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Am I in mischevious-enough mood to try it?
Still probably not. Waiting for weeks and weeks for the package to arrive... And I would not be surprised if NobodysHome countertrolled me by saying absolutely nothing about keeping me in ignorance forever*.
Unless... Could I get GothBard or one of the Impii to record NobodysHome face when he would be opening the box?
*I have done something along that line myself.
So for a time, almost every session started with someone excitedly noting they found a pheonix near their place. Sometimes two the same night.
After a few cases, the culprits decided to go big and paint pheonixes in front of place where the groups GM lived - me and another friend.
I found the pheonix in the morning (in fact I probably heard the conspirators at night while painting - a few meters in a mostly vertical line from my window, but I thought it to be some late neighbors). The next session the other GM noted that he got a pheonix. I think that he also asked me if I got one - which made me suspect he knows who paints those firebirds, though I—correctly—did not expected him to be behind it - which I shrugged away.
When the joke finally ended and the perpetrators revealed themselves I got a bit of verbal abuse from one of them for staying silent and keeping them stressed that they might got the wrong address. They noted that finding my living place was hard in the first place, both to get the address and then to physically reach it.
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[sarcasm] Oh my goodness! It's only 8:40 am and it's already nearly 70°F! And there are signs that the fog cover might break early! Batten down the hatches! It's going to be a scorcher![/sarcasm]
So, hot weather around here is indeed a serious issue; just like Woran's place, houses around here are neither insulated nor air conditioned, so hot weather can easily turn fatal for older residents. I'm honestly worried about mother-in-law as she's in an upstairs apartment facing the sun with no AC. She might need to come to our place for her own safety.
But it does get silly to get the apocalyptic warnings that *you* personally are in serious danger of heat stroke and you should do everything in your power to hide... only to have the sun not emerge from the fog until noon-ish...
EDIT: But honestly, it has to suck to be a weatherperson for the Bay Area. "What's the weather going to be like in Alameda County?" "Well, it's going to be 75°F in Albany, and 105°F in Pleasanton. Which number would you like me to use?"
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And for her, if it's not a physical gift, it doesn't count.
We are at an impasse.
My parents are the same way. They hate giving cash, gift cards, or other practical gifts as it's "lazy" and "greedy", but won't take no for an answer when physical gifts are concerned.
Like when they sent Scint a Xmas gift despite her clearly saying "no gifts please, I'm in the middle of moving and have enough boxes to deal with". Nope, they ordered her stuff from Amazon based on half of a heard conversation between her and me and it showed up on her doorstep literally halfway thru moving packing.
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[sarcasm] Oh my goodness! It's only 8:40 am and it's already nearly 70°F! And there are signs that the fog cover might break early! Batten down the hatches! It's going to be a scorcher![/sarcasm]
So, hot weather around here is indeed a serious issue; just like Woran's place, houses around here are neither insulated nor air conditioned, so hot weather can easily turn fatal for older residents. I'm honestly worried about mother-in-law as she's in an upstairs apartment facing the sun with no AC. She might need to come to our place for her own safety.
But it does get silly to get the apocalyptic warnings that *you* personally are in serious danger of heat stroke and you should do everything in your power to hide... only to have the sun not emerge from the fog until noon-ish...
EDIT: But honestly, it has to suck to be a weatherperson for the Bay Area. "What's the weather going to be like in Alameda County?" "Well, it's going to be 75°F in Albany, and 105°F in Pleasanton. Which number would you like me to use?"
"It's going to be 87 at the airport, which is stupid, because I don't know anybody who lives at the airport." --The Hippy Dippy Weatherman aka Saint Carlin.
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And for her, if it's not a physical gift, it doesn't count.
We are at an impasse.
My parents are the same way. They hate giving cash, gift cards, or other practical gifts as it's "lazy" and "greedy", but won't take no for an answer when physical gifts are concerned.
