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Post by izzyscraps on Apr 15, 2016 2:29:20 GMT
They aren't YOUR girls! They are my girls! Mine! I birthed them. You didn't. Get over t please and stop saying it!!!!
Ok. I'm finished. Add yours if you would like to!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2016 4:38:12 GMT
They aren't YOUR girls! They are my girls! Mine! I birthed them. You didn't. Get over t please and stop saying it!!!! Ok. I'm finished. Add yours if you would like to! My cousin's husband refers to her adult children as his. Drives me nuts! On the other side of this: I hope whoever treats your daughters like gold and puts them first!
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Post by Delta Dawn on Apr 15, 2016 4:46:41 GMT
I do "planning" as a hobby now. I write stuff down and I mean tons of stuff down. Well I didn't for the 2 weeks of April so far as I have been unable to find my printer paper I want to use. This is my fault. I know where it is, but I just haven't been motivated to go and dig it up.
The VENT is I needed to print some sheets off like my weekly layout, some diary sheets and financial pages. I am trying to recreate what I spent in the last two weeks. Starbucks can rest assured I am personally keeping them busy.
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Post by miominmio on Apr 15, 2016 4:56:17 GMT
My back has been painful all week......Like, waking up in the middle of the night-painful. Please go away, pain!
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Post by M in Carolina on Apr 15, 2016 10:10:04 GMT
Dammit cat! Eat SOMETHING!
She's just a little terrorist who knows that if she keeps this up that I'll go buy her tuna...
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Post by canadianscrappergirl on Apr 15, 2016 12:41:40 GMT
I have a few:
I wish just once my hubby would say he was wrong or sorry or take ownership of something. I am always the screw up/ the one who didn't listen and didn't think. Even when he has clearly done something wrong he won't admit it. I hate how after I have done wrong he won't let it go makes me feel like a small child but there is never any mention of his mistakes.
I hate that we are in debt over something that is for him. I wish he would have listened to me and had waited another year to have all the money in place.
I wish I would listen to my inner voice because I didn't I will probably deal with hubby's wrath/crankiness all weekend ugh what joy I can hardly wait.
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Post by luvnlifelady on Apr 15, 2016 13:23:35 GMT
Life just needs to slow down. I'm single-handedly basically getting the house ready for an appraisal. I'm exhausted from working a physical job and any hints to DH that I need more help are met with "do you I need to be home for that?" I get it, he has a long commute and long hours during the week so he wants to play on weekends but sometimes you have to do some "adulting" and put play on the back burner for a bit. I'm working some afternoons/weekends now so can't be home to take care of things like I used to.
Why in the world did the washer decide that now would be a good time to give out? Yes, it's 20+ years old but I cannot sit around waiting for a repair guy and have no time to go out and get a new one (and the garage is so full of junk that getting a new one in would take a monumental effort).
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2016 13:43:28 GMT
For my MIL who forgot her own sons birthday yesterday, you suck! You forgot, you did not call and you still have not called. BUT.....you made damned sure you called him on his sisters birthday to REMIND him it was her birthday. For 25 years I have put up with this shit, this single mindedness, this all about the sister shit and I am telling you today that you better not answer your phone when I call you. DH will not tell you how it made him feel because he does not discuss feelings, but I know for me, it pissed me the *&^% off.
You will tell anyone that will listen how much you love your grandchildren and how much time you want to spend with your ggrandchild, but you NEVER make an effort. Never! And you never have! My sons are grown and they know how you are. They know that they cannot count on you for a &*^%ing thing. And that sweet grandbaby you want to spend so much time with??? I have her every weekend and we have not seen you in at least 6 weeks. You live 6 miles from this house. 6 miles! BUTTTTTTTTT you will go 20 miles out of town to see the sister, and drive over an hour away to see the oldest brother and his drunken ass, but not here.
And you know, I am so glad that I dont have to deal with you anymore than that. I have played nice for years because of my husband, your son. But when the only time you call is because you want something, need something or you want to beg for some sympathy for some *&^%ed up version of events that has played out in your head, I am calling BS on this. No more.
I had my second back surgery on the 9th and we purposely did not tell her it was happening. You know why? Because she makes everything about her. She would have used my back surgery as her personal pulpit of "feel sorry for me", look at me shit. Anybody who has had any contact with me in the past year knows that I have been having back issues simply because it was something that could not be missed. A limp and the look of absolute misery is hard to miss. Did you even have a clue? No because you are too caught up in your own self to even notice anything around you.
