Vent Thread

[Tropical Wilds]

I hate people sometimes.

 

[Hetta]

That would be me...

(hee hee)

I certainly was not referring to you.

 

[Nienna_Lady_of_Tears]

I am sick of pictures of babies and children under 10 flooding my Facebook...

 

[Hetta]

I am sick of pictures of babies and children under 10 flooding my Facebook...

Is it okay if they are over 10?

 

[Nienna_Lady_of_Tears]

Is it okay if they are over 10?

Yes, generally, it is for me.

 

[Nienna_Lady_of_Tears]

I am also extending this to pregnancy bump photos, especially the ones where the belly is uncovered.

 

[Niffer]

I know! And whats with all those kitty pictures?! Jeeze...

 

[Nienna_Lady_of_Tears]

Oh give me more kitty pictures.

 

[Hetta]

Well .. exactly. I get tired of some images time after time, but it does depend on where you are in life and what you want to see. I got very tired of political cartoons during the election, and I'm tired, generally, of the stupidity that exists out there, which unfortunately gets really in your face when it's on FB, when you think "oh no - that person I like(d) thinks THAT?" It can be a shocker. But I have learned to not look at a lot of things.

 

[Niffer]

Well .. exactly. I get tired of some images time after time, but it does depend on where you are in life and what you want to see. I got very tired of political cartoons during the election, and I'm tired, generally, of the stupidity that exists out there, which unfortunately gets really in your face when it's on FB, when you think "oh no - that person I like(d) thinks THAT?" It can be a shocker. But I have learned to not look at a lot of things.

LOL! I've done the same thing! But thankfully the political cartoons tend to fade over time.
I also really dislike "shock" pictures, like abused animals or an aborted child, or a photo of a beaten woman.
I don't like those things showing up randomly on my feed - thats when I start using the blocker.
I'd need to be in the right mental state to view those things, and to be bombarded with them before I even have my coffee..its just too disturbing.

 

[Hetta]

Political cartoons and commentaries haven't faded from my feed. *sigh* There was one yesterday, an obvious Photoshop, showing armed guards outside Obama daughters' school - or supposedly their school. It was so obviously a fake, I had to laugh. But the commentary was that Obama's daughters are protected, but he doesn't want YOU to have protection for YOUR kids. So stupid. It was only on my page because someone who used to be my friend (LOL, just kidding) had "liked" it. I don't know why I wasted the time, but I did comment on it that it was a photoshopped image firstly, and secondly that the children of ALL presidents and vp's receive secret service protection. Hello? Child/ren of the leader of the USA? *sigh*

So, that was a vent x 2.

 

[Hetta]

Oh, and the children that were sitting with their grandmother in front of me at church yesterday .... oh my. I was so glad when they went away to children's church. I have never been a spanking parent, but I wanted to spank those two.

 

[Hetta]

And - and - and .. J/K.

 

[Niffer]

...Get it alllllll out! Lol! It's good for you!! ((HUGS))

 

[Tropical Wilds]

I'm just generally frustrated with people and life at the moment.

 

[Niffer]

I'm just generally frustrated with people and life at the moment.

I read that and all I could think of was: "I bet she could benefit from a primal scream exercise!" lol!

 

[Tropical Wilds]

I read that and all I could think of was: "I bet she could benefit from a primal scream exercise!" lol!

I could always benefit from screaming. LoL!

I'm just having such a frustrating day. Yesterday was my husband's work Christmas party, which was hard to go to because I'm trying to eat well. I managed to keep it together and I only had bacon-wrapped scallops (which actually weren't too bad for me), but was flawless with all else. But as usual, the social drama that pervades such things was out in full force and I'm so totally over that kind of behavior at this point in life. I was more then ready to leave by the end of the night as it's one of the few times in life I have a hard time hiding my disgust with the situation. I was worried that I was going to say something and cause an issue, which I didn't want to come back to haunt my husband at work.

The frustration from that is lingering today because I didn't get it out, and I've had more time to reflect on it all and get more irritated. I made it worse when I found my old Weight Watchers handbook and saw that my weight, before I was watching what I was eating, was the same as my starting weight when I joined years ago. I got so stinking mad for letting my weight get out of control, despite the fact that I've lost a lot of it again, that I'm just in a foul mood. I want to hit the treadmill, but I'm opting to just pout on the couch instead. Which is making me more frustrated.

 

[Niffer]

I could always benefit from screaming. LoL!

I'm just having such a frustrating day. Yesterday was my husband's work Christmas party, which was hard to go to because I'm trying to eat well. I managed to keep it together and I only had bacon-wrapped scallops (which actually weren't too bad for me), but was flawless with all else. But as usual, the social drama that pervades such things was out in full force and I'm so totally over that kind of behavior at this point in life. I was more then ready to leave by the end of the night as it's one of the few times in life I have a hard time hiding my disgust with the situation. I was worried that I was going to say something and cause an issue, which I didn't want to come back to haunt my husband at work.

The frustration from that is lingering today because I didn't get it out, and I've had more time to reflect on it all and get more irritated. I made it worse when I found my old Weight Watchers handbook and saw that my weight, before I was watching what I was eating, was the same as my starting weight when I joined years ago. I got so stinking mad for letting my weight get out of control, despite the fact that I've lost a lot of it again, that I'm just in a foul mood. I want to hit the treadmill, but I'm opting to just pout on the couch instead. Which is making me more frustrated.

((Hugs)) That sounds like a whole lotta yuk going on! I'm sorry to hear about the Christmas party stinking. I am *so* not a drama fan - like you, I kinda want to run from it.
As for the WW - I feel for ya. But it will do no good to dwell on the "I can't believe I.."
Look at what you have accomplished! You're clearly going down the right path to reaching your weight goals!
Get on that horse, girl and go for a run/walk - if nothing else, it'll seep off some of your frustration.

