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Welcome back Bonz, but I do not find it strange that your presence being requested in the Orgy thread and then you showing up, like it was the quacking Bonzai Bat Signal.
I posted on Friday that my other half was laid off unexpectedly. Well, lady luck is on our side I guess because after submitting his resume a to a couple online posting over the weekend, he had an phone interview Monday, a Skype interview yesterday, and right now the company is deciding if they're gonna fly him out to their HQ for his final interview or do another Skype one. It's been a bit of a whirlwind.
I'm asking for all those corny ass good vibes you folks like to hand out to people Please send freely!
Something like that. The lady surprised me last week by making V-day reservations for us at a fancy restaurant. I was under the impression that she'd be paying since she had set it all up and that's generally what one does when they're taking their SO out to dinner, so I started making plans to do something for her for V-day also. Earlier this week I found out she was expecting that we'd be splitting it, and that led to a fight which still isn't 100% resolved. Then Mumford announced a concert in our area so we got pit tickets for that this morning, and a little while ago she texted me saying she wants to see Tycho. I don't regret the Mumf ticket at all but I've only listened to Tycho like once. I love her to death but she prefers to spend on entertainment and be stressed about money all the time, whereas I prefer to live more within my means so that I'm not living paycheck-to-paycheck. That dynamic is hard to navigate sometimes.
I'm also a little salty because I worked almost 40 hours of overtime last week to go towards the road trip we're (supposedly) saving up for, and between those three things I have to find an extra $200 in my budget. Makes me feel like I'm pissing my hard work away, and I'm getting stressed.
We're heading there, in September or October hopefully.
Hate to get all /r/personalfinance on you, but I hope y'all are able to sit down and have a conversation about this. Money can really screw up a relationship. For the record, I'm on team Jaz in this situation. I've learned I have a lot more fun doing fun stuff when it's already paid for, not waiting on a credit card bill somewhere.
Team Jaz for the win. I mean, y'all all know before the house buying/ticketmaster boycotting that I am a ticket buying fool. But I am also crazy strict on my budget (even more-so now) and sometimes you have to wait to buy, especially because I stress over money even when I have it. I think that y'all need a sit-down/cookout/whatever it takes to get on the same page. Communication is the key, along with compromise. I will say this though, I think it is CRAZY that she booked the V-day BS and then wants to go halfies without even discussing it. Like who does that? If I were to do that, thejeremy would shoot me. Making plans is great, but assuming is not.
Hate to get all /r/personalfinance on you, but I hope y'all are able to sit down and have a conversation about this. Money can really screw up a relationship. For the record, I'm on team Jaz in this situation. I've learned I have a lot more fun doing fun stuff when it's already paid for, not waiting on a credit card bill somewhere.
Team Jaz for the win. I mean, y'all all know before the house buying/ticketmaster boycotting that I am a ticket buying fool. But I am also crazy strict on my budget (even more-so now) and sometimes you have to wait to buy, especially because I stress over money even when I have it. I think that y'all need a sit-down/cookout/whatever it takes to get on the same page. Communication is the key, along with compromise. I will say this though, I think it is CRAZY that she booked the V-day BS and then wants to go halfies without even discussing it. Like who does that? If I were to do that, thejeremy would shoot me. Making plans is great, but assuming is not.
That is pretty silly. When I was a free-range unmarried woman, if I was ever seeing someone more than once, we would take turns paying for dinner and whoever was paying would choose where to go. It made things so much easier, and you don't get stuck outside your comfort zone financially.
Mind you, I'm totally grateful for you ladies out there who have kids and raise those fuckers up to be good people. Like seriously, bravo you strong, powerful bitches.
Something like that. The lady surprised me last week by making V-day reservations for us at a fancy restaurant. I was under the impression that she'd be paying since she had set it all up and that's generally what one does when they're taking their SO out to dinner, so I started making plans to do something for her for V-day also. Earlier this week I found out she was expecting that we'd be splitting it, and that led to a fight which still isn't 100% resolved. Then Mumford announced a concert in our area so we got pit tickets for that this morning, and a little while ago she texted me saying she wants to see Tycho. I don't regret the Mumf ticket at all but I've only listened to Tycho like once. I love her to death but she prefers to spend on entertainment and be stressed about money all the time, whereas I prefer to live more within my means so that I'm not living paycheck-to-paycheck. That dynamic is hard to navigate sometimes.
