Sunday VENT Thread--All Welcome!

Oh, have I got one!

I'm participating in this collective dinner making thing tomorrow. We are all bringing our ingredients (from a specific shopping list) and then preparing them tomorrow to freeze. I spent 200 bucks on proteins yesterday and someone in my family left the ever-loving, fecking refrigerator door open last night. Came down to a 51 degree fridge this morning.

All of that meat? GARBAGE. I'm still pouting about it.

Our high school had their homecoming dance last night. My daughter had a great time,but my poor son...He originally wasn't going to go, but he heard that this girl wanted to go with him so he asked her. He didn't know her well, but he was excited. We got the tux, the bid, and the dinner. The kids were all meeting at one house, but my son felt that he should meet her parents so we went to her house and picked her up so he could introduce himself. We then went on and met up with everyone and took photos. Everyone looked great, everyone seemed nice and happy. The parents dropped the kids off at the restaurant and when I went back to pick up part of the group, the girls all wanted to ride together (bad sign). It was arranged that two moms (me being one) would pick up after the dance. I picked up two boys, the other mom came and got her son, and the girls had already left for a sleepover. My son and his friend said that their dates acted as if they were embarrassed to be seen with them. They wouldn't dance, and ignored them once they got there. I felt so bad, and I am so angry at these young ladies. The boys said only one of the girls was nice to her date. I feel so bad, this was their first formal, however their next one can only be better.

Disclaimer: Not to start any political anything - i am grumbling about people being (IMHO) dumb, not starting anything on a specific issue.

Vent: i'm unreasonably pissy over the Paris bombings response on FB because

a. i am so d*am sick of the instant "BLAME ALL MUSLIMS FOR 'MURICA AND *EAT BACON*!!!" response.... and the living up to the stereotypes of Americans being shallow, stupid, violent, gun-toting racists that can only make dumb jokes about bacon when called on being *actual bigots* (something that actually IS anti-American in that non-discrimination ideal we talk about) by talking about how fun it would be to shoot any [racist term for Muslims] they see at the store while on a public social media forum instead of thinking about the issue, educating themselves and forming an in-depth and thoughtful opinion - yes, even if it disagrees with mine - on a complex and difficult issue/set of issues that is effecting the entire world and causing untold amounts of pain and terror and harm all over. BACON IS NOT THE KEY ISSUE. BACON IS ENTIRELY UNIMPORTANT IN THIS CONTEXT. Argh. Why is one's breakfast choice more important than a person's life?


b. While i am entirely aware and behind the black lives matter movement, and grasp and see and agree with the calls for more equal media coverage of bombings that create non-white victims, and yes i can totally see the different amount of coverage (just on my own FB feed) of the Paris bombings and the Bagdad bombings that killed what? 147 people like 2 days before which is barely mentioned in the news - yup, i can see that. Point. i am also not impressed with the scolding/guilting/judging of people who express grief or horror - of whatever tragedy. They are all tragic. They are all horrible. No one is a terrible person for being personally affected by one horrific attack more than another. They are all tragic. They are all horrible.


Ugh. i think i should just stay of Facebook while i am in such a pissy mood.


And again, not to start any politics anything. i'm just frustrated with people and FB. i'm going to go scrub my kitchen or build a cabinet or something. Grumble.

Arielsmom the same thing happened to me a few years ago. My husbands family who all live over an hr from me, went on a shopping trip. Posted all over FB about all the girls in the family going,  of course they didn't invite me. Then they decided to come to my town to shop, just to rub it in I guess. Anyway, that day I deleted them all from FB. They knew it would get to me, and did it on purpose. I haven't looked back and have been a much happier person since, so I say delete them!

When you "unfriended" me on fb and blocked my phone number after a fight over what kind of car I bought (Honda, I'm so unamerican and hate all real patriots), don't add me as a friend on fb 5 years later like nothing happened. I gave you 28 years of my life, I forgave you a million times, but that was pretty much the final nail in the coffin and you swung the hammer. I'm going to pretend too. I'm going to pretend you didn't go there.

I have a chronic illness and most of the time I don't feel like leaving home. Today, I felt like doing a little shopping and had a darn flat tire. That opportunity may not come along for some time...oh well watched the Vikings WIN!

Why does the propane tank on our barbeque always run out in the middle of cooking expensive steaks? We bought some really good steaks to have yesterday and not even halfway through cooking to propane ran out. Also, why doesn't the fill gauge work on any barbeque I have ever bought in my 26 years of marriage.

Dear Colorguard Coach:

The way you treated my DD this past week has forced her to leave the team, and a sport she loved. We spent an agonizing weekend which involved a lot of tears reaching this decision. You have broken a girl's heart and screwed up the end of her senior year. You are an a$$(*&e!!!!!!

Dear Amazon,
Your lightning deals suck. Nobody wants to buy jewelry or underwear from you. We want to buy toys, games, sports equipment, electronics, video games... Not underwear.

Crap.  Is there no way to move?  How much longer do you think it will be

It usually takes about 45 minutes from the time I clock out until I pull into my driveway.  It ended up taking 2 hrs and 48 minutes. It was so frustrating because I was only about 12 miles from home with no way to exit off the freeway.  At least I didn't have to get up early today.

Psoccer, I am so sorry for your ds. My darling ds was treated that way in high school. Girls were just so cruel, and he was really bullied endlessly. There were required formals for juniors and seniors, and a group of girls encouraged dh to ask them just so they could turn up their noses and tell him he was crazy if he thought they'd go out with *him*. 

When dh met me, he was so tired of being bullied and unloved that he was having suicidal thoughts. Kids told him that I was totally out of his league, yada yada... One girl told me what had gone down so I encouraged dh to ask me out. Dh asked me to be his girlfriend a week later, and we've been together 21 years on Sept. 13th. 

All the girls were so jealous when they saw how dh treated me and loved me while they chased guys that didn't want to give them the time of day. The other guys saw how they treated boys. 

Nyxish, I'm with you. People forget what horrible things Christians have done in the name of God--Spanish Inquisition, witch hunts, Bloody Mary, Crusades... 

One of my relatives went on and on about how 'Murica was the only country founded on equality for all and all the founding principals (sic) ensured that everyone was equal despite different religions, colours, or sex...

absolutely correct if the citizens were white, male and certain religions... so many people say that our nation's founders were Christians... um no, they were Deists and Agnostics. 

 I'm also scared by all those who really believe that Trump would make a good president. How being PC is allowing terrorism and our borders should be closed to keep terrorists and criminals out.

Dh and I are both descendents of Irish emigrants fleeing Ireland because of rampant poverty, famine and violence from the British. Exactly why people are fleeing Mexico and Central America and Syria/other parts of the Middle East. It would be very hippocritical for me to not share my country with other people who just want a better life. People forget how poorly the Irish and other immigrants were treated when they first arrived.

People who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

I've had a headache for weeks now thats just sort of humming in the background (does that make sense?). I know it's stress but I just want it to go away.
Other people (they know who they are!) stop trying to suck the joy out of everything, yes things are crappy, stressful and beyond horrible but you will not stop me from finding happiness where I can. Just bloody stop it!!