dev
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Post by dev on Apr 15, 2016 23:48:47 GMT
Hubby and I book 3 nights away at a couples resort to relax after a busy home show season and before our spring season start. He hurts his back in the hot tub (not sure how, I was still sleeping) the first morning and spent the 3 days in bed. Good thing we had Netflix and room service.
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edie3
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Post by edie3 on Apr 16, 2016 0:10:32 GMT
Someone was doing that to me the other day, I was going as fast as the car in front of me. I have a smaller car, the tailgator was in a SUV. It is a real shame that my windowshield was covered in pollen and needed to clean it at that exact moment.
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Post by vspindler on Apr 16, 2016 0:20:45 GMT
1) just because you are done with your work doesn't mean I am. I will get my stuff done, and I don't need you to micromanage because you have nothing better to do.
2) friend, I love you but you need to frigging stop already with the know it all attitude. I am about ready to tell you to stick it the next time you get preachy. I doubt you have noticed that my return texts stop when that happens.
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Post by scrapqueen01 on Apr 16, 2016 1:19:21 GMT
The drive-thru is not the time nor the place to decide to socialize with the person at the window. For the love of all things holy go inside and do that.
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Post by Baseballmom23 on Apr 16, 2016 4:27:58 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!!!  Ditto here....describes my MIL behavior too |
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Post by mikklynn on Apr 16, 2016 15:03:58 GMT
Another selfish MIL vent...
DH had a heart attack 3 weeks ago. I called his mother or had DD call her twice daily while he was in ICU and until he came home. She has not called him once.
She only calls when she wants something.
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Post by gryroagain on Apr 16, 2016 15:24:34 GMT
Mine is my giant diva of a dog, who lived on a chain for a literal decade. He hates the rain, and has to be drug out the door (and he weighs more than me!) to go for a walk to poo. Because he refuses to poo in his own yard- no way, that is gross! But- rain! His paws get wet! The horror! He huddles beneath the umbrella, poos as fast as possible and about breaks your arm trying to get back to the house.
Dude. You are a Great Pyrenees. Meant to guard sheep in the Pyrenees mountains, where I am pretty sure they have rain.
I tell him all this but he remains stubbornly unconvinced. He even has boots. It's so embarrassing.
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StephDRebel
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Post by StephDRebel on Apr 16, 2016 15:45:12 GMT
To the state trooper that pulled me over last night.
Can you just give me the real reason you pulled me over?
'i clocked you doing 65 in a 55'
Really? Because I had the cruise control set and it's usually pretty reliable. Are you sure it wasn't 57 because I can pull up my trip history'
'well you swerved as I approached you going the opposite way'
I swerved because you were on the middle line and jerked towards me. I though you were a local drunk, and I wasn't trying to die. You would have hit me if I didn't move.
'well you seem jittery'
I thought I barely missed hitting a drunk head on and then you whipped around and tailed me for 4 miles. You are the only one who knew you weren't a drunk psycho, I'm a little shaken up right now.
'Where are you heading?'
Home
'Where are you coming from?'
Work. I teach women about their sexual health in a party setting for pure romance
'what's in the boxes in the back?'
Vibrators
...as the phone rings and auto answers on Bluetooth and my husband voice starts... 'hey babe, be careful, I just passed a state trooper that was riding the middle line. I thought he was a drunk heading home from the bar but apparently he's just a terrible driver'
'I'm going to need to call you back in a sec'
He ended up giving me a verbal warning to put a front license plate on but have mercy. 12:30am is not the time and dark country roads aren't the place.
Just do your job, and your job isn't to scare and harass people with your crappy driving.
