Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove <<Where does anyone get off telling any other adults how or where to spend their money?!?>> Sweetie, I'm telling you, we could bond in the biggest way next time we see each other at DL. It's really something when adult children start parenting their parents, isn't it? It's amazing that we can even tie our shoes and sit quietly without drooling. <<thanks for showing me we still have years of ragging ahead of us>> And here's the flip side of the coin: parents still trying to control their adult children. I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid it's true. Although we are family, it doesn't keep us from hurting each other, does it? xoxo to all of us....
Originally Posted By liveforvacations You know it is too bad that even though people "don't get it", they cannot just be happy for those of us that obviously get great joy out of Disneyland! I am very fortunate in that my father has a lot of faults, but one of his greatest attributes is to let his children make their own choices. He is very thrifty and would probably have a heart attack if he ever went to Disneyland and saw what things cost! However, although he has no desire to go to Disneyland, he understands how much joy it brings me and when he gives me my birthday money he always says, "I know that you will have lots of fun in Disneyland with this!" It makes him happy that I can get so much joy out of something! My in-laws just wonder how we can go to Disneyland when the house needs painting, we need a new couch, a better car, landscaping for the yard.........
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove Exactly, liveforvacations! Let them wonder. Your LP name says it all. Sly and the Family Stone had it right: diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks. I'm delighted you have such a cool dad.
Originally Posted By iamsally My dad did a pretty good job of letting us grow up. The occasional "if it were me" type innuendo but that was all. He loved Disneyland but could never understand going over and over. Still, he was accepting. Now, we have a very dear, old friend. He went to Disneyland with us in 1978. I think he took his own daughter once or twice. So, he obviously doesn't *get it.* But..........when his aunt died and left him a ridiculous amount of money; he wanted to share with people who had stuck by him. He gave us the money for two PAP's and some extra for hotel and gas. Now THAT is a friend who, though he does not quite understand it himself, respects what we love enough to help us do it.
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove {{{iamsally's dear old friend}}} THAT'S what having money's all about. Good for him and good for you guys! xoxo
Originally Posted By Disneyland55 I tried hard, but I couldn't think of what would be the re-sluttiest attraction!
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove DLand55....if I told you, I'd go down about 12 levels in your estimation of me. I'll tell Knight, or Villains, or Smedley, or Lady Starlight and THEY can tell you. It's pretty bad. But, totally re-slut worthy, I'm just sayin'.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains You can tell me - I already have a low opinion of you!! ;o) LOL
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove Email sent. Sweet trip and give plenty of hugs to LS from TG and I!
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains Okay it's the carousel - so put your mind into the gutter and run with it... If you still have questions email me on tuesday and I will fill you in!! Oh and STiL - you can run with Knight and I any day!!
Originally Posted By Tiggirl <<(sorry Beth, but heck, you TOCK!!)>> I'm late to the party but THANKS, SGV! You tock, too and I will take the blame for your spelling mistakes! LOL ~Beth
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I was thinking about this? We shouldn't lose any sleep about it. I think most sports are pretty pointless, but here in the UK soccer is bigger than religion. I hate it. But do the fans care that I hate it? Nope. And do I care that they like soccer? Nope.
Originally Posted By murfsmom i don't know why people don't like dl, and why it bothers them so much that we do !! they say what's the big deal ? i say it's the magic, you either feel or you don't !! i went to dl with a friend a couple months ago and it was a day from "hell"he wanted to go because it had been over 10 yrs, since he had been there. he complained about EVERYTHING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! parking, crowds,lines, food, i kept saying "we can leave anytime " but he kept saying "no, i can handle it" i said "no, you you don't get it nor will you ever get it" i said, let's go before you find something else to complain about because it's ruining it for me too ! ii didn't feel that miserable when i got hurt there !! which is another thing people keep saying to me" how can you keep going back there after that "? simple, it was an accident !! the girls were rude, had no manners, which i can't do any thing about, it happened , but that will NEVER stop me from going to disneyland, it's the one place, where you can go and not think about all the problems in the world. and i would have never met some of the nicest people ever on LP, if i didn't love dl. so like i said, you either have or you don't, it's all about the magic !!!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Well said murfsmom. I think it is hard to quantify or qualify the magic. You feel it or you do not. I totally feel it at DL and to a slightly lesser degree DLP. I do not feel it at all at the MK in Florida (I become more like your friend sadly, but intensified because I know what the magic of Disney can be). There are quantifiable elements - cast member style, cleanliness, maintenance, design, streetmousphere, as well as nostalgia, balance of entertainment/attractions, merchandise, catering standards, crowd levels etc. These all add to the magic. Strip some of those away, and the magic can diminish. Hence why I am so vorcipherous when I see one of these elements slip.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo But what is interesting is that it does instil primal feelings for fans. People who dis our parks deeply offend many of us (god knows I have had a lot of flack from the WDW fans). And many of us do not empathise or understand when others don't "get it". I don't care what non family think, but when your own mother does not understand, that does hurt!
