One of ours is "No torture at the dinner table."
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- Elizabeth Barrette (
ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Conversational Safewords
One of ours is "No torture at the dinner table."
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Birdfeeding
Today is sunny, muggy, and quite warm. I fed the birds. I've seen house finches, doves, and a male rose-breasted grosbeak. :D I picked half a bag…
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak
I saw a rose-breasted grosbeak on the hopper feeder. I don't think I've seen one in summer before. They usually appear in spring. We had some for…
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Birdfeeding
Today is mostly sunny, muggy, and warm. I fed the birds. I've seen house finches. I took a few pictures in the yard. EDIT 7/4/21 -- I picked half…
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Birdfeeding
Today is sunny, muggy, and quite warm. I fed the birds. I've seen house finches, doves, and a male rose-breasted grosbeak. :D I picked half a bag…
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak
I saw a rose-breasted grosbeak on the hopper feeder. I don't think I've seen one in summer before. They usually appear in spring. We had some for…
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Birdfeeding
Today is mostly sunny, muggy, and warm. I fed the birds. I've seen house finches. I took a few pictures in the yard. EDIT 7/4/21 -- I picked half…
May 8 2015, 10:09:16 UTC 6 years ago
Recently I came across a concept that perfectly describes how he was: His mouth never had a filter; he said what he thought no matter how hurtful.
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May 8 2015, 13:04:35 UTC 6 years ago
Because brownies are a non offensive topic.
May 8 2015, 13:06:57 UTC 6 years ago Edited: May 8 2015, 13:08:07 UTC
ETA: Also, "I like cheese." Those who don't catch on quickly are sometimes treated to entire odes about cheese. The varieties of cheese, the flavours of cheese, where one can acquire cheese... ;)
Yes...
May 8 2015, 22:16:36 UTC 6 years ago
May 14 2015, 03:55:16 UTC 6 years ago
May 8 2015, 17:08:17 UTC 6 years ago
Unless our son is involved, in which case codes like safewords don't work. 1. "J, change the subject. I don't like gruesomely detailed descriptions of mass casualty events."
2. "Son, we asked you to change the subject." (parent introduces new subject)
3. "We're discussing [new topic] now."
4. "J___ H___ D___, You have 3 choices. Discuss [new topic], introduce another topic that is acceptable to everyone, or the other humans will leave the room and you can discuss [subject he won't drop] with the cats."
To be fair, we haven't had to resort to that last for several years now. :)
May 9 2015, 01:33:56 UTC 6 years ago
Yay!
May 9 2015, 01:58:37 UTC 6 years ago
Glad I could help!
>> Ok in our family I'm the most frequent offender of sensabilities, because there's very little that'll squick me out, but we also have a daughter who's not very good about picking up on social cues and can talk for [literally] hours on subjects she's enthusiastic about. <<
In that case, you may want a different code phrase for "This topic is upsetting to someone and needs to be dropped instantly" vs. "This topic has exceeded other people's attention span, so wind it down."
Re: Yay!
May 11 2015, 02:29:29 UTC 6 years ago
May 9 2015, 08:48:40 UTC 6 years ago
I still think safewords are so great for everyone, kinky or not, that they should be taught about in sex ed.
Yes...
May 9 2015, 08:53:51 UTC 6 years ago
May 15 2015, 02:41:56 UTC 6 years ago
I know that I've had fraught discussions, and that sometimes it seemed easier to say "oh, hell with it, why do my feelings about this matter so much *anyway*?" So I reckon others have had the same experience. And just the meme that it's okay to say "hell yes, my feelings matter!" could be an amazing thing.
Well...
May 15 2015, 03:02:25 UTC 6 years ago
I'm more fond of ...
Red = Stop
Yellow = Slow down, nearing a limit
Green = MOAR, PLZ!
Some people also use "blue" for "enough of this particular thing."
It's really fun when you're going along and your partner yells "Kelly fucking green!"
May 14 2015, 23:26:34 UTC 6 years ago