Yeah that's pretty much what I usually do, but he's also my man's best friend, so shutting him out is kinda impossible unless I go hide in the computer room until he's not around. I have no intention of doing such a thing. It's just childish and would cause way more drama than good.
I can only just keep telling him in a serious way and hope eventually he gets it. I'm not dramatic enough to shut him out, and I'm so not confrontational enough to get in his face. I'm not a fightin' man. Violence never even dawns on me unless someone were to actually take a swing at me over something. Oh so THAT'S why you're lookin all red and puffy. Everyone I know has free passes to make the occasional slip up. They're only human.
We'll see what I can do this Saturday. We always have about an hour of alone time in his car while driving around and getting movies/food/cigarettes/whatever we need to spend the rest of the night watching dvd's.
Last week I had a really BAD BAD Saturday. It all revolved around being super late to a gig, having to sit in a wet seat on the metro while crazy guys hit on me, our artistic director lost the music we were supposed to preform to, all sorts of drama. During the running super late part I asked the man where something was, using his name at the end of the sentence. He answered, accidentally using my birth name at the end. I was already pissed off, so I just snapped at him that old "I'll pretend you didn't say that" line.
When I got home he and Mr. Friend where there but about to leave, so when they came back later to pick me up to go to a movie, I decided on making some comparison. I don't even know how we got on the subject, but I said how much it seriously was a blow to me when the man used my birth name. I think a little got through. I don't know.
Bah. long post is long and I need breakfast.
