very hard posting here....
sorry that your mother laughed at your expression of a mean thing that happened in the past. glad that you self soothed.
It stinks that she reacted that way.
keep taking care of you.
((((((HUGS))))
bizi

I got all kinds of flack for my driving at the airport.

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After twice missing signs, I said F this.

I told them it would be o.k. for them to get into the airport through
the Arrivals instead of Departures. All they had to do was
go up the escalators in order to be on the correct level.

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I am still recovering from the stress.

I did get them to the airport safely and two hours early.
All they had to do was go up stairs.

They said "bye" and walked into the building and took off.

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Afterwords, hubby criticized me. He has enormous stress about this stuff.


I will not drive anyone to the airport in the future. They can take a taxi,
a ride share, or an uber in the future. Or not come visit at all. I don't care.
I need to take care of myself.



~Mari

I need to take care of myself. what a way tostart the new year. simply great. better late than never

Mari

Or there is one more Option, The hubby can drive them to the airport,
and you can stay home. If he or they balk at taking any other way
to the airport. Just save that option for the last thing. Also you can
even suggest that hubby pay for the Cab.

I personally think its great that you finally told your mom what she
said. I think it was very hard to say it. And I think it coming out
the way it did was much better for you. Even with her laughing thinking
you were kidding. I honestly think it probably horrified her when she
found out she really said it. And that she apologized when she figured
out she had really did it. And that it had hurt you. I'm hoping it
will help your relationship now.

2019 will be your year.
Donna

No f'ing way I would drive to the airport.

They should all be grateful you did it in the first place. Good for you for refusing to do it again.

I'm glad to hear you say you are going to put your needs first

I hope that you don't get roped into that project your father was talking about. It sounds like a s- show. I hope you can just say, "NO."

I hope that you don't get roped into that project your father was talking about. It sounds like a s- show. I hope you can just say, "NO."

even though I feel lousy I couldn't stop laughing!

I think I solved all of that by listening to him about what exactly
he saw as the problem.

Then I told him that the problem has nothing to do with his role.
The other people on the team will deal with that.
It seems to me that he is only supposed to put all the stuff together -- not figure out how it is presented.

My Mom was happy with my solution -- apparently she had been hearing
about his "worries" as well.


M

I am so happy for you and you don't have to face another family ordeal.

I'm glad that you were patient enough with, and are close enough to, your father to really understand what he was saying. I'm sure that you alleviated a lot of anxiety for both of your parents

I found this in my room -- I guess I got a sample from pdoc and ignored it.


It is a serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) indicated for the treatment of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) in adults.



One of the things that turned me off is that, as a new drug, it would be
expensive. Also, I prefer old drugs with lots of history over new drugs
that have only "recently" come to the market.

M