Like when they sent Scint a Xmas gift despite her clearly saying "no gifts please, I'm in the middle of moving and have enough boxes to deal with". Nope, they ordered her stuff from Amazon based on half of a heard conversation between her and me and it showed up on her doorstep literally halfway thru moving packing.
Fear not. This transgression will be addressed anon.
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And for her, if it's not a physical gift, it doesn't count.
We are at an impasse.
My parents are the same way. They hate giving cash, gift cards, or other practical gifts as it's "lazy" and "greedy", but won't take no for an answer when physical gifts are concerned.
Like when they sent Scint a Xmas gift despite her clearly saying "no gifts please, I'm in the middle of moving and have enough boxes to deal with". Nope, they ordered her stuff from Amazon based on half of a heard conversation between her and me and it showed up on her doorstep literally halfway thru moving packing.
I still have her pin. I'm glad I didn't send it when moving was going on, but I still need to send it.
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And for her, if it's not a physical gift, it doesn't count.
We are at an impasse.
My parents are the same way. They hate giving cash, gift cards, or other practical gifts as it's "lazy" and "greedy", but won't take no for an answer when physical gifts are concerned.
Like when they sent Scint a Xmas gift despite her clearly saying "no gifts please, I'm in the middle of moving and have enough boxes to deal with". Nope, they ordered her stuff from Amazon based on half of a heard conversation between her and me and it showed up on her doorstep literally halfway thru moving packing.
My family HATES giving gift cards, but they are legendarily bad at giving gifts so you're more likely to throw out what they give you anyway.
Funny enough, they're more than willing to get the General a gift card, which is fine with me because then she bribes me with the gift card to not throw away what I get.
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That's really the point; I don't even want a gift *card*.
"I am a well-off middle-aged white man who spends hours every week trying to get rid of the crap I have accumulated over my lifetime. Please do not add to my burden in any way, shape, or form by either giving me things or by giving me gift cards to try to force me to buy things. Give me nothing but your company. Why is that so hard for you to comprehend?"
A century or two of marketers saying, "If you don't give something physical, you don't actually care," are to blame, I'm sure.
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That's really the point; I don't even want a gift *card*.
"I am a well-off middle-aged white man who spends hours every week trying to get rid of the crap I have accumulated over my lifetime. Please do not add to my burden in any way, shape, or form by either giving me things or by giving me gift cards to try to force me to buy things. Give me nothing but your company. Why is that so hard for you to comprehend?"
A century or two of marketers saying, "If you don't give something physical, you don't actually care," are to blame, I'm sure.
please send me all your gift cards.
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please send me all your gift cards.That's really the point; I don't even want a gift *card*.
"I am a well-off middle-aged white man who spends hours every week trying to get rid of the crap I have accumulated over my lifetime. Please do not add to my burden in any way, shape, or form by either giving me things or by giving me gift cards to try to force me to buy things. Give me nothing but your company. Why is that so hard for you to comprehend?"
A century or two of marketers saying, "If you don't give something physical, you don't actually care," are to blame, I'm sure.
You didn't ask correctly. I believe you're supposed to start with "PapaNobody..."
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I refuse to pay for Screencast premium for a longer recording time, so I'm currently trying to pare down a lecture overview of notes for each section to under 5 minutes. I've gotten four recorded successfully so far.
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please send me all your gift cards.That's really the point; I don't even want a gift *card*.
"I am a well-off middle-aged white man who spends hours every week trying to get rid of the crap I have accumulated over my lifetime. Please do not add to my burden in any way, shape, or form by either giving me things or by giving me gift cards to try to force me to buy things. Give me nothing but your company. Why is that so hard for you to comprehend?"
A century or two of marketers saying, "If you don't give something physical, you don't actually care," are to blame, I'm sure.
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OK, it's 85 but it's still overcast, so it's remarkably muggy for around here. Somewhat like a cold day in Houston.
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That's really the point; I don't even want a gift *card*.please send me all your gift cards.
