No Post This Week, But Feel Free to Comment on This

Happy Saturday to you all.  

I'm taking a small trip over the weekend with an indeterminate end date.  So, I won't be posting this week.

When I don't post, I usually feel a bit guilty for slacking, but if last week's comments were any indication, maybe everyone needs a break anyway.  Man, was it ever quiet.  I don't remember the last time I've gone a full day, and then some, without a single comment.  

Thank you to those of you who did weigh in on a topic that clearly wasn't seen as compelling by enough people to get much of a conversation going.

Instead of just going silent for the week though, I thought it might be an opportunity to post this sequence of AI-generated memes I saw a few days ago on this Tumblr.  I'm not sure which AI platform he's using, but it could definitely use a spellchecker.  Still, I liked the scenario he came up with.

The last frame doesn't resonate for me, as it plays into too many concerns some have about what might happen if kids, including adult kids, were to find about the parents' DD relationship.  I'm all for mixing up hierarchies, but adult kids getting the full visual crosses some visceral lines for me.

I do, however, have a strong positive reaction to the wife's straightforward, business-like declaration: "I paddled him for not doing his chores."

I also like her explanation in the penultimate frame: "This is his idea. Dad needs accountability when he messes up. He expects me to discipline him."  I like it because, unlike so many spanking memes, it's true to how most of these relationships work in real life.  He brings her the idea because he feels like he needs imposed accountability, and she at worst accommodates and at best actively embraces it.

Anne had one conversation with our adult daughters that was a much less direct version of the above.  One day out of the blue, one of them made a comment about how Anne seemed to increasingly be "wearing the pants" vis-a-vis her relationship with me.  Anne replied with something to the effect that it was what I wanted; that I had a job that required me to always be in control and make all the decisions, and that I didn't want that at home and, in fact, kind of wanted the opposite.  As I said, it was much more vague than the scenario above, but somewhat parallel and basically true even if some important parts were omitted.

Anyway, I guess I kind of ended up writing a post, didn't I?  Feel free to post about the memes above and any thoughts/feelings the scenario raises for you, or feel free to continue the conversation about last week's post.

Have a great week.  FYI, there is some chance I may need to do something like this again next week, as Anne and I are going on a roadtrip that may cover a couple of weekends.