, as besides, it might wreck her figure.
The irony is that when I first met the GF's parents, I liked her mom slightly more, though it was probably because she had finally married a decent guy. You know, like 4th time is a charm? A guy that wouldn't try to molest his stepdaughter? Her real dad was a raging alcoholic, and I had to promise that I wouldn't punch him out at Christmas. Over time though, two things happened. The first was that the real portrait emerged, and as I helped heal the emotional damages that my GF had endured, I grew to loathe her. Especially when it came to my daughter. She LOVED my daughter, as I think she was everything that she wished HER daughter had been in her mind: pretty, skinny, and witty. So at least I have a "semi-granddaughter I can be proud of!" The other part was her Dad became fully sober, and actually seems to be a somewhat nice guy. I can see why he left when my GF was small. I cannot fault him also since he has been married to his second wife for 30+ years now.
I am very protective of those I love, as you can probably tell from past postings here. My GF is a wonderful woman, that needed to get out from under many obstacles that kept her from realizing her true potential, and I'm often making sure that she doesn't suffer fools lightly. And she's been an incredible stepmother to my daughter, who gave her credit for being a stabilizing and powerful feminine force in her development into an adult. She had never wanted kids because she figured she had only one female role model that was nurturing, one of her aunts. In fact, she used to call out for her when she was sick, not her mother. So my role going forward into this weekend is to make sure that people don't make her feel guilty or selfish for making decisions for a woman that often times abandoned her completely, claiming faults that she herself had baked into her daughter through equal parts neglect and apathy. When someone says to her, "Doesn't she deserve the best care available?" I want to see her say, "She deserves the best she herself can afford, and not a penny more." And when they ask where her money is, we will say, "I believe that Atlantic City has most of it now, and good luck trying to get the 2nd and 3rd mortgages she took out back as well!"
I could go on and on, but I think you get the picture, plus I will probably delete most of this in a few days as I try not to dwell on negativity, but writing this has given me some clarity on what my purpose will be going forward. Time to shine up the breast plate, because I need to be her knight in shining armor. Words often hurt her, but Goddess help those who try to ever wound her psyche again. For those that do, my own words would echo across the galaxy like Khan's from Star Trek 2, "From Hell's heart, I stab at thee. For Hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee."
Sorry this wasn't a pleasant posting for most of you. However, it does give you a view into Damien that you won't often see.