Rant Thread II

[Acharis]

Yeah... dark loud room filled with people that can be hard to get out of fast, plus whatever is being shown... no bueno. I don't like crowds at the best of times.

You should be fine as long as you get it fixed soon Softshocks? Hopefully it's not too sore.


I'm so tired I could sleep for a week.

[SoftShocks]

Unfortunately I lack insurance so I really don't know how much it will cost me

[SoftShocks]

Something else that annoys me; men that are full of themselves. The other night my friend and her p.o.s boyfriend want to go out to a bar and asked me to come. I don't go out often, so I decided to go. They pick me up and I immediately regretted it. This guy spends the entire car ride talking about how he's an up and coming DJ and is making tons of money. Then we get to the bar and for the whole two hours he just keeps talking about his car, money, fame, etc.

So as we are on our way home, his tire pops. So my friend and I are waiting outside of his car as he attempts to change it. He is struggling. He literally has no idea what he is doing, so I ended up having to pretty much change it myself. I'm in drag might I add. I'm wearing a dress and heels changing a tire. It just annoys me when men, or anyone really, acts like they are on top of the world, but can't do simple shit.

[Platina]

Got my new house, but have yet to move out of my mom's house. I'm trying to take it slow with moving my stuff out, but I have until January to officially move out, so I'm in a rut . I've lived in my mom's house all my life. I'm 25, turning 26 in two months, and I'm hesitating very badly! I kept saying I want to move out (mostly because I can't stand my stepdad anymore), and when the time finally comes, I have second thoughts! To leave the house I grew up in...and my room...I KNEW THAT WAS GOING TO FUCKING HAPPEN! It was so easy for my two brothers to move on their own, and here I am having attachment issues, mostly to my bloody bedroom, and having second thoughts! I also think it has something to do with knowing that my stepdad WANTS me out and I'm trying to rebel against him.

Still, though, what the hell?!

[Anise]

I ran away from home at 17, left a note and got on a train.
Things were bad at home, but at times I longed to be back there o.O
I think that's because I was young, and life still had turmoil for me ...
In a way 'Better the devil you know' ...

Honestly tho, a home is what You make it. So you can create a new Haven.
I know that it's the comfort of familiarity and the cherished memories that you cling to; you can retain those, carry them with you. Try to build an inner excitement and happiness in regards to the fresh new beginning that awaits.
Let those feelings wash over your sadness of goodbye ...
Your new home will be a happy one, you'll make it that way!
Best wishes to you in your new home Platina (x)

And sweetheart, your Stepdad sounds like a jerk!
Definitely lose his invite to your house warming party

[Anise]

Oh SoftShocks you Legend!
What a total and utter tosspot! o.O
So .. he can spin decks but can't spin a lug nut!?

Ugh! Men :o
LOL .. awaits an inundation of our great guys coming in to gripe at me

I like to quote Ethan Tremblay, 'What are ya? A girl or somethin'?'
Sheesh I love drilling, sawing .. all kindsa manly power tools, damn I just love a challenge. Was a little tomboy as a kid and my inner child is still drawn to climbing trees and getting scraped knees .. mmm but in crinoline LOL
What a jerk! What a night! :/

Gah .. and he actually believes his hype!

Oh babe that sucks, and on top of all that shit you're under par with your poor tooth! Hope you can get that sorted. Mine's still broken .. keep trying to build up the courage to get to a dentist .. I hate them .. they're freaks!

[Pr1aP1sm]

Originally Posted by SoftShocks

So as we are on our way home, his tire pops. So my friend and I are waiting outside of his car as he attempts to change it. He is struggling. He literally has no idea what he is doing, so I ended up having to pretty much change it myself. I'm in drag might I add. I'm wearing a dress and heels changing a tire. It just annoys me when men, or anyone really, acts like they are on top of the world, but can't do simple shit.

SoftShocks... This is hilarity!

I enjoy it when people with swollen egos get tossed into the deep end,
and don't know what to do.
Usually, I let them splash around for a bit, before I help them.
This 'DJ Boy' sounds like he's in need of some Cranium from Ass Removal,
and some basic life skills.

[Acharis]

Originally Posted by SoftShocks

He literally has no idea what he is doing, so I ended up having to pretty much change it myself. I'm in drag might I add. I'm wearing a dress and heels changing a tire.

This is awesome. I'm somewhat handy around the house and with computers but anything is harder in heels.

And yes... I've known some people with undeserved superiority complexes (ie don't have the skills or qualities to back up the attitude). The world contains more than you could learn in a lifetime, so strive to be awesome yet also stay humble.

[Fruitbat]

Right-o, I'm ranting. Mr Bat ends up with severe pneumonia, in hospital, out of hospital for two days, back into hospital with blood clots on his lungs.

