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Originally Posted by Resilient
DRUG WARNING:

FIXALL-ADENE may cause balding, heart attack, cancer, blindness, paralysis, hearing loss, cataracts, brain tumors, shortness of breathe, loose stools, scabs over 98% of your body, genital disappearance, rickets, constipation, dry and itchy skin, dementia-related psychosis, piojitos, permanent limb numbness, liver disease, kidney failure or a runny nose.

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You forgot the mother of all side effects

ANAL LEAKAGE


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Theatre of the obvious:

I am cheating with my X boyfriend - what should I do?

My spouse is dating someone at work - should I expose the affair?

My WS is still seeing the OP behind my back - should I say anything to him/her?
grumble grumble grumble





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Nagging Nana's and over protective mothers are driving me up the wall.

LEAVE ME ALONE I CAN MESS UP MY LIFE WITHOUT ANY MORE ADVICE THANK YOU

Oh that didn't come out exactly as I wanted it to.

well you know what I mean. :RollieEyes:


Pep if you have all those 'terrible' issues then maybe you should post it all here, get advice, ignore it and do nothing!!!

Myself, I'd use a blunt scalpel. grin

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ED commercials being aired prior to 9:00PM.

DS1 was watching "How it's Made" on Discovery Channel at 7:00PM during a weeknight and here comes an Extenze commercial. If you haven't seen it, it's a very looooong drawn out commercial about "business" enlargement. Yes, puns were intended. In any case, DS and I are exchanging glances in a very awkward moment while I race for the remote the change the channel.

Besides that, if a man doesn't think has a problem with size or endurance, he will by the end of any given night between the Cialis, Viagra, Enzite and Extenze commercials. Give the fellas a break!!


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"BUT"

I fume everytime I hear that damn word

I blew another guy "but"

I love you "but"

I had an affair "but"

We could have been happy "but"




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My all time favourite right up there with 'we're just friends', puke


There was no SEX
rant2 rant2 rant2

while looking you straight in the eye, thinking that liars can't look you in the face and tell truths. grumble



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I just beat the [censored] out of OM even though there's an order against me. :twobyfour:


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My latest rant.....

The phrase "CLEAN SLATE".

After 2 1/2 years of struggling in a half azzed recovery with a wayward spouse who refused to meet my needs for amends (transparency w/out resentment, openess and honesty, extraordinary precautions, etc), I finally decided it was in my best interest to "forgive" him for his multiple infidelities and to let go of some of my lingering anger.

After all, on occasion, I thought maybe he did feel bad for his multiple infidelities, cuz he said so, and he did apologize. (Where's the rolley eyes icon?)

RANT: Now mind you, I had already told him I forgave him for the first affair that I had found out about. That took 5 months after the first d-day. I had a trickle truth WH. It took a year of teeth pulling with his constant lies and a polygraph to find out about the others.

RANT: So last week, all sincere and teary eyed, I told my H that I forgave him for what he had done to me. It was a BIG moment for me. He gave me a hug and then went on and changed the subject. I was dumbfounded that he apparently wasn't grateful for that, but I said nothing about it until the next day.

RANT:So the next day I asked him, "Didn't my forgiveness mean anything to you?" All he said was "I had already forgiven myself a long time ago". (Oh rolley eyes where are you?.....)

RANT: Then yesterday, during a brief conversation about his visit with his INDIVIDUAL counselor that day, he let me know that he now has a "CLEAN SLATE", which apparently he discussed with his counselor. (Insert DJ)

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Subject: Re: rant about "fill in the blank"

Ok, my rant.
I know of a young woman who has cheated on her H multiple times.
Her MySpace page currently lists a couple of her favorite quotes. such as:

"The greatest challenge in life is to find someone who knows all your flaws, differences, and mistakes, and yet still sees the best in you!"


and

Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. so love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don't, and believe that everything happens for a reason

ugh

RANT: I've heard similiar stuff from my H. And we've paid thousands of dollars for him to get there to boot!!! Yay!!!! (rolley eyes) RANT: I sometimes feel like I don't give him enough credit.

