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Actually you ARE lucky, these days. Our generation has a lot of men that were coddled and spoiled by their mothers, which ends up with a lot of frustrated wives when it comes time for equal work around the house.
My MIL is a nice person, but my DH was her only son, and the "golden boy". He can do no wrong in her eyes, and it has been that way since he was a toddler. That, combined with her 1950s style gender-role beliefs (ie his sisters did all the chores while he played basketball outside), leaves me with a DH that frankly doesn't know what he's doing around the house.
It's pathetic, but has pushed me to make sure my own sons grow up being hard-working boys that will be able to partner with their wives someday to keep up the house.
(Even though it would be 10 times easier for me to shoosh them out of the way and get it done myself!!)
Yeah while grocery shopping I want to hear about how you lost weight for Jesus:
"He has used my weight loss for His amazing glory--to strangers in the grocery store, my dd's tutor, leader's in my Bible study, etc. I want to live for Him because it IS better."identicaltriplets
I wonder what some of these I'm so blessed people would do if something really horrible happened to them. How would they reconcile it with their faith.
I wonder what some of these I'm so blessed people would do if something really horrible happened to them. How would they reconcile it with their faith. ------ They will just say it is part of God's plan for them and they are not to know what that plan is.
idk 11 they're under the impression that they are right with God and he's hooking them up with scholarships and great lives because the are worthy. If the shit hits the fan they might roll with it for a bit but I'd guess they'll be wondering why God is mad at them sooner or later.
In their world view they are the puppets with no control of any aspect of their lives. Her dd's didn't earn their scholarships God gave them to them. Apparently no one ever does anything for themselves it just God deciding who's worthy. And all those poor kids in India and Africa just didn't have the foresight to be born white and in the USA.
I'm sorry but you are a sahw, not sahm, maybe your dh is also doing a "slow burn". Either suck it up and do everything around the house or get a job and help out financially. ffs if going out to lunch is that big of a deal maybe you need to get a job and then maybe your dh will help out with the house stuff.
"I'm a SAHW and while I accept that the bulk of the work is to fall on my shoulders because of that, I do get resentful that he does so little to help. He used to be a lot more helpful but the last year or so he hasn't. I'm doing a slow burn too. He just had 4 days off and nothing got done except what I did and one or two errands. He dried one set of dishes because I got kind of snappy about it but yeah, mostly he sat on the computer and watched Netflix. I mean, fine he has days off and he want to relax - I get that and I don't ask a lot of him, but holy hell when do I get time off? I went to a crop on Friday night and Saturday and we wound up going out for lunch (which we could ill afford) because the dinner dishes (mostly his) weren't done." asr70
They will just say it is part of God's plan for them and they are not to know what that plan is. ---------------- Not in my case after 17 years of praying and gratitude and taking life for what it is and finding joy in simple things ect. I decided that if there is a God I can't honor him because nobody who would allow the things that have happened in my life is worth a drop of respect from anyone.
I feel like an idiot for wasting so much time and energy on hope and faith when the truth is we all get dumped into this world and we just need to survive. After a long time being a person of faith I now feel there is no real point to life at all. We simply are then we aren't and the world rolls on.
Perhaps if the Peas stopped fingering themselves to Fiestaware, Disneyworld and Mitt Romney they'd be able to get some housework done. Romney's letting you leave early to make dinner for your man, ladies!
Apparently I hit the husband lottery, as my DH has always been an equal opportunity partner, as in, if something needs to be done, he does it...and I don't have to ask, please, bargain, nag or anything.
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Scoot over, mine too. I cannot for the life of me figure out why would anyone marry a partner who's not?
So these women finangle their way out of the workforce into their *dream* of being a sahm/w, then are shocked! to find out there's actual WORK involved and it's mindless, thankless, never-ending drudgery.
Pretty much sums it up although in some cases the dh sounds like a lazy douche bag. He wouldn't even hang up a baby swing for their 3rd kid and now he still hasn't for the 4th one. She picked a winner.
My husband's "bachelor pad" was cleaner than my own apartment and I am not a messy person. That was definitely a great sign for me. To this day he still keeps a cleaner house than I do, I just don't really care to wipe down baseboards weekly.
They didn't, 26. Even with the challenges, there are some gross peas. Piles of laundry (how hard is it to fold & put away each load as it comes out), clutter and other crap that they clean "around". Then there's the coupon & stockpile hoarders and the ones who say stuff like "I'm not the best housekeeper" or my house has that "lived in" look or "my friends don't visit my mess, they visit me" and all I can do is imagine the odor & piles of dusty crap everywhere.
Their updates always take three or four days. Then we will have to endure endless threads detailing the mundane crap everyone did while two peas was down.
What did you do while two peas was down?
- I took a shit! - I showed my children something other than the back of my head for the first time in months! - I did laundry - I sat at the computer hitting refresh so I could be the first one to start a thread about what we did while two peas was down!
I wonder what some of these I'm so blessed people would do if something really horrible happened to them. How would they reconcile it with their faith. ____________
Well one (or two?) of her triplets has anorexia and if anything, they are more kooky religious when something bad happens! It's the only way they can make it through the day, sadly.
What is the point of doing laundry if you aren't going to fold it as it comes out of the dryer?
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Exactly! Remember a couple of weeks ago when some fool asked how to cope with the laundry? She was dumping it onto the living room sofa and hoping family members would come and fold it. FFS!
And yet she still keeps fucking him and birthing his children. ___________
She's been pissed at him before and posted about it. He sounds like a complete tool. Baby #4 was definitely a poorly-timed but adorable accident. She'll really be in the shitter if he leaves her.
Gotta love women that think they have a bunch of mind readers for family members. My mother would leave a list for everyone, everyday with selected chores that needed to be done before she got home from work.
Wouldn't ya know, those chores eventually became second nature and she didn't have to leave lists any more and she never had to be frustrated that we weren't getting things done.
Kendra believes in God, she would never complain about lack of me time, and she always folds her laundry while it's warm. And fuzzy. Because that's what God wants!
How do the religious faithful account for a non-religious/agnostic/atheist having "good" things happen to them?
Here the religious person is, praising, worshipping, adoring, praying and glorifying their lord and BAM - an atheist gets the job or the house or a cure for their illness and the faithful are dealt a blow.
I know they often say "god has another plan for me", but in their minds, WHY was the atheist rewarded with good fortune? How does this fit in with their religious belief?
My brother had health insurance, didn't eat sugar and ran regularly and still died too young from a massive heart attack. Apply your political views elsewhere, Compwalla.
How do the religious faithful account for a non-religious/agnostic/atheist having "good" things happen to them?
Here the religious person is, praising, worshipping, adoring, praying and glorifying their lord and BAM - an atheist gets the job or the house or a cure for their illness and the faithful are dealt a blow.
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I wonder that as well.
Pretty much every.single.one. of my conservative religious jebus-quoting family/friends have been divorced, remarried, often divorced/remarried again.
My no-religious family/friends are the ones in solid, long-term, happy marriages where divorce is rare.
43Anonymous said... 43 I don't mind the color scheme, wish there was more of a clear line between posts. People will get used to it!
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I remember when they changed it to a different color every other line. That made it easier to read. I don't like it, it's too bright. Just another reason not to go there to read.
I think up it's overly bright, but, whatever. I rarely read there.
I do wonder about the lost post counts. If that is permanent, 2peas will become a troll magnet. Unless a person really pays attention and can remember a bazillion pea names, it will be difficult to discern who is a troll vs. just a newby.
I'm surprised no one has posted a thread saying how much they cleaned during the downtime, since they need 15 minute increments laid out for them on a normal day...
Those lazy sahm/sahw blow my mind. When my kids were little, I was mostly a sahm - I worked 1 or 2 days a week just to keep my professional skills up-to-date and pay a few bills. I went back to work full-time when they both were in school. I still do more of the "inside" chores than dh does, but he does all of the yardwork. I think it pretty much balances out.
When I stayed home, I did all the housework, period. I didn't feel like some sort of a martyr, it was my job. When dh came home from work, we shared the kid stuff, pretty much 50-50. But I certainly didn't expect dh to come in and start dusting, vacuuming, scrubbing toilets, etc. When I was fixing dinner, I emptied the dishwasher and loaded whatever dishes were in the sink at that point. After dinner, either I would start the kids' baths and dh cleared the table and loaded the dishwasher, or vice-a-verse. That was the only chore left to be done in the evening. I mean, really... how hard is it to keep up with the housework when you are NOT WORKING?!
I'm willing to give a pass to moms of little babies, truly special needs kids, etc. But the typical whiny pea who expects her dh to come home and immediately start doing chores - ridiculous.
I think it's reasonable to expect dh to do certain things and special projects and help with things that really are 2 person jobs, but they are mostly bitching that they have to do "all of the housework". Guess what toots, it's the job you choose!
Don't even get me started with the sahm/sahw with housekeepers... a friend of mine, whose youngest kids are 14 year old twins is a sahm. Her older kids are 23 and 19. She has a housekeeper that comes weekly - I don't care how other people spend their money, but when your dh works 60-80 hours per week so you don't have to and so that you can have a middle class standard of living (and you are completely able-bodied), it just seems absurd to spend $100/week so you don't have to lift a finger in your own home - she spends over $5000/year so she can sit on her butt all day. She is not volunteering, caring for elderly parents, or doing anything productive. She watches TV, posts of facebook, and reads magazines. Once a week she takes her elderly aunt to Bob Evans for lunch. That's her big outing for the week. Last year, dh and I took a moderately priced vacation for our anniversary (25 years). She said she was sad that they couldn't afford more than a weekend away at a local hotel to celebrate their 25th anniversary... umm, if you cleaned your own damn house, you and your husband COULD afford a vacation.
