WTF Wednesday

rnyland1

WTF is going on today?

adough27

Once again my WTF is related to purchasing my condo (sorry for the continued saga).  More specifically my WTF goes out to DH's and my lender.  One of the first documents we sent her were our condo documents laying out the number units, how the condo board will be structured, etc. Our lender said everything looked peachy.... fast forward 6 months when we are getting ready to close and now she says that the condo board structure looks like a problem and is not sure if we can close.... ugh just when I thought that we only needed to get the condo inspected since it is now complete, my husband and I are praying its just a misunderstanding, but at the same time scrambling to find a new lender.  I just want to move!!!! I need peace of mind, knowing I have a place to live and I just want to decorate the nursery and get ready for baby!!!! At this point I just hope we move in by June and before LO decides to make her arrival (we were supposed to close in January) . 

LDSJM123

My WTF is the bump app. It's been messed up all morning. Anyone else?  Bumping on my phone is far easier than the laptop. I suppose I could be productive today... meh. That doesn't sound like fun. 

oandmplus1

My WTF rude people. Old dude at the grocery store staring as my son was about to go into a tantrum over not getting candy, judging and commenting on my parenting.  Thanks old dude, that is helpful as my whale of a pregnant self is just trying to get groceries,  while dragging along my 5 year old and a cranky 3 year old. Tantrum lasted like 2 minutes until I re-directed him, so old dude can just F off and relax a little.

TM14

WTF to the construction workers and landscapers working on our yard and the surrounding ones. Who the hell thinks it's acceptable to start your loud ass machines outside my window at 6 am. You woke up my 2 year old as well when I had at least one more hour of attempted sleep. And now you're doing nothing? You just disappear after all that noise? They're asking for an ass kicking.

winnie1122

Pregnancy nose makes teenage lack of hygiene unbearable. I have kids sitting around my desk all day and I've had to scoot my chair back as far as possible just to breathe. Especially kids who think smoking is cool. My nose itches. 

arhodes6

WTF to my boss who told me in December that I would get 6 weeks of my 12 week mat leave paid on a regular schedule. Fast forward to today when she tells me that actually they are going to not pay me during my leave but reimburse me when I come back from leave. Ummmm... it is 1 month before I planned on going on leave and you are telling me this now!?!?!? Way to screw me over! I was counting on those 6 weeks of pay to get me through leave. I understand she is just covering her ass, but still! It is pretty f'n shady that she didn't tell me this until NOW!! And it doesn't make me feel too good knowing that she thinks so little of me. Luckily, my DH and I were able to figure out our budget and make it so he can handle all of our expenses and anything I make is extra. I had planned on coming back to work after the 12 weeks, but now I am going to quit in June. Now they are the ones who will be screwed and I will have all the time in the world with my little man until I am ready to work again.  

Jodi1980

@LDSJM123 - I HATE my android updated Bump app. It won't let me post my pics unless it's a url code. I have to be on a PC......very displeased!  

rnyland1

WTF Kroger cashier lady. No, I am not having a girl. I do not "have to" have a girl either. Please don't tell me I need to have a third child because I might "finally get my girl." I am done having kids after this. Thanks.

Also, WTF to my mother who demanded that I send her a card for her anniversary with my Dad (may 21st). First of all, I was going to send a card anyway. Secondly, I think it's rude to demand that someone send you a card for anything. People should be able to genuinely send cards or not send cards if they want to or don't want to. A little background -- my mother suffers from a lot of mental health problems. The last text message I received from her contained excerpts like "I bet you'll be happy when I'm dead!" and "I should just kill myself" along with "don't forget to call the house phone" all in the same text message. Yet I still sent her the card anyways, because I knew it would make her happy for maybe 5 minutes. I'm a good friggin' daughter, yo.

mamafox14

@rnyland1 sounds like my MIL, she's obsessed with cards for every occasion and gives them for every possible thing. Personally, I think cards are kind of a waste of paper and money UNLESS you are writing something really sentimental and special inside. If you just buy an insane amount if cards with weird cats on them and sign your name inside, I don't get it. She once told me that she was MAD AT ME because my husband didn't get his dad a card for his birthday (to be clear, there was a gift, just no card). Oh and not mad at him, at me, because according to her it's MY JOB to do things like that for him. HAHAHAHA you are hilarious lady. 

