FFFC

Ladybug622

kellyrn9956 said:

mak7788 said:

Ladybug622 said:

Yesterday I called child protective services on my cousin. My mom told me not to because if anybody finds out it was me it will ruin her relationship with her brother, who is my cousins dad. I don't give a shit. What she is doing to her son is not right, family or not.

Unless the case were to go to court and you testified against your cousin, no one will know it was you. A child's safety always trumps "ruining" an adult friendship. Sorry you have to deal with this!

Except the fact that she posted on a public forum that she did it, and has pictures of her kids in her siggy. 

I've never understood posting extremely personal information on a public message board when you have identifying pictures/other info of yourself in your siggy. Who knows who's on this board that you know IRL. I don't know the situation, so I have no clue if you are justified in your decision, but either way, whether she deserves it or not, this is horribly personal family information and it makes me uncomfortable that it's posted here. 

Well, if I had to testify to get the kid out of her care I would. I don't care if she knows it was me, she deserves it. The only person who does care is my mom and her reasoning is ridiculous when there is a child in danger. Sorry if it made you uncomfortable. Wait no I'm not.

samantha1477

funnibunni80 said:

I think both the peridot and orange topaz are ugly. My daughter is. November baby, and I've always told her that her birthstone was just topaz- and have always bought blue topaz stones. Recently we were at Walmart looking at the Jewry case and she told me the sign was wrong- because it said December was blue topaz. I had to fess. Lol. She agrees orange isn't pretty though- so I lucked out. Prettiest stones? September, October, and FEBRUARY. Ooooo and July too. . I would LOVE a February baby. Purple is DH's favorite color. (Mine too!)

I have a November birthday, and I used to hate citrine. Now I like yellow citrine, especially in a nice cushion cut. I have beautiful cushion cut yellow citrine earings and a pear cut pendant necklace. It is one of those stones that needs an exceptional cut and nice setting because it can definitely look dated and dull.

[Deleted User]

I haven't thought about birthstones until just now. Mine is a garnet, and I like it

I just looked up a list, the only one I can really say I completely dislike is citrine.

EmeJay

Sorry for the post and run earlier - Stupid work getting in the way of my bumping.

Thanks to everyone who commented on my head-scratcher issue. I'll have a good discussion with my BFF this weekend.


New FFFC: I had no idea what my birth stone was nor why I should care before this thread and a little Googling.

GinnyJ2012

divinemsbee said:

EmeJay said:

cruelsound said:

All of you broads who are all, "LOOK AT ME, I haven't shaved in a month!" Well, I didn't shave the baby hatch area for over a year after my youngest was born.

I win.

Did you french braid it?

FFFC: My best friend asked me to be the godmother of her son. She wants to have a catholic baptism. I don't believe in God. I don't know what to do and feel like an asshole both ways.

Just so you know, and your friend will, to be the actual godmother you have to have a note from your parish priest that you are an active Catholic in good standing and participate/are a member of a parish. That also means you're a Confirmed Catholic, and if you're married you're married in the Church. Now, you can be a 'Christian witness' if you were baptized in any Christian denomination, you don't have to have a note or anything. I say this because I'm a godmother this weekend and had to contact my parish here, but my H, who was baptized Episcopal, in the Christian witness.

We just had my son baptized Catholic we used my SIL as the Catholic god parent and my Brother even though he's non catholic. I had to tell the coordinator what denomination my brother is, that he's a practicing Christian and baptized. My SIL had to have a letter from her church.

PugMum

dorothyzbornak97 said:

At least once a day, I check my profile to see how many new likes I have. Because I want you to like me, I really, really do. 

@dorothyzbornak97 Where do you find this out? On your profile page? I thought that was the amount of things that I've liked?

jnnfrrose6

GinnyJ2012 said:

EmeJay said:

cruelsound said:

All of you broads who are all, "LOOK AT ME, I haven't shaved in a month!" Well, I didn't shave the baby hatch area for over a year after my youngest was born.

I win.

Did you french braid it?

FFFC: My best friend asked me to be the godmother of her son. She wants to have a catholic baptism. I don't believe in God. I don't know what to do and feel like an asshole both ways.