I know who jaquab is the alter for! It's been bugging the hell out of me because something about her posting style reminded of someone else. It's fucking lefty!! Take a look.
I'm sure it is her. And you know what, we all have been saying lately how lefty has really ramped up her posting. Now add all those lefty posts to jaquab and what have you got? Fucking OCD crazeeeeeeeeeeee woman!!!!!!
yeah but 55 what do you expect from someone who's probably never had a real job? They just can't understand what it's like to come home after working all day and have someone busting your chops for not cleaning.
It's the height of laziness to be a SAHM (especially with older children) and pay others to clean your house. If you're wealthy, fine, I guess, but not if you and your hard working husband can't even vacation because you can't get off your ass and clean.
It's the height of laziness to be a SAHM (especially with older children) and pay others to clean your house. If you're wealthy, fine, I guess, but not if you and your hard working husband can't even vacation because you can't get off your ass and clean. ============================================== And there are so many pea examples. @@
Yes and Peabay is another pretentious reader. Her favorite books always crack me up. Find the longest, most boring, difficult to read, look how smart I am book and that is Peabay's favorite. I can almost pick out off the top of my head which books she will be reading and saying are her favorites. LOL.
I read for pleasure but I realize everyone has different tastes and I guess they get pleasure out of reading about other people's misery and shitty lives. I hate those kind of books.
What I want to know is how the peas claim to read 3 or 4 books a week plus they post on the board constantly. I am a fast reader but no way could I read 5 books a week, post on the board like they do (which I don't) and go about my normal everyday life getting things done. They are full of it.
Remember when Kellyedge (is she still around) would talk about reading like 15 books a week? LOL She was also the same one who was obsessed with every tv show. Sure you read 15 books a week. Sure you do.
I've noticed a recurring theme with the weekly pea book threads. They all seem to enjoy reading about illness, be it fiction or non fiction. Very strange.
Well, 67, if you're a sahm who doesn't actually do anything, you have plenty of time to read.
I love to read and read a wide variety of books - some best sellers, some more serious "literary" books, some professional books. At the most, I have an hour a day to read - but then again, I have a job, a family, and a life. Oh, and I don't have a maid!
67-I always wondered about Kelly (1edgepea) too. How can one person read that many books in a week. She must have laid around the house and did nothing else but read and post about Big Brother. Wonder what happened to her? She had like a bazillion posts at the pod and then she just disapeared.
"I went to a crop on Friday night and Saturday and we wound up going out for lunch (which we could ill afford) because the dinner dishes (mostly his) weren't done." =================================
Seriously? You had to go out for lunch because the dinner dishes weren't done? Get your ass in the kitchen, wash them and fix lunch! All that would take less time than driving somewhere to eat. There are some lazy ass women out there. SMH
All of these Peas that are crying poor but still going out to lunch, getting their lattes, buying up all of their fiestaware and whatever else is Pea-popular are so full of shit.
If you were truly struggling you wouldn't be doing any of that.
74-In TG's post about a month ago or so, she posted that about four years ago her DH suddenly had an interest in learning Polish. Come to find out that the woman that's "just a friend" is from Poland or her family is from Poland. You will have to search her posts to to read it, I think it was a 6 pager.
Are you really that stupid 84? I didn't write it but it's not rocket surgery to work out that if SAHM has mom as the last word but the OP says the person is not a mom, therefore she uses SAHW...let's take a wild guess at what the w could stand for... 'woman' maybe?
I think the updated look for the site looks generic, plain, and stark. It very much looks like a blog, which could be intentional because they are trying to draw in a younger crowd, many that use iPad, Nooks and phones to read and post. (Their app is pretty crappy, IMO, and I refuse to use it.)
It also looks a lot like it did when I first went to 2Ps over 10 years ago, so I think it is a step backwards. Plus it looks more like the CK message board, too -- bright and plain.
To me is just looks cheap and cheesy looking, but I love how the "sheeple" are saying they love it because i looks, modern and clean. Once one popular pea said it, the rest followed. Pretty funny.
I hear you, #63. I'm not a grammar or spelling nazi bitch here or at the pod, but the wild use of the apostrophe makes me crazy. I think this one is just a typo though. Kind of like how my fingers always want to add a "g" when I type a word that ends in "in." lol
People go out to lunch all the time, and not just for business reasons. It's a great way to catch up with friends or family, or spend time getting to know new people without the heavier time and price commitment of a dinner reservation.
96 are you serious? How do you fill a goodie bag for less than $5 per kid? I didn't read the thread yet though, but have to go find it. We definitely spend at least $5 per goodie bag when doing our kids' parties. It adds up, but so do parties in general. Not sure how entitlement comes into it - but maybe I'll check out the thread.
Who the hell goes out for lunch except for special occasions? Pigs much?
I really need this poster to come explain this! I seriously am driving myself crazy trying to figure this one out...if it's a joke or what the meaning is behind it.
If millions of people didn't go out to lunch, restaurants wouldn't be able to stay in business. Do you really think most people don't ever go out to lunch? This is the weirdest thing I've read in a while.
If you are out and about - at a movie, or shopping, or doing errands, - not near home - do you still not eat out?
I'd probably be considered tacky according to the peas I also do the $5 gift card but not in a goodie bag, I make little thank you/gift card holders and pass them out at the end of the party. I do have ds write thank you and sign his name.
99 you seem to have a chip on your shoulder or something.
Around here almost everyone invites the whole class. At least until about 3rd grade. Then people might start doing just boys or just girls.
If it's a sleepover, maybe just 4-5 friends, but at any other party, definitely a whole bunch. Of course it's inevitable that a handful can't make it, so that leaves still plenty of kids to come and have fun.
99 here no chip, we don't invite the whole class because ds isn't friends with his whole class. He's in the 5th grade now, last time we invited the whole class was back in pre school.
The school passes out an address book for the entire school we mail invitations to the kids ds wants to invite to his party.
ds isn't invited to every kids party either just his friends.
Hoo Rah, I can't tell you how many temporary tattoos, stickers, crappy litlte toys and pencils I throw away every time iclean out my car from those damn birthdy parties my kids don't even like them enough to bring them in the house so save your money party trhworers.
Hoo Rah, I can't tell you how many temporary tattoos, stickers, crappy litlte toys and pencils I throw away every time iclean out my car from those damn birthdy parties my kids don't even like them enough to bring them in the house so save your money party trhworers.
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But that's what we're saying - we spend more than $5 per goodie bag, to AVOID just giving crap like that. We're saying if you don't spend that much, and just give that twenty-five cent crap, just don't do it at all. Either give something cool as a goodie bag/favor, or just skip it. We all know parents hate the cheap crap some people put in those things (although I disagree that the kids don't like it - they always seem to like it even though it's crap)!!
I'd probably be considered tacky according to the peas I also do the $5 gift card but not in a goodie bag, I make little thank you/gift card holders and pass them out at the end of the party. I do have ds write thank you and sign his name
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I like this idea.
Hate the crappy dollar store/oriental trading company cheapass chinese made crap.
I'd probably be considered tacky according to the peas I also do the $5 gift card but not in a goodie bag, I make little thank you/gift card holders and pass them out at the end of the party. I do have ds write thank you and sign his name
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Doesn't sound bad to me at all. The Peas would wring your neck for the "generic, same message" thank you card, though. I remember the thread but can't for the life of me remember who started it. It was a 6-7 pager.
With Christmas threads ramping up I have a question, am I the only one who hates homemade crap? The few times someone has given me shit they made, it went straight into the trash.
111 here and I should add that homemade gifts for your husband or parents is ok. I made my husband's gift this past Valentina's day: blowjob coupons and the like.
Ok 114, but what do you consider useful? Some cheap ass crochet pot holder? Caramel in a can? A throw? One of those toilet roll covers shaped like a doll?
A decorated box too small to fit anything in, a mini scrapbook, anything made out of a toilet roll and any other tchotchke that is just going to sit on a shelf and do nothing is exactly what I would want to just chuck away.
OK I hate the new ultra white two peas look, the good news about it is I won't be wasting as much time as usual there because of the horrible eye strain it creates.
The only handmade gift I can think of that I'd like is a mini-scrapbook. Like if I went on a trip with someone and they made a little scrapbook of our trip...or if someone made one of my kids, or something.
I'm kind of surprised people here are saying that's one of the things they would NOT want. Do you not like photos? Do you have framed photos in your house? Do you take pictures of your life, your travels, your kids, etc.?
Not being snarky, just curious.
All the other handmade stuff - wouldn't use it. Well maybe a nice quilt or blanket if it was my style and comfy. But I don't want a "cozy" for anything, or handmade jewelry, or a sewn eyeglass case, or a handbag or a tote or anything else.
I wouldn't make stuff for others either. I know most people don't want that stuff, and even if they did, the chances you "get it right" when it comes to their taste, style, colors, etc. is slim to none.
I'm not talking about expert crafters really. I mean I do appreciate the skill of a professional quilter, and if someone has the skill to make really beautiful, quality items, then maybe. But most of the handmade stuff the Peas attempt is so obviously amateurish, and screams "handmade", "cheap", or whatever.
Oh, one other exception is if a child made it - I would be honored by a handmade gift from a child, but no adults please.