And the "sister".....At Christmas she left her POS husband because he was such a baaaaddddd person. We heard about it for weeks!!! Guess what, she went back to him, and you declared never again would you step foot in the husbands house, there was just too much bad blood etc, etc,etc. Well you might want to let them know what you declared to the whole world so that they will not put pictures of your happy times at dinner and "family functions" at their house on Facebook. You cannot be trusted with anything!!!!!
Wow. That felt really good....
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Post by freebird on Apr 15, 2016 14:20:12 GMT
They aren't YOUR girls! They are my girls! Mine! I birthed them. You didn't. Get over t please and stop saying it!!!! Ok. I'm finished. Add yours if you would like to! My cousin's husband refers to her adult children as his. Drives me nuts! On the other side of this: I hope whoever treats your daughters like gold and puts them first! On the other hand, every time I refer to my husband's grandkids as "my husband's granddaughter" or whatever, I get ripped a new one here. confusing.
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Post by rickmer on Apr 15, 2016 14:36:24 GMT
i made a mistake. i apologized in writing and in person. if someone cannot accept an apology and still continues to huff around the office, won't speak to me or even look me in the eye, i got nothing for you.
and honestly, i get you are ticked that i passed a lead in error to the other salesperson when it was your turn to be on call.... perhaps you should be busting HER ASS since she accepted the lead, called the person and booked an appointment when she KNEW she wasn't on call that day.
same person had me hauled into an office to "explain" why she got no leads while being on call the previous weekend. answer is simple, no leads came in. moron.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Apr 15, 2016 14:36:45 GMT
Last night DH and I went to a contractor's open house at a wholesaler's showroom (lighting, appliances, fixtures, etc.). It just so happened that we saw a vendor for Sub Zero there, and we asked him about our fridge which continues to show an error message even after the condenser unit has been vacuumed out. A new fridge like ours that same size would cost $8300!!! Yowza. For a refrigerator! This morning, the temperature inside the fridge was 48* and upon finding the manual, we discovered it is SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD. Which means it's safe to say it's probably on the way out. Thank goodness we have a secondary "beer fridge" in the garage that I transferred everything perishable into. It's unlikely that we'll buy another Sub Zero (which we weren't totally in love with anyway, it came with the house), but whatever we end up getting to replace it is probably still going to be pretty expensive. In the grand scheme of things it's not the end of the world, but it still kind of stinks to have to fork out a bunch of money for something like that especially at the time of year time when income and property taxes are coming due. Ouch.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2016 14:41:27 GMT
Last night DH and I went to a contractor's open house at a wholesaler's showroom (lighting, appliances, fixtures, etc.). It just so happened that we saw a vendor for Sub Zero there, and we asked him about our fridge which continues to show an error message even after the condenser unit has been vacuumed out. A new fridge like ours that same size would cost $8300!!! Yowza. For a refrigerator! This morning, the temperature inside the fridge was 48* and upon finding the manual, we discovered it is SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD. Which means it's safe to say it's probably on the way out. Thank goodness we have a secondary "beer fridge" in the garage that I transferred everything perishable into. It's unlikely that we'll buy another Sub Zero (which we weren't totally in love with anyway, it came with the house), but whatever we end up getting to replace it is probably still going to be pretty expensive. In the grand scheme of things it's not the end of the world, but it still kind of stinks to have to fork out a bunch of money for something like that especially at the time of year time when income and property taxes are coming due. Ouch. It should last forever. That is the reputation sub- zero has.
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Post by cath4k on Apr 15, 2016 15:01:34 GMT
The flu. I never get sick. I always fight things off in a day. I felt great for the first half of the day on Tuesday and was 103 by bedtime. I stayed 103 until this morning. I am feeling better this morning, but my ears really hurt. Plus, I feel like I blew out my diaphragm from all the dry coughing. At least my husband got back in town last night so he can now take care of the kids and me.
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Post by cakediva on Apr 15, 2016 15:27:25 GMT
To the dude driving behind me this morning:
I'm following another vehicle - with a fairly safe (read 1 car length at least) between us, through a SCHOOL ZONE.
The speed limit here is 40km/hour. We are maybe doing 45ish.
Riding MY ass will get you nowhere - what do you want me to do? Drive through the guy in front of me? It is a 2 lane road in a small community - no place for passing.
