Feeling Guilty!!

=Lee=B · September 2014

Not sure where you all came up with the idea of my husband being a city engineer. Who would want to work for the city? There is way more money working private and a lot more perks. As well, there are a lot more engineers out there then civil engineers...which he is not. My SIL is a civil engineer though, and she seemed to approve of our name in the driveway curb...to each their own.

Doesn't matter how big a house is...working from home doesn't mean lounging around in your pj's (for any career with money anyways). He wears a suit because he is in video conference calls most the day. Whether at home, the office, on client sites or traveling he wears a suit while working.

As for many of you not "getting it" I certainly didn't ask you all to get it. But hey, glad I could fill your weekend with some fun. Often we best learn by doing so go out and find some new cement and try it out...maybe then you'll 'get it'.

Andrewsgal · September 2014

You are a liar. That is all. Says the wife of a lead engineer. Plusalso perhaps you should live within your means if you have to keep kids in your home daycare even though you hated it because your husband makes so much money in the private engineering sector :-/

Keeptruckin · September 2014

I am glad you have so much money, you should be getting a big fine anyway now. So good for you, you can keep vandalizing and paying the fines. What lesson are you teaching your children?

spring_time · September 2014

iheartthe80s said:

iheartthe80s said:

Are you 5? I cannot imagine carving my name in the cement after it's poured. We bought a house and the former owner's initials are down by the mailbox. I curse it every day. I have an acquaintance that built a house and I clutched my pearls that she let her girls put their initials in their new driveway.
If I found my kids carving in fresh cement I'd be furious. And yet, you did it. As a grown up. Huh.

I wouldn't put it on the curb on a public street, but I don't see the problem with carving initials in the cement of your own driveway that you are paying for. My parents did it when they bought their house 25 years ago. It was maybe a 3x5 inch space, so not exactly dramatic. The driveway has since been replaced a few times and our initials are long gone. No harm.

The old owners of our house notched out the wood for their kids heights in one of the doorways. I expect to find that sort of thing when buying a previously owned house.
This is why I said you were precdictable. Stop PMing me.

So I am just trying to figure out what got up your ass without bringing the whole board into it. Since I still don't know what your problem is, I will continue on with my predictable ways.

And the love tits...pot meet kettle.

raraavis28 · September 2014

Mrs.Greg said:

notkateanymore said:

Fancy flamingos! My favorite part of this shit show is that according to OP her husband works from home for the city's engineering department and they defaced city property with his last name.

Don't forget the fact that her DH wears a fancy suit to work... at home. It must suck to have to wear a fancy suit to walk down the hall and sit in your home office all day. I wonder if he wears the same suit a few days in a row. And if he wears shoes or goes to work in just socks. So many unanswered questions!

Emmakins/Lilly&Co is that you??? :P

Mrs.Greg · September 2014

raraavis28 said:

Mrs.Greg said:

notkateanymore said:

Fancy flamingos!

My favorite part of this shit show is that according to OP her husband works from home for the city's engineering department and they defaced city property with his last name.

Don't forget the fact that her DH wears a fancy suit to work... at home. It must suck to have to wear a fancy suit to walk down the hall and sit in your home office all day. I wonder if he wears the same suit a few days in a row. And if he wears shoes or goes to work in just socks. So many unanswered questions!

Emmakins/Lilly&Co is that you??? :P

I don't get it

notkateanymore · September 2014

=Lee=B said:

notkateanymore said:

Seriously OP sounds totally redneck and classless. Congrats.

Yep...that's us to a T. We park our trailer out back of our 5bed, 4bath, 3600 sq foot house...luckily our 6 car driveway allowed us to squeeze the trailer around back on our the 1/3 acre lot. The house is just a cover to hide our redneck selves...sadly the architechs about to design our soon to be pool say the trailer will haev to go :-( When my husband finally gets out of his work suits he goes for the 'dorky' look over the classy look though. Hard to want to be classy 24/7 when you need to be suited up to be senior director of your engineering company for your city.

I'll totally take immature though...we both have that going for us...that's what allows life to stay fun for us.

Look at the last sentence of your first paragraph of lies...right there is where I got the idea.

raraavis28 · September 2014

Mrs.Greg said:

Mrs.Greg said:

notkateanymore said:

Fancy flamingos! My favorite part of this shit show is that according to OP her husband works from home for the city's engineering department and they defaced city property with his last name.

