ADD - Emmitt (795 hits)
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Submitted by Ducky (View user info) at 2009-09-17 01:56:54 EDT
She had been working as a care aide for 26 years, was two years away from retirement, and had spent her entire career working in an extended (mostly palliative) care facility. She had a funny thing about death; she'd get bent out of shape if a pet died, or if she watched a heart-wrenching movie, but when people died she never became emotional. She said once that she must be missing something - like part of her wiring was off when it came to that sort of thing. When her first resident died, she went in to talk to the family. She was nervous and upset and got about two sentences out before her body spontaneously began to convulse. With tears running down her cheeks, she excused herself and left the room. Over 25 years ago. That was the last time she'd cried.
When a resident's health begins to degrade, she makes a phone call to the family to notify them. Sometimes this results in a sudden influx of visitation, but not always. Upon making one such call, she was told by the family that they didn't want to be notified if Emmitt was "going downhill" and to just call them after he'd passed. That was close to a month ago and nobody had come to see him.
Yesterday, he came up to her and told her matter-of-factly that he'd be dying soon, and that he had to go home. He proceeded to slowly return to his room and pack all of his belongings into two suitcases. Finished packing, he sat on the edge of his bed and looked out the window. She gingerly made her way into the room and slowly began to unpack his suitcases. He didn't look at her...didn't notice that she was there. Part way through, he looked over at her with a sad expression on his face. She held up his book, gestured to the nightstand, and said "Is this okay?" With a look of resignation on his face, Emmitt slowly nodded his head. She placed the book on his nightstand.
When she left work that night she checked in with him just after finishing her shift. He gave her a hug, and for the first time, a kiss on the cheek. "I'll miss you" he said quietly. She squeezed his hand, wished him pleasant dreams, and left. As she drove home, she was filled with an overwhelming sadness that she had not experienced in a very long time.
But she didn't cry.
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Submitted by sneej (user info) at 2009-09-28 00:44:16 EDT (#)
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Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2009-09-23 17:55:29 EDT (#)
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Content.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2009-09-21 14:17:59 EDT (#)
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oh, hey ducky. nice post here. for a fucking moon-eyed hippy.
yeah.
take that.
Submitted by cheerios (user info) at 2009-09-21 13:17:25 EDT (#)
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Submitted by AshK (user info) at 2009-09-18 21:40:24 EDT (#)
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ubmitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2009-09-17 11:50:51 EDT (#)
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thanks for trying to save Ubersite!
Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2009-09-18 01:14:18 EDT (#)
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ubmitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2009-09-17 11:50:51 EDT (#)
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thanks for trying to save Ubersite!
Submitted by HateMudkips (user info) at 2009-09-17 17:54:24 EDT (#)
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damn you for making my feeling places ...feel things!
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2009-09-17 12:02:14 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Yozz (user info) at 2009-09-17 11:57:55 EDT (#)
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Rubber Ducky, you're the one
Who makes ADD so much fun!
Hey BERT!
Submitted by Ms_Ann_Thropic (user info) at 2009-09-17 11:54:54 EDT (#)
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Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2009-09-17 11:50:51 EDT (#)
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thanks for trying to save Ubersite!
Submitted by Fey (user info) at 2009-09-17 11:35:07 EDT (#)
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Submitted by X54 (user info) at 2009-09-17 10:28:41 EDT (#)
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Winner.
Submitted by HellRazer (user info) at 2009-09-17 10:06:24 EDT (#)
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good job.
Submitted by Ducky (user info) at 2009-09-17 09:54:01 EDT (#)
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Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2009-09-17 04:52:48 EDT (#)
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Sad and beautiful, I like the cut of your gib Ducky.
Haha I thik that says more about you Phallic than the picture.
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I had to look up 'cut of your gib'. Thankfully I'm not the only one who has according to Google.
Submitted by TuTs (user info) at 2009-09-17 06:08:54 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2009-09-17 17:39:40 WST (#)
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Submitted by TuTs (user info) at 2009-09-17 05:23:11 EDT (#)
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There was a 70 odd old Boer guy in a show last night. I would do him.
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Can you eaborate on your thoughts and feelings?
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You mean elaborate??
Umm put it this way, I wanted to sit on his lap and scream Daddy while the viagra kicked in, until he stroked. In a big way.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2009-09-17 05:39:40 EDT (#)
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Submitted by TuTs (user info) at 2009-09-17 05:23:11 EDT (#)
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There was a 70 odd old Boer guy in a show last night. I would do him.
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Can you eaborate on your thoughts and feelings?
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-09-17 05:24:05 EDT (#)
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i wouldnt let jesus within 5 loaves of my cock.
Submitted by TuTs (user info) at 2009-09-17 05:23:11 EDT (#)
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There was a 70 odd old Boer guy in a show last night. I would do him.
Submitted by Phallic_Cymbals (user info) at 2009-09-17 05:12:15 EDT (#)
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Imagine how much power you'd have over him that moment he touched your dick, though.
Jesus.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2009-09-17 04:58:54 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Phallic_Cymbals (user info) at 2009-09-17 04:40:30 EDT (#)
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The one in the pic looks like he'd drool while he groped you.
"C'mere, sonny, let's get them shorts off" sort of thing.
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You're reading an awful lot into that photograph. I have encountered this fetish in the past actually; the fascination with the old man and the younger woman and the fantasy of being an old man with a younger woman.
And why not? Afterall, it's healthy to think about how we'll be in our old age and we are sexual beings, are we not?
I will write some wrinkly eroticism, but I could do with more input. Are their any women who share Phallic's octogenarian fancy?
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2009-09-17 04:52:48 EDT (#)
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Sad and beautiful, I like the cut of your gib Ducky.
Haha I thik that says more about you Phallic than the picture.
Submitted by Phallic_Cymbals (user info) at 2009-09-17 04:40:30 EDT (#)
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The one in the pic looks like he'd drool while he groped you.
"C'mere, sonny, let's get them shorts off" sort of thing.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2009-09-17 04:36:52 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Phallic_Cymbals (user info) at 2009-09-17 03:59:34 EDT (#)
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Fuckin hell, that hunchbacked cunt would put his hands in your pants as quick as he'd shoot a German!
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... what are you on about?
Submitted by Phallic_Cymbals (user info) at 2009-09-17 03:59:34 EDT (#)
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Fuckin hell, that hunchbacked cunt would put his hands in your pants as quick as he'd shoot a German!
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-09-17 03:47:19 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2009-09-17 03:30:38 EDT (#)
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