Hey folks, welcome to the new whine/general topic thread. Feel free to use this thread to discuss anything that is on your mind. Caregiving- related stuff, life after a loved one's death, your own emotional wellbeing. Whatever..........anything on your mind.
That’s true too, sometimes unsubscribing from emails doesn’t do any good. It’s just like trying to block phone numbers that are from robo callers.
It’s frustrating because I will get calls early in the morning or late at night. At least emails aren’t as bothersome as the phone calls.
Since Covid, we haven’t had any JW’s knocking on our door though. Years ago they use to ring my doorbell just as I would put my daughter down for a nap. I started placing a sign on my front door saying, ‘Do not ring bell, child napping.’
I've had my email address for over 20 years, and I use to go into those advertisements and "unsubscribe". It use to work. But now a days unsubscribing is a big mistake, as it just made it all worse.
I find it interesting that I get email from myself :)
I unsubscribe from emails from the cooking blogs that I like to read. I am not on AgingCare email list either. I opted out.
If we didn’t unsubscribe, we would be getting a million emails a day!
I never sign up for door prizes anymore at expo shows. They always ask for phone numbers and emails. Then they send out nonstop solicitation.
An increase in unidentified phone calls came as soon as I logged into the wedding site to shop gifts for the bride and groom; overnight accommodations; and to R.S.V.P.
This was last year.
And, my e-mail has very few spam now. But places like Amazon, Walmart, and other places I have never shopped say things like:
Your order needs to be redelivered.
Your purchase did not go through.
etc.
Irritating, yes!
People must know not to open those emails.
I get so tired of the random solicitations. I get the phone calls and the text messages. They are annoying. Same thing with emails.
My elderly uncle called and told me that he got an email from his good friend asking for money. Sure enough, his email had been hacked. I told him not to give any money because it was a scam.
My friend’s dad knew that he was being scammed when a random caller, claiming to be a grandchild in jail, saying that he was in need of bail money, and called him ‘grandpa.’ His grandchildren call him papa.
Scammers never give up! That’s how they make their living.
but anyway, here are some more words of wisdom from bundle of joy…
“Don’t waste your energy trying to change opinions … Do your thing, and don’t care if they like it.”
“Self-care is non-negotiable."
“Self-care equals success. You’re going to be more successful if you take care of yourself and you’re healthy.”
❤️🙂
bundle of joy
“A foolish man tells a woman to stop talking, but a wise man tells her that her mouth is extremely beautiful when her lips are closed.”
“You’re creating problems in your head again. Stop that.”
Pumice stone and an emery board to the rescue (sort of).... I guess I'll be wearing a little of it until it wears off. Good thing I'm not fussy about my hands.
I loved her posts on the ‘What’s for dinner’ site too.
Earlybird was a wonderful daughter to her mom.
I think about her too. She was very sweet.
“A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could.”
golden: How wonderful!
Gershun: Glad your kitty is good.
Golden, Frequent flyer, thx for the best wishes for my kitty. He's
good.
Other than that, nothing new to report. Still waiting on my foot to get better.
Your SIL sounds sweet!
He’s been struggling with issues. I hope he gets better soon. Thanks for your prayers. I appreciate it.
need - the lady that did my house evaluation for the bank dropped things when she was here and generally didn't look well. She had covid some months before and I think prob had long covid. Your cousin sounds sick! Prayers!
I am sorry you are feeling funky. The flu is going around here. It’s supposed to be a nasty bug. I’m glad that it’s not Covid.
My cousin just texted me and said that he has Covid again. This is his third time. He has fever and is exhausted.
The first time he got Covid the vaccine wasn’t out yet. He was on a ventilator and everything. He’s a cancer survivor (Colon) and we were extremely concerned for him. Plus he has diabetes. I’m hoping that he will recover soon.
He’s had some issues that they don’t know if they are long term symptoms of Covid or not.
He should really retire but is stubborn. He doesn’t need the money (investment banker in D.C.)
He has memory issues and continually drops things. They are thinking possibly he has the beginnings of dementia. He has neurological tests coming up.
(sorry, I just wanted to whine to somebody)
I am happy to hear that you have a plan in place. Sounds like you have been through a lot. Take care.
rose - Good morning! I am glad you are doing what you can for your emotional health. That's always important but more so when you have to be around needy, self centered people. Hope you get to feeling 100% soon. Sounds like covid did a number on you. It seems to me that your psych nurse gave you very good advice. I was caregiver to my mother who had Borderline Personality Disorder and I have been in therapy off and on all my adult life. I had to draw very firm boundaries with her, and the people on this site supported me in that. I hope we can give you some of the support you need. There are many here in similar situations. Have a great day!!!
Past the shortest day so we should notice more light in a week or so. Yay!!! Temps are more moderate this coming week (minus teens or even single digits C, (above 0 F) and I hope to get out a bit. Neither Kitty nor I have been out in days! The search for more flooring is on, but, of course, slow because of Christmas shopping. Hopefully we will have some choices by the new year. Have a good one everyone!