The "Rant" Thread

[M_Force_4_ever]

^damn man, I hope you can get what you want in life...you know what really sucks...getting denied a date to homecoming by a girl you really like because she's going with her friends....Im through being opetemistic about life, at least for now... =(

[coasterfreak101]

I'm not mad, I'm just upset I also got denied a date with someone who is AWESOME! She is so hot, and she just "doesn't like me like that" Guess I'll have to go with someone else :?

[ebl]

^^^ I hear ya, Wally. I'm in the same situation. Unfortunately, there isn't much out there in our area, so I'm holding onto this job (technical writer/illustrator). Actually, I like that kind of work, just not for this company. There are some stories I could tell, but won't here, about how our office is run.

 

But you're right about politics. Working for a Navy contractor, we see a lot of that! And I'm glad to see that you've chosen to be responsible to your family and sticking it out anyway. A lesser person would just walk away.

 

Eric

[crispy]

My boss is a total f#@&ing tool

 

Before I start we have two charge officers, they set a meeting for 10pm friday the 23rd. One Charge had a deathj in the family thursday night, the other charge, we'll call him the Gorilla

 

 

We HAD a mandatory meeting and had to be at work 1 hour early, sadly yesterday one of the charges had a death in the family, and went on berevment leave

 

 

anyway, the meeting was still scheduled, and since its madatory,as in you get written up if you don't show up, EVERYONE came, exept the charge officer, The Gorrila

 

 

he told the swing shift charge that "we should have known that the meeting was cancelled, because of what happened with the other charges family", no call was placed to ANYONE

 

 

what do I get out of it, nothing, I "get" to go home early, yipee, and the golden boy Gorrila man keeps on, man I HATE him

[AllisonY2K]

^^ yeah, because I'm sure you all can read minds. That's just a lame excuse for not calling or posting a memo about it for all of you to read. The meeting could still have happened just with one less person who I'm sure already knew what was happening. Maybe the gorilla didn't want to lead the meeting himself? Just give him a banana and all will be well.

[benzo41190]

I have an "F" in one of my classes

 

Im stupid

[sfmmFREAK]

my legs are VERY sore and i have to do running all week next week, for PE

 

-50 yard dash

-180

-1 mile

-2 mile

-600 yard

[disneygurlz2s]

I need to be a good husband and father, and be a responsible adult.

 

Wally, your post totally touched my heart.... My hubby has felt like you about almost every job he's had since I met him. For that reason, he's decided on a few occasions to say "F#$% this" and quit and either take another job, or try to go into business for himself. Consequently, it's put a lot of strain on our finances and on our marriage. I love him, and I understand how hard it is for him (I think this is really a "guy" thing, no offense, I just don't think women struggle as much about being "fufilled" in their work) but there have been a lot of days in the last 11 years where I have wanted to walk out the door and not look back.

 

We have a 7 year old, and we live in a fairly affulent part of town (also my husband's choice) and it's hard for me to see us struggling when there are so many around us who have so much. Neither of us have a college education, my hubby was already divorce with two kids to support when I met him, and I was in debt due to health problems I had in my early 20s. We live paycheck to paycheck as it is, and just when we were starting to get ahead (about 3 years ago) my hubby decided to quit a good paying job to go into the insurance business. A year later, the business tanked and we were left about $50K in debt. It sucks.

 

I know it's hard, but I admire you for putting your family first. Sometimes I don't think my husband does.....

 

Shari "Sorry, I turned this into my rant" Shoufler

[disneygurlz2s]

So, while I am ranting about my husband, let me share this one with you.... OK, we have a 7 year old, and she is our only child together because 1) we can only afford one and 2) I went into congestive heart failure when I was 8 months pregnant and lucky we have her (and me) here.

 

Needless to say, the dear hubby (dh) and I are pretty protective of her, but I try not to be totally anal about it. My mom was really protective of me as a child and I feel that effected me a lot growing up. For that reason, I try not to worry too much about our daughter's safety, but my dh is over the top.

 

Tonight Sam is spending the night at her best friend's house. These people live in a neighborhood of $300-$400K homes, and our part of town is about as safe as you can get in the big city. Hell, our cops are such Barney Fife's that when they had to break up a fight at PKI this summer, one pepper-sprayed himself.

 

Anyway, the mom of this little girl thought it would be fun to pitch their camping tent in the back yard and sleep outside with my daughter, her friend, her little brother and his friend. Since we don't have a yard of our own where we live, I thought that would be awesome for her to do.

