B!TC# IT OUT!

[PearlieMae]

Baby, that necklace looks nothing like Madison's necklace. You're better off not pushing her for it because I think you would be terribly disappointed. The beads look like seconds and leftovers from a craft company that markets them under the name Mass O' Glass.

If I see a better one, I'll let you know, okay?

[Merman Arion]

Baby, that necklace looks nothing like Madison's necklace. You're better off not pushing her for it because I think you would be terribly disappointed. The beads look like seconds and leftovers from a craft company that markets them under the name Mass O' Glass.

If I see a better one, I'll let you know, okay?

Thank you Pearlie :hug: :hug:
I really appreciate the thought.

Love ya. :mermaid kiss:

[MermaidShannon]

Yesterday I checked into hair and makeup before I had to walk in a fashion show and the lady started working with my hair. It is always chaos backstage and she said my hair was still damp and that I needed to take the blow dryer and dry it more in the bathroom while she worked on another model. I did it and I didn't detect any wetness so I came back. She sent me back AGAIN.
The third time I came back I asked her to check again if it was good enough. ( I have MS I can't feel "slightly wet" the nerves in my hands just don't pick it up. I only feel heat or cool. She stopped what she was doing , and said very loudly. You don't know how to feel WET??? what planet are you from?? In front of 30 makeup hair people modelers and handlers. Some laughed. I had to embarrassingly explain to her my nerve disorder. She still didn't seem to get it. I wanted to sink into the floor I felt so humiliated and stupid. :(

[MermaidShannon]

Modelers lol I meant models. My words. Geesh

[Shimmer Mermaid]

Okay, so I had/have a crush on my old bio teacher. When we found out my dad had cancer again, said bio teacher agreed to help us out when it came to farm stuff. (Awesome right?)
I will ask him a question, and he will answer seemingly wanting to talk, and if I respond back, he ignores me. -_- wtf? He keeps giving me mixed signals suggesting that we hang out and such, but when I try to pursue conversation he doesn't respond very often. #_# He's so cute, and all I want is to talk to him.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

I want to just send back in response to him "am I that horrid to talk to?" And see where it goes.

[Venessa Louisiana Mermaid]

Okay, so I had/have a crush on my old bio teacher. When we found out my dad had cancer again, said bio teacher agreed to help us out when it came to farm stuff. (Awesome right?)
I will ask him a question, and he will answer seemingly wanting to talk, and if I respond back, he ignores me. -_- wtf? He keeps giving me mixed signals suggesting that we hang out and such, but when I try to pursue conversation he doesn't respond very often. #_# He's so cute, and all I want is to talk to him.

Uhhh....how old are you and how old is your teacher? And is he still your teacher? Yeah....either way I'd probably say leave all that alone because it sounds like a Dateline episode could be in the works here.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

No longer my teacher. Lol I've been out of school for a while now. Just a couple of years apart.

[Venessa Louisiana Mermaid]

No longer my teacher. Lol I've been out of school for a while now. Just a couple of years apart.

Ah, ok.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

I sent him "hey if you don't want to talk, then hell just say so. It won't hurt my feelings."

[Venessa Louisiana Mermaid]

Yesterday I checked into hair and makeup before I had to walk in a fashion show and the lady started working with my hair. It is always chaos backstage and she said my hair was still damp and that I needed to take the blow dryer and dry it more in the bathroom while she worked on another model. I did it and I didn't detect any wetness so I came back. She sent me back AGAIN.
The third time I came back I asked her to check again if it was good enough. ( I have MS I can't feel "slightly wet" the nerves in my hands just don't pick it up. I only feel heat or cool. She stopped what she was doing , and said very loudly. You don't know how to feel WET??? what planet are you from?? In front of 30 makeup hair people modelers and handlers. Some laughed. I had to embarrassingly explain to her my nerve disorder. She still didn't seem to get it. I wanted to sink into the floor I felt so humiliated and stupid. :(

You should have said I may not be able to feel Wet, but I sure can detect assholes and my radar is screaming around you, bitch!

[Venessa Louisiana Mermaid]

I sent him "hey if you don't want to talk, then hell just say so. It won't hurt my feelings."

Play hard to get. Dudes love that shit.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

XP he comes to help my dad with stuff, and I ride all sexy like on my big majestic horse and say "sorry fella, this is uncatchable" *cue horse rearing and galloping away like a total bad ass*

[Elle]

I'd just come out and say it. you know? so 'hey I like you, do you like me or are you still seeing me as your student?'

Subtlety for women is like very discreet and about facial movements. Not all men are able to follow these kind of cues. Neon signs are sometimes the way to go

[Shimmer Mermaid]

See that's when my social anxiety just goes bananas

[Kishiko]

I have to agree with Elle here. Guys don't get subtle. It's so much easier to just outright tell him rather than dance around the issue playing games


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[Merman Arion]

I'd just come out and say it. you know? so 'hey I like you, do you like me or are you still seeing me as your student?'

Subtlety for women is like very discreet and about facial movements. Not all men are able to follow these kind of cues. Neon signs are sometimes the way to go

I totally agree with Elle's opinion. I'm a guy and sometimes, my kin can be very dense or blind when it comes about signs.
Just be honest and tell your feelings. You might get rejected politely but then, you will know.

[Elle]

See, if you know you're both on the same page, then you can play the games. But trying to start the games without knowing his position can make things difficult.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

Hmmm this makes me want to explode

[Venessa Louisiana Mermaid]

Hmmm this makes me want to explode

Take it from the gal who has been married 15 years in June. Ignore the shit out of him. It will make him crazy for you. It is an ego thing. Guys want what they can't have. Throw him a bone here and there like some flirty eyes but then yank it right back. Watch Gone with the Wind. Let Scarlet O'Hara be your spirit guide.

[Kishiko]

See, if you know you're both on the same page, then you can play the games. But trying to start the games without knowing his position can make things difficult.

Exactly! If he's not interested and you try to play games, you will waste your time and end up looking foolish


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[MermaidShannon]

See that's when my social anxiety just goes bananas

Send him this candle. Dudes love aggressive. http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/11/f2ac841b3bf47ff5318974d1ef2d550c.jpg

[Elle]

bahahahahahahahahahahaha. love it

[Echidna]

If I were a guy, I'd be scared :p

But yep, none of the men I've met in my life got subtle hints. Ever.
For some, not even "leave me alone and go eff yourself" is enough, they still think you're into them...

[Shimmer Mermaid]

Well I sent through facebook messenger, and I got a "seen" notification about an hour ago. But I've seen him look at a message, and think about what he's going to say in response, then message back. And I've seen him look at a message, but because he's busy, he waits to respond...sooooooo

[Meronica]

Okay hooooold up. Woahhhh Nelly. If this guy was your teacher and seems to have some kind of friendship with your father, he probably doesn't want to be interested in you because, like Venessa said, it sounds like the beginning of a Dateline episode (even if he isn't much older than you).

Was he your high school teacher? I know that at my high school the AP Gov. teacher got in hot water for dating his ex-student even though she had graduated. They couldn't fire him, but oh lordy were there rumors.

What I'm trying to say is that he might very well think you're a QT3.14, but he may be hesitant to pursue anything with you because he'd be risking his friendship with your dad, his job, and his reputation. Sucks but that's life.


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[Shimmer Mermaid]

That's not a problem. I live in the south. Anything is acceptable once you're out of school. Plus my dad has been very blunt about how much he wants this man to be a part of the family.

[MermaidShannon]

Wrap it before you tap it

[Shimmer Mermaid]

Don't be silly, wrap the willy!

[MermaidShannon]

Equip it before you dip it

[Shimmer Mermaid]

That is the best one I've ever heard. Ever.

[MermaidShannon]

Surround it before you pound it

[Elle]

If you want the love, wear the glove

[Shimmer Mermaid]

My dad likes to go through my notifications on my phone, read those, and I've never heard him laugh that hard!

[MermaidShannon]

Cloak it before you soak it

[MermaidShannon]

That's odd. Glad to be of entertainment value

[Shimmer Mermaid]

Alright, well me and him have been talking for almost 7 hours now, anything from babies, to horrid failed relationships, to dogs, to me teaching him to ride a horse, to me being an idiot and asking "what size are you?"
Then realizing that I forgot to specify and ask "What size saddle seat are you?"
He joked, and was totally cool with my dipshit moment. Lol

[MermaidShannon]

[emoji33][emoji102]

[Shimmer Mermaid]

I feel like today was successful. Lol

[MermaidShannon]

Well what size is he?

[MermaidShannon]

OMG DONT ANSWER IM J K

[Shimmer Mermaid]

He said
"Man size!? Lol idk I'm smaller in stature than most my jean size is a 32 x 32"
I replied with
"NO ASS!! You will fit a 16 inch saddle"
He joked and said he'd rather it be too big than too small,
I said, you've still got time to have kids, I won't put you in something that will get you hurt. 😂

[MermaidShannon]

I feel like you are following me like Peter Pan into the ring of fire and we will soon get banned for something. I have ban hammer PTSD.

[MermaidShannon]

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/11/d45e8b3b31fb365c674c6ae5eca5abf3.jpg

[Shimmer Mermaid]

This. This is my life. Lol

[Venessa Louisiana Mermaid]

He said
"Man size!? Lol idk I'm smaller in stature than most my jean size is a 32 x 32"
I replied with
"NO ASS!! You will fit a 16 inch saddle"
He joked and said he'd rather it be too big than too small,
I said, you've still got time to have kids, I won't put you in something that will get you hurt. 
28144

[Meronica]

28144

My thoughts exactly. I'm glad I'm in a long-term relationship so there's a significant lack of cringeworthy flirting. LOL.


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[Princess Pearl]

The pool in my building has been closed for nearly a month and it's been too cold to go exercise outside (-30C, though the last few days have been nice). I am stiff and sore and I worry I'll have lost all the progress I made in trying to get myself more fit.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

I've had the same problem Pearl. Nowhere is open.

As for my previous posts about my old teacher, I think my little sister may have just scared him away. Like, seriously, she sent him "please marry my sister. Date her. Propose."

[Shimmer Mermaid]

I'm literally so fn embarrassed I could curl up in a ball and wither away.

[Starfrit]

I would be, too. Obviously your sister should have said "You know, not a lot of guys can say that they've f*cked a mermaid. You should get on that."

That line works for me every time* I'm trying to drag my boyfriend to bed. :D :D












*sixty percent of the time, it works 100 percent of the time.

[Xianne Lime]

I would be, too. Obviously your sister should have said "You know, not a lot of guys can say that they've f*cked a mermaid. You should get on that."

That line works for me every time* I'm trying to drag my boyfriend to bed. :D :D




*sixty percent of the time, it works 100 percent of the time.

Wow! How do you like it, though??

i think Someone should open a whole new thread just for stories like these...

[Starfrit]

Wow! How do you like it, though??

i think Someone should open a whole new thread just for stories like these...

I would be totally down for an awkward/hilarious sex stories thread. THE SHENANIGANS~

[Elle]

I'm literally so fn embarrassed I could curl up in a ball and wither away.

send msg. "I sincerely apologise for my sister's msg (she just showed me what she sent). I think she might be insane. hope she didn't freak you out."

[Xianne Lime]

I would be totally down for an awkward/hilarious sex stories thread. THE SHENANIGANS~

That is a good title! Haha!

how about I make the thread and you start.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

I sent
" I'm apologizing in advance for my sister's outburst. I don't know what she said, but I know she said something likely inappropriate, so I'm sorry. "
He said
"She is a sweetheart! No apologies needed!"
I Said
" Yeah there is. "Please marry my sissy?" I have to apologize for that. She just wants me to be happy, and she says really crazy stuff sometimes. So yeah, apologies needed. "

[MerMel]

I finally get myself a tail and now I cant use it cause the damn pool broke and somebody just added chlorine to it! UGH!

