Some people are alive a breathing because it’s illegal to shoot the worthless excuses for human beings
My daughter in law Joyce is a loving and caring mother and a pretty damn good wife to my son.
But her worthless mother Racheal can take no credit what so ever for any of the wife/mother quailites Joyce has shown
In Racheals own words when I first met her , she volenteered her ‘story’
She has given birth to 4 kids 3 dads (the 2 youngest kids are twins)
The only men she remembers wih pride are the ones could and would beat her almost to death ,really,
she was real proud of the one that left her for dead in the ditch, and then that other one that would put
her in the hospital every pay day she has real fond memories of him .
Any ways when her twins were about 10 or 11 years old Racheal met a married man named Scott who’s wife worked
and supported him , Racheal is very proud that her and Scott are still togather when ever her and him are out of jail at the same time .
Racheal would wait till the working wife went off to work and then Racheal would leave her 4 kids in a trailer with no food, heat, water or
lights, and go to Scotts house to play in the hot tub and drink vodka and get high.
When this had been going on and on and on long enough for her nieghbors in the trailer park to get damn tired of her kids begging food or
trying to break in to neighboring traler houses ,the Child Protective Services were called, the twins were taking away and adopted out .
Racheal had no contact at all and no idea where they were , Joyce and her younger brother were left in the ‘home’
the state asigned a case worker to the ‘home’ that made sure they went to school had something to eat, clean clothes etc…
Racheal had to do some cousnling and parenting classes and as she said “start using the welfare check to " pay the bills so Joyce and her brother had lights and heat etc… and” using the food stamps for food" a real bummer cuz then she had to depend on the working wife to supply the party "
When Joyces brother turned 18 and was released got out of the juvenile court system (on his 16th birthday Racheal and a friend took him bar hopping and got busted
DUI ,she gave him her bag of dope and her needle" cuz as a minor he wouldn’t get in as much trouble") at 18 the brother went searching for the twins ,no one had seen or heard of them since they had been taken away , he found them in a city a couple of hundred miles south of their home town .
Ok thats the history of the worthles excuse of Racheal
Now, Joyce and my son have 2 healthy happy babies 6 months and 3 years, they have been married 4 years and are buying their home.
they live 4oo miles away from ‘grandmother if the year’ Racheal and the old home town.
The younger brother is also married, doing good, buying a trailer house and renting a trailer space, they have one 2 year old and are expecting another in a couple of months.
The Twins are doing well also , one is in collage and the other in the job corps .
Racheal and her no longer married man boyfriend have been trying and suceeding up to a point to live off of Joyce and her brother ,
They will show up" to visit Joyce and my son and see their wonderful grandbabies"
of course they have no money and expect my son to supply ciggarttes and vodka
and Joyce to feed them and "hey while your doing a load of clothes here throw these in to will ya " etc,
the first time it happened Joyce was 8 months along with the now 6 month old and Racheal just wanted to be close so she could ‘help’ out ya know?
they stayed 2 1/2 months .then my son put his foot down and called it enough when the 2 of them tried to convince Joyce my was cheating on her and did’nt love her and her kids so she needed to move back to their home town get on welfare and food stamps and with child support they could all live well enough and of course Grandmother Racheal and boyfriend would help her out with everything. Joyce told them to piss up a rope., they went away to visit Joyces brother, 3 months later they are back because Racheals boyfriend got drunk and had a fight with a neighbor. damn near got the brother evicted.
This time Joyce said no way, my son said no way, Racheals boyfriend up and drove off all pissed off, but left Racheal behind for 2 months.
My son was trying to get the money togather to put her on the Greyhound bus , she called the boyfriend and outta the blue he shows up ,‘like a knight in shinning armor’
30 minutes from driving into the yard ,to driving away, with Racheal and all her belongings,
I tell you some people are alive and breatheing just because it’s illegal to shoot the worthless excuses for human beings !
The above is unreadable as posted. Please try again with paragraphs, proper spelling and some attempt at a story line. I am sorry to sound so bitchy, but truly, your post gave me a headache.
I am sorry (I think) for your DIL and son.