I'm also a little salty because I worked almost 40 hours of overtime last week to go towards the road trip we're (supposedly) saving up for, and between those three things I have to find an extra $200 in my budget. Makes me feel like I'm pissing my hard work away, and I'm getting stressed.
We're heading there, in September or October hopefully.
Hate to get all /r/personalfinance on you, but I hope y'all are able to sit down and have a conversation about this. Money can really screw up a relationship. For the record, I'm on team Jaz in this situation. I've learned I have a lot more fun doing fun stuff when it's already paid for, not waiting on a credit card bill somewhere.
We've talked about it at various times, and for the most part we're usually on the same page in a lot of ways. It's very rare that either of us put things on credit cards and we each generally have our finances in order, and I don't look down on her when she spends on things that would be frivolous in my eyes and she doesn't think I'm cheap when I don't feel like spending on things. So we're good most of the time. I enjoy fancy dinners from time to time and she knows how to save when she needs to. Maybe I'm being too nice, but we both made assumptions in this instance.
Hate to get all /r/personalfinance on you, but I hope y'all are able to sit down and have a conversation about this. Money can really screw up a relationship. For the record, I'm on team Jaz in this situation. I've learned I have a lot more fun doing fun stuff when it's already paid for, not waiting on a credit card bill somewhere.
Team Jaz for the win. I mean, y'all all know before the house buying/ticketmaster boycotting that I am a ticket buying fool. But I am also crazy strict on my budget (even more-so now) and sometimes you have to wait to buy, especially because I stress over money even when I have it. I think that y'all need a sit-down/cookout/whatever it takes to get on the same page. Communication is the key, along with compromise. I will say this though, I think it is CRAZY that she booked the V-day BS and then wants to go halfies without even discussing it. Like who does that? If I were to do that, thejeremy would shoot me. Making plans is great, but assuming is not.
Agreed that communication is key. In her eyes we usually split when we go out (personally I wouldn't say "usually", but I try to pick my battles haha), so she didn't think this would be any different. She just wanted to make the reservations first because it's during Restaurant Week in Philly and near Valentine's day. But yea, if she had said from the jump that we'd be splitting it there'd have been no resistance on my part because it sounds like a nice romantic evening. But since we've fought about it she said that it feels tainted to her now so she doesn't really wanna go. Not in a spiteful way, but she doesn't feel like she'd enjoy it as much. So it's kinda a moot point now.
I also want to disclaim that this was during day 15 of 18 straight work days for me and last week was a nearly 80-hour week, and she just moved into a new place so she was dealing with that stress plus PMS. So our tolerances and communicative skills aren't what they usually are.
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Hate to get all /r/personalfinance on you, but I hope y'all are able to sit down and have a conversation about this. Money can really screw up a relationship. For the record, I'm on team Jaz in this situation. I've learned I have a lot more fun doing fun stuff when it's already paid for, not waiting on a credit card bill somewhere.
We've talked about it at various times, and for the most part we're usually on the same page in a lot of ways. It's very rare that either of us put things on credit cards and we each generally have our finances in order, and I don't look down on her when she spends on things that would be frivolous in my eyes and she doesn't think I'm cheap when I don't feel like spending on things. So we're good most of the time. I enjoy fancy dinners from time to time and she knows how to save when she needs to. Maybe I'm being too nice, but we both made assumptions in this instance.
Team Jaz for the win. I mean, y'all all know before the house buying/ticketmaster boycotting that I am a ticket buying fool. But I am also crazy strict on my budget (even more-so now) and sometimes you have to wait to buy, especially because I stress over money even when I have it. I think that y'all need a sit-down/cookout/whatever it takes to get on the same page. Communication is the key, along with compromise. I will say this though, I think it is CRAZY that she booked the V-day BS and then wants to go halfies without even discussing it. Like who does that? If I were to do that, thejeremy would shoot me. Making plans is great, but assuming is not.
