I'm tired of cooking/preparing 3 meals a day. It's just the two of us but boy oh boy can that woman eat!! She stays slimish, I get fattish. It's bad enough I do everything here much less start making her one thing and me the other. At times I feel guilty when I buy her fast food cuz of the nutritional value....not to mention I eat it too.
There’s at least one crazy person in our families. Sometimes more than one!
make sure the female dolls come with tissues tucked in the sleeves . I remember working in the nursing home , taking off the women’s cardigan sweaters and it would snow tissues.
Hahahahaha! 🤣
Hey. I know a few seniors who fit that description perfectly!
Way,
Too funny!
Cat and Way,
I picked Gertrude. Maybe, Agatha or my godmother’s name, Mabel. Mabel was mean! Plus she gave awful birthday and Christmas gifts!
LOL 😆, Mabel gave me underwear every single year. What kid wants underwear as a present? Of course, I smiled and politely said, “Thank you.”
My mom and dad raised me to be polite but I really wasn’t interested in getting underwear!
What names do you like? Oooooh, Hilda!
The original dolls stick their tongue out when you squeeze them in the stomach. I think the Senior version should yell obscenities or pass gas.. haha
can I request my MIL name for a doll ?
Maybe you can include a personalized doll with each new client for your business .
Re: the naming of the dolls. Burnt, are you familiar with Blood, Sweat and Tears’ hit from 1970 called “Lucretia MacEvil”? Great song! Give it a listen, but be prepared to dance.
It’s never easy. I know what you mean about a knot in your stomach. During the most stressful times of my caregiving, I could barely eat.
My doctor got upset with me for not eating enough and losing weight but I lost my appetite. Not only that, half of the time, I was just too tired to eat. So, I would just take a bite here and there.
I hope that you are able to find a caregiver to work on Sundays
Wishing you peace as you continue on in your caregiver journey.
Perfect names! LOL 😆
My 94 yo dad does not want to be out of bed in NH and nurses are insisting that he should be. We finally informed staff that if he doesn’t want to be out of bed he shouldn’t have to be. He’s declining. He just wants to sleep.
My mothers aide informed us she doesn’t want to work Sundays anymore. Now there’s uncertainty about her caregivers. One change can change everything. I know our schedule was built on a house of cards. Back to figuring that out.
My mom is also complaining that she feels as though she’s in a fog. She has a pacemaker and it probably has to do with her blood pressure. I’m not sure what to do about this.
I am so tired of thinking about them. Due to go back in a couple of weeks for my stint and have a knot in my stomach already.
The first edition of Senior Bratz dolls will be named:
-Helen
-Mildred
-Doris
-Sylvia
and of course last but certainly not least one named for the most terrifying senior I ever met in my life.
Zia Lucrezia or as us kids had to call her in English Auntie Creesha.
You’re probably right.
There is no drug that un-brats anyone.
Bratty behavior is here to stay. I'm already looking forward to Day 3 of my BRAT diet.
Drugs help! Not enough, though…
Oh my gosh, drugs certainty don’t work in every case. When I had my bicycle accident. I was in the hospital having my surgery (rods placed on both bones.)
There was an old woman across the hall from me. She had mental problems, couldn’t speak English and wondered into my room screaming at me in Spanish. I freaked out, called for the nurse and begged them to drug her.
The nurse said. “Honey, we gave her drugs in an amount that would be a lethal dose for you. It didn’t phase her.” So, I sarcastically said to the nurse, “Well, then drug me. Knock me out so I can sleep!”
I was in so much pain even with the morphine and this horrible old woman made my stay in the hospital almost unbearable. I felt sorry for the nurses on that shift and had to take care of her.
Oh my gosh! You had the red head and others too! I only had one Barbie and Skipper.
I did not have the car or the dream house. My parents couldn’t afford those. I played with my friend’s car and dream house.
My Barbie did have incredible clothes because my mom was a fabulous seamstress and made her tons of clothes! I can’t imagine making those tiny clothes but she did.
