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apettiger -> a f**ked up year (10/14/2008 10:34:54 PM)

is it just me and those around me?
has A/anyone else out there had one of the worse years ever?
my friends and family have experienced divorce (the youngest marriage was 8 years) death, mental illness and financial ruin, just to mention some of it.
i, myself got pneumonia in january, was in a bad car wreck in febuary and went to the hospital in april with pneumonia AGAIN. i have had to evict my only child ( 18 but resisting leaving the nest) accrued a electric bill of over $1000 (which i managed to get paid by the skin of my teeth) was told i would graduate (with hoonors)  in december of this year from college, then at the beginning of the semester found out they had given me the wrong classes one semester and now i have to do another one before i can graduate. (grrrrrr)
i can not be isolated in this.
surely there are others out there who find this to be the worse year to date.



detoxxx -> RE: a f**ked up year (10/14/2008 10:38:58 PM)

aww sorry about your luck [&:]

but yeah I know how you feel, last year I had tons of things fall apart in my life...and each time I thought...'right okay I can cope with this' another part messed up....in the end I started laughing thinking..right okay throw it all at me!!!!!!!!!!

but yea..hang in there, things get better[:)]



moonvine -> RE: a f**ked up year (10/14/2008 10:44:05 PM)

For many reasons it has been one of the worst years ever for me.

Most of those I thought were friends, or at least friendly acquaintances, turned their backs on me.

I have suffered unimaginable losses that I still grieve. 

I have lost not one but two jobs.

I am in pretty much continuous emotional pain. 

But, I am much too stubborn to let this defeat me.  If you let them defeat you, they win, and I can't have that:)

I awaken daily to kitty kisses.

I know who my friends really are, and who they are not.

I can and will get another job of some sort.

Living well is the best revenge.



NuevaVida -> RE: a f**ked up year (10/14/2008 10:46:41 PM)

No, that was last year. 5 deaths in my family including my father, a friend died, I had surgery for a cancer scare, a divorce, a foreclosure because of the divorce, a job layoff, lost my faith, lost all my finances, lost everything I owned (including all childhood and family photos and heirlooms) when ex husband gutted the house, had an emotional break down and didn't stop sobbing for about 5 days.

And at the same time it was the best year, ever. It was the year i discovered family and friendship and the abundance of love out there that rushes to hold you up when you can not stand. Cliche as it sounds, it's in the worst of times when you are given the opportunity to see all that is possible.

I hope it gets better for you, truly.




apettiger -> RE: a f**ked up year (10/14/2008 10:55:50 PM)

i am steel
and one day i will be the strongest, sharpest sword in the universe
but first i must be beaten, burned and folded
hundred of thousands of times
and if i break
i will be discarded, useless
I WILL NOT BE USELESS
for i am steel
and one day
i will be the strongest, sharpest sword in the universe



NuevaVida -> RE: a f**ked up year (10/14/2008 11:08:13 PM)

~ smiles ~

As my mother says (and maybe she's quoting someone, I don't now), "Women are like tea bags - the more hot water we're in, the stronger we get."





Lockit -> RE: a f**ked up year (10/15/2008 1:06:28 AM)

I think a lot of people have had a rough year... I know I have! lol  With all that is going on, many of us might be in for another rough year, but we have to keep on fighting it all and standing our ground even when it is threatening to clog our nose.  I know the end of this year has turned around for me in ways I could never have imagined and amazing things are happening!  I will hope that the frustrations you all have known this year will turn around and you can see the great things that came of it all and a light at the end of that dark and rocky road!



scifi1133 -> RE: a f**ked up year (10/15/2008 2:27:44 AM)

Well mine wasn't as bad as all that but the financial ruin...well yes thats me.



bipolarber -> RE: a f**ked up year (10/15/2008 8:12:42 AM)

Yeah. I won't be sorry to see this year pass... I lost my Dad, my Mother's been in and out of the hospital. I've had to replace my car, my lawn mower my oven and my water heater...  The stress has been increasing, and it's really screwing with my primary relationship.

