Vent...long

Solstice7118 · March 2014

I just decided that there should be a message board called "Vent" for the sole purpose of venting. I'm never sure if I should post it in the trimester board, chit chat board, snarky board, etc...So many options. Anyway, I need to vent.

Info that's helpful to the story: DH was taking DD to a play date today and his phone stopped working (our phones like to get this error where they think they're out of the country - wtf? but whatever). He stopped by my work and took my phone so that he could GPS to the place he was supposed to meet up. No problem. So I called him before I left work and he asked if I could pick up dinner on my way home. NBD, ok. But then I went and made the pee mistake. You know the one. Where you think "oh, I'm only 15 minutes from home, I can make it and damn it I wore the Be Band today because I thought it would be awesome but instead it just made me have pee rage all day so I'm going to skip peeing here at work and hold it until I get home". That pee mistake. Anywho. So I get about a minute away from campus and because it took me 10 minutes to even GET to my car I have to pee so bad I can't think straight. So I think, ok, I'm just going to go straight home, I can go back out, or we can go out together. And then I think, OH! I know, I'll take the major highway instead of the local one - it'll be quicker because there are no lights and a higher speed limit (and less traffic, which I find odd, but whatever). Now, keep in mind that I had only driven this way once before, and took a wrong turn that time. So yeah, I think you can figure out what happened. I took the wrong ramp. And ended up going in the wrong direction on a two-way highway that didn't have ANY openings - like, what? And when it finally did, I was stuck in a neighborhood with school traffic. With no phone, so no GPS. GAH! So I finally see a sign for the highway that I usually take and decided was too slow for today (!) and drive towards that. I finally make it to my area and as I'm approaching my turn-off I start to think about what I'm going to tell my husband. Because now, I'm late, even if I had stopped for food. Which I hadn't. And then...it happened. Now this is new to me, so I'm hoping some of you understand this because HOLY MOTHER it was unexpected for me. I had a complete and total breakdown. At first I was just laughing. Like, hysterical, I can't make words come out of my mouth, I couldn't stop if my life depended on it laughter. Umm....ok. So I finally choke out to DH that I had a crisis and I'll explain in a min. But first, PEE! So I head into the bathroom, sit down, still laughing mind you. And then....start sobbing uncontrollably. Umm....wtf?! So I'm a mix of laughing and sobbing and I'm trying to clean up my face because I have mascara tears running down my cheeks. And when I finally think I'm ok, I open the door to find DH on the other side about to knock. So I scream and freak, which sets the crying on again! Poor DH thought something terrible had happened; said he couldn't tell if I was laughing or crying. I managed to get out "everything is ok" but he was so confused. I finally managed to explain the whole story, and get dinner, but it was quite the roller coaster...And so that's how my evening has been. It's funny now (ok, it kind of was a tiny bit then, too, if for no other reason than just how NUTS it was!) but I would like very much to not have that happen again. This pregnancy has been 100000% different from my last so far, and I just wasn't expecting the hormonal surges like this. I mean, I had road rage last time, but this is something else. So...has this or something similar happened to anyone else? And umm...if everyone says no, could one person say yes just to make me feel better? I really need that right now. TIA

tacosandtums · March 2014

Omg how awful!!! I totally can relate to the laughing/crying part. That's how I feel all the time lately- up then down. How scary that must have been getting on the ramp the opposite way! I would have freaked out. Glad it's all over and you're home safe now!!

bf43005 · March 2014

This is my first, and nothing like that...YET. But this story made me laugh, so I hope you feel better knowing you brightened my night

Solstice7118 · March 2014

RC1014 - Thank you so much! Even if you're just saying that to be nice

Solstice7118 · March 2014

bf43005 - Lol. I'm glad you haven't had anything like this and sincerely hope you don't; I didn't with my first. And yeah, it's definitely a little funny and I am very glad that I could have brought someone else a chuckle

I've certainly gotten my own giggles over others stories.

musicalmommy3 · March 2014

This made me laugh. I had the laughing/crying when I was 8 months pregnant with DS and couldn't get a pair of pants on for the life of me. It was a moment I will never forget, and neither will my hubby LOL.

