Melodrama---where would we be without it today?

[NewWaveChick1981]

:P From my mother-in-law's bipolar antics to my niece's three-ring-circus wedding to people leaving DU to President Asshat.... where would be without melodrama? :rofl: Jaysus, calm down already!!!!

This has been a public service announcement. :patriot:

[kmla]

1. Mel who?

Mel O'Drama - isn't she that overacting, effusive, Irish thespian?







And yes, I said thespian...

[NewWaveChick1981]

3. Yeah, Mel's been by to visit...

:rofl: Heheheh.... You said thespian...:rofl:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

24. Haha...in HS, one of my girlfriend's had the lead in the school play...

oddly enough playing a lesbian, and her parents took out a one-liner in the program saying, "Congratulations on your new thespian lifestyle."

[datasuspect]

2. i'll see your melodrama and raise you a self-righteous indignation

as it regards your OP, to wit:

"how dare you make light of such a serious illness as bipolar disorder by referring to your mother-in-law's suffering as antics?!?!?!? i simply cannot believe the lack of sensitivity displayed in that statement. who are you to diminish the very real suffering of millions of people?"





NB: i am not being serious.

[NewWaveChick1981]

8. Duly noted.

:rofl: :hi: If you'd been around my MIL at all, you'd know they were definitely antics. :P She delights and revels in her antics and savors every moment. She knows she has a problem but will not seek help for it, despite the pleas of her family and friends for decades. It's her choice to wallow, and she loves it. She gets attention, which is what she craves. Oh, and did I mention that she's got narcissistic issues too? :yoiks: (I don't generally see bipolar disorder as melodrama, but it is here. :D I don't think too many other people with such issues actually ENJOY it...)

I know you're not serious. :D

[billyskank]

4. *turns and storms out*

:P

[NewWaveChick1981]

9. The only thing that would make it better is if you indignantly

put your nose in the air as you turn and storm out... :rofl: :hi:

[Katina]

13. but to be perfect,

make sure you do an indignant heavy sigh, roll your eyes & put your nose in the air as you turn & storm out. ahhhh Melodrama...it works everytime. :hi:

[NewWaveChick1981]

14. Oh, that would make it the BEST!

:hi: :applause:

[Guava Jelly]

5. Hell where would i be without it

Im a mellodrama king :)

[NewWaveChick1981]

10. ...

:rofl: :hi:

[buddhamama]

6. indeed

i despise DramaRama.

[NewWaveChick1981]

11. Here, here...

:applause:

[MrCoffee]

7. standing ovulation for that!

[NewWaveChick1981]

12. Absolutely...

:applause: :P :hi:

[wildhorses]

15. calm down...take a chill pill

mellow...not Mel-o-Drama!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye13q1Z_mRc

[NewWaveChick1981]

16. LOL! Maybe it should be marshmallowdrama instead...

:rofl:

[idgiehkt]

17. I totally understand.

Because I am orbitting wedding-hell right now. I turned down the opportunity to be a bridesmaid which is one of the best decisions I have ever made; I have never really been around that many weddings and I didn't know how much drama one of these things could generate. I mean, the blasted thing is two months away but every day it's some crisis about the invitations or the dresses or the accomodations...each time I just look upward and mutter 'thank you God' that I declined getting involved in it, only because my nerves are already shredded as it is and my gut instinct told me it couldn't take it. I guess the truth is it will probably be this way until the wedding day, won't it? Aye caramba...

God bless anyone who feels hurt enough to sign off DU though. I try to remind myself every day when I come here it's not a real place; the people are real but it's not a real collective and we are all just kind of bouncing off each other and colliding like electrons and almost all insults or slights or whatever are accidental and the ones that aren't are the result of some weird internet transference that has very little to do with who I am as a person. But I still get my feelings hurt every now and then (am and guilty of doing the same to others). About once a week I get convicted in the direction of not posting anymore and last week came very close to having my internet connection shut down, even closed out some e-mail accounts and let some online friends know I might be dropping out of sight. I'm one of those less than thick-skinned folks that takes things to heart, whether it's a careless comment or a slight or whatever, and geez, there's like at least hundreds of people posting here every day, so that's alot of potential exposure to pain...I can understand anyone thinking it might not be worth it.