My Vent:
I hate money. I hate that I always seem to think more will help and get miserable when I feel there's not enough.
I hate that my hubby has to work so hard to get, and that its so easy to spend it.

From now on I'm going to try to see if people are willing to take baking in exchange for goods! ...- I wonder how the gas station will feel about that...hmmm

 

[Tropical Wilds]

((Hugs)) That sounds like a whole lotta yuk going on! I'm sorry to hear about the Christmas party stinking. I am *so* not a drama fan - like you, I kinda want to run from it.

Me too. And I hate being involved in it, especially when I didn't do anything to involve myself.

For example, there were a ton of kids at the party... Of course, right? Well, for some reason, nobody really felt the need to supervise their kids. Not even joking. A lot of the kids clumped up (10 or so, aged 2 to 12ish, maybe more like 10ish... Average age between 3 and 6 I'd say) and proceeded to run all over the place, climb on things, get under things, get into the food... Do kid things. At one point, my husband and I were sitting at our table and he had gotten one of those fun-sized bags of M&M's to give our son after he finished eating. One of the kids ran up, grabbed the bag, and took off. The kids were climbing on folded tables, just being generally wild.

Now, the place where we were could easily accommodate that kind of activity without being underfoot, as long as they stayed away from the food and the place where people were eating. But that also meant that kids were gone out of parental eyesight for 5, 10, 15 minutes. And, when it comes down to it, it's a work party. My husband is management, he's in a position of authority over pretty much everybody there. And the table we were sitting at had his two bosses, their wives, and their children of similar age.

So when our son (2 1/2, so he'd been one of the younger kids in the group, but certainly not the youngest in age or social development) showed some interest in being part of the crowd, I distracted him with some little toys, some food, and just generally interacting with him as well as the people around me. But of course, there gets to be a point where he wants to go be with the kids, especially since his brothers are part of the group. He gets out of his chair and runs off screaming towards the herd... And it's nearing the end of the party and kids are getting wild, out of control. To the point where people are remarking about it. People are noticing bad behavior and remarking on the parents who are just sitting and eating, chatting, and playing with their phones while kids are running around, swiping food, crying, etc etc. So I trot after my son, grab his hand and start to lead him back to the table, and he starts to cry. So I stop in a discreet area, people are nearby but by no means close, I'm behind some racks, not obviously visible, and I crouch down and I say "I know you want to run around with the other kids, but I don't want you to do that right now. Right now, I want you to sit down with me and your trucks. Ok? I promise you will play later, but we can't play right now because we're at Daddy's work and you need to be a good boy." He said Ok, stopped crying, and by the time we got back to the table, he was a happy, chatty boy.

One of the mother's of the other kids (two of whom were running around) said "Awwwww... Let him run around with the other kids! They're all having fun." I just said "Nah, it's OK. He's OK sitting with us." She pressed it, saying to my son "Don't you want to go play with your bothers and your friends?" He, of course, says yes. I just said "He's Ok here. I'd rather he sit here with us anyway." My son says "I want to play with brothers!" and I just said "You'll see them later and maybe we can color at the tables."

So what does she do? Return to her table and proceed to tell everybody at that table (the parents of the unsupervised kids) that I didn't want him to play with the other kids because I had an issue with the kids playing. Then she said that our son was begging to play with is brothers and I wouldn't let him play with them because I didn't want them together.

Um... No... Not true. I'd love for him to play with all those kids. You have no idea how much. I'd like to sit, eat my food, talk with other adults... But not at my husband's work party where I'm sitting with his bosses and people are remarking about the behavior of the kids and the parents who aren't watching them. I didn't even say it had anything to do with the other kids, I just said I didn't want him to play. I wasn't even snotty about it. Why do you have to cause issues?

In the end, his supervisors saw a well behaved kid at the table, so the rest doesn't particularly matter, but really... I don't want my son to think, or his brothers to think, it's because I just don't want them to hang out. Because obviously, that's not the case.

As for the WW - I feel for ya. But it will do no good to dwell on the "I can't believe I.."
Look at what you have accomplished! You're clearly going down the right path to reaching your weight goals!
Get on that horse, girl and go for a run/walk - if nothing else, it'll seep off some of your frustration.

I'm totally doing that later. I want to knock out 3 miles.

My Vent:
I hate money. I hate that I always seem to think more will help and get miserable when I feel there's not enough.
I hate that my hubby has to work so hard to get, and that its so easy to spend it.

From now on I'm going to try to see if people are willing to take baking in exchange for goods! ...- I wonder how the gas station will feel about that...hmmm

That's my big struggle too working from home. Every minute I'm at home, I could be working, earning money. When I do that, I feel great about our finances, but awful about how I spend my time with the family. When I don't, I feel guilty.

 

[Niffer]

My quiet times have been stinking. I've been purposefully sitting down each day with my Bible and little devotional and having my 'time with God.' So I feel like I've been learning a LOT from just sitting down everyday and reading - but my prayers are so bad, it's depressing!

We've been going through some crud lately, and I feel like I'm just begging God for some (any!) encouragement, and I'm either not getting it or not seeing it.
I actually got up from yesterday's Quiet time more depressed than when I started.

What do you do when you feel like you're crying out to the ceiling?! It's extremely discouraging - we're supposed to believe that God wants this great intimate relationship with us, but when I sit down, all ready "okay here I am God! PLEASE say something! anything!" and all I hear are crickets, its really hard to find the desire to go and do that day after day.

Bleh, sorry, just needed to get that out. *sigh*

- Niff