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June 2013 Weddings

Vent

I have to vent, so I'm sorry in advance.

This week has sucked. I took Monday off for a gyno appointment. I waited in the stupid paper robe thing for 30 minutes only to have the doctor tell me at their office (my first time going here) they only make people come every other year in my age range, so I actually didn't need one. Thanks for the heads up..? Then I had an eye appointment in the afternoon. I've been on and off correcting my vision for years because the prescriptions I get never work quite right. My new eye doctor (we've been in Geneva for almost two years, I'm just starting to see doctors here, can you tell) finally figured out I have a degenerative eye disorder and no amount of correct will make me see right and eventually I'll need corneal transplants. The disorder is something along the lines of my corneas are basically dissolving off my eyeballs and cause my eyes to lose their round shape which is why contacts and glasses don't work right. I told FI about it and my parents and no one even cared, which made me feel awful. I mean, I'm eventually going to need partial eye transplants and everyone I told about it was all like "well if it's not that bad yet than what are you upset about". Gee, I don't know, my eyes are only dissolving out my fricken head and I'll never be able to see again. Is that not worth getting upset about?

FI and I have been fighting all week. I don't even know about what. We've just been on each other nerves lately. And last night we had a big blow out. He's not put off by dirt and dog hair, but I grew up in a meticulously clean home so I'm more aware of it. FI won't just clean because things are dirty or messy, he needs prompting. The only cleaning thing I ask of him is to not leave a sink full of dishes when he leaves for work because I hate coming home and finding them and having to do them. It's not fair that he leaves a huge mess then I have to come home from work and clean up after him. And he did it yesterday. And not just a few dishes in the sink. Like dirty cutting board and knives all over the countertop. I just wigged out. We have friends coming for the weekend and I don't want to be the only one cleaning up before people come. It sounds trite, but it's just a pet peeve of mine and I'm frankly sick of asking. 

Our dog's also a jerk. Granted, he's a ten month old lab puppy, so he's kind of crazy by nature, but still. The first five month we had him was while I was unemployed, so he got used to being home with someone all day. Now that we both work he spend more time in his kennel (he can't be trusted to be left out yet). As soon as I got home from work yesterday I fed and walked him before I did anything or myself. But he was still a jerk. He keeps getting behind our garage and digging and I'm about ready to flucking kick him if he doesn't cut it the hell out. He did it last night and again this morning. Our garage is detached and built over the hill in our backyard, so the back foundation wall is exposed. It was structurally unsound, so when we bought the house we had to have the wall ripped off and rebuilt and the masons we hired were horrible. Under the garage is soot is scraps from the metal fabrication plant in town and they fricken pulled it all out and backed it up against the wall for pressure to hold the wall in place. Uh, hello, we have a puppy, how about you don't put carcinogenic materials that you can't identify all over our fricken backyard. God, so effing stupid. So we had to order dirt and cover it, but the ground is soft and the dog loves digging back there. We put up an 8 foot nylon garden fence around it but the bastard can still get back there. Plus the dog's so coped up and full of energy he refuses to come in the house once he's out. It took us an hour to get him in last night. AN HOUR. our backyard is huge and we can't catch him and nothing entices him anymore. He knows all our tricks. I'm just ready to scream.

And to top it all off, yesterday I drove my 30 minutes to work to realize I left my laptop at home and to turn around and go back for it. Today, in my angry fit over the dog, I stormed out without checking I had everything, got all the way to work and realized I left my keys and flashdrive at home. So I had to go back again. I want to shoot something at this point. Or smash my head into the wall. Anything. I just want this week to go DIE.

Sorry for the novel, have some cliff notes...


CN: New gyno is stupid. Eyes are dissolving out of my head and no one cares. Fi and I are fighting over trivial, stupid things. Dog is a jerk who can go back to the breeder for all I care right now. Keep forgetting work things at home meaning my 30 minute commute become an hour and half because I never remember I forget things until I get here. Go die week, just go die already. 
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  • Awwwwwwww hugs!

    Hopefully your weekend goes amazing! And look at it on the bright side - you have a long weekend this weekend right?

    Just try to take it easy, breathe and don't sweat the small stuff between FI & you fighting. FI & I went through a spurt a couple weeks ago about little stupid things each of us do or don't do.

    Puppies are alot of work. :(
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  • Oh wow cnf...I'm sorry.

    I couldn't help but laugh at the calling the dog a bastard part or the entire CN....I'm sorry for laughing...
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  • Sorry you are having a tough week! FI and I have been bickering a lot over the last week, too, so I hear you on that one! :/

    But like sssdee said, at least you have a long weekend coming up!!! Start it off with a nice glass of wine when you get home after work. ;)
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  • That definitely sounds like the week from hell. Sorry about everything that's been going on especially the eye problems. I'd be wigging out too I can't believe no one has seemed to grasp the severity of the situation but you. 