And for the love of god, NO HANDMADE "GOODIES" at the holidays. My kitchen is so packed full of candy, cookies, pies, breads, etc. at the holidays. It comes in from EVERYWHERE. School, neighbors, relatives, aquaintances, co-workers, parties...NOBODY needs their gift to be MORE of that!!! That has to be the dumbest choice of gift ever. In the summer it'd be great to receive a batch of cookies, sure, but in December I swear, some years I'm ready to cry if one more person surprises me with a tray of fancy holiday cookies. TOO MUCH AT ONCE! Leave that for the parties and get-togethers. No one needs food as a freaking gift!
Once you realize it isn't about giving a gift the recipient would be pleased with, but about fishing for compliments/validation for yourself - ohhhhh you're sooo talented!!! - then the trend of homemade crap makes sense.
I'm kind of surprised people here are saying that's one of the things they would NOT want. Do you not like photos? Do you have framed photos in your house? Do you take pictures of your life, your travels, your kids, etc.? ================================================ I'm 113. I posted that I don't care for mini scrapbooks. I do like photos, and I have framed photos in my house. But those are my taste and my choice. I don't care for mini scrapbooks because they're not my taste and they just end up being clutter. I'm a minimalist and clutter is the enemy. :)
Plus, the people in my life who make that kind of stuff annoy the crap out of me anyway. So a decorated box or a mini scrapbook just end up being reminders of irritants. The people I care for know that a book or a pair of earrings or just a phone call works for me.
I also don't like mini scrapbooks, but I enjoy framed photos.
I'm more of a minimalist when it comes to stuff that stays out on my shelves. I'd rather have a display of photos on the wall than on a bunch of paper, cardstock, and ribbon tied all up. It just sits and collects dust closed on a shelf.
And also agree with 126 that they are making it about themselves and not the person they are giving it TO.
My sister is like that. Always has to have the most unique, most "wow" gift at any party, especially weddings and baby showers. Never thinks about what the recipient really wants or needs or LIKES. Just comes up with the most stand-out gift so that she (my sister, not the recipient) gets a reaction from the crowd when it gets opened.
I have seen her spend over $500 on a set of personalized, custom-ordered bridal shower gifts just to impress "the room". They were not AT ALL the bride's taste. And when the gifts got separated form each other, she was fuming at the bridesmaids (who were helping) for not realizing that they should be together. She bitched and fumed for the rest of the shower. Oh and they bent two of her bows, too. Still haven't heard the end of that.
She thinks she's the best gift giver ever, but it's all for the attention and praise, it's never about what the recipient would love to receive. And she's in debt up to her ass trying to keep up with this.
She also just had a co-worker have a baby shower. She wasn't the host, but she volunteered to do the cake and decorations. She barely knows this woman. But to be the star of the day, she spent countless hours and $350 on this stuff. The cake was over $100 and the rest was just decorations. She made a huge banner from her cricut with layered pieces and everything. And the host wanted to hang it on the porch to welcome everyone (because duh, it's a banner decoration) but she flipped out because of the time and money put into it. She told me she was hoping the mom-to-be would hang it in the baby's room. It's a SHOWER DECORATION. Like the Mom doesn't already have a theme for the nursery. It's not their fault you spent $350 to impress people you don't even know.
Lauren must be hitting the bottle tonight and is looking for a fight. I'm so glad everyone is ignoring her. It's so bad that you know people's political views. ROLLS EYES
I'm surprised no one has linked the Whoopie video asking Ann Romney why her 5 sons are such big pussies that never served in Iraq or Afghanistan and why her pussy husband got deferments, protested FOR WAR, and never went.
Once you realize it isn't about giving a gift the recipient would be pleased with, but about fishing for compliments/validation for yourself - ohhhhh you're sooo talented!!! - then the trend of homemade crap makes sense.
October 19, 2012 12:43 PM
This is what bugs the crap out of me about scrappy cardmaker people. Some of the boards I go on they regularly have threads where people pout about how heartbroken they are that a gift they made wasn't made enough fuss over. It's fucking nauseating. I never say anything but I'm always thinking how self absorbed and pathetic they are. The only people I ever make stuff for is my mom and sister because they like them. I never make scrappy gifts!! Why would I? I don't like getting them myself.
Good god. The powers-that-be over on 2peas could manage to create a butt-ugly interface and not create a separate political board?
This is ramping up to be one of the most contentious elections ever and they can't see the need?
I hope the hell they give some of the nastier Ps the boot if their candidate doesn't win. I swear, some of those posters are right on the verge of completely loosing their shit and are soon going to go ape-shit crazy.
140Anonymous said... 140 I'm almost tempted to engage Lauren into another meltdown because I think she's been skating on thin ice with them since the last one.
------------------------------------------------ DOITDOITDOIT!!! The bucket has been so boring lately.
Good god. The powers-that-be over on 2peas could manage to create a butt-ugly interface and not create a separate political board?
This is ramping up to be one of the most contentious elections ever and they can't see the need?
I hope the hell they give some of the nastier Ps the boot if their candidate doesn't win. I swear, some of those posters are right on the verge of completely loosing their shit and are soon going to go ape-shit crazy.
Enough all ready.
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I've been at 2peas since before the 2004 election and I gotta say that the current cycle is completely over the top.
The people in the Praise the Lord thread are batshit fucking crazy. Not only do they explain away how there could possibly be God's plan AND free will (by saying that we as humans just can't comprehend why they both exist) now they are saying that people who don't believe have had their hearts "hardened" by GOd. WTF?? I SO want to go on there and ask them why they put all their faith in a BOOK OF STORIES. The Bible is not the word of God. If it WAS the word of God, then who let the guys in charge pick and choose which gospels would be included?? You can't pick and choose the word of God.
What absolutely cracks me up is their stereotypical depiction of Jesus as a blue-eyed fair-skinned hippy. <- Double dose of magical thinking right there.
In hilarious reality is that he'd look like one of those dirty muslin sand-niqqer a-rabs they hate so much.
Why can't they get rid of the 31 page animal site post? FFS! The Pea should put that in her signature, then post once a day and tell people to click it from her signature.
I'm surprised no ones started a thread about the fact that Tagg Romney essentially owns the company that provides the voting machines for Ohio. Easy way to steal an election.
"Now Kerry took all the deferments he could. After his last one he had to enlist in the branch of his choice or be drafted into the army. He enlisted in the Navy - figuring those big ships wouldn't get close to VN. A few months after he enlisted they put the swift boat program into operation."
She really has no integrity at all. I used to think she was just parroting lies she heard and that she was too stupid to realize they were lies. But now I'm convinced that she knows damn well that she's a fucking liar and her hope is that someone else is too stupid to discern between truth and lies.
Kerry graduated high school in 1962 and Yale four years after that - 1966 which is the same year he joined the Naval Reserve then went active duty 6 months later - 1967 he was on a ship in the Gulf of Tonkin/China Sea - 1968 when the ship was heading back to the US he requested duty in Vietnam - 1969 he left Vietnam.
While it may be true that he didn't really want to be involved in the war, he was. And it is also true that if Bush or Romney wanted to go to Vietnam they could have easily done so.
John Kerry requested to be sent to Vietnam. Skybarf is so full of shit, she squeaks. She lives in her own world so completely that bold truth can't make it through.
"for our IEP, i'm insisting that he not get recess taken away. they can have him take his lunch somewhere to eat, but he must have his recess.
also, i'm giving them information - the informative years pyramid to promote positive reinforcement for one.
i'm having daily notes written to me in his planner or wherever and i want those notes to include something he did well that day." peace sign
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I agree with her that recess shouldn't be taken away, kids need to run around and be active. But the daily note thing seems a bit much. Especially the part about something he did well.
I thought an IEP was to help the child function in class, not sure how the daily note will do that and imagine if the teacher has to do that for more then one kid, eventually that's going to eat into instruction time.
I have typed out comment after comment after comment and deleted them all - why? Because I am dealing with a while bunch of brain washed retards. It saddens me that both sides seem to only see one issue or one set of issues. FFS. Give me a discussion where we can set it all out. SMH.
OMG Lady, calm the fuck down. Your kids probably didn't even notice it happening, yet you swept them out of there like someone was about to shoot them. Then you're thinking about having a discussion with DH's boss about their parenting, and you're going to distance yourselves from them, etc. etc.?
Jesus, your kid is 14 - which I'm guessing is a freshman in high school. It's time to stop protecting him from anything negative in the big bad world. He probably sees pot every day at school and pills. I'm sure he hears about the parties on the weekends with kegs in the woods.
And a woman was drunk and dancing so the Peas are all up in arms? Hello, welcome to life. It's not always a prayer circle. She's not doing anything bad, she's drinking and dancing, maybe some singing.
These parents are the same ones whose kids are going to get to college and go batshit crazy wild. Every one of my h.s. friends who had helicopter overprotective parents went off to college and were the biggest partiers, the biggest sluts, and the biggest emotional wrecks.
Ease your kids into life people. Ease them in. You don't have to drink and dance at your own house, but don't confuse them by acting like someone who does (at a PARTY) is a big bad lady they need to throw in jail.
I agree with her that recess shouldn't be taken away, kids need to run around and be active. But the daily note thing seems a bit much. Especially the part about something he did well.
I thought an IEP was to help the child function in class, not sure how the daily note will do that and imagine if the teacher has to do that for more then one kid, eventually that's going to eat into instruction time.
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Agreed. It sounds like she just wants them to praise him for something good so she can feel like she's doing a good job raising him. Why do they need to do that?
I have a child that can't speak so I understand her wanting that. I haven't asked that of my school, and I probably should have. It's hard not having a clue what your child has done for an 8-hour day 5x/week.
I'm sure it does take a chunk out of their day, but the aide probably does it, not the teacher, and I'm sure they could do it during downtimes, like when the kids are listening to a story or watching a movie, or having recess.