I'm left at home dealing with walking pneumonia (fortunately babybat goes to stay at relatives for 3 days). Naturally my pneumonia isn't as bad as Mr bats and Mr bats side of the family get their knickers in a twist because I'm 'claiming' to be sick - but I'm pushing myself through, like all working parents who have no other options do.

I'm having to take babybat to work with me - fortunately they are okay with it... however, it's the age old issue of one day at work = one day of holiday school care.

then of top of it all, babybat decides he wants to act out, because his dad has gone back into hospital (he shouldn't have come out in the first place - but what can you do when they say "oh it's okay, the doc is fine with it'

Anyway so now he has to go on blood thinners and get that sorted out. I'm left driving around the town on xmas day to be a ferry service, and all the while pretend everything is just peachy with babybat.

[Acharis]

Argh. I'm so sorry Fruity. *offers you Absinthe and laudanum and everything to help*

I'm annoyed because these repairs are taking so long... I don't think anybody's coming, thinking of scraping together some energy and taking the risk of DIY.

[Platina]

Well, my Christmas started out good, but then it all went downhill tonight when my fucking stepdad started screaming at me. My brother and I were going to do the dishes after my mom cooked dinner, but my brother kept telling me he has everything taken care of, so I got fed up and left the kitchen. As my luck would have it, our stepdad's drunk-ass self comes in my room and cusses ME out for leaving the mess, and rambles on about me and my late Christmas shopping! Then he starts to go off topic: calling me hurtful names (bitch, cunt, dyke....I cut my hair and ruined it, but I'm straight, for the record) and ramble on about other things about me that piss him off.

OK, I'm so fucking sorry I'm not the step-daughter he wants, but I'm NOT sorry for being who I am and living my life the way I fucking want to!! Yeah, he was drinking, but that's part of the problem I have with him! HE is the sole reason why I've changed my mind about wanting to stay home, BUT...I can't move into the house I've chosen to have because it still needs work done to it. I'd still be happy living at home with just my mom and our dogs. Only reason I put up with his shit in the first place is because for what ever bloody reason, he makes my mom happy.

[Anise]

Does he make her happy? Or is she settling for this ..
Maybe she doesn't want to be alone? ...
It's just, I can't imagine that hearing my child be degraded by verbal abuse would ever sit well with me. Does he lash out when liqoured up, or is he a daily cunt o.O
Babe, as a kid I was battered about physically, but bruises heal. What lingers is the verbal lashings, the names, the bitter tongued put downs .. all of that stayed stored up inside my head; so as an adult I always felt 'less than'. That haunted me for a long time. Those names became how I felt about myself
Everyone was better than me; I was just a piece of shit. I felt worthless ...

This 'man' .. I use the term loosely, because he's no man at all!
HE is the dysfunctional one, he is all of the names that he throws at you.
All he can do to make himself feel good inside is to belittle and degrade another.
That is a deep rooted problem in him, maybe he wasn't hugged enough as a kid, or maybe he himself was treated unkindly by a caregiver .. there may be a reason why he is the person he is, but there's zero excuse!

He has serious issues .. glaringly obvious! If your Mom is aware of this, but does nothing to prevent/change his behavioural patterns then in a way, sadly she's facilitating that ill behaviour .. so degrading, that Lady deserves SO much better than this. You do .. you simply HAVE to get out of that environment!

All of the hateful things that he spews at you .. they aren't You.
They are him. Never ever for 1 second let that man take you down inside!

I am really really sorry that this happened to you. Armour up ..
Get strong until your new place is ready. Avoid him, keep out of his way.
I'm hoping that your new home is ready really soon; as soon as it is ...
Pack your bags, don't look back <3

[Platina]

Saying all that shit to make himself feel good? I guess that makes sense, especially since he has issues of his own, and we can clearly see it. My mom chose him for God knows why. She hates being alone, and I wish she chose a better man, though.

Those words really hurt, and I've been trying to keep out of his way ever since that happened. I've had more than I could take of it, and I can't tell him how I felt because he won't give two shits, I know for a fact. I avoid him by locking myself in my room when he's home. He's especially worse when he drinks, and I need to learn to stay clear away from him when I see him drinking. The words he spews out at me...makes me feel like I'm nothing but a piece of dirty useless shit, and I can't stand that feeling!! Luckily, he works during the day, and I don't see him after I get off from work myself. Too bad he doesn't work during the weekends.

[Writing_Blood]

I wish I hadn't f**ked everything up. I'm afraid to reveal myself to you for fear of vitriol. I already feel like a creep, I don't want to be put on the spot even more.

[BourbonBoy]

The sad feeling I realized, after all of this time that I couldn't explain at the time was this:

After three children you fixed yourself to not have anymore, and as freaky as we were in bed it meant nothing if we couldn't have a child together. Knowing that I have no children of my own, but expecting me to simply ride along with your freakyness as a substitute for children is the reason why I walked away. Finances be damned.