OK, guys, gonna need to make a sidetrip -- {unrolls hastily scribbled "blueprint" of Abscondicave layout} -- we're going to loot Super Freehold Freehold's gift card vault. Now, some of you gobs aren't going to survive his cunning traps, but take comfort in knowing I'll find it painful to watch you die. As a general rule, assume he designed the place more deviously and deadly-ily than Acererak on a meth-high and sugar-high. And if you stumble on a stray Super Crown laying around, don't touch it; we've all heard what happened to Bowser.
Also, we need to figure out how to ship an adult dragon from Poland to San Francisco.
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And if you stumble on a stray Super Crown laying around, don't touch it; we've all heard what happened to Bowser.
Yeah, that's mine and I'll roast you thrice over if you try to snag it!
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And if you stumble on a stray Super Crown laying around, don't touch it; we've all heard what happened to Bowser.Yeah, that's mine and I'll roast you thrice over if you try to snag it!
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That's really the point; I don't even want a gift *card*.
"I am a well-off middle-aged white man who spends hours every week trying to get rid of the crap I have accumulated over my lifetime. Please do not add to my burden in any way, shape, or form by either giving me things or by giving me gift cards to try to force me to buy things. Give me nothing but your company. Why is that so hard for you to comprehend?"
A century or two of marketers saying, "If you don't give something physical, you don't actually care," are to blame, I'm sure.
The process started much-much earlier, even before anyone dreamt of the capitalism. For a long time gift-giving was sign of generosiy, which was one of the important parts of virtue in vastly different cultures (all around the world basically). Gift-giving was also a sign of power - higher stations were expected to be generous to their followers and to their peers. It's quite deep part of social conditioning, deeper than mere two hundred years.
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And referring to revelation of NH's actual job and his cat's name.
When and how did I even learned what a fluffer is? Honestly, I have no idea. While I do watch porn from time to time I haven't delved deep into its backstage production details. Ah, well, that's how my brain works, accumulating random pieces of trivia like dust bunnies...
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I stand humbled by the prognosticators. It's 93°F outside and still overcast. I don't recall ever seeing weather like this in Albany before.
Fortunately, though I mock them, I do listen to them; the house was closed up and all the curtains were closed before 7:00 am this morning, so it's only around 72°F indoors at the moment. (Can't find my indoor thermometer, but I'm comfortable, so it can't be too hot.)
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That's really the point; I don't even want a gift *card*.please send me all your gift cards.OK, guys, gonna need to make a sidetrip -- {unrolls hastily scribbled "blueprint" of Abscondicave layout} -- we're going to loot Super Freehold Freehold's gift card vault. Now, some of you gobs aren't going to survive his cunning traps, but take comfort in knowing I'll find it painful to watch you die. As a general rule, assume he designed the place more deviously and deadly-ily than Acererak on a meth-high and sugar-high. And if you stumble on a stray Super Crown laying around, don't touch it; we've all heard what happened to Bowser.
Also, we need to figure out how to ship an adult dragon from Poland to San Francisco.
He can fly on his own, surely?
By the way, please to post regular updates of the Rat Gobs vs. Freehold battle over the California Unwanted Scotch Depository.
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OK, guys, gonna need to make a sidetrip -- {unrolls hastily scribbled "blueprint" of Abscondicave layout} -- we're going to loot Super Freehold Freehold's gift card vault. Now, some of you gobs aren't going to survive his cunning traps, but take comfort in knowing I'll find it painful to watch you die. As a general rule, assume he designed the place more deviously and deadly-ily than Acererak on a meth-high and sugar-high. And if you stumble on a stray Super Crown laying around, don't touch it; we've all heard what happened to BowserThat's really the point; I don't even want a gift *card*.please send me all your gift cards.
You'll never make it past the ice cream dungeons.
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I stand humbled by the prognosticators. It's 93°F outside and still overcast. I don't recall ever seeing weather like this in Albany before.