This is why I suck at being the mother of a disabled kid. I never have a clue what to ask for in the IEP. I just go along with what the school says. I wish I had a few sentences each day in a log book. It sucks that my child spends half his life at school and I don't have a clue what it's like b/c of the lack of speech.
178 here - messed up - 2nd paragraph means I can understand her wanting a few sentences about the day, but I DO NOT think she needs the "something he did well that day".
I loved how no one agreed with her so she came back the next day and added in about the Boss' wife being "hammered". Yeah right, like you would have omitted that delicious detail from the OP?
Quote: Yeah right, like you would have omitted that delicious detail from th OP.
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Am I the only one who has noticed that when a post doesn't go the way the poster wants, they invariably come back and add some outlandish detail that is supposed to make the whole body validate the OP?
Am I the only one who has noticed that when a post doesn't go the way the poster wants, they invariably come back and add some outlandish detail that is supposed to make the whole body validate the OP? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
YES! Happens EVERY time. It's so transparent! Dumbasses.
We suspected non-focusing ADHD in my son, but resisted diagnosing and meds. His kindy teacher told me he was retarded. His first grade teacher told me he was artistic."
Am I the only one who has noticed that when a post doesn't go the way the poster wants, they invariably come back and add some outlandish detail that is supposed to make the whole body validate the OP?
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No even cyworker on the thread said that on that thread.
Am I the only one who has noticed that when a post doesn't go the way the poster wants, they invariably come back and add some outlandish detail that is supposed to make the whole body validate the OP?
Drives me nuts.
October 20, 2012 5:16 PM
Yeah, every. single. time. Like that other poster, I actually expect it and look out for it now on threads where it doesn't go the OPs way.
My favorite is when a poster goes Pea livid over something (Frequently involving one of their kids), and it involves say a teacher saying or doing something supposedly. The Peas get all wound up saying things like: demand the teacher be reprimanded! call the school board! Demand the teacher be fired!
Then the OP slinks back in with more of the story which totally changes the story and finally admits that her kid had done something wrong or had even lied!
Totally cracks me up. It's getting so that anytime I see an outrageous post, I just sit back and wait for the other shoe to drop and we finally get the truth.
I have to agree that 2peas seems to get more than its fair share of nutters.
joelsgal, I'm pretty sure running shoes have been around ALL YOUR LIFE. So you are not really wondering how you lived without them. You prob had some when you were 8.
Oh wait.......I forgot that runners always have to announce that they are runners. Even in subtle ways.
Hey, if you want your high school aged kid to drink in the safety of your own home...whatever. But how many Peas would let their kid smoke a bowl? It is all illegal, why is it ok for one and not the other?
Dodogshavebrains reveals a lot about herself on this thread. I'm surprised she didn't add, "The day my parents said they'd support my lazy fat ass while I 'found myself.'"
I know several runners. Every time they are in a group of people they don't know the always manage to mention that they run. It's very strange.
I don't know nor do I care if someone runs, bowls, plays tennis, golf, whatever .... But no one but the runners obsess over their sport like a runner. Makes me wonder what it is in their life that makes running the be all, end all of their existence. I sincerely doubt it has very much to do with health and a lot to do with some severe physiological issues.
The worst are runners on Facebook. It's ALL they ever post about.
I have a cousin that started running about a year ago. Before that she used to post about her kids, family, travels, life...now she posts NOTHING but running updates.
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Jane is on it! Thank you!
thanks cake diva!
I knew it was only a matter of time till the "thanks cake diva" idiot weighed in. That schtick is as old as the Kendra bullshit.
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&forum_id=15&thread_id=3198713
Please tell me how this is exciting? A very minor celebrity repinned a picture that you didn't even take...what an accomplishment.
sorry freebird.
Poster number 3/6 is as clever as Pennyring is beautiful and intelligent.
Which is to say, not at all.
Apparently I hit the husband lottery, as my DH has always been an equal opportunity partner, as in, if something needs to be done, he does it...and I don't have to ask, please, bargain, nag or anything.
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Actually you ARE lucky, these days. Our generation has a lot of men that were coddled and spoiled by their mothers, which ends up with a lot of frustrated wives when it comes time for equal work around the house.
My MIL is a nice person, but my DH was her only son, and the "golden boy". He can do no wrong in her eyes, and it has been that way since he was a toddler. That, combined with her 1950s style gender-role beliefs (ie his sisters did all the chores while he played basketball outside), leaves me with a DH that frankly doesn't know what he's doing around the house.
It's pathetic, but has pushed me to make sure my own sons grow up being hard-working boys that will be able to partner with their wives someday to keep up the house.
(Even though it would be 10 times easier for me to shoosh them out of the way and get it done myself!!)
Pretty much think that's most generations of men 8, very rarely do they do much more then mow the lawn and take out the trash.
Yeah while grocery shopping I want to hear about how you lost weight for Jesus:
"He has used my weight loss for His amazing glory--to strangers in the grocery store, my dd's tutor, leader's in my Bible study, etc. I want to live for Him because it IS better."identicaltriplets
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&forum_id=15&thread_id=3198729
I wonder what some of these I'm so blessed people would do if something really horrible happened to them. How would they reconcile it with their faith.
I wonder what some of these I'm so blessed people would do if something really horrible happened to them. How would they reconcile it with their faith.
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They will just say it is part of God's plan for them and they are not to know what that plan is.
Today God wants me to have a margarita.
idk 11 they're under the impression that they are right with God and he's hooking them up with scholarships and great lives because the are worthy. If the shit hits the fan they might roll with it for a bit but I'd guess they'll be wondering why God is mad at them sooner or later.
In their world view they are the puppets with no control of any aspect of their lives. Her dd's didn't earn their scholarships God gave them to them. Apparently no one ever does anything for themselves it just God deciding who's worthy. And all those poor kids in India and Africa just didn't have the foresight to be born white and in the USA.
Fucking delusional mindless zombies chirping praise for their sky daddy.
I'm sorry but you are a sahw, not sahm, maybe your dh is also doing a "slow burn". Either suck it up and do everything around the house or get a job and help out financially. ffs if going out to lunch is that big of a deal maybe you need to get a job and then maybe your dh will help out with the house stuff.
"I'm a SAHW and while I accept that the bulk of the work is to fall on my shoulders because of that, I do get resentful that he does so little to help. He used to be a lot more helpful but the last year or so he hasn't. I'm doing a slow burn too. He just had 4 days off and nothing got done except what I did and one or two errands. He dried one set of dishes because I got kind of snappy about it but yeah, mostly he sat on the computer and watched Netflix. I mean, fine he has days off and he want to relax - I get that and I don't ask a lot of him, but holy hell when do I get time off? I went to a crop on Friday night and Saturday and we wound up going out for lunch (which we could ill afford) because the dinner dishes (mostly his) weren't done." asr70
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&forum_id=15&thread_id=3198749
They will just say it is part of God's plan for them and they are not to know what that plan is.
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Not in my case after 17 years of praying and gratitude and taking life for what it is and finding joy in simple things ect. I decided that if there is a God I can't honor him because nobody who would allow the things that have happened in my life is worth a drop of respect from anyone.
I feel like an idiot for wasting so much time and energy on hope and faith when the truth is we all get dumped into this world and we just need to survive. After a long time being a person of faith I now feel there is no real point to life at all. We simply are then we aren't and the world rolls on.
ha I'm a sahm and I really don't get all these "I need time off" whiners. If you have time to pea you have time off.
Perhaps if the Peas stopped fingering themselves to Fiestaware, Disneyworld and Mitt Romney they'd be able to get some housework done. Romney's letting you leave early to make dinner for your man, ladies!
Apparently I hit the husband lottery, as my DH has always been an equal opportunity partner, as in, if something needs to be done, he does it...and I don't have to ask, please, bargain, nag or anything.
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Scoot over, mine too. I cannot for the life of me figure out why would anyone marry a partner who's not?
@19 Oh and my dh is in his 60's and his parents had VERY traditionally defined gender roles.
So these women finangle their way out of the workforce into their *dream* of being a sahm/w, then are shocked! to find out there's actual WORK involved and it's mindless, thankless, never-ending drudgery.
Is that about right?
God told me to step away from 2 Peas - that it's a vipers' nest of insanity, lies, rage and stupidity.
Pretty much sums it up although in some cases the dh sounds like a lazy douche bag. He wouldn't even hang up a baby swing for their 3rd kid and now he still hasn't for the 4th one. She picked a winner.
My husband's "bachelor pad" was cleaner than my own apartment and I am not a messy person. That was definitely a great sign for me. To this day he still keeps a cleaner house than I do, I just don't really care to wipe down baseboards weekly.
And yet she still keeps fucking him and birthing his children.
The Peas need the internet to tell them to clean with their "cleaning challenges." How the fuck did they keep a clean house before?
They didn't, 26. Even with the challenges, there are some gross peas. Piles of laundry (how hard is it to fold & put away each load as it comes out), clutter and other crap that they clean "around". Then there's the coupon & stockpile hoarders and the ones who say stuff like "I'm not the best housekeeper" or my house has that "lived in" look or "my friends don't visit my mess, they visit me" and all I can do is imagine the odor & piles of dusty crap everywhere.
We'll be back soon :)
We're busy updating the site you love. Won't be long, promise.
Kendra likes looking at toilets at the edge of the bumpy pothole filled road in the trailer park. Flowers are a bonus.
What is the point of doing laundry if you aren't going to fold it as it comes out of the dryer?
Kendra likes wrinkles (old wrinkly men).
Their updates always take three or four days. Then we will have to endure endless threads detailing the mundane crap everyone did while two peas was down.
What did you do while two peas was down?