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Post by wellway on Apr 16, 2016 15:56:35 GMT
Mine is my giant diva of a dog, who lived on a chain for a literal decade. He hates the rain, and has to be drug out the door (and he weighs more than me!) to go for a walk to poo. Because he refuses to poo in his own yard- no way, that is gross! But- rain! His paws get wet! The horror! He huddles beneath the umbrella, poos as fast as possible and about breaks your arm trying to get back to the house. Dude. You are a Great Pyrenees. Meant to guard sheep in the Pyrenees mountains, where I am pretty sure they have rain. I tell him all this but he remains stubbornly unconvinced. He even has boots. It's so embarrassing. So cute, we need pictures of Olaf and his boots! My dog will go the the back door, sniff the air and if it's raining will back track and go back to the comfort of the sofa. |
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StephDRebel
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Post by StephDRebel on Apr 16, 2016 16:04:51 GMT
Mine is my giant diva of a dog, who lived on a chain for a literal decade. He hates the rain, and has to be drug out the door (and he weighs more than me!) to go for a walk to poo. Because he refuses to poo in his own yard- no way, that is gross! But- rain! His paws get wet! The horror! He huddles beneath the umbrella, poos as fast as possible and about breaks your arm trying to get back to the house. Dude. You are a Great Pyrenees. Meant to guard sheep in the Pyrenees mountains, where I am pretty sure they have rain. I tell him all this but he remains stubbornly unconvinced. He even has boots. It's so embarrassing. So cute, we need pictures of Olaf and his boots! My dog will go the the back door, sniff the air and if it's raining will back track and go back to the comfort of the sofa. Oh my gosh. This is my pit bull. She laid on the grass Tuesday and refused to move for 90 minutes. I finally had to wedge a towel under her and use it to pull her across the yard (like 100 yards) because I had to go inside before I peed myself. I was trying to figure out if she had somehow gone paralyzed while we were out there because she was on her back with all four legs straight up and wouldn't sou anything but let me roll her from side to side. We get to the sidewalk and she jumps up and pranced in the house. She just didn't feel like walking in the grass. Smh |
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Post by luvnlifelady on Apr 16, 2016 16:17:20 GMT
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. I understand all too well. There have been some instances lately where I really needed DH to step up. Unfortunately, he hasn't. The handwriting is on the wall but I can't make my move yet. Just biding my time until I can. Luckily I keep pretty busy but when I have time to think about it, I get pretty pissed off. Sorry you are in a similar situation. |
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Post by AgnesDeux on Apr 16, 2016 17:40:07 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.... Are you living my life? It's all the same except I have a daughter and a son, not two sons. Wow. |
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smginaz Suzy
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Post by smginaz Suzy on Apr 16, 2016 18:01:23 GMT
Here's the thing. Your dad left your mom to marry his secretary. At the time, your mom had 5 kids to raise, including 3 year old twins, and he pretty much deserted her. My dad met your mom a few years later and married her, and they were married for 38 years before she suddenly passed away. I understand that you hate my dad, which is actually not unreasonable since he is a jerk. But your mom and my dad were actually pretty happy together, a mystery to all of us as to how that could be. But it was. So when you post on your FB feed in remembrance of your cheating father "dancing in heaven with your mother," I just can't. Especially when you also talk endlessly about your dad and how wonderful your stepmother was. I have to wonder in this scenario where your mom is with your dad, did you kick your beloved stepmother to the curb? Or is your version of heaven one where your dad gets the wife and the mistress too?
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Post by mom2rjcr on Apr 16, 2016 19:38:20 GMT
Lupus! My lupus loves to attack the joints in my feet and today I am in agony. I am too young to be crippled! I had plans for today, but now I am spending my entire day on the couch waiting for my pain meds to kick in. Living with chronic pain sucks and it is certainly not how I planned to live my life. I can't take anti-inflamatories because I had bariatric surgery, so not much over the counter stuff helps. I know that part of today's pain is my fault because I decided to wear cute sandals this week...tennis shoes just don't work with all of my outfits. Which leads me to my second vent....why do shoes that are supportive, comfortable, and cute have to cost so darn much! I am a teacher and I am on my feet a lot. I am so frustrated with shoes!
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Post by slowrunner70 on Apr 16, 2016 21:50:02 GMT
My SIL.
Ever since my MIL passed away rather suddenly in January, she has been nothing but a disappointment.
