Festivus: Airing of the Grievances

[pixy0stix]

Home Depot, Thermatru doors, and whatever fuckwit distributor home depot is using for their doors can ALL kiss my ass. The door we ordered in early October is STILL NOT HERE and will not be until the end of January. Maybe.

[ttt]

Dec 23, 2015 10:23:46 GMT -5 tacosforlife said:

OMG. An overnight flight from ATL to Buenos Aires has NO meal service in coach. ARE YOU FUCKING WITH ME, DELTA? You're charging almost $1400 for a flight and can't give me some damned rubber airplane chicken? ASSHOLES.

Wait what?? My Delta flight from Atlanta to Rio was also overnight and had meal service in coach. Are you sure that's right?? I thought they had meals on every flight over 6 hours

ETA the rest of the flight sucked though. So freaking uncomfortable. I couldn't sleep a bit and I'm one who can usually sleep anywhere. And I sat next to a girl who did not get up one time during the whole flight, 9 hours straight. So I had to constantly wake her up and climb over her to go to the bathroom.

[StrawberryBlondie]

I hate Christmas. Hate it. Pretty much always have. Part of what I hate about it is that you're supposed to love it and people act like you're a freak if you don't.

DH loves Christmas. Loves. He still hasn't figured out after 11 Christmases together that trying to convince me to like it because I'm supposed to just pisses me off.

He also acts all brand new when I get cranky this time of year.

[penguingrrl]

Dec 23, 2015 19:43:42 GMT -5 ttt said:

Dec 23, 2015 10:23:46 GMT -5 tacosforlife said:

OMG. An overnight flight from ATL to Buenos Aires has NO meal service in coach. ARE YOU FUCKING WITH ME, DELTA? You're charging almost $1400 for a flight and can't give me some damned rubber airplane chicken? ASSHOLES.

Wait what?? My Delta flight from Atlanta to Rio was also overnight and had meal service in coach. Are you sure that's right?? I thought they had meals on every flight over 6 hours

ETA the rest of the flight sucked though. So freaking uncomfortable. I couldn't sleep a bit and I'm one who can usually sleep anywhere. And I sat next to a girl who did not get up one time during the whole flight, 9 hours straight. So I had to constantly wake her up and climb over her to go to the bathroom.

How on earth does one go 9 hours without peeing? That alone is crazy talk! Forget staying sitting in a cramped seat that long!

[ttt]

Dec 23, 2015 20:02:46 GMT -5 penguingrrl said:

Dec 23, 2015 19:43:42 GMT -5 ttt said:

Wait what?? My Delta flight from Atlanta to Rio was also overnight and had meal service in coach. Are you sure that's right?? I thought they had meals on every flight over 6 hours

ETA the rest of the flight sucked though. So freaking uncomfortable. I couldn't sleep a bit and I'm one who can usually sleep anywhere. And I sat next to a girl who did not get up one time during the whole flight, 9 hours straight. So I had to constantly wake her up and climb over her to go to the bathroom.

How on earth does one go 9 hours without peeing? That alone is crazy talk! Forget staying sitting in a cramped seat that long!

Right? And why get an aisle seat if you're never going to get up??

[StrawberryBlondie]

Along with my other one - for the first time in at least 6 years, we're going to celebrate with my family for actual Christmas. My family celebrates on Christmas Eve. DH thinks this is a BFD and is acting like since we're celebrating Christmas tomorrow, we should treat today like Christmas Eve and do stockings and stuff tonight.

No. Just no. Santa comes overnight from Christmas Eve to Christmas Day. We're not changing it.

[penguingrrl]

Dec 23, 2015 20:17:03 GMT -5 ttt said:

Dec 23, 2015 20:02:46 GMT -5 penguingrrl said:

How on earth does one go 9 hours without peeing? That alone is crazy talk! Forget staying sitting in a cramped seat that long!

Right? And why get an aisle seat if you're never going to get up??

It makes no sense at all! Crazy person!

[Mrs.Rad888]

Dec 23, 2015 19:58:19 GMT -5 StrawberryBlondie said:

I hate Christmas. Hate it. Pretty much always have. Part of what I hate about it is that you're supposed to love it and people act like you're a freak if you don't.

DH loves Christmas. Loves. He still hasn't figured out after 11 Christmases together that trying to convince me to like it because I'm supposed to just pisses me off.

He also acts all brand new when I get cranky this time of year.

