I guess Covid is to blame plus age, but husband has lost his damned sense of taste! And I’m sick to death of finding and shopping for and making dishes I think he’d like. I talked to him about it and told him he needs to decide on what we are going to eat. AND, if he’s eating it and it doesn’t thrill him, TELL me nicely and don’t sit there and make his “face” when something is disagreeable for him. @@ I’m just tired of it and it’s vaguely depressing. I have saved tons of recipes online and I’m going to go through them and ditch the ones that are obvious. This is a man who will eat NO Asian food, only certain American-Mexican food, no Indian food, etc. I will not even try to coax him in the future. And that’s okay. I am not an adventurous eater either.
A friend and I were talking yesterday about how old men become so curmudgeonly. She said her husband did, too. He is now deceased. But it’s like everything has to be husband’s way. And no matter what I say, he has various ways of pushing back every. single. time. When something is important enough, I have to really get him to listen, focus and get what I’m saying. Also, he is so freaking ADD and it is just out of control in retirement. The bloom is off the rose of our marriage. He would never physically harm me, don’t worry. But I could go on and on and on. I’m sure you’re thankful that I don’t.
I think it’s safe to say that most of us can related to getting disappointing admissions results. I would have a lot more sympathy if the sharing of the sad news wasn’t followed with bashing the school and the students who were admitted.
Cheers to the parents participating in the class of '24 thread who seem to be weathering this cycle with humor and grace.
I get that you are still upset about flagship WL and think it is unfair. But you admit the scores were not in range(TO), you said the kid was sick of the difficult grind of that intense public magnet, and the teachers encouraged a “different” math path for kid 2 yrs ago. In that school, DE Calculus as a senior is “level 3” of 5 math paths. Math level DOES matter, especially for STEM. The HS told you the flagship was a reach for a reason. 4.2 W is average at that school. The flagship only admits from the top 1/4 of rigor there. Two colleagues tried to warn you. The HS warned you. And now you don’t want to pay for one of the OOS flagships or privates kid got accepted to? After letting the kid apply to so many and not stating you would not pay, because you assumed the instate flagship was basically guaranteed?
I am beginning to think the mail carrier has it out for me! Why is it when Informed Delivery shows time sensitive or important mail pieces for me that these are the days you decide not to deliver our complex’s mail? When it is addressed with the carrier directly the same week, or the post office, we get one excuse after another-the weather was forecasted to be windy, our carrier was out, she ran of of time to delivery, etc…
What happened with, “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds”
If you or your kid doesn’t get into their #1 dream school, don’t be a horse’s butt and say stupid stuff like the reason you/your kid didn’t get in is because 1st gen/low income/minority group students were given priority over you/your kid.
The only thing you achieve with that is demonstrating that:
you are a sore loser
you have a huge chip on your shoulder
you are ignorant & prejudiced
you’re not a very nice person
A college doesn’t OWE YOU an acceptance just because you get a certain GPA & test score. STOP acting so entitled. You have NO IDEA what sort of stuff some of those students who DID get in went through in other areas of their lives OTHER than GPA & test scores.
Try to exercise a little bit of humility. It would do you some good.
Holy cow … it was 73 here in the Midwest today. It was sunny & awesome, and we spent the day playing outside with our GD. But it should NOT be this warm in February. It’s 68 now, and in 24 hours the feels-like will be 9. So thunderstorms are on their way tonight.
It is really oxymoronic to install a door security system that requires a smart phone with a particular app at a 55+ housing community.
I had to talk my mother through how to download the app, log in, and use the app.
Mom :”it says password.”
Me:”type your email address.”
Mom: “do I enter my email password.”
Me: “no, the app’s pw.”
Mom: “ok, I see those 3 buttons.”
Me “tap the last button to open the door.”
Mom: “do I push or swipe.”
You have never lived until you have talked your 86 year old mom through on how to use an app to open her building’s front door.
Oh, that was a short version and were all done in Chinese. I was in the office and few people tried to come in while I was talking to my mom and I had to tell them to stay out.
Kitchen remodel is real!! I AM SO EXCITED AND YET feel guilty about all the bad in the world, and here I am gawking at drawer pulls. Life has been so so good to us. (And happy rare disease day, too)
I was just thinking this morning if I wanted to splurge on something with my Costco Citi cash back that arrived today. Unfortunately my mouth had other ideas as a crown just broke. Guess that money and a good bit more will be spent on a new crown. Just hoping I don’t have any sensitivity as they can’t see me until Monday as Friday is a half day for this office. They promised to call if they had a cancellation.
Granddaughter just got into a school her parents applied to. Before anyone gets too excited, she is only 3 and it is for a pre school, but she is now set for K-12. She doesn’t need to get tested, write essays or interviewed until she applies for college.
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Just hoping I don’t have any sensitivity as they can’t see me until Monday as Friday is a half day for this office. They promised to call if they had a cancellation.