Anyhow, your mom sounds even more intense than my nutty MIL, so props to you for dealing. 

PootsDragon

My WTF is the IRS today. Got a big fat bill today saying we filed incorrectly in 2014. Had to track down our return and we did file incorrectly, paying some stuff in 2013 that should have been 2014. So they sent a bill for 2014 but didn't send a check for 2013... Going to have to call an accountant to ask what to do to fix this. Ugh. Also going to have to pay a tax person from now on because our money has obviously gotten too adult for us to just half-ass the tax returns and throw around numbers fast and loose like we've been doing. WTF adulting. Why are taxes a thing anyway? Can't they just take out a set number based on income without all this back and forth? Why aren't we streamlining this process? Just charge me the damn percentage you require to build roads and schools and don't make me deal with all this!!!

Kellyj103

WTF to the young gentleman at the check-in desk at the gym this morning. I've been seeing him for like 4 months maybe more, but today he says, "Ohhhhhhhhh you're pregnant!!! I was going to offer personal training sessions cause I see you all the time... and you were gaining... wasn't sure if you would go for it.  Makes so much sense now!"

REALLY? I had to laugh because he looks like he's 18 and doesn't know better. But I really hope he doesn't get paid on commission. 

Jodi1980

@Kellyj103 tool should have stopped flappin his mouth before he started. SMH Props to you for calling him a gentleman...BOL

rnyland1

@stellaluna14 my mother has told me that too! that it's my job to send cards for every little thing...uhhh let's see here, no. I never send cards to DH's side of the family. Why? Because his side of family should be HIS responsibility when it comes to cards. Also, while I appreciate a heartfelt card from my husband, or thank you notes from weddings/showers, I don't really "expect" cards at any other time....frustrating. I sent my mother her mother's card with PLENTY of time for it to arrive by Mother's day and guess what? It was still late and arrived the Monday after and my mom was so pissed off. So lame!

kgrgreen

WTF to the giant, dark hair I found in the sandwich I bought for lunch. Sorry baby, Rice Krispy Treats will be our meal this afternoon.

TiffRox81

WTF for the week goes to my sister, who took our maternity photos almost 3 weeks ago and has yet to say anything since. I understand editing takes times and I don't HAVE to have them for anything, but I thought I'd just ask how they're coming along. She hasn't even looked at them since!!! WTF!  She said she'd start on them later this evening. Here's to hoping they're here by the time the baby arrives! She lives about 8 hours from us, so she can't do the newborn photos. I think I should be thankful!! That job is going to a local photo friend. 

erin7264

WTF to my dearest husband. I mentioned that I am going to try to finish my second labor/birthing book today,  because I already feel like I'm behind - and his response was well you'll have plenty of time to read while I'm gone (he will be out of state during 36-38w for Army stuff, non-negotiable).

No, wonderfully naive man,  I do not think it's a good idea to wait to learn and practice labor exercises and pain coping methods until just 2-3 weeks before I'm due. Maybe a good time to re-read certain sections as a refresher,  but this is really not the kind of "test" where procrastination is acceptable.

 He's convinced I will go well past EDD and hasn't even cracked the Bradley book I asked him to read. I am already a bit anxious about the possibility of delivering without him,  but I need him to actually know what he's supposed to be doing IF he is there! 

jwittwer

WTF braxton hicks.... 

oandmplus1

Kellyj103 said:

WTF to the young gentleman at the check-in desk at the gym this morning. I've been seeing him for like 4 months maybe more, but today he says, "Ohhhhhhhhh you're pregnant!!! I was going to offer personal training sessions cause I see you all the time... and you were gaining... wasn't sure if you would go for it.  Makes so much sense now!"