Solstice7118 · March 2014

musicalmommy3 - I'm sorry that anyone had a moment like this, but it makes me feel so much better that I'm not alone! Thank you!

Solstice7118 · March 2014

ClrkKntismyAE - Ha! Totally made me laugh so thank you for that. And also thanks for the cautionary tale - holding it is never ever ever a good idea...

Solstice7118 · March 2014

hercules03 said:

I-)

...did you stop by to tell me that you're sleepy? Or are you just bored by my story? If the first, I'm sorry to hear that you can't sleep; that's a bummer. If the second, no one made you read it. And not to be all defensive, but even though I've calmed down since yesterday why would you want to put what could be considered a snotty comment on the post of someone who was talking about how HYPER emotional and irrational they are feeling? Are you also feeling irrational, and just wanted to be mean to someone on the internet? Were you up late and bored and wanted to start drama? I suppose either is fair enough, but it seems kind of unnecessary. JS.

rainydayluck · March 2014

Solstice7118 said:

hercules03 said:

I-)

...did you stop by to tell me that you're sleepy? Or are you just bored by my story? If the first, I'm sorry to hear that you can't sleep; that's a bummer. If the second, no one made you read it. And not to be all defensive, but even though I've calmed down since yesterday why would you want to put what could be considered a snotty comment on the post of someone who was talking about how HYPER emotional and irrational they are feeling? Are you also feeling irrational, and just wanted to be mean to someone on the internet? Were you up late and bored and wanted to start drama? I suppose either is fair enough, but it seems kind of unnecessary. JS.

Edited to add: END QUOTE

What a weird thing to freak out about. Take a step back.

linnae939 · March 2014

I got terrible road rage at a friend from work (didn't realize it was her, and she slowed down b/c of a cop!) and she is so nice. she joked about it as we walked into work together, and I started BAWLING like full on snot everywhere hysterics. She was one of the first people I told I was pregnant b/c she felt so bad b/c she thought she actually made me cry. I had to explain nope, I'm pregnant, sometimes this just happens. She started laughing, then congratulated me and apologized for laughing which made me cry more. So yeah, i get it. haha

Solstice7118 · March 2014

rainydayluck said:

hercules03 said:

I-)

...did you stop by to tell me that you're sleepy? Or are you just bored by my story? If the first, I'm sorry to hear that you can't sleep; that's a bummer. If the second, no one made you read it. And not to be all defensive, but even though I've calmed down since yesterday why would you want to put what could be considered a snotty comment on the post of someone who was talking about how HYPER emotional and irrational they are feeling? Are you also feeling irrational, and just wanted to be mean to someone on the internet? Were you up late and bored and wanted to start drama? I suppose either is fair enough, but it seems kind of unnecessary. JS.
Edited to add: END QUOTE What a weird thing to freak out about. Take a step back.

My response counts as "freak[ing] out about" that post? Seriously? Ok, let's be fair about this. Like I said, I am SUPER emotional, so maybe I did freak out. Maybe. But either way, why bother posting a response at all? Like, I am seriously curious, what does it accomplish except to make the SUPER emotional pregnant woman upset (not that I was, just confused), irrationally or not? And maybe everyone else has avoided the super hyper emotional pregnant feelings, but I haven't been so lucky this time around. And sometimes people just. need. to vent. without being made to feel like they weren't "entertaining" enough for the people who like to post comments designed at making other people feel bad about themselves. Because, clearly, it wasn't posted to be nice. Anyway, I guess some people just don't feel like they've accomplished anything in their day until they've been mean to a stranger on the internet. Or hey, maybe she's just super hyper emotional, too, and couldn't control herself. Let's go with that.

Solstice7118 · March 2014

linnae939 - LOL! Thanks for your story

That's my worry this time, too. With my crazy emotions I'm worried I'll snap at someone, start crying hysterically, or do something else uncharacteristic and give it away. Here's hoping I can hold out until 13 weeks! Good luck with your road rage

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