Fortunately, though I mock them, I do listen to them; the house was closed up and all the curtains were closed before 7:00 am this morning, so it's only around 72°F indoors at the moment. (Can't find my indoor thermometer, but I'm comfortable, so it can't be too hot.)
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Walks through door.
Hugs Goth Bard.Accepts glass of scotch she offers.
Sip. Smile. Put my head on her shoulder.
We look over the list of plotters and giggle and shake our heads.
We take scotch selfie to taunt silly men.
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Walks through door.
Hugs Goth Bard.
Accepts glass of scotch she offers.
Sip. Smile. Put my head on her shoulder.
We look over the list of plotters and giggle and shake our heads.
We take scotch selfie to taunt silly men.
I like where this is going.
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I definitely earned my legendary proficiency with the saw this week.
There's probably 20th level dwarven craftsmen that are jealously plotting my demise after the last couple of weeks I've had.
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FYIF!Frumpkin Yelps Inevitable Fluffernutters?
Yes.
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I definitely earned my legendary proficiency with the saw this week.
There's probably 20th level dwarven craftsmen that are jealously plotting my demise after the last couple of weeks I've had.
Only because you're a 21st level Dwarven craftsman.
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"Hey Mom! or Dad!" - Tiny T-Rex, covering his bases so he doesn't have to actually look to see who came in the front door.
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Only because you're a 21st level Dwarven craftsman.I definitely earned my legendary proficiency with the saw this week.
There's probably 20th level dwarven craftsmen that are jealously plotting my demise after the last couple of weeks I've had.
I should probably level up my profile.. and pick an actual class since Pathfinder 2 did away with NPC classes.
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B!@#$zilla kicked us out. Over us refusing to have Tala quit her new job she got "because it's too far from the house". She made the threat. I took it literally. And I said fine, grab our stuff, let's go.
As I was packing up our stuff, prepared to take our last bit of money to stay at a roach motel, she kept going.
I snapped.
All that I bottled up inside for the last 10 days came out.
I may have dropped the c word. And B. And all I had in my vocabulary. And told her to kiss my ass. And more.
My mom picked us up. I hated calling her. She already helped us so much.
Tala disowned her mom and grandparents for defending her. The baby will never see that miserable toxic freak.
We're out. We're safe. My mom is amazing. She treats Tala like her own (who stood by her man the ENTIRE time).
But the stress.... Oh man. I was shaking for an hour.
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Go Mom! F*&@ that other a@#$#*@!
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All that I bottled up inside for the last 10 days came out.
If you are lucky, she will refuse to speak to you until you apologize.
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B$@&*zilla kicked us out. Over us refusing to have Tala quit her new job she got "because it's too far from the house". She made the threat. I took it literally. And I said fine, grab our stuff, let's go.
As I was packing up our stuff, prepared to take our last bit of money to stay at a roach motel, she kept going.
I snapped.
All that I bottled up inside for the last 10 days came out.
I may have dropped the c word. And B. And all I had in my vocabulary. And told her to kiss my ass. And more.
My mom picked us up. I hated calling her. She already helped us so much.
Tala disowned her mom and grandparents for defending her. The baby will never see that miserable toxic freak.
We're out. We're safe. My mom is amazing. She treats Tala like her own (who stood by her man the ENTIRE time).
But the stress.... Oh man. I was shaking for an hour.
I'm glad you got out.
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Thank you guys.
I didn't want to involve my mom more than I did, because she already sank over a grand getting us down here, AND she was working "behind the scenes" looking to help us find apartment, and car, and such...
B%&&@zilla complained that she wasn't doing enough because we weren't staying with her. After it was B@*#@zilla's invite that got us down here.
She insulted my stepfather as well, when he asked for the ORIGINAL 250 bucks he lent us for the rental back when we got our deposit back. Talking about how "How can he even ask for that when I"m opening my home and..." blah blah blah blah.
