The Good Banter Thread

[CountryEscape]

I voted late this morning, no wait, I was the only voter at the moment! Then, I told the workers there that I had thought of riding my mule over! LOL They laughed said I should go ahead and ride on over, they would call the newspaper photographer. THEN I asked if the donkey/mule was representative of Democratic or Republican, and when they said Demo's, I said, "No thank you, I don't want to give the wrong impression." It was all in fun, and we all got a laugh out of it! The ride would have been about 8 miles round trip.
Got my tooth pulled, then when I got home, read directions. "Take pain meds before the numbness goes away ... but do not take without eating something first." Um ... isn't it going to be hard to eat while half my mouth is numb, and gums are bleeding? So, found can of chicken noodle soup and peanut butter and honey sandwich! So far so good!

 

[j.w]

Hey CE that is funny...........you better get an elephant to represent your current voting preference next time
Those directions are kind of annoying but then remember who's telling you this.........the same ones who stuff all that junk in your mouth and then ask you questions :razz:

 

[callingcolleen1]

Jeeze, you'd think we were "American" here, my honey glued to TV watching the elections!!

OK Doctor.... I had a big fight with my sister, may never speak to her again, and it all started over a can of Campbell's soup!!!!
She said we, "me and John" , were going to die a horrible death from not eating everything organic!! I do provide organic food for my honey, but he likes his Campbell's soup sometimes. He never got cancer from the soup, it was the tobacco, then the fight was on! heLp.....

 

[j.w]

Family..............you just gotta love um no matter what! She does it cuz she loves ya so keep that in mind. You just say oh thank you sis I know you say these things cuz you love us and are just trying to help us and I'll keep that in mind about the soup and then forget about it. Not worth the hassle of fighting :razz:

 

[callingcolleen1]

She keeps sending me horrible text messages that make me cry. I just want her to stop. No body stresses you out like family. There is a reason why both my two older sisters have lived alone for so many years... no body can put up with them!! I don't think they know anything about love, otherwise they would not be so mean.

But you are right, not worth the fight, I will just go back to pretending I don't know them.....

 

[j.w]

Sorry Colleen sometimes all you can do is leave them alone for awhile and maybe things will get better someday. If not well just live and let live. We won't be mean to you or make you cry but then we are just computer peeps and you don't have to deal w/ us as you do with your family. Family is supposed to be there for you when times are tough no matter what and help you through the rough spots. Must be some reason they do this stuff to you. Maybe you can write them a nice letter and try to see why they feel they need to do and say the things they do? Tell them you don't want to run their lives and they shouldn't want to run yours cuz hard enough to run your own life let alone somebody else's!

 

[addy1]

Colleen, when we moved my dad into our house, right after we married, (89) he was in trouble not taking his meds, mind sharp but slipping. My family turned on me, accused me of beating him (he fell while we were out of town and they where watching him, he bruised) stealing his money, (I managed his checking account for over a year before he even moved in with us) they wiped out his checking account, took all his savings, nasty evil emails to me. He passed 4 months later here in our house,in his bed, but he had a very good end, he even told the family to stop. Long story short, I have 6 siblings, I speak to two the rest "hate" me. The thing is I am the only one in this family that would have done anything for any of them, if they were in need.

I am at peace, they made the decision to hate. It took me a year to recover from the attacks, but with my honeys support and love I have moved on, they still hate.
You only are on this earth for so long, don't waste the time you have on hate/dislike from others, live your life to the best of your ability. Just delete the text messages, don't even read them. Lol but I did read the nasty emails, couldn't resist ..................and saved them in a folder.

 

[Jennywren]

Hello Colleen. Have you thought about sending your sister a letter...not a text messsage, not an email but good old snail mail and explain to her how hurtful she is being and how it affects you. Sometimes we tend to only see things from our own perspective, maybe that is what she is doing, needs to have your perspective pointed out to her.
I think it would be worth a try.

 

[callingcolleen1]

I'm not going to speak to either of my two older sisters, they are hard core RAW vegan and give me a hard time for eating meat and cream. It's none of their business how I eat or what I eat. Even the rest of the family told them to quit. This time she has gone too far, trying to tell me how to feed my husband, looking in my kitchen cupboards and giving me a hard time. The doctor said he need to drink Ensure and Carnation breakfast drink cause it is a meal replacement and has enough calories to sustain him as he can't swallow much.