[Elle]

I sent
" I'm apologizing in advance for my sister's outburst. I don't know what she said, but I know she said something likely inappropriate, so I'm sorry. "
He said
"She is a sweetheart! No apologies needed!"
I Said
" Yeah there is. "Please marry my sissy?" I have to apologize for that. She just wants me to be happy, and she says really crazy stuff sometimes. So yeah, apologies needed. "


He probably has a sibling who does it to him. :phew:

[Xianne Lime]

I would be totally down for an awkward/hilarious sex stories thread. THE SHENANIGANS~

It's already posted dear!

[Imogen Finnly]

This isnt a bitch so much as its a self confidence thing. Im simply ashamed of my lack of skill when making my tails and how they look obviously home done compared to other home jobs that look like so professional it hurts. I get embarrassed and is mostly the reason i dont go to events. That and work.

formerly jayy

[Mermaid Jaffa]

This isnt a bitch so much as its a self confidence thing. Im simply ashamed of my lack of skill when making my tails and how they look obviously home done compared to other home jobs that look like so professional it hurts. I get embarrassed and is mostly the reason i dont go to events. That and work.

formerly jayy
Poor fishy. Its just practice. I've ruined several tails sewing them up on the sewing machine all because I was too eager and didn't draw up any patterns beforehand. I still do sometimes, and I have to unpick the whole seam(s), fiddle with it and resew everything again. It is also the reason I always buy more fabric than what I need. I tend to screw them up before I get to wear it!

[Kishiko]

!@#($(*@$(^@$^*(@*(@ WINDOWS EFFING MOVIE MAKER KEEPS CRASHING

Edit: and video editor suggestions?

[Mermaid Lilium]

I use adobe premier but it's a beast in terms of memory-usage. Final Cut Pro is supposed to be great though =)

[SiaTheMermaid]

I use CyberLink Powerdirector for my YouTube gameplay videos. You have to have a pretty powerful computer for it to run properly, my poor laptop can run it at the cost of lag in the preview windows. Other than that it's really good

[MerMel]

!@#($(*@$(^@$^*(@*(@ WINDOWS EFFING MOVIE MAKER KEEPS CRASHING

Edit: and video editor suggestions?

I know the feeling... it seems that nowadays computers are sold at minimum spec instead of optimal spec. a faster processor and bigger RAM would fix that.

I have Sony Vegas Pro... theres a bunch of video editors you can get from the Pirate Bay...

[Winged Mermaid]

I use adobe premier but it's a beast in terms of memory-usage. Final Cut Pro is supposed to be great though =)

I use premier pro too, but it does gobble RAM! I shut everything else down when I use it, even background apps and wifi. When rendering it can really heat up your computer too (just like any ram intensive thing would). I use smc Fan Control (I'm on a macbook pro) to turn my fans up to max and keep an eye on the internal temp, and sometimes even put an ice pack under my computer to keep it cool if it's a long render. Otherwise it can go over 200º. I did hella heat damage to my last computer so now I take precautions!

It may be slightly frustrating to learn how to work it at first, but there are many youtube videos and adobe help pages to learn. Once I did I could never go back to other editors- it's awesome!

[Vrindavana Starfish]

I use Premiere Pro, and I haven't really noticed it gobbling too much RAM because I have a Mac Pro too - basically an editing machine. If you're going for pro, non-linear editing software, my picks are Premiere (esp if you use any other part of Adobe Creative, like Photoshop or Illustrator or Audition), or Final Cut X (I used to edit on Final Cut 7). For a non-professional program, I'd say iMovie. I tried to use Power Director at work and it was so horrible I refused to use it and made them get me Premiere.

For tutorials, there's YouTube, and if you want to spend a little money (well worth it), there's Lynda.com.

[Mermaid Lilium]

*shudders at the mention of iMovie* my University tutors forced us to use it for a project once... I hated it so much that I took all my work home, remade everything in it and rendered it in premiere and handed that in and said 'why yes, of course I used iMovie' lol

[Kishiko]

Is final cut free? I don't edit stuff often enough to justify purchasing a software :(

Also, I'm running windows 7 is that helps

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[Fun123joker]

im in a ssb4 ternaminte tomorrow. its at my school. im not prone to game range but i absolutly HATE when someone repeativly tells me i suck at somthing. it could be anything. the first time im just chill like "yeah i know right" but after 2 i get really pissed and annoyed and im 30% sure someone is going to play that card. as long as my ex dosnt show im good.
(we're still friends but lately he has been dying to play 1v1 on any game and i refuse to because he keeps on tellings me how much he is going to pone me in a creepy way. sorry but i play these things for fun i dont play not because im scared i dont play because i only play with chill people who isnt thirsty)

[Winged Mermaid]

None of the adobe stuff is free (legally, anyway), though you can pay a monthly ($20 a month) or yearly fee to use the software. If you're on a PC there are tons of free movie editors available. I just don't know about them cause I have a Mac :P Best thing to do is google and search around. Most of the good things have 30 day free trials you can use if you're feeling stranded at the moment.

[Aysun_the_Mermaid]

I am trying to decide if my meds are disagreeing with me, if it is just meds on an empty stomach, or if I should not have licked that batter off of my finger after I poured it into the pan...

[Vrindavana Starfish]

Is final cut free? I don't edit stuff often enough to justify purchasing a software :(

Also, I'm running windows 7 is that helps

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Not free. Also, Mac only.

[Mermaid Kate Silverfin]

Adobe has released an old version (CS2) for free (legally!), it will be missing a couple of features compared to the latest version, but still amazing! It's the entire adobe suite too. Just search for it on Google and it should be one of the first options :)

[Merman Chatfish]

A rare Northern Lights event, once every 4 years, and its CLOUDY!

[Merman Chatfish]

Adobe has released an old version (CS2) for free (legally!), it will be missing a couple of features compared to the latest version, but still amazing! It's the entire adobe suite too. Just search for it on Google and it should be one of the first options :)

The Mac version however is Power PC based so if you are running 10.6 or newer it will not work.

[Mermaid Kate Silverfin]

Aww, I didn't realise that, that is a shame! :(

[Onyx Jewel Catfish]

I am a giving person, my sister is a taker. True. She is my stepsister and not blood. True. Her dad is in Texas. True. She said he was sick and had surgery. I heard her half sibling tell her over the phone the Drs gave him til last Friday to live on life support. True. She said she needed money to go see him and say goodbye. I dono how true that was, but I gave what I could. It has been a week now since she left. Her dad is doing ok. She won't respond to me or her mom, nor her daughter (8yrs old) or her ex {who has her daughter at night} about when she plans on coming home. She is being really selfish and my father is blaming me for her actions. If my dad were dying I would beg barrow and steal to see him. But still care about my baby boy. Her ex is looking for reasons to get custody. This is a big one! If we lose her my dad says he will hate me forever! I feel so torn and hurt. I would want people to help me see my dad. And she is my sister that he brought into the family. I didn't chose her to act the way she does. I just wanted to help! So Now What? I lose my dad cuz I helped her and lose my stepmom and sister cuz dad will be done with Them! And lose my Niece cuz my sister is f_@<€9 up and selfish.... This sucks

[Elle]

I am a giving person, my sister is a taker. True. She is my stepsister and not blood. True. Her dad is in Texas. True. She said he was sick and had surgery. I heard her half sibling tell her over the phone the Drs gave him til last Friday to live on life support. True. She said she needed money to go see him and say goodbye. I dono how true that was, but I gave what I could. It has been a week now since she left. Her dad is doing ok. She won't respond to me or her mom, nor her daughter (8yrs old) or her ex {who has her daughter at night} about when she plans on coming home. She is being really selfish and my father is blaming me for her actions. If my dad were dying I would beg barrow and steal to see him. But still care about my baby boy. Her ex is looking for reasons to get custody. This is a big one! If we lose her my dad says he will hate me forever! I feel so torn and hurt. I would want people to help me see my dad. And she is my sister that he brought into the family. I didn't chose her to act the way she does. I just wanted to help! So Now What? I lose my dad cuz I helped her and lose my stepmom and sister cuz dad will be done with Them! And lose my Niece cuz my sister is f_@<€9 up and selfish.... This sucks


How old is your step sister??

[Mermaid Mystery]

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/17/601795310854173ee1e935f0f243680b.jpg
this pisses me off, it's so obviously not eric like stop????? I've messaged eric about it on Facebook but really?????? like I'm 10000% sure this is fake and they're doing a bad job faking


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[Mermaid Mystery]

I need to go to bed. I've been angry about this for a while but I'm just not going to go into this tonight (I'm probably going to stay up later and continue to be slightly angry)


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[Onyx Jewel Catfish]

She is 28. Though she has never mentally matured. She had many issues growing up that have never resolved the way we hoped they would.

[Elle]

She is 28. Though she has never mentally matured. She had many issues growing up that have never resolved the way we hoped they would.

So she's old enough that had she had the money herself or it someone else had given it to her she still would've gone. You can't be held responsible for the actions of someone who is almost 30. If your dad is willing to hold it against you forever if she chooses not to come back (because the fact is it's her choice whether she'll come back or not, she is an adult) then he doesn't know how wonderful a person you are.

I'm sorry I know this is going to sound really blunt, but I have a feeling you could give him a kidney and it wouldn't mean that much to him.

[Meronica]

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/17/601795310854173ee1e935f0f243680b.jpg
this pisses me off, it's so obviously not eric like stop????? I've messaged eric about it on Facebook but really?????? like I'm 10000% sure this is fake and they're doing a bad job faking


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I've seen that too. Can't help but wonder if it's Esther...


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[PearlieMae]

:jawdrop:

:mad:

:saynothing:

:O_o:

:anger explode:

:headwall::headwall::headwall:

:gah::gah::gah:

:fallover:

[Mermaid Lilium]

That Stitch emote tho.... <3

[SeaGlass Siren]

Today at work... lets just say most of these relate to me right now


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV0GCIRl5oA

[SeaGlass Siren]

esp the crying, the bitching, and the entitlement.

[PearlieMae]

That Stitch emote tho.... <3

It ain't about Esther the Kid.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Aysun_the_Mermaid]

I am sorry you are distressed Pearlie :(

[PearlieMae]

I'll be okay. Don't worry.

[SiaTheMermaid]

So apparently I have sharp elbows, because I just ripped my bedsheet. This is the last time I stay up watching Netflix, Wtf.

[Carolina Mermaid]

Yikes!

[Yulia]

Stupid, freaking dumb weather.

There was a solar eclipse this morning, but the whole sky was white from clouds. Couldn't even see the sun after it was. ARGH.

[Mermaid Lunette]

I need to vent so bad. I am about to get super angry, please excuse me. (Not talking to anyone on the fourom, just an unknown person whom is horribleYou f%$#ing son of a %$#@$. You constantly verbally harass my husband, you use emotional abuse and manipulation and then you DARE to slander HIM saying YOU need safety? You aare the one whom F%$#ing has hit him in the past because he dared to disagree with you and then you go on facebook and claim HE is the problem. The mother %$#%ing hypocricy in you is unbelievable. That is ok though, we have friends that know you on facebook and now I have proof of your slander along with the proof that you are the one doing all the things you are claiming HE is doing. You %$#@ing liar.

[Mermaid Ruthie]

I am sorry Mermaid Lunette for that terrible person harassing you and your husband.

[Mermaid Lunette]

I am sorry Mermaid Lunette for that terrible person harassing you and your husband.

thanks, I appreciate that, hopefully legal action can be done against this absolute bag of crap.

Just thinking about this person makes my stomach fall and my heart clench. This person is LITERALLY the reason my husband's mother has high blood pressure, I am not exaggerating.

this person once was talking to my husband's mother and because she was beginning to disagree with her she then felt the need to tell my husband's mother about their past sexual exploits, in vivid detail. ALL TO WIN A FREAKING CONVERSATION.


(edit: in case it wasn't clear, this person is an ex of his.

second edit: sorry, I just, this person just crosses the line so much.)

