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Posted by onetexsun on March 18, 2009, 3:20 am
Ditto on the prayers..... wish I could do more.
Hugs, Sunny
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Posted by Claudia on March 18, 2009, 4:13 am
Good thoughts coming your way for what it's worth.
Wish I could help.
Hope the rest of your week is better!
Claudia
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Posted by Kate XXXXXX on March 18, 2009, 5:00 am
NightMist wrote:
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> Actually AGH! might be putting it mildly.
>
> From least to most dire:
>
> My parents are at it again. They did not RSVP DD#2's wedding
> invitation, though they would have to travel over a thousand miles to
> attend. They just assumed that she knew they were coming. They do
> stuff like that, a lot. Since they had been talking like they were
> coming, she called them. Of course they are coming. They also
> actually asked if Vido could cometo the wedding too. Vido is my mom's
> Italian greyhound. Apparently they figured that since it is going to
> be outdoors and not "a proper church wedding" that it would be OK.
> Um, no. In fact the formal garden it is in prohibits dogs on the
> grounds. Well for a wonder they at least asked, and that is a great
> concession. I suggested to DD that she call them back and point out
> that this is not an informal occasion, otherwise they might show up in
> jeans.
Gnnnnnng!
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>
> The landlord's dependable, reasonably intelligent, and honest handyman
> has quit him. We discovered this when we had to call and get yet
> another leak in the plumbing fixed. So now we are back to delays,
> procrastination, and generally iffy maintenance til someone new is
> hired. I hope it is not another loadie or "hey I'll paint the whole
> darn house for a case of beer" kind of guy.
> I'm still looking for someplace new. However I am insisting on
> someplace better, so it is taking some time.
Still rooting for you on that score!
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>
> Ash has some sort of bug that is making him cranky and miserable.
> With a non-verbal kid that is tough. Fortunately he has learned that
> he can take our hands and put them where it hurts and say "Ow" and we
> get the message. So we know he has had a headache, his tummy is
> bothering him, and his throat hurts. It is obvious that his nose is
> stuffy and he has some digestive upset. This is keeping him out of
> school, and that always puts him out of sorts.
I understand how he feels, and how frustrating it must be for you all
caring for him.
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>
> And DD#1's BF hit her.
AAARRRGGGHHH!
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> I darn near hit her myself when she weepingly explained how it was her
> fault. Some days I have to wonder if that child is a changeling.
> Of course she did not call the police, but I did get her to call her
> counselor. Who also could not get her to call the police. The
> counselor is taking steps to move her up on the waiting lists she is
> on though. The ones for help in getting child care, employment,
> housing, and etc. BF will not watch their baby while she works, so DD
> is unemployed. No job means no money which means no options. I did
> tell her, repeatedly, that the minute he laid hands on her she had a
> hundred and one places to go, including my house. But the way CPS is
> locally, she and a LOT of other women with children are afraid to go
> to a shelter. DD is afraid if she comes to stay with me that that
> will put both Damian and Ash at risk from CPS. So for the moment she
> is staying with Mr. Asshole, who is very very sorry. Really truly he
> is. AGH!
Indeed. I got hit by a BF once (a VERY long time ago now - I was 19).
I didn't hit back, I didn't call the police. By the time I finished
TALKING to him, he wished I'd done both!
Can she not get him removed?
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>
> NightMist
> What do you mean it is only Tuesday?
Wednesday now. Hopefully Wednesdays are better...
--
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Posted by NightMist on March 18, 2009, 10:08 pm
On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:00:05 +0000, Kate XXXXXX
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>Indeed. I got hit by a BF once (a VERY long time ago now - I was 19).
>I didn't hit back, I didn't call the police. By the time I finished
>TALKING to him, he wished I'd done both!
I have long said that the only excuse for a man to hit a woman is if
she hits him first. Even then, though she might deserve to be laid
out, he is probably better off restraining her until he can get out.
I only ever had a BF hit me once too.
Apparently all the fights he had ever been in ended after the first
punch because he surely was not expecting that leg sweep, falling
elbow to the ribs, or the kick in the kidneys he got. He also must
have forgotten that my apartment door opened right onto the stairs.