Don't forget the fact that her DH wears a fancy suit to work... at home. It must suck to have to wear a fancy suit to walk down the hall and sit in your home office all day. I wonder if he wears the same suit a few days in a row. And if he wears shoes or goes to work in just socks. So many unanswered questions!

Emmakins/Lilly&Co is that you??? :P
I don't get it

Not, you, the OP. Referencing past posters (rumored the same poster?) who were lying liars who lied.

=Lee=B · September 2014

notkateanymore said:

=Lee=B said:

notkateanymore said:

Seriously OP sounds totally redneck and classless. Congrats.

Yep...that's us to a T. We park our trailer out back of our 5bed, 4bath, 3600 sq foot house...luckily our 6 car driveway allowed us to squeeze the trailer around back on our the 1/3 acre lot. The house is just a cover to hide our redneck selves...sadly the architechs about to design our soon to be pool say the trailer will haev to go :-( When my husband finally gets out of his work suits he goes for the 'dorky' look over the classy look though. Hard to want to be classy 24/7 when you need to be suited up to be senior director of your engineering company for your city.

I'll totally take immature though...we both have that going for us...that's what allows life to stay fun for us.
Look at the last sentence of your first paragraph of lies...right there is where I got the idea.

Yes, he's the senior director. Of his engineering company. In our city. His company is all over the world. They have senior directors all over the world. Doesn't make him a city engineer. Means he is a senior director for our city...and the company has senior directors for all the other cities they are located in. None of them are city engineers...they are just an engineer located in a city. But hey, I can just be a liar if it makes you feel better about yourself for not being able to compute such details.

notkateanymore · September 2014

Ok, whatever you say. That's not what you wrote the first time, but hey maybe it was an honest mistake. But, why does he wear suits at home? We really need to know that.

jensriot · September 2014

This is hilarious. To prove to us that you have class, you brag (about your house, 6 car driveway, husband's job, etc.)...which in itself is pretty low class. LOL.

Andrewsgal · September 2014

=Lee=B said:

notkateanymore said:

=Lee=B said:

notkateanymore said:

Seriously OP sounds totally redneck and classless. Congrats.

Yep...that's us to a T. We park our trailer out back of our 5bed, 4bath, 3600 sq foot house...luckily our 6 car driveway allowed us to squeeze the trailer around back on our the 1/3 acre lot. The house is just a cover to hide our redneck selves...sadly the architechs about to design our soon to be pool say the trailer will haev to go :-( When my husband finally gets out of his work suits he goes for the 'dorky' look over the classy look though. Hard to want to be classy 24/7 when you need to be suited up to be senior director of your engineering company for your city.

I'll totally take immature though...we both have that going for us...that's what allows life to stay fun for us.

Look at the last sentence of your first paragraph of lies...right there is where I got the idea.

Yes, he's the senior director. Of his engineering company. In our city. His company is all over the world. They have senior directors all over the world. Doesn't make him a city engineer. Means he is a senior director for our city...and the company has senior directors for all the other cities they are located in. None of them are city engineers...they are just an engineer located in a city. But hey, I can just be a liar if it makes you feel better about yourself for not being able to compute such details.

NOPE still not buying it.

=Lee=B · September 2014

notkateanymore said:

Ok, whatever you say. That's not what you wrote the first time, but hey maybe it was an honest mistake. But, why does he wear suits at home? We really need to know that.

Because when you are leading multi-million dollar projects and are on video conference calls all day with your clients you wear a suit. Doesn't matter what office you are leading the calls from (home, local office or offices abroad), you wear a suit.

There was no mistake in what I first wrote...just many mistakes on your end. No worries, my kid is asleep so I can hang out and re-explain until you understand enough to not be too worked up about it.

fancefpp · September 2014

Ok, I usually just lurk but I have to chime in because this is one of my biggest pet peeves. People with class and money (the two definitely don't go hand in hand) don't brag about their money and things. In fact, the classy people I know with MONEY never talk about it and are almost embarrassed to talk about it. You'd never know they had money. I think the phrase you are looking for is nouveau riche. Also, my dad worked in the public works department, and he worked extremely hard, took pride in his work. It's sad that you think you are above everyone else. I'd be pissed if I had to look at your vandalism every time I drove by your house.

rockyrollgirl · September 2014

I asked my husband who works for a general contractor.