[Meronica]

Lunette, if you don't mind me asking, why is the ex still in your husband's and mother-in-law's lives? She sounds obnoxious and unless they have kids together, I don't see why you guys couldn't just block her from everything and ignore her.


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[Mermaid Lunette]

Lunette, if you don't mind me asking, why is the ex still in your husband's and mother-in-law's lives? She sounds obnoxious and unless they have kids together, I don't see why you guys couldn't just block her from everything and ignore her.

That is just it, they have a kid together...other wise we would definetely be doing all of that. (Trying not to bring up the kid in this though. Just wanted to vent about the rude person.

[Meronica]

That is just it, they have a kid together...other wise we would definetely be doing all of that. (Trying not to bring up the kid in this though. Just wanted to vent about the rude person.

Oh geez, that's rough. I'm sorry you have to deal with that. Try not to take her too seriously. I hope the child doesn't suffer because of his/her mother's insanity...


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[Merman Chatfish]

I hate being alone. My lack of experience with friendships is making it hard to start a new one. I can;t figure out if the girl I am trying to be friends with wants to be friends or not. Sometimes she interacts with me and other days she ignores me. And the other week when someone said I suck during karaoke she went beserk on them and made them apologize. I cried because I never had a friend stand up for me before...it meant a lot. Today she wouldn't even make eye contact.

[Mermaid Riia]

Need to vent this out since it continues to haunt me and darken my mood.
Yesterday at my regular gig at near by spa a customer ruined my tail by tearing off the tips of my fluke while I was chatting with other customers and posing for pictures.. They did a marvelous job destroying thick silicone in no less than 5 minutes. I have no idea whether it was a child or an adult, but nothing like this has EVER happened before. That's why I'm so appalled! It makes me sick, it makes me sad, it makes me very mad too. All the effort I put into my appearances, some people just think it's okay to be disrespectful like this. I didn't pay over 2000 usd and waist 2 hours of my life just so one could purposely damage my business and something very dear to me. No wonder there is no performers here since people just sh*t all over everything. Some people just think they are entitled and deserve to see your "talent"/act and have no need to pay for it. They think they own you and your working tools and therefore do what ever they want and don't really pay attention to their behavior.
This is not the first time, but it's def the worst. I'm just full of disappointment and hate at the moment. The tail can be fixed but it doesn't fix thoughts about all this.

And what did we learn? The lesson is KEEP YOUR FINS CLOSE AND EYES ON YOUR BACK....
Has anyone had similar experiences? Or what do you do to prevent such from happening?

If you want to see my torn off fluke end.. here you go
https://instagram.com/p/0fuV6WHAAN/?taken-by=mermaidriia

[PearlieMae]

I hate being alone. My lack of experience with friendships is making it hard to start a new one. I can;t figure out if the girl I am trying to be friends with wants to be friends or not. Sometimes she interacts with me and other days she ignores me. And the other week when someone said I suck during karaoke she went beserk on them and made them apologize. I cried because I never had a friend stand up for me before...it meant a lot. Today she wouldn't even make eye contact.

Maybe she had the same issues with making friends as you?

I'd say relax...be cordial. If you are always friendly to her, and she to you, then you're friends, no? Don't force the issue.

[Lucinda]

Riiarin, I'm very sorry to hear about what happened. I was hoping that you wouldn't have to put up with these kinds of things. It saddens me that there are people who are so petty that they would do such a thing. :(

[Talia]

Oh my, Riiarin, I am so sorry! How terrible for you, and how upsetting!

Is there any possibility that a security camera caught who it was? You should def talk with the people that run the place, maybe they can help identify the culprit.

I have had unruly kids try to kick and/or step on my monofin, or pull on it. When that happens, I lose all my education, yell at them to stop that, get away from them and do not interact with them anymore. Bear in mind I am no performer, and when I go to a pool, I do it for my own personal satisfaction, nobody is paying me. If their parents cannot control them I am not going to do it for them.

I suspect it was a kid rather than an adult, because they are fascinated by the touch of silicone. I have had them too trying to pet and pull on my bras to see if they are elastic and when they stop pulling they go back to their shape.

[Merman Chatfish]

I hate being alone. My lack of experience with friendships is making it hard to start a new one. I can;t figure out if the girl I am trying to be friends with wants to be friends or not. Sometimes she interacts with me and other days she ignores me. And the other week when someone said I suck during karaoke she went beserk on them and made them apologize. I cried because I never had a friend stand up for me before...it meant a lot. Today she wouldn't even make eye contact.


Maybe she had the same issues with making friends as you?

I'd say relax...be cordial. If you are always friendly to her, and she to you, then you're friends, no? Don't force the issue.

I horribly misread the situation...she has no interest in being friends.

[PearlieMae]

I horribly misread the situation...she has no interest in being friends.

Then move on. Plenty of other people around. Stop worrying so much about being alone. Go and do the things that interest you. Enjoy your life. Friends will show up while you're busy having fun.

And if they don't, then at least you are having fun.

[Mermaid Melanie]

Im moving back to Scotland this year and having an awful time trying to find an airline that will transport my 3 year old Pug, Pablo. Because he is a snub-nosed breed many airlines won't take him in the summer months due to temperatures! He lives in Thailand and doesnt live in an air conned house, actually my house is like a freaking sauna, and when we travel back it will be the monsoon season here and cooler and when we arrive in Scotland it will obviously be way cooler than he is normally exposed to... I just got quoted $6,500 from a pet relocation company and that is just wildly out of our price range ! I didnt expect it to cost anywhere near that amount ! I thought maybe 2,000 pounds and I'm just tearing my hair out right now ! Ive applied to Uni and if I get in I will start in September, most airlines won't accept Pugs until October, which means that either David would have to stay in Thailand until then or I would have to get someone to take care of him for 3 months while I'm at home, which I really don't want to do ! If I don't get in, it might mean staying in Thailand until then and missing my chance to do an access course to apply for Uni next year. If anyone has any advice or experience transporting pets/snub-nose dogs it would be so appreciated !

[Mermaid Pickles]

D: Ouch! I'm sorry I'm no help, but I'll offer emotional support if it's needed!

[Amphitrite]

To a special little person elsewhere in my life 'FUCK YOU!'

[SeaGlass Siren]

My MIL FROM HELL needs to back away from my space. seriously. i don't need cooking instructions, cleaning instructions, or design instructions from a woman who can't even cook her own meal, clean after herself nevermind her own children, or know the basic principles of design. Hashtag-My house is cleaner and prettier than yours. Hashtag-My food tastes better than yours.

[Fun123joker]

Sorry its been awhile but my computer has this really tricky virus. It won't let me open. Norton and when I went online for geeksquad help the helper told me the virus was stopping us from connecting. I gave my computer to qeeksquad right when spring break started!
No videogames or certain posting features on sites for spring break. Im phone bound｡･ﾟﾟ*(>д<)*ﾟﾟﾟﾟ･｡
P.s. I refuse to use tapatalk because I tried using it but it just gave me trouble

[Sherielle]

That oh so wonderful feeling when you know your co-workers have turned against you and you don't know what you did wrong.

[Mermaid Kelda]

No videogames or certain posting features on sites for spring break. Im phone bound｡･ﾟﾟ*(>д<)*ﾟﾟﾟﾟ･｡
P.s. I refuse to use tapatalk because I tried using it but it just gave me trouble
Do you have an apple or android phone? If it's android, there's a neat trick you can use to view the normal, desktop, full-version of a site rather than the mobile version. Means you can use all the regular posting features :) I don't use tapatalk either, it's awful haha

[Mermaid Jaffa]

I started a casual job on Monday, working for the elections... The table I decided to sit at, down sits two old Chinese ladies. They go round and round in circles, whereas I want to move on with the job and start a new ballot box.

Today, felt like the longest shift ever! We finished a huge ballot box early and we're supposed to start on the next, what do they want to do? They go into the recycle bin to look for labels and sticky tape to make the papers look nice. I tell them, we have a deadline, we don't have time to make things nice! What do they say? "Oh the label is ripped! Let's the two of us, get the sticky tape and tape it all up!"

Our role in the elections warehouse is to sort and count. Not mess about wasting time finding labels or taping stuff up. It gets checked later on by another distribution center anyway, so why am I waiting around for two old ladies to, is because, we have to "finish" as a team!:mad:

I rarely sit with them during our breaks... I wonder why...

Oh and another thing, I was asked why am I not married yet? Her words were, "The best time to get married is at 26 years old, then you can have kids and make your parents very happy."
I just ignore her as I was counting the ballot papers. Next comment bit me. "Why aren't you looking a for Chinese man?"
Geez! I don't even know you and you're asking me these types of questions?!?!

To stop more questions, I replied, "My ovaries don't work anymore. They stopped working last year. And no, I don't feel like I missed out on having kids, as I don't really like them anyways!"

I only like the kids that I don't have to take home with me! Like at the swimming pool!

[Echidna]

That oh so wonderful feeling when you know your co-workers have turned against you and you don't know what you did wrong.

in 99% cases of bullying at work (or school, or whatever), the person bullied has done NOTHING.
It just happens for stupid reasons (like; you are the only female and the dudes want a boy's club; you are prettier than your female coworkers; etc), and often for no reason at all.

I know it's a horrible situation to be in, and it sucks stuff like this happens frequently, but do not blame yourself.

[Echidna]

"The best time to get married is at 26 years old, then you can have kids and make your parents very happy."


I know reason is lost to that kind of busybodies, but:

"The best time to marry is never, if the sole reason to marry is to have kids.
Because the world already has a few billion people too many than it could possibly sustain."

The only responsible choice is to not put more children out there, until the world's population has shrunk to a reasonable number. :p

[Vrindavana Starfish]

Wow, Mermaid Jaffa. I know your frustration. It's just as bad when you are married and have decided not to have kids. You get the "when are you having kids??? When when WHEN?" As if the only reason to get married was to produce offspring to make everybody else happy, not to spend the rest of your life with your best friend and partner whom you share a deep love with. I actually had to tell my mom that if she pressured me one more time for grandkids, it would be the last time I ever spoke to her, and I meant it. That's how bad it was. I'm not a queen, I have no obligation to have kids. If someone truly wants to raise children and be a parent, then I think those are the people who should. The world needs more good parents who take that job seriously. Someone who does not want kids will probably not be as good a parent, and that's not fair to anyone - certainly not the child. Also, liking kids and raising them are two entirely different worlds. I have friends who don't like kids, but they are stellar parents to their own. I really like kids, and I do not want to be a parent.

[Sherielle]

in 99% cases of bullying at work (or school, or whatever), the person bullied has done NOTHING.
It just happens for stupid reasons (like; you are the only female and the dudes want a boy's club; you are prettier than your female coworkers; etc), and often for no reason at all.

I know it's a horrible situation to be in, and it sucks stuff like this happens frequently, but do not blame yourself.Thanks Echidna. I do try to remember this. It's just hard when it's continual. I had to talk to my boss this morning because I knew that my co-worker would tattle on me for something I had no control over.

[Echidna]

I feel you.
I had bullying ongoing for almost 3 years straight, then I had the opportunity to quit (and was gone so fast you couldn't blink).
My advice is, if you feel it's getting to you too much and talking to your superiors doesn't help, don't stick around.
The toll bullying, scheming and all that other conspiratory crap can have on you is probably worse than finding another job.

[Fun123joker]

I was bullied in middle school because I was the quiet girl. The teachers did nothing. They stopped after I stanpped. As in I got up and threaten to hurt them and showed that I had power. OK not the best way to stop it but I put them in there place sooooo.