The tumble must have shaken his brains back into place because he
didn't come back up the stairs. Seems he forgot I had been on the
volunteer staff for a self defense seminar for lesbian and bisexual
women less than three months before.
Technically I should have run instead of throwing him down the stairs.
But darn it it was MY apartment, and we were so close to the door...
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>Can she not get him removed?
Easier said than done.
While my first thought was call the police she was right about not
doing so, albeit indirectly. Any government involvement will
automaticly involve social services, including a mandatory visit from
CPS. In this county that puts you at a better than sixty percent risk
of losing custody of your children if you are at or below poverty
level.
Better to take the lumps and figure out a better way.
NightMist
--
Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister.
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Posted by Maureen Wozniak on March 18, 2009, 9:01 am
On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:21:55 -0500, NightMist wrote
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>
> Actually AGH! might be putting it mildly.
>
> From least to most dire:
>
> My parents are at it again. They did not RSVP DD#2's wedding
> invitation, though they would have to travel over a thousand miles to
> attend. They just assumed that she knew they were coming. They do
> stuff like that, a lot. Since they had been talking like they were
> coming, she called them. Of course they are coming. They also
> actually asked if Vido could cometo the wedding too. Vido is my mom's
> Italian greyhound. Apparently they figured that since it is going to
> be outdoors and not "a proper church wedding" that it would be OK.
> Um, no. In fact the formal garden it is in prohibits dogs on the
> grounds. Well for a wonder they at least asked, and that is a great
> concession. I suggested to DD that she call them back and point out
> that this is not an informal occasion, otherwise they might show up in
> jeans.
>
> The landlord's dependable, reasonably intelligent, and honest handyman
> has quit him. We discovered this when we had to call and get yet
> another leak in the plumbing fixed. So now we are back to delays,
> procrastination, and generally iffy maintenance til someone new is
> hired. I hope it is not another loadie or "hey I'll paint the whole
> darn house for a case of beer" kind of guy.
> I'm still looking for someplace new. However I am insisting on
> someplace better, so it is taking some time.
>
> Ash has some sort of bug that is making him cranky and miserable.
> With a non-verbal kid that is tough. Fortunately he has learned that
> he can take our hands and put them where it hurts and say "Ow" and we
> get the message. So we know he has had a headache, his tummy is
> bothering him, and his throat hurts. It is obvious that his nose is
> stuffy and he has some digestive upset. This is keeping him out of
> school, and that always puts him out of sorts.
>
> And DD#1's BF hit her.
> I darn near hit her myself when she weepingly explained how it was her
> fault. Some days I have to wonder if that child is a changeling.
> Of course she did not call the police, but I did get her to call her
> counselor. Who also could not get her to call the police. The
> counselor is taking steps to move her up on the waiting lists she is
> on though. The ones for help in getting child care, employment,
> housing, and etc. BF will not watch their baby while she works, so DD
> is unemployed. No job means no money which means no options. I did
> tell her, repeatedly, that the minute he laid hands on her she had a
> hundred and one places to go, including my house. But the way CPS is
> locally, she and a LOT of other women with children are afraid to go
> to a shelter. DD is afraid if she comes to stay with me that that
> will put both Damian and Ash at risk from CPS. So for the moment she
> is staying with Mr. Asshole, who is very very sorry. Really truly he
> is. AGH!
>
> NightMist
> What do you mean it is only Tuesday?
>
(((HUGS)))
Maureen
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> From least to most dire:
>
> My parents are at it again. They did not RSVP DD#2's wedding
> invitation, though they would have to travel over a thousand miles to
> attend. They just assumed that she knew they were coming. They do
> stuff like that, a lot. Since they had been talking like they were
> coming, she called them. Of course they are coming. They also
> actually asked if Vido could cometo the wedding too. Vido is my mom's
> Italian greyhound. Apparently they figured that since it is going to
> be outdoors and not "a proper church wedding" that it would be OK.
> Um, no. In fact the formal garden it is in prohibits dogs on the
> grounds. Well for a wonder they at least asked, and that is a great
> concession. I suggested to DD that she call them back and point out
> that this is not an informal occasion, otherwise they might show up in
> jeans.