The Post-Arisia Blues

[bobquasit]

I'm fighting off a bad case of post-Arisia depression (of the non-clinical variety). My hopes were way too high for the con, and the reality turned out to be - not terrible, but even worse than that: blah

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[dancing_kiralee]

It sounds like maybe you did too many panels. That happened to me last year (I was on 12 or 13 panels)... I tried to cut back this year with only moderate success. I had fewer panels, but outside obligations took me away from the con so much that pretty much all I did at the con was be on panels anyway.

Kiralee

[bobquasit]

I don't think it was too many panels; it's just that it's awfully difficult to do a lot of extra fun stuff at a con (like hang out with people, or see the Masquerade) when...well, Teri was feeling like she was just a babysitter at the con, and that was Not Good. And she still feels weird around fans, you know; she's not really into it.

It sounds weird to say it, but in an odd yet real way I married out of my..."clan" seems the best word for it. There are difficulties.

Of course I could leave both of them at home. But there would be a price to pay that way, too. Teri would resent being made into a babysitter for the weekend, and she's not the sort to not let me know about it, frequently, by phone. I'd miss Sebastian like crazy. And of course, I want Sebastian to be a member of the science fiction clan, and taking him to Arisia is both a sort of spiritual baptism and an initiation.

I can't share that with Teri. I want to share it with my son.

[dancing_kiralee]

I see the following dynamic possibly going on with Teri

[bobquasit]

I've seen you make that particular faux pas (on Teri's behalf) more often than Teri does.

Whoa! You mean I've been ignoring her? Or teasing her? Please explain! This is something I really need to know.