I've come to the realization that I also hate Christmas. I like being able to visit family and have a fancy, over-the-top dinner, but the rest of it can fuck right off. Especially the music.

[secretlyevil]

This year is way too crazy.

[jln]

Dec 23, 2015 1:07:15 GMT -5 elleblue said:

The absolute worst part of having to be gluten free* is missing out on all the cake. It's tragic.


*trust, it's not a choice

You don't have to miss out! There are lots of yummy GF cakes you can make. Check out King Arthur products.

[alleinesein]

Dec 23, 2015 20:02:46 GMT -5 penguingrrl said:

Dec 23, 2015 19:43:42 GMT -5 ttt said:

Wait what?? My Delta flight from Atlanta to Rio was also overnight and had meal service in coach. Are you sure that's right?? I thought they had meals on every flight over 6 hours

ETA the rest of the flight sucked though. So freaking uncomfortable. I couldn't sleep a bit and I'm one who can usually sleep anywhere. And I sat next to a girl who did not get up one time during the whole flight, 9 hours straight. So I had to constantly wake her up and climb over her to go to the bathroom.

How on earth does one go 9 hours without peeing? That alone is crazy talk! Forget staying sitting in a cramped seat that long!

Its not that hard.  I've done it a few times.  Hit up the bathroom before boarding and then sleep on the flight.  

[mrspez07]

Dec 22, 2015 23:28:27 GMT -5 tacosforlife said:

Dec 22, 2015 23:02:44 GMT -5 iammalcolmx said:

I am sorta an expert. What is your all in budget for this trip?

It's fluid. We started out wanting to stay at $4,000 but that clearly isn't enough for Argentina. I think it may be possible to stay st $5000-5500 if we primarily stay in BA and do day trips because it's the intra-country travel that starts to get pricey. Flights are clearly the biggest issue - H found flights from ORD for $1325/person. I found one for $1186 that involves an extra stop and 4 more hours of travel time each way (not sure if H will go for that). By the time we pay for parking at ORD, I'm just rounding up and assuming we will spend $3,000 on getting there.

We still have lots of research to do. If this doesn't work out, we will do something in Western Europe probably. Or maybe we will look into Colombia or Central America.

It will be so cheap once you get there. Steak Dinners for 1/2 the price as here. If you go, take a day or two and take the boat to Uruguay, specifically Colonia de Sacramento (not Montevideo, it sucks!). If you can find flight deals once there, Mendoza is wonderful (wine!). We did our honeymoon down there 8 yrs ago. Loved it!

[pescalita]

Dec 23, 2015 21:25:31 GMT -5 Mrs.Rad888 said:

Dec 23, 2015 19:58:19 GMT -5 StrawberryBlondie said:

I hate Christmas. Hate it. Pretty much always have. Part of what I hate about it is that you're supposed to love it and people act like you're a freak if you don't.

DH loves Christmas. Loves. He still hasn't figured out after 11 Christmases together that trying to convince me to like it because I'm supposed to just pisses me off.

He also acts all brand new when I get cranky this time of year.

I've come to the realization that I also hate Christmas. I like being able to visit family and have a fancy, over-the-top dinner, but the rest of it can fuck right off. Especially the music.

See, this does not even compute to me. I have a pathological love for Christmas that makes it hard to comprehend the alternative. But I get that not everyone is a Christmas freak.

Carl came home tonight, dec 23, and decided he was freaked out about taking the wild boys to church. I legit do not care that I do all the Christmas stuff because a) I love it, see above, b) he always pulls his weight; I'm more likely to waste time on something cute and Christmasy while he's doing something useful like laundry or cooking. But come on, dude. We made plans weeks and weeks ago. And you didn't think about the reality of a two year old in church until tonight? Come on.

[penguingrrl]

Dec 24, 2015 0:12:25 GMT -5 alleinesein said:

Dec 23, 2015 20:02:46 GMT -5 penguingrrl said:

How on earth does one go 9 hours without peeing? That alone is crazy talk! Forget staying sitting in a cramped seat that long!

Its not that hard.  I've done it a few times.  Hit up the bathroom before boarding and then sleep on the flight.  

Unless I'm very deeply sleeping (which wouldn't happen on a plane), I couldn't go 9 hours without peeing. That's kind of amazing to me lol!

