Tell me something

[Deleted User]

Oh Meg, that guy is a total bastard. I honestly don't know how anyone could be that heartless. And bless her heart. With a toddler and a 3 month old in NICU, I'm sure she doesn't have any fight in her. My heart breaks for her. I wish I could give her a hug, a pep talk and a day at the spa.

pixiedust84

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Tell me something : I would love for you to kick him in the penis. They were never married, so he's a "baby-daddy" for lack of better term. But my one niece is 18 months, the other is only 3 months (She was actually not supposed to be born until July, so she's still in the NICU), and you can tell he doesn't give a crap about them. With the older one, he has visitation twice a week, which he usually blows off at least one visit. When he shows up, my niece screams and cries when she gets put in his car, and then when she comes home she does nothing but cry and will not let anybody but my sister or my mother near her. She's normally incredibly social and happy, so we all know that something just isn't right with the visits. The other one should be coming home in a few weeks, when she does, she'll still be on oxygen for about a month. Now he hasn't even seen her yet, but he's already petitioning to have her living at his house 3 days a week "because then it's joint custody and I don't have to pay child support". The really sickening part of this all is with both of my sister's pregnancies, he pretty much told my family that if the baby came out retarded or deformed he wouldn't have anything to do with it. I hate this guy. <strong>I hate him so much.</strong>
Posted by megk8oz[/QUOTE]

Ugh! I hate him too and I don't even know him. I'll send hate vibes his way

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~~~~~~~~ (Those are the vibes)

[Deleted User]

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[QUOTE]I am a hugely boring person and have no exciting or scandalous stories. I'm a homebody and don't party so not much happens in my life. My only real claim to fame is that I've published 2 fiction novels and have a third on the way, though the third I'm doing myself due to a disagreement with the publishing company. Posted by Seshat411[/QUOTE]

That is very interesting. Seriously. I wish I had a talent like that. I would imagine it would be an amazing release. What are your books about?

Dferrari17

I have some of their addresses! lol   But in the long run, I learned a ton from it. Makes me appreciate my FI's amazingness so much more!!

OH!!! This is the best one! When I was 17 I walked in on the guy I was dating with another girl at a party. Me being me, just walked donwstairs to hang out with friends. Him being drunk came down, accused me of cheating and backhanded me. In response, I broke his jaw. I ran into him a week or so later and he has his jaw wired shut. I'm pretty sure I won.

Always fight back girls!

[Deleted User]

I will kick any penis, anytime. As long as they deserve it.

btrflykate1230

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[QUOTE]I cheated on everyone I ever dated except FI. None of them ever knew. I certainly never felt so guilty that I had to unburden my soul.
Posted by laurenclaire1386[/QUOTE]

I almost always cheated on my boyfriends. There was one I didn't (not exFI) and that's because the guy I usually cheat on my boyfriends with was his fraternity brother.

btrflykate1230

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[QUOTE]I will kick any penis, anytime. As long as they deserve it.
Posted by cew515[/QUOTE]

Ditto. I love being a ballbuster.

megk8oz

RE: Postpartum Depression. We haven't even TTC yet, and DH has already told me he believes I will suffer from it. He doesn't mean it in a judgemental way ... he just knows I don't do change well (I have anxiety issues), and have issues admitting when something's wrong. So he pretty much wants to have "PPD" plan in place before we get to the "post" part.

[Deleted User]

Cew and pixie--the first two are about a gang of friends that rescue abused children, essentially by 'kidnapping' them and bringing them to a safehouse. The first one follows the group as they continue their project and struggle with their own issues of addiciton, abuse, and a nosy reporter on their trail. The second follows the main character as she gets her life back on track after the events in the first.

The third isn't part of the series (which is on hold for now). The new one is about a father who travels to the Land of the Dead with a Cherokee guide to save his son's soul. Along the way they battle various native American legends while the guide's ulterior motives are slowly revealed.

