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RE: June Bugs ... Women's Chat Thread - 6/21/2008 12:05:46 PM
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cherish405
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Hi everybody. What have you all got planned for the weekend?
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RE: June Bugs ... Women's Chat Thread - 6/21/2008 1:58:03 PM
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We purchased our high school class rings as sophomores; therefore, we got to wear them for 3 years. Unfortunately, I lost mine the summer after I graduated playing softball. I wish I still had it, but oh well. We looked and looked for it too. I didn't do a college class ring (don't know many people that do)....but I would say to order the one you like. Yes, that goes with the consensus...but...it's YOUR ring and you are spending the money on it!!!
Today...let's see...it's HOT. Already 96 degrees and it isn't even 11 AM yet.....
I have to go to the grocery store...guess I'd better get moving. Still need to hit the jeweler to check the guarantee on some jewelry; however, we may do that tomorrow...hard to say. I think we're just going to try to stay cool & maybe watch some movies.
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RE: June Bugs ... Women's Chat Thread - 6/21/2008 2:15:04 PM
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I found a high school class ring once. During my freshman year of college our house burnt down. In going through some clothes people had given us a class ring turned up. The ring was from the Christian high school that was a rival to my Christian school. There was a graduation date, initials, and the person played field hockey. At first we were going to contact the school and see if they could tell us who with those initials graduated during that year. After thinking about it for a little bit I guessed that maybe it belonged to the lady who was the science teacher at my high school adn she and her husband ran the youth group at our church. I asked her and sure enough it was hers. She had lost it years before. The pants I had pulled out to wear to work were ones that she had bought but never liked so only wore them a couple times.
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RE: June Bugs ... Women's Chat Thread - 6/21/2008 2:18:01 PM
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The reason why the "official" ring is so ugly to me is that they put that big steeple on it and it makes the ring have to be kind of chunky. Other schools around seem to have a smaller symbol or letter that can "symbolize" the school on their rings. If the steeple could be on there, but the actual ring didn't have so much mass I'd probably think it was better. I know for my hs ring I just went to walmart lol. I liked it but then I lost it. :( I think I might go look at the ring the next time the representative is here...maybe it looks better in person. If it doesn't I'll just get one elsewhere.
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RE: June Bugs ... Women's Chat Thread - 6/21/2008 3:24:25 PM
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I bought a high school ring, i've never worn it. So its nice for that year but then its just a momento.
I don't wear either my hs or college one anymore...but I have them. I got my HS one during my junior year and I wore it for about 3 years or so (except for a while that a bf wore it on a chain). My college one I wore for several years before I got tired of it...which is pretty much the way I am with all my jewelry except my wedding set...I'm not one of those people who has a lot of jewelry and matches it to my outfit or anything...I wear the same stuff all the time but occasionally will replace a piece and retire it.
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RE: June Bugs ... Women's Chat Thread - 6/21/2008 3:28:54 PM
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I wore my high school ring for a little while, but I didn't get one for college. I didn't really see the point (for me).
We did week #2 of our garage sale, but hardly anybody showed up today. One lady bought both beds and a dresser, which was nice, but we still have a few of the big items left. It was miserably hot out though- its at least 110 today.
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RE: June Bugs ... Women's Chat Thread - 6/21/2008 9:57:54 PM
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Stacy, I can certainly understand not seeing the point in getting a college class ring...I debated it myself for a while before deciding to get one. For me personally, I finally decided to as a sort of symbolic thing. I married while I was still in High School and everyone...and I mean everyone...teachers, family, friends, even at one point my (then) husband...told me there was no way I'd ever finish college.
I attended a local college that was primarily a commuter school and didn't really have a 'college atmosphere'. I can only tell you the name of one other student that graduated the same day I did...and I only knew her because our pre-school daughters were in ballet together...not because she and I went to school together. Even graduation itself was pretty anti-climatic...only about a third to a half of the students there ever even participated and 'practice' consisted of a 10 minute meeting where they told everyone how the seating would be laid out, the order of the ceremony and what was expected from the students. So for me the ring became a symbol of 'proving everyone wrong', if you will.
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RE: June Bugs ... Women's Chat Thread - 6/22/2008 4:27:33 AM
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Hi. A quick hi since we leave tomorrow and won't be online until I get the internet up and running.
I went to the wedding last night and it was a blast. Anyone who thinks Muslim women are quiet and reserved has never partied with them. You can read about it HERE. I'm off to bake a couple of cakes.
Have a nice weekend, ladies.