    My FI and I fight about the same stuff you guys do and I haven't found anything that works yet. I've asked him to clean about a million times, had a battle of wills (I lost because the sink was so full dirty dishes were left on the counter) and got mad but nothing worked at all. We fight he tells me he'll do more, and he does for about a week then it's back to me doing everything. I cook, clean, do laundry, walk the dog, make sure she has food/water, do the grocery shopping etc and he has yet to do things I've asked him over a year ago to do! Then he tells me it's because I didn't remind him but when I do he tells me he'll do it later and I'm being naggy. Wow sorry didn't mean to vent so much. But I can definitely see where you're coming from. Maybe you could take a breather this weekend and do something for yourself like get your nails done, or a massage, or something else you find relaxing?
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    Aww, you ladies are so lovely. I figured you'd all see the length and bail, haha. Laughing at my crazy is fine. Lord knows I could use it. I do have Monday off work and supposedly we get out at 2 today for the holiday weekend. I don't know, this will be my first since starting my job. Guess I'll find out when Central calls what time I can leave.

    Bar, feel free to add to the vent. It's so nice and cathartic. I feel better already, haha. 

    We have friends coming in tonight for the weekend, so hopefully a fun weekend with everyone will help!

    Thank you loves!
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  • wow what a week! Sorry to hear about all that.  I will admit though I'm more of the "dirty" one in my relationship, my FI is halfway to full blown OCD and we do tend to get in fights about the cleaning as well. I have a nasty habit of leaving my socks everywhere...my bad.  But I'm trying to get better and as long as Chad doesn't nag at me I do a much better job and I'm learning to like a cleaner house as well so he is helping me change, but I think I'm helping him to not have everything be so perfect all the time just saying.  In all fairness though I do the laundry, grocery shopping and take of the dogs including dog poop duty and then I'm the only one that does end up cleaning, he would rather go do yard work so if he doesn't want to help clean then I should I bust my butt to do it too? off on a tangent sorry....about your puppy situation I understand completely your frustration and the dog will hopefully grow out of the distructive behavior and crate training does help and it sounds like you walk him so hopefully time will be the cure all..hopefully your weekend goes better.
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    Oh my gosh, Rob would much rather do yard work. During our fight last night he was all like "you probably didn't notice everything else I got done today becasue you're so focused on the dishes" And I was like "great, you propped open the broken window in the guest room and watered the flowers. Do you want a damn cookie for the two minutes of work you accomplished? I only spent three hours cleaning the whole house on Monday"

    Glad you Chad are learning to compromise. I'm definitely guilty of leavign half drank water glasses everywhere. 
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  • Oh man I'm glad we aren't the only ones fighting about these stupid things I get tired of him complaining that house is dirty but doesn't want to clean instead he just goes outside and starts digging in the dirt...bah I say BAH... We haven't gotten to a great compromise yet but we are definetely trying but sometimes oh it just gets on my nerves. and at least Rob is willing to do something during the week, I can't get chad to do anything during the week so by the time the weekend comes around we work our butts off cleaning and doing yard work that we tire ourselves out and don't do anything else to enjoy ourselves... I think I needed to vent as well thanks cnf
  • I did laugh out loud for real when you called your dog a jerk. I am so sorry you are having such a tough week! It will be nice to have a long weekend this weekend. FI and I argue basically about the same things. Example: we have a hamper. dirty clothes go in the hamper. FI will literally drop his clothes in front of the hamper on the floor. Um, can you put them in please? I just dont understand why it is so difficult. I am definitely guilty of leaving half full water bottles around the house, among other things. Dogs can be jerks too. Our dog is into trying to catch bees in his mouth. If they fly by him, he has to go after them, which results in me getting divebombed be bees.
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  • Oh and also, I think you should find a different gyn, you are supposed to go every year, I have never even heard of offices that make you go every other year.
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  • cnf2013cnf2013 member
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    Yeah, I hadn't heard that before either about the gyno. Apparently it's new CDC guidelines, which is news to me as a health professional who is always up to date with the CDC guidelines. The thing about the hamper reminds me of another thing that FI does that makes me bonkers. He'll open something to eat, then put the garbage on the end of the counter that the garbage can is next to. Literally, inches from the garbage can. Seriously. What I'm learning from this thread is that men are annoying and dumb. 
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  • I actually work in a lab that processes paps and gyn stuff, and it is true that if everything is normal for a pt and depending on their age they only need to go and get a pap every other year but you still need to go in and do a yearly visit.  Most of the reason for it changing is insurance as well, everything is based on insurance these days.  But you can request to get a pap anyway and don't take no for an answer, you could be fine one year and the next your not but you won't know till a year later, so I would just do it no matter what.