REALLY? I had to laugh because he looks like he's 18 and doesn't know better. But I really hope he doesn't get paid on commission. 

Wow - just wow.  I wouldn't even know what to say to that. I think I might have laughed but been crying on the inside haha

afaddis89

Wtf prego brain?? Set my alarm clock for 6pm instead of am yesterday (thankfully woke up around 6 am anyways to pee) and then after I switched it to the correct time last night I forgot to turn it on! Ended up waking up at 7am and was half an hour late to work. I don't have the best memory to begin with, but this is getting ridiculous! 

elenabrent

@PootsDragon Hiring an accountant was such a good call for us because we are TERRIBLE at taxes and have complicated taxes because of working at home/freelancing. It made everything so much easier. And when NC recently sent my a letter trying to claim taxes on income we'd paid taxes on in MD, I just gave it to the accountant and they handled sending NC a letter. Life changer.

givemepenguinss

@elenabrent@PootsDragonTotally agree about the accountant! We both work for ourselves, and it's soooo worth it for someone else to figure that shit out.

deuxbouledogues

This is my actual face at work today. Why does suddenly no one know what they're doing...Why is everyone is all about admiring the problem and not solving it? We work with small children, its not rocket science. I don't have the time or the fucks to give anymore about everyday BS so I have spent most of the morning side eyeing everyone. I also have one ice cream bar left in the freezer I have been contemplating eating in front of my students during my prep time. 

afaddis89

@theshannondee This! All of this! I am used to dealing with idiots where I work... but lately it just seems like it has been 1000x worse!

mamafox14

My vacuum just stopped working for no apparent reason. And because I am pregnant and tired and crazy, I proceeded to sit on the floor and cry about it for like an hour. Both our cars broke down recently, the tub was leaking, and now this? Whyyyyyy do all things hate me lately?

DarkCat

stellaluna14 said:

My vacuum just stopped working for no apparent reason. And because I am pregnant and tired and crazy, I proceeded to sit on the floor and cry about it for like an hour. Both our cars broke down recently, the tub was leaking, and now this? Whyyyyyy do all things hate me lately?

Omg all the hugs.

PhoebeJune1984

@stellaluna14 My husband bought a vacuum before we started dating (10 years ago). It has one of those accordion looking round filters that always filled up super quickly and would lose suction. It was bulky, hard to maneuver, heavy, and was really tall so it didn't go under things well. After dealing with it for several years (and me being the only one that vacuums), I told him it was time to get a new one. My parents were going to buy us a Dyson for our wedding gift (two years ago), but MH kept going on and on about how this vacuum was the top rated vacuum by Consumer Reports way back when he got it and blah, blah, blah. So my parents got us a new couch instead, since we moved and went from one living room to two living rooms. We took the vacuum in for maintenance and a cleaning, and about a week later, it was right back to getting clogged. I was so pissed, that I boycotted vacuuming for several MONTHS. The only vacuuming I did, was to get the little handheld one, and do the stairs. We also had a Kirby that my IL's gave us that they didn't want, but it was heavy, didn't have attachments, couldn't do stairs, and then the belt broke. This past Christmas, my parents surprised us with a Shark Navigator Lift-Away because my sister had one and loved that it went from upright to canister-style for stairs, and she had zero issues with hers. Since we got it, I found out several friends have them as well and really like them. When we got home, MH was like "Yeah...we already have a vacuum. We just need to get a belt for the Kirby, and take the purple one in to get re-cleaned...." which it is $60 to get it cleaned! I told him too bad, opened the Shark, and started vacuuming. I love that damn vacuum....more than I love the two Dyson models that I have used at my parents and at work. Now MH wont let me get rid of the other vacuums....so we have a Shark, Kirby (that still doesn't have a belt), purple one (that STILL needs to be serviced, a year later), the handheld one (which we don't need because the Shark does stairs), and some other one that my IL's left with us as well. Five vacuums....and we only use one. The fact that we still have all of these damn things, makes my eye twitch....

erin7264

@PhoebeJune1984 in my house, if I'm the only one that uses something,  DH doesn't get to tell me what to do with it.  I'd be donating those old vacuums in a hot second! I bet they takes up a lot of closet space.  I don't tell him what to do with his tools,  he doesn't tell me what to do with mine. 

