Monday Bitchfest 4/4

OrangeEv · April 2016

Sorry @artcheese , I need to bitch!

I had planned to do my long run first thing this AM to get it done and it was POURING. Not in 45 degree weather, nu-uh. So it's 10am now and I'm finally going, but I could have been done by now. UGH.

Also, my adorable cat was being a psycho, as per usual. She makes me insane. It's Monday, cat. Why can't you be like Garfield?

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OrangeEv · April 2016

My cat, if anyone is interested. It's love-hate between us.

F47 · April 2016

I vowed this weekend to try and eat a healthy diet starting this week. Not to give in to every craving or eat whatever I wanted and blame it on staving off nausea (even though that is legitimately an issue).

Woke up, made two eggs on toast. Fine. Also had a small cup of chocolate milk (there's some protein in there, right?). Then I walk into work and I'm greeted immediately by donuts. The office ordered them in for everyone. So far, I've refused. But, when I went to the breakroom for a knife (to slice my apple), I could smell them. And, it's actually torture.

smmatt08 · April 2016

I hate baseball (don’t flame me) and am especially angry today because it is “Opening Day.” I work downtown in the city we live in and I paid 3x as much to park, it is loud with concerts all day, and there are craft beer trucks set up outside of my office (torturous for a craft beer lover). I can’t concentrate on my work and I’m nauseous.

LGW2015 · April 2016

I'm 60% sure my house has a ghost and that's what's been causing my dog to get really scared of going in parts of the house, like the doorway between the living room and sun room. DEATHLY afraid, he will not go through all of a sudden. I know he's special and has issues, but it's getting ridiculous. He definitely sees things or hears things we don't and gets super freaked out and then whines at us non-stop. And my dad heard coughing upstairs the other day when he was home alone with the dog...now the question is how to get the dog and the ghost to get along.

JamieK1882 · April 2016

I've posted a little about this before, but I'm having major trouble with my resident at work that I'm in charge of. Basically I found out she's been bad-mouthing me and our program to several faculty and other people who don't even need to be involved. It's gotten to the point where we are literally not speaking and she won't answer any emails (super professional). She meets today with our Dean, and for some reason I'm super nervous he is going to take HER side (even though I'm the faculty member who has been here years whereas she has been here months). I'm so anxious its literally all I can think about.

Oh, and I have to fly to Phoenix this week for work and I'm SUCH a nervous flyer. I'm always convinced I'm going to die.

sjo_thetwins · April 2016

My bitchfest this morning is my SO's ex's daughter. She raised her from the time she was 4 until she left the house and graduated high school. Her and her mom broke up after 15 years and it wasn't pretty - since then, her daughter has been a twat and petty. She has successfully included our relationship in her pettiness and now she decides she wants to be a part of SOs life now that she knows we are pregnant with twins. She "wants to be in the twins life", etc etc. I have never been anything but welcoming to her and nice to her, but somehow she thought it was okay to bad mouth and disrespect our relationship and in all essence, me. I hold grudges like a MOFO so this is really hard for me to accept. SO is going to meet with her this week to talk about ground rules, I suppose. But I have already laid my foot down and said that she will not be a part of the twins life until she can prove she will no longer be a twat. I am just so infuriated that she bounces around as much as she wants and continues to get away with it. You either want to be a decent human being and respectful/in our lives, or you don't. Stop going back and forth and don't decide you want to be included now that there are new babies on the way. So. Pissed. Off. And I want an apology! *end rant*

smmatt08 · April 2016

I have another bitch because I’m feeling extra friendly today.

I am so tired of my mother telling me who I NEED to tell about my pregnancy. Umm, nope. The only person I feel I am required to tell is DH, who knew within 30 seconds of me knowing! I don’t appreciate other people expressing opinions and dictating who I tell.