 

Last night, dh gets wind of the plans and goes BALLISTIC!!! Tells me that either I need to call the parents back, or he will, and tell them if they don't sleep in the house, she can't spend the night!!! I couldn't believe it... he honestly had fears of someone kidnapping our daughter from this tent with 3 other kids and the mom right there. Now I know things like this do happen... Elizabeth Smart in Utah comes to mind.... but a lot of things can happen, no matter how safe you try to be.

 

Anyway, he called the mother this morning and told her this (they must think we are TOTAL freaks) and insisted to her that this was HIS issue, not MINE, (well, at least he did that), but our 7 year old is now PISSED big time at her dad.

 

She knows I didn't care, but I told her that I had to support her dad because that's what parents do (believe me, some day this is going to come back to haunt him........) and that if that's how he feels, we need to respect it. I said to her "Let me tell you something...." and she says "What, that you shouldn't have married HIM???" (for 7 she has a hell of a quick wit about her). Later on, I told her "You'll get over this" and her reply was "Yeah, I'll forgive him this trespass" (I just started regularly taking her to church!!!)

 

I just can't believe he's this anal. I mean, I am anal too... I worry "do these people have a gun the kids could get ahold of?" and shit like that, but I try not to let it make me crazy because I want her to have a good time and have friends. You can't always worry about what "might" happen because fear will paralyze you. My niece was killed by a drunk driver 3 years ago, but that doesn't keep me from getting behind the wheel of my car every day.

 

Shari "Sometimes parenting sucks" Shoufler

[ebl]

"Hell, our cops are such Barney Fifes that when they had to break up a fight at PKI this summer, one pepper-sprayed himself."

 

Sorry, Shari, but that's both funny and pathetic at the same time!

 

Around our house, it's mom who's overprotective. Like you, we only have one child because we couldn't afford another one at the time (heck, we barely made our rent in those days!)

 

Diana is 15 (this is her with me alongside her, taken at R&E's DVD party last week) and comes to me with all of her problems and concerns because she knows that I will calmly listen and offer advice. Mom just rants and threatens. Her friends think it's strange that she's closer to her dad than her mom because it's usually the other way round. However, I make the effort to meet not only Diana's friends, but their parents as well. When you know everyone involved, it makes trusting so much easier. The two of us have a lot of laughs, too! That's important.

 

We live in a very safe, family-oriented city (and one with a high percentage of churchgoers), so I don't worry about her safety around here. She walks home from school, which is a mere mile-and-a-half, and hasn't had to deal with any questionable characters, save for a few jackasses who honk at her and a couple of cat-callers.

 

Anyway, I do hope things change for you over time. It'd be sad if your DH loses touch with his only child. He ought to make the effort to get to know his daughter as not only his child, but as a friend, too.

 

Eric "Diana's dad and friend" L.

[disneygurlz2s]

^^ Thanks Eric.....

 

I think for my hubby, a big part of it is the fact that his first wife left him, sued for custody of his two older daughters (now 20 + 17) and really didn't do much to encourage them to be a part of his life. He absolutely ADORES our daughter, we both do, and he would die if anything ever happened to her that he thought we could have prevented.

 

I think part of it yesterday was my own insecurties....like I said in my two posts, we live in a part of town that sometimes I don't feel we fit into real well. So many of these families live in these huge quarter and half-million dollar homes, and we live in this little second floor condo. I guess I just hated the thought that we were giving this other family (who seem very nice) the impression that we were some kind of crackpots, which is stupid, because all we (he) were doing was showing that we really care about the safety of our child.

 

I'm over it..... now we'll see today if the 7 year old is.

 

Shari

 

PS... Your daughter is beautiful..... you should be very proud!!

[coasterfreak101]

EBL, your bond with your daughter sounds like my bonds with my mom and step-mom. Going to my dad is tough, because he yells and gets ticked off alot! But really, my step-mom is great, we talk alot and it's great to hang out!

 

I'll tell you, from a teen's point of view, it really feels great and comforting when you know that there's someone you can go to for anything that you need to talk about!

[PhishyBrewer]

Nobody likes me. Everyone hates me. I might as well go eat worms

[ebl]

^ LOL!!! Maybe I should, too. I can use the protein!

 

^^^ Anyway, Shari, I'm sure everything will be OK. Just one of those things that will blow over. We've had a few incidents like this and it was tense at the time, but now we look back and laugh.

 

And thank you for your compliment about Diana!

 

Eric

[PhishyBrewer]

I need to be a good husband and father, and be a responsible adult.

