Don’t eyelashes have squatters rights?
I mean, it’s like they’ve been there for ever, -just hanging out, barely milimeters from the eye itself. I think you were too harsh in evicting them.
Now, in my case, a large peice of wire…that had to go immediately!
Hey Taters, let’s get a bottle of vodka and commiserate together. I’ve got something similar happening right now, only it’s family that’s doing the breaking, and it’s getting nasty. Well, childish more than nasty, but still a bummer.
I’m thinking it’s time for a good drunk anyway.
They are not so much my friends, but my sister and her husband are fighting and talking divorce and all that crap and they are being very, very childish about the whole thing.
They got married Aug.23, 2003 so they haven’t been married a long time, they don’t have kids and they don’t co-own anything. I think they both like to be miserable and see the other person be miserable.
Divorce…UGH!! Been through it with two of my siblings and had one of my own. They do ugly things to families and almost always end up splitting loyalties. The only advice I can give you, misstee, is try to stay out of the crossfire.
fcm, Fall is supposed to be coming to O-Town this Friday. It’s only going to be in the 70s!!! 
I’m not thinking I’ll mind the cooler weather this year as much as past years seein’ as we had a spell of hot weather without the benefit of AC this summer. Well, at least not at first…
I’m missing swampy and vunderbob and kalley this week. When they come back, we must bring pie. 
You know, it’s the childishness that gets me. Some fine examples:
She took his monitor from his home office, because she gave it as a gift several years ago, and wants it back. She did this, of course, when she knew he had a presentation to give the next day.
His revenge? Took her car keys to his presentation, knowing she had to be in court the next morning.
It’s been pointed out that one or the other should move, but neither wants to give the other the satisfaction.
Sad and stupid.
On the upside though, I flopped my first straight flush ever in poker and won $600 with it.
When my kid was here this weekend, she made sure to mention that the 40s we were experiencing were probably the absolute worse she’d encounter in Orlando this winter. She thought I’d be upset. Psssssh - I’m thrilled to have seasons again! I’m loving the cool!
Rue, renegade eyelashes are the worst! You have my sympathies. And my Visine, if I had any.
Ghost eyelashes when you feel them even once they’re gone-- hate 'em. I find a little clean spit on my finger makes it hurt less when you’re fishing for those little devils. Do you think spit in your eye is a bad thing, if it’s not yours, of course?
My family is practically divorce free, but the one we had makes up in viciousness what we lack in quantity. Hint: when he hits on your sister the day before the wedding, think twice!
Erm, I think I meant if the spit is your own. Somebody ele’s spit in your eye, well that’s just oogy.
I am going to the doctor on Friday, so I can stop freaking out my co-workers with my hacking cough.
Hugs to welby, Taters, and everyone else who needs them.
Thanks all for the hugs…it’s been really rough for me. welby, you know, I TRIED getting drunk this past weekend, but I couldn’t even begin bring myself to drink.
I’ve got a long and painful road ahead of me, but I’ll get through it. If any of you read my thread called Lies, Betryal, Pain, you’ll get most of what I’m going through.
I’ve lost weight, I can’t really eat, and I sure as hell can’t sleep.
Anyway, I appreciate everybody’s support. The MMP always puts a smile on my face, and boy howdy, do I need it now.
I was so happy this was Welby talking and not lieu. That could have been icky.
taters where is that thread? Can you link it? I so know what you are describing here feels like. When I divorced the Klingon, I went through it, too. Hang in there, honey, we’re here for ya! {{{{{{{{taters}}}}}}}}
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=280332Lies, Betrayal Pain
I’m not sure how to link threads, but above is the thread. I posted it on Monday in MPSIMs.
Things are improving, there isn’t any divorce for me on horizon. I’m willing to forgive, but he understands it will take time. At least they didn’t sleep together, and on her part it was nothing more than a flirtation. Her husband, however, has a lot more to forgive. He needs to forgive my husband (I think he will, we talked), for developing feelings for his wife; he needs to forgive his wife for going out and carrying on a seven-week affair with another man (my neighbor), and he needs to forgive his wife for developing feelings for this other fella. I don’t know if her husband can and will forgive his wife. When he talked, he said he was going to, but, things change.
For me, I need to accept the fact that my husband had started to develop feelings for another woman. He said he doesn’t have those feelings anymore. It all started out innocently enough, and I guess both found the attention flattering.
We’ve both been talking, a lot, and I know we’ll get through this. The talks have been honest and forthright.
I’m feeling better today. You gotta crawl before you walk, and walk before you run.
Aw, Taters, good luck to you.
And now, in the hopes I can put a smile on your face, I want to make sure that you know this: if you do, in fact, get yourself drunk, you will become Smashed Taters.
