Flameworthy confessions/opinions/etc.?

[Deleted]

Today is slow, guys!

[Deleted]

IF ALL GOES WELL I WILL BE QUITTING MY JOB THE WEEK I RETURNED FROM MATERNITY LEAVE!







*But not to SAH. For a better job. And I may give less than two weeks notice if I can swing it.

[chikastuff]

Sept 26, 2013 13:23:20 GMT -5 @notquiteblushing said:

IF ALL GOES WELL I WILL BE QUITTING MY JOB THE WEEK I RETURNED FROM MATERNITY LEAVE!







*But not to SAH. For a better job. And I may give less than two weeks notice if I can swing it.

Good luck with this.

[msmerymac]

I'm pretty sure I dislike The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Also: candy corn.

But Halloween is still my favorite holiday.

[rachelgreen]

I do not like anything pumpkin flavored or scented. Reading 10 gazillion fb posts about how awesome Pumpkin Spice crap from Starbucks are makes me gag.

Blech!

[Deleted]

I got all of my accounts set up in Mint, and I'm kind of geeked out about it.

But there are a few of my husband's accounts that I don't know or can't remember the password for, so it is kind of bothering me that I don't have a full picture.

I don't want to ask him for the passwords or tell him about the Mint account, though, even though he'd like it, because I don't want him to be able to see (and therefore know about) my credit card balances  :-#

[sproutmd]

Confession: I've been listening to Paula Abdul Radio on Pandora during my commute for far too many days in a row.

[cilantro]

V will not forgive me for this.

I still love them, but I find my cats 100 times more annoying since the birth of my child. Particularly as one decided to make a decorative basket a litter box this week.

I never ever thought I'd be that person..

[emilyinchile]

I saw an AMA thread the other day (I think on ML? I didn't even open it and don't remember whose it was, not the point) and thought for a second that it would be fun to do one now that I'm around here more. Then I felt like a tool for thinking that people care soooooo much about me as to need an invitation to ask me things, so I feel like that initial thought might be flameful. And you guys can just ask if you ever have random questions for me.

[Deleted]

Sept 26, 2013 13:32:53 GMT -5 v said:

I got all of my accounts set up in Mint, and I'm kind of geeked out about it.

But there are a few of my husband's accounts that I don't know or can't remember the password for, so it is kind of bothering me that I don't have a full picture.

I don't want to ask him for the passwords or tell him about the Mint account, though, even though he'd like it, because I don't want him to be able to see (and therefore know about) my credit card balances  :-#

Do they allow Gap cards on mint now?

[krisandgrace]

I don't mind spiders. If I see them in my house I may put them outside or leave them. I had one in my car last week leaving webs across my windsheild which was kind of annoying but I didn't want to set my car on fire.

[krisandgrace]

Sept 26, 2013 13:40:36 GMT -5 emilyinchile said:

I saw an AMA thread the other day (I think on ML? I didn't even open it and don't remember whose it was, not the point) and thought for a second that it would be fun to do one now that I'm around here more. Then I felt like a tool for thinking that people care soooooo much about me as to need an invitation to ask me things, so I feel like that initial thought might be flameful. And you guys can just ask if you ever have random questions for me.

Do it! I would love to hear about your life in Chile!

[Deleted]

Sept 26, 2013 13:41:33 GMT -5 @tracy1031 said:

Sept 26, 2013 13:32:53 GMT -5 v said:

I got all of my accounts set up in Mint, and I'm kind of geeked out about it.

But there are a few of my husband's accounts that I don't know or can't remember the password for, so it is kind of bothering me that I don't have a full picture.

I don't want to ask him for the passwords or tell him about the Mint account, though, even though he'd like it, because I don't want him to be able to see (and therefore know about) my credit card balances  :-#

Do they allow Gap cards on mint now?

No.  Which is stupid.

Between that and J.Crew telling me that I can't change my due date because they distribute them by zip code, I'm cranky about store cards this week.

[Deleted]

Sept 26, 2013 13:40:36 GMT -5 emilyinchile said:

I saw an AMA thread the other day (I think on ML? I didn't even open it and don't remember whose it was, not the point) and thought for a second that it would be fun to do one now that I'm around here more. Then I felt like a tool for thinking that people care soooooo much about me as to need an invitation to ask me things, so I feel like that initial thought might be flameful. And you guys can just ask if you ever have random questions for me.

