A very dear young friend has been hospitalized for depression. I was asked not to talk about it but I am very sad. It’s not just me. There’s been a domino effect of grief. I hope our friend responds quickly to treatment and the family receives all the comfort they need.
Dear auntie–you lived a long and full life, up until you had a stroke and were trapped in your body the last few years of your life. I’m sure you’re smiling down on all of us and enjoyed your celebration of life just after you would have turned 101 years old. You were everyone’s favorite auntie!
Who do you tell when there is no one who will listen (or if they will listen, you know they won’t act)? We can’t save you folk from yourselves. This is frustrating, sad, and wrong.
What in the heck was I thinking to schedule three trips in two weeks?
I-) I-)
My delinquent payment list is WAY too long. People, you borrowed the dang loans … you need to repay them. Spend a little time setting up an income driven repayment plan, and don’t ignore the requests to submit your annual documentation. Time to man- or woman-up and deal with life like a big person. Oh, and don’t ignore me when I contact you to try to help you get back on track.
Well, United, unbelievably, you have now paid us a total of $1000 in 6 e-certificates for making our 4 legs of flying with you recently unpleasant. I get that it’s cheaper to just pay off the squeaky wheels than to actually improve flight experiences for folks, but could you please at least TRY to improve flight experiences for all of us? It would really mean a whole lot to those of us who have no choice for getting from one place to another but to fly.
I heard something recently that makes sense, you really DON’T want those of us who aren’t in 100% perfect health with a generous business account to be flying so you do NOTHING to help make it more pleasant. A friend who escorts aging veterans on honor flights has confirmed this, that it is excruciating to try to get them the service they deserve on their flights as well.
Guess what? There are a LOT more of us who aren’t 100% healthy flying than your target group, so you may wish to rethink your strategy and approach. 
Generally speaking “like” and “helpful” counts don’t mean much to me. But over the last several days, they’ve really made me feel supported. So thanks, this really is a caring community.
I am trying to be very cool on the outside about my D’s MBA application process. But in reality I am so nervous for her.
I got a forwarded text from a relative that my dad stopped chemo and isn’t doing well.
I don’t know how to feel or what to do. He left my family when I was a kid, did inappropriate and even dangerous things before he left, and never supported us after. I don’t remember one time in my almost fifty years that he ever called to ask how I was. My attempts at reconciliation never made a difference.
I just don’t want to regret not doing anything.
After all these years, I don’t feel safe traveling alone to see him and I don’t think I’d want my girls in his presence. It would be nice to have him say “I’m sorry” but I know that will never happen. Years ago, I told him I forgave him for my own sake and for his, but there was never an “I’m sorry.”
48 hours before departure for a 3 week trip:
Me: dang it, how do you pack so fast and so easily?
Him: stop worrying and over thinking things, you just don’t need that much
Me: BTW - did you pack a hat?
Him: um …no…would your write it on my list? (We have about 25 hats in varying degrees of cost and ugliness because he never remembers a hat)
Me: Did you pack your toothbrush charger?
Him: um, no…are your bringing one?
Me: Did you pack your rash guard
Him: um, no…could you put it on my list
Fast forward to trip…
Him: did you bring tweezers, ibuprofen, throat lozenges, sun screen, phone charger, a small size toothpaste for the to use for snorkel mask defogging, a back pack to bring snorkel stuff, Woolite to wash out stuff, cash, a watch, electrical plug converters etc.
Me: oh goodness, yes I did…sorry I keep over thinking things.
Love him to the moon and back…
28 years and going strong
Holy crap, UNT is PAYING me to come to their graduate preview! I MUST go!
Happy dance … DS interviewed for the job he really wants for summer '18 and got an offer right away! (college junior) So glad he can have that to look forward to while he’s taking hard engineering classes, and it’s one thing less to worry or wonder about.
Oops, read I can’t respond to the posts, so I’ll PM my response instead!
For something to say…I miss you so much. It’s only been two weeks since your passing, and it is still so hard. Is there something I could have seen earlier to prevent your illness? I had no idea until it was too late, I thought I was getting you the best care possible. At least I’m not crying every five minutes, I’m up to once every two hours or so. But I realize how quiet this house is without you, as apparently you were the one doing all the barking. :o3
I will never get another dog, I can never go through this again.
Went to a snazzy Italian restaurant and brought home some pasta for son
Me: so how do you like it? It’s really good, huh?
Son: (grunts something) as he eats…yours is better
Me: wow, such a great compliment from you!
Son: not really because it isn’t that great 
Dear CC, I have a hundred things to do trying to get prepared for my child’s out of town surgery in 8 days and to try and support her as she tries to finish applications before she is out of pocket for 2 months. So why, oh why, did you just make me lose 2 hours of my life reading this thread?
Dear Self, Go to bed and stop letting yourself get distracted by this thread even though many of the posts strike a thread!
Are there really parents who pressure their underage, high school kids to start drinking alcohol?
I really want to go back in time and leave my parents. Go wherever else but there. Hell I would of been in a better situation if I was on the street or in a ditch alone because then at least I wouldn’t have been verbally abused and left with all these goddammed scars I somehow need to shift through. My dad is a toxic parent. My mom is a toxic parent. Our life surrounded by my dad’s emotional state and my mom’s permissiveness. She told me many things that happened that would of helped me after the fact. My dad just hounded and made me mentally his own punching bag. Every time I talked to him I felt exhausted and like whatever problems he had were somehow my fault.
Even after I left my dad said I was using to much data even though he just added more data to my account he called me the problem.
First tiem making slow raost stuffed with turkey spam, cheese, and bacon!!
Hope its’ not dry…
I understand parents being proud of their children and wanting bragging rights. I do. I’m a parent myself. What I don’t understand is that you brag about your child being in a 13-14 age sports league when your child is 13. Yes, he could have played in the 11-12 year old league for 6 more months, but at that point he would have been disqualified because of age. Your child is playing with other 13-14 year old kids! Why are you so proud that he is playing with kids his age? Saying he’s playing with the “big boys” makes you sound ridiculous. Your child is not special, he’s average. Get over it.
Co-worker’s daughter is applying to Ivy. I don’t wanna burst her bubble because it’s a reach for everyone. Trying to share their excitment around SCEA/ED, but am worried student will get her heart broken. First time parents…you just don’t realize how competitive it is.