Things That Are Bothering You, Got You All Hibbeldy-Jibbeldy, or just downright pissed, RIGHT NOW!

[Go Surface]

I poked myself in the eye with my finger coming out of the shower. It still hurts.

 

[Lel]

Originally Posted by Hard2Fit

Being single.

Try "It's complicated."

 

[rdawson808]

Let me set this up as easily as I can.

Former college GF and friend. Met and broke up in 1993.

Since then have seen each other perhaps 3 times; maintained a nice, if distant, friendship. Nothing more than distance and life keeping us from talking more I think.

During these few visits I somehow managed to "inspire her" to go to law school (her words) and encouraged her to pursue the man who is now her husband.

I've tried to talk with her via e-mail in the same way I do with all my other older friends who I don't see but once a decade: the occassional e-mail to say hi, congratulatory notes upon engagement, buying a house, etc. I have never received a reply to any of these.

In the end, I feel like she hasn't really made an effort to keep in touch. I've received the standard form Christmas letter but not a word to congratulate me on my engagement and marriage, new job, or first home purchase. When we recently traveled to the city where she now lives I didn't even bother trying to contact her for a quick hello.

The other day I receive an email from her and her husband (mass emailed to all of their family and "friends"). In this email she requests our help in their finding a baby to adopt through a private domestic adoption. I am paraphrasing this, but they specified that, given their position in life, they feel it's best the child be a newborn with no major illnesses or issues to deal with (alcoholism, MS, HIV/AIDS, whatever). They also say that, given their family background, the child should be white, asian, hispanic, and/or native american.

My wife and her sister are both adopted. She has developed some (thankfully mostly minor) health issues and her sister has developed very serious health issues.

I am so pissed off by this email, wherein my "friend" who can't be bothered to say Hi when I get married asks me to help her find a non-black, perfectly healthy baby, that I can barely express it.

But I want to tell her to just leave me out of her life from now on. How do I do that? A polite email saying that I feel our lives have gone in directions so different that our trying to maintain any semblance of a friendship is meaningless? Or do I say "your email really offended me" and explain why? If so, to what degree do I explain? That my wife is adopted and the issues of race and health offend the both of us? That she's imposing herself on me, by asking for help in this search, in a way that is not commensurate with her efforts to maintain our friendship? Or do I just simply say something along the lines of "Please do not attempt to stay in contact with me any more," and leave it at that?

b

 

[Dakota rube]

I'd reply with:
"The person to whom you addressed this email has crossed over the great divide. As wi-fi connections inside the Pearly Gates are somewhat spotty, please remove the addressee from your address book. Please accept the addressee's posthumous best wishes."

 

[Thomas]

Originally Posted by Dakota rube

I'd reply with:
"The person to whom you addressed this email has crossed over the great divide. As wi-fi connections inside the Pearly Gates are somewhat spotty, please remove the addressee from your address book. Please accept the addressee's posthumous best wishes."

I love this!

The downside is that she might send another email asking how you're doing.

Me? I'd add her to my spam list and move along.

 

[Brian278]

You don't like this person, don't waste another minute of your life on her.

 

[KhouriC]

very recent ex-gf

 

[Stazy]

A gas station attendant, probably a couple years older than me, said "what's up boss?" as I was about to pay for my red bull.

I don't know why, but it really pissed me off. It sounded so condescending.

 

[T4phage]

Stupidity

 

[Stazy]

Why the hell does sony put so much crap on their laptops?!?

 

[Thomas]

Installing a new computer system, quite a lot of time and $$$ have gone into this project. Yesterday I was writing the financial statements, and today they're gone. No backups, btw.

No, I'm not kidding.

 

[j]

Dude in an SUV who backed into my bike and tipped it over in a parking lot, thus ruining my Friday with calling around to stupid insurance people. Thanks.

 

[RJman]

Originally Posted by j

Dude in an SUV who backed into my bike and tipped it over in a parking lot, thus ruining my Friday with calling around to stupid insurance people. Thanks.

Were you around? Did he acknowledge fault? Or did he just drive off without leaving you his details?

 

[warlok1965]

Originally Posted by rdawson808

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b

Why not just blacklist her email address and forget she exists?

 

[Go Surface]

The kid I was standing next to on the metro kept kicking my Margiela boots, and, my boots ended up staining my new YSL bag. Motherfucka.

But, I had a marvelous day, the portrait gallery was incredible.