TheMillerHighLife · April 2016

Ok, so where do I start. Firstly, I'm having major stabbing pains under my boobs in my rib cage. Yeah, they flipping hurt! Secondly, I really want to get back to the gym, I lost 100 lbs. in less than a year and I am now gradually putting it back on. I have no energy though, so it's a double-edged sword for me. I need to be eating a much healthier diet, but, I'm craving like no tomorrow. I'm really procrastinating and falling behind in school. I'm almost done with my degree, but, I'd rather be sleeping TBH. I took 3 days vacation last week, and was interrupted by work all three days. I'd really like to be in Florida on the beach somewhere right now, but, I am back at work, trying to convince people to go to work. My job is putting people to work, which, as adults they cannot seem to responsible enough to do.

emmaaa · April 2016

One of our dogs (and coincidentally the biggest one) got out twice yesterday. He is over 100 lbs and I don't walk him anymore because he pulls. Normally I'm fine and can handle him but now, I am nervous he could pull me over (which he has done before). We have to take him out on the leash because our invisible fence doesn't phase him like the other two. It's so frustrating. If he just would stay in the yard we could let him run his energy out.

sjo_thetwins · April 2016

@smmatt08 I have gone through that with my mom too. It's a pain in the ass. I eventually had to tell her that people would know when I was ready. She knew when we found out, and was trying to tell the world then.

emmaaa · April 2016

Oh I have another thing to bitch about. I can't remember who mentioned it in another thread but our refrigerator/freezer went out this weekend. Luckily I notcied really early and we could save the meat in our freezer but we lost the food in the refrigerator. Now to wait for the new one to be delivered...

smmatt08 · April 2016

samijrichards said:

@smmatt08 I have gone through that with my mom too. It's a pain in the ass. I eventually had to tell her that people would know when I was ready. She knew when we found out, and was trying to tell the world then.

I told her that April 1st she was welcome to share the news with whomever she wanted. On Friday she kept texting me saying I need to tell so-and-so. I said you are welcome to do it. She said, "no, you need to." WHAT?! By now I have told anyone I care to tell! DH and I are pretty private people and don't plan to "tell the world."

GingerGril · April 2016

I just don't feel like being an adult today.

JamieK1882 · April 2016

@smmatt08 we must have the same mom. When DH and I got engaged, she made me DRIVE around and literally go to every family members house to tell them in person. Part of the reason I did this reveal on Easter when all the family was there.

rozANDbenSINCE2001 · April 2016

@LGW2015 The older I get, the more easily creeped out I get! That is so eerie!

So yesterday, we stopped by to see my MIL after lunch. I was sitting down and she said, "Oh, you're popping already!" and put her hand on my stomach. WTF. I said, no, that'd be my lunch and I was super salty the rest of the visit. My DH did kinda scold her, but she just grates my nerves to no end.

eta: seriously, need to start proofreading

annabenanna · April 2016

@rozANDbenSINCE2001 , I love that you used "super salty."

I shouldn't be bitching, because my in-laws left yday morning and after 2 whole weeks I finally have the house back!!!! Yay we can have loud sex again!

But no, I do have something to bitch about. SO told me last night that his ex-wife ( stepkids' mom) was an anti-vaxxer.... but he convinced her to do an alternative schedule for vaccinating. Oh Jeez. As if we didn't already have our differences. My respect for her went down a few notches and I will never be able to look at her the same way again.

emmaaa · April 2016

@rozANDbenSINCE2001 That would annoy me. MY MIL told me last week that I was starting to show in my face? I looked at her and told her that no one wants to hear that and it is not a compliment and also, I am in no way showing in my face. It was just so rude.

TurtleMomma · April 2016

MH is trying to tell me he's not going to the ultrasound tomorrow. I am so hurt and upset by him even saying it. He said he'd try to make it but wasn't hopeful. If he doesn't come there will be nobody to watch DS and I've exhausted my resources for babysitting in the last few weeks because of unrelated doctors appointments.

FemShep · April 2016

emmaaa said:

One of our dogs (and coincidentally the biggest one) got out twice yesterday. He is over 100 lbs and I don't walk him anymore because he pulls. Normally I'm fine and can handle him but now, I am nervous he could pull me over (which he has done before). We have to take him out on the leash because our invisible fence doesn't phase him like the other two. It's so frustrating. If he just would stay in the yard we could let him run his energy out.

I don't mean to be rude, but your dog is misbehaving because he needs exercise. If you can't walk him anymore, you should hire a dog walker; it's cruel to your dog otherwise.

rozANDbenSINCE2001 · April 2016

@annabenanna Hahaha, that's the best way I could describe myself! And I would DIE if my in laws stayed with me for two weeks so much respect to you!! Also, boo anti-vaxxers... I just got into it with my millennial, hipster cousin who does NOT have any children. She kept saying by vaccinating, we are contributing to big-pharma making all their money. So you want my kid to get measles instead? Thanks, but no thanks. Grr.

