B!TC# IT OUT!

[SummerRogue]

How did you like the monofin? I think it's the same as the one in my fabric tail, i don't know whether it's the fabric but I feel like mine is quite difficult to push through the water


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[SiaTheMermaid]

At first I found it difficult because it was my first ever swim in a monofin but when I got the hang of it, it was nice in the water. It's got a great push in it too and it sometimes strains the ankles

[Echidna]

I hate this freaking dress.

it annoys me too, because it's clear as sunshine the colours are dirty white / ugly brown yellow.
AND IT'S UGLY TOO.


Concerning pools and their "rules"; I think I've bitched about those in this thread at least 3 times already.
Yesterday, I had a fabulous time in one of the pools which strictly disallow fins (even fins so short they are hardly longer than my toes, meaning any guys' foot will be longer and broader),
and what do I see?
There's one of those "pro" dudes, splashing around like a drowning puppy, wearing wide swimgloves that are wider and bigger than a pizza plate.
Certainly bigger than my shortfins.

But that's ok ofc, just as the bulky things the aquajoggers put on their feet and then kick all around them.
Coz those are the cool guys. Right?

[SiaTheMermaid]

Double standards. Double standards everywhere!

[Yulia]

You guys should all move to Sweden, everyone I've talked to have been nothing but supportive about tails and fins. (As long as you don't swim into anyone)

[SiaTheMermaid]

I wish it was like that here! People just tend to stare at you should you dare put a fin on, let alone a tail

[Little_Orca]

So, as though my night at work last night was not enough to be something to bitch about, I woke to something else today.

Mail service to my house has been suspended. Why? Because of my stepfather's forgetfulness.

We have a pair of dachshunds that are trained to stay in our front yard to keep my mother company when she gardens. My step dad takes them out all the time at the worst times: busy street (we live near a school) hours and when the mail comes. One of our dogs, Sherlock, thinks he is a doberman. He is all bark, no bite. He will run up to someone, bark at them, howl, then run back to my mother or step father.

My mother has asked her husband repetitively to keep the dogs in the back yard from now on, since he lets them out at these times and she is afraid that they will get hit by a car or someone will hurt Sherlock thinking he will bite them. My step dad has said he would, but he does so anyways and always claims that he forgets. We believe he has early onset dementia, but he is in denial and his doctor's tests are not showing it, but we see it constantly at home.

One of the persons that Sherlock likes to run up to and bark at is the mail carrier. We had been asked to please keep the dog away from him and my mother has worked to do so. Yesterday, my step dad let the dogs out in the front yarn AGAIN and Sherlock saw the mail carrier and ran over to them barking.

Today, my mother got a notice: mail suspension until she signs a document at the post office saying that Sherlock will be kept under control and if he isn't then they will take him away and have him put down. My mother is not mad at the post office, as she understands they are trying to protect their carriers, but she (and I) are livid at my step dad. What did my step dad have to say about all this?

"I let him out, and just plum forgot. But you should have seen that <word omitted> jump! It was hilarious."

Yeah, you know what else is hilarious? You have our dog listed as a dangerous animal now and they could potentially take him and kill him. Good. Fucking. Job.

My mom is now looking into getting a fence put up around her front yard, which will kill a lot of her flowers in an attempt to keep Sherlock safe from my step dad's forgetfulness. Sherlock is not at fault here, he is defending his home and alerting us to threats, as he sees them, and he has never bit or hurt another person or dog. He is gentle, except for his barking behavior.

I don't know what to do now. It feels as though now along with work and school I have to spend my time doing homework AND babysitting a man to make sure our dog is not killed. My mother has even considered selling the house and moving. It's all a mess and I am so... I'm just done.

[Mermaid Pickles]

Your stepdad sounds like a combination of my dad (the forgetting and not admitting things are bad) and my grandpa (The forgetting all the time and being in denial). Ouch. I'm sorry. On the upside, dachsie love over here! Honestly, I've never actually met a vicious dachsie...but they're probably out there somewhere. My dog my family had when I was a kid was like that, running and barking but then running away back to the house...or just trying to be brave from behind your legs.

