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ok so theyre sorta engaged
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sorta??
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So is this before or after Actually Girlfriend?
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or is this on the same level as Not Girlfriend
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like. i dont think adam actually ASKED and charlie never actually said yes??? he just gave her a ring for xmas and its sort of an understanding between them that yeah one day it will happen
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which. why is my little brother so DIFFICULT
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children...
VaultSicle
what is commitment
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get down on one knee & ask properly!!
Shard
Well. The knee thing isn't necessary.
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pfft, when my ex proposed he just kind of tossed the ring box at me
Shard
I mean, my husband sat down next to me one morning when I was in the UK and went, "We need to talk about this scary M-thing."
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i want to kick him 😡😡😡
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be romantic, you nerd!!!
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oh there are replies!!! papa didnt get down on one knee, the engagement ring was actually attached to a chain that he put around mama's neck and she didnt realize what it was for days
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so maybe he gets it from papa.......
Tairanosaur
I'm on Adam's side here, the knee thing is so cliche and just not him
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but if they dont tell ppl, charlies parents are going to start spamming charlies phone with sad emojis because um yes a nice wedding please for their only child
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and all of our family here thinks adam is a golden angel and dotes on him (they are all wrong, he's a robot)
Tairanosaur
He's the surliest robot but he's also wonderful
Tairanosaur
Is he also the youngest grandchild/nephew?
Lyra + a Player
I mean he might be positively angelic for a robot? He has t started an exterminate all humans plan yet which all robots eventually do
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hes the youngest boy. we have a LOT of cousins but theyre almost all girls. hes also the only blond grandchild, everyone elses hair got darker as we grew up except for his
Tairanosaur
Then there's your answer
Tairanosaur
He's the babbin
Lyra + a Player
😪😪😪
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& EVERYONE is enchanted by charlie
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even if they all started calling her by my nickname for her too (oops???)
Tairanosaur
Oh? (Also Charlie sounds like pure awesome so that's fine)
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i mean, she usually just went by shar because she gets so irritated by ppl's reactions to her full name but i misheard at first and called her "char" which turned to "charlie"
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& it sorta stuck
Tairanosaur
Ahhh
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i guess it can be irritating when you tell ppl your name and they always either tell the same joke or say oh like that character from the story
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even if the latter is true because her mama loved that story as a kid
Tairanosaur
Well now I'm curious what her real name is, but if you don't wanna say that's cool
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LOL its scheherazade, shes always very "thanks mom" about it
Lyra + a Player
Ouch yeah
Lady Prime
If it makes her feel any better my middle name is misspelled because my mother was still on c-section painkillers when filling out forms
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moms.......
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all 3 of us still get super fussy when anyone asks us our full names because mama went overboard
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but at least our first names are easy enough, though sometimes ppl cant pronounce joey's
Lady Prime
This is all I can imagine for you three: 
Carmen Cortez says her full name
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what's so hard about josiah
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like.....jewish first name + two italian middle names wouldnt be bad if we ALSO didnt have papa's 13 letter, 4 syllable super polish surname 
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and ppl get tripped up on the "si" part, they either pronounce is jo-see-ah or jo-zye-ah
Tairanosaur
/pets
Shard
I have the same middle name as one of my dad's high school girlfriends. I still boggle over that one.
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so charlie says she wants to visit vatican city for science except charlies defintion of science is usually all the terrible things
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asked her if she was wearing her hijab and she was just like considering what she does to adam with that hijab shes probably going to hell in both religions, like omg charlie dont tell me this
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but tell me if youre engaged so i can plan a party, thats cool to tell me
Tairanosaur
Ahahahahaha Charlie is amazing
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not amazing enough to tell me if they're engaged or not
Tairanosaur
Amazing enough to resist you
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im gonna tell nonna
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she'll get it out of him
Tairanosaur
oooooooooh big guns
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Shard
...Sorry. I'm stuck back on what she does with her hijab to him and...yeah.
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she can tell me that but not tell me if shes engaged to my dumb brother
Lyra + a Player
I like the interesting boundaries at play here
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i keep thinking how much our grandfather is prbly rolling in his grave 😌😌😌 but yeah im trying not to think about it
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they are going to not have sex as much as they don't date and as much as they are not engaged 😡😡😣
Tairanosaur
Your grandfather will deal
Tairanosaur
HAVE ALL THE SEX ADAM
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our grandfather is v dead. hes the one who disowned papa for marrying an italian, cut him off from the entire family, & dragged joey for quitting juilliard & later for marrying an (awesome, gorgeous) black woman
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he sorta sucked
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& i dont want to think about HOW the hijab is involved its prbly v sacrilegious
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so many possibilities. 
Tairanosaur
Fun possibilities
Tairanosaur
Also your grandfather sucked
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hed be so angry that adam is not dating & not engaged to a pretty persian girl who also has the gall to be sometimes muslim
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and noooo no possibilities
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😰😰😰😰😰😱😱😱😭😭😭
Tairanosaur
It's okay Becks, we'll brainstorm them for you
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im supposed to be the one who teases ☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️
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😔😔😔not fair
Tairanosaur
You're among us now, Becks
Tairanosaur
This is mild
Lyra + a Player
Eh. I'm not big on speculating on my siblings' sex lives. Boundaries
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oh its super fun teasing nessa but she and joey are pretty shameless about it no matter how much she protests
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but i guess thats more teasing nessa than teasing joey
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& adam is forever grumpy baby brother😞😞😞
Lyra + a Player
teasing Nessa is pretty damn great.