No. Simply No. I cannot and refuse to do this. Find someone with children who's willing to go along with you like this. I never will.

(Sorry, a long over due rant from a few years ago)

[Fruitbat]

Originally Posted by Acharis

*hospital fist bumps for Fruitbat*

Thanks beautiful.

Turns out Mr Bat has blood clots on his lungs... so he's in a program that allows him to be an inpatient at the hospital but can be at home - it's because he's not THAT sick to need a bed, but he does need to be monitored with blood tests every two days. His kidney function is playing up. One set of bloods and it's ok, the next it's showing he's in stage 5 renal failure.

One of the nurses was saying to us "Oh the doctor wants to see you" Like what is the doc going to say that we haven't already heard? His warfrin levels are good, his kidney function is fucked, and we've already had that discussion with the renal specialist.


Platina - you need to talk to your mum about that. There's no way I'd put my kid below a relationship. He's the one with the problem and as the adult, he should be the one dealing with his emotions better than blaming you, or trying to shame you.

Christ it's easier to say than do, but let those terrible names run off your back (like water off a ducks back). You have chosen your path in life, chosen the way you want to live, and whilst he may not agree with that, he should shut the fuck up (or find a better way to say it)..

Fucking hate adults who chuck tantrums.

[Acharis]

I don't even know how to express the mood I'm in or the shit I'm dealing with. All I can say is I'm managing but fuck everything.

[ape descendant]

Best girlfriend anyone could ask for? Just the best ever? Why the hell are you dumping me? The whole "it's not you it's me" shit is so played out. Just tell me that I suck ass and why.

[Acharis]

*hugs Ape*


*opens mouth to rant, considers energy cost, glowers and goes to bed*

[BourbonBoy]

Originally Posted by ape descendant

Best girlfriend anyone could ask for? Just the best ever? Why the hell are you dumping me? The whole "it's not you it's me" shit is so played out. Just tell me that I suck ass and why.

That truly sucks ass, I hope you're feeling better Ape.

Originally Posted by Acharis

*hugs Ape*

*opens mouth to rant, considers energy cost, glowers and goes to bed*

I know the feeling Acharis. Sometimes it's not worth it. Unfortunately my current financial situation is fucked and job hunting has not been a help. Since getting married and the two of us have moved in together, we've exhausted our startup cash and I've resorted to selling plasma for a whopping $50 a pop. Even then, sometimes my blood pressure is too high for them to except me that day.

Temp agencies are my only hope at this point.

[ape descendant]

*hugs* for everybody. It's rough all around, ain't it?

[BourbonBoy]

*hugs back*

Yeah. This year has been weird and full of major suckness that I haven't seen in almost a decade. Tapped out financially, mother had another heart attack, can't find a job since the Texas oil boom recently flat lined and the numerous other problems that are piling up every day.

At least there's my new wife and Gnet

[Acharis]

Argh *passes out cocoa and shots*

I'm dealing with not one but two nightmare neighbours. After a lot of work the first is now somewhat at bay, but the second is just getting warmed up.

As you can imagine I'm swamped in paperwork and drained by legwork.

[Amaris]

My mother...
In any situation, no matter what, if you do something she deems bad, you are wrong. Always. It's why my father sleeps on couch cushions in the living room. For example, she loves to watch TV at night, which also means that my father can't go to sleep because she leaves it on for hours. Rather than go downstairs to watch the other TV or use her tablet, she instead does whatever is convenient to her no matter if it bothers anyone else.

When my dad has to get ready for work in the morning, she complains that THE LIGHT FROM UNDERNEATH THE CLOSET DOOR GOES INTO HER EYES AND BOTHERS HER. If you describe a simple solution, such as wearing an eye mask so she won't notice the light, she refuses. What she wants is for you to inconvenience yourself so she can live her life with no difficulties.

If my brother wishes to grow out his beard, because, HELLO MOTHER, he is EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD, she constantly tells him that "he looks better when he shaves his face," meaning that we are supposed to comply with how she wants us to dress. It's not like she says it just once or twice: almost every time she notices either my father or my brother hasn't shaved, she complains.

She goes on and on about celebrities she likes, singing talent shows, conversations in which she looks like the good guy, etc., but if it's about what we like? No way. She will tell us to look at, say, numerous videos of some celebrity she is enamored with, but wouldn't spend more than five minutes with any of our interests.

She's beyond manipulative. In a heated conversation, she attempts to keep her cool so that no one can say she is the problem. In fact, that's exactly what she told me whenever we've dealt with drama-making people! In her eyes, acting innocent = being innocent.

Well, there's my spiel.

[Acharis]

She sounds like a nightmare. I'm hoping you soon have a chance to get out of there and deal with her only when you choose.