They make claims like his cancer would have gone away if he ate only organic and vegan. If that was the case Steve Jobs would still be alive. There are people at the cancer clinic who ate organic and vegan and still got cancer. They are not doctors and they should stop giving out advice. I talked to lots of people their in Calgary, who have stories about all kinds of people getting cancer. In the end, it does not matter if I eat meat, organic vegan, or whatever, cause we are still going to die. The greatest risk of death is just getting old, and its part of life. I think they are looking for the fountain of youth.

I just want to have a dish of icecream when I feel like it, and a pot of creamy potatoes and steak and cook veggies. I eat lots of raw food like oranges, dates, figs, nuts, I just want to eat what I want and am sick of them trying to push their lifestyle one me and tell me how I will die horribly from meat and cream.

 

[CountryEscape]

I have 5 brothers and sisters, and hope I never have to go through anything like that! BUT, I have a friend who has 2 sisters, one is just like your sisters, Colleen. She is hateful, yells and screams, hurts my friend's feelings all the time. BUT, she is mentally ill so to speak. She has done that since they were kids, never had any kids (thank goodness) and treats my friend's kids with money for college, for their first homes, etc. So, her sister is mean to her, but nice to her kids. I cannot imagine having siblings that would be so into THEIR diet that they would get mad and mean toward me because of mine. The fact neither of your sisters is married, as you say no one could put up with them, leads me to believe that they are likely somehow "touched" and have a mental imbalance. Not saying that in a bad way, just saying that this could be another reason they act like that.
I am so very thankful that my life is wonderful, and any negativity I see in my life, I am able to walk away from it. Life is a positive adventure, it should be handled with a smile and love toward others. You are being tested to the max, Colleen, and I think you probably handle the situations the best you can. Totally agree with Addy, don't even read the text messages, delete them. Don't dwell on the bad, forget it if you can. Be up front with them. If they are hateful, you will hang up the phone. If they come to see you and start telling you how to run your life, you will politely ask them to leave. Be firm, you will NOT have their negativity in your life. If they choose to be sad and mad and hateful, that's their problem, but you will not allow it into your household in any way, shape or form. Period. Then, DO IT! I have found when people are mad and yelling, it's far better to stop talking, let them rant and rave, to the point of them asking, "Are you still there?" Then totally change the subject and get off the phone. You know, "Oh sorry, gotta go, cake in the oven needs to come out." Haha, even if no cake in the oven! Get creative, to the point they KNOW you are lying, but you won't deal with them being mean. If you can do it without yelling back at them, more the better!

 

[Fishylove]

Coleen you are in my prayers sweetheart. They are right, You are right, you do not need the added stress and hurt. You take care of that hubby who needs you right now, and take care of yourself. Most of us have at least that one person that chooses to live their lives surrounded by negativity because they're not happy themselves. I have an older sister that is the same way, even tho she knows that I would do anything for her, and still will. I refuse to listen to that and I won't let my kids listen to it either. And after last night ( fortunately for you, Canada is not responsible for last nights downfall ). After last night, ( The dollar fell last night!) We are going to need eachother more than ever! Be true to yourself Colleen and reject the negativity, if family or friends choose to live that way then so be it. I choose to surround myself with people who lift me up and support me

 

[Big Lou]

My heart goes out to you Colleen. Sometimes family members can be the most hurtful. God bless you and yours.

 

[mogsie]

sounds like they are very oppresive on you with their lifestyle views colleen, dont think i would like that myself, i have a few veggie friends but they accept that i like meat and dont push their opinion, are they like that with other family members and friends or just you ? but dont let them get you upset, you have your own family to think about,
as they say " you carnt choose your family but you can choose your friends"

 

[mogsie]

on another note.. the BBC (british broadcasting company) sent a 100 strong camera media team over to the us to cover the elections for the news !! i wonder if they will send a 100 strong team to china to cover theirs ????

 

[callingcolleen1]

Thanks fish love, ran out of "likes" for the day. Thanks everybody, you make me feel so much better. Had to work today, didn't help that I was stressed because of my sister. Thank goodness that the people I work with are so nice to me. We are all so different, some are Muslim, some are Catholic, and some are Christian. We all have a good time at work, even though we all have some type of stress in our lives. They are just the best people I have ever worked with! I can go cry and they hug me. Thank goodness I have a job where the people are so nice, and thank goodness for all of my friends here on the Garden Pond Forum!!