[Fun123joker]

Ok so when your making your bf a cool punk rock vest and he is your size it seems easy right
Until you realised that he is a boy. So he has broad shoulders
And you suck at shoulders
Screw shoulders

[MermaidCelesteFL]

{Let me preface this with a couple facts about my family and this situation: I'm 27 years old, my middle sister just turned 18, and my youngest is 16. My dad has a job that requires him to work hours away in Tallahassee, and my mom is blind, bipolar, and has borderline personality disorder. She has made my life a living hell at times throughout mine and my sisters' entire lives. She is physically, emotionally, and psychologically abusive to everyone in the family, and the reason why I live with PTSD. Right now, only my baby sister and three cats live with her. }

I just found out on my second lunch break at work that my mom attempted suicide again, making this the second time in the last five months that she has overdosed and landed herself in the hospital. I don't know what she took or how much she took of it, but all I know is that she collapsed and at some point an ambulance was called.

She just completely lost it last night when she got into a fight with my middle sister and my middle sister took my youngest sister back with her to college. I was called (I live about an hour and a half away), and was told to come home, but later was told to forget about it, and everything was okay as long as she was on the phone with someone.

At around 4 am, I got a call from my middle sister telling me that my mom had decided to break some dishes all over the kitchen floor, take a carton of orange juice and spill it all over the floor, and then urinated on the floor. She then complained that she can't feed herself because of the condition the kitchen, and NEEDED my youngest sister to come home and take care of her. Due to schoolwork and exams, my sisters couldn't afford to come back home and take care of our mom. Nobody could.

I got a call later in the morning (when I was awake enough to answer), saying that my sister's therapist has been called, and my mom was expected to be Baker Acted upon arrival. That would have been a relief for me, but that would mean that she would no longer have a chance to attend her special therapy classes that she had been looking forward to in order to become more independant as a blind person. Those classes would have her move away for weeks at a time to help her live on her own. So now we have to live with her and her bad decisions for heaven knows how long, because she can't behave.


I don't even know what kind of condition she's in... it's like she's not my mom anymore.


I feel like I could have prevented all of this from happening if I just would have driven back there after work last night.

[Mermaid Jaffa]

That woman is so blur!!!

She asked me today, what time I went to sleep last night, I replied, "6 pm after my dinner". She then said, "Oh! That's too early! Why do you sleep so early?"
So I then had to explain to her, I lived far away from work. In the afternoons, after work, public transports take longer as there is more traffic and buses taken away for school services. By the time I get home, its nearly dinner time. It takes me about an hour to get to work, but going home, it takes about 90 mins.

Because she lives close by to the workplace, she does not understand the concept of how tiring just travelling on public transport can be. And she told us on Monday (our first day at work), that she only drives in familiar surroundings, like to and from the shops and her home.

Another q she asked was, "Why do you walk from the station when you can catch the bus?"

My reply, "LOL! In case you haven't noticed, this is a sit down job. The only times we are walking around is to go to the toilet, the kitchen area and getting our workload for the day. Walking helps keep me in shape, and because I am working, I can't go swimming like I usually do." Of course, the explanation goes beyond her head and I had to ask the other Chinese lady to explain it to her in Cantonese!

Honestly, I can't wait till this current assignment is over! It runs over the Easter school holidays and after that, hopefully, I won't ever see her again!

Tomorrow onwards, I'm just going to ignore her questions. I feel they are too personal to answer in such a public place, and I don't even know her outside of the workplace.

[SeaGlass Siren]

I've had 3 panic attacks within the past 4 days. I don't know what is causing them.
Logically it would hand to be something stressful in my life but I don't have anything stressful that might trigger it.
I'd be online or standing at work and suddenly forget to breathe and have the urge to throw up. :s

[Vrindavana Starfish]

I feel like I could have prevented all of this from happening if I just would have driven back there after work last night.

No, you couldn't have prevented this. You are dealing with someone who has far more problems than you can be held responsible for, someone who is clearly an emotional manipulative abuser. None of this is your fault, and if you blame yourself, your sisters will blame themselves also, and it is not their fault either. This is a horrible situation, and I'm sorry you and your family are dealing with this, but none of it is your fault. Your first obligation is to take care of your own physical and emotional well-being. Then and only then can you help others - but only to the extent that you are capable without harming yourself. If you can't help them more, there is no reason to feel guilty.
{{hugs}}

[Mermaid Lilium]

Started a new job on monday, It's basically my worst nightmare: answering phones.

answering phones is such an anxiety triggering thing for me, but the job is full time until the end of the season in november, 5 days a week on rota, the team are nice and they're more than happy to swap shifts etc, they spent monday sorting out my uniform and getting me to read literature about the park (it's at the theme park, I can't risk naming it cause NDA), and having me listen in on calls to get an idea. The girl I was paired with was even trying to nudge me to try answering a call monday afternoon and I was like NOPE NOPE NOT YET!!

i've been off the last two days as I had pre-arranged things going on, and I'm back at work tomorrow morning at 9. I know i'll be learning up on the computer systems and how to use the phones etc. But I know the pressure will be on for me to at least answer a call by the end of the day, or if I manage to avoid it tomorrow then it'll be friday. Anything later than that and I think the team-members might get pissy with me.

I am DREADING work tomorrow. I can't even explain how much. My depression is triggering like crazy and having a field day, even making me have stupid suicidal thoughts/urges and I've faught off several anxiety attacks tonight. I was fighting them off monday morning as I was getting ready but this feels much worse.

I really don't know if I can do this, but I need the money and the job desperately and mum was already getting funny with me cause I was turning down quite a few jobs that weren't enough hours or not jobs I wanted to do. She's head of HR at the park and so she was pushing me towards jobs and making me feel trapped into taking one of them. Like she called me out of the blue passing on the msg of the offer of this current job and was like 'I need to give them an answer' I managed to delay it, arranged to go in and talk to the head of dept and have a look round and everyone was so nice and relaxed about it I thought maybe I could do it but now I'm really really not sure.

I don't want to let anyone down, I already feel like I made an arse of myself on my first day and don't want to confirm what I feel are people's thoughts about me. And the wardrobe/uniform dept shortened trousers for me already, IT should have set up my accounts including on a special thing that they only have limited licenses for etc, the teammembers went out of their way to help me monday and I just... I don't want to let them down or have wasted their time.

I don't know what to do and that trapped feeling is what's making my depression this bad. :'( I just want to curl up in a ball and cry.

If I go to mum she will just try to calm me and encourage me to try tomorrow and then do the same the next day and the one after. If I go to my friends they say 'oh don't worry, you'll be fine!' when I really don't think I will be and wholeheartedly expect to end up fucking up on one of my first calls and ending up making a total arse of myself and/or breaking down in the middle of the office.

I wish people gave a crap enough about my work that I could just sell a couple of prints on a semi-regular basis, just enough to keep me going and stop me from having to get a job like this.

[Naufra]

Lilium, I have your new theme song right here. I think all of us can relate to this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBP-Xi2Fe0g

[Mermaid Kelda]

Have you talked to your co-workers/boss? Even if they don't have ideas to make it easier on you, they should at least understand and maybe be able to give you a little more slack. You could ask if there's anything else you can do around the office to help, while you work up the nerve. Maybe ask a co-worker if you can practice calls with them on the other line, or get a friend to call up, etc. If they're nice people, which it sounds like they are, I'm sure they'll be willing to be a little more accommodating than usual.

[Azurin Luna]

I hated making phone calls to, and I still don't like it. But what helped for me was that someone told me this: "remember, they don't you and you don't know them, and probably you will never meet them either. Help them to your best capabilities and you will be fine" Oh, and you could ask if someone could be your 'safety net' that if someone calls and you don't know how to answer their questions you can put them through to them. Practice calls can help, as Kelda mentioned, and as you call people or get called more often, it will get easier. And a paper with notes on what to ask helps too :)

[Mermaid Jaffa]

I hated making phone calls to, and I still don't like it. But what helped for me was that someone told me this: "remember, they don't you and you don't know them, and probably you will never meet them either. Help them to your best capabilities and you will be fine" Oh, and you could ask if someone could be your 'safety net' that if someone calls and you don't know how to answer their questions you can put them through to them. Practice calls can help, as Kelda mentioned, and as you call people or get called more often, it will get easier. And a paper with notes on what to ask helps too :)

And imagine everyone that is answering the phone, in their pyjamas! That's what I was told when I went for a job search class last year.

So that they are easier to talk to, if you have a smile on your face.

[PearlieMae]

I feel ya, Lilium! I hate making phone calls!

Here's my favorite working schmuck video:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxnTGtOPikU

(Granted, I did all the photography on it ;) )

[Echidna]

I'm so sick of corporate scumbags f*cking up the planet.
Just now, a law has passed in Germany to pave the way for fracking.

Yes, let's poison all our water supplies and set the whole country up for constant earthquakes just to squeeze out the few last drops of oil and gas before it runs out anyway, instead of looking for a better alternative right now.

Fantastic choice, considering there is no spot left in the world that hasn't polluted air, man-made radiation, poisoned and gene-manipulated food, and destroyed landscapes.
That means we all get to die sooner, which is good news, because who the f wants to live in a man-made hell like that?

[Mermaid Galene]

That's awful, Echidna. The grand old US of A is pretty much doomed, since our government is a nature-destroying Coporatocracy. But I've always thought of European countries as being more enlightened and forward thinking when it comes to safer technology and environmental preservation.

[SeaGlass Siren]

Echidna that fuxking sucks... Like Galene I thought Europe was gonna pave the way for renewable / sustainable energy .

[Mermaid Muir]

I'm tired of being forced to hide and seeing no progress to feel better. I have people i can talk to but thats it. I can't be open and I can't really take steps to feeling better. I just wish I was born in the right body or that i could just change. I want to be me and not an actor in my own life!

[Rivertee]

:( So I go to buy fabric for my new tale.project and meet a little girl who
asks about what I'm making. After explaining she tells her mother that she can be a mermaid and she's not too big like her Mom said because I'm big and I'm a mermaid. Her mother smiles and politely congratulates me on being bold to be a "less than average mermaid " as they turn to go down the next isle she tells her daughter "She's only pretending to be a mermaid she'll never be one like what we saw at the park dear." I promptly went to the end of the isle and waited for them to come down and spoke to the mother. "Just because you don't believe in us larger.girls doesn't mean you should discourage her to. There are actually a lot of larger mermaids that are performers and quite popular. " She then proceeded to get rude and.short.with me saying "It's because of girls like you that girls like my daughter think it's ok to look the way you do." She left with the poor girl in tears and me fuming mad....all I wanted was a new tale and to make a little girl more.confident about herself. ...

[Rivertee]

I'm tired of being forced to hide and seeing no progress to feel better. I have people i can talk to but thats it. I can't be open and I can't really take steps to feeling better. I just wish I was born in the right body or that i could just change. I want to be me and not an actor in my own life!
Never hide who you are, those who can't accept you for all of you should not get the honor of knowing you. Life is meant to be lived not acted.

[Princess Pearl]

:( So I go to buy fabric for my new tale.project and meet a little girl who
asks about what I'm making. After explaining she tells her mother that she can be a mermaid and she's not too big like her Mom said because I'm big and I'm a mermaid. Her mother smiles and politely congratulates me on being bold to be a "less than average mermaid " as they turn to go down the next isle she tells her daughter "She's only pretending to be a mermaid she'll never be one like what we saw at the park dear." I promptly went to the end of the isle and waited for them to come down and spoke to the mother. "Just because you don't believe in us larger.girls doesn't mean you should discourage her to. There are actually a lot of larger mermaids that are performers and quite popular. " She then proceeded to get rude and.short.with me saying "It's because of girls like you that girls like my daughter think it's ok to look the way you do." She left with the poor girl in tears and me fuming mad....all I wanted was a new tale and to make a little girl more.confident about herself. ...
Wow. What a witch with a capital B.

