I don't love you anymore
I was thinking about my friends Sergey and Doriana today. They are a generally funny, adorable couple that have made my life so much better in so many ways that I can't even begin to tell you. They are the kind of people that make everybody around them feel special and loved. They love to entertain and have us over for yummy dinners that usually go into the wee hours. Did I mention they are funny? When they get into a silly argument, Doriana always tells Sergey, "You're sleeping out on the balcony tonight". Which, of course, cracks everyone up and has spurred many plans about the kinds of supplies and amenities Sergey would need to take with himself to the balcony, in case Doriana decided to go through with the plan. Every one of our friends loves this line so much that we use it every time somebody somehow gets in trouble.
"Oh, I forgot to pay my mom's cell-phone bill"
"You're sleeping out on the balcony tonight."
"I think I lost the CD that so-and-so gave me."
"You're sleeping out on the balcony tonight."
You get the idea. Earlier today I was visiting Peio's cosy little place where I happened to see a similar one-liner at the top right corner of his front page. "You're sleeping alone tonight," it said. That, I assumed, was yet another way of shaking your finger at a loved one but at the same time telling them...I love you anyway.
When my sister and I were little, we had a line of our own. Every time we would get upset with each other, we'd yell at the top of our voice: I DON'T LOVE YOU ANYMOOOORE!!! In our small sisterly world not loving your sister was the ultimate way to punish her for getting on your nerves. I was usually the one being punished, given how I wanted to be a choreographer and made Ena dance for hours at a time. Not exactly the kind of thing you want to do to a three year old. I swear, I still tear up when I remember her lips turn downwards, big big tears running down her cheeks as she would say, I don't love you anymore. We still say that to each other sometimes. This time around it's just our inside joke.
What are your lines, guys? How do you express disapproval at someone by the same time telling them that you love them more than anything in the world? Where do YOU send them?
"Oh, I forgot to pay my mom's cell-phone bill"
"You're sleeping out on the balcony tonight."
"I think I lost the CD that so-and-so gave me."
"You're sleeping out on the balcony tonight."
You get the idea. Earlier today I was visiting Peio's cosy little place where I happened to see a similar one-liner at the top right corner of his front page. "You're sleeping alone tonight," it said. That, I assumed, was yet another way of shaking your finger at a loved one but at the same time telling them...I love you anyway.
When my sister and I were little, we had a line of our own. Every time we would get upset with each other, we'd yell at the top of our voice: I DON'T LOVE YOU ANYMOOOORE!!! In our small sisterly world not loving your sister was the ultimate way to punish her for getting on your nerves. I was usually the one being punished, given how I wanted to be a choreographer and made Ena dance for hours at a time. Not exactly the kind of thing you want to do to a three year old. I swear, I still tear up when I remember her lips turn downwards, big big tears running down her cheeks as she would say, I don't love you anymore. We still say that to each other sometimes. This time around it's just our inside joke.
What are your lines, guys? How do you express disapproval at someone by the same time telling them that you love them more than anything in the world? Where do YOU send them?
posted by petya at 5/29/2006 11:30:00 AM
11 Comments:
My twerpy little brother calls me "Jewbag," but he means it in the very most loving way possible. ;)
Oh! Little brothers! Gotta love 'em. :)
i usually just have that certain calm look and smile for a second, no catchphrases. i suppose, cause i'm an only child and i had nobody to talk to in my room at night :)
yep, the silent treatment tends to work too. :)
It is a ritual with a few words!
I usually stretch, lower and expose my neck to her slap ;)
When somewhat angry (even though we don't actually have a dog): "You're speeping with the dog tonight!"
Really angry: keep silent for hours. Helps a lot.
When frustrated, my little girls (age 3 & 5) tell me they don't think i'm nice any more. Yep, that hurts.
Awww! Vani, for some reason it always feels so much more serious when it come from a child, don't you think?
Dim, based on what you said, YOU are usually the one who is to blame, eh?
when I am angry, to persons I love, I say: Salope! (in French) When I was a child: the same thing but in Bulgarian.
Hehe, that's what my mom calls me when she gets mad. In Bulgarian, of course ;)
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