She's the type who pulls the victim card all the time. Every time she gets in an argument about anything it's "I'm a sick woman, and..." then the rant about oh poor me, my life, as if that justifies you being a mean person.
It's funny, once I snapped, once I finally broke the levy, I was like "Oh, here comes the I'm sick story, again. Can you find a different song to play besides that old tune? Being sick doesn't give you the right to treat your husband like a slave, to treat your daughter like a burden, to be mean to everyone around you, and to threaten to make your granddaughter homeless"
She's one of those people who will constantly bulldoze you with her opinion until she gets what she wants, and if not, call up everyone else in the family, who will then all call you and continue to bulldoze you, until eventually you get sick and f&#!ing tired of dozens of people calling and bugging you and give in.
She never met anyone who stood up to her like me. (Except of course the mother of her other grandkid, who told her to kiss her black ass - I'm the first to call her a c!!@ to her face, though.) She seemed completely shocked by the concept.
Yep. She's more than just B$@!!zilla. She's a Karen on Steroids.
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Oh, and then Tala's grandfather tried to talk to me on her behalf over the phone. At first I was like "No, if you can't apologize to me yourself and talk to me like you're an adult, no, I don't want to talk to your father" but then I thought, you know, he's been reasonably respectful, I'll give him a shot.
He mentioned if we went to live on the budget we have, we'd end up in "the ghetto".
When I mentioned I don't mind being in "the ghetto", and that I'd lived in bad neighborhoods in Jacksonville, and that my ex-wife was black, and I got along with minorities quite well, he tried to be like "well, you don't want to put your daughter through that"
Put her through what? Playing with minorities? I was like, dude, it's no big deal. Interracial friendships are a good thing.
"Well, I can see in your mind you're still living in the ghetto."
So I hung up on him.
Then B&*%!zilla kept screaming. Then my mom showed up, and we just grabbed what we could fit in the car and split.
In my life my mom has only ever called another woman an insult twice, that I can remember. A lawyer that came to her office and has billboards all over town, and Tala's mom. I was kind of surprised. The crazy b~&$~ was screaming in the background trying to get my mom's attention on the phone, like she could tell on me for misbehaving, and trying to butt into our conversation, like "is she picking you up" etc? When I said it was a private conversation, she lost her s~@% even more.
I swear, this is the most psychotic individual I've ever encountered that wasn't in an actual mental institution. (I worked in one for about three months as a mental health tech, and was locked up myself in two others when I was suicidal) - and this crazy b!$@~ actually was even worse than some of them!
And the more I simply refused to do what she DEMANDED, the more unhinged she got. And yet, loving Tala, I kept trying to calmly and rationally talk to her, and every time she'd interrupt me, yelling and raising her voice, and...
...well, like I said, I was already kicked out. So I pushed her buttons. Remember how I said I can do that, but I try my hardest not to, because it's unintentional? Well, when it is intentional I really, REALLY can. By the time I left she was practically frothing at the mouth.
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Put her through what? Playing with minorities? I was like, dude, it's no big deal. Interracial friendships are a good thing.
"Well, I can see in your mind you're still living in the ghetto."
So I hung up on him.
Yeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh, that's a MASSIVE racism red flag running up the flagpole there. Good riddance to that.
Best of luck to you with your current situation. It's going to suck for a bit, no doubt, but you did the right thing, I think.
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I definitely earned my legendary proficiency with the saw this week.
There's probably 20th level dwarven craftsmen that are jealously plotting my demise after the last couple of weeks I've had.
Bah. Jealousy is unbefitting of a proper dwarf. What do we look like, elves?
We celebrate the accomplishments of our fellow craftsmen. Huzzah to ye, lad, and may yer legendary artifacts mesmerize generations to come.
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Glad you got out of there, VE.
Poor Tala. What a mother.
Watch out for her trying to use other family members to get to Tala and try to guilt her in the coming days.
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VE -- Congrats on getting out of a situation more toxic than any I've ever experienced! Stories like that make me happy for the only-mildly-dysfunctional family I do have.
