Whine like a baby, now with 500% more drama!
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I wish Facebook had an option for Family, where it could filter out anything relating to politics or religion.
Or sales parties. I hate them and I hate the 100+ person "parties".
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Damn. Strike two on my new boat. I went to the beach proper this time. I was setting the mast when some dude walks over and asks if I've ever beach launched before. I said not this boat. He said with the surf like it was I'd probably break the mast. I told him I had planned to walk it past the surf as I had in the past, but he informed me that the surf broke at about neck level. I took him at his word. He had a catamaran and that look like he knew more that me about this, so I packed back up. On the plus side, already at the beach so we just made a beach day of it. He recommended an alternative and it looked perfect. Didn't stop though because we were done by then.
Ah the ol AT&T guy.
I wore a white shirt to work. And then I ate...
I work in a white-shirt uniform; I eat at my desk while working. I know the feeling. Vanish helps
It was really humid in our Kickboxing class today, but I didn't realize how slick it made the floor until I came down from a jump...and my foot went out from under me. At the time, the embarrassment of not landing a jump I've done a million times before was the worst part, but now I've got a purple knot below my knee cap about the size of my fist. 
Well crap. The inspector of the condo we may buy said the balcony is pulling away from the building and recommended we back out if we will be responsible for repairs. Looked (briefly) at the associations book and the legalese hurt my brain.
This could go either way depending who will be responsible for repairs.
This could go either way depending who will be responsible for repairs.
Easy, just send your minions in your stead.Vacation is over. I don't wanna go back to work.
Sigh. I'm gonna be saying the same thing in a few days.Vacation is over. I don't wanna go back to work.
When was a sucky day a bad thing?
GasBandit
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I think you're confusing sucky with sucky suckyWhen was a sucky day a bad thing?
Seriously though, I got up on the metaphorical wrong side of the bed this morning and little has gone right ever since.
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This thing going around the web kind of irritates me. I don't think the second section is what would-be grandparents are trying to say, like, at all. I think a good majority enjoyed something, and thought you'd enjoy it, too. Sure, I bet they'd like to be grands, too, but that doesn't mean they think they own you anymore than when I say I'd sure like a million bucks I mean that the Federal Reserve is mine. This smells like someone layering a thick interpretation on top of what their parents really meant.
Yeah there's definitely some baggage there.
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For about the 47th time this summer alone, the AC has stopped working at our office. They've given us permission to go home, but who has the time to do that? I'm full Tom Sawyer under my desk.
Oh, and for ye of northern latitudes, this is TX in the asphalt jungle of Houston in the dead of TX summer, with windows that don't open. So it's pretty toasty.
Oh, and for ye of northern latitudes, this is TX in the asphalt jungle of Houston in the dead of TX summer, with windows that don't open. So it's pretty toasty.
Now that's Texas workplace barbecue for you.
The job I thought I had a fair shot at getting fell through. I just love when a job is posted, but no interviews are held, and the position gets filled.
Ah yes, the good old "We're just posting this out of legal obligation, we were always going to fill this internally." posting.
figmentPez
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Well, for my mother, it's not interpretation. She's literally said she wants to take care of babies again. She's hoping my sisters and I will hurry up and have grandkids so that she can babysit and such.
You must live in a forward thinking town then. Because the INSANE amount of people that are outright disgusted with me for not having kids yet astounds me. And people say these types of things to me in all seriousness and this comic is complete truth where I live. (I honestly think its a regional thing at this point.) So, actually it irritates me too, but just because it's true for me.
This! When I lived in my hometown I was a freak of nature for saying I never wanted to get married or have kids. My grandmother was in tears when I told her I would not have children. I overheard my father telling one of his friends that he thought I might be a lesbian. People wanted to know *why* I wasn't having babies when I was in my 20s. As if it was any of their business in the first place!
My wife and I get the same treatment even though we want and are actively trying to have kids - we just may not be able to because medical reasons. Even telling relatives that we would love to have children but may not be able to (in a hushed, sad voice) isn't enough to get them to stfu about it, then they want to know which doctors we've been to, and what have you tried, and what are you working on, are you taking any medications, have you done this, have you talked to this person, and on and on. It's fucking infuriating, verging on hurtful to my wife, to the point that we're really starting to avoid family gatherings - for her side of the family at least. My side of the family is pretty fuckin' chill.
I'm so sorry to hear that.
I wish you both all the luck and am sending all of the good vibes your way.
@WasabiPoptart I feel you! People used to heckle me frequently because I'm married and don't want kids. (The heckling is to a minimum now - the more they bothered me the more abrupt my answers became.)
Having kids is the most rewarding thing you can ever....
....what the fuck am I saying?
I know where you can find an endless supply of kids.
Just take one of steinman's. He'll never notice.