Army Thread 26th November

[rubywillow]

Army Thread 26th November

tiptronic_ct;764808 wrote: Mixed feelings, Rubes...

My day was rather crappy, to tell the truth.

But it was great to see my brother. I know its going to sound silly, but I was nervous about it...

How so, Hon?

[tiptronic_ct]

Army Thread 26th November

KTAB;764810 wrote: Hardly.

Why were you nervous about meeting with your brother?

I'm still unsure of myself in my new skin?

[tiptronic_ct]

Army Thread 26th November

rubywillow;764811 wrote: How so, Hon?

I'm going through this whole process of dealing with childhood shit with my shrink...

And there we were tonight, both products of the same childhood, but we came out of it so differently...

Not one better or the other worse, just different.

[Tabbers (a.k.a. KTAB)]

Army Thread 26th November

Confidence will come given time. Are you not a new much improved Tip and nicer to be around?

I rest my case M'Lord.

[tiptronic_ct]

Army Thread 26th November

KTAB;764814 wrote: Confidence will come given time. Are you not a new much improved Tip and nicer to be around?

I rest my case M'Lord.

Point taken, but I was kinda looking on as an impartial observer... Trying to see the old roles in a new setup...

I'm being clear as mud, I know...

[tiptronic_ct]

Army Thread 26th November

KTAB;764814 wrote: Confidence will come given time. Are you not a new much improved Tip and nicer to be around?

I rest my case M'Lord.

And as bad as it got... my family (other than Mrs. T) have no idea, really.

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Army Thread 26th November

I understand what you mean but you cant second guess how your brother saw you then or now, unless you are totally open with each other. I would suspect he is highly delighted to see the new you.

[tiptronic_ct]

Army Thread 26th November

Anyhooo... let me not get too analytical.

We'll see how the weekend with them goes

My SIL used to be addicted to sleeping tabs. Maybe we can exchange experiences :H

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Army Thread 26th November

tiptronic_ct;764817 wrote: And as bad as it got... my family (other than Mrs. T) have no idea, really.

I used to think that about myself but have come to realise people saw way more than I realised. For one they were sober while I was looking through a fog, so how could I judge? I am not saying that is the case with you, how could I know, but I suspect it may have been.

[rubywillow]

Army Thread 26th November

tiptronic_ct;764819 wrote: Anyhooo... let me not get too analytical.

We'll see how the weekend with them goes

My SIL used to be addicted to sleeping tabs. Maybe we can exchange experiences :H

War stories, Tips. Is she open about it? If so, yeah, talk about it.

[tiptronic_ct]

Army Thread 26th November

KTAB;764818 wrote: I understand what you mean but you cant second guess how your brother saw you then or now, unless you are totally open with each other. I would suspect he is highly delighted to see the new you.

What WAS quite funny, was seeing him get rather tipsy on 3/4 of a bottle of wine over three hours.

The man has no stamina!!!

Mrs. T even remarked that the nice thing about us is that we're never mean drunks

[tiptronic_ct]

Army Thread 26th November

KTAB;764820 wrote: I used to think that about myself but have come to realise people saw way more than I realised. For one they were sober while I was looking through a fog, so how could I judge? I am not saying that is the case with you, how could I know, but I suspect it may have been.

I suspect you're right - which will go a long way toward explaining how I felt. Trying to be "natural" - when I was actaully being myself for the 1st time in God knows how long...

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Army Thread 26th November

Lightweight

[Tabbers (a.k.a. KTAB)]

Army Thread 26th November

"Lightweight" was to the 3/4 post btw.
We will have to stop talking across each other like this

[tiptronic_ct]

Army Thread 26th November

rubywillow;764821 wrote: War stories, Tips. Is she open about it? If so, yeah, talk about it.

I'm afraid not, Rubes. Its all conveniently forgotten beneath the veneer by now...

Don't get me wrong, she is really nice, but she won't talk openly about it now. Its all very stigmatised...