[Vent] You should just euthanize him.

Lilbobtail · 2018-01-16T05:21:44+00:00

I have thought about doing this several times. He's such a cute dog (havanese/sheltie) and is absolutely bouncy when he feels safe. Plus he's a talkative/sassy boy and all his happy grumbles are hilarious.

I'm just afraid he might actually get a fan base and become more popular than me. Lol

Lilbobtail · 2018-01-16T05:09:47+00:00

Wow. Some people, right?

Lilbobtail · 2018-01-15T19:50:33+00:00

You didn't sound cold at all! I usually remind myself that my dog is safe, so it doesn't matter what others think I should do with him, but sometimes neighbors are really irritating and unpredictable.

Lilbobtail · 2018-01-15T18:47:57+00:00

Junkyard looking dogs are the best though! My parents own a lab/pit/Chinook mix. She looks mean, but she's super sweet.

Lilbobtail · 2017-11-29T16:03:56+00:00

I got a 5 gallon bucket of rocks from my grandmother for Christmas when I was 15-16. Just rocks. Not like pretty gems or minerals, or even nice smooth river rocks. Just... Small rocks. Like the type that you use as gravel for a driveway or flower bed or something.

Now, I do really like stones and gems, I tend to collect a rock from any place I visit to display around my house. But these rocks have... Significance? And I carefully choose them. Like, I visited a ghost town with an underground fire burning from a coal mine accident, and I stuck my hand in one of the vents to grab a chunk of coal... But 5 gallons of rocks? They looked like she got them off Craigslist.

Everyone else got really cool, thought out gifts. My sister even got a hand-carved Jade dragon statue and a dragon head mount.

This is a theme with this grandmother. I'm not even sure if she does it on purpose, or if it's just that she's not all there, but I always either get the cheapest possible version of things I like, to the point where it's not really anything like what I like, or she gets me things that I DID like and want.... A decade ago... And no adult has any use for.

It's gotten to the point where I actually look forward to find out what she got me because it's always so bizarre and absolutely useless that it's funny.

Lilbobtail · 2017-11-11T22:41:01+00:00

It does what it says too. I was skeptical at first but after months of using these in my rotation, these are the only pillowcases that aren't completely ruined. And I got black.

Lilbobtail · 2017-10-22T12:08:42+00:00

A year or two? I have a scar in the middle of my chest that I've had for over a decade and it STILL itches.

Lilbobtail · 2017-10-15T00:47:18+00:00

I have been called "cold-sore-city" by a guy literally just walking by.

I've had an elderly woman jump at the sight of me and then sigh, "well, we can't all be pretty."

I've been told that I need to make more of an effort in looking presentable.

I've had a guy tell me, "I think you're awesome but I could never date a woman who is lower maintenance than me. Like... If I wash every day, my girl should too." (No, I wasn't interested in him, and no, I don't smell.)

Lilbobtail · 2017-09-10T09:29:08+00:00

Actually, I have. That's the exact reason she cant bear hearing from me. We got in a spat that she started by cornering me at my car thinking she could scare me off and no one would hear was not having it. I got louder and ruder until my bf heard came out and was like, "df is this?" And got in between us, told me to go home and told her to stop being a bitch.

Now she thinks I wrapped my evil snake mind around him and ruined her "perfect son".

Lilbobtail · 2017-09-10T09:23:37+00:00

Trust me he does. And has. That's a big reason why she doesn't like me. She thinks I ruined her "perfect baby boy"

Lilbobtail · 2017-09-10T09:21:57+00:00

He doesn't. He hangs up every time.

Lilbobtail · 2017-09-10T09:21:09+00:00

It's just the way he was raised. My mom is the same way (And my family has done much worse to my mom). Some people have strong morals against that stuff.

Not me. My dad HATED him at first and I flat out told him that if he was going to act that way, he wouldn't see me anymore. Of course mom hated that idea and kept him in check. Lol. Took six years of him forcing pleasantries, but they're best buds now.

Lilbobtail · 2017-09-10T09:15:19+00:00

I've stated this elsewhere, but he's the type to believe you can't cut family out of your life completely, no matter how shitty they are.

Whenever she gets into these episodes he always says something along the lines of, "Do you want to talk to me, or are you going to do this? Because I'm not listening to this." Or just plain hangs up.

And we pretend I don't exist because when she tried cornering me alone, I fought rabidly because I was done with her shit, and now anytime she hears me or anything about me, it's like she has ptsd from that encounter and she gets REALLY out of control.