Agreed that communication is key. In her eyes we usually split when we go out (personally I wouldn't say "usually", but I try to pick my battles haha), so she didn't think this would be any different. She just wanted to make the reservations first because it's during Restaurant Week in Philly and near Valentine's day. But yea, if she had said from the jump that we'd be splitting it there'd have been no resistance on my part because it sounds like a nice romantic evening. But since we've fought about it she said that it feels tainted to her now so she doesn't really wanna go. Not in a spiteful way, but she doesn't feel like she'd enjoy it as much. So it's kinda a moot point now.
I also want to disclaim that this was during day 15 of 18 straight work days for me and last week was a nearly 80-hour week, and she just moved into a new place so she was dealing with that stress plus PMS. So our tolerances and communicative skills aren't what they usually are.
Well that sounds good. I think that if it seems tainted now or whatever, maybe cancel and reschedule for another time so it doesn't feel weird. But I am glad that you are all about communicating and making it work. That is the only way to be.
I'm thinking a super good home cooked meal touring the globe and a few bottles of wine that pair with each flavor is in order. We ladies love that kinda stuff. At least I do.
Post by actually @fortyfive33 now on Jan 26, 2017 21:03:22 GMT -5
So I had an MRI yesterday to try and figure out what's going on with my seizures. They didn't find anything out of the ordinary, so it's not like I have brain cancer or something. It probably has to do with my weight and the amount of stress I'm under (because a brain hardwired to hate deadlines being in a deadline-based job makes so, so much sense).
And of course, I had another episode six hours after the MRI was done. My fifth episode in the past two weeks.
Also, Vietnamese Iced Coffee is and always has been the shit. I don't like condensed milk, and I almost never drink sugar except what's in beer or booze. So if I have any other iced coffee it's soy or almond or skim or cashew no sugar. But it's king of coffee drinks. I had one a bit ago at Doson, and I might be up in a while
On the other end of pain, it's 1:30. Viet Ice Coffee worked. 8 o'clock work day better come with at least 4 hours of sleep. Time to toss and turn for a while and then be forced to troll the web for JF leaks while shaving with the other hand. New blade or not, nicks and cuts seem more likely.
I applied for some job. Two weeks later the HR director at the place calls me and gives me the direct number to his extension. I call it four times on Wednesday, it rings three times and goes to voice mail. I call 9 am on Thursday morning, leave a message this time, say I'm available after 1 pm if he wants to speak with me. He calls at 11 am with the same speech he left me on Wednesday. I call three more times throughout the afternoon and still no answer.
If I remember right, this didn't even pay that well to begin with. So whatever.
One of my coworkers and I got fired today in a total hatchet job.
There's almost certainly no recourse for either of us.
People were crying like the day Jesus died.
I'm so sorry. What are you going to do?
Well, I'm bouncing around the five stages of grief. Most of yesterday was denial and anger. Today more bargaining and depression.
I've done some job searching last night and this morning. People are reaching out to say they'll provide references, because they know it was bullshit.
Our boss had had it out for me and my coworker for quite a long time. An anonymous complaint that led to an HR investigation gave her enough ammunition to get rid of us for "creating an unwelcoming work environment". They said we're "part of a clique" that makes new people uncomfortable, but as far as I know, we were the only two who received any discipline, which really tells you how much of a clique it is.
Well, I'm bouncing around the five stages of grief. Most of yesterday was denial and anger. Today more bargaining and depression.
I've done some job searching last night and this morning. People are reaching out to say they'll provide references, because they know it was bullshit.
Our boss had had it out for me and my coworker for quite a long time. An anonymous complaint that led to an HR investigation gave her enough ammunition to get rid of us for "creating an unwelcoming work environment". They said we're "part of a clique" that makes new people uncomfortable, but as far as I know, we were the only two who received any discipline, which really tells you how much of a clique it is.
Was letting you go their first course of action? That seems really shady if so...