Just so you know, and your friend will, to be the actual godmother you have to have a note from your parish priest that you are an active Catholic in good standing and participate/are a member of a parish. That also means you're a Confirmed Catholic, and if you're married you're married in the Church. Now, you can be a 'Christian witness' if you were baptized in any Christian denomination, you don't have to have a note or anything. I say this because I'm a godmother this weekend and had to contact my parish here, but my H, who was baptized Episcopal, in the Christian witness.

We just had my son baptized Catholic we used my SIL as the Catholic god parent and my Brother even though he's non catholic. I had to tell the coordinator what denomination my brother is, that he's a practicing Christian and baptized. My SIL had to have a letter from her church.

My brother and I are godparents to our cousin.  While we were both baptized in the Catholic church, we grew up going to an Episcopalian church.  (father's family is Catholic, mother's is Episcopalian).  I am not, nor have I ever been, a member of a Catholic church since I was maybe 3 (dad did try to take us for a little while, but clearly didn't last long), yet I was able to become my cousin's Godmother without any issues (that I know of).  I think it depends on the parish.

For DS, we had to at least get verification that our choices for godparents are Christian, but Episcopalian wasn't a priority.  My cousin (that I'm godmother to) is now godmother to my son.

KatzKiss

Last night my husband caught me squatting over a hand mirror, looking at my vagina.

mmb248

There are gemstones that I can say aren't my favorite, but there's never been one that I didn't like.

Citrine:


Peridot:


Topaz:


BTW, all of those are under $500.  The topaz ring is under $100... and was just added to my pinterest gift list.

CMSullivan326

Aquamarine over huuurrrrr.

EmeJay

jnnfrrose6 said:

GinnyJ2012 said:

EmeJay said:

FFFC: My best friend asked me to be the godmother of her son. She wants to have a catholic baptism. I don't believe in God. I don't know what to do and feel like an asshole both ways.

Just so you know, and your friend will, to be the actual godmother you have to have a note from your parish priest that you are an active Catholic in good standing and participate/are a member of a parish. That also means you're a Confirmed Catholic, and if you're married you're married in the Church. Now, you can be a 'Christian witness' if you were baptized in any Christian denomination, you don't have to have a note or anything. I say this because I'm a godmother this weekend and had to contact my parish here, but my H, who was baptized Episcopal, in the Christian witness.

We just had my son baptized Catholic we used my SIL as the Catholic god parent and my Brother even though he's non catholic. I had to tell the coordinator what denomination my brother is, that he's a practicing Christian and baptized. My SIL had to have a letter from her church.

My brother and I are godparents to our cousin.  While we were both baptized in the Catholic church, we grew up going to an Episcopalian church.  (father's family is Catholic, mother's is Episcopalian).  I am not, nor have I ever been, a member of a Catholic church since I was maybe 3 (dad did try to take us for a little while, but clearly didn't last long), yet I was able to become my cousin's Godmother without any issues (that I know of).  I think it depends on the parish.

For DS, we had to at least get verification that our choices for godparents are Christian, but Episcopalian wasn't a priority.  My cousin (that I'm godmother to) is now godmother to my son.

I grew up Catholic am baptized and have done all my sacrements. The issue is more in going there and plain lying about "helping him in his faith with God".

GinnyJ2012

My birthstone is a ruby and I love it. DS is a sapphire and those are my favorites.

My very lame FFFC: DH is out of town until tomorrow so instead of cleaning daily I'm waiting until tonight to clean up. I've been napping while DS naps, or playing on the bump. My house is a disaster zone. I've only cleaned DS high chair and vacuumed.

EmilyA724

wishiwaspreggo said:

@EmeJay - My problem is the inverse of yours!   My very religious Christian friend really, really wants to be the godmother of C and I's future child.  She's C's best friend from childhood and she's brought it up with us many times.  C is really uncomfortable with it because we aren't religious.  And while I love our friend, I kind of worry that she'll tell things to our child that I'm not comfortable with.  We have a lot in common, but we strongly disagree when it comes to religion and politics.  We avoid talking about it because neither of us will see eye-to-eye.

It's really hard because we're gay and she's an Evangelical Christian. 

It's not a problem we have to face now but I admit it's in the back of my mind and I don't know what to do. 