Now that her father needs her the most,she just doesn't step up.
Not that she's been there before. Everything is always about her.
But for the last three months, my husband has been there for his father every step of the way.
We're over there every weekend.
My SIL,on the other hand,always cancels. Or just doesn't show up.
She is the most selfish and irresponsible person I know.
Hard to believe she is 50 years old.
It's just one thing after the other.
She was supposed to bring beverages to the wake at the funeral home. My husband and I took care of everything else (food etc).
She shows up emtpy handed.
Her "excuse"? "I just thought....screw it"
So I drove around looking for a store to buy beverages from.
On Easter sunday,she said she would bring a potato dish.
Once again,she shows up empty handed.
"I'm poor.I can't afford potatoes."
Really?
Why don't you let us know ahead of time,so we can make other arrangements?
It's hard not to judge when you then talk about buying two Samsung Gear VR's.
I could write a book about this.
It may sound petty and small,but there are just so many things....and it all adds up!
Thanks for letting me vent!
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Post by sues on Apr 17, 2016 0:47:24 GMT
Mine is very ridiculous compared to everyone else's vent. I know it. But still...here I sit, ready to vent.
I had a little in-office surgery last week. My incision is on my rib cage- right below my bra band. It's less than 3"-ish, 9 stitches...and it itches so much I could scratch my skin off. Seriously. I'm losing my mind. It's not just the incision- I had a reaction to the adhesive in the bandages too. So it started itching almost immediately- before the 'it itches because it's healing' stuff should have started. I switched bandages, tried gauze with different kinds of tape. I tried sleeping without a bandage, to give my skin a break. Still itches. I'm taking anti-histamine, I'm icing it, I'm trying not to scratch- but still...sometimes I just HAVE TO. I look like a chimpanzee at the zoo- and the more I try to gently scratch/rub/pat, the worse it gets.
Stitches come out Tuesday. I'm hoping the Dr. will give me something. Dear God, I'll lose my mind if he doesn't.
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Post by freecharlie on Apr 17, 2016 0:51:24 GMT
Dear DH,
You have three freaking days off a week. Why is it that I not only accomplish more around the house on my two days off, but I also get he kids where they need to be and help them?
Honestly, why do I have to ask you to clean something? Can't you look at it, think, "Wow, this needs cleaning," and then do it?
Signed,
The wife who is sick of doing it all.
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Post by epeanymous on Apr 17, 2016 0:55:10 GMT
Bernie people and Hillary people, Facebook does not actually keep track of how often you post and declare a winner in the election based on your frequency or vehemency in posting. True story.
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Post by refugeepea on Apr 17, 2016 0:59:23 GMT
How does my son manage to go grocery shopping with me to 2 stores and have 1 minor issue? The child waited until we paid for Oreos! It was a miracle. We go to a low key wedding reception and it is not loud or crowded. He loses his ever loving mind after 10 minutes.  I can handle the stares but it was too much today; it was close friends and family. |
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lesley
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Post by lesley on Apr 17, 2016 1:11:32 GMT
I want to vent at myself. I was in the vicinity of IKEA this afternoon, and decided to look for a lampshade for my living room. I found the perfect one, but couldn't bear to join the massive queues. It was a Saturday afternoon, what the hell else was I expecting? So I left the lampshade in the bins by the checkout and walked out. And now I'm kicking myself, because IKEA is a 40-minute drive away, and if I want the lampshade, I'll need to drive all the way back, wasting time and petrol.  |
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Post by freecharlie on Apr 17, 2016 1:12:27 GMT
Bernie people and Hillary people, Facebook does not actually keep track of how often you post and declare a winner in the election based on your frequency or vehemency in posting. True story. I think we can expand this to all of the canidates. My FIL is constantly posting Trump, my cousin Bernie... |
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Post by freecharlie on Apr 17, 2016 1:13:46 GMT