@emmaaa Seriously?! What good can come from telling a woman that she looks as if she's put on some weight? And the fact that she patted my belly really ignited the rage in me. I try to be nice because she really was lovely while my husband and I dated all through high school and college, but when we got married, a flip was switched or something! I'm so glad you put your MIL in her place! I wish I could do the same, but she's so sensitive that I always kinda wait for DH to step in.

eta: because words.

emmaaa · April 2016

FemShep said:

emmaaa said:

One of our dogs (and coincidentally the biggest one) got out twice yesterday. He is over 100 lbs and I don't walk him anymore because he pulls. Normally I'm fine and can handle him but now, I am nervous he could pull me over (which he has done before). We have to take him out on the leash because our invisible fence doesn't phase him like the other two. It's so frustrating. If he just would stay in the yard we could let him run his energy out.

I don't mean to be rude, but your dog is misbehaving because he needs exercise. If you can't walk him anymore, you should hire a dog walker; it's cruel to your dog otherwise.

When I said that I don't walk him, I should have added that my husband does instead now. He gets plenty of exercise (is walked for at least 3 times a day and an hour at a time) and acted this way before I was unable to walk him and also when we had a bigger yard and he stayed out for hours at a time. I don't care how you word it but it's rude to assume that I'm being "cruel" in anyway to my dog.

Last time I checked, pulling on a leash does not mean he doesn't get much exercise, it means he doesn't walk well on a lash and misbehaves.

ETA: He really needs training but we haven't scheduled it yet...which is obviously totally our fault. He's so strange about it because when he's inside, he is perfectly well behaved, doesn't jump or play rough or anything. Outside on the leash, it's like he's a different dog.

Morningstar80 · April 2016

@smmatt08 @JamieK1882 @samijrichards I am having the same problem with my Mom. Yesterday she was complaining that her 3 besties were grilling her about if I was pregnant yet (these ladies need to back the hell up off my uterus). My mom said, "it was so hard to not tell them". I was like, really mom?! My in-laws don´t even know yet because I would like to get to the 2nd tri before telling my stress case of a MIL (DH agrees) so your little friends can wait in line. And we aren´t planning on announcing on FB so if once her friends know they post something like congrats on my Mom´s page or anything like that I am going to kill them. Rant over.

ammiddleton3 · April 2016

What don't I have to bitch about today! I'm feeling particularly bitchy today. I think it's because it's Monday, and I had a 3 day weekend! I babysit in home, and I'm quickly getting to the point that i absolutely HATE it. Being pregnant, and hormonal and cooped up inside all day every day, is quickly taking it's toll! One of my parents texted me last night that her 2 kiddos had a fever during the day, but it was gone this morning, so she sent them. If I had a spine, this wouldn't be an issue, but they are so cranky, and so am I. I'm feeling sick myself today, and super congested. Ugh, I'm feeling like a whiney toddler myself!

CopperBoom86 · April 2016

@emmaaa - We had the same problem with one of our dogs. It's definitely NOT for lack of exercise; it's just an obedience problem some dogs have. We adopted her in December and it took about a month of intensive training to break of her of the habit. Now, she walks a slack line with no problem.

Edit: Grammar

emmaaa · April 2016

CopperBoom86 said:

@emmaaa - We had the same problem with one of our dogs. It's definitely NOT for lack of exercise; it's just an obedience problem some dogs have. We adopted her in December and it took about a month of intensive training to break of her of the habit. Now, she walks a slack line with no problem.

Edit: Grammar

@CopperBoom86 Did y'all use a specific training program or do it yourselves?

missteacherlady16 · April 2016

emmaaa said:

One of our dogs (and coincidentally the biggest one) got out twice yesterday. He is over 100 lbs and I don't walk him anymore because he pulls. Normally I'm fine and can handle him but now, I am nervous he could pull me over (which he has done before). We have to take him out on the leash because our invisible fence doesn't phase him like the other two. It's so frustrating. If he just would stay in the yard we could let him run his energy out.

Have you looked into "loose leash training" for walking? It may make it easier for you to control him.

I would also suggest either an Easy Walk harness or a Gentle Leader.

Also...invisible fences are ineffective on dogs with high pain thresholds (which it sounds like your dog has). Is it possible to take him to a fenced in dog park? The more expensive option, of course, is fencing in your yard. Dogs need to run to really burn off energy - they can walk forever but running will tire him out.

annabenanna · April 2016

@rozANDbenSINCE2001 , your hipster cousin needs to shush until she has her own kids and then we can see what she does. Seriously though, how can they go around preaching that kind of stuff? It's so crazy!