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nessa flails so beautifully
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they are practically teenagers its great going on vacation w/ them is hysterical
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she gets sooo flustered omg
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theyve gotten in trouble so much 😆😆😆
Lyra + a Player
and it's all really absurd/funny trouble?
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like none of it is awful it's all just stuff like "oh we were totes at the wrong door and got really embarrassed when the people in the room got freaked out about us trying to get into their room while groping"
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which like awkward but not terrible and is just sort of delightfully ridiculous
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i love that story. & the paris one. & the culture shock one
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they just arent allowed on vacation anymore
Lyra + a Player
they can go on as many vacations as they like as long as there is a camera crew
Lyra + a Player
>_> <_<
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im surprised they actually leave their hotel room when they go on vacation 🤔🤔🤔
Lyra + a Player
Well, Dresses have to be seen before they are destroyed
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truuue
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but now nessa is v upset w/ all of us 😔😔🙁😣
Tairanosaur
How many dresses has she lost?
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ummmmm 3??? or is it 2??? idk she was not happy w/ joey after the first one because dresses arent cheap soooo
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im wondering now if this whole hospital stay thing is a double edged sword.......nessa hates it and just wants to go home & shes arguing w/ dr and joey about it more and more
Tairanosaur
Of course she is /sighs
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but like. is it really helpful if she doesnt want to be there and gets more depressed with not being able to leave??
Lyra + a Player
That's probably more of the doctors' judgment call than ours. They've seen more of the range of people's reactions and frankly have better experience in judging whether people are actually getting help despite their unhappiness than we do
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i just really hate seeing her so unhappy.....esp since she still doesnt remember anything and keeps insisting shes fine & doesnt want to talk to the dr
Lyra + a Player
I know. It's hard feeling like you can't just help by making things seemingly immediately better
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it doesnt help that shes gone back to not eating and her mom is back on that whole they need to come home spiel again.....
and her mom is back on that whole they need to come home spiel again.....
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maybe i can still try to convince them to go on vacation for a week or two just to destress and clear both of their heads and just not think about drs or work or anything.....
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im going to make sadfaces at sandro & michele and see if they can help
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and yikes the bosses back stateside offered joey almost double his salary if he does a five year stint in hk, like gosh thats a lot of money
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this is such a bad time for them to do that ;;
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i guess they said to let them know by the summer because theyd REALLY like to promote him over there, like thx as if joey doesnt have enough to think about right now
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Five years
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That's a long ass time in a country where the language is way different
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they must really really want him there, esp enough to double what he makes which already isnt anything to shrug at
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he should just tell them he cant hear them the connections realLY BAD something something babies on the way something something allergic to hk something something kaiju
Lyra + a Player
We're thinking of going back for a few weeks. As much fun as it would be to have Jo and Nessa there... not great time for it
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come visit rome!!!
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i mean.......not now but you should totes come here
Lyra + a Player
Rome is on the list for when they've settled in
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Hong Kong is just perpetually on the list because I have family there
Tairanosaur
Oh WI why are you like this >.< Also yeah, it's hard to watch her be unhappy, so very hard, but the medical professionals are the ones that should make that call
Lady Prime
As a med prof, yeah we will do what makes you unhappy if it's best. We won't like it, necessarily, but if it's best? It's our duty.
Lady Prime
Maslow's hierarchy and all that
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i think she might be v bored too, on top of this being one of her worst nightmares. we all switch off being here during the day when joeys at work, and hes here every night but still i know it sucks
Tairanosaur
Books. Any chance of a portable dvd player?
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she doesnt want any of it, she wants to go home
Shard
And having that there will just confirm for her that she won't be going home soon.
Shard
Just...I know it's hard to remind her, but she does have a significant chunk of time that's just MISSING. And she felt that she was fine on that Friday when she left the house.
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well that at least we know isnt true because mama said she left in an almost manic state that friday & we do know she stopped at a bar & was agitated enough to leave her wallet behind
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but she doesnt remember any of that at all
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as far as shes concerned shes fine, clearly its over, now can she go home and sleep in her own bed???
Shard
It might be over now, but that doesn't address the underlying problems that caused it. Which is what they're TRYING to do.
Shard
It might be that they can do it as outpatient, but the doctors don't feel ready to give that as an option.
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that whole stigma is whats bothering her i think & she really just wants out
Lyra + a Player
Yeah... but frankly stigma is not worth dying over. And it's gonna be hard to work on that too
Lyra + a Player
Which is not comforting but it is at least a goal 😕
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maybe they can do something about that perfectionism she has. like.....gosh no one can live up to the standards nessa sets for herself, its not physically possible
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i wonder if i bring in nonna's cooking if she'll eat that./............
Tairanosaur
It's worth a shot
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ok so feed nessa and drug joey so he sleeps, underfed and exhausted chic is SO not in anymore
Tairanosaur
Noooooo, we're not in the 90s
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but i could show this to nessa to get her mind off of going home, maybe drop off a bunch of her titanic books too
Lyra + a Player
Good luck