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Well, hynofrogstevie, you are head and shoulders above that step BF of your mom's and a ton more mature! Look at all the difficult things you dealt with this past weird week, by jumping right into one situation after another...that's actually a wonderful job (and even husband) skill...
When someone uses the ugly term "trailer trash" it says something more negative about the biased attitude of the speaker than of the target. It is just another form of ignorance and intolerance. Where a person lives does not make them high or low quality, whether it's in a hut or a mansion. That...
Good thing we have this group of like-minded, down-to-earth friendly folks here to help keep us sane...or at least we're all the same kind of nuts (I mean that in a good way - honest!)
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My DH and I survive by laughing at mean relatives (not to their face) - it's quite refreshing! Like after one unpleasant visit there, DH started humming "Ding dong, the Witch is Dead..." to get me laughing. It was a great bonding moment!
, my DH and I do something...
My DH and I survive by laughing at mean relatives (not to their face) - it's quite refreshing! Like after one unpleasant visit there, DH started humming "Ding dong, the Witch is Dead..." to get me laughing. It was a great bonding moment!
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There's a salon here called Curl Up and Dye...in case you need a new business name.
I'm the unofficial barber for our immediate family, and they definitely don't want to make ME crabby right before I wield those shears! (As a visual aid, they got to see what happened to the rooster...
...and to answer your original question, YES! It took one difficult relative-in-law most of a lifetime to accept me. (the lucky result from medication she started using )
Generally speaking, a person has to be quite insecure to brag like that relative...and clueless, as it's tacky. (Sorry if I sound insulting.) I can see how aggravating it would be, as we also live simply and without apologies...we prefer chickens, gardening, and the outdoors to golf, casinos...