That probably didn't help.  But I at least kinda know how you feel.  It's hard.

If you aren't religious are you going to baptize your child? If you aren't, then that's at least a problem solved without having to offend any one.

GinnyJ2012

MiracleBByE said:

AppleGrapeMSTK said:

NellyBluth said:

MiracleBByE said:

I made my friend create a fake acct and stalk BMs facebook after she had her baby friday just so we could see how ugly it is...yep we were right.

I'm sad that you call a baby ugly. I know they aren't the best looking creatures when they are first born, but it just seems really mean to take out your frustrations with an adult on a baby that just got here.

Eta: I would be hurt and angry beyond belief if someone said that about my kid just because they didn't like me. Call me ugly, call me fat, call me a dumb bitch...but don't say a word about my child who has nothing to do with it.

This exactly.  What a shitty thing to say about a newborn.  You really worked hard to be able to stalk her on fb, too. I totally read it as ugly drama- we're talking about ugly babies??? ;( Its not really. She talks bad about my kids and tells SS that my kids are not his siblings and their just bastards (my ex lives in tx and never sees them) and that they are not ever going to be his family. And I didnt have to work too hard, anybody can see profile pics.


So because she's mean and nasty about your kids you get to do the same about hers?

KatzKiss

HisGirlFriday929 said:

KatzKiss said:

Last night my husband caught me squatting over a hand mirror, looking at my vagina.

Okay this is my favorite so far.  My DH would never let me live that down.  He lives to tease me .  He emailed me an article about a helmet they developed in Sweden because I'm accident-prone.  He says it's my Christmas gift & I should be excited because it's safe & I don't have to feel embarrased wearing it...

https://jalopnik.com/swedes-develop-invisible-bike-helmet-1460189477

Yeah. He laughed his ass off! I'll be hearing about it for a while.

beckynsean11

EmilyA724 said:

wishiwaspreggo said:

@EmeJay - My problem is the inverse of yours!   My very religious Christian friend really, really wants to be the godmother of C and I's future child.  She's C's best friend from childhood and she's brought it up with us many times.  C is really uncomfortable with it because we aren't religious.  And while I love our friend, I kind of worry that she'll tell things to our child that I'm not comfortable with.  We have a lot in common, but we strongly disagree when it comes to religion and politics.  We avoid talking about it because neither of us will see eye-to-eye.

It's really hard because we're gay and she's an Evangelical Christian. 

It's not a problem we have to face now but I admit it's in the back of my mind and I don't know what to do. 

That probably didn't help.  But I at least kinda know how you feel.  It's hard.

If you aren't religious are you going to baptize your child? If you aren't, then that's at least a problem solved without having to offend any one.

Unfortunately, people take offense that you don't plan to baptize. The choice to not believe is seldom respected.

ETA: In my experience.

EmeJay

slappalicious said:

BankerBSN said:

I give myself goosebumps before I shave.

Me too.  I hate it.  I don't give them to myself, it just happens and I can't get rid of them.    boo.

FFFC: I thought that "giving yourself goosebump" was perhaps an english metaphor/saying/slang I didn't get, so I Googled it.

Siamese253

beckynsean11 said:

EmilyA724 said:

wishiwaspreggo said:

@EmeJay - My problem is the inverse of yours!   My very religious Christian friend really, really wants to be the godmother of C and I's future child.  She's C's best friend from childhood and she's brought it up with us many times.  C is really uncomfortable with it because we aren't religious.  And while I love our friend, I kind of worry that she'll tell things to our child that I'm not comfortable with.  We have a lot in common, but we strongly disagree when it comes to religion and politics.  We avoid talking about it because neither of us will see eye-to-eye.

It's really hard because we're gay and she's an Evangelical Christian. 

It's not a problem we have to face now but I admit it's in the back of my mind and I don't know what to do. 

That probably didn't help.  But I at least kinda know how you feel.  It's hard.

If you aren't religious are you going to baptize your child? If you aren't, then that's at least a problem solved without having to offend any one.

Unfortunately, people take offense that you don't plan to baptize. The choice to not believe is seldom respected.

ETA: In my experience.

I'm having a quote fail above, but away.