Geez. :rolleyes: I’d think that a stream-of-consciousness Pit rant could get some slack from the Grammar and Punctuation Nazis, Eleanor.
Like I tell my kids in Sunday School when we copy stuff off the board into our journals, “It’s not a test, it’s an activity.”
ETA: Especially someone who’s been here only a month. Lighten up, eh.
My effort to parse the OP. Some meaning eluded me.
Some worthless excuses for human beings are alive and breathing just because it’s illegal to shoot them.
My daughter in law, Joyce, is a loving and caring mother and a pretty damn good wife to my son. But her worthless mother, Racheal, can take no credit whatsoever for any of the wife/mother qualities Joyce has shown. In Racheal’s own words, when I first met her:
[ul][li]She has given birth to 4 kids by 3 dads (the 2 youngest are twins)[/li][li]The only men she remembers with pride are the ones could and would beat her almost to death[/li][li]She was real proud of the one that left her for dead in the ditch, and then that other one that would put her in the hospital every pay day; she has real fond memories of him[/ul][/li]
Anyway, when her twins were about 10 or 11, Racheal met a married man named Scott whose wife worked and supported him. Racheal is very proud that she and Scott are still together (whenever her and him are out of jail at the same time).
Racheal would wait till the working wife went off to work and then would leave her 4 kids in a trailer with no food, heat, water or lights, and go to Scott’s house to play in the hot tub and drink vodka and get high. When this had been going on long enough for her neighbors in the trailer park to get damn tired of her kids begging food or trying to break into the neighboring trailer houses, Child Protective Services were called. The twins were taking away and adopted out. Racheal had no contact at all and no idea where they were. Joyce and her younger brother were left in the home. The state assigned a case worker to the home that made sure they went to school had something to eat, clean clothes etc…
Racheal had to do some counseling and parenting classes and, as she said “start using the welfare check to pay the bills” so Joyce and her brother had lights and heat etc… and “using the food stamps for food”, a real bummer 'cause then she had to depend on the working wife to supply the party. [?]
When Joyce’s brother turned 18 and was released from the juvenile court system (on his 16th birthday Racheal and a friend took him bar-hopping and got busted
DUI - she gave him her bag of dope and her needle “cuz as a minor he wouldn’t get in as much trouble”). The brother went searching for the twins - no one had seen or heard from them since they had been taken away. He found them in a city a couple of hundred miles south of their home town.
Okay, that’s the history of the worthless excuse of Racheal. Joyce and my son have 2 healthy happy babies (6 months and 3 years). They have been married 4 years and are buying their home. They live 400 miles away from “grandmother-of-the-year” Racheal and the old home town.
The younger brother is also married, doing good, buying a trailer house and renting a trailer space. He and his wife have one 2 year old and are expecting another in a couple of months.
The Twins are doing well also, one is in college and the other in the job corps.
Racheal and her no-longer-married boyfriend have been trying and succeeding up to a point to live off Joyce and her brother. They will show up to visit Joyce and my son and see their wonderful grandbabies. Of course they have no money and expect my son to supply cigarettes and vodka and Joyce to feed them and “hey while you’re doing a load of clothes, here, throw these in too, will ya” etc.
The first time it happened Joyce was 8 months along (with the now 6-month old) and Racheal just wanted to be close so she could “help out, ya know?” Racheal and her boyfriend stayed 2.5 months. My son put his foot down and called it enough when the 2 of them tried to convince Joyce that my son was cheating on her and didn’t love her and her kids, so she needed to move back to their home town, get on welfare and food stamps and with child support they could all live well enough (and of course Grandmother Racheal and boyfriend would help her out with everything). Joyce told them to piss up a rope.
They went away to visit Joyce’s brother. Three months later they are back because Racheal’s boyfriend got drunk and had a fight with a neighbor, almost getting the brother evicted.
This time Joyce said no way, my son said no way… Racheal’s boyfriend up and drove off, all pissed off, left Racheal behind for 2 months. [at Joyce’s house?]
My son was trying to get the money together to put her on the Greyhound bus. Racheal called the boyfriend and outta the blue he shows up “like a knight in shining armor”. 30 minutes after driving into the yard, he drove off again with Racheal and all her belongings.
