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Oh Beatty,

Your uncle sounds exactly like my brother! 🤣 They would have gotten along very well!

This particular couple were relentless in ringing my bell every Saturday morning, until they met my brother! LOL 😝

Mom and I often giggled about how he would challenge people, especially over religion and politics!
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Need, my Uncle used to chat to JW too. Often even invited them in, pour them tea & start l.o.n.g theological discussions. Pick their arguments apart one by one. It was like intellectual sport for him, & he said it was a service to keep them off the street for his neighbours. Your brother & he would have got along fine! 😁
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MD,

This one particular JW couple would ring my bell every Saturday morning! This was long before the pandemic.

I was polite when I said that I was not interested in hearing about their religion because I attended my own church.

Did that stop them from ringing my doorbell? Nope! So, I stopped answering the bell. Guess what? They still rang my doorbell on Saturday mornings and tirelessly waited for me to answer the door. I continued to ignore them.

One day I asked my brother to come over to be with mom so I could run an errand. He came to stay with mom. When I returned home, my mother and I were in stitches laughing together about the way my brother handled it.

Mom said to me, “Honey, you know that JW couple that keeps ringing the bell early on Saturday mornings even though you ignore them?” I said, ‘Yes, Mom and I wish they would stop it!’ She tells me, “I don’t think you will be hearing from them again. Your brother really shook them up with a million questions and they left shaking their heads.” LOL 😆

They never rang my bell again! I thanked my brother for getting rid of them!
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Me either MD! One guy left a VM saying they would contact my father who I used as a reference. That was hysterical for several reasons. #1 I would never list my dad as a reference #2 he passed away 7 years ago so that's impossible. I love when those places threaten to alert my boss😏
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I have to whine some more about bad people:

In the past, if I would bump into bad people, I could just walk away; find a new set of people.

But my elderly mom depends on various people within the health“care” business. Then she can’t just walk away from them. That makes those people even worse than evil, because they know my mom depends on them.

I think however, bad people don’t get away with their evilness. Something in the future, will come back and bite them. If necessary, I’ll bite them. I’m filing my 32 teeth right now.
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I agree MD.
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Back to my general whine about bad people (rude, dishonest…)…

I would love to stop bumping into such people, especially in the health“care” business.

I would love to stop bumping into bad people in general.

There are so many of them. It seems to me, there are very few good people in the world.

MOST of our problems in life don’t come from accidents or unintentional acts by people. They come from intentional acts by bad people.
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“Remember how they had those 6 feet markers all over the floor at stores”

I travelled for work during the pandemic, from country to country. It was ridiculous: at the airport, different countries had different rules (some 6 feet, some 4 feet…). So you’d land in one country, go through passport control, stand in line; everyone confused whether it’s 6, 5, 4 feet…Then there would be another queue after passport control, with for example 3 feet markers (because you just entered a new country)!
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I find solicitors in general to be a pain in the a**!

I don’t buy anything over the telephone. I hate when phone numbers and emails are sold or shared.

Every now and then someone will show up at my door too. Usually it’s a cable provider or something like that.

Don’t even get me started on door to door ministries! I don’t want Watch Tower magazine from JW Kingdom Halls. I’m never going to join their religion! So don’t ring my doorbell. I wonder how they did their outreach during the pandemic.
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Yeah, I've had so many businesses ask me for my email or phone # or street address when all I want is some information or to pay for what I'm buying, I tell them NO.
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Cwillie, I'm probably not the first person to deal with this nonsense. Too many scumbag companies sell your personal information to third parties, and it's a nightmare. I've reported so many scammers to the FTC.
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General whine about bad people.

The kind of work I do, tends to attract people with integrity, honesty and a desire to make the world a better place. Those are the kind of people I’m used to spending time with.

But ever since my mom needed help, I’ve had to deal with people in the health“care” business (it’s more business, than care). I’ve met some of the most awful people I’ve ever met.

It’s crazy how many bad people work in health“care”.

Rude, dishonest, bullies, threats, psychological tactics, power games, actors, lack of integrity, deceptive, some really awful people.
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HH,

Cheers! Break out the champagne 🍾 🥂!
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Some good news to report. My father’s Medicaid application was finally approved. He entered the NH January 29th. It took this long but it was finally approved. I was so worried about it for months. Many sleepless nights.