Yes to this, my mother gave my non-religious sister nonstop grief until she agreed to baptize her child. I however, am far more experienced at ignoring our mother and have no plans to baptize any future children.

I will take them to a variety of churches when they're old enough, so they can get the feel of things and make their own decisions.

Raesofsunshine1

ADH0906 said:

We cashed in some stock and were able to check a few big items off our wish/need list, like a real life adult dining room table and a comfy couch.  We also decided to do an energy audit of our house, because heating it last winter was $500 a month and our state offers a pretty good energy incentive.  Turns out, there's pretty much nothing in the walls and I'm so pissed.  After the 4.5 hour audit, I'm pretty sure the chunk of money that we budgeted is waaaay off.  My FFFC is.... we can afford the repairs, and should do it, but it means that most of my items on the 'want' list get scrapped.  I feel like a brat for being so upset about that.

ETA: words

Just think of all the money you will save after this every month! That can go towards things you want!

beckynsean11

Siamese253 said:

beckynsean11 said:

EmilyA724 said:

wishiwaspreggo said:

@EmeJay - My problem is the inverse of yours!   My very religious Christian friend really, really wants to be the godmother of C and I's future child.  She's C's best friend from childhood and she's brought it up with us many times.  C is really uncomfortable with it because we aren't religious.  And while I love our friend, I kind of worry that she'll tell things to our child that I'm not comfortable with.  We have a lot in common, but we strongly disagree when it comes to religion and politics.  We avoid talking about it because neither of us will see eye-to-eye.

It's really hard because we're gay and she's an Evangelical Christian. 

It's not a problem we have to face now but I admit it's in the back of my mind and I don't know what to do. 

That probably didn't help.  But I at least kinda know how you feel.  It's hard.

If you aren't religious are you going to baptize your child? If you aren't, then that's at least a problem solved without having to offend any one.

Unfortunately, people take offense that you don't plan to baptize. The choice to not believe is seldom respected.

ETA: In my experience.

I'm having a quote fail above, but away.

Yes to this, my mother gave my non-religious sister nonstop grief until she agreed to baptize her child. I however, am far more experienced at ignoring our mother and have no plans to baptize any future children.

I will take them to a variety of churches when they're old enough, so they can get the feel of things and make their own decisions.

This is my stance too. I plan to(who knows if it'll work) educate my children on a variety of religions. If they chose to believe in something, I will support it. They can get baptized if & when they choose. My family will get over it. 

KatzKiss

cjchio said:

AppleGrapeMSTK said:

NellyBluth said:

MiracleBByE said:

I made my friend create a fake acct and stalk BMs facebook after she had her baby friday just so we could see how ugly it is...yep we were right.

I'm sad that you call a baby ugly. I know they aren't the best looking creatures when they are first born, but it just seems really mean to take out your frustrations with an adult on a baby that just got here.

Eta: I would be hurt and angry beyond belief if someone said that about my kid just because they didn't like me. Call me ugly, call me fat, call me a dumb bitch...but don't say a word about my child who has nothing to do with it.

This exactly.  What a shitty thing to say about a newborn.  You really worked hard to be able to stalk her on fb, too. 

I totally read it as ugly drama- we're talking about ugly babies??? ;(

Its not really. She talks bad about my kids and tells SS that my kids are not his siblings and their just bastards (my ex lives in tx and never sees them) and that they are not ever going to be his family. And I didnt have to work too hard, anybody can see profile pics.

------------------- You both sound like winners.

I'm sorry. I know this is supposed to be flame free but this is just wrong. So because she's a shit talking bitch, you have to sink to her level? When I saw this on tv I thought what kind of woman would do this. Now I know. https://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/23876210/2013/11/04/facebook-group-bashes-toddlers-photos

mmb248

trawas01 said:

I have zero sympathy for people on my facebook feed who are crying about losing their catastrophic health insurance coverage. Stop betting on being young and healthy now. It only takes a moment for everything to change.  I hid a really good friend on facebook because i couldn't handle seeing her bitch about it anymore.