As for the heat wave, yep. This one is "different".
Being right on the bay and right where the ocean flow blows in over the hills, it's pretty much unheard-of for it to stay at even 70°F once the sun's good and down. Tonight it's almost 9:00 pm, well after sunset, and it's still 78°F.
In Davis, that was perfectly normal; it would be 99°F all day, then over 80°F until 11 or 12 at night. In Albany, it's surreal.
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New research based on four decades of longitudinal data indicates that it is rare for a person to receive and keep a single mental disorder diagnosis. Rather, experiencing different successive mental disorders appears to be the norm.
Now that is interesting. It makes a lot of sense if you were to say diagnose depression in a patient with bi-polar disorder it would make sense because if your only looking at a small slice it would seem like depression half the time. or it could be that something else is causing the depression symptoms. Taking a longitudinal approach makes a lot of sense really. More data points if nothing else.
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that mental health treatment varies by state bothers me.Yeah.
Ohio wouldn't even give me meds until after I had a few months of therapy. Florida shoved pills at me.
Considering the elderly population....
Man you would be surprised by how differently all sorts of medical treatment and well most treatment in general varies between states. Sometimes I feel America is like a bunch of little countries all crammed together.
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And for her, if it's not a physical gift, it doesn't count.
We are at an impasse.
My parents are the same way. They hate giving cash, gift cards, or other practical gifts as it's "lazy" and "greedy", but won't take no for an answer when physical gifts are concerned.
Like when they sent Scint a Xmas gift despite her clearly saying "no gifts please, I'm in the middle of moving and have enough boxes to deal with". Nope, they ordered her stuff from Amazon based on half of a heard conversation between her and me and it showed up on her doorstep literally halfway thru moving packing.
My family HATES giving gift cards, but they are legendarily bad at giving gifts so you're more likely to throw out what they give you anyway.
Funny enough, they're more than willing to get the General a gift card, which is fine with me because then she bribes me with the gift card to not throw away what I get.
Honestly if your gonna get me a gift card just send me cash, and don't worry about a greeting card either they are too expensive.
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B&@*%zilla kicked us out. Over us refusing to have Tala quit her new job she got "because it's too far from the house". She made the threat. I took it literally. And I said fine, grab our stuff, let's go.
As I was packing up our stuff, prepared to take our last bit of money to stay at a roach motel, she kept going.
I snapped.
All that I bottled up inside for the last 10 days came out.
I may have dropped the c word. And B. And all I had in my vocabulary. And told her to kiss my ass. And more.
My mom picked us up. I hated calling her. She already helped us so much.
Tala disowned her mom and grandparents for defending her. The baby will never see that miserable toxic freak.
We're out. We're safe. My mom is amazing. She treats Tala like her own (who stood by her man the ENTIRE time).
But the stress.... Oh man. I was shaking for an hour.
I would offer to help you find a good rate on a hotel but I doubt my brand could possibly be cheaper then a "roach motel".
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...
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...cut the stepincest crap. The growth rate in that category is disturbing and gross. Family is family. You're killing my boner. Keep this up an I'm switching to a competitor. Like a curvy piece of driftwood.
But it's okay if there's no DNA~
I feel so shamed just writing that even as a joke which is not to be taken seriously.
(Pretty sure those two jokes are taken from YouTuber named, uh... oh, man, what... uh... it's one of those I sometimes go to from MyMother'sBasement videos. They're kind of a loose confederacy. Dang it. One of those. Not SuperEyePatchWolf, I don't think, and that's literally the only name that's coming to mind, at present. Anyway, disclaimer is laid here for purposes of, "Hey, you stole that joke!" and, yes, yes I did. From anime. Which means that NH's Corporate Job that one site is now stealing from the fourth-worst-tier anime memes*. That should really be cause for reconsideration in life - if you're scraping the bottom of the animeme barrel.)
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