[Mermaid Alea]

:( So I go to buy fabric for my new tale.project and meet a little girl who
asks about what I'm making. After explaining she tells her mother that she can be a mermaid and she's not too big like her Mom said because I'm big and I'm a mermaid. Her mother smiles and politely congratulates me on being bold to be a "less than average mermaid " as they turn to go down the next isle she tells her daughter "She's only pretending to be a mermaid she'll never be one like what we saw at the park dear." I promptly went to the end of the isle and waited for them to come down and spoke to the mother. "Just because you don't believe in us larger.girls doesn't mean you should discourage her to. There are actually a lot of larger mermaids that are performers and quite popular. " She then proceeded to get rude and.short.with me saying "It's because of girls like you that girls like my daughter think it's ok to look the way you do." She left with the poor girl in tears and me fuming mad....all I wanted was a new tale and to make a little girl more.confident about herself. ...

That is so sad! :cry:I just felt how crushing that must have been to that little girl. Definitely crushing for you too to hear the Mom ruin the moment but good for you to add that anyone can be a mermaid no matter what you look like! :) Even though the little girl was crying hopefully what you said still stuck with her and she will follow her dreams. Life would be so boring if we all didn't follow our dreams because we didn't fit the generic idea or look.

[Echidna]

Thanks guys, it was a real shock for me too.

France and Bulgaria, which have far larger exploitable (how I loathe this word) deposits than Germany, have fracking fully banned to my knowledge.

But who knows what'll happen in the future.
Apparently it's enough to wave some bank notes, and every politician can't wait to sign the law that is delivered up to them by the businesses already fully worded (and yes, this is what happens most of the time).

Best thing is, there was a petition signed by over a million people to NOT pass this law.
I knew for years the so-called "democracy" here isn't worth a dime, but it's so depressing to have it thrown into your face blatantly, and not being able to do anything about it.

[SiaTheMermaid]

Echidna we're having the same problem in my country to when it comes to fracking.

I thought Scotland was proud to be one of the greenest countries around, with wind turbines absolutely everywhere you go. But i was wrong. The government wants to start this ridiculous process. Why do we need fracking anyway? We have an oil deposit in the north sea that is still going.

Why are the powers of the countries not stopping all the pollution? Our ocean is starting to turn into freaking acid for crying out loud! We are also in the middle of a mass extinction due to hunting and loss of habitat. Ugh. It really bugs me. Who knows what fracking will do in the long run?

[Yulia]

Why are the powers of the countries not stopping all the pollution? Our ocean is starting to turn into freaking acid for crying out loud! We are also in the middle of a mass extinction due to hunting and loss of habitat. Ugh. It really bugs me. Who knows what fracking will do in the long run?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXd155v8Z5U

[SeaGlass Siren]

Better than canada at least. They just sold our rights to china :/

[Aysun_the_Mermaid]

Ugh... my foot got caught in my hammock when I went to step over it and I fell spectacularly and I landed on my crockpot (which is apparently indestructible) and everything is fine but my buttcheek really smarts...

[Echidna]

Better than canada at least. They just sold our rights to china :/

whaaa? :jawdrop:

why'd China even want to buy fracking rights in Canada?
China has some of the biggest shale gas/oil deposits in the world.

But, there goes my option no 3 of emigrating to.
There is no place one can really be not affected by all this, except maybe a lonely island in the middle of the ocean. And there, you probably get blown up by a nuclear bomb test :p

If only there was a way to get rid of money and all the mad circus around it.
Everyone would be allotted the bare necessities free of charge, provided they help in their local community.
And bam, 90% of destruction and crime would stop at once, because all of those revolve around making, getting, and stealing money.
:thumbdown:

Edit:
an excellent discourse about it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sxwXjqawEw

it's an excerpt from a 2-hour presentation on ancient cultures and ancient technology.
Fully worth watching if you have an interest in this.

[SeaGlass Siren]

oh i was saying canada as a whole in general. they sold our rights to china so if china wanted our resources they could come in and destroy the land and the aboriginals can't fight for territory or even us canadian citizens. if we even try to protest china will sue us for millions... smh.

CAN'T WIN ANYWHERE MAN.

[PearlieMae]

That's awful, Echidna. The grand old US of A is pretty much doomed, since our government is a nature-destroying Coporatocracy. But I've always thought of European countries as being more enlightened and forward thinking when it comes to safer technology and environmental preservation.


Ugh... my foot got caught in my hammock when I went to step over it and I fell spectacularly and I landed on my crockpot (which is apparently indestructible) and everything is fine but my buttcheek really smarts...


The Renaissance period was, and continues to be problematic? Hope your butt feels better soon! ;)

[Merman Dan]

I landed on my crockpot (which is apparently indestructible) and everything is fine but my buttcheek really smarts...

Would that make it a crackpot? ;)

[Merman Dan]

There is no place one can really be not affected by all this, except maybe a lonely island in the middle of the ocean. And there, you probably get blown up by a nuclear bomb test .

Now you're talking MY language!

[Lorelei]

I hardly ever rant on here, but this time, I feel I really needed.
So there is this supervisor at my boyfriend's workplace that is always causing trouble (and becomes the reason a lot of employee's quit). He is lazy, doesn't do much of anything, and when he does do things, it usually ends up messed up or against safety regulations. I've talked to several employees while visiting because they are all really wonderful people and no one has anything good to say about this specific supervisor. He has already been on investigative leave once in the past (a little less than a year ago, if I remember right) for sexual harassment and still managed to keep his job afterwards.
Recently, another girl was touched by him during work and reported it. He was put on investigative leave again and everyone was confident that it was a for sure thing that he would be fired or have to be supervised at all times while at work.

Today, my boyfriend comes home absolutely fuming and tells me that this supervisor got off completely free, without any punishment, and will be back to work on Monday. The girl who reported the incident practically broke down crying and everyone is just in complete shock about why this company keeps letting this guy off the hook! If there was one small sexual harassment incident at my job, they have already warned that the person in question would be fired.

I just don't understand it and I feel so sorry for that poor girl that still has to be around him everyday until summer break lets out. I wish there was something I could do about it, but I'm on the outside looking in at this point (I'm not even supposed to really know, I just have friends there) and my boyfriend really can't afford to lose this job before we move. The whole situation just seems strange and ridiculous. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth, especially for the company, but at least we'll be out of here soon. I just feel bad for any other girls he comes in contact with because it's obvious the company won't do anything to help them.:headwall:
Anyways, thank you for this thread, allowing me to vent this. Hope everyone's day is going better.

[Meronica]

Lorelei, that girl can sue the company for allowing sexual harassment to continue in the workplace. Hitting them in the pocket book seems like an appropriate punishment for letting that wanker get away with his behavior.

It's not your problem so please try not to let it upset you though.


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[telzey.amberdon]

Imagine the person on the phone in a mermaids tail!

[Lorelei]

Lorelei, that girl can sue the company for allowing sexual harassment to continue in the workplace. Hitting them in the pocket book seems like an appropriate punishment for letting that wanker get away with his behavior.

It's not your problem so please try not to let it upset you though.


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Thank you. I believe she is currently trying to take legal action, so I'm hoping for the best for her.
and it honestly doesnt upset me too much, it just really did in the moment and I needed a place to vent it out.

[AniaR]

A repeat culture festival just emailed me telling me they didn't want my native Canadian mermaid because she is native. Let that sink in for a second. A multicultural festival.

You better believe I wrote one hell of an email ( that sean is now editing to sound more formal). They were a repeat client. They just became a past and never again client.

I actually want to vomit.

[Seraphina Suds]

That is disgusting and ridiculous, wow. Good for you for dropping them and telling them off!

[Starfrit]

A repeat culture festival just emailed me telling me they didn't want my native Canadian mermaid because she is native. Let that sink in for a second. A multicultural festival.

You better believe I wrote one hell of an email ( that sean is now editing to sound more formal). They were a repeat client. They just became a past and never again client.

I actually want to vomit.

I wish I could say I was shocked... Native and First Nations people in our country are often treated horribly (unless it can be milked for money and "look how accepting we are" brownie points— see the grossness that was the Vancouver Olympics).

I'm so, so sorry you had to deal with that from a client, and I hope your native mermaid isn't too shaken up by it. :(

Good on you for standing up, calling them out on their bigotry and making the decision not to work for them anymore. You're an awesome person and a kickass employer. <3

[Shimmer Mermaid]

FN BS. She has as much right to be there as anyother, as does anyone of any race! That upsets me so much!! I'm sorry that happened

[Mermaid Galene]

How do such bigots get to run a multicultural festival??? That's just crazy. Kudos to you, Raina, for telling them off.

[AniaR]

well I told them off but then Sean edited my email to be more business like and objective lol. The problem is that the sponsors of the events are all the main companies in our province so we have to be careful we don't cut off all our opportunities but still let them know this is why we wont do the event or recommend it to anyone. I think personally the sponsors would be horrified to see the email we got. It'll be interesting to see if it escalates or what happens. For now I think Sean did an excellent job of taking my book of an email and pairing it down to the important points and that we felt their email was very racist.

I am so mad. I wish I could just go mernetwork crazy and tell them off but I know we gotta handle it the right way. We did defend our mermaid very well (I didnt identify her though because I didnt want it showing up in google would you mind editing out her name?) I am trying so hard not to rage out here.

[Mermaid Sirenia]

Wow! There is no excuse for anyone to ever act that way! That is absolutely ridiculous and I hope they're embarrassed with they way they've been acting.

So not too long ago my little cousins (girls aged 4 and 7) came to visit since they live far from here. They found out about me being a mermaid and were the happiest and most ecstatic kids in the world. They were asking me questions about it and the ocean and everything (who wouldn't be excited about having a mermaid for a cousin?) Then my grandma decided to completely ruin it. As I was talking to the kids she said "So tell the girls how you put your COSTUME on!" Then all of a sudden you could see how disappointed the girls were, I quickly replied "magic of course! Who told you it was a costume?" She then said "oh yeah you use magic to put on the costume, how do you wash it after taking it off?"
Are you kidding me! I honestly think she hated the fact that I had the girls attention and she didn't, she listened to me telling them I was real and about my life as a mermaid! So it's not like she just didn't know I was posing as a real one.. Goodness!!

[Gem Stone]

All of my friends that I grew up with are now either no longer my friends, or married. One has a child. This specific friend just told me and another married friend that kids are the best way to remember your spouse should he die and that if her husband died, she'd be alone and have no one to take care of her until she died. Really? You're gonna tell a 20 year old girl who is barely married and WHO DOESNT WANT KIDS that because of her choices her husband is gonna die and she's gonna be alone for the rest of her life?! And of course she waits until I'm right there to rub it in my face too. I don't even have a boyfriend and they're both married! It makes me feel lonely enough when they talk about their husbands and now she's gonna say if you don't have kids you're gonna die lonely and unloved. WTH! And then she got mad when we asked if she meant to word it the way she did and she stopped talking to us. It's like she doesn't even understand how bad all of this makes ME feel. I'm not part of the couples club. I don't have a family of my own. I already have depression and I don't feel like I'll ever find someone to love me, they both know this, and yet she's gonna choose THAT as her topic of conversation?! And she wonders why we never hang out anymore. It's not because of her kid. I love her kid. She's 2 and already loves to swim, what's not to love? It's the loneliness I always end up with after hanging out with my friends, the few times they even have time for me anyway.

[PearlieMae]

Thank you. I believe she is currently trying to take legal action, so I'm hoping for the best for her.
and it honestly doesnt upset me too much, it just really did in the moment and I needed a place to vent it out.

You know, your boyfriend can report this asshat to the Labor department if he's been witness to this guy's harassment as well. 'Creating a hostile work environment' is a legitimate complaint.

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Gem Stone, you need to get rid of those toxic "friends". My daughter is 30, and we (me, her, and her beau) had the kid conversation, and they are in no rush. I completely support them. I have several married couple friends that choose to remain childless and are very happy in their choices.

Don't feel lonely because you aren't currently in a relationship! Relax! You're very young, there's no panic to get hitched! You aren't on anyone else's schedule. It's YOUR life, don't let anyone tell you how to live it!