I just saw the last couple of posts, and couldn't believe I missed this earlier. (obviously gemstones were more interesting to me)

I have to address the bolded.  I understand that in previous posts you've explained that it's really because of this one friend that you hid, but that's a very sweeping statement in the first sentence.  My aunt's very good insurance plan has gone away.  Her options are not nearly as affordable.  My mother works for a nonprofit in a job that she loves, but doesn't pay much, and her insurance premiums are going up $70/month.

I'm tired of all the people who make statements like the one you just made.  Do you realize that it makes you look like you know more about their personal finances and health than they do?  Do you think that people who are upset about the healthcare changes are just too dumb to understand?  Because that is exactly how you and everyone who defends the new policies sound.

ChickadDeedee

EmeJay said:

FFFC: My best friend asked me to be the godmother of her son. She wants to have a catholic baptism. I don't believe in God. I don't know what to do and feel like an asshole both ways.

Our issue is slightly different, when DS was born we had him baptized, even though my husband is not religious. Now that we're planning on another, I don't think we will baptize that child as my beliefs have also now changed, and I'm afraid of the backlash we will receive from both sides of the family. They already complain that my cousin didn't baptize her niece and I'm sure they will give us crap about why we would baptize one child and not the other.

samantha1477

I cant stand one of my coworkers. She is so annoying and is on again off again with her boyfriend like a freaking light bulb. Anyway I don't want any of the guys in the office go out with her. She asks them out when she is "off" with her BF and I convince them to say no or cancel. I just dont want all of my sweet coworkers to end up with VD's from ho-sefina.

 

acorn99

ADH0906 said:

We cashed in some stock and were able to check a few big items off our wish/need list, like a real life adult dining room table and a comfy couch.  We also decided to do an energy audit of our house, because heating it last winter was $500 a month and our state offers a pretty good energy incentive.  Turns out, there's pretty much nothing in the walls and I'm so pissed.  After the 4.5 hour audit, I'm pretty sure the chunk of money that we budgeted is waaaay off.  My FFFC is.... we can afford the repairs, and should do it, but it means that most of my items on the 'want' list get scrapped.  I feel like a brat for being so upset about that.

ETA: words

We had saved up a bit to able to buy a new car, only to discover  that we needed a new furnace AND hot water heater. Boo. Being a grown up stinks sometimes. I tried to be optimistic and appreciate that we hadn't already bought a car and then still had to shell out for the furnace.

KatzKiss

GhostMonkey said:

KatzKiss said:

I'm sorry. I know this is supposed to be flame free but this is just wrong. So because she's a shit talking bitch, you have to sink to her level? When I saw this on tv I thought what kind of woman would do this. Now I know. https://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/23876210/2013/11/04/facebook-group-bashes-toddlers-photos

LOLz. You must be new.

Yup! But I think I get the jist now. It's hard for me to keep my mouth shut when people say things like this and obviously others can't either. Thank God!

samantha1477

CrazyCornball said:

I actually don't give two shits if people think my kid is ugly. I love her more than anything in this world and am extremely biased, so I don't think it would bother me if someone I didn't like thought my kid was ugly. I think she is the bomb. It is pretty much what happens when you have a kid. Now, if someone stole her pictures from me and were ridiculing her on a public forum, that would piss me off. 

I was the ugliest baby on the planet. And my mom gets offended when I say that. It is more of an insult to her than to me apparently. The fact that I cant insult myself really makes me feel like babies are 100% off limits.

ADH0906

mmb248 said:

trawas01 said:

I have zero sympathy for people on my facebook feed who are crying about losing their catastrophic health insurance coverage. Stop betting on being young and healthy now. It only takes a moment for everything to change.  I hid a really good friend on facebook because i couldn't handle seeing her bitch about it anymore.

I just saw the last couple of posts, and couldn't believe I missed this earlier. (obviously gemstones were more interesting to me)

I have to address the bolded.  I understand that in previous posts you've explained that it's really because of this one friend that you hid, but that's a very sweeping statement in the first sentence.  My aunt's very good insurance plan has gone away.  Her options are not nearly as affordable.  My mother works for a nonprofit in a job that she loves, but doesn't pay much, and her insurance premiums are going up $70/month.