 

Wally, your post totally touched my heart.... My hubby has felt like you about almost every job he's had since I met him. For that reason, he's decided on a few occasions to say "F#$% this" and quit and either take another job, or try to go into business for himself. Consequently, it's put a lot of strain on our finances and on our marriage.

 

 

There has been many times where I have thought, “Screw it! I’m hiking up to Alaska. And if I make it, I make it. If I don’t, I’m either dead, or …?”

 

Usually if things get bad for me at work, I just try to get to bed as soon as I can. Sleep as long as I can. Then when I wake up, things are alright again. I think that just works for me though. And I think I’m f***** in the head. Of course working midnights might have something to do with it.

 

Something always keeps me going.

[ebl]

^ I'll bet it's your family that keeps you going. I don't know you personally, but you do seem like a family-type guy.

 

In my case, my daughter's well being is what drives me.

 

Eric

[Stitch]

TBS's commercials for serious movies that try to be funny drive me crazy !

[AllisonY2K]

Self and Guy rant:

 

I'm mad to myself for being a chicken-hawk. I need to stop going after young guys (one I kind of am interested in is only 19) who are really into video games. No offense to many of you who are really into video games, but this guy stopped talking to me for about a solid month because he "got caught up" playing GTA: Vice City. But he doesn't really play the storyline, just goes around creating mayhem then uses in-game cheats to lower his wanted level and raise his health back up. Anyway, yeah, I relized he likes video games more than he likes me so I just need to let this one go and try to find someone a little older. I don't mind guys who like to play video games, just those who would rather do that than anything else. My one attempt of being a decent gamer backfired when I bruised his ego in telling him that I'm 97% done with Vice City and never used a cheat. That and I 'owned' him playing the PCJ Playground minigame and doing it near-perfect the first time...which never happens when I play the game. I need to stop accidentally showing off.

 

I dunno..I'm just mad at myself at this point. He's a nice guy, when he's not playing video games he treats me really well and I know he'd never hurt me. Plus he knows about me and is 100% cool with it (not just in his words but in his actions as well) and guys like that aren't easy to find. But, he has no car, no job, still lives at home with this parents, I can only come over between the hours of 1a-5a when everyone's asleep..it's just really, really sad and pathetic. Its like one of the beginning scenes of "Mallrats" with Brodie and his girlfriend (played by Shannon Doherty). The first 4 items mentioned above are why I continue to try and spend time with him. If I can find someone older who is similar in those 4 items, and more mature, I wouldn't spend as much time with this guy...but...it's easier said than done. For every nice guy who is interested in me for all the right reasons, there's about 10 older, creepy and/or married men who are interested for all the wrong reasons. It sucks because since there's one guy out there who knows and is 100% comfortable about it, there has to be more who are also.

 

...and of course the other nice guys in my life who are casual acquaintances who enjoy talking or hanging out (online or offline) are either married, seriously dating or gay. *collapses into pile of pillows*

 

I dunno..this is probably more than what many of you wanted to know or cared to read about. Sorry.

[Louise]

Somebody should start a "Relationship Rant" thread, seems like it's a common theme at the moment... I'm confused about being single, I've forgotten what to do!! :?

 

Another rant: started Spanish classes at uni today... And the teacher talks only in Spanish! Argh! In the long run I know this is good, immersion is the best way to learn, that's how kids with different nationality parents grow up bilingual with such ease, but... talk about throwing us in at the deep end!!

[AllisonY2K]

^^ wait, I thought you....didn't you just have a...when did this happen? I'm sorry darlin. it's weird having to re-enter the single scene again, but after a little while you get back into the swing of things.

[andrea]

hmm let me see, something that makes me mad would be stupid people wich is people who are careless,who mistreet others and think that the world revolves around them and who are ruthless.

[Joe Cool]

Wiggers

[PhishyBrewer]

STUPID Point Buzz

[Nrthwnd]

Moronic, unthinking men and women who drop their garbage around the streets in my neighborhood. Why-oh-why-oh-why do they do what they do?

 

I don't do it, and I Don't Do it, k? I believe in putting garbage in containers, and will save a wrapper until I find the place to put it - especially in parks, and that's only fair since a lot of the time, they do take the time to make sure the place is clean.

 

Anyway - grrrrrrrrrr.

[smells_like_team_disney]

hmm let me see, something that makes me mad would be stupid people wich is people who are careless,who mistreet others and think that the world revolves around them and who are ruthless.

 

Wow, when did you meet my sister?

Anyway, work sucks right now... enough said!