# June Rants **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 1, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-rants/689737 "2014-06-01T02:26:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-rants/689737/21 "2014-06-02T03:48:23Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > I really couldn’t come up with a reason why that turned out to be the best option. Best guess: Babies can get really distracted by lots of noise while they’re nursing, which can range from simply annoying to downright painful for mom. (Baby turns head, forgets to let go of nipple. OWWW!) Feeding the baby somewhere with fewer distractions is just easier and less time-consuming. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-rants/689737/22 "2014-06-02T04:56:03Z")
> [@eenerms](#): > > My husband resigned his job. I am sorry. His work place must have been terrible. I hope he finds a new job quickly. > [@Lacunae\_Matata](#): > > **Flatlined** , \*\*perhaps baking is your secret ninja superpower: It’s more “science” than “art,” and always appreciated, **and you can feel like you’re fussing over your husband and still play to your strengths \. And nothing quite matches serving a hot loaf of bread for feeling all domestic and nurturing!**. You are so smart! I’m excellent at fallowing written directions. Its the "just add whatever spice until its right\* that totally defeats me. **curlcoat** I only set the kitchen on fire that one time. I’ve only boiled eggs long enough that they splattered on the ceiling once. That time that I blew off the door of my microwave by heating up a whole block of cheese only happened once. (and dang, that was such a mess) I really am able to learn from my mistakes…mostly because the clean up is such a pain. How’s your dog? Do you have pups yet? ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-rants/689737/23 "2014-06-02T12:23:50Z")
So Amazon is shipping my pre-ordered Breaking Bad series on Blue-Ray and it’s only $30 more than Best Buy is selling it for tomorrow. WTF? never…using…Amazon…pre-order…again…EVER! Damn 1st world problems! ---
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-rants/689737/24 "2014-06-02T14:13:16Z")
Mini - I have a cold. Not so mini - my husband wants a divorce. He’s not in love with me any more. I’m not sure I’m in love with him, either, but we get along well and have a lot of security built up in our home and finances that I’m scared of losing. No immediate plans to vacate, but damn. I’m 47. I don’t want to start all over again. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-rants/689737/25 "2014-06-02T15:27:26Z")
> [@TheFaerie](#): > > Mini - I have a cold. > Not so mini - my husband wants a divorce. He’s not in love with me any more. I’m not sure I’m in love with him, either, but we get along well and have a lot of security built up in our home and finances that I’m scared of losing. No immediate plans to vacate, but damn. I’m 47. I don’t want to start all over again. Damn, **Faerie** , that terrible. I don’t know what to say, but I’ll offer internet hugs if that’ll help. ---
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-rants/689737/26 "2014-06-02T15:57:29Z")
Thanks **SpazCat**. I’m still quite numb. It hasn’t even been 24 hours since he dropped that bombshell. My regular therapit appt is tomorrow, thank the Goddess. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-rants/689737/27 "2014-06-02T16:35:35Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > So Amazon is shipping my pre-ordered Breaking Bad series on Blue-Ray and it’s only $30 more than Best Buy is selling it for tomorrow. WTF? > never…using…Amazon…pre-order…again…EVER! Contact Amazon and ask why they’re $30 higher than Best Buy. They’ve been very good with me on correcting wonky preorder prices. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-rants/689737/28 "2014-06-02T17:11:59Z")
> [@TheFaerie](#): > > Mini - I have a cold. > Not so mini - my husband wants a divorce. He’s not in love with me any more. I’m not sure I’m in love with him, either, but we get along well and have a lot of security built up in our home and finances that I’m scared of losing. No immediate plans to vacate, but damn. I’m 47. I don’t want to start all over again. I’m sorry to hear that (well, both things, but mostly the divorce). I’ve been on hold for 10 minutes with the city now, trying to get someone to come out and pick up the stray cat that we currently have trapped in our laundry room. I was very impressed that our old cat had cleaned out her food bowls this morning, but now I think it was the stray. We leave the back door open a crack so our cat can go into the cat-proofed (for old kitties) back yard - that wasn’t meant to be an invitation!:eek: ---
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-rants/689737/29 "2014-06-02T17:15:19Z")
Sorry, that was me. I was hungry. 🙂 You’re almost out of laundry soap. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-rants/689737/30 "2014-06-02T17:23:15Z")
> [@Lightray](#): > > Contact Amazon and ask why they’re $30 higher than Best Buy. They’ve been very good with me on correcting wonky preorder prices. Did that. Their (incredibly slow typing for somebody who is a rep on chat) representative said company policy does not include price matching on this item. So I was politely told to fuck off. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-rants/689737/31 "2014-06-02T18:39:27Z")
I’m so sorry, **TheFaerie**. Glad you already have a therapist, and a place to rant when you need it - this gang of imaginary friends can be absolute lifesavers when you need to vent. (((((Hugs)))) ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-rants/689737/32 "2014-06-02T18:48:03Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > Did that. Their (incredibly slow typing for somebody who is a rep on chat) representative said company policy does not include price matching on this item. So I was politely told to fuck off. I’d try escalating by sending e-mail. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-rants/689737/33 "2014-06-02T19:01:33Z")
