My vacuum cleaner spews dust. Now my washing machine pumps out rusty colored water that forced me to make an emergency run to Home Depot for a powder to get the stains out. This was a really rotten housecleaning day.
One sentence that makes me both incredibly happy and incredibly sad all at once.
It’s a bit patronizing and unjust on your part as a parent to continuously tell your child to “turn the other cheek” and "be forgiving when it’s blitheringly obvious the instigation and continuing escalation of the conflict is 100% on the spouse…and for exceedingly stupid reasons on the spouse’s part.
This way of conflict resolution didn’t work for Neville Chamberlain and it certainly won’t work for your child…unless your goal is to compel your child to continue being a doormat.
You know why I’m not talking to you anymore. Don’t ask me to justify your lies.
But yeah, it hurts, and I miss you. I hate that.
I only met you a few times but was so sad to hear of your sudden passing which has so devastated your family and my dear friends who were welcomed so warmly by you when marriage made them part of your family. And hearing of a much loved and apparently healthy 54 year old going to bed on a Saturday and just not waking up really made me think. I keep putting things off because the time (or money) is not right. I need to seriously rethink that.
A visit from adorable 5-year old twin girls was just what I needed to get out of my self-indulgent pity party. Love you, K&M!!
Mom, I don’t know why I bother talking to you at all about the process of finding a college for S18. You are so judgmental and opinionated about the process, and you don’t even know what you’re talking about. First of all, USNWR ratings are not the best measure of a university. And even if it was … Yes, he has a better GPA, a better ACT and a better class rank than I did when I graduated HS, but a lot has changed in 35 years. It is much tougher to get into top 20 USNWR schools now, and his stats are average (and unless the ACT comes up another point or two this time around, maybe even low average) compared to the candidate pools for those schools. So he may not even get into a top 20 USNWR school. And even if he did get into one of those schools, we may not be able to afford to send him. The fact that you and dad “sent 3 kids to a top 20 USNWR school with $50K of income” does not mean that we can do it just because we make more money than you did 35 years ago. The same school that cost $35-$40K in the 1990s now costs $65K-$70K; DS is not going to get need-based aid like I did; and merit-based aid is getting harder and harder to come by, especially when the student in question is average compared to the rest of the applicant pool. It is not your right to be “so disappointed” if he “ends up” at our in-state flagship. You may think that the in-state flagship is for “ordinary students” and “will take warm bodies,” but that just isn’t true. The middle 50% of students there averaged a 28 ACT… And, that is part of what makes it affordable - since he’s on the higher end of stats there, he might actually get some merit aid. It is not a bad school just because it is large and has “State University” in the title. So please, just keep your opinions to yourself, and try not to rain on his parade when announces his college decision in another year or so.
This is getting really scary.
Standing up to bullies takes courage. I’m very proud of you.
Be courageous or be complicit!
Back to square one, only with even less mobility.
Not that you understand.
I sat in with her at the appointment, I went to pick up the outrageously priced prescription, yet when I call the dr looking for a cheaper alternative I am told to call the insurance company and could not even get the name of the drug from the dr. Now I have to return to the drug store. She is under my health insurance for which I pay 25K a yr and it’s no - frills. This system is the worst.
I am sitting here just shaking my head at what has happened.
This is my worst nightmare come true… :((
They were so excited thinking they’d found just the right house. Imagine their surprise when, after writing a full-price, you suddenly decide you can probably get more. Don’t be a %*#!
May God bless you. May God keep you. May God love you.
I found out today that a co-worker’s wife was visiting her parents in another country and is now stuck there indefinitely. He is not happy. After working for the US Army for years he was granted a green card and is now a citizen, but his wife was not. I wish I had words of encouragement for him.
Note to self: proofread before posting. Arrrgh.
I wish my mom did not always choose to vacuum at midnight (all other hours prior to my slumber time were viable options).
Why do lawsuit filings make news? All it is is a few pieces of papers and a filing fee. It could be and often is completely without merit, yet the piece of paper and the filing fee make headlines.
Family can make you want to tear your hair out. But sometimes, family is exactly what you need. Thank you, nephew for marrying the lovely, smart young woman who took to my daughter like honey on toast. It’s an enormous comfort for an older parent with an only child.