:: rimshot ::
I’ll be here all week!
Aw, taters, you poor kid! I don’t know how I missed your thread but when I just read it, I got goosebumps because of the similarities to my situation with the Klingon. The BIG difference was that he could not stop seeing the other woman and confessed he was in love with her. He wanted to keep seeing her, stay married to me, and keep our family together. NOT IN MY LIFETIME!! I hope you do consider counseling; it could help to heal the wounds especially since BOTH of you want to keep things together.
scout, That did make me smile…thanks. I’m thinking that this weekend calls for a trip to the George Store (that’s state liquor store for you non-Washingtonians) for a bottle of vodka. I really am feeling a lot better.
Tupug, thanks again. It sounds like your situation was worse than mine is. Yes, he betrayed me in his heart, but he swears those feelings ended as soon as he caught her with the other guy. My heart tells me that isn’t completely the case because he was so angry when he found out this weekend about her affair. He said some rather hurtful things to her yesterday, and it spilled over in that he wouldn’t let her son come and play with our son. She sent him an e-mail, and then he sent her back another e-mail. I read the e-mails, he called me in to read them. This tells me he’s being honest. He called her (with me standing there) and apologized for hurting her son’s feelings. He then explained his feelings of hurt and betrayal to her. They talked for quite awhile. I think it was cathartic for him. Now it’s all out and he can move on and so can I. We’ve agreed (all around) that it’s best to stay away from each other for awhile, at least. Then we’ll see how it goes. The kids can continue to communicate (why should they pay?), and that makes me feel good.
The truly sad thing is that we loved each other like family. I don’t know if we’ll ever regain that. There are certainly trust issues at stake here, both for her husband and for me. She most certainly has issues and is going to counseling. Until her husband returns from Minnesota, a few days from now, I don’t know what he’s going to do. I spoke to him the day he left.
I think, even if we do go back to being friends, it’ll be awkward at first. How could it not be? I’m not sure I’ll ever regain the feeling of ease I had with her. As for her husband, well, like me, he didn’t do anything wrong. My feelings toward him haven’t changed.
In the end, if things do work out all around, our marriages and our friendship can only be strengthened by this. If we can overcome this, we can overcome just about anything.
Perhaps I’m being somewhat naive or overly optimistic. Perhaps her husband will decide it’s over between him and his wife. Perhaps he’ll decide the friendship is over; I just don’t know. I feel like I’m doing the right thing, for myself, my husband, and my kids. No, I know I’m doing the right thing.
Big hugs to Taters - and a hope and prayer that things will work out for the best.
And I have nothin’ - 'cause I’m all sad & stuff - Taters + bad situation with aunt (she is in the hospital now) = not a good week. But on the upside…hmm…no upside comes right to mind. Good thing I don’t keep chocolate in the house.
And I had to go to the second page to find this thread!
Let’s all wish real, real hard for a good week next week. Either that, or clap your hands real hard so Tinkerbell can live.
Susan
Hey! HEY! It’s friday! Picture me doing a little happy dance, I’m wiggling my butt and totally disregarding the beat. Now if that doesn’t make you feel better, or at least superior, you aren’t fully appreciating how truly awful I am at dancing.
Now, this weekend I’m decorating for Halloween, the best holiday of the year. I’ve got my fabulous bouquet of corpse’s fingers, wreath of bugs, rats and eyeballs, and the skull and vermin door hanging. I have homemade leg bone candles (they drip red wax as they burn), ravens and bats to hang and a gingerbread haunted house to bake. Oh yes, the angry topiaries and giant eyeballs need to be put out as well. This year I desire a scary tree from which to hang disgusting ornaments and some sort of horrifying candy dish. What are you all doing?
My kids used to get a big charge out of decorating for Halloween but guess who got to take everything down and clean up??? :dubious: Now I’m lucky if I can muster the energy to buy eight bags of candybars for the trick-or-treaters. We had neighbors who did a haunted house every year but they got divorced and sold the house so it will probably not be quite so lively this year. Oh, well…
I don’t think I’ll be doing any Halloween decorating - I gave what stuff I had to the kid, and with all the other things we’re doing to the house, hanging fake spiderwebs isn’t way high on the priority list. I will buy some candy just in case some kids come by.
I’m also going to buy some candy for tomorrow - it’s my BIL’s 50th birthday and my sister is hosting a pot luck dinner for him. She said no one volunteered to bring dessert, so I’m to bring sweets. I’ll get several bags of different candy bars - easy to serve and easy for everyone to find something they like. Plus no dishes for me to do.
I was gonna rake my front lawn today, but it’s raining, so raking is out. Thank goodness I have the MMP to stave off boredom!