Freedom Is...........
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Well, I get why you said in-laws. You're right some people don't deserve the
time of day, let alone our time and trust. I feel for you Wish.
My sister-in-law (my sister's husband's sister) has an uncle, an ex-marine sargeant, who's in his 70s (or thereabouts) is a horrible man. I found this out first hand. She was throwing a dinner party for her father's birthday and naturally she invited his brother (her uncle).
She had on some contemporary music, which he grumbled and cursed about
relentlessly for about a half hour (this with about 20-25 guests in the
house). She asked him to calm down several times, but he persisted and yelled at her for not putting on some "real" music. Finally, to shut him up,
she relented and he became happy as a clam. His music was Do-Wop music of
the 50s and Frank Sinatra. He proceeded to regale everyone within earshot
of his love and knowledge of that music.
People went on with their conversations and generally paid him no mind. He
went up to people and interupted their convos to ask if they knew who was
singing or playing a particular instrument, before any could answer, he
would blurt it out. Then go about chastising folks for not knowing. M,
my sister-in-law finally had enough and called him out on the carpet. He cursed her out and stormed out, shouting profanities and racial slurs.
His brother, the birthday boy and an ex-army sargeant, was totally embarrased and apologized. He knew enough not to chase after him, but he
did return and sulked like a little boy in a corner of the living room.
That was my first time meeting him and it was not pretty. M told me that
she loved and respected him, but that she was not going to put up with his
nonsense in her house. Eeveryone pretty much steered clear of him the rest of the night, which went on pleasantly.
SGG
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Originally posted by Wishimay:Quote:
Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
Actually, my mother-in-law was a decent woman, better to me than my ex
One time I left a family get together, then realized I forgot something upstairs, so I came back in the other entrance then went downstairs to tell them I got it...in that time she had gathered everyone else to talk smack about me and I heard it all...and the thing is, the stuff she was saying was completely made up. It's like she couldn't find any real dirt, so she made something up so she could feel better about herself by talking smack about me. My father-in-law threatened to shoot me for disagreeing with them last year, and thankfully...I haven't seen then since.. Not all who fight for our country should be honored, and he's the prime example. Since the guy came back from Iraq all he's done is issue edicts about what we can and can't do with our own kids and even our own bodies. My spouse has partial hearing loss in one ear and his first memory is being punched... PUNCHED!...in that ear by his father...
Despite all the shit...I tried so hard with those people for years. Wish I could have those years back and we could have moved the hell outta here 15 years ago when we got the chance.
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Wow. Marriage sounds awesome.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Wow. Marriage sounds awesome.
We weren't even talking about spouses. We WERE talking about asshole in-laws and tweaked military nuts. You aren't invited. Go justify your incapable existence somewhere else...
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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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It could be awesome with the right person. I know many couples that have been
married 20, 30, 40 years and are blissfully happy. Oftentimes we find good mates,
but the in-laws turn out to be (how did Wish put it?) real assholes.
I have a buddy who has been married for 40 years, he is happy with his wife (she's
a lovely person) but his in-laws (well, a handful of them) are complete idiots.
He tells me he keeps them at a distance because they bring nothing but drama. It's
just the way life is sometimes. You meet someone amazing and need to build a
mote around your house for the in-laws (and sometimes your own family).
Me, I met the love of my life when I was a teenager (19) and she 17. The most
beautiful creature on the planet, and a gem of a person. We were too young.
Long story short, we lost contact. I tried everything to find her, even bumped into her step sister, but to no avail. That's the way it goes sometimes.
SGG
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Wow. Marriage sounds awesome.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Thanks Wish, I would like to keep this thread non-confrontational. I want to keep
this conversational, open and free of vitriol. Hopefully Six and others will
adjust their thinking and use this thread as an outlet for their more sedate thoughts.
But I do appreciate that you get it. Again, thanks.
As Sir William Wallace (aka Mel Gibson) said at the end of the movie Braveheart...
F R E E D O M!!!
SGG
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Originally posted by Wishimay:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Wow. Marriage sounds awesome.
We weren't even talking about spouses. We WERE talking about asshole in-laws and tweaked military nuts. You aren't invited. Go justify your incapable existence somewhere else...
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Thanks Brenda
SGG
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Originally posted by Brenda:
I agree with both of you.
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Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
F R E E D O M!!!
This thread is a great illustration of exactly why there can be no real and true freedom. I honestly believe it's not achievable. Humanity will always be held hostage by humans that are incapable of being rational... or adult... or unwell. We all need to deal with the fact that the scope of freedom for some isn't even on the same page, let alone the same book as others..
Maybe instead of trying to make EVERYTHING work, we should let freedom be its' dysfunctional best....
Let's send everyone who wants all Mexicans dead to Texas, where building a wall will be their priority. No one will ever try to cross that border
Let's send all the Socialists to Nebraska ..... if they like sharing so much, let them go where "sharing" everything is NEVER going to be easy...so they know the true value of what they preach (make sure EVERYONE is poor though -it's the only way)
Let's drop all drug and alcohol addicts on an island with all the drugs they could ever do so their actions couldn't hurt anyone else...
Let's put all the people that have ever threatened to kill someone over a minor disagreement into coliseums and make them have to shoot their way out. Let's see them disagree with that plan
Have all the narcissists go to California and make them deal with all the other narcissists while they build the worlds' mirrors. Them film it. Oh, wait...I think that's L.A...
I haven't figured out what to do with religious extremists, but neither has anyone else. They all seem to have raging gullibility in common. Maybe throw boxes of paper over a cliff and tell them that those are tickets to heaven down there?
See, I've solved EVERY problem the world has....WHAT??
Got any better ideas???
WHY STAND IN THE WAY OF FREEEEEEEEEEEEDOM??? I think it's time to do some damn facilitatin'!!!
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Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
Me, I met the love of my life when I was a teenager (19) and she 17. The most
beautiful creature on the planet, and a gem of a person. We were too young.
Long story short, we lost contact. I tried everything to find her, even bumped into her step sister, but to no avail. That's the way it goes sometimes.
Women changing their names when they get married needs to stop. FULL STOP. Do you know how many girls I grew up with that I can't find anymore??? That's just not right. We need to make reverting to your maiden name free and stop the stupid.
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Quote:Yep, acquiescing to your demands is why they chose to marry somebody else.
Originally posted by Wishimay:Quote:Women changing their names when they get married needs to stop. FULL STOP. Do you know how many girls I grew up with that I can't find anymore??? That's just not right. We need to make reverting to your maiden name free and stop the stupid.
Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
Me, I met the love of my life when I was a teenager (19) and she 17. The most
beautiful creature on the planet, and a gem of a person. We were too young.
Long story short, we lost contact. I tried everything to find her, even bumped into her step sister, but to no avail. That's the way it goes sometimes.
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