YES. THANKYOU MELAINA. Women are not baby-making machine guns.
... and on that note...
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YES. THANKYOU MELAINA. Women are not baby-making machine guns.
... and on that note...
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I started early menopause last year in May. I'm in my late 30s.
My Mum and sister in law (brother's wife) knows. My brother may know, but I didn't tell him directly.
Recent emails from friends and family in Singapore...
"So when are you going to get married and have kids? You're 40 years old now. Start soon or its too late."
They're not usually that brash. I'm guessing my Grandma has been asking them what and when about me. She did tell me once in Chinese, that whomever I chose, boy or girl, that she'd be happy for me.
Had to think for a day how to word it nicely but it ended up being, "My parts don't work anymore. They stopped working in May last year. I don't like anyone. They only kids I'm likely to have are either pet goats or some other four legged furry friend."
I don't know how or what they said to Grandma, but at least the marriage questions have stopped!:lol:
Then I kinda dread the thought of when I have to go back for my cousin's wedding sometime this year... She's old, so I'm hoping her Alzheimer's kicks in on that day!
chinese people are always brash :cry:
what i dont understand is why our personal decisions affect them so much.. since really it doesn't freaking involve them wtf.
Its all about giving face to the relatives. Even the so distant ones that you only see during major events like a wedding, funeral, Chinese New Year etc. That you don't even see them during Easter or a birthday...Quote:
Originally Posted by SeaGlass Siren
fuck face. that's so bullshit. why try to impress people you barely know and only talk to during important events?
I don't. Its too much hard work. If they don't accept me as I am, I don't bother trying to be friends with them.Quote:
Originally Posted by SeaGlass Siren
I think you're lucky!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mermaid Jaffa
My migraines are mostly hormonal, and all my female relatives suffered horribly before their menopauses...I can only hope.
And due to the marriage nagging (and being presented with some dimwit half my height and thrice my weight at every opportunity), I no longer have contact to the chinese part of my family :p
Paternal grandmother passed away. Not sure when but i was only informed about it this morning. a little miffed i had to find out over social media. also fairly pissed off my aunts treated her like utter shit on her final years.
tbh i didn't know her all that well because she's in vietnam, and i'm in canada, but she was the nicer grandmother for sure and treated all of her children and grandchildren as equals. she didn't beat any of us for no reason either which was uncommon.
...though i'm pretty sure i was the favourite because i was the canadian-born, first-born granddaughter. "and the prettiest, and the ideal female" she says. favouritism. well. I'm ok with that. she was my favourite grandmother even though i only ever saw her when i visited the motherland, or talked to her when she called regardless of the language barrier.
She is going to be sorely missed.
Okay, so this is my b**ch:
For the past two years I've pretty much been the sole income earner because my SO had two more lung collapses, the second requiring surgery. I hate my job; it's horrible, it truly is and I feel like shit doing it because I'm treated like shit from both the customer and my managers. But I have stayed, because of obvious money issues, and the fear that jobs are hard to come by these days.
So now I'm taking a month off to chill and figure out what I want to do. My partner had recently acquired a job, so money is slowly starting to come back in, or rather, I'm having to fork out less money. I have absolutely busted my hump trying to keep our shit together and I haven't been able to save much either.
For my sanity, I plan to resign next month and look at getting into cleaning (I'll explain later). My dad is already asking "When are you going back to work?" because that's all he cares about -money. So when I resign, I may or may not have a job to move on to, and I can hear my father already berating me over what a lazy daughter I apparently am. And trying to explain why I am leaving my job will be useless because he doesn't give a damn about anything else about me.
I'm just hoping against hope that they sell the house soon so they can move into their retirement village all the way across the other side of town and I can get some peace.
I'm sorry you have to deal with that. I don't think people realize how soul-crushing some jobs can be, and that it's better to leap without the safety net then deal with it a moment longer. I had one of those jobs once, and the minute I walked out on my last day I felt a weight come off my shoulders. I can totally sympathize with you. I'm glad you seem to be in a good enough place financially to go and do something for you :)Quote:
Originally Posted by -Annwyn-
Also hooray cleaning jobs! I've had a couple of those over the years and I've always enjoyed them.
Thanks, Theta :) I figured at least with cleaning jobs its wayyyyy less stressful, and if I apply myself, I can get a reasonable amount of work for more pay then I'm getting now. Seriously, I DO NOT get paid enough to take the crap I take. And yet, when I mentioned the idea to one of my work colleagues, she looks at me and says "...but you speak English!" Ohhhhhhhhh! Grrrrrr!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Theta
The part about speaking English is obnoxious. I really hate the way cleaners are lumped into a lesser class because they a) clean and b) don't often speak English. Those people are a godsend, frankly. Anyone who cleans up after someone else deserves a medal, and English speakers clean too! Arrgh.Quote:
Originally Posted by -Annwyn-
Side note, what kind of cleaning are you looking at doing? I cleaned houses and offices, and always thought that if I went further into that field I'd be really interested in heavy cleaning (crime scene, industrial hazards.)
Ok, I am sorry to be going on about this again for all those who have read this a dozen times but I am absolutely fuming with Jesse from Mermaid Creations. Today I had an opportunity to do a TV show but because my tail is now 8 months late I have missed out again! He said he had started my tail three weeks ago and promised me pictures, he then did a 2 1/2 week vanishing act.
NYE he miraculously appears after seeing a refund invoice i sent him on paypal and said my scales have been pulled an he would send a picture. It is now Tuesday and I have has no pictures and no word. I am this close to flying to Ohio and kicking his fishy ass! Agggggggghhhhhhhhrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Rant over, thank you for reading. xxxx
I think crime scenes would be too disturbing for me.
Bring Theta along, she is the cranky mermaid after all and she knows how to clean away all the evidence.Quote:
Originally Posted by Samantha Siren
well played.
Hahaha Flyer2002 you are awesome! Though I don't wanna kill the guy cause then i'd be a murderer and still without a tail. but a good kick up the ass would make me feel better!
True or you could get your money back and pay someone else and give them all the supplies from him so it doesn't cost that much.Quote:
Originally Posted by Samantha Siren
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