It does annoy him.

notkateanymore · September 2014

You'd be amazed what some CEOs wear to work...ones that run multimillion dollar companies, not just projects for one.

OP, You lie, you got caught, just admit it.

Mrs.Greg · September 2014

Gastro said:
I thought OP was hard up for cash. Didn't she just post about wanting to cut way back on food budget and doesn't she watch other peoples kid for the extra income?

Oh snap!!

rockyrollgirl · September 2014

Quote is acting weird on mobile, but @discobelle‌ ...the "oh" response made me laugh so hard.

minerswife17 · September 2014

=Lee=B said:

notkateanymore said:

Ok, whatever you say. That's not what you wrote the first time, but hey maybe it was an honest mistake. But, why does he wear suits at home? We really need to know that.

Because when you are leading multi-million dollar projects and are on video conference calls all day with your clients you wear a suit. Doesn't matter what office you are leading the calls from (home, local office or offices abroad), you wear a suit.

There was no mistake in what I first wrote...just many mistakes on your end. No worries, my kid is asleep so I can hang out and re-explain until you understand enough to not be too worked up about it.

Unless they're staring at your H's crotch, there really would be no reason to wear a whole suit. Just a dress shirt and boxers. Duh!

minerswife17 · September 2014

Kimbus22 said:

scatteredtrees said:

Please tell me I'm not the only one singing that Countless LouAnn song.... Money can't buy ya class.

I love LuAnn. I wish they'd bring her back FT and ditch the trainwreck that is Aviva.

They fired Aviva!!!! And dropped Ramona to a re-ocurring role!

minerswife17 · September 2014

NandaB said:

But, but, she has a 6 CAR DRIVEWAY!!!!! Its totes cool to vandalize public property if you have a big driveway!!!1!11!!

So, if her driveway was only big enough to park a smart car it wouldn't be okay? Lucky her! Get it girl!

=Lee=B · September 2014

I quit my job to be home with my child and have more time for my husband. Therefore, yes, I have no money (aside from the bit I will pocket from watching another child, starting in a few weeks).

My husband does have money. Hence my abilty to quit my job. We moved from two incomes to one income...doesn't matter how much he makes...it is wise to adjust the budget when going from one income to two incomes so we can maintain our current standard of living. The reason we have money is because we are smart about it...therefore yes, I am attempting to budget our food knowing that this is where I spend the most of our money and knowing that I can easily improve there.

But you are all right...I'm a liar...in fact we don't even have a curb outside our house. I am a 60 year old male, with no kids, living in a homeless shelter and I was merely trying to see how many stay at home moms I could annoy. Go me, I win.

(aside from the previous paragraph stating I am a male nothing I've posted in this thread is a lie) As I mentioned above though..I am.so glad I could get you all worked up over my curb out front and allowing you all to spend your weekend trying to figure out what my husband does for a living. It's been fun. Hope you all have a chance to drive by our house so you can get worked up about the curb again.

vlagrl29 · September 2014

I'm confused now…….

Andrewsgal · September 2014

BTW the house she described would be so affordable here. Like it would make you all weep. I bet she lives in a very LCOL area. I see a lot of people like her in our area. Oh and like I said OP my husband is head of engineering for a Fortune 500 company in our city and since he was moved to the hanger wears shorts to work. Lol at the suit and home. Nope still calling BS. Oh but the we have so much money because we need to save money was a good try.

minerswife17 · September 2014

Kimbus22 said:

Okay I don't give a crap about this lunatic and her curb anymore.

Let's get to the important stuff...THEY FIRED AVIVA??

They said where she had her moment of "the only thing artificial about me is my leg" didn't even save her for the next season. Ha I'll try to find the link. She really is a whack job.

minerswife17 · September 2014

@Kimbus22 ahhh it's not linking!!!

https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/aviva-drescher-fired-from-real-housewives-of-new-york-201459

notkateanymore · September 2014

I can fit 6 cars in my driveway...score!