This is such a relief. I’m buying a bottle of champagne.
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Barb,

You aren’t the first person to complain about disappearing post! It’s a shame that posts are being removed. I don’t see any reason for doing this. Very puzzling situation, for sure.

AC, can you please replace posts that are removed? Are these accidental deletions or is there a particular reason why we can’t voice our opinions on a subject?
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There was a post here last night that had several duplicates. A person whose abusive FIL is in rehab and she wanted to know if her DH can be forced to care for him.

A write a long, detailed response of EXACTLY what to say to discharge and POOF, it has disappeared.

Very disappointed in the mods.
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If they are mistakenly harassing you for a defaulted loan then it might be wise to speak to someone there to straighten things out, stuff like that can escalate and affect your credit rating.
If it's just trolling for business then they shouldn't contact anyone on the do not call list and you should make a complaint.
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Major whine moment! Yesterday afternoon I got bombarded with calls&texts from a payday loan company. 4 calls,voicemails and 3 texts. I've got a call blocking app and the ability to block the phone calls. Wasn't working obviously so contacted my cell carrier. Hopefully it works. Also was able to opt out of the voter record website & a public search engine. Very annoying!!
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TG: Glad your father is getting good care.
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Tg,

Sounds like your dad will receive good care and be near family. Can’t ask for much more than that! I’m happy for you and your dad.
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Yes, bittersweet Tgengine.
I think you will get used to having your home back, you and your wife!

It was a long hard road, you did some really good things for your Dad.
Deep breaths, no guilt, now you can relax.

c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s .
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The long chapter finally coming to a close. Not the end of the book but a chapter.
Dad agreed to go to a facility for personal care. This will be out of state and back home. He fell quite a bit last month, ended up in the hospital then rehab and the drs said he needed 24-hour care. He belongs to a fraternity where they will care for him for the rest of his life. No cost but SSI. It is a beautiful place and he will be within 15 mins to an hour of a lot of extended family.
He agreed and is happy. After weeks of paperwork, we finally got the OK.
On our end, it is bittersweet. I will see him a couple times a year but family will see him a lot more.
He needs a walker full time, no stairs all the things he needs. Private room.
We have spent the last 2 weeks cleaning out his 2 rooms to get our place back to normal. Now it is moving some things there (suitcase not U-haul).
Thanks for all the good words and thoughts going through the past years. It's been tough. I am glad I could do it but it's been hard on us for so long. He will be safe and cared for.
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cw,

Well, since I had my cataracts removed I can see everything a little too clearly! LOL 😆

Yes! We do start growing hair in weird places as we age.

What age did y’all start shaving your legs? I begged my mom to shave my legs at 12 years old. She said no and I did it anyway. Paid the price for disobedience too! LOL 😝

I cut my leg from my ankle to my knee because I didn’t know that I had to shave with soap and water. I put my daddy’s sharp razor on a dry leg!

Now, we are sick of shaving or waxing! Plus, finding hair in weird places is crazy!

My mom lost just about all of her leg hair when she got old. They showed up on her chin! She hated it!
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Cwillie I have never waxed a nose hair!! That sounds horrible! But I do wax/ pluck my chin hairs and stach.. OMG I'm getting old! I have some scars on my upper lip from an auto accident in my college years and they can grow a crop! thank goodness for good tweezers
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My parakeet loves the magnifying mirror!
It makes him look like big bird. 🦜️
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Send - my sister gave me one of those magnifying mirrors for Christmas. I have no desire to look that closely so I've stashed it in my cupboard.
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If that ever happens to me, I am going to buy a new mirror. 🥃🥂🪞

It wasn't that long ago our face masks hid all of that.
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I hear you, I took a close look in the mirror this morning and was horrified to see a forest of big black nose hairs - geez, it wasn't that long ago that I waxed all that, was it 😱
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Hair growing in places that I thought only people that are old got it - That's the me, looking at older people when I was younger thinking that I was never going to be like that.

I'm talking ears and nose.

Guess what? that old person is what I'm slowly becoming... and it goes around and around.
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Need: You're welcome.
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