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Merusk
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Oh lord, Lant, you're going to go insane. My mom hasn't ever had to leave the "take care of someone" mode. 4 kids, then grand kids once the last one of us left High School, then Dad having cancer means she's spent 40 years 'mothering.'
Now that she doesn't have to it's driving us all crazy.. and fat. Oh so much food.
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Sky
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I love my TV an' hug my TV an' call it 'George'.
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I constructed my bed after deconstructing the best bed I ever slept in at a b&b. Downside? Hotel beds are like sleeping on a pallet bed.
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Pennilenko
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You guys are lucky. My mother basically told me and my sisters that we were responsible for ruining her life and her future. After we stopped talking to her, she found husband number 11 somewhere in the middle of the country. She posts regularly on social networking talking about how much better her new life is compared to her old life.
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"See? All of you are unique. And special. Like fucking snowflakes." -- Signe
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Paelos
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You guys are lucky. My mother basically told me and my sisters that we were responsible for ruining her life and her future. After we stopped talking to her, she found husband number 11 somewhere in the middle of the country. She posts regularly on social networking talking about how much better her new life is compared to her old life.
Your mother is wrong. You're a good person who made her life better, and she missed it. You shouldn't have to be saddled with her fucked up outlook, and I'm sorry that happened. |
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Ingmar
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11? Wow!
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The Transcendent One: AH... THE ROGUE CONSTRUCT.
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Chimpy
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Because it's louder?
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'Reality' is the only word in the language that should always be used in quotes.
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Pennilenko
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Honestly it could be more than 11 by now, I haven't spoken to her in more than several years now. I know that her third marriage to my biological father was her ninth total marriage and divorce. According to my youngest sister she was married at least one more time after that so I am assuming her current to be at least number 11. It could be more. She has some sort of malfunction and I theorize she marries in order to find something she is missing, although who knows what that might be. Based on some Facebook screen shots taken by my grandmother, who tries to poison the well as much as she can, my mother appears to be worshiped by her new family in Texas somewhere. She found some guy who is 52 like her and has two teenage kids.
My wife thought I was not being fair to my mother and once many years ago she tried to patch things up between us. Then my mother turned her attention to my wife. I am still working to heal emotional wounds my wife suffered during that misguided attempt to repair my relationship with my mom. Nobody really ever believes my mother is as bad as my sisters and I say she is, until they make the mistake of getting her attention and become targets themselves.
Edit: I do not even know what her last name is currently.
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"See? All of you are unique. And special. Like fucking snowflakes." -- Signe
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Ironwood
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You guys are lucky. My mother basically told me and my sisters that we were responsible for ruining her life and her future. After we stopped talking to her, she found husband number 11 somewhere in the middle of the country. She posts regularly on social networking talking about how much better her new life is compared to her old life.
Your mother is wrong. You're a good person who made her life better, and she missed it. You shouldn't have to be saddled with her fucked up outlook, and I'm sorry that happened. Hmmm. |
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Abagadro
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
-H.L. Mencken
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Signe
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I finally got my health insurance card. It's telling me to confirm receipt of it by calling a number from my mobile phone. I don't have a mobile phone. :( I don't pay much and it really helps for scripts and doctor visits, but if anything really bad happens, I'm still stuffed. Also, I can't afford this insurance if I have to buy a mobile phone!  |
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Trippy
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You can buy a no contract phone for $50 or less (Walmart has a bunch including one for $10) and buy some prepaid minutes so you aren't paying a monthly contract fee.
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Signe
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I was able to call them on the land line and register the card. Stupid though... it's like the world is annoyed if you don't have a mobile. I don't want a phone. What if I get addicted to texting and end up with brain cancer in my thumbs. It's a concern for me. Or maybe a phobia. Maybe I just don't want a fucking mobile phone because everyone keeps asking for the number of the one I don't have now! But thanks. If I were to buy a phone it would be one of the sort for a tenner or something. Of course, I would then promptly leave it on a bench somewhere or drop it down the toilet. Or it would just disappear which is what most of the stuff I carry around does. Suck at keeping little stuff.
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Yegolev
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Where's your Obamaphone?