I tell you some people are alive and breathing just because it’s illegal to shoot the worthless excuses for human beings!
Read it aloud; it’s perfectly coherent.
Props to Joyce for having the balls to tell her dysfunctional mom to piss up a rope.
Some people are alive and breathing because it’s illegal to shoot the worthless excuses for human beings.
My daughter-in-law, Joyce, is a loving and caring mother and a pretty damn good wife to my son. But her worthless mother Racheal can take no credit whatsoever for any of the wife/mother qualities Joyce has shown.
In Racheal’s own words when I first met her, she volunteered her ‘story’: She has given birth to 4 kids by 3 dads (the 2 youngest kids are twins). The only men she remembers with pride are the ones who could—and would—beat her almost to death. (Really: she was real proud of the one that left her for dead in the ditch. And then that other one who would put her in the hospital every payday; she has real fond memories of him.)
Anyway, when her twins were about 10 or 11 years old Racheal met a married man named Scott whose wife worked and supported him. Racheal is very proud that she and Scott are still together whenever they’re both out of jail at the same time. Racheal would wait till the working wife went off to work and then she (Racheal) would leave her 4 kids in a trailer with no food, heat, water, or lights, and go to Scott’s house to play in the hot tub and drink vodka and get high.
When this had been going on and on and on long enough for her neighbors in the trailer park to get damn tired of her kids’ begging food or trying to break into neighboring trailers, the Child Protective Services were called and the twins were taken away and adopted out.
Racheal had no contact with them at all and no idea where they were. Joyce and her younger brother were left in the “home.” The state assigned a caseworker to the “home” who made sure they went to school had something to eat, clean clothes etc. Racheal had to do some counseling and parenting classes and, as she said, "start using the welfare check” to pay the bills (so Joyce and her brother had lights and heat etc.) and “using the food stamps for food” (a real bummer cuz then she had to depend on the working wife to supply the party).
On Joyce’s brother’s 16th birthday, Racheal and a friend had taken him bar hopping and gotten busted. DUI. Racheal gave her son her bag of dope and her needle “cuz as a minor he wouldn’t get in as much trouble.” When he turned 18 and got out of the juvenile court system, he went searching for the twins, whom no one had seen or heard of since they were taken away by the state. He found them in a city a couple of hundred miles south of their home town .
Ok, that’s the history of the worthless excuse of Racheal. Now, Joyce and my son have 2 healthy happy babies—6 months and 3 years. They have been married 4 years and are buying their home. They live 400 miles away from “grandmother of the year” Racheal and the old home town. The younger brother is also married, doing well, buying a trailer house and renting a trailer space. They have one 2-year-old and are expecting another child in a couple of months.
The twins are doing well also: one is in collage and the other in the job corps. Racheal and her no-longer-married boyfriend have been trying and succeeding up to a point to live off of Joyce and her brother. They will show up to “visit” Joyce and my son and see their “wonderful grandbabies.” Of course they have no money and expect my son to supply cigarettes and vodka, and for Joyce to feed them and “hey while you’re doing a load of clothes here throw these in too, will ya?” etc.
The first time this happened, Joyce was 8 months along with the now-6-month-old and Racheal just wanted to be close so she could “help out, ya know?” They stayed 2-1/2 months. My son finally put his foot down and said enough when the 2 of them tried to convince Joyce he was cheating on her and didn’t love her and her kids, so she needed to move back home with her mother, get on welfare and food stamps, and with child support they could all live well enough. And of course Grandmother Racheal and boyfriend would help her out with everything. Joyce told them to piss up a rope.
Then they went away to visit Joyce’s brother. 3 months later they were back because Racheal’s boyfriend got drunk and had a fight with a neighbor and damn near got the brother evicted. This time Joyce said no way, and my son said no way. Racheal’s boyfriend up and drove off all pissed off, but left Racheal behind for 2 months. While my son was trying to get the money together to put her on the Greyhound bus, she called the boyfriend and outta the blue he shows up “like a knight in shinning armor.” It only took 30 minutes from driving into the yard, to driving away, with Racheal and all her belongings.