Andrewsgal · September 2014

notkateanymore said:

I can fit 6 cars in my driveway...score!

me too! And I am on a 1/2 acre lot. Do I win?

Andrewsgal · September 2014

.

minerswife17 · September 2014

Kimbus22 said:

minerswife17 said:

@Kimbus22 ahhh it's not linking!!!

https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/aviva-drescher-fired-from-real-housewives-of-new-york-201459

That's amazing. I'm still waiting for parts 2 and 3 of the reunion to be unlocked on the website so I can watch them. Bravo is the only thing I miss about cable.

99% of the shows I watch are on Bravo. Should've saved that for FFFC.

minerswife17 · September 2014

gwapes said:

But, if they're smartcars, then you'd have like ... an 18 car drive way.

Well heck yeah. Score!

rockyrollgirl · September 2014

gwapes said:

OR

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That would be a few of my neighbors actually....

thechickencoop · September 2014

=Lee=B said:

Not sure where you all came up with the idea of my husband being a city engineer. Who would want to work for the city? There is way more money working private and a lot more perks. As well, there are a lot more engineers out there then civil engineers...which he is not. My SIL is a civil engineer though, and she seemed to approve of our name in the driveway curb...to each their own.

Doesn't matter how big a house is...working from home doesn't mean lounging around in your pj's (for any career with money anyways). He wears a suit because he is in video conference calls most the day. Whether at home, the office, on client sites or traveling he wears a suit while working.

As for many of you not "getting it" I certainly didn't ask you all to get it. But hey, glad I could fill your weekend with some fun. Often we best learn by doing so go out and find some new cement and try it out...maybe then you'll 'get it'.

Dude, if I worked from home and had to be on video calls, I would totes be in a nice blouse, makeup, and yoga pants.

thechickencoop · September 2014

mmandm603 said:

But, but, she has a 6 CAR DRIVEWAY!!!!! Its totes cool to vandalize public property if you have a big driveway!!!1!11!!
Wtf is a 6 car driveway?

Our driveway is like 1/4 mile long....I can fit way more than 6 cars in it. ::snap::

Oh, but it's privately owned by us...so I guess it's a moot point because I guess I could carve whatever I wanted to in it....and we have no curbs.... :-bd

Andrewsgal · September 2014

How do you have a home daycare with 5 kids if your husband is on a conference call all day? Even a suit doesn't make kids screaming in the background very professional. Story doesn't add up.

thechickencoop · September 2014

Wait....why would you carve your name in your curb if you're getting divorced? .....

ETA...separated. Excuse me.

Andrewsgal · September 2014

thechickencoop said:
Wait....why would you carve your name in your curb if you're getting divorced? .....

ETA...separated. Excuse me.

What? Where?

=Lee=B · September 2014

Andrewsgal said:

How do you have a home daycare with 5 kids if your husband is on a conference call all day? Even a suit doesn't make kids screaming in the background very professional. Story doesn't add up.

Ummm I didn't leave them to scream all day? The daycare was self contained, in a separate part of the house so when one child was upset the noise wasn't really audible 2 floors up on the other end of the house. My husband also knew when we were having rough periods in the daycare (teething etc) to just move to the office instead of working at home.

thechickencoop · September 2014

Andrewsgal said:

Wait....why would you carve your name in your curb if you're getting divorced? .....

ETA...separated. Excuse me.
What? Where?

Lol it was a few of her posts back; however, it looks like they've since made up. But still, that's a pretty huge things to be seriously considering then to just make up.... hm....

=Lee=B · September 2014

thechickencoop said:

Wait....why would you carve your name in your curb if you're getting divorced? .....

ETA...separated. Excuse me.

Wow...you can read. I must be the most exciting thing in your life right now to be reading all my past posts on other boards. We're not separated and are not planning on it. We did have a brief period where we considered that being the best route since both of us working long hours was making our relationship non-existant. I quit my job to focus my time on being a mom and wife. We went away on vacation...started some couples counselling to sort out some communication troubles and are back on track. We put our name in our driveway curb because we do plan to be here until retirement, together. Because we work through our problems. I'd read up on your life history...but I have more exciting things to do and don't much care about the lives of people on the interent. Just sticking around here because it's fun to see all your panties in a knot...oddly enough they all seem to be knotted together.

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