The only thing you are succeeding at is pissing me off - which encouraged me to keep driving 45ish all the way to the lights 3 blocks away from the school (even after the guy in front of me turned in to said school).
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Post by mellowyellow on Apr 15, 2016 15:55:30 GMT
For my MIL who forgot her own sons birthday yesterday, you suck! You forgot, you did not call and you still have not called. BUT.....you made damned sure you called him on his sisters birthday to REMIND him it was her birthday. For 25 years I have put up with this shit, this single mindedness, this all about the sister shit and I am telling you today that you better not answer your phone when I call you. DH will not tell you how it made him feel because he does not discuss feelings, but I know for me, it pissed me the *&^% off. You will tell anyone that will listen how much you love your grandchildren and how much time you want to spend with your ggrandchild, but you NEVER make an effort. Never! And you never have! My sons are grown and they know how you are. They know that they cannot count on you for a &*^%ing thing. And that sweet grandbaby you want to spend so much time with??? I have her every weekend and we have not seen you in at least 6 weeks. You live 6 miles from this house. 6 miles! BUTTTTTTTTT you will go 20 miles out of town to see the sister, and drive over an hour away to see the oldest brother and his drunken ass, but not here. And you know, I am so glad that I dont have to deal with you anymore than that. I have played nice for years because of my husband, your son. But when the only time you call is because you want something, need something or you want to beg for some sympathy for some *&^%ed up version of events that has played out in your head, I am calling BS on this. No more. I had my second back surgery on the 9th and we purposely did not tell her it was happening. You know why? Because she makes everything about her. She would have used my back surgery as her personal pulpit of "feel sorry for me", look at me shit. Anybody who has had any contact with me in the past year knows that I have been having back issues simply because it was something that could not be missed. A limp and the look of absolute misery is hard to miss. Did you even have a clue? No because you are too caught up in your own self to even notice anything around you. And the "sister".....At Christmas she left her POS husband because he was such a baaaaddddd person. We heard about it for weeks!!! Guess what, she went back to him, and you declared never again would you step foot in the husbands house, there was just too much bad blood etc, etc,etc. Well you might want to let them know what you declared to the whole world so that they will not put pictures of your happy times at dinner and "family functions" at their house on Facebook. You cannot be trusted with anything!!!!! Wow. That felt really good.... Oh man...do I ever relate to this!!!! My MIL is the same way! She makes everything about her. Our son just got engaged and she had to share it on her fb page before the kids even got a chance to post anything about it!!!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2016 15:57:58 GMT
They aren't YOUR girls! They are my girls! Mine! I birthed them. You didn't. Get over t please and stop saying it!!!! Ok. I'm finished. Add yours if you would like to! My cousin's husband refers to her adult children as his. Drives me nuts! On the other side of this: I hope whoever treats your daughters like gold and puts them first! So my husband can't refer to his stepsons as his sons? He loves them just as much as their Dad does. He is just as responsible, if not more, for their care and raising at this point. I hate that. If someone asks, he'll clarify that they are his stepsons but he never calls them that. I get that referring to stepchildren as your own can be confusing but does it really matter? As long as they are being treated fairly and equally, why can't a step parent call their step child theirs? Ex calls his stepdad "Dad" instead of by his first name. Took him about 15 years of him being married to his Mom for that to happen but all of the grandkids call him Papa and he calls them his grandchildren even though he has no biological relationship to any of them. That doesn't bother me at all. My boys are mine. I know I am their Mom. Ex has been with his girlfriend for 6 years now. They've been living together for almost 5 years. At this point, if she doesn't refer to them as her boys, I'd question her feelings for them.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2016 16:11:03 GMT
My cousin has only been married to this person for a few years. He has only met her ( 30 y/0)children once or twice. Referring to them as his is creepy, plus I really get a bad vibe from him. A really bad vibe. I wouldn't let my chickens near him bad vibe.
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Post by stargazer on Apr 15, 2016 16:36:05 GMT
My parents live with me & expect me to deal with anything that goes wrong for them health wise, which is fine. I have picked them up, cleaned them, helped them out of baths, advocated for them, fed them, visited them in hospital & cared for the one left at home, taken time off to go to appointments with them...you name it I've done it. But will they listen when I tell them they need to do what the doctor/consultant has told them? No! Will they listen when I say that they need to make an appointment to get something checked out? No!