[mrsukyankee]

Dec 24, 2015 9:48:41 GMT -5 penguingrrl said:

Dec 24, 2015 0:12:25 GMT -5 alleinesein said:

Its not that hard.  I've done it a few times.  Hit up the bathroom before boarding and then sleep on the flight.  

Unless I'm very deeply sleeping (which wouldn't happen on a plane), I couldn't go 9 hours without peeing. That's kind of amazing to me lol!

You could if you were on a second class train in India that ended up stopping in one place due to an issue on the track so the poop that fell through the train (cause the toilets are holes) started to build up.  Yup, held my pee for over 12 hours that night due to this issue.

[StrawberryBlondie]

Dec 24, 2015 1:07:25 GMT -5 pescalita said:

Dec 23, 2015 21:25:31 GMT -5 Mrs.Rad888 said:

I've come to the realization that I also hate Christmas. I like being able to visit family and have a fancy, over-the-top dinner, but the rest of it can fuck right off. Especially the music.

See, this does not even compute to me. I have a pathological love for Christmas that makes it hard to comprehend the alternative. But I get that not everyone is a Christmas freak.

Carl came home tonight, dec 23, and decided he was freaked out about taking the wild boys to church. I legit do not care that I do all the Christmas stuff because a) I love it, see above, b) he always pulls his weight; I'm more likely to waste time on something cute and Christmasy while he's doing something useful like laundry or cooking. But come on, dude. We made plans weeks and weeks ago. And you didn't think about the reality of a two year old in church until tonight? Come on.

I can only speak for myself, but this "Christmas is so amazing and I can't comprehend hating it!" attitude significantly contributes to my hating Christmas.

[eponinepontmercy]

Dec 24, 2015 1:07:25 GMT -5 pescalita said:

Dec 23, 2015 21:25:31 GMT -5 Mrs.Rad888 said:

I've come to the realization that I also hate Christmas. I like being able to visit family and have a fancy, over-the-top dinner, but the rest of it can fuck right off. Especially the music.

See, this does not even compute to me. I have a pathological love for Christmas that makes it hard to comprehend the alternative. But I get that not everyone is a Christmas freak.

Carl came home tonight, dec 23, and decided he was freaked out about taking the wild boys to church. I legit do not care that I do all the Christmas stuff because a) I love it, see above, b) he always pulls his weight; I'm more likely to waste time on something cute and Christmasy while he's doing something useful like laundry or cooking. But come on, dude. We made plans weeks and weeks ago. And you didn't think about the reality of a two year old in church until tonight? Come on.

DH is taking DD to mass tonight. She's never been to mass before. Have fun with that.

[eponinepontmercy]

I would like to complain about my dog, who has decided that my spot on the couch is now his spot on the couch. He drags his blanket over every night.

[penguingrrl]

Dec 24, 2015 9:50:53 GMT -5 mrsukyankee said:

Dec 24, 2015 9:48:41 GMT -5 penguingrrl said:

Unless I'm very deeply sleeping (which wouldn't happen on a plane), I couldn't go 9 hours without peeing. That's kind of amazing to me lol!

You could if you were on a second class train in India that ended up stopping in one place due to an issue on the track so the poop that fell through the train (cause the toilets are holes) started to build up.  Yup, held my pee for over 12 hours that night due to this issue.

OMG! I would explode lol! I have trouble going two hours without peeing!

[tacosforlife]

I once had to pee 4 times on a 2-hour flight. I felt SO BAD for the person on the aisle. I didn't even drink that much. I just have a tiny overactive bladder that goes into hyperdrive in the mornings. I've already peed 3 times today and I have barely been up 4 hours.

[mrsukyankee]

Dec 24, 2015 10:05:15 GMT -5 penguingrrl said:

Dec 24, 2015 9:50:53 GMT -5 mrsukyankee said:

You could if you were on a second class train in India that ended up stopping in one place due to an issue on the track so the poop that fell through the train (cause the toilets are holes) started to build up.  Yup, held my pee for over 12 hours that night due to this issue.

OMG! I would explode lol! I have trouble going two hours without peeing!

I was such a bitch by the time I got to a normal toilet.  I think if I was in that situation now, I'd just go and use the grody thing.  I was young and could hold my pee back then.

[pescalita]

Dec 24, 2015 9:54:38 GMT -5 StrawberryBlondie said:

Dec 24, 2015 1:07:25 GMT -5 pescalita said:

See, this does not even compute to me. I have a pathological love for Christmas that makes it hard to comprehend the alternative. But I get that not everyone is a Christmas freak.

