The Man Gripe Thread (MEN ONLY)

[Bazza]

 

[Zorak]

I hate group texts because you can't make them stop!

I had to turn all alerts on my phone when I was in the hospital and nursing home back in Sept/Oct (except from my wife) because if I didn’t my phone would be constantly dinging at me at inopportune times, when I was trying to sleep, etc. My sisters, aunt, and parents were constantly trying to get updates (which was fine in theory) but I just didn’t want to talk to anyone most of the time. I’ve kept it that way since.

 

[Bazza]

 

[TIDE-HSV]

I had to turn all alerts on my phone when I was in the hospital and nursing home back in Sept/Oct (except from my wife) because if I didn’t my phone would be constantly dinging at me at inopportune times, when I was trying to sleep, etc. My sisters, aunt, and parents were constantly trying to get updates (which was fine in theory) but I just didn’t want to talk to anyone most of the time. I’ve kept it that way since.

I had to do the same a couple of years ago, when I was in for a bit over a week with a colon resection. I had one HS friend, who became a friend of my wife's through a ladies' club, barge in and talk for 30 minutes during no-visiting hours. I don't think people understand the concept of "needing rest"...

 

[Padreruf]

I had to do the same a couple of years ago, when I was in for a bit over a week with a colon resection. I had one HS friend, who became a friend of my wife's through a ladies' club, barge in and talk for 30 minutes during no-visiting hours. I don't think people understand the concept of "needing rest"...

Amen. I would visit the hospitals regularly...but stayed briefly and had a policy of never waking up a patient/member. They needed the sleep more than they needed to see me, usually.

 

[TIDE-HSV]

Amen. I would visit the hospitals regularly...but stayed briefly and had a policy of never waking up a patient/member. They needed the sleep more than they needed to see me, usually.

Our present pastor popped in and out also. I appreciated it. I was not able to eat and was being kept alive by IV and a feeding tube. I was weak and would happily have slept most of the time...

 

[Bazza]

In today's "Nextdoor" feed a post from a lady who posted last year after she had an accident with a motorcycle and the rider was killed. In that previous post, she was complaining about how fast they go and are hard to see. Of course...she got ROYALLY roasted. As she should have been.

Fast forward to today and here she is again - complaining this about a left hand turn lane that is being extended that turns into her street due to a new Tractor Supply store under construction at the corner.
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Moe trouble for Corbin Park Road
As if we didn't already have enough traffic problems getting in and out of here-- they are elongating the left-turn lane on #44 coming into CP R - probably for Tractor Supply. I don't know where their driveway will be-- and why did they build so far back on the property? Is all the front going to be parking? Egads! Also why did they build a sidewalk to nowhere alongside their property? Makes no sense. Their lawyer had said they would "give us" a right turn lane-- which we already have-- it's crossing to that damnable median that is the problem. By the way, neighbors, after my accident last October, when the boy on the Yamaha hit me and totaled my car when I was almost totally IN the median-- I am charged with "Failure to Yield Right of Way on a State Road" and am being penalized for something that wasn't my fault. So beware when you cross over-- into Legal Hell!
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And she's getting roasted once again......

Then another lady posted this:

Just saw first prostitute on Riverside Dr this AM.
Wearing thong underwear and shaking her butt as I drove by - I guess she didn't know it was going to be a woman diving by. Someone had warned us this was coming and it's true. How do we save New Smyrna Beach? I have already reported it to the New Smyrna Police.

 

[Bazza]

 

[Bazza]

 

[Toddrn]

Jealous?

 

[Toddrn]

Yes but am I wrong?

No, he's a jerk. But you can't make her realize it, she will have to do that in her own way and on her time table. Let's just hope he doesn't hurt her before she decides she's had enough.

 

[Crimson1967]

This guy sounds like a manipulative abuser. He may not hit her but forces her to do things that make her uncomfortable. She needs to get rid of him before she gets in too deep.

What’s the deal with the guy who talked her into one more chance? Same guy that got her to go out with him to begin with? Is he the boyfriend’s buddy or something?

I don’t know why women go out with people like that and go back to them even when they know what they are like.

 

[Toddrn]

This guy sounds like a manipulative abuser. He may not hit her but forces her to do things that make her uncomfortable. She needs to get rid of him before she gets in too deep.

What’s the deal with the guy who talked her into one more chance? Same guy that got her to go out with him to begin with? Is he the boyfriend’s buddy or something?

I don’t know why women go out with people like that and go back to them even when they know what they are like.

Low self esteem.

 

[Ratal]

Classic emotional abuse example. All of the positive attention during the pursuit clouds the judgement of all present issues. The abuser will give just enough "good" days, hours, minutes, to remind the victim of how amazing the person can be.

My best friend in high school would do this to his girlfriends. Flowers, candy, whatever would make the girl feel like the most special person in the world. Then, one day out of the blue, he would blow up about something she "did." He would almost immediately apologize. Out of the blue turns into monthly. Then weekly and onto daily. It would get to the point he would decide he was ready to get off the phone with her, look at me, and say "watch this." He would then proceed to pretend she said something that was mean and start a massive fight with her.

 

[Bazza]

 

[Bazza]

 

[Toddrn]

I would stay away from her as long as she is dating this guy.

 

[Bubbaloo]

I would stay away from her as long as she is dating this guy.

I'd stay away period! She apparently condones or loves the abuse. Besides, who needs a gold digger. Just saying!

 

[Toddrn]

Nothing wrong with being a nice gut that is concerned about someone. But you can't save someone unless they want to be saved.

 

[Tideflyer]

Men, we need a place "just for us". A place to air our "man" grievances without fear of retribution. A "safe space" if you will. Feel free (within board rules) to contribute as you need to.


I love all the women in my life, from my wife, my daughter, my mother, my sisters, and yes, even my mother in law (couldn't pick a better one). But good lord sweet baby Jesus. I'll NEVER figure them out. Sometimes they (women) can be like a frayed wire or hugging a dang cactus. I'm trying to adjust to a 14 year old girl and all that comes along with that transition in going from a little girl to a woman AND being caught in the middle of her mother and her's relationship going through the same transition. LAWD HAVE MERCY!!!! (Been a tough week for ole Buzzard in this department) LOL!

Can I get a brutha in the back to raise a mug of beer and gimmie an AMEN??!! :eek2::biggrin2:

I would hazard a supposition that this has been a lament ( and reality ) ever since man ( and woman ) first went up on their hind legs to ambulate. Maybe even before!