- I took a shit!
- I showed my children something other than the back of my head for the first time in months!
- I did laundry
- I sat at the computer hitting refresh so I could be the first one to start a thread about what we did while two peas was down!
I wonder what some of these I'm so blessed people would do if something really horrible happened to them. How would they reconcile it with their faith.
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Well one (or two?) of her triplets has anorexia and if anything, they are more kooky religious when something bad happens! It's the only way they can make it through the day, sadly.
What is the point of doing laundry if you aren't going to fold it as it comes out of the dryer?
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Exactly! Remember a couple of weeks ago when some fool asked how to cope with the laundry? She was dumping it onto the living room sofa and hoping family members would come and fold it. FFS!
And yet she still keeps fucking him and birthing his children.
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She's been pissed at him before and posted about it. He sounds like a complete tool. Baby #4 was definitely a poorly-timed but adorable accident. She'll really be in the shitter if he leaves her.
Gotta love women that think they have a bunch of mind readers for family members. My mother would leave a list for everyone, everyday with selected chores that needed to be done before she got home from work.
Wouldn't ya know, those chores eventually became second nature and she didn't have to leave lists any more and she never had to be frustrated that we weren't getting things done.
Kendra believes in God, she would never complain about lack of me time, and she always folds her laundry while it's warm. And fuzzy. Because that's what God wants!
Personal responsibility- 36 your mom instilled it.
**thunderous applause for mom**
Holy crap, they've totally changed the color scheme.
I'm not sure I like it, it's a bit hard to read.
Serious question:
How do the religious faithful account for a non-religious/agnostic/atheist having "good" things happen to them?
Here the religious person is, praising, worshipping, adoring, praying and glorifying their lord and BAM - an atheist gets the job or the house or a cure for their illness and the faithful are dealt a blow.
I know they often say "god has another plan for me", but in their minds, WHY was the atheist rewarded with good fortune? How does this fit in with their religious belief?
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&forum_id=15&thread_id=3198656
ffs.
I don't mind the color scheme, wish there was more of a clear line between posts. People will get used to it!
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&forum_id=15&thread_id=3198889
My brother had health insurance, didn't eat sugar and ran regularly and still died too young from a massive heart attack. Apply your political views elsewhere, Compwalla.
Better yet, pray to the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
How do the religious faithful account for a non-religious/agnostic/atheist having "good" things happen to them?
Here the religious person is, praising, worshipping, adoring, praying and glorifying their lord and BAM - an atheist gets the job or the house or a cure for their illness and the faithful are dealt a blow.
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I wonder that as well.
Pretty much every.single.one. of my conservative religious jebus-quoting family/friends have been divorced, remarried, often divorced/remarried again.
My no-religious family/friends are the ones in solid, long-term, happy marriages where divorce is rare.
Go figure.
no = non. ffs
43Anonymous said... 43 I don't mind the color scheme, wish there was more of a clear line between posts. People will get used to it!
October 18, 2012 1:06 PM
I remember when they changed it to a different color every other line. That made it easier to read. I don't like it, it's too bright. Just another reason not to go there to read.
I think up it's overly bright, but, whatever. I rarely read there.
I do wonder about the lost post counts. If that is permanent, 2peas will become a troll magnet. Unless a person really pays attention and can remember a bazillion pea names, it will be difficult to discern who is a troll vs. just a newby.
You know what makes me sick to my Republican stomach?
Jacqab and her crazy-assed ilk exploiting the Ambassador's death for purely political purposes.
I'm surprised no one has posted a thread saying how much they cleaned during the downtime, since they need 15 minute increments laid out for them on a normal day...
45.
Maybe it's because us atheists spend more time focused on our own marriages instead of worrying about everyone else's.
Apparently “god has a mighty plan” for Dinesh D’Souza.
LMAO.
People absolutely do die from lack of health insurance
12:46:28 PM by Compwalla in NSBR Board
Compwalla
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Cause of Death: Lack of Insurance
No Compwalla they lived with a lack of insurance. The died WITH a lack of insurance.
They did not die FROM a lack of insurance.
[sarcasm]
I am so very very sorry for your terrible loss. Truly.
However lack of insurance did not cause her death. I'm sorry she did feel that she could go to a doctor because she didn't have it.
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Guess who on Compwalla's insurance thread?
Queen of the cunts. Guns don't kill people either.
Those lazy sahm/sahw blow my mind. When my kids were little, I was mostly a sahm - I worked 1 or 2 days a week just to keep my professional skills up-to-date and pay a few bills. I went back to work full-time when they both were in school. I still do more of the "inside" chores than dh does, but he does all of the yardwork. I think it pretty much balances out.
When I stayed home, I did all the housework, period. I didn't feel like some sort of a martyr, it was my job. When dh came home from work, we shared the kid stuff, pretty much 50-50. But I certainly didn't expect dh to come in and start dusting, vacuuming, scrubbing toilets, etc. When I was fixing dinner, I emptied the dishwasher and loaded whatever dishes were in the sink at that point. After dinner, either I would start the kids' baths and dh cleared the table and loaded the dishwasher, or vice-a-verse. That was the only chore left to be done in the evening. I mean, really... how hard is it to keep up with the housework when you are NOT WORKING?!
I'm willing to give a pass to moms of little babies, truly special needs kids, etc. But the typical whiny pea who expects her dh to come home and immediately start doing chores - ridiculous.
I think it's reasonable to expect dh to do certain things and special projects and help with things that really are 2 person jobs, but they are mostly bitching that they have to do "all of the housework". Guess what toots, it's the job you choose!
Don't even get me started with the sahm/sahw with housekeepers... a friend of mine, whose youngest kids are 14 year old twins is a sahm. Her older kids are 23 and 19. She has a housekeeper that comes weekly - I don't care how other people spend their money, but when your dh works 60-80 hours per week so you don't have to and so that you can have a middle class standard of living (and you are completely able-bodied), it just seems absurd to spend $100/week so you don't have to lift a finger in your own home - she spends over $5000/year so she can sit on her butt all day. She is not volunteering, caring for elderly parents, or doing anything productive. She watches TV, posts of facebook, and reads magazines. Once a week she takes her elderly aunt to Bob Evans for lunch. That's her big outing for the week. Last year, dh and I took a moderately priced vacation for our anniversary (25 years). She said she was sad that they couldn't afford more than a weekend away at a local hotel to celebrate their 25th anniversary... umm, if you cleaned your own damn house, you and your husband COULD afford a vacation.
55 here - sorry, that got ridiculously long.
I know who jaquab is the alter for! It's been bugging the hell out of me because something about her posting style reminded of someone else. It's fucking lefty!! Take a look.
I'm sure it is her. And you know what, we all have been saying lately how lefty has really ramped up her posting. Now add all those lefty posts to jaquab and what have you got? Fucking OCD crazeeeeeeeeeeee woman!!!!!!
yeah but 55 what do you expect from someone who's probably never had a real job? They just can't understand what it's like to come home after working all day and have someone busting your chops for not cleaning.
I agree completely, 55.
It's the height of laziness to be a SAHM (especially with older children) and pay others to clean your house. If you're wealthy, fine, I guess, but not if you and your hard working husband can't even vacation because you can't get off your ass and clean.
It's the height of laziness to be a SAHM (especially with older children) and pay others to clean your house. If you're wealthy, fine, I guess, but not if you and your hard working husband can't even vacation because you can't get off your ass and clean.
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And there are so many pea examples. @@
Aaaack! The Xmas posts have started over at the pod!
Bloody hell. "Acts of terror" vs "terrorism"?????
You Yanks realise that you're laughingstocks, right? Do you care?
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&forum_id=15&thread_id=3198966
Poster child for reading your thread titles before you click the submit button.
Detriot and I'll? JFC.
Batya is so annoying with all of the boring depressing books she reads. Always some kind of biography or self help crap.
I'd almost rather read along with the 50 shades of gray desperate pea twats then the boring crap Batya reads and recommends.
Yes and Peabay is another pretentious reader. Her favorite books always crack me up. Find the longest, most boring, difficult to read, look how smart I am book and that is Peabay's favorite. I can almost pick out off the top of my head which books she will be reading and saying are her favorites. LOL.
I read for pleasure but I realize everyone has different tastes and I guess they get pleasure out of reading about other people's misery and shitty lives. I hate those kind of books.
Don't care 62 really don't.
What I want to know is how the peas claim to read 3 or 4 books a week plus they post on the board constantly. I am a fast reader but no way could I read 5 books a week, post on the board like they do (which I don't) and go about my normal everyday life getting things done. They are full of it.
Remember when Kellyedge (is she still around) would talk about reading like 15 books a week? LOL She was also the same one who was obsessed with every tv show. Sure you read 15 books a week. Sure you do.
I've noticed a recurring theme with the weekly pea book threads. They all seem to enjoy reading about illness, be it fiction or non fiction. Very strange.
Well, 67, if you're a sahm who doesn't actually do anything, you have plenty of time to read.
I love to read and read a wide variety of books - some best sellers, some more serious "literary" books, some professional books. At the most, I have an hour a day to read - but then again, I have a job, a family, and a life. Oh, and I don't have a maid!
Clearly 66, clearly.
ok that whole story about the teacher telling the kids to spit on the boy is utter BS. And as usual, the peas all fall for it, hook, line, sinker.
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&forum_id=15&thread_id=3199005
I so want to post, "Try asking TaurusGirl's DH or his mistress."
67-I always wondered about Kelly (1edgepea) too. How can one person read that many books in a week. She must have laid around the house and did nothing else but read and post about Big Brother. Wonder what happened to her? She had like a bazillion posts at the pod and then she just disapeared.