I'm tired of all the people who make statements like the one you just made.  Do you realize that it makes you look like you know more about their personal finances and health than they do?  Do you think that people who are upset about the healthcare changes are just too dumb to understand?  Because that is exactly how you and everyone who defends the new policies sound.

I agree.  My insurance premiums for the same cadillac plan I've had for 5 years are going up, deductible is doubling, out of pocket max is doubling.  It's really, really good insurance that I'm completely blessed to have from my employer and I know that I'm really lucky to be able to afford it.  But that doesn't mean that I'm slightly upset that it's a bit of a financial hit, and I have several coworkers who had to downgrade their plans because of prices rising so much this year. 

A lot of the FFFC today are seriously lacking in basic empathy. (Maybe that's my other FFFC?)

ADH0906

acorn99 said:

ADH0906 said:

We cashed in some stock and were able to check a few big items off our wish/need list, like a real life adult dining room table and a comfy couch.  We also decided to do an energy audit of our house, because heating it last winter was $500 a month and our state offers a pretty good energy incentive.  Turns out, there's pretty much nothing in the walls and I'm so pissed.  After the 4.5 hour audit, I'm pretty sure the chunk of money that we budgeted is waaaay off.  My FFFC is.... we can afford the repairs, and should do it, but it means that most of my items on the 'want' list get scrapped.  I feel like a brat for being so upset about that.

ETA: words

We had saved up a bit to able to buy a new car, only to discover  that we needed a new furnace AND hot water heater. Boo. Being a grown up stinks sometimes. I tried to be optimistic and appreciate that we hadn't already bought a car and then still had to shell out for the furnace.

(Yikes. Back to back posts. Sorry!)

I wish I hadn't evern FFFC'ed to that.  It was money that we had set aside, and finding this out even a few weeks ago would have been a serious financial issue.  My real FFFC should have been: "DH got all his things, and now house stuff takes the place of mine and I'm a big fat baby." 

Spookster

I love the Aug. Birthstone too! 

macylynn27 said:

Lottie&Paul said:

I really want to get KU asap, but if I get a BFP this cycle, then I can't drink during the holidays and the EDD will be Aug, which has a horrible birthstone. So if I ever get piece of mother's jewelry, like 20 years from now, it will have a crappy peridot. But if I don't get a BFP until my next cycle, then I can drink over the holidays, and the EDD would be September, which has a lovely sapphire for its birthstone. I can't help but worry that this lousy attitude will result in my not getting pregnant, as punishment from the gods for being petty.

I LOVE my peridot birth stone! 

Lottie&Paul

This is my stance too. I plan to(who knows if it'll work) educate my children on a variety of religions. If they chose to believe in something, I will support it. They can get baptized if & when they choose. My family will get over it. 

We belong to an Episcopal church, and when we had our son baptized, our priest told us she doesn't care what religion the godparents are. She said, "protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, whatever! As long as they are will ing to support your son in his spiritual path, they're fine with me." It reinforced to me that our church is the right for for us and our values.

Spookster

beckynsean11 said:

Lottie&Paul said:

I really want to get KU asap, but if I get a BFP this cycle, then I can't drink during the holidays and the EDD will be Aug, which has a horrible birthstone. So if I ever get piece of mother's jewelry, like 20 years from now, it will have a crappy peridot. But if I don't get a BFP until my next cycle, then I can drink over the holidays, and the EDD would be September, which has a lovely sapphire for its birthstone. I can't help but worry that this lousy attitude will result in my not getting pregnant, as punishment from the gods for being petty.

I'm a September baby, so I'm partial to a sapphire, but I have seen some very pretty peridots. Just like all other colored stones, they come in a variety of shades. You just need to find the right one for you.

I love September I was supposed to be an August baby but I was "late". I love Sapphires and Peridots.I love most birthstone jewelry even if its not my birth month. Love me some Rubies and Emeralds, Opals, Diamonds... :-)  

mmb248

trawas01 said:

mmb248 said:

trawas01 said:

I have zero sympathy for people on my facebook feed who are crying about losing their catastrophic health insurance coverage. Stop betting on being young and healthy now. It only takes a moment for everything to change.  I hid a really good friend on facebook because i couldn't handle seeing her bitch about it anymore.

