B!TC# IT OUT!

[Aysun_the_Mermaid]

He is behaving normally in every other aspect, Pearlie. But I will keep an eye on him, just in case.

I think he intended to go in the dirt, he just misjudged the size of the pot.

I need to catch him pawing in the dirt so I can mist him and teach him to stay away from the plants.

Dancing Fish, that is awful!

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[Hydra1337]

He is behaving normally in every other aspect, Pearlie. But I will keep an eye on him, just in case.

I think he intended to go in the dirt, he just misjudged the size of the pot.

I need to catch him pawing in the dirt so I can mist him and teach him to stay away from the plants.

Dancing Fish, that is awful!

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At least he's acting normal other than that.

Thank you for the support to those that responded to my first post. Even though Steve had said countless times we did the right thing by not talking to her anymore there were times where I doubted the decision we made. Hearing other people say it helps give me some closure.

[lulubelle]

I hate that my whole family resents me for not allowing my mother in the delivery room when I had my daughter (her first grandchild) in September. She said the experience was supposed to be for the mother and daughter not just the parents to be. She may be my mother but she caused so much stress and depression when my husband and I were forced to live with her that having her in the room would cause too kuch stress for me to handle her AND delivering my first baby. Her resentment and our refusal to go to church with her (we are atheists) caused events to snowball into getting kicked out not even two weeks after Evelyn was born. Also, she said because we wouldn't get Evelyn baptised something bad was going to happen to her and it would be our fault.

I actually had to change my phone number because she kept harassing us every day. At first she said she was sorry she kicked us out and didn't mean what she said. Then she changed her story to say that my husband said we were leaving before she shouted for us to get out. Because of her I now have no contact with my family and now that I've seen how shallow they really are I'm a lot happier with my life here in Florida.

Birthing is all about the one doing the birthing, that is the ONLY person whose wishes matter.

I'm sorry your mom is being so difficult. While it's hard to cut someone off, you have your mental health and the mental health of your growing family to think of. Boundaries can be hard to erect and enforce but they are SO important.

Much love and congrats on your newb.

[Aysun_the_Mermaid]

Update on the cat poop nonsense:

I think he was freaked out by my tail drying on the bathroom floor so he held it until he couldn't and then tried to go in the plant and missed while trying not to get pricked by the cactus.

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[Starfrit]

Totally unrelated bitch, I need to get this out of my system:

So, one person shared a picture on that trainwreck Mermaids Are The Best FB group, showing a hermit crab in a glass shell. And because one idiot shared it, now there's gonna be a dozen other idiots sharing the same thing to the group over and over again, and each one's gonna get a dozen comments from a dozen OTHER idiots being like "Omg I want one!" and "I'm gonna buy one for my hermit crab!!"

FUCKING. DON'T. THAT SHIT KILLS THESE CRABS, DIPSHITS.

It's stressful to the crab, causes damage to their abdomens, and can actually cause sunburns and drying out WHICH IS WHAT NATURAL SHELLS ARE DESIGNED TO FUCKING DO FOR THE CRABS IN THE FIRST PLACE. With a glass shell you are taking away their protection. It's torture, plain and simple.

And of course somebody had to comment with a link encouraging people to BUY the fucking things, so of COURSE crabs are going to end up seriously injured or killed because some idiot tween with no business caring for these babies wants their hermies to look ~*special*~

And guaranteed these are the same breed of idiots who think painted shells aren't poisonous to their crabs and only have like an inch of substrate in a bare-ass glass tank.

[PTERODACTYL SCREECH OF RAGE]

[Mermaid Clara]

Went to work at 9am, my coworker asked me to start cleaning one of the fitting rooms. When I bent down I pulled something in my lower back, I haven't been able to bend or hardly move, only stand straight. I can finally feel the ibuprofen kicking in a little bit.


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[Merman Dan]

And of course somebody had to comment with a link...

To be fair I was not encouraging people to buy them, only to look at a larger gallery of images. When I looked at articles about glass shells at Deep Sea News and the Hermit Crab Association I saw no mention of detrimental effects. Perhaps a study should be undertaken to educate people as to the effects of a non-natural shell. Granted, hermit crabs in the wild will move into all manner of man-made debris if only for a short while until they outgrow their new home.

[Mermaid Mystery]

Welp. One of my favorite lions at a completely different facility passed today. I know it was her time, but I'm still incredibly upset. I never did get to meet her.

[Winged Mermaid]

Another reminder that this thread is for non mer related venting. Mermaid stuff goes here: http://mernetwork.com/index/showthread.php?1679 I've moved over the recent mer related posts to there.

[Ashe]

Aw Mystery I'm sorry Maybe you can go cheer yourself up by playing with the funky pancake lizards?