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RE: June Bugs ... Women's Chat Thread - 6/22/2008 1:55:51 PM
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I'm tired of my sisters! One of them has diabetes (and high bp, high blood sugar, bone problems, infertility) and she's very hostiile all the time. I love her and I'm sorry she has problems, but she can find something to get in your face (or space) and fuss about it until you want to explode. I'm usually calm about everything, even in emergencies and such, but I'm getting to the point where I don't even want to help her because I'll have to be around her.  Her and her husband are down to one car, so sometimes mom will ask me to get her or something... and I really never want to because of the way she is. Some days I don't feel like hearing her go crazy over nothing.  My mom says she got this way b/c of the diabetes, but she's always been like that. I think I'm just finally so tired of it that I don't care anymore. She's very sensitive and that's why I've been trying to not say anything, but I think if she's going to act like that toward everyone in the world she's not really avoiding the fact that one day someone might say something about her rage and hurt her feelings.
I understand she's sick and all, so am I and the other women in my family (in different ways)... but I'm at this point where I think if she goes on another rant I just may have to say something to her. She'll follow you around just to fight or fuss with you. I guess the other stuff doesn't make it any better though... I know I've said before that she doesn't care (or SEEM to care) about anyone else's problems but hers... If you say something about an illness you have, she either has to try to "top" your illness with hers or change the subject like you'd not even said anything. Like that time I was at the pain specialist in the waiting room (we all had some type of pelvic pain problem), we struck up a conversation about what was bothering us (since we were all there for similar reasons)... then my sister started talking about how our problems are nothing compared to hers and how her diseases can maim or kill her. Then in th exam room she said something similar to just me...like "at least your diseases can't kill you." After that I never took her to the doctor with me... It was a bit embarrassing for her to talk like that to the other women; I know it wasn't my fault but I AM the one that brought her knowing how she is.
Then she said something to me about babies... I told her I'm not sure that I'd get married with my conditions and that one has to have the ability to get pregnant in order to have a baby (of course unless you get a surrogate lol). I know I've talked to her oodles of times about my primary condition, but I don't think she ever listened. When I told her I can't do what's necessary to get pregnant (at this point in life), she looked surprised like she'd never known that. I really think when others talk about their problems she just drowns them out. Any response she has for anything like that that a person says has nothing to do with what they just said, UNLESS it's the same problems she's having.
I guess after twenty-two years... the nerve that has sustained my ability to deal with her attitude has succomed to apoptosis (it died).
Anyway, that's my rant.
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RE: June Bugs ... Women's Chat Thread - 6/22/2008 3:29:18 PM
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Tami- my sis can be that way too at times.
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RE: June Bugs ... Women's Chat Thread - 6/22/2008 3:37:17 PM
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my sister isn't sick but she'd probably act like that if she did get sick. She does the dramatics when she scrapes her knee or whatever (always has) . Its frustrating.
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RE: June Bugs ... Women's Chat Thread - 6/23/2008 10:54:34 AM
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(( Tami)) Sisters can be crazyz
How is everyone doing today?
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RE: June Bugs ... Women's Chat Thread - 6/23/2008 10:57:21 AM
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(( Tami)) Sisters can be crazyz
How is everyone doing today?
No sis here...so I don't know about the crazy part.
I'm doing well today. Just working on finding a place to live...and working out. Other than that...nada. I'm tired (woke up a little after 5 & wasn't able to fall asleep until 12:30). Hope you ladies have a great day!!!
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RE: June Bugs ... Women's Chat Thread - 6/23/2008 12:45:21 PM
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(((((Tami))))))))
Even though my sister is super quiet she has always made sure I was doing ok. I broke my foot when I was like 9 or 10 and she and her friends made me jewellery and flowers and everything! It was cute.
We had a really great weekend! We went out to eat twice (it was Lorne's brithday yesterday), rented a movie, went out to see a movie, explored our beautiful downtown, went shopping and bought clothes pour moi (I found some great sales and got 5 tank tops, 2 dressy t shirts and 2 sandals for like $55!!), and I got a new guinea pig!!!
I dropped my sick one off at the pet store last tuesday. The manager told me he will be going to the vet on thursday or friday so I was waiting and waiting for her to call me back. I called yesterday and he hadn't even gone to the vet yet. And the appt isn't for tomorrow! So he is deathly sick and they just stick him in a back room for a week? I tried asking the lady questions to see if he was still alive (they take all their sick pets to the vet at once and she never did mention my guinea pig), but she hung up on me! She hung up on me!  She hung up on me last week too.  She is super rude...
So yeah, I decided to go to a better pet store (its on tv every week) and get a new guinea pig. He is gorgeous and perfectly healthy! I even checked his lungs.  The lady at the pet store asked me a ton of questions to see if I was qualified to take care of him and she even called our landlords to see if it was alright for me to get another pet (she wrote down all the pets we already have). It was cute cuz our landlord said "Yes, she can get a guinea pig. She loves pets!!!". So the lady at the pet store thought that was cute and funny that they were so excited about me getting another pet. 
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RE: June Bugs ... Women's Chat Thread - 6/23/2008 1:15:55 PM
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Ugh. I'm just tired of my sister. 