72-why? did her husband fuck a Pollack?
"I went to a crop on Friday night and Saturday and we wound up going out for lunch (which we could ill afford) because the dinner dishes (mostly his) weren't done."
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Seriously? You had to go out for lunch because the dinner dishes weren't done? Get your ass in the kitchen, wash them and fix lunch! All that would take less time than driving somewhere to eat. There are some lazy ass women out there. SMH
Who the hell goes out for lunch except for special occasions? Pigs much?
All of these Peas that are crying poor but still going out to lunch, getting their lattes, buying up all of their fiestaware and whatever else is Pea-popular are so full of shit.
If you were truly struggling you wouldn't be doing any of that.
yup
Already sick of the bitching about the bright white background. Your brightness should only be set at about 75% anyway.
74-In TG's post about a month ago or so, she posted that about four years ago her DH suddenly had an interest in learning Polish. Come to find out that the woman that's "just a friend" is from Poland or her family is from Poland. You will have to search her posts to to read it, I think it was a 6 pager.
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&forum_id=15&thread_id=3199034
Holy crap. What a fucking psycho. Guess this twat was homeskoooled.
74-Here's the post:
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&thread_id=3192300&pg=1
I think the new site design sucks. Amateurish.
WTF is a sahw?
Are you really that stupid 84?
I didn't write it but it's not rocket surgery to work out that if SAHM has mom as the last word but the OP says the person is not a mom, therefore she uses SAHW...let's take a wild guess at what the w could stand for... 'woman' maybe?
Stay at home wife.
if it was a man, he'd be called a "unemployed" or possibly "slacker".
Calm down 55, Jesus. What do you want, a trophy?
I think the updated look for the site looks generic, plain, and stark. It very much looks like a blog, which could be intentional because they are trying to draw in a younger crowd, many that use iPad, Nooks and phones to read and post. (Their app is pretty crappy, IMO, and I refuse to use it.)
It also looks a lot like it did when I first went to 2Ps over 10 years ago, so I think it is a step backwards. Plus it looks more like the CK message board, too -- bright and plain.
To me is just looks cheap and cheesy looking, but I love how the "sheeple" are saying they love it because i looks, modern and clean. Once one popular pea said it, the rest followed. Pretty funny.
Who the hell goes out for lunch except for special occasions? Pigs much?
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Uh, what? What does this mean? Is this a serious post?
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Who the hell goes out for lunch except for special occasions? Pigs much?
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Uh, what? What does this mean? Is this a serious post?
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I just figured it was one of those Dave Ramsey people.
We go out to lunch once a week, usually on the weekends. Not sure who that would make me a pig.
I hear you, #63. I'm not a grammar or spelling nazi bitch here or at the pod, but the wild use of the apostrophe makes me crazy. I think this one is just a typo though. Kind of like how my fingers always want to add a "g" when I type a word that ends in "in." lol
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&forum_id=15&thread_id=3199056
This is why I don't twitter. Poor guy is probably sick of saying no and was being sarcastic out of frustration.
People go out to lunch all the time, and not just for business reasons. It's a great way to catch up with friends or family, or spend time getting to know new people without the heavier time and price commitment of a dinner reservation.
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&forum_id=15&thread_id=3199048
Oh pull the fucking stick out of your fucking ass Denda.
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&forum_id=15&thread_id=3199079
I just find this whole op hard to believe. Sounds like she's making excuses for the kid.
$5 on birthday party favors are you freaking kidding me? I only spend $10 on the gift for the birthday child. Entitlement much>
Around here it's 5 bucks (I usually go with a McDonald's gift card) on the favors and 20 to 25 bucks for a present.
96 are you serious? How do you fill a goodie bag for less than $5 per kid? I didn't read the thread yet though, but have to go find it. We definitely spend at least $5 per goodie bag when doing our kids' parties. It adds up, but so do parties in general. Not sure how entitlement comes into it - but maybe I'll check out the thread.
And usually we only invite 5 or 6 kids to ds's parties. Not the whole class.
Who the hell goes out for lunch except for special occasions? Pigs much?
I really need this poster to come explain this! I seriously am driving myself crazy trying to figure this one out...if it's a joke or what the meaning is behind it.
If millions of people didn't go out to lunch, restaurants wouldn't be able to stay in business. Do you really think most people don't ever go out to lunch? This is the weirdest thing I've read in a while.
If you are out and about - at a movie, or shopping, or doing errands, - not near home - do you still not eat out?
I'd probably be considered tacky according to the peas I also do the $5 gift card but not in a goodie bag, I make little thank you/gift card holders and pass them out at the end of the party. I do have ds write thank you and sign his name.
99 you seem to have a chip on your shoulder or something.
Around here almost everyone invites the whole class. At least until about 3rd grade. Then people might start doing just boys or just girls.
If it's a sleepover, maybe just 4-5 friends, but at any other party, definitely a whole bunch. Of course it's inevitable that a handful can't make it, so that leaves still plenty of kids to come and have fun.
Maybe 96 and the anti going out to lunch poster are the same person.
99 here no chip, we don't invite the whole class because ds isn't friends with his whole class. He's in the 5th grade now, last time we invited the whole class was back in pre school.
The school passes out an address book for the entire school we mail invitations to the kids ds wants to invite to his party.
ds isn't invited to every kids party either just his friends.
Entitlement comes from expecting a $5 gift for showing up. Kids these days.
Hand them a full sized candy bar (under $1) on the way out the door. Thank you for coming.
Hoo Rah, I can't tell you how many temporary tattoos, stickers, crappy litlte toys and pencils I throw away every time iclean out my car from those damn birthdy parties my kids don't even like them enough to bring them in the house so save your money party trhworers.
“Declaring something an act of terror does not necessarily mean you are declaring it a terrorist act.”
Hoo Rah, I can't tell you how many temporary tattoos, stickers, crappy litlte toys and pencils I throw away every time iclean out my car from those damn birthdy parties my kids don't even like them enough to bring them in the house so save your money party trhworers.
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But that's what we're saying - we spend more than $5 per goodie bag, to AVOID just giving crap like that. We're saying if you don't spend that much, and just give that twenty-five cent crap, just don't do it at all. Either give something cool as a goodie bag/favor, or just skip it. We all know parents hate the cheap crap some people put in those things (although I disagree that the kids don't like it - they always seem to like it even though it's crap)!!
I'd probably be considered tacky according to the peas I also do the $5 gift card but not in a goodie bag, I make little thank you/gift card holders and pass them out at the end of the party. I do have ds write thank you and sign his name
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I like this idea.
Hate the crappy dollar store/oriental trading company cheapass chinese made crap.
I'd probably be considered tacky according to the peas I also do the $5 gift card but not in a goodie bag, I make little thank you/gift card holders and pass them out at the end of the party. I do have ds write thank you and sign his name
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Doesn't sound bad to me at all. The Peas would wring your neck for the "generic, same message" thank you card, though. I remember the thread but can't for the life of me remember who started it. It was a 6-7 pager.
With Christmas threads ramping up I have a question, am I the only one who hates homemade crap? The few times someone has given me shit they made, it went straight into the trash.
I'm hand making a quilt for my husband and a camera strap cover for my mom. They will love the homemade stuff.
Everyone else? I still always try to make an effort to buy something and if I can't afford to, most people understand.
A homemade quilt or camera strap cover would be really cool. My strap is rough, so I could really use that.
All the other homemade crap I can think of? Straight to the trash. I don't need any decorated boxes or mini scrapbooks--that's just clutter.
Yep, if I make something I try to make it something useful. Not something that will just collect dust on a shelf.
111 here and I should add that homemade gifts for your husband or parents is ok. I made my husband's gift this past Valentina's day: blowjob coupons and the like.
Ok 114, but what do you consider useful? Some cheap ass crochet pot holder? Caramel in a can? A throw? One of those toilet roll covers shaped like a doll?
A decorated box too small to fit anything in, a mini scrapbook, anything made out of a toilet roll and any other tchotchke that is just going to sit on a shelf and do nothing is exactly what I would want to just chuck away.
Yea, with the millions of people in the USA alone of course there will be lots of birthday twins. There's a 1/365 chance...
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&forum_id=15&thread_id=3199103
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Whoops, link for 118
105 Anonymous said... 105
Entitlement comes from expecting a $5 gift for showing up. Kids these days.
Hand them a full sized candy bar (under $1) on the way out the door. Thank you for coming.
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I doubt any kid expects a $5 gift for going to the party. Most kids just want to go and have fun with their friends.
ps I have to tell you, you sound a lot like Rainbow Scrapper, you may want to work on that.
OK I hate the new ultra white two peas look, the good news about it is I won't be wasting as much time as usual there because of the horrible eye strain it creates.
I swear you could go snow blind from it.
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&forum_id=15&thread_id=3199133
This bitch is crazy, her bf needs to cut his losses and move on.
The only handmade gift I can think of that I'd like is a mini-scrapbook. Like if I went on a trip with someone and they made a little scrapbook of our trip...or if someone made one of my kids, or something.
I'm kind of surprised people here are saying that's one of the things they would NOT want. Do you not like photos? Do you have framed photos in your house? Do you take pictures of your life, your travels, your kids, etc.?
Not being snarky, just curious.
All the other handmade stuff - wouldn't use it. Well maybe a nice quilt or blanket if it was my style and comfy. But I don't want a "cozy" for anything, or handmade jewelry, or a sewn eyeglass case, or a handbag or a tote or anything else.
I wouldn't make stuff for others either. I know most people don't want that stuff, and even if they did, the chances you "get it right" when it comes to their taste, style, colors, etc. is slim to none.