Cew, yes writing is a major release for me. One day I hope to support myself just with my books but so far I'm not there. Some day, it's an impossible industry to break into.

btrflykate1230

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[QUOTE]RE: Postpartum Depression. We haven't even TTC yet, and DH has already told me he believes I will suffer from it. He doesn't mean it in a judgemental way ... he just knows I don't do change well (I have anxiety issues), and have issues admitting when something's wrong. So he pretty much wants to have "PPD" plan in place before we get to the "post" part.
Posted by megk8oz[/QUOTE]

That's really smart. I am so glad you guys are planning for that! It hit me like a ton of bricks and I was depressed about being depressed because I'm usually a happy-go-lucky kind of person.

[Deleted User]

Meg - mine wasn't so bad. I only had it for 3 - 4 days after he was born and it was mainly anxiety. I had a few panic attacks over little stuff and just couldn't stop crying. I remember walking through babies r us trying to find preemie clothes and just bawling because I felt like I had failed because he was so tiny. But after I got a full night's sleep, I felt so much better.

Bubbalub

Ah! I found a pic!




HAH! And, no, I didn't really look like that, it's my face on a pretty standard video game girl body. LOL!

[Deleted User]

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[QUOTE]Cew and pixie--the first two are about a gang of friends that rescue abused children, essentially by 'kidnapping' them and bringing them to a safehouse. The first one follows the group as they continue their project and struggle with their own issues of addiciton, abuse, and a nosy reporter on their trail. The second follows the main character as she gets her life back on track after the events in the first. The third isn't part of the series (which is on hold for now). The new one is about a father who travels to the Land of the Dead with a Cherokee guide to save his son's soul. Along the way they battle various native American legends while the guide's ulterior motives are slowly revealed. Cew, yes writing is a major release for me. One day I hope to support myself just with my books but so far I'm not there. Some day, it's an impossible industry to break into.
Posted by Seshat411[/QUOTE]

I would love to check them out. They sound really cool. Could you PM me the names of the books? If you're not comfortable doing that, it's okay. :)

Also, the kidnapping abused kids part made me think of The Legend of Billie Jean. Does anyone remember that movie? Fair is Fair!

btrflykate1230

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[QUOTE]Ah! I found a pic! HAH! And, no, I didn't really look like that, it's my face on a pretty standard video game girl body. LOL!
Posted by Bubbalub[/QUOTE]

I LOVE this! That is so awesome!

Bubbalub

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[QUOTE]RE: Postpartum Depression. We haven't even TTC yet, and DH has already told me he believes I will suffer from it. He doesn't mean it in a judgemental way ... he just knows I don't do change well (I have anxiety issues), and have issues admitting when something's wrong. So he pretty much wants to have "PPD" plan in place before we get to the "post" part.
Posted by megk8oz[/QUOTE]

We are doing the same thing. My doc switched me from one med to another because it's safe in pregnancy while the other wasn't. And I am planning on looking into "mindfulness" because my doc recommends it for anxiety.

[Deleted User]

Cew, I'll PM you, I don't mind. You might not get it until tomorrow, for some reason I have trouble with PMs and my profile at home and might have to wait till I get to work. We'll see.

And yeah, I love that movie. I have to watch it every time it's on.

tidetravel

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[QUOTE]RE: Postpartum Depression. We haven't even TTC yet, and DH has already told me he believes I will suffer from it. He doesn't mean it in a judgemental way ... he just knows I don't do change well (I have anxiety issues), and have issues admitting when something's wrong. So he pretty much wants to have "PPD" plan in place before we get to the "post" part.
Posted by megk8oz[/QUOTE]
I was worried about PPD during the pregnancy, too.  I never really felt "pregnant" and I felt that I didn't really experience a connection with Taryn while she was still in utero.  I was worried that when she came out, that I still wasn't going to get the connection.  DH and I had a backup plan in place and it was a good thing.  Of course, the first couple weeks I was emotional and hormonal and sleep-deprived.  He was like, "You have PPD, you need to talk to someone!."  I remember screaming, "I don't have PPD - I just need some fucking sleep!!!!" 