My favorite vacuum is the $60 dirt devil upright you can get at Walmart.  It's lightweight,  maneuverable, and easy to take apart.  I wish it had attachments but I have a canister vac so NBD. 

jennyleigh16

We have 3 vacuums. One is the dyson my parents gifted us for Christmas that we actually use. The others live in the garage and are a wet/ dry vac that is filthy and held together with duct tape, and the other is a brand I've never heard of and is probably older than I am. MH refuses to get rid of the garage-dwellers, even though they're only taking up space. 4 if you count our roomba!!

 We also have a VHS player and a colecovision that don't work somewhere in the basement.

What is it with guys and refusing to get rid of stuff?? 

winnie1122

WTF CAR DEALERSHIP?! We have had the worst year for cars in our house. Both of our cars completely broke down in January so we both had to get new (used) ones at the same time. Thankfully we had savings and were able to find decent, affordable cars so it wasn't the end of the world. Fast forward to last week, my car randomly started making really loud noises on the drive home and I was really afraid the engine was doing the same thing that totaled my old car (literally the engine block cracked in half as I was going 80 on the interstate, it was scary). So I called DH and he told me to take it slow home and he took it to the shop the next day. We bought the full powertrain warranty on this car, the mechanic said it was an engine problem that has nothing to do with anything we have done, and it's going to be almost $2500 to repair. DH texted me today that our warranty claim was denied. He's going to call and try to fight it, but I am just super frustrated. I hate cars and money and underhanded people. 

mamafox14

@PhoebeJune1984@jennyleigh16

This vacuum is a Dyson that I bought for myself after my husband and I got married five years ago. I've literally never had a problem with it and I vacuum like five times a week (we have a lot of pets). Luckily it's working again! Turns out my roommate was vacuuming the basement and vacuumed up a bunch of woodchips and shit that got stuck and we're blocking the suction. He fixed it so now I don't have to kill him. This time...

(This is why I don't like people using my shit!)

samantha1206

WTF self. I'm so tired I can barely function. Come home and lie down to doze a bit before dinner and such and I can't fall asleep. 

notsoblissylissy

I hate grading. I don't know why the hell I assigned papers for my classes when I can't drink. It is painful and makes me ragey. Also, WTF to the school for scheduling my final for 7:45 tonight. I know one or two students will take at least 2 hours. I just want to go home and sleep, but I have to grade papers and proctor a final. Thank god after this is summer break! 

jennyleigh16

WTF to this week. I feel like I'm running around like a chicken with my head cut off. Monday/ Tues were normal but today I worked a half day so I could have a meet and greet appointment with my (and the unborn's) new family doctor. Tomorrow I go in to work late so I can make my regular OB appointment, work for a couple hours and then rush to a job interview. Friday I go in late because of a different job interview, and then next Tuesday I have a 3rd job interview. They're all the same internal type of job in my industry, but in different buildings so different competitions. They all involve taking a written test that I need a 70% or higher to pass and I'm having the hardest time studying for them. Me getting one of these jobs would be a huuuuge financial break for us so there's a lot of pressure to do well, but my pregnant brain only wants to focus on registries and the nursery. I failed the last competition I did because I made a bunch of silly mistakes, like only answering Part 1 of a 2-part question, (I blame pregnant brain) and I'm nervous I'll do the same on these. Ahhh stress!! 

allthingscozy

@stellaluna14 tub leaking would have me an inconsolable mess! All of the hugs!