PArt of me wants you to cancel it and let her deal with living social.

But part of me remembers an interview I did with a small business owner (dressmaker) when I was in college. She said if a woman is happy with your service, she'll tell three friends. If she's unhappy, she'll tell ten.

I think most of us know that the majority of yelp reviews occur when someone is either angry (and some people get angry more often than others) or when they've been wowed. Only you can decide whether the problem will become worse or just go away if you cancel the deal and whether you can live with whatever consequences (if any) come from it.

I googled this and it seems like a PI has been working this case since the beginning and he thinks he know who did, and that man committed suicide a long time ago.

Anonymous wrote:I am more disturbed by the fact that he is only 8 hours away and you see him 2-3 times a year. My parents live 10 hrs away by plane and I see them more often.

My mom lives 3 hrs away and my brother lives 20 min away and we don't see each other even once a year most times. Not everyone has to be in each others face to have a relationship. There's this thing called email and Facebook that allow you to remain in contact with other people without spending the time and money to visit multiple times a year. Also, not everyone is all that close. Or has a lot of free time and money. Everyone is different and has different needs and wants.

http://heavy.com/news/2016/08/caleb-scott-melanie-schwab-schlitterbahn-verruckt-kansas-city-water-park-slide-accident-death-dies-parents-father-photos-video/

sounds like he went airborne and had a nasty injury.

That's a lot of money to pay for a car that's nearly 20 yrs old and has a ton of miles on it. Around this time they start needing a lot of pricey work like brakes, timing belts, transmissions often start to go around this point. I wouldn't touch a car that old unless it were dirt cheap. I would (do) go car free and bus-bike-walk everywhere with an occasional uber trip thrown in. If you have a license (I let mine expire) you can sign up for zip car.

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Anonymous wrote:I am not sure if this is a good or bad thing, but I tend to get mad after the fact about things that happen. For instance, about a week ago, my husband initiated a sitdown between my asshole in laws and I. We have been butting heads big time over my husband being a mama's boy and my in laws trying to undermine our marriage. At the sitdown, I ended up apologizing to my in laws even though they are the ones who were badmouthing me all over town. Well, I left the encounter not feeling resolved, but at least happy that DH and his parents were clearly happy. In the days that have elapsed, however, I have gotten madder and madder at how those three fools sat looking self satisfied and smug as I apologized to keep the peace. Now, I want to strangle DH.

Does anyone else have delayed reactions like these? It is as if my outrage meter needs time to warm up.

No, and that doesn't sound normal or healthy. Are you getting counseling?

Every single PP before you, and now me, can relate to the OP and you come here to say it's not normal or healthy? Really? First of all, it may or may not be healthy. No one asked about that. But clearly, it's normal and you're the odd man out. Are you getting therapy for that? Every person processes information differently. That's not right or wrong, healthy or unhealthy. It just is. It's an introvert/extrovert thing. OP, it's perfectly acceptable to ask for a list of things they want to discuss and to make them stay on topic. This will give you an idea of what you're going to be ambushed with and if they deviate from the list tell them to schedule another time to discuss that. Alternatively, you can come to the table with a list. At least that way you won't be flustered and feel like you didn't get a chance to bring up the things you want to talk about. Just be clear and honest if you need to take more time to think on something, or request all correspondence be via email if that's better for you. And you can certainly email all of them now with your current thoughts and say "now that I have had time to think about it, I really don't think I'm to blame for X" or whatever works for you. Mostly, though, you need to get your husband on board. Do it now before you have kids so if you realize this isn't going to change or work for you long term, you can get out before it's messy and complicated with kids in the mix.

Jeez people, OP never asked her cousins not to tell anyone THEY were going on vacation or to avoid posting pictures of THEIR family. OP asked that they not mention SHE is going and presumably that would carry over to not posting pictures of HER or her kids on social media. No one should be posting random pictures of people on social media anyway w/o their express consent...as in "is it OK if I post this picture on facebook?" and waiting for a reply of "yes that's fine." If you don't have that express consent, don't do it. Also, OPs plans are not her cousin's plans to share. The cousin shouldn't have assumed it would be OK to share the plans regardless of whether OP asked her not to.

I say OP is under no obligation to pay her share of the house and I stand by my earlier assertion that she group email all the cousins, explain what happened, and let them decide if they want to pay OP's share since OP isnt' going or if they want to cancel altogether. This is on them.

I'd tell all the cousins in a group email what happened and let them decide if they want to pay your share or if they want to lose the deposit and cancel the house altogether.

it's probably the same house number but different street and the cop went to the wrong house.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm dreading when the kids return to school. Our lives become so much more hectic.

No sports or activities or homework during summer...just camp, the pool, and lots of trips to the beach.

Racing home to get the kids to practice, then frantically finishing homework super sucks. Our Saturdays are filled with games in far flung towns. Sundays are the only day off, and I typically spend the day cleaning.

Ugh.

This is our life too. I love summer. It's so depressing that it's almost over.

Not trying to be nasty, but can you change your life? Mine are younger, so we haven't hit sports yet. I'm wondering if it's possible in this area to choose a less hectic path.

Nope.

We have four kids. Each kid plays one sport per season. We run in different directions for practices during the week, and Saturday is filled with games. It was hectic when we only had two kids involved with sports as well. Note: these are regular teams, not travel teams (which are an entirely different animal). Plus, the kids have ccd one afternoon/week.

Kids need sports not only for exercise, but for social reasons.

Enjoy your sports-free lives while you can, pp ;0)

Try one sport per year if it's making your life miserable to be running around all the time. Or set up a carpool w/ other parents on the team. Where there's a will, there's a way. Kids are way too over scheduled these days. Let them come home from school, have a snack, be bored, use their imaginations to combat boredom, have dinner, do some homework and call it a day. They don't HAVE to do a sport every season, even if they want to. Sometimes 'no' is the best thing you can give them.

he sounds like my mom. Some people just don't need people, I guess. My grandmother was wonderful and I spent tons of time w/ her when I was little, and she cared for all of us kids in various ways. My mother has almost no relationship with any of her kids or grandkids unless clicking "like" on everything posted on facebook counts as a relationship. I don't get it either.

All you can really do at this point is give yourself the treatment you wish you had gotten from your dad.

Anonymous wrote:^looks like the person has headphones on. And the licking of the arm....says teenage boy to me.

Ugh.

agree

Are you only looking for shows? I just watched the movie Mental and thought it was hilarious, though I had to watch it 2-3 times to get it all. FUNNY!

Is her son named Duncan? If not then they're Duncan Hines boxed. To the PP who is proud of having a scratch recipe mistake for boxed...WHY? Boxed brownies taste like chemicals and preservatives. Why would you want your homemade brownies to taste like they came from a chemistry lab?

Anonymous wrote:I loved the original and at first was annoyed at the remake. "Is Hollywood just out of ideas???"

Would it be ok for a brave 8 year old?

There were definitely a few scary ghosts that sort of jump out at you.
(I didn't see the 3-D version so I imagine that would be worse.) There wasn't any cursing that I noticed, just a few ghosts (as expected.) It's PG-13 for a reason... I'm not sure I'd take an 8 yr old.