I tell you some people are alive and breathing just because it’s illegal to shoot the worthless excuses for human beings!
ETA: oops, while I was taking my sweet time re-parsing this, Bryan Ekers beat me to it. Oh well.
Thanks for the ‘critique’ of my post.
It is a bit un fair in reference to the " proper spelling" simply because I typed the ‘rough draft’ into a spell checker and used the spell check test button several times as I went along with my story .
I felt that it may be a bit confusing because of the lack of ‘nameing’ each person ya no like , ‘my son’ and ‘the twins’ or ‘the younger brother’ and ‘the two babies’
but I was hoping that I would be forgiven for the lack of names for a large precentaged of the people in my story simply because they are real people with real lives and I would figure I should get premission from each of them to post real names even in a pit thread.
I will ask you a question if I may ? when coping and pasteing from my spell checker to the post box here how to keep the paragraphing of the story in the transsition ?
Oh and I think I won’t pass onto my son and daughter in law your “I am sorry (I think) for your DIL and son”
since I was posting an opinon of Racheal and not looking for any apologies or condolences.
I doubt that. Is her name really spelled Racheal?
I say we keep this thread from becoming an irrelevant pileon for grammar and spelling. The OP has been re-parsed, twice. You have three opportunities to respond to the content, rather than try to make someone feel small because they may or may not how one individual spells a name that has several variants.
I helped Joyce get her new SS card with her married name change and had to send a photo copy of her mothers ( Racheal) driver license as one part of proof of citizenship and took the spelling off the paperwork . Generally it is spelled Rachel .
Is “Racheal” one of those variants? Because I have never seen it.
You’re really good at taking a hint, aren’t you? Please make a list of all the things you haven’t heard of so I can make a point of avoiding them so you don’t come in and derail my threads.
I agree, not to mention this is an internet messageboard, not a fucking entrance exam for MENSA.
Anyway, I feel for ya, OP. Racheal sounds like some of the people that used to live around us when we lived in a trailer park a few years ago. We finally had saved enough money and bought a house and got the hell out of there.
That place was overrun with drug addicts, dirty little kids running around at all hours of the night, drunk parents, single Moms, illegal aliens…it was a nightmare living there.
You are doing the right thing. Don’t let her or her boyfriend near you, your house or your kids ever again until you’re certain that she has cleaned up her life.
Obviously the sad thing in all this is that neglectful parents harm their children more than they will ever know (or even care).
The negelect and abuse doesn’t seem to have affected Joyce or her brother as far as the kind of parents they are . When Joyce became a new first time mommy she was very ‘ignorant’ about every thing dealing with a baby but she wasn’t shy about asking for advice from her doctor and people around her that had healthy happy kids. And I give her alot of respect for that and her love for her baby that made her want to do right for her child.
Thank you for repling to my ‘story line’ and putting the thread back on topic.
At least this post makes some sense in the English language. What is your excuse for the OP? Something doesn’t smell right.
What are you using to check your spelling?
You could just type the whole thing up in Microsoft Word or Works or a similar mainstream wordprocessor. It will do spellchecking for you, then you can just cut and paste the whole text into the SDMB’s edit window. It will keep the paragraphs.
Alternatively, once you notice the paragraphs aren’t being kept, you can go back through and edit them in.
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Well hell, it might be the ‘hill billy’ comes out in the way I put words togather ,when I’m pissed. Sh*t just wait till you try to read a post of mine when I’m f**king mad.
It sounds like you can be quite proud of Joyce for not following in her mother’s footsteps, being open and interested in learning, and for wanting the best for her own children. And for being a good partner to your son. And it’s a good thing your son and Joyce are united in their response to Rachael’s sponging ways.
As for Rachael? Somebody’s got to set the example of How Not To Live Your Life, and fill up 15 minutes of a segment on COPS.
I think it is important to tell someone that is doing a good job that they are doing it right. The first couple of times I told Joyce i thought she was doing a great job ,she thought I was being insulting , it took my son several times of explaining to her that I was proud of her before she would except the idea that she deserves the praise.