Carl came home tonight, dec 23, and decided he was freaked out about taking the wild boys to church. I legit do not care that I do all the Christmas stuff because a) I love it, see above, b) he always pulls his weight; I'm more likely to waste time on something cute and Christmasy while he's doing something useful like laundry or cooking. But come on, dude. We made plans weeks and weeks ago. And you didn't think about the reality of a two year old in church until tonight? Come on.

I can only speak for myself, but this "Christmas is so amazing and I can't comprehend hating it!" attitude significantly contributes to my hating Christmas.

Lol well that's fair

[Aquatica]

I have a complaint about my BIL. Last night, he texted my brother that he was going on their Christmas trip without him. (Backstory, they've been arguing all week)

BIL took all the pets, including my brother's dog, and left before my brother got off work (it's a 2 hr drive). Who the fuck leaves their S/O ALONE for Christmas??

[meshaliuknits]

Dec 24, 2015 9:54:38 GMT -5 StrawberryBlondie said:

Dec 24, 2015 1:07:25 GMT -5 pescalita said:

See, this does not even compute to me. I have a pathological love for Christmas that makes it hard to comprehend the alternative. But I get that not everyone is a Christmas freak.

Carl came home tonight, dec 23, and decided he was freaked out about taking the wild boys to church. I legit do not care that I do all the Christmas stuff because a) I love it, see above, b) he always pulls his weight; I'm more likely to waste time on something cute and Christmasy while he's doing something useful like laundry or cooking. But come on, dude. We made plans weeks and weeks ago. And you didn't think about the reality of a two year old in church until tonight? Come on.

I can only speak for myself, but this "Christmas is so amazing and I can't comprehend hating it!" attitude significantly contributes to my hating Christmas.

This is part of the reason I hate Disneyland. The rest is because the rides suck. Suuuuuuuuuuuuck.

[alleinesein]

Dec 24, 2015 10:31:08 GMT -5 mrsukyankee said:

Dec 24, 2015 10:05:15 GMT -5 penguingrrl said:

OMG! I would explode lol! I have trouble going two hours without peeing!

I was such a bitch by the time I got to a normal toilet.  I think if I was in that situation now, I'd just go and use the grody thing.  I was young and could hold my pee back then.

Living in India definitely teaches you bladder control!  I'd use the bathroom in the morning and then a lot of times not even use it again until I got back to my room 12 hours later.  

One of my prissy roommates insisted on using the bathroom on the train (we were in 3rd class) and I think the experience scarred her for life.

[penguingrrl]

Dec 24, 2015 10:07:29 GMT -5 tacosforlife said:

I once had to pee 4 times on a 2-hour flight. I felt SO BAD for the person on the aisle. I didn't even drink that much. I just have a tiny overactive bladder that goes into hyperdrive in the mornings. I've already peed 3 times today and I have barely been up 4 hours.

I am so glad I'm not alone. In the morning I have to pee every 40 minutes or so. And it's never a small amount. I remember as both a bank teller and a substitute teacher finding it so embarrassing that coworkers had to know that because I couldn't just step away from my desk discretely.

[msmerymac]

I'm on my way to my dad's house for dinner and I just saw on FB that this year, they opened presents in the morning. No mention of that when he asked what we were doing during the day today. Which was visiting my brother.

Speaking of, my brother and SIL spent Thanksgiving with my parents, explaining they were spending Christmas with SIL's family. My dad still asked my brother the other day if he was coming on Christmas Day instead of Christmas Eve.

I keep telling my brother to keep his expectations low, so Dad can't disappoint you. And yet he seems to go out of his way to try to do just that.

[msmerymac]

Because of this thread, I have reconsidered traveling to India.

[alleinesein]

Dec 24, 2015 16:42:12 GMT -5 msmerymac said:

Because of this thread, I have reconsidered traveling to India.

Just keep in mind that it tends to be hot so you sweat out most of your liquids so there is no need to use the bathroom!  

[elleblue]

I love Christmas but I also realize I come from a privileged position of not having any bad associations with the holiday, so it's easy for me to love it. Not everyone is so lucky, or even wants to be, which is okay too. I mean I get it, not everyone is into holidays in general and I'm sort of a junkie - any excuse for a celebration is fine by me. But the decorations, the lights, the traditions, so many things about this time of year still feel magical to me, even as an adult.