(BTW....I've had two multi-decade relationships, and I got third time lucky at age 47. Going on 8 years together! And we are extremely happy! It's never too late! )

[Mermaid Alea]

All of my friends that I grew up with are now either no longer my friends, or married. One has a child. This specific friend just told me and another married friend that kids are the best way to remember your spouse should he die and that if her husband died, she'd be alone and have no one to take care of her until she died. Really? You're gonna tell a 20 year old girl who is barely married and WHO DOESNT WANT KIDS that because of her choices her husband is gonna die and she's gonna be alone for the rest of her life?! And of course she waits until I'm right there to rub it in my face too. I don't even have a boyfriend and they're both married! It makes me feel lonely enough when they talk about their husbands and now she's gonna say if you don't have kids you're gonna die lonely and unloved. WTH! And then she got mad when we asked if she meant to word it the way she did and she stopped talking to us. It's like she doesn't even understand how bad all of this makes ME feel. I'm not part of the couples club. I don't have a family of my own. I already have depression and I don't feel like I'll ever find someone to love me, they both know this, and yet she's gonna choose THAT as her topic of conversation?! And she wonders why we never hang out anymore. It's not because of her kid. I love her kid. She's 2 and already loves to swim, what's not to love? It's the loneliness I always end up with after hanging out with my friends, the few times they even have time for me anyway.

That is always awkward when people your age are already married and have kids. I am 21 and I have a boyfriend that I will probably marry, but so far I don't think I will want kids. Don't let them make you think you have to have a husband and kids to be happy and taken care of in life. I never had a boyfriend until the one I have now. I remember how lonely I felt and how I saw my friends get boyfriends and how a guy friend I really liked crushed my heart by finding a girlfriend that he kept saying, "Was just like me" and "Likes the same things I like" and of course I always had to see him with different girlfriends and kissing them and spending time with them while I secretly liked him the years I knew him. It was definitely tough feeling like I was not good enough or pretty enough. The only guys that would show interest in me were either creepy, really weird, perverted, or jerks. So then I thought to myself, you know what!? I can take care of myself! I don't need a boyfriend and I don't need to get married someday. I am perfectly fine living alone. I saw the drama people went through and the heart ache they when through in relationships so I decided I didn't need that and so finally in high school I was happy by myself. Once I came to this realization, it wasn't long after that a cute, funny guy in my art class started showing interest in me. We talked a little and walked to art class together and then one day he started acting really nervous around me and then asked me to be his girlfriend! I was 18 and finally had my first boyfriend. Looking back, I am happy I didn't settle for other guys I have met over the years. I don't think they would have been good boyfriends for me. Aaron is wonderful and loves me for who I am.

What I am trying to say in my giant paragraph is that perhaps when you least expect it the right guy will come for you and the wait will all be worth it. I never thought I would find anyone!

I hope this helps!

[Gem Stone]

It really does. Thank you Mermaid Alea and PearlieMae. I think I'm gonna talk to her, let her know that next time she brings this up, to either do it when I'm not around or that I'm going to leave. If she doesn't want to take my feelings into consideration, I will go hang out with someone who will.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

So me and a few friends went out this weekend, they were off work because of good Friday. So I spent the night Friday and Saturday, and left sunday morning.

A guy offering a job to me called my father at 1:30 pm friday, and asked if I had any plans friday at 2:30. -_-
My dad being the man that he is, told him "No! She doesn't have plans!"
The guy asked "are you sure? If she has plans already then we'll do it when she's available, no trouble at all!"

My dad once again, KNOWING I HAD HAD THESE PLANS FOR OVER 2 WEEKS, tells him "no! She'll be there!! Definitely!"

*cue me slamming my face into a wall*

So my dad calls, and tells me to DRIVE ALL THE WAY BACK, and be there, all ready, in an hour.
I told him where I was and that it was impossible, and he says
"FINE! I'll just tell him you aren't interested in the job at all!"
Me: "No dad! Just tell him I've had plans with friends that I rarely get to see, for a while and he'll understand."

*click*

So he calls him back, and tells him
"Sorry bud, she's not interested at all in the job."
*click*

WTF!?!?!?!?

So I get home Sunday morning, nothing to eat, and text my sister "hey is there any pancake stuff down there?"
No. (There was but she lied)

Few hours later she texts and says "if you're so hungry go to Aunt H's and ask her for food."

So it turns out, my family made a big huge easter meal, deserts and everything, invited everyone else, but literally told me not to come. V.V

I LITERALLY live not even a mile away, and they made it a point not to invite me.

It was honestly humiliating to say the least.

[Mermaid Mhara]

Ugh. Need to vent.

Spent the whole day arguing tbh, first with a guy who was adamant to not let go of his bigoted and ridiculous ideas...mainly being that "All homosexual men were abused as children in a sexual way, and that's why they're gay" okaaaaaaaaaay.
Then a friend of mine asked for opinions through facebook on circumcision as she runs a blog that discusses such topics, I gave mine...and was literally attacked by some psycho who believes it's her way or the highway. :mad: I give up with some people.

Then I decided I wasn't going to be a push over for the rest of the day, so I got up a list of things that were bothering me and went through them to sort them.

So here's the one that bugged me:

Back in January I asked a guy to build me a staff, he said yes and I paid a deposit etc so that he could start building it. I still haven't received it despite his claims it'll be done over and over again and so I'm getting a little pissed off...so sent him a nice little email, hopefully didn't come across to strongly. Now tell me...do these screenshots make sense? Am I misunderstanding him or is he just making excuses for his incompetence and lies? I honestly wouldn't mind if the staff took 10 months to build if he COMMUNICATED and told me of his dilemma's etc instead of ignoring me. Have a look or yourselves.

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[Mermaid Pickles]

Shimmer, oh mymer. That's HORRENDOUS. I don't know where your family learned their manners, that's not appropriate at all. I'm sticking your family up in my book of "not socially acceptable people" along with my grandparents. Ugh.. Just horrible. And Vaughan, I hate people like that. To me, it looks like something someone I once knew did, and this person has no intention of making the staff. That sucks.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

Thank you Pickles. I love instead of oh my gosh you use mer!

[Mermaid Pickles]

Yesss, I use ohmyfishy too. XD

[Shimmer Mermaid]

Love it!

[Gem Stone]

Vaughan: I'd demand an update photo, and if he can't provide one, get a refund and go elsewhere. If he can provide a photo, then it's possible his wife was in fact replying and did in fact misjudge the time required to finish it. But the way the person replied never really changed, which makes me believe it was him the entire time.

[Mermaid Mhara]

Yes! I literally thought that reading it. The way he types and the way 'his wife' apparently types are exactly the same which isn't common. But I did as you've suggested and asked for progress updates and pics so far even if it's just in pieces. Waiting for a reply.

Is it bad I'm kinda hoping I can just get a refund and look elsewhere? Lol I'm done dealing with this guy. It's just a matter of finding someone else capable of doing the job really.


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[Shimmer Mermaid]

Look on Etsy. :)

[Mermaid Pickles]

RANDOM RANT

Just came back from shopping and FOUND OUT MY APARTMENT BUILDING IS A CRIME SCENE BECAUSE OF NEIGHBORS. I has no privacyyyyyy. The cops are pretty nice though, they asked if they could use our bathroom and stuff if they're around for a while.
BUT CRIME SCENE WHATTHEHECK

[Shimmer Mermaid]

Like...murder?!?

[Mermaid Pickles]

I don't even know.

[SeaGlass Siren]

o.o

[Mermaid Pickles]

Apparently, just found this out, someone was indeed killed. Fun.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

Oh my

[JayJ79]

So he calls him back, and tells him
"Sorry bud, she's not interested at all in the job."

do you have any way of contacting the prospective employer to explain the miscommunication?

[Shimmer Mermaid]

Nope. I don't know his number because he's Arabic, he keeps his number more discreet because of different racist happenings that has happened to him and his family. :/

[Elle]

I took my car in this morning because the mechanic did a dodgy job of the tappet cover (crappy crappy seals, there is way too much oil in the spark plugs and one of them had water in it too :mad:)

anyway, I've been waiting all day to hear if they're done with it. They told me it'd be finished after lunch time. Well it's now after 4pm, and I rang them up. It's been done and they finished the job 4 hours ago. They just didn't bother calling me.

I had shit I wanted to do today and haven't been able to because I haven't had my car. Yes I can do my shit tomorrow, but I wanted to do it today (I'm just knit picking now)

[AnnaAbyss]

I need a tube of epoxy sun cure resin to patch up holes on my fluke mold and have been waiting for like a week now because:
1. I don't have driver's licence
2. Already been into town two days in a row which is like 45 mins away and my parents would complain about taking me
3. Too scared/socially awkward to take the bus in.
Fucking hell. -__-
Thing is I've spent over $200 in just two days from buying clothes (which I actually did desperately need) and art supplies. Don't know if I'll have enough money left over to buy silicone with. If I don't I'll have to awkwardly ask my parents if I can use a tiny smidge of the money my grandmother left me when she passed away. My tailmaking project is like the only thing that properly keeps me occupied. I'm at home nowadays. I dropped out of school last year because I was bullied for speaking up about being sexually assaulted. Being super stressed, hating school, no academic aspirations and crippling social awkwardness caused by Aspergers were big factors too. I'm petrified of getting a job because I am so hopeless in social situations and with helping people. Almost everyone of my age has one and I feel pressured to conform. It also doesn't help that my boyfriend is the complete opposite of me and a huge workaholic who sometimes likes to rub it in my face. I am bored and depressed and don't know what to do. I keep counting the days going by and it makes me so fucking sad. Sorry that this was so personal but I had to get it out. I've told my parents about this multiple times but they just get annoyed at me.

[Mermaid Mystery]

I don't have a liscense either, and I was told I could get new fish LAST THURSDAY. I admit i have more time to research and think about my decisions (they're going to be living with a betta fish) but seriously? I'm certain I'll get them tomorrow, though.
Also, it's spring break and I WAS going to go to an amusement park (not discovery kingdom, with their whales and dolphins) with my friends but they all cancelled on me as always. so I'm going alone, on Friday, when I was supposed to go with three others on Wednesday. I need a liscense and more friends, ugh.


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[Merman Chatfish]

My manager emails today:

Anyone you certified for lifeguard, WSI or recertified for lifeguard I need a copy of their certificateWe are requiring them for the employee packets and nobody has it. They will not go on the website to get
You as the teacher are required to give them to the student and to the employer.
Please let me know when you have them and I can pick them up.


Last year the American red cross switched to having the certs emailed and kept online.

Even though it actually the student's responsibility to manage their certs, I sent her a copy of all of them, while also saying:

Ok here you go. And again this is NOT my responsibility, this is the students. If they can’t take it upon them selfs to do this do you really feel they should be responsible for lives?

Her responce:

We taught and charged for the class we are required to keep a copy of each certificate for lifeguard, lg recert and wsiAlways have at sg......so it has always been standard practice for us...don't care what other pools do

Which yes, all pools are required to keep a certificate of their employees. And I gave them a copy, but it is the employees responsibility not mine.

[Mermaid Mystery]

I just bought 4 live fish


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[Mermaid Alea]

I need a tube of epoxy sun cure resin to patch up holes on my fluke mold and have been waiting for like a week now because:
1. I don't have driver's licence
2. Already been into town two days in a row which is like 45 mins away and my parents would complain about taking me
3. Too scared/socially awkward to take the bus in.
Fucking hell. -__-
Thing is I've spent over $200 in just two days from buying clothes (which I actually did desperately need) and art supplies. Don't know if I'll have enough money left over to buy silicone with. If I don't I'll have to awkwardly ask my parents if I can use a tiny smidge of the money my grandmother left me when she passed away. My tailmaking project is like the only thing that properly keeps me occupied. I'm at home nowadays. I dropped out of school last year because I was bullied for speaking up about being sexually assaulted. Being super stressed, hating school, no academic aspirations and crippling social awkwardness caused by Aspergers were big factors too. I'm petrified of getting a job because I am so hopeless in social situations and with helping people. Almost everyone of my age has one and I feel pressured to conform. It also doesn't help that my boyfriend is the complete opposite of me and a huge workaholic who sometimes likes to rub it in my face. I am bored and depressed and don't know what to do. I keep counting the days going by and it makes me so fucking sad. Sorry that this was so personal but I had to get it out. I've told my parents about this multiple times but they just get annoyed at me.

