Things that piss you off?

[EJFan]

I'm slick and tire of you peeple pickin on peeple lyke me. Jus cuz i ain't not done got a dugree as a inglish major an im not a edgacata, that dont meen nuthin.

face reality waggles... the truth hurts. yo don't meen nuthin so just get over it.

 

[Guest]

 

[EJFan]

yo......that's spanish for I.

but you make a good point. the story of my life in 2 sentences.

see how i worked that in there... it's self depricating, bilingual humor at its finest.

 

[Willing and Unsure]

What pisses me off today is that I cannot use my right hand for anything anymore and it will be a long time before I can again.

 

[silverwhisper]

W&U: WTF happened?! are you all right?

ed

 

[Eilan]

WPMO. . .

My husband and I made plans to take the kids to the zoo tomorrow and then travel the remaining hour or so to his parents' house, where we'd stay the night.

Then I got an email from my ex's wife. She apologized for contacting me on such short notice, but she and my ex wanted to see the (two oldest) kids tomorrow.

I've always made it clear to my ex that he could see the girls pretty much whenever he wanted, beyond what the court-ordered visitation calls for. But I hate not hearing from him for a week or two and then getting an email message or phone call at the last minute.

 

[wicked woman]

WPMO. . .

My husband and I made plans to take the kids to the zoo tomorrow and then travel the remaining hour or so to his parents' house, where we'd stay the night.

Then I got an email from my ex's wife. She apologized for contacting me on such short notice, but she and my ex wanted to see the (two oldest) kids tomorrow.

I've always made it clear to my ex that he could see the girls pretty much whenever he wanted, beyond what the court-ordered visitation calls for. But I hate not hearing from him for a week or two and then getting an email message or phone call at the last minute.

So where are the girls going tomorrow? Where do they want to go?

Unless they rarely see your ex, personally (having been where you are but with 2 sons) I'd have been inclined to tell the ex that much as I'd like the girls to visit with him, unfortunately I'd already made plans. If he'd been able to give me a bit more notice maybe i could have changed my plans.

oh yeah...some times an ex just reminds you why they're an ex.

 

[Eilan]

So where are the girls going tomorrow? Where do they want to go?

Unless they rarely see your ex, personally (having been where you are but with 2 sons) I'd have been inclined to tell the ex that much as I'd like the girls to visit with him, unfortunately I'd already made plans. If he'd been able to give me a bit more notice maybe i could have changed my plans.

oh yeah...some times an ex just reminds you why they're an ex.

We had a talk about his tendency toward last-minute phone calls and things had been better. Until today.

The girls are excited about going to see their dad. We didn't tell them that we were going to go to the zoo tomorrow, figuring that we'd just kinda surprise them when they got up in the morning. If we'd already told the girls about the zoo, then I would have said, "Sorry. We have plans."

It looks like we'll just push our plans back a day. Zoo Friday, husband's parents Friday evening and Saturday morning.

The court-ordered visitation is every Sunday, and that's because our youngest was a baby when we separated and because my ex was living in an two-bedroom apartment with his parents and two or three siblings and didn't have room to keep an infant and a toddler overnight. I wish he'd see them more often, but he's busy with work--he's a teacher and he coaches a couple of sports. And when he's not working, his stepdaughters' activities take precedence.

I always keep him up to date about the kids schoolwork and soccer games and other activities, but he rarely attends anything. He sees them every other Sunday--occasionally a whole weekend--if he's lucky.

His loss. I'd never try to keep the girls from seeing him, but I'm not going to force them upon him, either.

 

[wicked woman]

We had a talk about his tendency toward last-minute phone calls and things had been better. Until today.

The girls are excited about going to see their dad. We didn't tell them that we were going to go to the zoo tomorrow, figuring that we'd just kinda surprise them when they got up in the morning. If we'd already told the girls about the zoo, then I would have said, "Sorry. We have plans."

It looks like we'll just push our plans back a day. Zoo Friday, husband's parents Friday evening and Saturday morning.

The court-ordered visitation is every Sunday, and that's because our youngest was a baby when we separated and because my ex was living in an two-bedroom apartment with his parents and two or three siblings and didn't have room to keep an infant and a toddler overnight. I wish he'd see them more often, but he's busy with work--he's a teacher and he coaches a couple of sports. And when he's not working, his stepdaughters' activities take precedence.

I always keep him up to date about the kids schoolwork and soccer games and other activities, but he rarely attends anything. He sees them every other Sunday--occasionally a whole weekend--if he's lucky.

His loss. I'd never try to keep the girls from seeing him, but I'm not going to force them upon him, either.

I agree with you 100%. When our sons were young I didn't keep them from their father either, even though he wasn't the best influence. Unfortunately he was more into his new family than our sons, so didn't see them regularly...only when it was to his liking.

It backfired on him though as they got older and understood the only time he wanted to see them was when he wanted something from them...to babysit or move him. They'd only go on their terms and then he couldn't understand why they didn't always want to visit when he invited them.

You're right though. His/my ex's loss. Kids turned out fine without a greater influence from him. My youngest is now a father himself...a much better Dad than his was. Learned by the example set for him....what not to do. (his words, not mine)

Sounds like your girls have a couple of fun filled days ahead.

 

[Leah57]

Eilan and WW - you 2 both have identical stories to mine! I have 2 sons also... oldest was out of the nest when ex and I separated, youngest was a teen. EX was SUPPOSED to see youngest every other weekend and ALL summer long. One of the last summers, he took the boy late June, but within a week, ex called me at work and said "Come and get YOUR SON"... in front of OUR son, no less! Now he wonders why, 7 years later, he still has communication problems with him! absolutely UN-real!!!

