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Feeling down today

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Submitted by SacrificialLamb on Sat, 04/03/2021 - 6:57pm

I am feeling down today and hoping typing it all out will be a pick-me-up.  First off, a friend died yesterday. I live in paradise around a lot of older folks, and the reality is that we can't hide from death around here.  

A few years ago ago I lost 30 lbs.  I've been bad during Covid, and at the store today trying on clothes I realized I gained it all back. Welp, that's my own fault and I can do something about that.

I have to laugh....what goes around comes around

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Submitted by SacrificialLamb on Mon, 02/15/2021 - 1:10pm

My DS is about to pop the question to his wonderful, gorgeous girlfriend. We are anticipating a winter wedding next year (we are in the south).

My SDs, in their 40's, have to loved to make me feel that I am not family. Either via exclusionary tactics or by outright telling me that I am not.

Well, that goes both ways.

Now they are concerned about this wedding.  Texting DH lots of questions, when it's not even been finalized yet.

Why do they care? If I am not family, then my son sure isn't family. In fact, OSD has not seen my son in almost 10 years.  

The epitome of selfishness

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Submitted by SacrificialLamb on Wed, 12/23/2020 - 12:12pm

I knew my DH came from a wacky family, but this takes the cake.

He has been talking for a few days to SIL, in her early 70's.  She believes she has Covid. Her neighbor, who she has spent time with, caught Covid at the hairdresser. SIL now has symptoms. 

SIL doesn't want to get tested because she 1. doesn't want to have to quarantine and doesn't want her DH to have to quarantine, and 2. doesnt' want anyone in her small midwestern town to know she has Covid.

Virtual Family Game ended up being hysterical

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Submitted by SacrificialLamb on Thu, 11/26/2020 - 4:18pm

I had intended to not be on the Zoom call today, but the whole thing was so funny I could hardly not laugh.  Actually I WAS laughing.

First off, DH was sitting at the kitchen table doing the call. I walked into the room from one direction and my BS27 walked in from the other way, so we ended right behind DH in view of the camera. So I told BS27 "why don't we say hi to DH's family?"

More virtual family celebrations! I'm invited! YaHOO

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Submitted by SacrificialLamb on Tue, 11/24/2020 - 5:57pm

Six months ago my middle-aged SDs scheduled a "family game night" on Zoom with BM, and asked DH to join.  DH said no.  I wrote about it here.

https://www.steptalk.org/forum/parenting/adult-stepchildren/drama-never-...

So now they want to do a "virtual family Thanksgiving" complete with a "family jeopardy game". Questions like "what kind of spuds did Grandma make?"