I kind of know how you feel. I started driving a little later than everyone else because I was too scared to start driving. Then once I started driving it was nice to be able to take myself places, but being socially awkward I didn't like going to stores alone and buying stuff alone. I used to need someone with me or I would get all nervous and my hands would get clammy when I went to go pay, probably due to me having issues when I was younger with learning how to count money and it still worries me even though I know how to count money now. I don't need someone to go with me now and I don't get so worried now. Everyone else got their first job in high school. I have done some work for my Mom's business and I have done a bit of freelance graphic design for people, but I haven't had a real job which is something that I want but I get worried that I will have to work the cash register, etc. My boyfriend has a job as a host and is doing really well at it and I feel bad that I haven't had a real job yet.

[AnnaAbyss]

I'm really scared of working at the cash register too. I literally struggle so hard do basic maths. It's like trying to concentrate and figure out problems when you haven't had anything to eat so your brain is like cogs that won't turn. Every damn time. And going to pay for things scared the crap outta me too. Glad we can relate!

[Elle]

I'm really scared of working at the cash register too. I literally struggle so hard do basic maths. It's like trying to concentrate and figure out problems when you haven't had anything to eat so your brain is like cogs that won't turn. Every damn time. And going to pay for things scared the crap outta me too. Glad we can relate!

most of them are all automated now, so it does all the maths for you. It was great when I worked in Big W, cos my maths skills are rubbish

[Merman Chatfish]

Usually cash registers do the math for you. I also think some of how they teach basic math is too complex. For example I remember having to memorize all the number you get when you do 8 times 1 to 10. However 8*6 is much easyer if you do 3*2*2*2*2. I get 48 much faster if you break each number into small primes that are easyer to work with.

[PearlieMae]

Next up: English lessons!

[Mermaid Alea]

I'm really scared of working at the cash register too. I literally struggle so hard do basic maths. It's like trying to concentrate and figure out problems when you haven't had anything to eat so your brain is like cogs that won't turn. Every damn time. And going to pay for things scared the crap outta me too. Glad we can relate!

I am bad at math too. I am an artist so my brain is better at artistic things and not so good at math. In high school my Mom hired my math teacher to tutor me to help me pass a standardized test. I kept failing it and even after my math teacher's tutoring I failed the test again so he gave me a huge math workbook to work out of and I practiced like mad and I finally passed. Math in college was much better. The teachers are better at teaching and the homework is online so you know instantly if you got the question wrong or right and you can keep re-doing it until you get it right and it even gives you hints on how to solve it. :)

That is really good to know that cash registers do the work for you. The job I really want is to work at one of the local plant nurseries. The one that sells koi and plants would be fun to work at.

[Mermaid Jaffa]

I failed Vegie Maths in high school many years ago too! Since then I've never ever taken on Accounting work, even though I know nowadays, the software does the calculations for you. Its just that when I see numbers, I get very confused which page or tab they go into, and am terrified of messing it up (and getting booted out before lunch time), that I stay away from any type of number crunching jobs! Even the ones that use cash registers.

[Mermaid Mystery]

I'm kind of panicking because I haven't seen my plecostamus all day and I think one of my rasboras is dead. my betta certainly didn't attack the rasbora because it looks perfectly fine, just a little dead. he's almost scared of them. this is stressful I hope it isn't dead


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[Mermaid Mystery]

so the rasbora was definitely dead and I've been having a panic attack for the past hour. great night.


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[Mermaid Mystery]

I don't know how I'll get to sleep tonight. I still haven't seen my pleco baby


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[Vrindavana Starfish]

Next up: English lessons!
:lol ^:

[Rett]

I have been working on a digital painting on Gimp for the past week. Pretty much all of my spare time has been devoted to this project, I have placed hours into this. Well, I had just finished the last base of the entire painting last night, all that was left to do was the shading and a few color details I wanted to change... And then at 3AM last night my computer decided it needed to update. Since I was asleep I couldn't tell it to postpone till I could save my work. It forced a shutdown, and along with losing a whole page to the school research paper I was working on, I lost my painting. I am so upset right now I feel like crying and screaming and throwing my whole computer out the window. Just thinking about it makes me sick to my stomach. I have tried everything to recover it but nothing is working :cry:

[PearlieMae]

That's a hard lesson everyone learns...save early, save often. Never trust your machine to do anything good for you. But at least now you'll be able to recreate it faster because you've already done it once. Good luck!

[Mermaid Alea]

x 2 what Pearlie Mae said. Get into that habit of saving A LOT. Every time you add more to your art and pause to move to a new area, save before adding more. Maybe set your phone onto a timer so that every 10 min. or 5 min. it goes off telling you to save your work. In multimedia class in High School the computer power switch was on the floor under the desk. Each power switch was the switch for all computers in that row. Well, sometimes someone would move their foot and accidently turn off power to the computers and people would freak out because they hadn't saved. That is how we all got into saving often because you never know when the power will go out, when someone will accidently turn off the computer, when you thought your laptop was plugged in but it wasn't and it loses charge, the program could crash, etc.

I wish you luck with re-doing everything. Often when I lose work I get very upset, but when I go to re-do it, it usually turns out better than the first version that I lost. :)

[Starfrit]

I don't know how I'll get to sleep tonight. I still haven't seen my pleco baby

Don't worry too much about your pleco, I'm sure he's fine! I had a bristlenose who used to find new places to hide constantly, especially for the first six months that I owned him-- Even now I'm nursing a baby albino longfin bristlenose who I sometimes don't see for days at a time because he'll be hiding away in one of the rocks or behind the filter in his tank. My cousin had a common pleco that she had just assumed was dead because she didn't see it in almost a year, even when she was moving around rocks and driftwood in the tank. She later found out as she was moving everything to an upgraded tank that he was hiding in a nook inside a piece of driftwood most of the time and would change color to match the wood any time she moved it and looked inside.

Plecos are surprisingly sneaky little bastards, so don't worry too much. :) If you're super concerned, I'd recommend carefully removing the decorations one by one and seeing if the pleco shows up-- And make sure the double-check the inside of any hides/driftwood/etc. you might have in there, and shine a flashlight in there if you need to! My bristlenose almost made it a point to dart inside his favorite fake tree every time I was doing tank cleanings and then cling onto the inside of the damn thing, even once it was completely removed from the water and set out on a towel. Not exactly a fun time going "Wait where the hell did Alduin go" and then suddenly seeing him flop across a table at you, I can tell you that.

I'd also recommend doing water tests on your tank to see what may have happened to your Rasbora-- check for an increase specifically in pH, nitrites and nitrates, because those can sometimes spike and cause stress in fish, which can kill them.

[Mermaid Mystery]

thank you! I've seen traces of my pleco at a time, so I'm not really worried at this point. I wish he was more like my snails! As for the rasbora, that seems to be what happened. I'll check later today, before I go and put new fish in! I may go to petco again today and buy another rasbora who hopefully won't be bullied by the other two since they've bonded a lot (they're playing with my bubbler right now!) I'm hoping to get a few neon tetras too, but I'm still not sure if I want to go that route.


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[Mermaid Momo]

I have been working on a digital painting on Gimp for the past week. Pretty much all of my spare time has been devoted to this project, I have placed hours into this. Well, I had just finished the last base of the entire painting last night, all that was left to do was the shading and a few color details I wanted to change... And then at 3AM last night my computer decided it needed to update. Since I was asleep I couldn't tell it to postpone till I could save my work. It forced a shutdown, and along with losing a whole page to the school research paper I was working on, I lost my painting. I am so upset right now I feel like crying and screaming and throwing my whole computer out the window. Just thinking about it makes me sick to my stomach. I have tried everything to recover it but nothing is working :cry:
Ctrl+S is a life saver. I save constantly, everytime I make headway in a drawing: ctrl+S and I don't even have to move my pen from the drawing to save.

[TheMerthropologist]

I was really excited for a thread for once but I'm worried
It's not that I'm not happy that a conversation is going on but I'm a little peeved that it's becoming unrelated to the original topic...pleasepleaseplease let me stop this derailing and put things back on track. I will not let this topic change!
---------end of my vague complaining for the day (hopefully)----------

[AniaR]

You can report posts that are off topic

[AniaR]

No one said you can't post something? I'm telling her how to solve her issue she's referencing?

[JayJ79]

oops, I get it now. the vagueness threw me. I thought she was complaining about THIS thread going off topic. Now I understand that it was in reference to a different thread. my apologies.

[Grey Gambit]

I'm getting really frustrated with myself... Over the last few months my anxiety and gender dysphoria has been getting more difficult to deal with. Because of it I haven't been able to go swimming lately, I end up having really bad panic attacks.. my last swim ended up with me having trouble breathing after I'd just resurfaced and definitely needed to breathe. Being able to swim usually is very calming for me, but it's turned into something tricky because I usually bind my chest to feel comfortable around people (and even now it's gotten to a point where I can't bind for more than an hour before my ribs hurt, so I can't even do that all that often..) and I've been unable to do that for swimming, so I feel really anxious about swimming now. :(
That turned into more of a rant than I meant it to... bleh. I'm not sure what to do. Medication for anxiety hasn't worked for me before, and I don't have enough money to go on medication that may not work. I really wish there was a place I could swim alone around here, but there isn't.

[Mermaid Wesley]

I have 8 projects and 2 finals in the next four weeks. .......help.


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[Princess Pearl]

I just posted a thing in the wrong thread. Thanks Tapatalk! Carry on...

[Merman Chatfish]

I'm getting really frustrated with myself... Over the last few months my anxiety and gender dysphoria has been getting more difficult to deal with. Because of it I haven't been able to go swimming lately, I end up having really bad panic attacks.. my last swim ended up with me having trouble breathing after I'd just resurfaced and definitely needed to breathe. Being able to swim usually is very calming for me, but it's turned into something tricky because I usually bind my chest to feel comfortable around people (and even now it's gotten to a point where I can't bind for more than an hour before my ribs hurt, so I can't even do that all that often..) and I've been unable to do that for swimming, so I feel really anxious about swimming now. :(
That turned into more of a rant than I meant it to... bleh. I'm not sure what to do. Medication for anxiety hasn't worked for me before, and I don't have enough money to go on medication that may not work. I really wish there was a place I could swim alone around here, but there isn't.

Have you tried compression pants? I wear them and they help me keep more relaxed and less prone to attacks.

[Grey Gambit]

Have you tried compression pants? I wear them and they help me keep more relaxed and less prone to attacks.
My binder is a compression shirt, but I'm not sure how well it would work in the water. It might compress too much now, since it's gotten to a point I can't wear it that long anymore. I've had to switch back to sport bras and that's even more stressful because they definitely don't hide things as well and the ones that do a better job of keeping things in place seem to have a molded boob shape so they don't look as flat - which is the opposite of what helps me.
I've been trying to save up for chest reconstruction surgery, but it seems every time I manage to make a little money to save away life requires that money for bills.

[SeaMansa]

Know what freaking grinds my fins?
When people say shit like "You NEED to spend more time with me" when they know damn well you are extremely busy with damn near everything under the high flung sun.
Like, I am so pressed with school right now (my classes are really keeping me in a state of "Can I just drop out and be a stripper?" mode) and I have so much on my plate that there are times at night where I actually want to cry. I practically live at the library nowadays and I have to stay up for HOURS past midnight just to make time to watch one of my favorite weekly shows. So imagine how I feel when one of my friends tells me that I *NEED* to spend more time with him, as if he is entitled to my attention and more important than everything else I have going on, both school wise and in my personal family life, mind you.
Like, dude what the actual fuck? And then he had the nerve to actually get mad at me?! I swear I just want to fin slap people sometimes.