I just saw the last couple of posts, and couldn't believe I missed this earlier. (obviously gemstones were more interesting to me)

I have to address the bolded.  I understand that in previous posts you've explained that it's really because of this one friend that you hid, but that's a very sweeping statement in the first sentence.  My aunt's very good insurance plan has gone away.  Her options are not nearly as affordable.  My mother works for a nonprofit in a job that she loves, but doesn't pay much, and her insurance premiums are going up $70/month.

I'm tired of all the people who make statements like the one you just made.  Do you realize that it makes you look like you know more about their personal finances and health than they do?  Do you think that people who are upset about the healthcare changes are just too dumb to understand?  Because that is exactly how you and everyone who defends the new policies sound.

I will defend the new policies. I think having a minimum of requirements for all health insurance plans in this country is necessary. I think having to cover people who have already been diagnosed is absolutely necessary. I think spreading the costs of health care by requiring everyone to have it is the only way to make the health care system work for everyone involved (aside from going to a social health care system, which I'd also be in favor of). As someone who didn't have health insurance for the first 20 years of her life I know damn well how hard it is to afford a dr and would have jumped at the chance of subsidized care then.

I think many, not all, many of the people complaining or in shock now thought it wouldn't apply to them, that it would be repealed or stuck their head in the sand and said I'd deal with it later. That's unfortunate but this is the new reality of what health care is. Change isn't easy on anyone but the health care system was broken long ago. The transition may not be easy but this is finally taking steps to make it work again.

Though this is getting far from the FFFC and turning into a political debate, of which, while I enjoy them, is way off topic.

I'm not saying that having a minimum of requirements for all health insurance plans in this country or having to cover people who have already been diagnosed aren't good ideas.  I totally support that.  FTR, I support most of the healthcare act.  But to say that you have no sympathy for those who got fucked by the changes is crappy.

Defending it to the people who are negatively affected by it is an asshole thing to do. It discounts their problem.

acorn99

ADH0906 said:

acorn99 said:

ADH0906 said:

We cashed in some stock and were able to check a few big items off our wish/need list, like a real life adult dining room table and a comfy couch.  We also decided to do an energy audit of our house, because heating it last winter was $500 a month and our state offers a pretty good energy incentive.  Turns out, there's pretty much nothing in the walls and I'm so pissed.  After the 4.5 hour audit, I'm pretty sure the chunk of money that we budgeted is waaaay off.  My FFFC is.... we can afford the repairs, and should do it, but it means that most of my items on the 'want' list get scrapped.  I feel like a brat for being so upset about that.

ETA: words

We had saved up a bit to able to buy a new car, only to discover  that we needed a new furnace AND hot water heater. Boo. Being a grown up stinks sometimes. I tried to be optimistic and appreciate that we hadn't already bought a car and then still had to shell out for the furnace.

(Yikes. Back to back posts. Sorry!)

I wish I hadn't evern FFFC'ed to that.  It was money that we had set aside, and finding this out even a few weeks ago would have been a serious financial issue.  My real FFFC should have been: "DH got all his things, and now house stuff takes the place of mine and I'm a big fat baby." 

I hear you, the furnace definitely  didn't break the bank, but I would have much rather spent it on something fun  

EmeJay

A couple of weeks ago, I finished my 2nd bottle of 250 PNV.

I have yet to buy buy another bottle. Screw it. I'm Folic Acided to the ears.

AppleGrapeMSTK

slappalicious said:

I EFFING love them together! 
so there.

These were my wedding colors.  Sour apple and grape. Hence my name.  Looooove these colors.

acorn99

Public bathrooms give me shy bladder so I have a song that I sing quietly to myself to help me relax. I think it started when I worked in an office with a really small two stall bathroom. 

jcsumm0

This was 8 pages of snoozefest.

[Deleted User]

FFFC:

A friend and I made plans weeks ago for tonight, but she had to cancel for whatever reason.

I would like to see her at some point, but I'm a little too excited about getting to have a date with my bathtub this evening instead.

EmeJay

NotElsie said:

FFFC:

A friend and I made plans weeks ago for tonight, but she had to cancel for whatever reason.

I would like to see her at some point, but I'm a little too excited about getting to have a date with my bathtub this evening instead.