My infamous friend says she has a job, but hasn't started. It's on-campus, but she only wants to work for like a month... I guess it makes sense to her, but it doesn't to me. I'm wondering if she'll actually be dependable though...I know many times she won't even come to campus when she has some big things to do because she "didn't feel like doing it."  It might be a campus job, but they stll expect you to be reliable (I know because I've worked one on there). I guess the good thing is that usually the work doesn't require a ton of thinking; she misunderstands instructions easily. I think the question will be if she'll show up and do things.
I took an embryology test today, and I must say, my professor lies. Every time we have a test he says that only certain chapters will be on the test. Then when you get the test you realize that it has a ton of chapters on it that he told you the test was NOT over. Our test today was supposed to be chapters 11 and 12, but there was stuff from chapters 9 and 13 on there. Of course I probably missed them because I studied only what was supposed to be on there, but I'm wondering why he tells us that the test is over certain material then goes back on it. No bueno. I think this time I'm going to ask him about it though. I'm pretty sure he knows he's doing it.
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RE: June Bugs ... Women's Chat Thread - 6/23/2008 2:06:38 PM
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I don't talk to her much other than facebook. If you try to leave her alone, she will not leave YOU alone. If she has a problem that's not her fault, I don't fault her for that. I think if she did mess up at anything other than just from things she couldn't help, it'd just be on her. I wasn't trying to say she's not smart enough to work, but I think it appears that way (appears that that's what I was saying). My point was that I DO think she can do it, but she needs to be responsible, just like anyone else who takes on work and school. It might make her sad, but I think anyone who loves her would tell her that she needs to work these things that she can help and overcome, if that makes sense. Learning disabilities can't always be overcome, but habits can. (I know some learning disabilities can be overcome, but it depends on the person.)
I do admit that I feel sorry for her because she says no one likes her, so I end up hearing all these things and can't help but think that she can help her situation but simply doesn't want to. I think I have too much of a heart to just leave her friendless, but then on the flip side because of that I get somewhat drawn into the situation. With other friends who are doing things that are causing their own selves harm, I tell them they might need to rethink this or that, or maybe change a habit. They do the same with me. It doesn't always make me happy, but my friends tell me these things so that maybe I can help myself. Admittingly, the truth hurts sometimes, and many times when I have been corrected by those close to me it didn't make me happy, but I know it was probably true/right.
I've thought about it plenty over the years I've known my friends; I know everyone is different. I just have problems with people who make it a point to complain to everyone about their situation when they had an active role in it, and are continuing in that role while complaining. The truth isn't always pretty, but sometimes telling someone like it is is the best thing you can do for them. I wasn't trying to imply that she's stupid or that her disabilities are her fault; there's a difference between that and choosing habitual laziness then making it a point to tell everyone how miserable you are because of that. One reason why I don't talk to her or see her anymore is because I know that's what will happen, but she always finds a way to tell me something to try to get sympathy (usually cell/text or computer/finding me in person). I think that's part of it that gets on my nerves, but isn't stressing so much as it is just annying-- I mean, my bp is getting high because of her lol; I try not not hear from her, at least for a few months/weeks at a time but she's always contacting me somehow if I don't answer other ways. She's gone so far as to find me on campus just to complain to me, and I feel like if she's about to hunt me down to complain about something that was from her laziness, I don't really care anymore. I feel as if one goes around telling everyone trying to elicit sympathy for your lack of trying, you might get words back that don't make you feel warm and gooey inside. I think she might need to be made sad if it's the truth, in order for her to realize some things. I just wish she'd either leave me out of the drama or not contact me or find me when she knows I'm at a certain place at a certain time. I mean I HAVE to go to class. Lol.
I know you didn't say all of what I just said Nicole. I just said that cause in my original I think it looks like I was saying she's stupid b/c she has a hard time understanding directions. I know her learning isn't her fault. :) But if it makes her sad or hurts her feelings (about the laziness, not the learning), I don't apologize in the least. Sometimes people really need that. I think it might help her change for the better or learn how to keep it to herself if she doesn't want her feelings hurt. Don't go spreading the word about something bad you do then expect people to empathize with you over what you brought on yourself. Or at least don't hunt me down to try to do it.
Edited for spelling/grammar.
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RE: June Bugs ... Women's Chat Thread - 6/23/2008 2:39:41 PM
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I went to Wal-Mart too! I thought the rings they had looked better! I spent less than half what my class mates paid for their and mine still looked better!
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RE: June Bugs ... Women's Chat Thread - 6/23/2008 2:44:22 PM
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I went to Wal-Mart too! I thought the rings they had looked better! I spent less than half what my class mates paid for their and mine still looked better!
Yeah, I'm sad because I lost it after I got it. Bad thing is, I still have the BOX! It was THIS ring style though. I honestly think that ring is somewhere around the house unless the vacuum got it.
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But seriously, I understand why it is hard for you. I really do. I have always known people like her. It is hard to see someone mess their lives up and then want sympathy all the time. I stay pretty distant from these people in my life because it gets very frustrating to be near them and listen to them all the time. I am lucky because I live at least 3 hours away from these people so it's not like they can just show up to complain to me. 
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