Subject: Relatives
Posted by: summer-hayze
Date: Jun 17 18
I married this girls brother. We have been married 40 years. You guessed it I'm an old babe. As we get older Things happen to our bodies, mine is my spine from the neck down are collapsing. Use a cane and a walker . T get to the nitty gritty, I over heard her say to my husband, "there's not a fuddle duddle, thing wrong with her. You shouldn't be driving her all over. (for treatments). was so mad that if i could have confronted her I would have tried to wrap my walker around her neck. She was gone by the time i got outside. So I composed a note to her. It goes as follows, before you judge my life, or past character. Walk in my shoes, walk the path I have travelled, live my sorrow,, my doubts my pain,my fear and my laughter. REMEMBER , every one has a story, when you've lived my life then and only then can you judge me. I add ed isn't frekin' frustrating when you're the only person who can see how manuiplative someone is and how every one else is blind to it.
Dealing with some people is like trying to nail jello to a wall. The problem with some people is that they EXIST. I know this is probably not what you w ant in this board but I had to vent somewhere. My husband says I' too harsh.
I must add that fun trivia is one of the things I can do without discomfort and it keeps this old mind active.
So thanks to all of you for listening.
Summer-hayze
Posted by: summer-hayze
Date: Jun 17 18
I married this girls brother. We have been married 40 years. You guessed it I'm an old babe. As we get older Things happen to our bodies, mine is my spine from the neck down are collapsing. Use a cane and a walker . T get to the nitty gritty, I over heard her say to my husband, "there's not a fuddle duddle, thing wrong with her. You shouldn't be driving her all over. (for treatments). was so mad that if i could have confronted her I would have tried to wrap my walker around her neck. She was gone by the time i got outside. So I composed a note to her. It goes as follows, before you judge my life, or past character. Walk in my shoes, walk the path I have travelled, live my sorrow,, my doubts my pain,my fear and my laughter. REMEMBER , every one has a story, when you've lived my life then and only then can you judge me. I add ed isn't frekin' frustrating when you're the only person who can see how manuiplative someone is and how every one else is blind to it.
Dealing with some people is like trying to nail jello to a wall. The problem with some people is that they EXIST. I know this is probably not what you w ant in this board but I had to vent somewhere. My husband says I' too harsh.
I must add that fun trivia is one of the things I can do without discomfort and it keeps this old mind active.
So thanks to all of you for listening.
Summer-hayze
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agony
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The people I know who have a negative view of life seem to have it not because of what life has brought them, but because it's just who they are. One of my sisters is like that - she is an old woman now, but our oldest sister says she has always been like that, even when she was a very little girl. Noticing every time she loses, never noticing when she wins. Noticing every time someone else gets something, but never noticing all that she has herself. It's pretty sad, but it seems to be built in. Reply #41. Aug 05 18, 7:59 PM |
Jazmee27
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I was speaking in generalities, not making it all about me (or us). Maybe we have different beliefs, but we believe in that light... and we cling to it for all we are worth. If not, we would not have made it through the past two days. That's just a statement of fact. Reply #42. Aug 05 18, 8:07 PM |
| Jazmee27
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Sad fact is, we know a lot of people we were alluding to. And a whole lot of people we werent (the ones who have plenty of good stuff, but choose for some unknown reason not to see it. I'm not going to judge them though: these people are my friends, whether I have met them in real life or not. I will not tell them what to think; plenty of judgmental people already do that. And no: *nobody I speak of is on this site* I usually refrain from general statements because they can be misconstrued and end up hurting someone. And yeah... some are my relatives, too. i know more than I want to about what went down with some of them *shudder* Reply #43. Aug 05 18, 8:13 PM |
scorpion1960 
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It is a darn shame that we can't pick who we are related to. Reply #44. Aug 09 18, 9:31 PM |
MiraJane
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But it sure is a wonderful thing that we can totally ignore some of those relatives! Reply #45. Aug 10 18, 8:13 PM |
summer-hayze
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Reply #46. Aug 13 18, 6:53 AM |
C30
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One of things about being an "Only Child", is you are seldom, if ever, bothered by relatives..........:) My last blood relations (parents) died in 1980's and I have no children of my own...........so "relatives?, what are they?" Reply #47. Aug 13 18, 9:55 AM |
| Jazmee27
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Got them... called "distant relations" (due to how often I hear or see them). I could care less about most, because "the rumor mill" is alive and well in this family, and I am sick of it (this is going to come across sounding horrible... but I heard more of that before my grandmother passed (two years ago) than I do now, and I'm not sorry (rumor mill... vicious; unfortunately, there's one at the apartment building where I live, and much seems to center around me). Reply #48. Aug 13 18, 5:48 PM |
KittyKatey
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Haven't been home to Scotland since 1976. Was going there this September but my PRC (Permanent Residency Card) didn't arrive in time. Without it I would not have been able to get back into Canada. Got a phone call this afternoon my nephew Desmond passed away this morning from bone cancer. He was one of the reasons I wanted to go back home. Besides my children and grand children all my relatives still live across the pond. There is nothing like family. Reply #49. Oct 18 18, 12:44 PM |
sadwings
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So sorry to hear about your nephew, Katey. Reply #50. Oct 18 18, 4:12 PM |
| KittyKatey
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Thanks Kev. Reply #51. Oct 18 18, 6:00 PM |
postcards2go
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My condolences for your loss. Reply #52. Oct 18 18, 7:30 PM |
terraorca
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Very true Katey, there is nothing that can come close to family. I share your sadness in the loss of your nephew. Prayers and hugs coming your way. Reply #53. Oct 18 18, 9:24 PM |
| KittyKatey
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Thanks guys. Reply #54. Oct 19 18, 3:13 PM |
| Jazmee27
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Our condolences as well. Reply #55. Oct 21 18, 1:03 PM |
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