- dark humor

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> > " first of all, , I was hoping " somebody "

> >might notice me gone... "

>

> Wanted to make sure I didn't write this in sorrow...but as a joke.

Now that

> I read it, it looks a little bitter. Geez, of course you guys would

notice

> your mailboxes full of less garbage! LOL

> M

>

,

I know I am responding to your message long after it was posted. I

don't know how some of these women keep up on reading everything and

responding to everyone. But I just had to respond to your dark

humor. Actually I'm a big fan of it. You also had another message

where you wrote about scarfing pills down (bad girl, bad girl) that

was a little dark as well. I know it was a tough moment for you but

each time I read it I kept laughing at the image of you scarfing them

down while looking furtively over you shoulder for witnesses. I kept

reading it over and over laughing harder each time with the thought.

(Right now I'm praying that you meant it that way and I'm not

offending you. If I am offending you please stop reading.)

My dh has taught me about using jokes in poor taste to get through

some of the rougher moments of life. For instance, when I first went

to the doctor with spotting he told me I had a " threatened

miscarriage. " My dh stopped by Mc's on the way to the next

doctor. He dropped a fry and said, " Whoops! I just miscarried my

fry! " I couldn't stop laughting. It was such a wonderful release

from the tension. Later, while waiting in the next doctor's office

he kept dropping his keys and I'm sure you can guess what he said.

And then after the ectopic pregnancy he was doing a project and he

couldn't find the tape measure so we ran around the house saying, " We

have an ectopic tape measure! Abort! Abort! " It's a sick joke, but

I have found the laughter incredibly therapeutic. I think life is

pretty much a sick joke at times, so why not join in?

With your comments about scarfing pills, somebody noticing you gone,

and our mailboxes being full of less garbage. It just made me think

that it sounded like some things I might say. Of course I've tried

to censure myself more on here until this point so that I don't

offend anyone. I'm getting a little bolder now I guess. Either way,

it made me think that you're going to be just fine. And if you're

going to be fine, then I'm going to fine. And if I'm going to be

fine, then we're all going to be fine. Or something like that . . .

Alissa