[Jeblily]

I think I am going to sob now, the guy I'm going to senior prom with no longer wants to buy me dinner. I'm fine with that, I am an independent woman who can pay for herself. However, apparently he told all his friends that he won't buy me dinner because he "knows I won't sleep with him". Not only am I offended that he expects that of me, but that he thinks I can be "bought" for so little. I feel objectified. Does he really think I value myself so poorly? Do I carry myself in a way to make him think that? Does he think I'm that desperate?

Meanwhile the stress of school is causing hair loss, nail breakage, and I have started hallucinating and sleepwalking. This is too much I'm exhausted.

[Rebekah.fish]

I think I am going to sob now, the guy I'm going to senior prom with no longer wants to buy me dinner. I'm fine with that, I am an independent woman who can pay for herself. However, apparently he told all his friends that he won't buy me dinner because he "knows I won't sleep with him". Not only am I offended that he expects that of me, but that he thinks I can be "bought" for so little. I feel objectified. Does he really think I value myself so poorly? Do I carry myself in a way to make him think that? Does he think I'm that desperate?

Meanwhile the stress of school is causing hair loss, nail breakage, and I have started hallucinating and sleepwalking. This is too much I'm exhausted.
Jeblily that's awful. I'd deck that guy. You stand by your morals. If he's that big of a jet do u really wanna go to prom with him?

[Mermaid Wesley]

after prom, post this on your socal networks and then say that you had a wonderful time despite your date being a huge tool. have fun no matter what ok? my prom date was an idiot too. he insulted my best friend and wanted all of my attention even though i didnt like him as more than a friend. but having fun is up to you.

[Rebekah.fish]

Yea enjoy your night. You definitely don't have to have fun cuz u have a guy. You'll be just fine either way.

[PearlieMae]

Dump that idiot! Holy shit! I would grind that asshat's teeth into the curb!

If you want to go, go solo! Hire an escort! Take a family member! Geez! What a classless piece of shit your 'date' is!

Seriously, it might seem like a big deal now, but in the very near future, believe me, in the big scheme of things, prom is so incredibly unimportant. It's better to not go at all than go with a douchebag like this guy.

[Rebekah.fish]

Dump that idiot! Holy shit! I would grind that asshat's teeth into the curb!

If you want to go, go solo! Hire an escort! Take a family member! Geez! What a classless piece of shit your 'date' is!

Seriously, it might seem like a big deal now, but in the very near future, believe me, in the big scheme of things, prom is so incredibly unimportant. It's better to not go at all than go with a douchebag like this guy.
Agreed!

[Mermaid Alea]

I was thinking that too Rebekah Fish & I definitely agree with Pearlie! I wouldn't even go to prom with a jerk like that Jeblily. I know everyone has their own morals and ways of seeing things, but I personally avoid guys like that. There are good guys out there, sometimes they are hard to find but they are there.

I wouldn't reward him by being his date. If you already have a dress and tickets you could just go with your friends.

This all reminds me of a guy I met this semester who hangs out with my friends. He is a serious womanizer and he disgusts me. He stares at girls talking about their butt and how hot they are and how he wants to get to know them and have a one night stand with them even when he already has a girlfriend!

[Vrindavana Starfish]

I think I am going to sob now, the guy I'm going to senior prom with no longer wants to buy me dinner. I'm fine with that, I am an independent woman who can pay for herself. However, apparently he told all his friends that he won't buy me dinner because he "knows I won't sleep with him". Not only am I offended that he expects that of me, but that he thinks I can be "bought" for so little. I feel objectified. Does he really think I value myself so poorly? Do I carry myself in a way to make him think that? Does he think I'm that desperate?

Meanwhile the stress of school is causing hair loss, nail breakage, and I have started hallucinating and sleepwalking. This is too much I'm exhausted.

Aww, that is terrible! Dump that guy, fast! I went to Jr. and Sr. prom without a date, and I had the BEST time both years! No jealous guy, I could dance with whomever I wanted, my girlfriends were all there, and we looked awesome, and we just had a good time.

It's a dance, with a pretty dress. In the end, that's all it is, so have fun no matter what!

As for the stress, can you take a sanity day or 3 and just rest? That's the only way I survived.

[Mermaid Mystery]

Dump that idiot! Holy shit! I would grind that asshat's teeth into the curb!

If you want to go, go solo! Hire an escort! Take a family member! Geez! What a classless piece of shit your 'date' is!

Seriously, it might seem like a big deal now, but in the very near future, believe me, in the big scheme of things, prom is so incredibly unimportant. It's better to not go at all than go with a douchebag like this guy.

I agree completely! I'm a sophmore and know nothing about prom but if anyone is that low I'd dumb their sorry ass so far off a cliff. find someone better than that.


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[Gem Stone]

Jeblily that's awful. I'd deck that guy. You stand by your morals. If he's that big of a jet do u really wanna go to prom with him?

I was thinking the exact same thing. Lol
Seriously, any guy who thinks that little of you isn't worth your time. He can go with a girl who will be bought by one dinner if he that's what he wants. You deserve to go with someone who respects you for the independant, lovely woman you are. Don't settle for him.

[Rebekah.fish]

Go by yourself! Go with a girlfriend! Or if you're super stressed about stuff then maybe don't go! It's not a big deal but if you go with him he will still think there's a chance. Don't put yourself in situations that make you rethink yourself or your integrity or compromise your morals. You're worth so much more

[Mermaid Alea]

Yes! All very good points! :clap:

[Jeblily]

Thank You!!! I'm definitely going to address this with him... Prom is this weekend so I think I am stuck riding with him in the limo, but that doesn't mean I won't ditch him for my girlfriends at Prom!!!;)

[Mermaid Alea]

Awesome you have fun okay and don't let him ruin it for you! ;)

[Mermaid Wesley]

Thank You!!! I'm definitely going to address this with him... Prom is this weekend so I think I am stuck riding with him in the limo, but that doesn't mean I won't ditch him for my girlfriends at Prom!!!;)

That is the correct response. Photoshop Ryan gosling's face over his in any photos ;)


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[SeaGlass Siren]

Because I am the biggest bitch ever....

Humiliate him at prom. #sorrynotsorry

[Jeblily]

That is the correct response. Photoshop Ryan gosling's face over his in any photos ;)


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[Mermaid Momo]

Dump his sorry butt (if it were me, I'd blast him about it first) I went to Senior Prom with my boyfriend, and I hardly ever danced with him :P he only really saw me when I came to get a drink, my phone for pictures, or when he came to try and find me :P You definitely don't need a date as long as your friends are going. Ditch him and have a blast.

[Yulia]

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Hahahaha, oh that's perfect XD

[Merman Arion]

@Jeblily

If only I could, I would gladly escort you to your prom night. We don't have them in France, it would have been a lot of fun for me :)

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[Yulia]

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Everyone on mernetwork right now

[Azurin Luna]

We had a kind of prom, but I went there alone as my ex-bf ended it a few weeks before exam ends. His loss not mine :D

And Arion for you I would make an exception and go out with a Frenchman ;)

[Rebekah.fish]

@Jeblily

If only I could, I would gladly escort you to your prom night. We don't have them in France, it would have been a lot of fun for me :)

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Arion you are prom ready! They don't have proms there?

[Merman Arion]

Arion you are prom ready! They don't have proms there?

I wear this every day for my job :)

Sadly, no. We do not have proms in France. It's an American thing, I guess.

When I was a senior and about to be graduated, someone suggested to do a prom night like the ones we see in American movies and then created one in the biggest room of my high school. I went there but not many people showed up. Mostly because it's not something common in France. It wasn't a success but it was not a failure either. People had good time, I didn't but at least I showed up and experimented it. It was nice but I wish I had friends to go with me.

The thing is that I hated my high school years. Not many good things to remember. So there you have it.. *shrug*

[Merman Arion]

I need to rant about something that really pisses me off.

There is this guy on Instagram whose name is Sven and he's a merman. He has a cool account but there is one thing that really gets on my nerves : he uses every single time gay-related hashtags for every post he makes...

Being gay is not relevant to mermaiding! Being a merman has nothing to do with sexuality.

I'm gay as well and I DO NOT use such hashtags to get more likes and attention. I feel that we do not need to show blatantly to people our preferences, it's something private. Do straight guys and women have to use the hashtag #straight in their posts?! The answer is NO. Then WHY should we?? :doh:

I have nothing negative to say about that Sven guy, I have no doubt he's a nice guy and all. I guess he and I just have a different way to think. Nevertheless, I think I'm gonna avoid to fall into the clichés.

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[Jeblily]

My heart just stopped...:swoon::fallover:
I may just have to fly you to the US Arion!!!

I hate when they use so many hash tags it feels like they are just trying to get more views... Mermaid Melissa

[MermaidCelesteFL]

So that's why Sven has so many likes... I follow him to see where his popularity comes from considering he only has a finfun tail. He's just a wiz at photomanip and design. Cookie could do that, too.


And oh, let me try the hashtag game: #OMGmermaid, #Bluemermaid, #MermaidCeleste, #CelesteMermaid, #florida, #littlemermaid, #littlebluemermaid, #floridamermaid, #straightgirlmermaid, #straightalltheway, #totallystraight, #notmermaidmelissa

[Merman Arion]

So that's why Sven has so many likes... I follow him to see where his popularity comes from considering he only has a finfun tail. He's just a wiz at photomanip and design. Cookie could do that, too.

Well, not only that. He also gets a lot of commissioned artworks on him, some made by gay artists.
I'm all for sharing but to me, using the gay hashtag for mermaiding to get more views is the same as melissa pulling the same moves.

Edit : I happen to have more followers than him on Instagram and yet, I have less pictures than him and I never used his hashtags.

[Yulia]

Well, not only that. He also gets a lot of commissioned artworks on him, some made by gay artists.

I'm all for sharing but to me, using the gay hashtag for mermaiding to get more views is the same as melissa pulling the same move.
I'd love to see Melissa use these hashtags
#gayotter #beardedgay #thebeardedhomo

[Merman Arion]

#notmermaidmelissa

I love that one! :lol: :clap:

[Mermaid Kelda]

I feel like it's not sending a great message out, too - that all mermen have to be/are automatically gay, which deters straight men away from the scene because being gay is so often seen as being a wimp, which is seen as a bad thing.
Society is one big messed-up ball of awful :\

[Merman Arion]

I feel like it's not sending a great message out, too - that all mermen have to be/are automatically gay, which deters straight men away from the scene because being gay is so often seen as being a wimp, which is seen as a bad thing.
Society is one big messed-up ball of awful :\

That's also one of my biggest concerns. This is not right.

I'm curious to know what would think Malinghi about this because he's one of the mods here and a straight merman. I'm interested to hear his input.

[Mermaid Mystery]

if he was trying to promote a business (haven't looked at his page yet) this would probably deter customers, which is the unfortunate truth. it's incredibly unprofessional.


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[MermaidCelesteFL]

Germany probably functions differently than America does. Maybe they are more open than we are about advertising sexual preferences. But seriously, if this guy wants to advertise himself as a flaming ball of merman, he should at least have thought about what this means to the community as well as himself.

[PhaylennMurúch]

*snort* flaming ball of merman *giggle*

[Anahita]

Arion, if it makes you feel any better the only other "Persian Mermaid" advertised out there is someone in a fetish suit (which those of you who know me, know that this is not my issue, as I'm a freaky little SOB).... And since her face is completely covered and her "backstory" is utter bullshit, I'm almost 100% certain this b*tch is not Persian in the least, but using both mermaids and my ethnicity as some special-snowflake attention grab.

Which is what I wholly disapprove of.