[Hollydell]

OMG. So I got in a car accident about half a year ago. I'm alright but my back is out of wack. After a lot of physio and a bunch of massages and stuff it's finally starting to heal.
About 3 months ago I moved back in with my mom leaving my dad. She had been pushing and pushing a pushing until I finally did. The rule growing up was when you are in school you don't have to pay rent but once your out of school rent is expected.
Before I moved in I told my mom I wouldn't be able to pay rent because of all the appointments I have to pay for until the insurance company reimburses me.
Now that I'm slowly getting better I have less appointments and and I'm working more so a bit of money is coming in. Now I'm trying to pay off all my credit cards and I still don't have a cent to my name.
My dad helps out a bit if I need something he will help pay for it so I found this sweater online and asked my dad to pay for it.
Now my mom is bitching at me telling me I have to pay for wifi because we only got unlimited because I was moving in. ( I have 2 sisters that already live there plus my moms boyfriends kids that come once in a while) and she wants me to pay for the unlimited. She saw the package holding the sweater and again bitched at me for being able to afford stuff for me but I won't help out with the house funds.
I moved in expecting to pay rent once I got the settlement but now 3 months in and after the gunny moon stage she's wanting me to pay for wifi. Just makes me so angry


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[MerAnthony]

WARNING this is a RANT foul language ahead.


A few weeks ago I was told by a good friend ( nameless ) that during Merfest of 2014 that somebody had tried to get me kicked out by telling a very vicious an mean lie. It was on a bus trip to the aquarium. An I know who said it an I don't give a fuck about your problems that you have. You are a very mean an nasty Mer an you should not even be wearing a tail because you do not represent what a mer stands for. An all you feel is just for yourself an don't give 2 shits for anybody else. I swear that if this happens again I will sue for defamation of character an I will own your ass. I am not saying any names but the person will know who I am talking about. If you have an fucking thing to say to me it better be an apology. Enough said.

[Aysun_the_Mermaid]

^ I think that goes in the Drama bubble thread...

And BeMyHero, I am sorry to hear that. That must be frustrating. Is there any way you can change your living situation?

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[Hydra1337]

OMG. So I got in a car accident about half a year ago. I'm alright but my back is out of wack. After a lot of physio and a bunch of massages and stuff it's finally starting to heal.
About 3 months ago I moved back in with my mom leaving my dad. She had been pushing and pushing a pushing until I finally did. The rule growing up was when you are in school you don't have to pay rent but once your out of school rent is expected.
Before I moved in I told my mom I wouldn't be able to pay rent because of all the appointments I have to pay for until the insurance company reimburses me.
Now that I'm slowly getting better I have less appointments and and I'm working more so a bit of money is coming in. Now I'm trying to pay off all my credit cards and I still don't have a cent to my name.
My dad helps out a bit if I need something he will help pay for it so I found this sweater online and asked my dad to pay for it.
Now my mom is bitching at me telling me I have to pay for wifi because we only got unlimited because I was moving in. ( I have 2 sisters that already live there plus my moms boyfriends kids that come once in a while) and she wants me to pay for the unlimited. She saw the package holding the sweater and again bitched at me for being able to afford stuff for me but I won't help out with the house funds.
I moved in expecting to pay rent once I got the settlement but now 3 months in and after the gunny moon stage she's wanting me to pay for wifi. Just makes me so angry


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That really sucks...I know how you feel about the bills. When Steve and I first moved in with my mother a few months ago we werent supposed to pay anything but we had to help around the house. We were fine with that because in our situation it was the right thing to do for living there for free (mom handled all bills, food, etc) and we couldn't live in the same house as my mother (who is legally blind but could see enough to live alone with no assistance for almost dive years) and not help out. The longer we lived there the more she guilt tripped us into paying her bills.

Normally there is not a problem with helping out with bills. In this situation we had some issues. She thought spending over $200 in PBS donations and on top of that going to the beach with my teenage brother (which definitely cost her over $100 for transport, food, etc) was more important than paying bills that would have been covered if she hadn't spent that money.

I love my mother and understand that she's handicapped but there are definitely times she uses her disability to her advantage. She had me (days away from delivery) running around the house doing chores working me until my legs were about to give out.

From there it snowballed into what I previously ranted about. Getting that out feels a lot better. Sorry for the long post.

[Mermaid Mystery]

Aw Mystery I'm sorry Maybe you can go cheer yourself up by playing with the funky pancake lizards?

I will tomorrow if I'm training on them! hopefully they don't whip me with their tail

[Hollydell]

Thanks. I just got home from work and my mom pulled me in her room. She told me she was upset cause my room is a mess. Yes there are some clothes on the ground and yes there are some empty pop cans. So I was like whatever. But when she kept going on I started to get upset. Like let me go and clean it then.
Finally she was like you look upset, so I told her. The clothes were in the hamper but I had to grab some pants out from near the bottom. So I was in a rush to get to work. It's an easy fix.
The cans though. My mom has this big thing about weight and she hates that I drink pop. Which is ridiculous because she buys my sisters cookies all the time. But when she kept going I told her. I'm not putting the cans in the recycle because I'm just gonna get in trouble for it later. I can't win. Then she started getting angry telling me I was just trying to start a fight.
I want to move back into my dads place, I think he would take be back but I have some arguments with him as well.
I was saving up for my own place to rent from but now all my money is gone.
Again I'm sure my dad would take me back but then my mom would say "your running away from your problems"


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[Sabrina the Selkie]

Oh Hero.

*hugs*

[Princess Pearl]

Ok, I know I've only been engaged two weeks, but if ONE MORE PERSON at work asks me when the GOD DAMNED WEDDING is I will THROW THEM OUT A WINDOW.

I don't know when the date is! My fiancee lives in a different city and we have opposite work schedules! NOTHING IS PLANNED YET, STOP ASKING!!!

[Hollydell]

Aww I'm sorry to hear that, but congratulations!!!!


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[Hollydell]

And thanks Selkie <3 hugs are awesome!