    And cnf you are so right about men at least for this week they are dumb and annoying :P
  • In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_june-2013-weddings_vent?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:f30b0bfc-508d-415c-bf59-ab83e327da37Discussion:13240bd0-9b20-4dd6-9cf1-5da9a20b6813Post:77488653-b26c-4bfd-ab90-47071c84e124">Re: Vent</a>:
    [QUOTE]Yeah, I hadn't heard that before either about the gyno. Apparently it's new CDC guidelines, which is news to me as a health professional who is always up to date with the CDC guidelines. The thing about the hamper reminds me of another thing that FI does that makes me bonkers. <strong>He'll open something to eat, then put the garbage on the end of the counter that the garbage can is next to. Literally, inches from the garbage can</strong>. Seriously. What I'm learning from this thread is that men are annoying and dumb. 
    Posted by cnf2013[/QUOTE]

    <div>My fiance does the exact same thing. I can literally feel my blood pressure go up when I walk into the pantry and there's an empty box of crackers or whatever sitting on the shelf. Turn the eff around and THROW IT AWAY.</div><div>
    </div><div>I'm so sorry about your eye problems...I can't even imagine dealing with something like that. Although I did almost spit out my drink when I read "Eyes are dissolving out of my head and nobody cares." I can't believe that no one you're close to is grasping the severity of what you're telling them.
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    </div><div>And rest assured, you're not alone with the battles over cleanliness. My man helps out, but he does stuff that drives me totally insane, like walking into the kitchen 97 times a day and not bothering to notice that the dishes need washed. We actually had an epic blowout over the housekeeping stuff two weekends ago, which resulted in both of us trying to call off the wedding and putting the house up for sale (obviously, we're over it and we've made up). Honestly, when we have a huge blowout like that, it seems like both of us feel better afterward, like we just needed to get it out of our systems. Hopefully now that you got it all out there, you'll feel better and can relax a little.</div></div>
  • Oh, I know what else I wanted to put in that last post...have you guys thought about a wireless fence for your puppy? We have this one:  http://www.petsafe.net/products/fencing-and-containment/wireless-fences/wireless-containment-system for our dog. That way, you can let your pup outside and set the fence radius so that he can't get into the stuff behind the garage.

    You don't have to lay any lines down for it, it works off of radio waves. If your dog goes too far away from the receiver (you can set the radius on it), it gives a warning beep, and if they don't turn around, it gives them a little zap. I can't say enough good things about it...after about two weeks of wearing the collar outside, and learning that if he walked too close to the edge of the yard he got zapped, our dog doesn't even wear his collar outside anymore. It's not a strong shock, and you can set it on different levels (don't laugh, but I tested it on my hand first to make sure it wouldn't hurt him). I was able to find it on Amazon for about $55 less than what that link shows.
  • cnf2013cnf2013 member
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    Well our whole back yard is fenced in. Putting it around the back of the garage might be a good idea. We just can't see behind the garage from anywhere in the house, so if he disappears out of sight we have to run out there and make sure he hasn't busted through the fencing and started digging again. I think he's just going to lose free reign privileges for a few days. Usually a couple of days being outside on only his 20' leash makes him frustrated and behave better, for a short time anyways. 
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  • p.s. cnf I'm glad I'm not the only one with a downer post lol sounds like we both are having bad weeks, though I think yours is sounding a bit worse with the whole dr visits and puppy issues... I think I'm gonna get a big bottle of wine tonight and suck on that for a bit, I would maybe advise the same thing for you
  • cnf2013cnf2013 member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_june-2013-weddings_vent?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:f30b0bfc-508d-415c-bf59-ab83e327da37Discussion:13240bd0-9b20-4dd6-9cf1-5da9a20b6813Post:2573297a-3000-4719-8d2a-04c1fe4ff07c">Re: Vent</a>:
    [QUOTE]p.s. cnf I'm glad I'm not the only one with a downer post lol sounds like we both are having bad weeks, though I think yours is sounding a bit worse with the whole dr visits and puppy issues... I think I'm gonna get a big bottle of wine tonight and suck on that for a bit, I would maybe advise the same thing for you
    Posted by ktdid10[/QUOTE]

    <div>I have an extra large bottle of Redcat waiting for me in the fridge already!</div>
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  • At least this week is almost over. My fiance and I have been fighting alot too.

     
  • i say you train your FI like a dog.  say no and squirt him.  lol i have no patience so when i ask my FI to do something he knows he should do it within 10 min or im coming back lol the other thing is when FI leave dishes or food containers and not deal with them i know you cant put them in the bed but i say put them in the car. my daughter who now is 18 went thru a period of time where i would say put dish in sink with water and she wouldnt i asked 3 days in a row next time she came home to it in her bed. lol
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