How does my son manage to go grocery shopping with me to 2 stores and have 1 minor issue? The child waited until we paid for Oreos! It was a miracle. We go to a low key wedding reception and it is not loud or crowded. He loses his ever loving mind after 10 minutes. I can handle the stares but it was too much today; it was close friends and family. If they are close friends and family they aren't going to judge. |
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Post by refugeepea on Apr 17, 2016 1:48:28 GMT
How does my son manage to go grocery shopping with me to 2 stores and have 1 minor issue? The child waited until we paid for Oreos! It was a miracle. We go to a low key wedding reception and it is not loud or crowded. He loses his ever loving mind after 10 minutes. I can handle the stares but it was too much today; it was close friends and family. If they are close friends and family they aren't going to judge. It's not the judging. It's the pity looks. |
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Post by freecharlie on Apr 17, 2016 1:51:30 GMT
If they are close friends and family they aren't going to judge. It's not the judging. It's the pity looks. I can see where that sucks. Are they close enough to tell them to knock it the hell off? |
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Post by refugeepea on Apr 17, 2016 1:57:29 GMT
It's not the judging. It's the pity looks. I can see where that sucks. Are they close enough to tell them to knock it the hell off? No, they mean well. Then there were the kids that were alarmed. I promise I hauled him out of there as fast as I could.  |
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Post by quinmm14 on Apr 17, 2016 2:38:47 GMT
I'm so tired of only being able to breathe out of one nostril at a time for the last week. I hate when all this shit starts blooming and allergies kick in. I feel like a crack head looking for my fix when I misplace the nose spray.
And at bedtime? I'm thisclose to turning into a full on mouth breather. Damn.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Apr 17, 2016 2:44:01 GMT
My back has been hurting for about a month now. It is better than it was-I couldn't get out of bed without a lot of pain. Now it just aches but it's a painful ache. My Dr. gave me Celebrex and it's great. I just have to remember to take the pills.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2016 20:22:54 GMT
The neighbor has a golden retriever and a a very muscular boxer mix. Neither wear a collar.
Well boxer has discovered we have free range fowl. Yesterday he attacked the cage the chicks were in. The owner of dog had no way to pull him off and ended up beating him with a stick until she could get a hold of him.
Houston, we have have problem! Neighbor you need to contain your dogs! They know where the chicks are and won't stop until they get them They need collars so you can control them. Wtf you would not have had to beat dog if you could have leased him!
I am thinking that this neighbor is not going to be a friend.
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Kerri W
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Post by Kerri W on Apr 17, 2016 20:49:23 GMT
Church busybodies...they EARN the name, darn it!
I am the chairperson for the hospitality committee. I have made the choice when somebody can't fulfill their obligation due to scheduling changes, etc that I will do it for them. It inconveniences NOBODY and I don't mind doing it. I enjoy serving and this is an easy way for me to do it.
I send the schedule out two months at a time to 25+ people, it's published in the monthly newsletter and in the weekly bulletin. Well Miss R moved a week after the schedule went out. No problemo...I got it! I've brought snacks the times Miss R was supposed to and was happy to do it.
I have had four ladies approach me and explain very slowly as if I didn't speak English that I needed to fix the schedule and send it out again. Three of those ladies aren't even ON the hospitality committee. People--NO! I'm not going to do a new schedule every time somebody can't bring something. It happens 3-4 times a month and I AM FINE BRINGING IT FOR THEM. Butt out!
Did I mention that I've been doing the schedule for the last three or four years?! I've got it handled. I'm not sure why this is such a topic of interest all of a sudden but it's getting really old.
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Post by garcia5050 on Apr 17, 2016 20:55:12 GMT
Hey SIL, maybe when you plan potluck type get togethers, maybe you should distribute the list a bit more evenly:
SIL #1: rice
SIL #2: potato salad
SIL #3: fruit
BIL: all the drinks including Beer and hard liquor
My DH: 10 pounds of carne asada
It's ALWAYS like this. But I feel it's up to my DH to speak up, so I bite my tongue.
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I can handle the stares but it was too much today; it was close friends and family.
