New Suxs Thread

[Kae915]

Tornadoes... bleh

[absynthe1972]

VV - I'm sorry to hear about your mother-in-law.

My morning was rather...frustrating. One of the cops where I work asked me if RA (rheumatoid arthritis) was permanent. I've told him umpteen times that it is. I have good days and bad days. I'm sorry that I've had a bad two weeks and you're now offended. I hate to say it (sort of) but I called him some choice words and hobbled off to the elevator. Stupid was the nicest word I called him. I just lost my temper this morning because with all this rain and humidity, I hurt and I'm NOT nice when I hurt. There's nothing that anyone can do about it as pain meds don't work and the anti-inflammatory meds don't work very well, either. I'm afraid that if I start to use a cane, I'll end up smacking someone in the knees and yelling at them "DID THAT HURT?!?" *sigh*

[Kirahfaye]

I'm sorry absynthe that you are experiencing so much pain right now. I have to admit to laughing out loud though when I read your last comment. It would serve some people right ... However I probably wouldn't suggest using the cane on the cop ...

[Jany]

Tiny suck compared to everyone else's, but I just wasted an entire afternoon and a good bit of silk on a dress that's 12cm too short to serve as the under-dress it was supposed to become. I can has brainz?

[DollyKim]

Dealing with thousands upon thousands of pictures on a computer that were right-clicked in low res instead of downloading the real files by a "helpful" but not computer savvy person. ~eye twitch~ Then comes explaining why we don't need it in different formats or that a slightly different name doesn't mean it's a completely different picture.

[SpiralPrince]

URAGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

My boyfriend, just omygaaaaawd my boyfriend.

Story is basically that he came over and we chilled all day. We were at my place and my moms kinda strict so we just hung out in the living room and around town.

So my mom gets home at around 6 and then she informs me that we were not supposed to be alone together even though we have been several times already and there was no fricken problem.

So now he's all puffed up at my mom because he thinks she called him a liar about not knowing and he expects me to tell her how mad he is and I'm all like URAGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

[maywong]

USPS has miss place my package again! This is the 3rd time in a row!

[Kirahfaye]

SpiralPrince, having been both a teen and a parent, I can attest that parents can seem arbitrary at times. As a parent, we aren't always consistent which does confuse things quite a bit. It's not that we are trying to be difficult, it is just that sometimes were get all "parenty" (usually when we feel impotently protective of our teens). We might re-institute old rules that we've become lax on or suddenly create a rule that may or may not seem warranted.

I went through this when my daughter was 15 and she wanted to spend time with a friend who had been her boyfriend for a few months. His parents were not at home and although they were fine with it, my daughter and I got into one of our few serious disagreements. We stopped, I breathed, and then my daughter, husband and I had a brief, but productive, discussion where it was decided we would trust her judgement and trust the former boyfriend's promise to behave respectfully. They didn't get together often and my daughter knew she could call me at any time if she felt uncomfortable.

I don't know how old you are, but my suggestion is that you should ask to sit down with your parent(s) and discuss this issue - without the boyfriend. Discuss their concerns - and accept those concerns without argument or whining. Then explain your side and see if an agreement can be made. Be prepared to be disappointed. Your mom might not be willing to budge, but see if you can come to a compromise in some other area where you can show your ability to be mature without freaking out your parents. Unless your mom loves your boyfriend, she's going to feel less compassionate about his anger than either of you want right now. So it's important that you show a level of maturity during your talk that will, hopefully, gain a measure of respect from your parents. Don't argue. Don't whine. You might not get what you want. You might be too young to get what you want and you might need to understand that. Or your mom might surprise you. Regardless, the way you present yourself during discussions like this will advance your cause more than anything else.

[kenaiqueen]

Well said, Kirahfaye to SpiralPrince! I can only add, as a parent too, we really love our kids and want everything to go well for them.

My suck for the day/week: I am house & cat-sitting for my sis up in the big town and since the cat does not speak English, I do not know what the f**k you want cat, so stop meowing at me! (Has food, water & clean litter box) I suspect it is in collusion with the Bad-Thing-In-The-Closet that lives (or exists, rather) in my sis's basement closet, which hates me and is using the cat to annoy me since I won't go into the basement for it to scare me.

[victoriavictrix]

Well said, Kirahfaye to SpiralPrince! I can only add, as a parent too, we really love our kids and want everything to go well for them.

My suck for the day/week: I am house & cat-sitting for my sis up in the big town and since the cat does not speak English, I do not know what the f**k you want cat, so stop meowing at me! (Has food, water & clean litter box) I suspect it is in collusion with the Bad-Thing-In-The-Closet that lives (or exists, rather) in my sis's basement closet, which hates me and is using the cat to annoy me since I won't go into the basement for it to scare me.

Cats do not meow to other cats. They only meow to humans. Scientists speculate that this is because other cats can understand cat body-language and humans can't.

The cat probably does not want anything except to voice his displeasure at his human being gone. Unlike dogs, cats can think into the future a bit, and I suspect the cat has decided that since YOUR arrival coincided with the leaving of his human, if he can make you understand you need to go, his human will come back.

Because, cat-brain.