I have another bitch.... in my girl group of 8 women, only 2 of them have kids... The rest are kid-less by choice and some are just waiting it out a bit before they try. It's the saddest thing.... but I already feel like it's hard for my kid-less friends to relate to what I'm going through.

We have a whatsapp group chat, where we are constantly on there talking about life... and today I said my NT scan was this afternoon, and no one batted an eyelash. They just went on talking about which restaurants have unlimited champagne brunches. Maybe they don't know what an NT scan is and what the significance is?

I'm gonna try and make more of an effort to be more understanding... since I was kid-less not too long ago and probably was just as insensitive to my two mommy friends.

CopperBoom86 · April 2016

emmaaa said:

CopperBoom86 said:

@emmaaa - We had the same problem with one of our dogs. It's definitely NOT for lack of exercise; it's just an obedience problem some dogs have. We adopted her in December and it took about a month of intensive training to break of her of the habit. Now, she walks a slack line with no problem.

Edit: Grammar

@CopperBoom86 Did y'all use a specific training program or do it yourselves?

@emmaaa- We just did it ourselves. We used a harness instead of a collar so she wouldn't hurt her throat pulling on the leash. We would gently tug her back or make her sit when she started to pull. When she finally got the idea and when she started to go stretches without pulling, we gave her small treats for a reward along the way. Now she just gets one treat after the walk if she's good, which she always is.

That may not be how to professionals do it, but it's what worked for us.

missmaehurt · April 2016

I'm going to seriously rage on our mortgage company today. They're so unprofessional and keep screwing us over. I swear if we lose this house because of them...

nlane0723 · April 2016

Our 6 month old GSP ate my brand new shoes last night. Worst. Dog. Ever.

emmaaa · April 2016

missteacherlady16 said:

emmaaa said:

One of our dogs (and coincidentally the biggest one) got out twice yesterday. He is over 100 lbs and I don't walk him anymore because he pulls. Normally I'm fine and can handle him but now, I am nervous he could pull me over (which he has done before). We have to take him out on the leash because our invisible fence doesn't phase him like the other two. It's so frustrating. If he just would stay in the yard we could let him run his energy out.

Have you looked into "loose leash training" for walking? It may make it easier for you to control him.

I would also suggest either an Easy Walk harness or a Gentle Leader.

Also...invisible fences are ineffective on dogs with high pain thresholds (which it sounds like your dog has). Is it possible to take him to a fenced in dog park? The more expensive option, of course, is fencing in your yard. Dogs need to run to really burn off energy - they can walk forever but running will tire him out.

@missteacherlady16 I haven't looked into that and I definitely will, thank you for the information. We were actually discussing a harness for him this weekend and bought one that ended up being to small so I need to exchange it. Yeah, our invisible fence does literally nothing to him , our other two dogs have never even tried to go out of it, the beeping warning alone keeps them in. Once we realized that it doesn't effect him, we stopped trying. We had tried taking him to a dog park that had a big fenced in area but he was more interested in smelling all the other dogs than running. We took him to a neighbors house last weekend to run in their fence by himself and he loved it so we want to try to do that on a more regular basis since they've can use it whenever we want.

smmatt08 · April 2016

emmaaa said:

missteacherlady16 said:

emmaaa said:

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@missteacherlady16 I haven't looked into that and I definitely will, thank you for the information. We were actually discussing a harness for him this weekend and bought one that ended up being to small so I need to exchange it. Yeah, our invisible fence does literally nothing to him , our other two dogs have never even tried to go out of it, the beeping warning alone keeps them in. Once we realized that it doesn't effect him, we stopped trying. We had tried taking him to a dog park that had a big fenced in area but he was more interested in smelling all the other dogs than running. We took him to a neighbors house last weekend to run in their fence by himself and he loved it so we want to try to do that on a more regular basis since they've can use it whenever we want.

Our dog actually pulled more with a harness so we went back to a collar. We put her through training classes twice and both times the instructor strongly suggested a gentle leader. She ended up getting the hang of it (mostly) before we had the chance to buy one. Because our dog's behavior issues stem from anxiety, another suggestion the instructor has was an Adaptil collar (Amazon) which is supposed to help with stress and anxiety.

missteacherlady16 · April 2016

emmaaa said:

missteacherlady16 said:

emmaaa said:

One of our dogs (and coincidentally the biggest one) got out twice yesterday. He is over 100 lbs and I don't walk him anymore because he pulls. Normally I'm fine and can handle him but now, I am nervous he could pull me over (which he has done before). We have to take him out on the leash because our invisible fence doesn't phase him like the other two. It's so frustrating. If he just would stay in the yard we could let him run his energy out.