Crap, is this a melodramatic post?? Hope not, lol. Ya just my noggin' spinnin'. :hi:

[wildhorses]

18. idgie, darling!! that post is HILARIOUS and earns this thread

my vote for the greatest page!! :loveya:

[NewWaveChick1981]

19. Nope, definitely not melodramatic! Just honest...

:hi: My husband's niece (read: spoiled rich-bitch brat niece) is getting married in mid-October. She is 26 years old. We have heard nothing except wedding this and wedding that from the entire family for the past year (they got engaged a year ago). She lives three hours away, and hubby's sister (niece's mother) and her husband live two hours away. They have had the following events since the engagement: engagement party, another engagement party, engagement picnic, Family Meet & Greet (I kid you not :yoiks:), four separate bridal showers, and a pre-wedding party. :wtf: We got the wedding invitation a full two months in advance of the wedding, and the RSVP date was September 20. As of September 15, my sister-in-law had not gotten our response (I was going to send it out over this past weekend, still meeting her Sept. 20 deadline). She completely freaked out on the phone with me, and I handed the phone to my husband, with whom she continued to freak out. :yoiks: I was so put out with her that I fucking OVERNIGHTED the response to her for arrival on Saturday, Sept. 16. :grr: I wrote a carefully detailed note on the response stating everything we had told them for the past six months---we'd love to spend the week before the wedding with them as requested, but I must go to a professional conference that week and will not get home until late Friday night. We will miss the rehearsal dinner, which we declined six or seven times already but they don't get that we REALLY mean it. :eyes: We will leave home that Saturday morning and drive the three hours to the wedding and will stay for the wedding and the reception, then we have to drive back that evening so I can actually gear up again on Sunday for a week of business travel. :yoiks: Everyone directly involved with the wedding has apparently lost his or her mind, because we've been asked the same questions repeatedly by the same people, and they get the same answers every time. This extravaganza is costing my SIL and BIL in excess of $40,000, which doesn't faze them at all. Let me just say for the record that I HATE dealing with weddings that are this idiotic. :grr:

Contrast this to hubby's other niece, who is 31 and getting married the weekend following the three-ring circus. She just wants a few family members there, it'll be nice and quiet, and they're serving beer and pretzels at the reception. :P They have plenty of money, but they have a lot more sense.

Waaaay too much melodrama... :yoiks:

[Katina]

20. OMG!

if my daughter turns into a f*cking bridezilla over the next year, I will kill her before the wedding happens. I'm just starting the "wedding adventure." My mother didn't give me any say over my wedding and actually had the nerve to lecture some of my college friends who called asking where the response card was. My mother (RIP mom) told them that PROPER wedding invitations didn't have response cards. Guests should know how to write their own response. I was humiliated by her behavior. I have vowed not to be that way and to partner with my daughter (daddy's princess) in the planning. So far, we have agreed or compromised on the date, venue and the music as well as the style of dress. I hope it continues......

[NewWaveChick1981]

21. For your sake, I hope it does too...

:hug: And good for your mom! She and my mom would have gotten along very well. :P Mom and I did send out response cards with postage and everything, but she started calling people who had not returned them by the reply date because 1) it was her way of calling them on the carpet for not returning a card that required less than ten seconds to complete and seal and 2) she had to have numbers for the reception. We kept things as low-key as possible, although Mom insisted on inviting a bunch of people I didn't know. I'm all about keeping things as simple as I can, and it was one of the nicer weddings I've been to if I do say so myself. It was 14 years ago this past August.

I'm about ready to shoot my niece. :grr: She's showing off and enjoying it, but she's making everyone else miserable in the process.

[Katina]

22. you misunderstood

my friends were calling to RSVP because their was no response card. Everyone else's invitations had them. My mother was a bit "uppity" and felt that response cards were improper. I thought they were great since it's the best way to get people to respond. Instead of being polite, my mother insulted my friends with the "don't you know anything?" routine. Oh well, old news, but again, I learned what NOT to do for my own daughter! :D

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

23. Where would we be? Well...

there would probably be even more "I'm bored" threads in the Lounge.

:rofl:

[graywarrior]

25. Bi-polar melodrama's. What fun.

We had 3 bi-polar's in my immediate family, all competing with one another. Fainting spells, choruses of "we shall overcome" while being dragged upstairs to wash the blood off the head after being tossed through the back door, and yes, the 300 wedding guest fiasco being planned while the bride, my sister, decides she wants to leave her fiance for the loser ex-boyfriend who has no job, no education, no nothing one week before the wedding.

Threats of motherly suicide (mother was dying of cancer during this entire ordeal, but still had the strength for the melodramatic) and fatherly drunken antics, Hell's Angels showing up at the Jack & Jill shower and me, the total freak of the family convince her to marry the rich guy and split. They're still married 30 years later.

The melodrama continues long distance. It never goes away.

PS: I am sorry for your pain

[1gobluedem]

26. Hey, I work with SEVENTEEN radio personalities/hosts

Talk about melodrama. We have nothing else around here.