Edited to add another rant: Ok, I'm trying to see the best in him, there are some good traits in him. He's willing to go to church, BUT chooses which parts of the bible "HE believes is true".

RANT: He's willing to find out WHY he did what he did to me/us/him by seeing a individual counselor, but he's become even more selfish in my book since he's been going to her.

Another rant......I don't see the little yellow guy that faints, to add as a visual to this post,of how I felt when I heard him say these things to me.

RANT: I too HATE the phrase "get over it". I heard that one several times from my "don't want to make amends that are uncomfortable to me". (deleted something here that wasn't helpful)

Another rant......BSs like me who take FOREVER to "move on".

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Husband was unfaithful to me before and after our marriage, at least 7 times. I found out 13 yrs into the marriage. Trickle truth for an entire year. Several different d-days, so it was more like a d-year. Difficult recovery.



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I have another one, and it's the mother of all rants to me.......

A WH who claims he's sorry, then lies about the details, then says straight to your face, "there's nothing else to tell". Then tells lots more before a polygraph MONTHS later.

Even worse......getting angry and telling the WH to his face that he's a lying SOB, among other choice TRUE adjectives(because I was hurt from the lying and the new affairs)and then him telling me he couldn't tell me the truth because "I didn't make it SAFE FOR HIM?!

Even worse than that........people here agreeing that I didn't make it safe for HIM to tell the truth. Even his counselor, after talking to me, suggested to my H that he let me vent on a timer (rolley eyes) but he refused to "take that kind of abuse" and chose which advice he was going to take from her as well.

Yeah, I was angry when I found out he left me for another women that he met online, but never had even met her IRL. But I mostly just cried. Because of that anger, I didn't make it safe for him to tell me the truth about everything for almost a year.

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Husband was unfaithful to me before and after our marriage, at least 7 times. I found out 13 yrs into the marriage. Trickle truth for an entire year. Several different d-days, so it was more like a d-year. Difficult recovery.



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faint :RollieEyes:


Me: 56 (FBS) Wife: 55 (FWW)
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faint Err.....found em. :RollieEyes:


Husband was unfaithful to me before and after our marriage, at least 7 times. I found out 13 yrs into the marriage. Trickle truth for an entire year. Several different d-days, so it was more like a d-year. Difficult recovery.



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The great abyss :crosseyedcrazy:

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sick My rant'o'day .... March 21 2009

I hate it when ...

When asked: "Why did you choose adultery over fidelity" ... the Adulterous Spouse (AS) goes into a long-winded and over-detailed tapestry of childhood hurts mixed in with complaints about the Faithful Betrayed Spouse's pre-adultery behaviors.

Here are some fresh ideas ....

WHY DID YOU CHOOSE ADULTERY?
Because it felt good.
Because fidelity to my spouse meant less to me than feeling good.
Because I am careless.
Because I am selfish.
Because I am impulsive.
Because I did not care.
Because I am angry.
Because I like cheating.
Because I don't give a damn about my marriage.

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Originally Posted by Pepperband
sarcastic rant of the day :

"HELP ME - redflagI'm desperate!
I'm married almost 2 years and BEEN TOGETHER 8 years. redflag
We have a total of 5 children. His are 12yrs and 9yrs, from 2 previous redflag relationships, they don't live with us full time. Mine,from a previous marriage, is 7yrs and lives with my EX half the time redflag . Together we have twins, 2yrs.

He's been cheating on me from day one. redflag
We cannot afford counseling because he's been out of work 6 months. redflag
I love him with all my heart, but he has a history of treating me bad, not too bad, just yelling & name calling & once he slammed me against the wall. redflag redflag redflag
He's a really good father and husband when he's sober. redflag
He tells me he's changed.
How can I trust him? redflag"


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off grumble rant

TRANSLATION ~~~> I have done everything wrong and now I am asking total strangers to "fix" my life which I have hopelessly screwed up

wow. that's just mean.


