I am not a difficult person. I really am not. But when you call me on Tuesday and tell me what is wrong with the son’s car and you give me a price, I expect that to be the price when you call me on Friday that it is ready and make no mention ever, that the number you gave me is not what you expect me to pay. I do not expect my bill to be a $300 more surprise. You quoted me a number and that is what the cost should be. If it is not, then you call me back and tell me why it is more.
This trip I am planning to try and get my 83 yr old mom to see her 90 year old sister is slowly turning into a disaster. No cousin, I don’t really want to pay $120/night for ME to stay at an assisted living place when I’m on a trip to California and when you previously told me I could stay at your house! I really want to do this for mom but I’m fearful it is going to turn into an expensive venture…
I learned something valuable about myself yesterday…I am not a mountain biker and was in no way prepared for that ride. I will take the road and stick with my other bike. Ouch X 10 
Dear Marquette, You have not been chosen yet. Please hold off of the fundraising letters.
Mom
It is so frustrating to see on CC that many parents try their best to put down Ivy League and other elite schools while they went there themselves or are bragging their kids are studying there.
So, we lost my SIL to cancer in June. Mother-in-law tells me that BIL now “has a girlfriend.” ugh. ugh. ugh. ugh. ugh. I don’t want to be the one to tell this to my hubby. But, I can just hear MIL, “I told Bookmom he was dating.” ugh.
Please let him get a fall co-op. Fingers crossed.
It just hit me today that I have 15 more weeks that I will be living with my parents. 15 more lazy Saturday mornings, 15 more Sunday masses together, 15 more times I get to say, “Oh my goodness mom, it is finally Friday.”
This is about 100 days.
5 days a week I am at school and work all day from 8am to 8pm (minus 75 days).
That leaves 25 days all together: less than a month. Most of which my time is spent studying, or away.
How many hours with them do I really have left? When did I grow up?
This isn’t a venting but I still can’t really say it directly so I’ll say it here since I know there are some here on CC.
Dear nurses (and other medical “helpers”): You are awesome and I cannot thank you all enough. From the tech who manages to get hard veins on one poke to the nurses who are running around like chickens with their heads cut off yet still have time to come and bring an extra blanket or make sure that you’re comfortable.
A special shout out to those who work the 12 hour shifts in the ER. I don’t know how you do it, but you make our stays bearable.
Here’s just a big thank you because I don’t think you can ever hear it enough.
To the B**** in Neiman Marcus: Don’t you fat shame my puppy! …or any other animal/person. She is NOT fat. Perhaps a tad plumplsh…but that is not the point. Perhaps you were/are jealous that my puppy was garnering so much attention. But that is not the point (forgive me Freud)…I hope that you don’t have children…or a husband…or dogs…And yes, my puppy is adorable and loving. Not you…B
When you have a class of four students you really should try to treat them somewhat equally. It just seems a bit nasty when you had us all sign a birthday card in October for one student, another today, and completely ignored mine last week (which you knew about because the office staff sent out a reminder).
I’m a big girl. I can live without a card. But seriously, in a course which deals with our motives and attitudes and emotions and behavior? Perhaps you should examine your own.
If you and he are not able to have a productive conversation, stop getting mad at me for being able to do it. You may have expectations on how you want to be treated, but stop expecting us to meet your expectations of how other people treat each other. You’re the one who has lost out in this family dynamic. But your family has always been good at holding decade long grudges.
There should be at least a 24 hour moratorium on not being able to post television spoilers on Facebook after a show airs.
(I try to avoid and scroll but when you post important content in your six word post it’s hard to not see while scrolling!)
I am so proud that I’m busting my buttons. Way to go!!
Can his day get better? Please?
Well this just royally sucks. Out of 50 Co-op recruiters none is recruiting chem. E foreign students?
At age 64 I have been banned from an internet forum by a “Mean Girl”! (not CC) On some level I guess that’s pretty notable!
I know it’s the Internet but it still feels like family. When one of the family hasn’t checked in in a couple of days, I’m sad.
You are missed.
NO please don’t make it be starting again - maybe we can nip it in the bud - maybe a simple adjustment will be all it takes
You kept me awake at night when you were a baby. Now that you are a young adult I am awake at night while you sleep. Does the worry ever end?