You do have a much more interesting life than most people who do AMAs... (you're just not allowed to say that 

AMA-related opinion: it annoys me greatly when AMAs include questions like "What is your favorite dessert?" "What is your favorite thing about your husband?"  IMO, they should include prying questions that are ordinarily not asked and nothing else.

[emilyinchile]

Sept 26, 2013 13:43:41 GMT -5 krisandgrace said:

Sept 26, 2013 13:40:36 GMT -5 emilyinchile said:

I saw an AMA thread the other day (I think on ML? I didn't even open it and don't remember whose it was, not the point) and thought for a second that it would be fun to do one now that I'm around here more. Then I felt like a tool for thinking that people care soooooo much about me as to need an invitation to ask me things, so I feel like that initial thought might be flameful. And you guys can just ask if you ever have random questions for me.

Do it! I would love to hear about your life in Chile!

Now I'm the tool fishing to be told to do an AMA! Or the tool who takes over v's thread with questions! Hahaha, just ask me a question about Chile some day if you ever have one. Mostly life here is a lot like life in the US, just you know, in Spanish. And with backwards seasons.

[wanderlustfoodie]

Sept 26, 2013 13:43:41 GMT -5 krisandgrace said:

Sept 26, 2013 13:40:36 GMT -5 emilyinchile said:

I saw an AMA thread the other day (I think on ML? I didn't even open it and don't remember whose it was, not the point) and thought for a second that it would be fun to do one now that I'm around here more. Then I felt like a tool for thinking that people care soooooo much about me as to need an invitation to ask me things, so I feel like that initial thought might be flameful. And you guys can just ask if you ever have random questions for me.

Do it! I would love to hear about your life in Chile!

Ditto! Please do it

[ssmjlm]

I feel uninspired in the clothing dept since coming back from ML. I check out the S&B OOTD posts, but they really don't do anything for me.

[anna7602]

I am committed to spending most of the money I am making this month on frivolous crap because the transition from working at home for 4 years to working in an office again has sucked. It's not rational and it's not MM, but I'll be better in October, maybe?

[Deleted]

Went out with a perfectly nice guy Sunday. Two reasons I won't see him again. One, we went to a fairly nice place and a woman there was wearing a nightgown as a dress, my date had no sense of humor about this, and even suggested several reasons for it. Two, he is so much smarter than I am, and I prefer to be the intellectual one.

[emilyinchile]

I don't want to take over this, so fine: pandce.proboards.com/thread/232443/ask-me

I am (not so) secretly flattered

ssmjlm I thought you meant ML the board at first and was wondering what had gone down on an internet message board to suck the joy out of clothing!

[totesanae]

DipDip

[Susie]

Sept 26, 2013 13:32:53 GMT -5 v said:

I got all of my accounts set up in Mint, and I'm kind of geeked out about it.

But there are a few of my husband's accounts that I don't know or can't remember the password for, so it is kind of bothering me that I don't have a full picture.    

Mint does not support the website for the state deferred comp program where Calvin's 457(b) plan is.  That drives me similarly nuts. 

I also wish they had some kind of tie-in to the Treasure Dept. for savings bond values.  I manually input the aggregate savings bond value and the value of his 457b as random assets in Mint once a month when I do our net worth spreadsheet. 

Also, in spite of the fall clothes thread where I said I need blazers and other such work basics, and all I'd bought was running shoes -- I am clothes shopping today, for running capris, and looking up the dates when a particular summer 2014 IM 70.3 starts accepting entries.  Hopeless.

[Deleted]

Sept 26, 2013 13:57:48 GMT -5 totesanae said:

Here's a flameful that I'm too ashamed to put under my real name.

Someone close to me has told me they want to take their own life. I have done everything I can think of to connect them with resources/help/counseling short of having them forcibly committed to a psych ward.

They still refuse to pursue help. I am continuing to be as supportive as I can be, but have made peace with the fact that this may happen. I feel like I've given up on them.

I'm so sorry that you're going through this, and your feelings are totally understandable.

(hug)

[Deleted]

The Hatch Act is annoying me right now because I really want to complain about how terrible the Tea Party is with regard to the shutdown, but I cannot discuss partisan politics. Normally I appreciate this policy in the workplace, but not when I'm not allowed to freely discuss the reason I may not have a job next week.

[wanderlustfoodie]

tacom-gate (and my surprise that her completely innocuous post sparked skinny-shaming) only reinforces my hesitation to contribute to a lot of threads (ootd, let's PIP our rings/etc, AMA).