I'm not talking about expert crafters really. I mean I do appreciate the skill of a professional quilter, and if someone has the skill to make really beautiful, quality items, then maybe. But most of the handmade stuff the Peas attempt is so obviously amateurish, and screams "handmade", "cheap", or whatever.
Oh, one other exception is if a child made it - I would be honored by a handmade gift from a child, but no adults please.
And for the love of god, NO HANDMADE "GOODIES" at the holidays. My kitchen is so packed full of candy, cookies, pies, breads, etc. at the holidays. It comes in from EVERYWHERE. School, neighbors, relatives, aquaintances, co-workers, parties...NOBODY needs their gift to be MORE of that!!! That has to be the dumbest choice of gift ever. In the summer it'd be great to receive a batch of cookies, sure, but in December I swear, some years I'm ready to cry if one more person surprises me with a tray of fancy holiday cookies. TOO MUCH AT ONCE! Leave that for the parties and get-togethers. No one needs food as a freaking gift!
Yup, between the nonstop raving lunatic Housewives of the GOP and now the snow-blindness, I'm pretty much done with that site.
a-fucking-men 123.
Once you realize it isn't about giving a gift the recipient would be pleased with, but about fishing for compliments/validation for yourself - ohhhhh you're sooo talented!!! - then the trend of homemade crap makes sense.
I'm kind of surprised people here are saying that's one of the things they would NOT want. Do you not like photos? Do you have framed photos in your house? Do you take pictures of your life, your travels, your kids, etc.?
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I'm 113. I posted that I don't care for mini scrapbooks. I do like photos, and I have framed photos in my house. But those are my taste and my choice. I don't care for mini scrapbooks because they're not my taste and they just end up being clutter. I'm a minimalist and clutter is the enemy. :)
Plus, the people in my life who make that kind of stuff annoy the crap out of me anyway. So a decorated box or a mini scrapbook just end up being reminders of irritants. The people I care for know that a book or a pair of earrings or just a phone call works for me.
Once you have 44 people in any given group the odds favor that two of them will share a birthday.
I hate home made hot chocolate or cookie/cake or brownie mixes in a jar.
I smile, say thank and then drop it in the trash at home.
A mini scrap book won't bother me, I like that sort of thing. No one I know makes quilts but that would be cool too.
I also don't like mini scrapbooks, but I enjoy framed photos.
I'm more of a minimalist when it comes to stuff that stays out on my shelves. I'd rather have a display of photos on the wall than on a bunch of paper, cardstock, and ribbon tied all up. It just sits and collects dust closed on a shelf.
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&forum_id=15&thread_id=3199084
Here's a thought op:
Build a bridge and get over it.
126 - SO TRUE TRUE TRUE.
126 - so true. And it usually is that way.
Agree w/ 123 - all of it.
And also agree with 126 that they are making it about themselves and not the person they are giving it TO.
My sister is like that. Always has to have the most unique, most "wow" gift at any party, especially weddings and baby showers. Never thinks about what the recipient really wants or needs or LIKES. Just comes up with the most stand-out gift so that she (my sister, not the recipient) gets a reaction from the crowd when it gets opened.
I have seen her spend over $500 on a set of personalized, custom-ordered bridal shower gifts just to impress "the room". They were not AT ALL the bride's taste. And when the gifts got separated form each other, she was fuming at the bridesmaids (who were helping) for not realizing that they should be together. She bitched and fumed for the rest of the shower. Oh and they bent two of her bows, too. Still haven't heard the end of that.
She thinks she's the best gift giver ever, but it's all for the attention and praise, it's never about what the recipient would love to receive. And she's in debt up to her ass trying to keep up with this.
She also just had a co-worker have a baby shower. She wasn't the host, but she volunteered to do the cake and decorations. She barely knows this woman. But to be the star of the day, she spent countless hours and $350 on this stuff. The cake was over $100 and the rest was just decorations. She made a huge banner from her cricut with layered pieces and everything. And the host wanted to hang it on the porch to welcome everyone (because duh, it's a banner decoration) but she flipped out because of the time and money put into it. She told me she was hoping the mom-to-be would hang it in the baby's room. It's a SHOWER DECORATION. Like the Mom doesn't already have a theme for the nursery. It's not their fault you spent $350 to impress people you don't even know.
Sorry, venting, LOL!
Megyn Kelly, Fox New Blonde #263 said... 107 “Declaring something an act of terror does not necessarily mean you are declaring it a terrorist act.”
October 19, 2012 10:41 AM
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
And Pineapple idolizes this vapid dead-eyed idiot. LMAO.
One of those toilet roll covers shaped like a doll?
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Where can I find one of these? I've always wanted one.
Why the fuck would you accept an invitation to a sushi bar if you won't eat nori or fish?
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&forum_id=15&thread_id=3199201
Oh FFS Lauren. STFU! Nobody cares.
Lauren must be hitting the bottle tonight and is looking for a fight. I'm so glad everyone is ignoring her. It's so bad that you know people's political views. ROLLS EYES
I'm almost tempted to engage Lauren into another meltdown because I think she's been skating on thin ice with them since the last one.
Oh DOOOOO EEEEEEET! There's nothing on TV tonight and I need something to watch!
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&forum_id=15&thread_id=3199034
Holy crap. What a fucking psycho. Guess this twat was homeskoooled.
Did you read her blog? WTF?
http://happilyeverideas.blogspot.com
/p/introduction.html
I'm surprised no one has linked the Whoopie video asking Ann Romney why her 5 sons are such big pussies that never served in Iraq or Afghanistan and why her pussy husband got deferments, protested FOR WAR, and never went.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/18/whoopi-goldberg-ann-romney-uncomfortable-question_n_1980113.html
Once you realize it isn't about giving a gift the recipient would be pleased with, but about fishing for compliments/validation for yourself - ohhhhh you're sooo talented!!! - then the trend of homemade crap makes sense.
October 19, 2012 12:43 PM
This is what bugs the crap out of me about scrappy cardmaker people. Some of the boards I go on they regularly have threads where people pout about how heartbroken they are that a gift they made wasn't made enough fuss over. It's fucking nauseating. I never say anything but I'm always thinking how self absorbed and pathetic they are. The only people I ever make stuff for is my mom and sister because they like them. I never make scrappy gifts!! Why would I? I don't like getting them myself.
Did you read her blog? WTF?
http://happilyeverideas.blogspot.com
/p/introduction.html
October 19, 2012 3:54 PM
WTF is right.
I fear she hasn't a creative bone in her body. She's full on cray cray.
Good god. The powers-that-be over on 2peas could manage to create a butt-ugly interface and not create a separate political board?
This is ramping up to be one of the most contentious elections ever and they can't see the need?
I hope the hell they give some of the nastier Ps the boot if their candidate doesn't win. I swear, some of those posters are right on the verge of completely loosing their shit and are soon going to go ape-shit crazy.
Enough all ready.
140Anonymous said... 140 I'm almost tempted to engage Lauren into another meltdown because I think she's been skating on thin ice with them since the last one.
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DOITDOITDOIT!!! The bucket has been so boring lately.
Wow, 134 your sister sounds like she belongs on two peas.
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/user_profile/54297/
WTF is a survivor of infertility? Wouldn't that be a PARENT?
Maybe she and her husband don't have children because they're both as big as a house. At least, judging from her avatar photo.
Good god. The powers-that-be over on 2peas could manage to create a butt-ugly interface and not create a separate political board?
This is ramping up to be one of the most contentious elections ever and they can't see the need?
I hope the hell they give some of the nastier Ps the boot if their candidate doesn't win. I swear, some of those posters are right on the verge of completely loosing their shit and are soon going to go ape-shit crazy.
Enough all ready.
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1000+
I've been at 2peas since before the 2004 election and I gotta say that the current cycle is completely over the top.
Not enjoyable in any way, shape or form.
The John Birch Society has taken over NSBR.
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&forum_id=15&thread_id=3198969
I would rather get a $5.00 Starbucks card than *any* of the "homemade" ideas in this thread.
The people in the Praise the Lord thread are batshit fucking crazy. Not only do they explain away how there could possibly be God's plan AND free will (by saying that we as humans just can't comprehend why they both exist) now they are saying that people who don't believe have had their hearts "hardened" by GOd. WTF?? I SO want to go on there and ask them why they put all their faith in a BOOK OF STORIES. The Bible is not the word of God. If it WAS the word of God, then who let the guys in charge pick and choose which gospels would be included?? You can't pick and choose the word of God.
Fables of bronze-age goatherders are meaningless to me and my life c 2012.
What absolutely cracks me up is their stereotypical depiction of Jesus as a blue-eyed fair-skinned hippy. <- Double dose of magical thinking right there.
In hilarious reality is that he'd look like one of those dirty muslin sand-niqqer a-rabs they hate so much.
"WTF is a survivor of infertility? Wouldn't that be a PARENT?"
LOL 149!
Who the fuck is Wasabi Pea? Apparently the Arizona Ayatollahs have another disciple.
I wouldn't be surprised if STJ has another 'baby' in 3 years 10 months to avoid the political melodrama.
TwoPeas sure does give generous "maternity leaves"
That moderator gig must be a sweet ride. Paid to do absolutely nothing.
Who broke the fancy new peaboard? lol
Why can't they get rid of the 31 page animal site post? FFS! The Pea should put that in her signature, then post once a day and tell people to click it from her signature.
Obama called Romney "Romnesia"? Really?
Don't worry OB the group of people you just offended won't remember to vote for you anyway.
I like Romney's response, "the Obama campaign has run out of ideas".