[SeaGlass Siren]

Update on the hubby's liver: he's perfectly fine.

but thats not what i want to bitch about.

Last night i got home from work really late and i was too tired and hungry to do anything. he told me that he was playing a game but he'll make me something after. which is usually fine by me. but not last night. after nearly an hour of waiting, i dont know what happened but i fell off my computer chair from exhaustion. what does he do?
he continues playing. wtf.

he literally chose his stupid videogames over me. wtf. like.. i can't... wtf just happened??

[Mermaid Jaffa]

Update on the hubby's liver: he's perfectly fine.

but thats not what i want to bitch about.

Last night i got home from work really late and i was too tired and hungry to do anything. he told me that he was playing a game but he'll make me something after. which is usually fine by me. but not last night. after nearly an hour of waiting, i dont know what happened but i fell off my computer chair from exhaustion. what does he do?
he continues playing. wtf.

he literally chose his stupid videogames over me. wtf. like.. i can't... wtf just happened??

Do the same back to him with your mermaiding!

[Echidna]

I hate to say it, but when something like this happens early in a relationship (and shortly after marriage) it doesn't bode well for the future.

[PearlieMae]

Little Orca, get the fence. You can always get more flowers. Get a bark collar, too. Your dog is marked and one infraction is enough to cause a whole lot of misery. If your step dad's potential dementia is real and he's not just being an asshole, your dog is still at risk.

Seaglass, maybe it's some passive/aggressive behavior? I'm glad his liver is fine. I was afraid it was Hep C or liver cancer.

[SeaGlass Siren]

yeah. tell me about it. =_=

No he just drank too much over the holidays.

[Vixy]

So apparently from £300-350 for moving back into his old room, my brother is now going to give me only £150 and he'll start putting stuff in there. No, just no. The original money would help to my NZ fund, it would pretty much give me almost what I need, hundred or so out.

When I started speaking about it to everyone, he then told me to go upstairs and go away because I'm shrieking and starting to screech. Yet I was speaking normally, sometimes I think I shouldn't speak at all in the house as I'm apparently screeching all the time.

[SiaTheMermaid]

That sucks Vixy! I do think you should stand your ground though, because it's unfair for people to go back on what they originally said

[PearlieMae]

I thought you extracted yourself from your nutty brother a while ago.

[Vixy]

I thought you extracted yourself from your nutty brother a while ago.

He moved back in, I did have almost half a year without him though so it was nice when it lasted. I hope I will be the one moving out this year as it is going well with my boyfriend.

[SeaGlass Siren]

Well after giving him a one day silent treatment he came up to me and gave me a one hour long apology. I kid you not it was actually an hour. When I came home from work he offered to massage me and he bought me dinner... and a sweater that looks like A's (pretty little liars) and a new yoga mat I wanted from forever21.

And because I was still tired and my legs were sore from staying overtime (love my job, it's worth the pain) he decided to help me to the room and avoided video games all night to stay and talk to me.

Aw.. ;-; he's acting on his apology.

New bitchy bitch thing: a little twerp scratched my hand at the store. =_= ow.

[Merman Dan]

For every time my 14-year old son tells me to shut up, I will be scratching my testicles in front of his future girlfriend (or boyfriend). That is all.

[Lotus the Mermaid]

Well after giving him a one day silent treatment he came up to me and gave me a one hour long apology. I kid you not it was actually an hour. When I came home from work he offered to massage me and he bought me dinner... and a sweater that looks like A's (pretty little liars) and a new yoga mat I wanted from forever21.

And because I was still tired and my legs were sore from staying overtime (love my job, it's worth the pain) he decided to help me to the room and avoided video games all night to stay and talk to me.

Aw.. ;-; he's acting on his apology.

New bitchy bitch thing: a little twerp scratched my hand at the store. =_= ow.

It's sad that it took passive aggression to get him to take you seriously. But I'm glad he did. Here's hoping you don't have to do that or go through that again.