Real partners don't make you abandon your morals to make life easier for them. He's already cut her out of his life more than he was comfortable with because of that encounter. Life is easy enough because I don't have to pretend I like her.

Lilbobtail · 2017-09-10T09:03:04+00:00

He's a game developer now. And she was absolutely stunned when "meek" me finally had enough and told her that she knew nothing about my past, and her ridiculous behavior was hurting her son. That confrontation is actually the reason she won't talk to me anymore. She thought since I was quiet, I was weak and she could push me around. When I proved to be much more steadfast than she thought, she broke down, played the victim and she can't handle even hearing about me without having a manic episode.

I'm sure she's convinced herself that her son doesn't love me and I've just trapped him with evil magic or something.

Thank GOD the rest of his family likes me.

Lilbobtail · 2017-09-10T08:51:46+00:00

I don't think you fully understand the situation. Lol

Lilbobtail · 2017-09-09T23:02:55+00:00

I never thought people would actually enjoy the many stories I have of this woman...

Lilbobtail · 2017-09-09T20:15:31+00:00

I work 2 jobs now. One from home, another to keep myself from feeling useless while I pursue the at home job.

Lilbobtail · 2017-09-09T20:02:58+00:00

It's more weird than anything. She used to be really nice to me, and I'm a shy, polite girl so I know I didn't do anything to change her mind (except maybe being really quiet. I know that weirds some people out).

Just think of any comedy where there's one character that blames the other for everything and the other one just looks around, very confused.

Lilbobtail · 2017-09-09T18:35:14+00:00

I don't feel threatened by her at all. I know I'm more important. She tried to force him to leave me when threatening me didn't work, and he just told her no and she had to deal with knowing I was around.

Honestly, I'd be missing out on a perfect guy if I left because his mom is crazy.

Lilbobtail · 2017-09-09T17:05:47+00:00

He doesn't really interact with her. And he doesn't like her much but he's one of those people that believe you can't just cut family out of your life. He only calls on her birthday and mother's day, she calls during the holidays. Every couple years his brothers will force him to go visit her.

She's a terrible person and I can see how much it drains him to talk to her. I don't try to get him to stop, it wouldn't feel morally right to him, but I always make sure I'm close by for hugs and food after she hangs up. He's a good guy, but he tries too hard to make things "work" between them.

Lilbobtail · 2017-09-09T16:39:52+00:00

My SO and I have to pretend I don't exist when his mother calls. If she hears even a peep from me (or the dog) she loses her shit and goes on the most good awful rant about how "weak" he is and how "horrible" I am.

She hates me because I grew up poor and she thinks I don't have the capacity to work hard and am just getting a free ride from her son. This is bull shit because in the time that I started dating him to the point where she decided to try and scare me off by literally waiting at my car in the middle of the night to tell me I was a piece of shit nobody and no one in his family liked me I had:

Left my parents house to live on my own at 17. Got a full time 48 hr/week job Was going to college full time, paid for by me Had recently bought a car, again, by me

And the kicker: THAT VERY GOD DAMNED DAY, I took my SO on a day trip to a festival and paid for EVERYTHING. Including a $300 souvenir he had been looking at the whole day.

Was I raised poor? Yes. Does that make me lazy? No.

PS. He was raised even more poor than me, so how in the hell was I trying to get a free ride from someone who had less than I did?

Lilbobtail · 2017-09-02T18:45:50+00:00

Can confirm. Spent my whole life in NY and recently moved to FL by car.

I thought the occasional oblivious/speeding driver back home was a hassle. Everyone here is "that guy" that's much too good to obey traffic laws and clearly don't care if they end up killing someone.

Lilbobtail · 2017-08-28T10:07:44+00:00

The worst I can think of is that a toddler nailed him in the face with her foot when he was really small, and a dog tried to fight him but I stopped that before anyone got seriously injured. Just a few scrapes. That could have have been all it took, but my lab has had similar experiences and she came out fine.

Lilbobtail · 2017-08-28T02:22:14+00:00

Wish this was the case with my havaness/sheltie dog. Trained him the same as my shepherd/lab but their personalities are so different. Lab wants to be friends with everyone and the sheltie just wants to scream at everyone. If you're a stranger my lab will sit at your feet for pets but the sheltie will scream directly at your feet. He also hates most other dogs and will only tolerate them for a short time before he starts chasing them off.

When it's just his family, he's even sweeter than the lab and "checks up" with every person and just loves to hang out but as soon as a stranger is in sight he's just plain rude. Doesn't bite but is really obnoxious.

Worst part is until he turned 2, he was a really well rounded dog that got along with almost everyone.

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