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Originally Posted by cohosalmon
wow. that's just mean.

Wow - that's what rants are for !

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Originally Posted by cohosalmon
Originally Posted by Pepperband
sarcastic rant of the day :

"HELP ME - redflagI'm desperate!
I'm married almost 2 years and BEEN TOGETHER 8 years. redflag
We have a total of 5 children. His are 12yrs and 9yrs, from 2 previous redflag relationships, they don't live with us full time. Mine,from a previous marriage, is 7yrs and lives with my EX half the time redflag . Together we have twins, 2yrs.

He's been cheating on me from day one. redflag
We cannot afford counseling because he's been out of work 6 months. redflag
I love him with all my heart, but he has a history of treating me bad, not too bad, just yelling & name calling & once he slammed me against the wall. redflag redflag redflag
He's a really good father and husband when he's sober. redflag
He tells me he's changed.
How can I trust him? redflag"


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off grumble rant

TRANSLATION ~~~> I have done everything wrong and now I am asking total strangers to "fix" my life which I have hopelessly screwed up

wow. that's just mean.

rotflmao rotflmao rotflmao

Yeah, I am sooooooooooo mean !
In light of recent events, this is even funnier than the first time I read it.

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Note to all waitresses: I am not your "Honey," "Sweetie," "Baby," "Babe," or "Stud."

Having met my wife when she was a waitress, I understand the need to rely on making tips. I understand that lonely drivers who have not been home in 30 or 45 days might be willing to leave a little bigger tip if you can make them think you're interested, but I am almost 57 and you are like, what, 18 or 19?

Your DADDY is younger than I am...

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Oh Mark!

I vurped! That would pi$$ me off to no end.

Note to the help at Home Depot - I know where everything is, and I don't need a big ol'man to tell me how to use it correctly!

Note to Borders - your "Home Improvement" aisle looks like a disaster hit it, and when it was kindly told to the cashier this customer was told, "It's because of the economy and we are understaffed."

This customer thinks that is a half arsed excuse, and if'n you want to be able to someday afford to hire more help, you'll teach your waitstaff to say "yes, ma'am, we'll get right on that," and back it up by some action. People aren't going to spend 5 hours looking for "Solar Power Your Home for Dummies" at your messy store when they can waltz in to Barnes and Nobles and snag it in 5 minutes!

Fartknockers!


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Fartknockers! rotflmao

I never noticed this rant thread. MY WH way of apologising to me right after Dday when i was completely falling apart:

I never meant to fall in love

He said this so may times it was unbelievable. I just want to know what did you mean to happen:

to just sc*** her brains out behind my back!!
to keep doing it until I found out!!
to be friends with her!
to use her until you were done with her!
to have me find out then for me to say "oh thats okay I dont mind if you Sc*** around on me" mad rant2

And if you tell me one more time that you LOVE HER I am going to scream. :twobyfour:


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DS - 9
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DDay aug 2007
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Moved out april 2008
still seeing OW
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Originally Posted by Pepperband
I have come to really distrust and dislike the phrase

"moved on"

when used in context with discussion of the days, weeks, months, yes even years following infidelity

infidelity is grieved like a DEATH

the world is so knocked off it's axis when infidelity does it's damage that there is no such thing as "moving on" - you cannot "move on" - the Earth has stopped spinning
gravity ceases to exist

Maybe it's just me, but when I see "move on" or "moving on" in this context I want to cry

Do we tell our good friends to "move on" when his/her spouse dies?

I sure as heck don't.

Yes, we do need to continue living our lives - however there is a grief process and a destruction of foundation here that cannot be brushed aside as if we were moving furniture to a different location ....

it's just a rant

you can add your rant after mine - subject of your choice

Pep

I can't rant enough about

"MOVE ON"

.... which often translates into

Date while still married .... Nooo

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