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<blockquote data-quote="aninom" data-source="post: 323644" data-attributes="member: 8513"><p>Well, it's official. difficult child will be here to stay.</p><p> </p><p>Shoot me now. At least my stomach ulcer won't get into the Guinness that way.</p><p> </p><p>I'm inviting the elderly couple that borrowed us money for the apartment, and still kind of co-own it, to come chat on Sunday. The husband has a key, so if he agrees to drop by for coffee at random days and hours, difficult child will hopefully adjust her temper to not-cause-damage levels just in case he shows up (usually she just refuses to open up if we send someone to check what is going on - this way she can't).</p><p> </p><p>Wasn't sure just how bad her at-home partying was these days. Unfortunately for me a younger relative, who had briefly seen her when she was here last year, broke all illusions on that point. Apparently she had thrown some truly spectacularly ill-judged parties here. I mentioned it to mom, because we need to figure out a way to minimize that if only to save the furniture from total collapse. She already knew - the elderly friend with the key had come to check on the place as he always does when she's been, and found it a complete, utter, total disaster. He is the kind of sweet and polite person that'd never say anything, so it took some tangential conversations for mom to figure out he'd actually had to stay for a whole day just cleaning the place out. difficult child rolled out of town without one look back.</p><p> </p><p>Oh, and did I mention he is a senior?</p><p> </p><p>I'd freak out right now if I wasn't so tired from a two-hour strategic convo with my parents on what safeguards to put in place. I do think random check-ins from strangers/older relatives is a good way to go.</p><p> </p><p>The "job" she got is an unpaid internship at a media thing (HOW DARE YOU CRUSH MY DREAMS I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A JOURNALIST. Compare with two weeks ago, when another internship was in question: HOW DARE YOU CRUSH MY DREAMS I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO WORK WITH LAW. Compare with this summer, HOW DARE YOU CRUSH MY DREAMS I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A DIPLOMAT etc etc. And megalomania? Her? Nooo). When asked how she'd have time and afford making it to her remedial exams in a completely different country every month, she said (well, yelled) that the job would give her time off for however long because she was unpaid so what did they care anyway. </p><p> </p><p>Excellent attitude. This will be a very stable situation for all involved. Go difficult child.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aninom, post: 323644, member: 8513"] Well, it's official. difficult child will be here to stay. Shoot me now. At least my stomach ulcer won't get into the Guinness that way. I'm inviting the elderly couple that borrowed us money for the apartment, and still kind of co-own it, to come chat on Sunday. The husband has a key, so if he agrees to drop by for coffee at random days and hours, difficult child will hopefully adjust her temper to not-cause-damage levels just in case he shows up (usually she just refuses to open up if we send someone to check what is going on - this way she can't). Wasn't sure just how bad her at-home partying was these days. Unfortunately for me a younger relative, who had briefly seen her when she was here last year, broke all illusions on that point. Apparently she had thrown some truly spectacularly ill-judged parties here. I mentioned it to mom, because we need to figure out a way to minimize that if only to save the furniture from total collapse. She already knew - the elderly friend with the key had come to check on the place as he always does when she's been, and found it a complete, utter, total disaster. He is the kind of sweet and polite person that'd never say anything, so it took some tangential conversations for mom to figure out he'd actually had to stay for a whole day just cleaning the place out. difficult child rolled out of town without one look back. Oh, and did I mention he is a senior? I'd freak out right now if I wasn't so tired from a two-hour strategic convo with my parents on what safeguards to put in place. I do think random check-ins from strangers/older relatives is a good way to go. The "job" she got is an unpaid internship at a media thing (HOW DARE YOU CRUSH MY DREAMS I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A JOURNALIST. Compare with two weeks ago, when another internship was in question: HOW DARE YOU CRUSH MY DREAMS I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO WORK WITH LAW. Compare with this summer, HOW DARE YOU CRUSH MY DREAMS I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A DIPLOMAT etc etc. And megalomania? Her? Nooo). When asked how she'd have time and afford making it to her remedial exams in a completely different country every month, she said (well, yelled) that the job would give her time off for however long because she was unpaid so what did they care anyway. Excellent attitude. This will be a very stable situation for all involved. Go difficult child. [/QUOTE]
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