On the other hand, I've met a really great bunch of people thanks to the pro-Obama events, there's a Domme possibly in my future, (we're talking) and the stress has also kicked my creative drives up several notches. The anti-gay adoption measure here in Arkansas that I've been working against looks like it's gong to go down in flames, and possibly stay down. :)  And we all get to witness the historic election of the first black man to the White House... a real move forward in the US's evolution! Hooray! Maybe we really ARE living in the 21st century!

Still, I'll be glad when things settle down a bit.



kittinSol -> RE: a f**ked up year (10/15/2008 8:17:32 AM)

Life's a bitch. Then you die.



pahunkboy -> RE: a f**ked up year (10/15/2008 10:26:58 AM)

on the electric bills-  i use a measure to see what the useage is.   this has enabled me to cut way down on the bill.

next-  drink a ton of water.   this will allow you to lower the heat.   pick up an extra blanker as well.  I had my heat guy build a damper on my duct- so I dont heat all the house.    proper hydration will allow the body to reg its temp.

on school- make a plan,

on the son, I am sorry.  I hope it gets better for you.



faerytattoodgirl -> RE: a f**ked up year (10/15/2008 10:46:57 AM)

actually its been a decent year for me....although havent had a date yet this year... LOL.

but i can do without these damned nightsweats!!!!!



LaTigresse -> RE: a f**ked up year (10/15/2008 10:59:08 AM)

I cannot think of one thing worth bitching about to be honest.

Oh sure, there's stuff that sucks like my never ending battle with the IRS, rising prices on almost everything and no increase in pay. But, overall, life is good. I've got some amazing people in my life, a comfortable home I am happy to go to at the end of the day, and adorable furry babies that are always happy to see me when I get there.

But yeah, most of all, fantastic people that I love and some manage to love me in return.



pahunkboy -> RE: a f**ked up year (10/15/2008 11:07:44 AM)

yeah- same with me.  My life is as good as can be expected.



kittinSol -> RE: a f**ked up year (10/15/2008 11:10:25 AM)

Life sucks, then you cark it [8D] .



windchymes -> RE: a f**ked up year (10/15/2008 3:30:26 PM)

Yeah, I had a year like that a few years back.  My grandmother died, mom's health worsened and we thought she was going to die, my alcoholic husband left unexpectedly with no notice (okay, abandoned me) for the tramp he'd had in another state for at least a year, we got divorced, I had to sell the house, which was a couple of hours from going into foreclosure, find a new place to live, had to quit the job I'd been at for six years to find one that paid better, my firstborn graduated high school and left home for college in another state, and then they diagnosed my father with cancer and he died four months later.  You could have burned the house down around me and I wouldn't have noticed, lol.

But time passes and you make it through.  It makes you stronger, and it makes you appreciate when life is good, which it is [:)]  

LOL...exactly...I carked it! [:D]



PanthersMom -> RE: a f**ked up year (10/15/2008 3:35:05 PM)

well, financially everyone's had a crappy year it seems.  mine has been thrown for a loop with the two surgeries last year and the three this year, 8 hospital stays of various lengths from only a day or two to the six weeks i just spent in a nursing home.  i will be happy to start the new year because i really want this one to stop kicking me in the teeth every chance it gets, lol. 
PM



pixidustpet -> RE: a f**ked up year (10/15/2008 6:16:59 PM)

the divorce-that-will-not-end, diabetes, the oldest hasnt talked to me since august, the younger lives with his father in another state, other health issues i cannot address since i have no insurance, the near-ex blaming me for financial problems, money issues and political ones, generalized worries i cant let go of.

kitten, who wants to go to bed and not get up some days



Marc2b -> RE: a f**ked up year (10/15/2008 6:38:16 PM)

quote:

was told i would graduate (with hoonors) in december of this year from college, then at the beginning of the semester found out they had given me the wrong classes one semester and now i have to do another one before i can graduate. (grrrrrr)


They are, of course, giving you that class for free, right?

Life is a roller coaster. You have good years and you have bad years. This isn’t the worst year I’ve ever had but I would have to give this year a thumbs down. This year had a health scare with one close relative, another’s boyfriend turn out to be verbally abusive (the family "ganged up" on him and scared him away before it got to the physical part) and the economy is definitely hurting our business. The near future is looking troublesome but I do find reassurance in that I am part of a close knit family that sticks together and looks out for each other.



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