TeenDad2: OMG he's NOT A DOUCHE CANOE!
TeenDad2: Aaron is sweet, and loving, and a very good provider
KnotMyProblem: Hmmm
KnotMyProblem: Is it telling that when I say “douche canoe” without bringing up a name, you automatically assume I’m talking about Aaron?
TeenDad2: OMG!!!
TeenDad2: Don’t even!! You’re always calling him that, so you don’t even have to say his name for me to know who you’re talking about
KnotMyProblem: Okay, okay, you got me. Iwastalking about your man-child
KnotMyProblem: But re: calling him a douche canoe despite him being a good provider… you can store all kinds of shit in a canoe to bring home to your family
KnotMyProblem: Doesn't change the fact that you're made from a douche
xVerity: Children, let's stop the douche talk and get back on track.
xVerity: I grew up in Oregon, so my favorite childhood memories involve having adventures in the woods. One time my friends and I discovered a brook about fifteen minutes away from one of our houses, totally isolated from the rest of the world. About thirty feet down from where we liked to play in the water was a rocky outcrop that somewhat stemmed the flow of the current. My friends and I spent all summer building paper boats we'd race downstream, running after them as they went until they crashed into the rocks. All of us were so serious about it. We all had our secret folding tricks and other superstitions. They were some of the happiest days of my young life.
TeenDad2: <3 <3 <3
GlitterDoctor: That's a lovely story, xV
xVerity: Thank you.
TeenDad2: Are you still in touch with your friends?
xVerity: No, sadly. One of them moved away between elementary school and middle school, and the rest of us drifted apart as we grew older. It happens.
TeenDad2: That's so sad :(
KnotMyProblem: Luckily, adult relationships are much more stable
GlitterDoctor: Unless you inadvertently pair up with a narcissistic asshole
KnotMyProblem: True
KnotMyProblem: God, people like that piss me off. I mean, I'm an asshole, but I don't go around being sneaky about it
GlitterDoctor: But you're not manipulative
GlitterDoctor: You're not orchestrating the people in your life like they're little puppets you can position at will and take advantage of whenever you want
Gwynning: Glit, are you okay?
GlitterDoctor: Yeah, I'm fine
GlitterDoctor: Just ragey
TeenDad2: Caleb and Everett aren't being mean to you, are they?
TeenDad2: Because I'll kick their butts
GlitterDoctor: No, they're great
GlitterDoctor: They're always great