We are all intelligent, socially adept, witty, successful women (and men - hi, niq), and in life there will always be someone more or less intelligent, more or less witty, more or less skinny, more or less wealthy, and more or less fashionable than you/me/random neighbor. We should all embrace our awesomeness not bring each other down especially considering this is an anonymous message board seemingly for like-minded people to bond/converse/provide support.

Kumbaya, people!

And for emilyinchile, I have no GBCN memory so you might have answered these questions before but: (1) are you from Chile originally, (2) if not, what made you want to move there, (3) what do you love most about where you live?

[wanderlustfoodie]

Sept 26, 2013 13:57:48 GMT -5 totesanae said:

Here's a flameful that I'm too ashamed to put under my real name.

Someone close to me has told me they want to take their own life. I have done everything I can think of to connect them with resources/help/counseling short of having them forcibly committed to a psych ward.

They still refuse to pursue help. I am continuing to be as supportive as I can be, but have made peace with the fact that this may happen. I feel like I've given up on them.

I am so sorry you are dealing with this. Perhaps the fact that this person confided in you rather than just moving forward with the action means that the person wants help but right now is too paralyzed by fear/depression to take you up on your offer to provide resources?  I would probably keep trying to reach out in light of that and also because I'm annoyingly persistent.  Good luck.

[dr.girlfriend]

Sept 26, 2013 13:32:53 GMT -5 v said:

I got all of my accounts set up in Mint, and I'm kind of geeked out about it.

But there are a few of my husband's accounts that I don't know or can't remember the password for, so it is kind of bothering me that I don't have a full picture.

I don't want to ask him for the passwords or tell him about the Mint account, though, even though he'd like it, because I don't want him to be able to see (and therefore know about) my credit card balances  :-#

This probably isn't flameworthy, but we got all our account balances into Mint except my husband's student loan, which was in the process of switching over websites, etc.  It ended up being such a hassle we just paid it off in full.  :-)  We'd been thinking of doing that for a while, but not being able to add it to Mint (and them being asses about setting up a new direct debit) tipped us over.

[Deleted]

Sept 26, 2013 13:29:39 GMT -5 @msstarry said:

Sept 26, 2013 13:23:20 GMT -5 @notquiteblushing said:

IF ALL GOES WELL I WILL BE QUITTING MY JOB THE WEEK I RETURNED FROM MATERNITY LEAVE!







*But not to SAH. For a better job. And I may give less than two weeks notice if I can swing it.

Wait I did this. Therefore it is ok

I hope it works out

Oh I know it's okay I was just joking about the whole quitting after mat leave stigma on MM but it doesn't really apply.

[dr.girlfriend]

Sept 26, 2013 13:50:39 GMT -5 @ruralrabbit1 said:

Went out with a perfectly nice guy Sunday. Two reasons I won't see him again. One, we went to a fairly nice place and a woman there was wearing a nightgown as a dress, my date had no sense of humor about this, and even suggested several reasons for it. Two, he is so much smarter than I am, and I prefer to be the intellectual one.

Not at all a flame, but maybe you should consider a second date?  Just thinking of a story my friend told us the other day.  Apparently his wife tried to dump him after their first date because he was being kind of a big baby about something (something about his hamburger not being right or something, I forget).  In the end she gave it more time and now they're super-compatible.  I know there's definitely things about DH that would have seemed like "deal-breakers" on paper, but we're blissfully happy together.  Anyway, just being the devil's advocate.  If you like him and have a nice time with him, the nightgown thing might be a funny story later.  And there are different kinds of smart...you want a smart guy!  But my guess is that you didn't really like him, or these things probably wouldn't be bothering you.

[niq]

Sept 26, 2013 14:04:32 GMT -5 wanderlustfoodie said:

tacom-gate (and my surprise that her completely innocuous post sparked skinny-shaming) only reinforces my hesitation to contribute to a lot of threads (ootd, let's PIP our rings/etc, AMA).

We are all intelligent, socially adept, witty, successful women (and men - hi, niq), and in life there will always be someone more or less intelligent, more or less witty, more or less skinny, more or less wealthy, and more or less fashionable than you/me/random neighbor. We should all embrace our awesomeness not bring each other down especially considering this is an anonymous message board seemingly for like-minded people to bond/converse/provide support.

Kumbaya, people!

I totally missed tacom gate, unless this is drama from a few months ago, but +1,000,000 from me. The world is too full of pointless judginess already so why add to that at every turn?

Except the anti-vaxxers, we can all agree they're horrible people.

My confession -- which may have gotten lost in the thread about What Does The Fox Say -- is that kpop is still awesome.