[Deleted User]

Thanks, Seshat! I have the same trouble with PMs from my home computer. I can't respond to them. I have to just make a new PM if I want to respond. It sucks. I look forward to your PM tomorrow!

pixiedust84

Seshat I would absolutely read your books! They sound really interesting. That's my kind of book.

tidetravel

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Tell me something : We are doing the same thing. My doc switched me from one med to another because it's safe in pregnancy while the other wasn't. And I am planning on looking into "mindfulness" because my doc recommends it for anxiety.
Posted by Bubbalub[/QUOTE]
Waitaminute.

Are you the pregnant KPS poster?

megk8oz

The situation is a mess, and my sister isn't exactly the most stable person (She has BPD), but she's actually been working really hard at getting her sh!t together for the kids. Right now, my mother actually has physical custody, but my sister has "supervised" custody, and she and the babies live (Well, the youngest eventually will) with my parents. This happened because Baby-Daddy wanted to pretty much just get full custody (And do God only knows what) to avoid paying child support, and he attacked my sister's ability to be a single parent. So my mother and sister teamed up and attacked his ability to be a single parent, and it's pretty hard to prove that my mother isn't a competent guardian.

If my family had the money to keep going to court with him, it wouldn't be a big deal, because every time he goes, he makes an ass out of himself and the judge winds up siding with our family, and then proceeds to restrict his rights further (Like taking days off of the visitation schedule). But going is expensive, and it's just been a drain on everybody involved, emotionally, physically, financially.

ETA: Just realized how much I've been letting out. I really don't normally talk about this situation. Thanks for listening ladies, I really appreciate it.

opalsky007

A bit of scandal: two years ago, after way too much red wine, I narrowly missed puking on the vice president of GE Nuclear. Thankfully, he does not know this.

katiewhompus

Random - My parents lost everything we owned in Desert Storm. The only thing the US soldiers could recover out of our Kuwaiti apartment were my books. Apparently the Iraqi soldiers who ransacked the place neatly boxed them up and placed them by the door. My parents were due an $80,000 check that was to be paid out on 9/11. Safe to say, after that Iraq didn't pay up.

Interesting - I am a published professional archaeologist (I know I've said that before, it's all I've got!) and have worked on the estates of George Washington, James Madison, multipe civil war sites and prehistoric villages/hunting camps.

playtntsbpg30

I was the "other" woman for 3 yrs with a guy that was my best friend, and still is. It just crossed that line more then a few times. It was great while it lasted. I hated being the other woman as I did want to have a real relationship with him, but always thought he'd just end up cheating on me too.

During that time I have not been in a real-serious relationship. Now that I experienced the "real deal". I will not allow that line to be crossed at all. If I know they are in a relationship, girlfriend or wife, doesn't matter. I will only offer a friendship. I guess I was just selfish because I liked him so much more then a friend. But after being in a relationship knowing the good and bad of it. I never want to be the other woman, it hurts to much being THE WOMAN.

The girlfriends never did find out about me as they were his girlfriends at college which was 4 hrs away, and I was like his "at home" girlfriend sorta. (I say girlfriends because he had 2 different ones during the time we were together).

[Deleted User]

Oooh. Here's something else. More embarrassing than anything else. Before I lost all of the weight, I was just walking down the hall  and kicked one leg up and all of the sudden, I broke my ankle and my leg in 3 places. It just crumpled like an accordion because it couldn't take all of my weight. I had to have a plate and six pins put into my leg to put me back together. It sucked.

[Deleted User]

Cew it worked, so you should have a PM. Pixie, I'll PM you.

tidetravel

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[QUOTE]interesting: I got to hold a 10 week old tiger during my internship.  It was amazing! 
Posted by ILoveMilkDuds[/QUOTE]
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.

opalsky007

And re: PPD

Meg, I think that's really smart, and it's something that has concerned me too. My own mother's stories about her struggles with it have left me worried and I'm curious whether I have those same tendencies.

[Deleted User]

Opal - I think you're so beautiful. I love your sig pic.

katiewhompus

Oh, and a slutty one
In one night I ended a 3 year relationship, kicked him out of the apartment, and called Dh to ask him if he was willing to date someone who was broken. I was single for a whole 20 minutes.