My dad is diabetic. I noticed (when helping him out of the bath) that he has a boil type thing on his back & I told him he had to make an appointment to get it checked (if it sets up an infection he could get very sick, very fast). I told him 6 weeks ago. He disagreed & hasn't gone. This isn't the first time (both of them are just as bad)
He has been clearly unwell over the last week but I just haven't had the strength or the time to waste my breath telling him to get checked because I knew he wouldn't.
Which brings me to today & an emergency appointment resulting in a diagnosis of chest, throat & urine infections & major antibiotics. When I mentioned that I hadn't bothered since he ignored my advice about the boil I was told that that is now oozing but he didn't mention it at the appointment.
Give me strength.
I'm damned if I do & damned if I don't because I get the frustration of being ignored & having a row (I am now at the point where I just make the appointment for my mum but haven't got there - yet - with my dad) & then I get to deal with the consequences of them being ill.
Along with all this I have a husband (thankfully wonderful, supportive & amazing), 2 teenagers & a full time teaching job....It's a good thing I love them.
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Post by justkat on Apr 15, 2016 16:48:59 GMT
Dear Manda, I am happy you found "the one". It's great that you are in love. As your friend I am truly happy for you.
However....
You chose to get married at the courthouse. You chose to have only his brother there as a witness. So now that you have decided to throw a party, stop acting like a 20 year old virginal bride. This is not a wedding. You are already married. This is a vow renewal. Constantly acting all stressed out because you have sooooo much to do for your wedding is getting old with all your friends. Insisting on wearing a huge white wedding dress is ridiculous. Telling us you're writing your own vows because you're worried someone will object and not hold their peace is absurd:you're. already. married.
Yes we're your friends. But see the looks on our faces? That's the I'm getting a headache trying so hard not to sigh and roll my eyes look. You're renewing your vows, you've been married almost 7 years and you're 42 stop acting like you're 20 getting married for the first time ever.
Be excited, be happy...we're excited and happy for you. Just stop the nonsense bridezilla act because soon you're going to have a vow renewal with nobody but the bride and groom in attendance. sigh
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Post by luvnlifelady on Apr 15, 2016 16:52:36 GMT
I need to vent again. I am on official freak out mode. I got offered a second job that wants me to start Tuesday. I need to bone up on stuff for it though and work my other job today/tonight and have a big event tomorrow for it. Then a home appraisal to get ready for on Monday. WTH?? Could more stuff be happening at once? I better get the family to step up for this since it will help everyone in the long run. I am stressed out of my mind!
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Post by freebird on Apr 15, 2016 17:53:38 GMT
I have one!
Your priorities are really screwed up! I wish I could say more but I can't guarantee someone's not watching. Let's put it this way, they picked frivolous stuff over giving their kid a safe home and good quality food.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Apr 15, 2016 17:59:49 GMT
Last night DH and I went to a contractor's open house at a wholesaler's showroom (lighting, appliances, fixtures, etc.). It just so happened that we saw a vendor for Sub Zero there, and we asked him about our fridge which continues to show an error message even after the condenser unit has been vacuumed out. A new fridge like ours that same size would cost $8300!!! Yowza. For a refrigerator! This morning, the temperature inside the fridge was 48* and upon finding the manual, we discovered it is SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD. Which means it's safe to say it's probably on the way out. Thank goodness we have a secondary "beer fridge" in the garage that I transferred everything perishable into. It's unlikely that we'll buy another Sub Zero (which we weren't totally in love with anyway, it came with the house), but whatever we end up getting to replace it is probably still going to be pretty expensive. In the grand scheme of things it's not the end of the world, but it still kind of stinks to have to fork out a bunch of money for something like that especially at the time of year time when income and property taxes are coming due. Ouch. It should last forever. That is the reputation sub- zero has. DH called the service people today. For $160 they will come out and diagnose the problem (ok, we get that, we're in a service related business too). Might just need a freon recharge, might need something else so it could be anywhere from $200-1,000 to fix. The lady on the phone said the usual life expectancy for our fridge is 20-25 years, so it's not totally hopeless. DH said if it's less than $500 we'll fix it and hope it buys us enough time to save up some money to replace it a few years down the road. It's kind of like our Bosch dishwasher. I really WANT to love it, but I just don't. For how big this fridge is, it sure doesn't seem to hold all that much stuff. That's why we replaced the 2nd fridge in the garage to hold all the overflow whenever we want to entertain. Ugh. I'm just praying it's a relatively cheap fix for now.