I'm surprised no ones started a thread about the fact that Tagg Romney essentially owns the company that provides the voting machines for Ohio. Easy way to steal an election.
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&forum_id=15&thread_id=3199266
Yeah go ahead and talk to your dh's boss and his wife about their stupid parenting decision.
I'll be waiting for you "dh lost his job" post.
Wasabi says she doesn't know anyone who got pregnant from a rape, so she's skeptical that it happens.
I can't imagine any rape victim confiding in that angry hag.
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&forum_id=15&thread_id=3199234
Just say "yes" ffs.
From Skybar:
"Now Kerry took all the deferments he could. After his last one he had to enlist in the branch of his choice or be drafted into the army. He enlisted in the Navy - figuring those big ships wouldn't get close to VN. A few months after he enlisted they put the swift boat program into operation."
She really has no integrity at all. I used to think she was just parroting lies she heard and that she was too stupid to realize they were lies. But now I'm convinced that she knows damn well that she's a fucking liar and her hope is that someone else is too stupid to discern between truth and lies.
Kerry graduated high school in 1962 and Yale four years after that - 1966 which is the same year he joined the Naval Reserve then went active duty 6 months later - 1967 he was on a ship in the Gulf of Tonkin/China Sea - 1968 when the ship was heading back to the US he requested duty in Vietnam - 1969 he left Vietnam.
While it may be true that he didn't really want to be involved in the war, he was. And it is also true that if Bush or Romney wanted to go to Vietnam they could have easily done so.
John Kerry requested to be sent to Vietnam. Skybarf is so full of shit, she squeaks. She lives in her own world so completely that bold truth can't make it through.
"for our IEP, i'm insisting that he not get recess taken away. they can have him take his lunch somewhere to eat, but he must have his recess.
also, i'm giving them information - the informative years pyramid to promote positive reinforcement for one.
i'm having daily notes written to me in his planner or wherever and i want those notes to include something he did well that day." peace sign
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I agree with her that recess shouldn't be taken away, kids need to run around and be active. But the daily note thing seems a bit much. Especially the part about something he did well.
I thought an IEP was to help the child function in class, not sure how the daily note will do that and imagine if the teacher has to do that for more then one kid, eventually that's going to eat into instruction time.
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&forum_id=15&thread_id=3199079
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&thread_id=3199142&pg=1
Mrs. Tyler once again exercises her amazing command of the English language:
"See now I think that some women are a little too ethnocentric and focused on themselves."
Ethnocentricism is about ethnicity, not gender, you insufferable twat.
I'm surprised the Boy Scout scandal isn't getting more attention at the bucket.
I have typed out comment after comment after comment and deleted them all - why? Because I am dealing with a while bunch of brain washed retards. It saddens me that both sides seem to only see one issue or one set of issues. FFS. Give me a discussion where we can set it all out. SMH.
#173, I think we're soulmates.
Can I join the club, 173 & 174?
I've done the same thing in the reproductive rights thread since it went up. I don't have it in me to try to fight teh stupidz anymore.
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&forum_id=15&thread_id=3199266
OMG Lady, calm the fuck down. Your kids probably didn't even notice it happening, yet you swept them out of there like someone was about to shoot them. Then you're thinking about having a discussion with DH's boss about their parenting, and you're going to distance yourselves from them, etc. etc.?
Jesus, your kid is 14 - which I'm guessing is a freshman in high school. It's time to stop protecting him from anything negative in the big bad world. He probably sees pot every day at school and pills. I'm sure he hears about the parties on the weekends with kegs in the woods.
And a woman was drunk and dancing so the Peas are all up in arms? Hello, welcome to life. It's not always a prayer circle. She's not doing anything bad, she's drinking and dancing, maybe some singing.
These parents are the same ones whose kids are going to get to college and go batshit crazy wild. Every one of my h.s. friends who had helicopter overprotective parents went off to college and were the biggest partiers, the biggest sluts, and the biggest emotional wrecks.
Ease your kids into life people. Ease them in. You don't have to drink and dance at your own house, but don't confuse them by acting like someone who does (at a PARTY) is a big bad lady they need to throw in jail.
176-I can just see her viciously tugging on her ear trying to signal her DH to get the hell out of there.
I agree with her that recess shouldn't be taken away, kids need to run around and be active. But the daily note thing seems a bit much. Especially the part about something he did well.
I thought an IEP was to help the child function in class, not sure how the daily note will do that and imagine if the teacher has to do that for more then one kid, eventually that's going to eat into instruction time.
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Agreed. It sounds like she just wants them to praise him for something good so she can feel like she's doing a good job raising him. Why do they need to do that?
I have a child that can't speak so I understand her wanting that. I haven't asked that of my school, and I probably should have. It's hard not having a clue what your child has done for an 8-hour day 5x/week.
I'm sure it does take a chunk out of their day, but the aide probably does it, not the teacher, and I'm sure they could do it during downtimes, like when the kids are listening to a story or watching a movie, or having recess.
This is why I suck at being the mother of a disabled kid. I never have a clue what to ask for in the IEP. I just go along with what the school says. I wish I had a few sentences each day in a log book. It sucks that my child spends half his life at school and I don't have a clue what it's like b/c of the lack of speech.
I swear I don't know anyone in my life (and I have a good amount of friends and a ton of acquaintances and a big extended family) like the Peas.
The things that upset them, the things that offend them, the pearl clutching...it's truly like nothing I've seen IRL.
It's like they're all concentrated on one board on the internet. A different species. The psychology of it fascinates me.
178 here - messed up - 2nd paragraph means I can understand her wanting a few sentences about the day, but I DO NOT think she needs the "something he did well that day".
The rest was just me rambling, sorry
176 you are so right.
And...
Then you're thinking about having a discussion with DH's boss about their parenting
...yeah you do that lady. Come back and let us know how it goes.
I can't believe someone would be so stupid as to even think that might be a good idea.
Another one who's probably never had a job.
I loved how no one agreed with her so she came back the next day and added in about the Boss' wife being "hammered". Yeah right, like you would have omitted that delicious detail from the OP?
Quote: Yeah right, like you would have omitted that delicious detail from th OP.
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Am I the only one who has noticed that when a post doesn't go the way the poster wants, they invariably come back and add some outlandish detail that is supposed to make the whole body validate the OP?
Drives me nuts.
Always, 183. I actually expect the justification update when a thread doesn't go the way the OP wanted.
Am I the only one who has noticed that when a post doesn't go the way the poster wants, they invariably come back and add some outlandish detail that is supposed to make the whole body validate the OP?
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YES! Happens EVERY time. It's so transparent! Dumbasses.
We suspected non-focusing ADHD in my son, but resisted diagnosing and meds. His kindy teacher told me he was retarded. His first grade teacher told me he was artistic."
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Pretty sure she meant autistic.
From 170s thread
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&forum_id=15&thread_id=3199348
I got $10 that crafterbeth comes on here and mentions her first marathon finish and/or the day of her hysterectomy. ;0
Am I the only one who has noticed that when a post doesn't go the way the poster wants, they invariably come back and add some outlandish detail that is supposed to make the whole body validate the OP?
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No even cyworker on the thread said that on that thread.
Am I the only one who has noticed that when a post doesn't go the way the poster wants, they invariably come back and add some outlandish detail that is supposed to make the whole body validate the OP?
Drives me nuts.
October 20, 2012 5:16 PM
Yeah, every. single. time. Like that other poster, I actually expect it and look out for it now on threads where it doesn't go the OPs way.
My favorite is when a poster goes Pea livid over something (Frequently involving one of their kids), and it involves say a teacher saying or doing something supposedly. The Peas get all wound up saying things like: demand the teacher be reprimanded! call the school board! Demand the teacher be fired!
Then the OP slinks back in with more of the story which totally changes the story and finally admits that her kid had done something wrong or had even lied!
Totally cracks me up. It's getting so that anytime I see an outrageous post, I just sit back and wait for the other shoe to drop and we finally get the truth.
I have to agree that 2peas seems to get more than its fair share of nutters.
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&forum_id=15&thread_id=3199373
joelsgal, I'm pretty sure running shoes have been around ALL YOUR LIFE. So you are not really wondering how you lived without them. You prob had some when you were 8.
Oh wait.......I forgot that runners always have to announce that they are runners. Even in subtle ways.
Also, I hate the word gal. ;p
Hey, if you want your high school aged kid to drink in the safety of your own home...whatever. But how many Peas would let their kid smoke a bowl? It is all illegal, why is it ok for one and not the other?
Good point 193.
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&forum_id=15&thread_id=3199348
Dodogshavebrains reveals a lot about herself on this thread. I'm surprised she didn't add, "The day my parents said they'd support my lazy fat ass while I 'found myself.'"
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&forum_id=15&thread_id=3199394
Can't believe Skunkeyesandy is STILL on the drugs. How long ago was that injury? Sheesh.
Either you linked the wrong thread 196 or she deleted her comments.
OK I take it back, I see she's changed her avatar, I was looking for her in her USAF blues. I see she has a dog now.
Oh wait.......I forgot that runners always have to announce that they are runners. Even in subtle ways
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I know several runners. Every time they are in a group of people they don't know the always manage to mention that they run. It's very strange.
I don't know nor do I care if someone runs, bowls, plays tennis, golf, whatever .... But no one but the runners obsess over their sport like a runner. Makes me wonder what it is in their life that makes running the be all, end all of their existence. I sincerely doubt it has very much to do with health and a lot to do with some severe physiological issues.
The worst are runners on Facebook. It's ALL they ever post about.
I have a cousin that started running about a year ago. Before that she used to post about her kids, family, travels, life...now she posts NOTHING but running updates.
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