Yes, sometimes, they have this wonderful way of reminding you why they're an EX!

 

[bobsgirl]

It really "pisses me off" that Leah has over 100 posts and still doesn't have an AV.

And this really pisses me off: Those Required Weekly Tests of the Emergency Broadcast System that the cable company runs on an almost daily basis, and the godawful alarm that sounds when they do. I was sitting here engrossed in Lit, of course, and I about hit my head on the ceiling when it sounded.

 

[phoenix1224]

Starting today, I'm getting a temporary job transfer at work... They're going to have me switch cranes with another craneman (I think that the company is trying to push him out).

So, I'm going to be operating a crane in an area that I've only worked in a handful of times... And, to top it all off, they're going to have me training a new cranemen (that ought to be fun ).

The worst part is that training new people is the job of a lead (which I'm not... the company doesn't even offer lead positions for cranemen) so, I'm going to get screwed out of an extra dollar an hour.

I think it's time to file a grievance.

 

[Mary Hall]

It too pisses me off that people are so dumb enough to not spell words right. I hate text speak, it just makes me mad.

 

[Leah57]

It really "pisses me off" that Leah has over 100 posts and still doesn't have an AV.

I thought you couldn't get an AV till you were over 1000 posts

Shame on me.... I'll be looking for one soon, no doubt. However, judging by my recent luck in being able to upload pics (all BAD luck, let me tell ya!), it may be a while before I find one that fits within Lit's size requirements!

 

[AppleBiter]

I thought you couldn't get an AV till you were over 1000 posts

Shame on me.... I'll be looking for one soon, no doubt. However, judging by my recent luck in being able to upload pics (all BAD luck, let me tell ya!), it may be a while before I find one that fits within Lit's size requirements!

You have to have over 1000 posts to get a custom title. Just 100 posts for an AV.

 

[midwestyankee]

I thought you couldn't get an AV till you were over 1000 posts

Shame on me.... I'll be looking for one soon, no doubt. However, judging by my recent luck in being able to upload pics (all BAD luck, let me tell ya!), it may be a while before I find one that fits within Lit's size requirements!

Need a pic resized for your Av? Post it here...

 

[silverwhisper]

that's gotta be the first time ever an established member has confused the minimum posts requirement upwards. :>

ed

 

[AppleBiter]

that's gotta be the first time ever an established member has confused the minimum posts requirement upwards. :>

ed

What I meant was that you have to have 1000 posts to get a custom title, not over 1000. Though, technically, it takes a while for the system to update, so you'll likely have over 1000 before you get the chance to change the title, anyway.

 

[Leah57]

Need a pic resized for your Av? Post it here...

here's what I don't get about this..... If I need a pic resized to post in a thread, how can I post it in this thread for someone to resize it? If it was small enough to fit in the "resize me please" thread, why wouldn't I post it in the thread I wanted it to go in, in the first place?

oh... and I got an AV... shamelessly stolen from somewhere online. I was going to post a pic of my dog, but the pic was too big... by the time I sized it small enough, all you could see of him was one of his eyeballs....

 

[midwestyankee]

here's what I don't get about this..... If I need a pic resized to post in a thread, how can I post it in this thread for someone to resize it? If it was small enough to fit in the "resize me please" thread, why wouldn't I post it in the thread I wanted it to go in, in the first place?

oh... and I got an AV... shamelessly stolen from somewhere online. I was going to post a pic of my dog, but the pic was too big... by the time I sized it small enough, all you could see of him was one of his eyeballs....

You can post pictures that are much larger than the limits set for avatars.

 

[Eilan]

Sounds like your girls have a couple of fun filled days ahead.

Yeah, we're trying to get some fun things in before school starts.

Eilan and WW - you 2 both have identical stories to mine! I have 2 sons also... oldest was out of the nest when ex and I separated, youngest was a teen. EX was SUPPOSED to see youngest every other weekend and ALL summer long. One of the last summers, he took the boy late June, but within a week, ex called me at work and said "Come and get YOUR SON"... in front of OUR son, no less! Now he wonders why, 7 years later, he still has communication problems with him! absolutely UN-real!!!

I found out that my ex probably won't even see the girls today. His wife just wanted to take them swimming with her three daughters. Her parents are visiting (they're not from the US) and she wanted her parents to see all five girls.

My ex once commented that my six-year-old seemed to prefer her stepmother to him. Gee, that's probably because he's usually doing other things when they visit.

 

[Guest]

 

[bobsgirl]

ring ring

me: hello

my bonehead son: Hi dad, the car won't start

me: does it have gas in it?

bonehead son: yeah. I turn the key and it just clicks

me: sounds like the battery is dead. call AAA and have them come give you a jump start.

bonehead son: I don't have my card with me

me: what do you mean you don't have your card.

bonehead son: it's at home

me: what good is that gonna do you? if I have to bring you your card, I might as well jump it myself

Some things are universal, boneheaded sons being one of them.

 

[Leah57]

when I had an AAA card

I carried it right behind my Driver's License in my wallet.... I figured that I had to have my DL to drive, so I might as well carry the AAA card, too! Of course, I have an emergency $5 between the 2 now... I'm thinking that with the price of gas the way it is, I should make that a $20 instead!

 

[wicked woman]

Yeah, we're trying to get some fun things in before school starts.
I found out that my ex probably won't even see the girls today. His wife just wanted to take them swimming with her three daughters. Her parents are visiting (they're not from the US) and she wanted her parents to see all five girls.

My ex once commented that my six-year-old seemed to prefer her stepmother to him. Gee, that's probably because he's usually doing other things when they visit.

I think I agree with your 6 year old.