Gershun Posted November 2016
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Hey folks, welcome to the new whine/general topic thread. Feel free to use this thread to discuss anything that is on your mind. Caregiving- related stuff, life after a loved one's death, your own emotional wellbeing. Whatever..........anything on your mind.
If I wave and get a wave back then Id probably say hi, and give a quick chat.
If a new neighbor moves in now, at this point in my life, I keep a friendly distance, until I get to know them.
Personally I love to be friendly but as for neighbors I personally think it's better to not be to friendly, we have had neighbors that ask us a favor then , it turns into another and another, then I pull the plug on the neighbor and there annoyed. It's hard living right next door to some you don't get along with.
We had this one sweet older guy across the street, he was having car issues. Every so often he would leave his hood up and I would tell my husband and he would go over and look at his car. It was just a nice neighborhood thing.
My neighbor right next door had really bad lung issues, I was always watching if he let the dogs out for to long I would send my husband over to check on him.
We actually have a very nice neighborhood for the most part of people just being there , but not being to close. It's perfect, but the are redoing a house beside us to rent so that will be interesting.
But no I don't wave and be friendly Everytime I walk out the door. That could be a lot of waving all day. Lol
I saw a story on television where people are putting pickles in Dr. Pepper!
Yuck! It may be a new thing but I won’t be trying this trend.
They are comparing it to chicken and waffles, pineapples on pizza and mint and lamb, saying that opposites attract.
I totally agree that you shouldn’t even consider option four.
I say to do whatever you feel like doing. You don’t have to speak with them if you don’t want to.
I have no qualms with not speaking to people that I am not interested in talking with.
I wouldn’t do anything that I wasn’t comfortable with.
Even if you do choose to speak to them, it can be a simple ‘hello’ and nothing more.
When I get time I want a watch last night CNN special. I think I can get it on hulu
Type that into search engine and the article comes up. Thanks AnxietyN.
It was about how difficult it is as a caregiver and how you get burnout a lot quicker and how to deal with it
Most of us would be totally lost without our phones.
I am going to assume that he doesn’t use Apple Pay or anything like that either, since he doesn’t carry a phone around.
Our lives are on our phones. If we lose our phones, we are screwed!
What's even worse we can't even look them up any more, unlike landlines there is no publicly available registry for cell phone numbers.
I was the leader of the vacation.
I know, he refuses to be attached to his phone like the rest of the world is.
We forget how dependant we are of are phone We don't even know peoples phone numbers anymore.
Oh gosh, he was a prime target if he had strayed off into a sketchy area. Glad that he was able to find his bearings.
I have accompanied my husband on business trips, if he is going somewhere that I want to go. I never sit in the hotel room when he is working. I will venture out on my own to see the city.
It is easy to get lost if you’re not familiar with an area. Nowadays, we can navigate our surroundings using our cell phones.
I remember as kids, sometimes we would beg our mom to drive because she had a better sense of direction than dad. Plus, she didn’t have any issues with asking for directions like my dad did.
After we got use to the area it was like omg how dumb, we were right across from the Mississippi.
After like I said we didn't leave each others side. Got off the plane, and he was desperately looking for a bathroom. I'm looking at my phone for where we go next, and watching his feet, looked up and saw urinals, lol fowelled a bit to close 😁
Getting separated from others in a store can lead to funny conversations!
I am usually the one who makes detours to look at something that catches my eye and my husband doesn’t know where I am.
He automatically calls my cell to find me.
I have been in the store and my husband made a last minute detour.
Thinking that I am speaking to my husband, I have asked a total stranger, “Honey, what do you think of this? Do you like it?” This poor man looked at me and said, “If you like that, then you should buy it.” LOL 😝
Suddenly, I realized that his voice didn’t sound anything like my husband and I looked up and explained to him that I thought that he was my husband.
You could have emailed me if you wanted to.
Wow, sorry to hear that your husband took such a long walk!
Where did he end up going? There are definitely sketchy areas of our city that you shouldn’t be strolling around in by yourself.
Glad that he returned to the hotel safely.
Nacy,
Yep! Even if I didn’t like a name I would keep it to myself. It’s their baby, not mine.
Daisy is a sweet name!
I've noticed, someone will tell me there babies name, and I'm in my head thinking 🤔 , but then as the baby gets older you can't imagine them with anything different, and it just fits them. So they should just keep there opion to themselves
My daughter’s friend is a bit upset that her mom and mother in law don’t like the name that she chose for her baby. She’s using her grandmother’s name as the middle name.
The names that her mom and mother in law likes don’t suit her at all. I am hoping that she will follow her heart and will use the name that she loves for her child.
Some people don’t like a name because it holds bad memories for them. This isn’t the case here. Her mom and mother in law simply hate the name Daisy.
I feel like her family can hate the name all they want, but they shouldn’t tell her not to use a name that she loves.
Funny story about how I was named. Mom named me. My dad loved a certain name, but when mom found out the name belonged to a former girlfriend of his, she said, “No, that’s not happening!”
LOL 😆 Daddy just liked the name. Mom knew that he didn’t have feelings for this woman, but it still rubbed her the last way.
In-laws not happy with our #1’s name. Tough bananas. Both my mother and MIL use their middle names, as both hate their first names. Our #2 is a girl, so we called her my mother’s middle name followed by MIL’s middle name. They sound lovely together - she’s had compliments. Extended family gushed about the tribute. M and MIL not amused. Both are old-fashioned names but neither odd nor harsh. Our daughter knows the story, loves her name and especially loves how we poked both bears.
I wouldn't let him leave my side the rest of vacation. I even accidentally walked into the men's room with him , until I realized where I was.
Without a phone N. and I can't even find one another in the STORE anymore, and Costco would be a dangerous trek indeed. To say nothing of travel.
What a story!
As some know last week me and my husband went to New Orleans. We are not seasoned travelers by any means. My first time on a plane
We were both a little stressed. Me pretending I wasn't and my husband continues questions about where to go in the airport ECT... The blind leading the blind
The taxi dropped us off at the hotel, amazing beautiful place. We walked to bourbon St, had lunch , me a none drinker , decided to celebrate with a hurricane.
Because of that and the heat , we decided to go back to hotel. Husband said he was going to take a small walk. While he was out walking he got lost. Sence I handle this part of the trip he didn't remember the name of the hotel or the road name, and I had his cell phone.
He walked for 3 hours , while I was in the hotel thinking he was dead. Couldn't ask anyone because he new nothing about the hotel or road. Needs, gave me her email, I'm like omg I can't email her , this crazy lady thinking her husband's dead , 3 hours after they get to my city.
Finally I got my self pulled together, got to the elevator it opened and he was in it. Never been so scared and he was upset.
The hotel looked just like a store front.
Anyways it is going to be a story that will make the trip more remaremarabl. We haven't really told anyone, or talked about it much till today, because we just wanted to forget are stupidity. 😂
river - hope all goes well for you and yours too,
Sounds like the shower was fun!
My daughter’s friend was visiting with us last week. She is expecting her first child.
She started telling me about the name that she selected for her baby. I told her that I thought it was a cute name.
She said that she wished her mom liked the name. Her mother and mother in law told her that they hated the name and not to choose that name. I felt awful for my daughter’s friend.
It’s not a bizarre or weird name. In fact, it’s a sweet name, ‘Daisy.’ She has always loved the name Daisy.
I told her that it’s her child and she should name her whatever she wants to.
I can see why some expecting moms don’t share names with others. I can’t imagine telling my daughters that I don’t like a name that they selected.
No going out here. Dreadful (10+) air quality here due to smoke from BC wildfires. Visibility is much reduced.