What's up today, MM?

[mbcdefg]

Jan 21, 2015 16:29:13 GMT -5 papiercherri said:

I need to be better at just letting old friendships die. I reconnected with an old friend and we have a lunch date this weekend, but after friending her on Facebook I kind of hate her.

Right now she's posting about "omgz, Obama wants to give everyone free community college, I had to take out loans and work through college and so should everyone else!!! Bootstraps!!"

But she's not revealing the fact that her grandparents bought her a brand new car when she graduated high school, paid for her luxury condo, all furnishings, tuition, and sent her a check for living expenses every month. She worked part time and took out $15k in loans because she traveled all over the damn place and went on shopping sprees all the time. So....not the same thing at all.

How do I get out of this lunch date?

If you post exactly what you wrote here on her Facebook wall, that ought to do the trick

[doobeedoo]

Jan 21, 2015 16:45:45 GMT -5 mbcdefg said:

Jan 21, 2015 16:29:13 GMT -5 papiercherri said:

I need to be better at just letting old friendships die. I reconnected with an old friend and we have a lunch date this weekend, but after friending her on Facebook I kind of hate her.

Right now she's posting about "omgz, Obama wants to give everyone free community college, I had to take out loans and work through college and so should everyone else!!! Bootstraps!!"

But she's not revealing the fact that her grandparents bought her a brand new car when she graduated high school, paid for her luxury condo, all furnishings, tuition, and sent her a check for living expenses every month. She worked part time and took out $15k in loans because she traveled all over the damn place and went on shopping sprees all the time. So....not the same thing at all.

How do I get out of this lunch date?

If you post exactly what you wrote here on her Facebook wall, that ought to do the trick

LOL this.  I am a bootstrapper and someone who doesn't believe in unfriending generally, and yet, she seems to lack a certain self-awareness that I require in a friendship.  Believe anything you want, but own your own truth, you know?  

[KaraOrNot]

I have been overdoing it and am sore right now. Figures that I was bragging to H about how little pain I have been having the past few days.

I have about 10k in medical bills that the insurance is denying payment on. I need to make more follow up calls, but it is so draining, so I have been putting it off.

We have no food and I can't go grocery shopping. I think I am going to have something delivered, even though we are trying not to eat out more than twice per week and already hit that.

[audette]

Jan 21, 2015 16:29:13 GMT -5 papiercherri said:

I need to be better at just letting old friendships die. I reconnected with an old friend and we have a lunch date this weekend, but after friending her on Facebook I kind of hate her.

Right now she's posting about "omgz, Obama wants to give everyone free community college, I had to take out loans and work through college and so should everyone else!!! Bootstraps!!"

But she's not revealing the fact that her grandparents bought her a brand new car when she graduated high school, paid for her luxury condo, all furnishings, tuition, and sent her a check for living expenses every month. She worked part time and took out $15k in loans because she traveled all over the damn place and went on shopping sprees all the time. So....not the same thing at all.

How do I get out of this lunch date?

Tell her you aren't feeling well, and never quite manage to reschedule (if she even asks).

[audette]

Here we have work today. At least for me.

DH is still in purgatory, erm, a holding pattern, waiting for folks to sign off on some crap so we can _eventually_ leave Korea.  We've seen progress on this crap, so hopefully we'll see folks signing off on it soon.  *crosses fingers*

[lindyanne]

Jan 21, 2015 16:08:34 GMT -5 mbcdefg said:

Ugh, now my sister wants to postpone our planning meeting because she wants to include our brother, since he's the one with the info about what alcohol will cost us.

And of course, when I asked for her budget she said "almost nothing." I get that she's in a $$$ DW soon and she just got back from attending another friend's $$$ wedding. But, really, you're almost 30, Sis ... get a real job and stop going to the bar every fucking night and then maybe you'll have more money. /vent

That's when you say 'Ya I really don't think this party sounds like it's going to work for you. Let's go out for a nice family dinner instead'