Yeah, there would be backlash but it is hysterical! I bet you would have tons of fans!!!
Can you just tell me what you would name a few? Please! Ooooh, can I name one? Gertrude! LOL 😆
I played with my dolls too.
One of my favorite toys was my cash register. I was strolling through an antique shop one day and saw the exact one that I had. I wanted it until I saw that it was being sold for $75! Remember the toys were metal then? It was red metal with the play money. I played store for hours! Now toys are all plastic.
We can laugh about it, but can you imagine what the societal backlash would be on a product like Senior Bratz with the ridiculous political correctness and over-sensitivity we live in today?
For sure there would be a huge market for them (i.e. every person who is caregiving for an elder) and they'd make money.
I stil want to do it.
Fantastic!!!
You can make big bucks, then you can do a wonderful presentation on Shark Tank and get the big investors!
Way and I will be happy to help you get started! Make millions and as investors Way and I will make a few bucks as investors.
Maybe Lori would invest and put your line of Senior Bratz dolls on QVC! Oh, and Mr. Wonderful is in the toy business!
I’m amazed at how quickly items sell out on QVC. Mom used to order a couple of tops from there once or twice a year. I would watch it occasionally with her.
I wonder how many kids have senior brat grannies. My grandma was a sweetheart but I bet it is really difficult for kids with mean grandmothers.
I think every person who is a caregiver to an elder would buy a Senior Bratz doll for themselves.
I also had two black Barbies. They were beautiful. I had the original one with the red hair that was passed down and the second edition one that looked like Donna Summer back in the day. I don't have those anymore. Wish I did because they's be worth a fortune now.
I played with my dolls and loved them That's what toys are for. What kid gets a new toy and leaves it sealed in the original box and never touches it so it will be worth money?
None of the kids I know even play with toys anymore. Everything is just a screen.
Can Way and I invest in your ‘Senior Bratz’ line of dolls?
Please 🙏 !!!
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The Dammit doll was sort of a novelty item for awhile. I got one at a craft fair to use at my desk at work! They were cute.
I didn’t have a special edition Barbie. Sounds awesome. I did have an original Barbie. I wish that I still had it. I think the red head one was rare and worth a lot of money now. I had the typical blonde Barbie.
You never know with all those Beabie Babies of yours what they're worth. Everything from the past is back in with the kids and they pay big money for it.
Like vinyl record albums. Kids are paying big money for records. So it stands to reason that Gen Z is going to rediscover Beanie Babies and you will hit the jackpot.
@Need and Way
I never heard of a Dammit Doll. You have to remember I grew up poor. So any dolls I got I took care of and would not be slamming it on the table. I remember I got the best Barbie ever when I was a little kid. It was probably around 1977. They released a special edition Barbie that was 18" tall. That doll was beautiful. I still have it and she's still beautiful.
I think I will create the line of Senior Bratz dolls. They will be the parents of the original Bratz dolls of the early 90's who are now their middle-aged adult children.
They will have to be talking though because there's never been a senior brat who was silent. Any living senior brat worth their Milk of Magnesia can get a room full of happy people having a good time at each other's throats within a minute. A proper senior brat can bring that party down fast. Like my mother. She's the O.G. senior brat.
My first edition of Senior Bratz dolls will when you press the button say:
-If only you could lose some weight, dear. You have such a pretty face.
-I'm voting for (insert ANY name here)
-I don't want to be a burden. Peel me a grape, slave'.
-I don't ask that much of you.
LOL! Walkers, canes, and lottery scratch tickets sold seperately.
I’m so sorry to hear about the fires. That’s awful 😞.
However I opened my windows to get some nice cool night air and has to close them again. The smoke from the fires is coming in this direction.
Send I know you are one of the relative insomniacs - part of the CFS/FM I have read
Ana I would welcome some mud right about now. We could send you some sunshine in exchange for the rain.
Thx Llama - it's not like I have a choice.