Have you looked into "loose leash training" for walking? It may make it easier for you to control him.

I would also suggest either an Easy Walk harness or a Gentle Leader.

Also...invisible fences are ineffective on dogs with high pain thresholds (which it sounds like your dog has). Is it possible to take him to a fenced in dog park? The more expensive option, of course, is fencing in your yard. Dogs need to run to really burn off energy - they can walk forever but running will tire him out.

@missteacherlady16 I haven't looked into that and I definitely will, thank you for the information. We were actually discussing a harness for him this weekend and bought one that ended up being to small so I need to exchange it. Yeah, our invisible fence does literally nothing to him , our other two dogs have never even tried to go out of it, the beeping warning alone keeps them in. Once we realized that it doesn't effect him, we stopped trying. We had tried taking him to a dog park that had a big fenced in area but he was more interested in smelling all the other dogs than running. We took him to a neighbors house last weekend to run in their fence by himself and he loved it so we want to try to do that on a more regular basis since they've can use it whenever we want.

I would ALWAYS recommend a harness over a collar for walking. Harnesses, if worn correctly, are more escape proof, it gives the handler more control, and puts a lot less stress/pressure on a dog's neck.

Sniffing and socializing with other dogs is a good activity and can be exhausting in a different way than running, so I would still encourage you to take him to dog parks just so he has good puppy manners with other dogs. Plus, once they get through all the awkward butt sniffing, there will probably be some running/wrestling/playing, too.

ebk1020 · April 2016

The VA appraisal on the house we had a contract on came back at $16K under the sale price. On Friday the builder did not want to budge, but when we told them we were walking today they suddenly want to cover the entire difference. Their actions as of late (not returning phone calls, site manager rolling his eyes when I asked that a cracked floor board be replaced, etc.) had me completely ready to walk. Their reaction to the appraisal, which was less than polite at best on their side, made me glad we had an out. Now we may have to close on the house or lose our rather large deposit. And I don't want it.

LGW2015 · April 2016

@smmatt08 I'm definitely going to look into the Adaptil collar. I've never heard of it but our pup has severe anxiety issues so we're looking for anything to help.

@ebk1020 ugh we bought our house back in July and the time between signing the contract and the closing was the MOST stressful. Between the appraisal and the inspection and re-negotiating, it was awful. Glad to hear they're willing to cover the difference of the appraisal! Why don't you want the house anymore :-/

smmatt08 · April 2016

@LGW2015 our trainer also said the gentle leader helps some dogs with anxiety because of the gentle pressure it puts on the back of the head which is supposed to be a calming point. Every dog is different so it is hard to know what is going to work without trying a few options. Socialization actually seems to work well for our dog's anxiety, she just needs a little confidence boost!

coffee89 · April 2016

My neighbor is so loud and I'm exhausted. I just want to lay down with my toddler but she is yelling all day. She has 6 kids in a 3 bedroom house and is always yelling at them from the living room (not even bothering to go to the front door to yell) when they are playing outsode or is constantly outside at her car yelling into the house. The 15 elementary schoolers that play at the bus stop in front of my house make less noise than her. Her husband also keeps harrasing me about the state of my lawn, we just moved in and I havnt had a chance to garden or mow yet.

LizaKate1213 · April 2016

It's a rainy/snowy day and I feel like crap today. Poor DS (5 years old) just wants me to play all day. We did Play-Doh for a while, but otherwise it's been a lot of lounging around. I suck at rainy day activities and have always struggled with imaginative play. I'm much better with concrete activities such as board games, coloring, etc, but honestly I'm sick of playing trouble, matching games and candy land all the time. I feel like the worst mom today

MRSCORKER · April 2016

I was having a perfectly good day and had nothing to add to this thread until I just went in the kitchen at work to get my string cheese and it was gone. Someone went into my lunch bag in the fridge and took my string cheese. DO NOT TAKE A PREGNANT WOMAN'S FOOD! Seriously though, who does that?!

Edited for grammar

LGW2015 · April 2016

@MRSCORKER omg they went INTO your lunch bag?? Really, who does that?!

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