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Post by christinec68 on Apr 15, 2016 19:01:46 GMT
I wish my cat had a mute button. She has this really long loud cry she does through out the day and night and it's killing me. I can't remember the last time I slept more that 4 hours in a row. I've taken her to the vet and is being treated for some chronic conditions but they don't see anything else wrong with her.
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Post by finaledition on Apr 15, 2016 19:27:31 GMT
School PTA in an upper middle class neighborhood. You asked for a donation at walk thru regustration, raised $40, 000 at a fun run, and $50,000++ at a big auction. Why the hell are just this week alone did you send home flyers for fundraisers at a restaraunt, Jamba Juice after school, fundraiser at Rockin' Jump, clothes donation for schoola, tickets to a baseball game,and a movie night with snacks available for purchase for you guessed it-a fundraiser. Seriously WTF, our kids "need" nothing. I'm about to opt out completely.
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Post by GiantsFan on Apr 15, 2016 20:46:00 GMT
DH, I took the afternoon off of work so we could leave early and miss traffic (we're going to an event tonight and don't want to be caught in Friday night traffic in the city). And as soon as I get home you go lay down to take a nap? Seriously? I could've worked and not wasted vacation time. Ugh!
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Post by scrappert on Apr 15, 2016 20:55:10 GMT
THIS IS THE LONGEST DAY EVER!!! Since it is finally nice out and a Friday and a payday, it seems like it has take a week to get to through this ONE DAY!!! I WANT TO GO HOME AND SIT OUTSIDE DAMMIT!
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Post by ladytrisha on Apr 15, 2016 21:04:46 GMT
I have a few: I wish just once my hubby would say he was wrong or sorry or take ownership of something. I am always the screw up/ the one who didn't listen and didn't think. Even when he has clearly done something wrong he won't admit it. I hate how after I have done wrong he won't let it go makes me feel like a small child but there is never any mention of his mistakes. I hate that we are in debt over something that is for him. I wish he would have listened to me and had waited another year to have all the money in place. I wish I would listen to my inner voice because I didn't I will probably deal with hubby's wrath/crankiness all weekend ugh what joy I can hardly wait.
My ex-SIL put up with all of that for 15 years. She finally woke up and divorced him. She should have done it sooner - now she pays him alimony AND child support even though the kids hate him and don't want to see him. But she has to pay because he has to keep his lifestyle up.
She said the worst thing she ever did was put up with his crap.
Hugs,
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Post by chaosisapony on Apr 15, 2016 21:09:05 GMT
Online stores, please stop having my items delivered to me on Fridays. I have all of my packages sent to my work since that is where I normally am, however I don't work on Fridays. Every single order I have placed in the last couple of months has been delivered on a Friday. Just stop. Grr.
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Post by canadianscrappergirl on Apr 15, 2016 21:31:54 GMT
I have a few: I wish just once my hubby would say he was wrong or sorry or take ownership of something. I am always the screw up/ the one who didn't listen and didn't think. Even when he has clearly done something wrong he won't admit it. I hate how after I have done wrong he won't let it go makes me feel like a small child but there is never any mention of his mistakes. I hate that we are in debt over something that is for him. I wish he would have listened to me and had waited another year to have all the money in place. I wish I would listen to my inner voice because I didn't I will probably deal with hubby's wrath/crankiness all weekend ugh what joy I can hardly wait.
My ex-SIL put up with all of that for 15 years. She finally woke up and divorced him. She should have done it sooner - now she pays him alimony AND child support even though the kids hate him and don't want to see him. But she has to pay because he has to keep his lifestyle up.
She said the worst thing she ever did was put up with his crap.
Hugs,
Thank you! I have been putting up with this for at least that long. My self worth and esteem is in the toilet. I have been unhappy for such a long time but I think most people who know me would not get that impression. I am just weary and I just want to be valued and appreciated and treated like I am the beginning and end for someone. I feel like my whole life is a lie, maybe it's a mid life crisis but I just want a new life.
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Post by rickmer on Apr 15, 2016 21:44:37 GMT
Riding MY ass will get you nowhere - what do you want me to do? Drive through the guy in front of me? It is a 2 lane road in a small community - no place for passing. i drive slower when people do that to me. it's kinda amusing to watch them LOSE THEIR MIND swearing and cursing at me when i occasionally glance in my rear view mirror.
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