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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bhodi
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No lie.
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Ring Ring Ring Ring, Obamaphone!
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ezrast
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Driving into work, exactly like I do every single night. Some asshole speeding through busy downtown streets runs a red light, t-bones me on the driver's side, and fucking drives off.
Ambulance shows up, I don't want to be one of those guys who's all "no doctors, I'll be fine" and then something heals wrong and I have joint pain for the rest of my life, so I let them take me to the ER. Miraculously, I actually am fine as far as the doctors can tell, so now I'm really wishing I'd just taken a visit to my GP instead. Fuck ambulance bills.
Also, I really hope my car is totaled. I plan on buying another one just like it, but driven by someone who takes better care of their car than me.
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ezrast
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Also my roommate adopted a cat without my knowledge?
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Hawkbit
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I hope they find that fucker, and I hope you recover.
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Signe
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I'm glad you're ok. Congrats on the cat!  Get a silver car because it hides dirt the best. |
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Yegolev
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I hope they find that fucker,
He already knows it is his roommate. |
Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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I hope they find that fucker,
He already knows it is his roommate.  |
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Venkman
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That sucks man, sorry to hear it though it sounds like you're fine. Small favors territory, but I also do hope it's totaled.
My wife bought a popcorn machine. No, not a whirly-pop (though ironically that did too show up on the same day). A full on goddamn authentic movie theater popcorn machine.
But she put it in our basement next to our project and surround sound system, so it's all good.
We have kids through our house all the time. It's like that pilot episode of Silver Spoons, the early 80s TV show with Ricky Shroeder, where the kid wants to move in with the Dad but the Dad says "this is no place for kids" while standing in front of four arcade machines, media center, etc.
My house is like that. Quite on purpose, because shit, I'm like that. My wife and I feel our parents were actual adults. Some of our kids' parents seem to be actual adults too. We however both feel like we're passably faking it most of the time we're with others our age, but by ourselves still feel like we're in our 20s.
Gonna suck when our kids outgrow us when they hit 13...
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ezrast
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I call bullshit. I don't know you in real life but your internet persona always struck me as having its shit way more together than most people. Also you don't get to name-drop an obscure 30-year-old TV show while talking about how much of a kid you are. |
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Strazos
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Shit, I'm still waiting to "grow up" too.
It might be a long wait...
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Abagadro
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Silver Spoons Mmmmm, Erin Gray. |
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
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rattran
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Wilma Deering! She was on Silver Spoons?
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Abagadro
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Yup, no lycra body suits unfortunately, but still hot.
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
-H.L. Mencken
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ezrast
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Soooo it doesn't actually matter one whit if my car is "totaled" or not. I don't have comprehensive coverage and Uninsured Motorist coverage is bodily injury only.
Uhhhh. This is going to be an expensive lesson learned.
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Hawkbit
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Support quote of the day:
"Well, I'm a college professor so I know what I'm doing with computers."
Said when trying to complete payment to our site. Fantastic.
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schild
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I've found that college professors, outside of their area of expertise, make for excellent replacements for helium in balloons.
Even applying what they know in their area of expertise is a tall order.
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Nebu
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I've found that college professors, outside of their area of expertise, make for excellent replacements for helium in balloons.
Even applying what they know in their area of expertise is a tall order.
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Yegolev
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Oh, the stories I could tell about College Professors.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Fraeg
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Awesome is the realization that since September I have put ~2k into a car worth ~1.8k
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Paelos
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I've found that college professors, outside of their area of expertise, make for excellent replacements for helium in balloons.
Even applying what they know in their area of expertise is a tall order.
WUT? You fill balloons. |
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schild
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I've found that college professors, outside of their area of expertise, make for excellent replacements for helium in balloons.
Even applying what they know in their area of expertise is a tall order.
WUT? Did you read what I responded to or did you just have a complete knee-jerk reaction to a response I had for people who became, by choice, hyperfocused supernerds about a topic of their choosing? |
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Nebu
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Did you read what I responded to or did you just have a complete knee-jerk reaction to a response I had for people who became, by choice, hyperfocused supernerds about a topic of their choosing?
That question is outside of my area of expertise. |
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