Ok, “friends.” Last summer/fall we were over at each other’s houses on a regular basis, and went out frequently. In the winter, we totally understood that you were busy with your son’s wrestling meets, so we didn’t see much of each other. After the beginning of the year, you got a puppy. And we totally get that it’s tough to have folks over when you’re housebreaking a puppy (especially when you refuse to use a crate), so we figured that when the invites to your house stopped coming, that was the reason (well, that, and because you said it was). But then we tried to invite you and the kids over- no good, can’t leave the puppy alone. Tried to invite you out for adult time- no good, can’t leave the puppy alone with the kids. Never mind that you had no problem leaving the kids alone without the puppy for HOURS at a time, or that YOU GOT THE PUPPY FOR THE KIDS- the same puppy that your neighbor lets out during the day while you’re at work. But you could swing a weekend in NC, and a week in FL, and multiple trips during the week to go to the range and to your crossfit classes. We get it; you don’t want to hang anymore. Fine. But I wish you’d been honest about it, instead of saying “maybe next time.” Would’ve been way less humiliating on our end, thinking that a decade-long friendship (on the part of the boyfriend- I’ve known them a couple years) and working relationship was just suffering from different schedules. Sigh. Now we have to find new friends! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Runestar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/74df32/32.png) [@Runestar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runestar)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-rants/689737/34 "2014-06-02T19:04:06Z")
My mother, who was recovering quite nicely from the broken hip she suffered back in February, managed to somehow take a tumble while walking back from the drug store with my father yesterday afternoon. After many texts and calls back and forth between us and both of my brothers, the total damage appears to be: [ul] [li]A broken nose[/li][li]A broken right wrist[/li][li]A broken vertebrae in her neck[/li][/ul] None of it can be too bad, because the ER sent her home last night, but she has to wear one of those rigid neck braces for six weeks, and can’t take showers during that time. She was just getting to the point where she could get around their house without major difficulties (they live in a multi-story Philadelphia 1870s row house), and now this. Sigh. She’s not having a good year. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-rants/689737/35 "2014-06-02T19:37:19Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > I’d try escalating by sending e-mail. Yep, did that. No reply yet (3 hours) ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-rants/689737/36 "2014-06-02T19:48:26Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > **Morgyn** thank you so much. My poor husband valiantly eats anything I cook, but I can tell that he really wishes I’d stay out of the kitchen. Not that I blame him…our housekeeper is a wonderful cook…but I’m his wife. I’m supposed to be the one fussing over his meals. I think. I’m still trying to figure out the marriage rules. It’s not a requirement. And you can always fuss over his restaurant meals, if you feel the need to fuss about any meals of his 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-rants/689737/37 "2014-06-02T20:41:09Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > Yep, did that. No reply yet (3 hours) If it’s not resolved by the time it arrives, I’d say just immediately start the return process. I think “price” is actually one of the choices for returning, but heck just lie and say you got another copy as a gift\* if you want. Don’t open the DVD, re-purpose the same shipping box, and drop off at UPS. You’ll be out some $ for the return shipping, IIRC, but it won’t be $30. - a gift that you bought yourself for $30 less, of course. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-rants/689737/38 "2014-06-02T21:30:30Z")
> [@Lacunae\_Matata](#): > > I’m so sorry, **TheFaerie**. Glad you already have a therapist, and a place to rant when you need it - this gang of imaginary friends can be absolute lifesavers when you need to vent. (((((Hugs)))) [Toldja…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17422818&postcount=1) Also: (((((HUGS))))) ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-rants/689737/39 "2014-06-02T22:10:48Z")
> [@bobkitty](#): > > Ok, “friends.” > > Last summer/fall we were over at each other’s houses on a regular basis, and went out frequently. In the winter, we totally understood that you were busy with your son’s wrestling meets, so we didn’t see much of each other. After the beginning of the year, you got a puppy. And we totally get that it’s tough to have folks over when you’re housebreaking a puppy (especially when you refuse to use a crate), so we figured that when the invites to your house stopped coming, that was the reason (well, that, and because you said it was). But then we tried to invite you and the kids over- no good, can’t leave the puppy alone. Tried to invite you out for adult time- no good, can’t leave the puppy alone with the kids. Never mind that you had no problem leaving the kids alone without the puppy for HOURS at a time, or that YOU GOT THE PUPPY FOR THE KIDS- the same puppy that your neighbor lets out during the day while you’re at work. > > But you could swing a weekend in NC, and a week in FL, and multiple trips during the week to go to the range and to your crossfit classes. > > We get it; you don’t want to hang anymore. Fine. But I wish you’d been honest about it, instead of saying “maybe next time.” Would’ve been way less humiliating on our end, thinking that a decade-long friendship (on the part of the boyfriend- I’ve known them a couple years) and working relationship was just suffering from different schedules. > > Sigh. Now we have to find new friends! ☹ Have you tried playing hard-to-get? If you leave off communicating for a few weeks, they might get back in touch and ask to see you (or at least ask what’s up). **Runestar** , I am very sorry to hear about your mother. My mother had very brittle bones in the last years of her life, and she was so afraid of falling down that she would just shuffle along and keep her eyes on her feet all the time. It was sad to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-rants/689737/40 "2014-06-02T22:23:43Z")
My stepson is being an absolute ASSHOLE lately and hurting my husband very, very deeply. I’m not going into it all, but suffice it to say - I’m not putting up with his bullshit anymore. My husband and I have been together almost 20 years - he’s about to see me get my inner bitch on like he’s never seen it before. The stepson is 34 fucking years old - he’d best get a fucking clue. Because I WILL be the evil stepmother. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-rants/689737.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-rants/689737.md?page=3)