The General Chat Thread (2016-2022)

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Windigo said:
He's encouraged by me to seek support anywhere he wants to , but he seems to be numb at the moment. As am I, it's the only way to get through this.

Unfortunately he's out of touch with his brother, so the only men he sees are his colleagues. But he is at work now, and said to me he will talk to them about it. He gets along well with them. He's a bit of a loner and we're a bit socially isolated due to all this so aside from that currently we only have women as friends.

I hope talking to his co workers helps him.

Whats also pulling him and us through is that my younger stepson has started to blossom without his brother. Thats the thing that keeps my husband going.

But it's beyond words to be put in this position. We just have to hope and pray that the press will take action
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Just as women have some things only another woman can understand, men also have things that only another man can understand. But, men often don't realize that they need that, or don't want to appear "weak" to other men. A friend/neighbor of mine helped me cope with my divorce. We talked -- usually while sharing a pitcher of beer -- but I could unload my brain, and he would listen while I unloaded. You can't keep things bottled up forever, you have to unload.

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Howdy! Remember me? (lol) I've had quite the adventure the past few months:

I came one within one day of becoming an illegal alien in Japan. Because of the pandemic, I can't work the requisite number of hours to maintain the conditions for my visa, so I literally almost got booted. Now in line to become a permanent resident.

Now with winter on the way, and the stress lifted, I feel like cooking again.

So did I miss much here?
 
LissaC said:
I've reached that point of the pandemic where I feel like I've cooked all existing dishes from all existing cuisine in the world in all possible combinations, twice. I go through pages and pages of recipes and still don't know what to cook.
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You know what I do when I feel bored or in need of a challenge: Escoffier.
Half of it's a puzzle you have to work out, the other half is like a treasure hunt.
 
madebyyouandi said:
Howdy! Remember me? (lol) I've had quite the adventure the past few months:

I came one within one day of becoming an illegal alien in Japan. Because of the pandemic, I can't work the requisite number of hours to maintain the conditions for my visa, so I literally almost got booted. Now in line to become a permanent resident.

Now with winter on the way, and the stress lifted, I feel like cooking again.

So did I miss much here?
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Welcome back.

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You never know how much junk you have until you move. It gets put away in cabinets, in attic, and in closets.

I hired this junk hauling company to get rid of all the stuff in my parents' house that could not be sold or given to charity thrift stores. My parents' junk filled THREE of the trucks in the below photo. Granted, it was a huge house, but I had no idea there was that much junk in it. They lived in that house for 35 years, and I guess the stuff just accumulated a little at a time.

In addition, my dad had financial documents going back as far as 1993 in boxes in the house. I had to take them to a commercial document shredding company to be destroyed. They charge by the pound. He has 288 pounds of documents to be shredded.

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My MIL just had a stroke.. she's still speaking but her leg doesn't work and my husband is with her now waiting for the neurologist at the Urgent Care.
I was only allowed in for 5 mins because of the covid rules. I was allowed to hold her hand and tell her I love her.

And now all I can do is wait for more news. My poor husband :(
 
Windigo said:
My MIL just had a stroke.. she's still speaking but her leg doesn't work and my husband is with her now waiting for the neurologist at the Urgent Care.
I was only allowed in for 5 mins because of the covid rules. I was allowed to hold her hand and tell her I love her.

And now all I can do is wait for more news. My poor husband :(
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That's a rough one, and on top of everything else.

Stroke treatments have come a long way in recent years, so I'm hoping for good news for you. Depending on the type of stroke, they can treat that a couple of different ways. I won't describe them, but I'm hoping she has something as an option and she gets a good prognosis.

Please keep us posted, and tell your MIL that a bunch of people all over the world she doesn't know and never heard of are wishing her well. :)
 
TastyReuben said:
That's a rough one, and on top of everything else.

Stroke treatments have come a long way in recent years, so I'm hoping for good news for you. Depending on the type of stroke, they can treat that a couple of different ways. I won't describe them, but I'm hoping she has something as an option and she gets a good prognosis.

Please keep us posted, and tell your MIL that a bunch of people all over the world she doesn't know and never heard of are wishing her well. :)
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It was a minor stroke apparently, she's now been sent on to the neurology ICU for 24 hour monitoring. If she gets through that well she can go home, so fingers crossed. She's 87 so these things are kind of expected, but she's such a lovely woman and we just hope she won't have to suffer.

Thank you for the well wishes!
 
Windigo said:
It was a minor stroke apparently, she's now been sent on to the neurology ICU for 24 hour monitoring. If she gets through that well she can go home, so fingers crossed. She's 87 so these things are kind of expected, but she's such a lovely woman and we just hope she won't have to suffer.

Thank you for the well wishes!
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How's your MIL doing today?
 
caseydog said:
You never know how much junk you have until you move. It gets put away in cabinets, in attic, and in closets.

I hired this junk hauling company to get rid of all the stuff in my parents' house that could not be sold or given to charity thrift stores. My parents' junk filled THREE of the trucks in the below photo. Granted, it was a huge house, but I had no idea there was that much junk in it. They lived in that house for 35 years, and I guess the stuff just accumulated a little at a time.

In addition, my dad had financial documents going back as far as 1993 in boxes in the house. I had to take them to a commercial document shredding company to be destroyed. They charge by the pound. He has 288 pounds of documents to be shredded.

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The person who lived here before me kept all utility bill she ever paid since the 70s in the attic:eek: I put it all in the recycle bin.
 
LissaC said:
The person who lived here before me kept all utility bill she ever paid since the 70s in the attic:eek: I put it all in the recycle bin.
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That would be just like my mom. My brother just cleared a bunch of that stuff out, and he asked why she still had utility bills from 40 years ago and she looked him dead in the eye and said, "What if they come back on me and say I didn't pay that?" :facepalm:
 
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