My leukemia's back.

[drumstick diva]

A pathological liar can pass a lie detector test because they truly believe their lives

 

[drumstick diva]

we are supposed to get around 50 F tomorrow BUT, there is always a catch -very strong winds

 

[tastyacres]

*sigh* I've been trying to decide how much I can say . . . .

Y'all may remember me telling you about my mother a while back; how she had fallen and shattered her arm, and then had a recurrence of the cancer she had fought about 20 years ago. Well, her doctor tells her her arm has healed about as well as it's going to, and she has tolerated the cancer treatment and her oncologist is about as encouraging as an oncologist is likely to be. At the moment, I'm not terribly concerned about her physical health (I mean, not more than one usually is for someone her age). I am far more concerned about her mental health these days.

Long story short, my older brother is getting divorced. Briefly, a year ago, his wife walked out on him - though, since she can barely dress herself without help, even that statement needs qualifying. An ever-increasing list of health issues means she's "disabled," and I want to believe at least some of this is the work of the people who are -um- 'helping' her.

18 years ago, my family embraced this woman and her children; my parents couldn't love them more if they were their own flesh and blood. The kids are grown and married and both celebrated the birth of baby girls this past spring. My mother has been ecstatic over her "great-grands." SIL had said she hoped she could remain friends with my family after all this, and my mother hoped so, too - she even had SIL come to the family dinner at Christmas. Well, brother got served the divorce papers recently - SIL is accusing him of throwing her out, and is demanding half of everything he has or ever will have (not the house; it's an older home and they owe more than it's worth so she doesn't want that). Since the separation, all kinds of things have gone wrong for her, so I know she's got major problems, but after all this man has endured for her sake over the years, he really doesn't deserve this - especially not the lies. My mother is broken-hearted and furious . . . I guess we all are. Having seen what the stress of their daughter's divorce did to my in-laws, I am deeply concerned about my parents . . . actually, everybody. I see a lot of pain and stress for all concerned; I'm hoping and praying that it doesn't get any worse.

I'll be praying for you, and your family. ((hugs))

 

[N F C]

Good morning Team Rachel

 

[getaclue]

Good morning Team Rachel. I hope everyone has a blessed day.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Good morning..... Locked myself out of my truck last night.
Luckily my wife was able to get a ride home and bring me tools to unlock my truck door.
As it was cold and I really wasn't dressed for it.
I was so happy when she showed up with my Parka.
After she got there with a step ladder and my door wedge.....I was able to inflate the wedge and spread the door from cab just enough to slip my GM break in tool in..... And unlock the door..... Took all of 15 seconds.

The tool is just a long strategly bent glow in the dark steel rod..... But it works great.

 

[lazy gardener]

Phil.... this is not the first post that you've shared that goes something like this: "I was stuck out in the cold, longer than anticipated, without a winter jacket..." Am I gonna have to come over there and knock some sense into you??? "says she who runs in and out of stores all the time and leaves her winter coat in the car..."

 

[Bunnylady]

What a sad situation Bunny. Divorces are usually ugly and things can spin out of control quickly. Keep an eye on your mom. Try not to get dragged into it, both sides are hurting. So sorry for this

Thank you, all of you. When I first learned of the separation, I said my brother needed to get a lawyer. He's been trying to be a nice guy (besides really not having money to spare), but I knew she was bound to have one, and though they may claim to just be looking out for their clients' interests, when lawyers get involved, even "y'know, this isn't working out for us, let's just call it a day," can rapidly turn into WW III.

It was only a couple of years ago that SIL finally got a diagnosis that qualified her for Disability, and with the disability check comes a case worker. Knowing SIL, we can't believe she'd have had the focus or energy to do any of this without someone else doing the legwork - so you know what we suspect. At the moment, SIL is infinitely worse off than she was with my brother; I wonder if her "help" yet realizes what a can of worms they opened.

A pathological liar can pass a lie detector test because they truly believe their lies

You know the joke that goes, "Q - How can you tell a politician is lying? A - His lips are moving." ? When my son was little, he had a friend who was almost that bad. (Unfortunately for him, I could always tell, and he knew that I knew. I didn't have to say a word, just look him in the eye, and he'd stop in mid-sentence.) One time, another friend and my son had been climbing a tree in our yard, and had left a rope tied in the tree. I needed the rope, and since there weren't any kids in the yard at the moment, I climbed up myself to get the rope down. While I was up there, my son and this kid came through the yard; I still recall the shock in this kid's voice when he said, "Dude! Your mother's climbing a tree!"

I'm sure he had to tell his parents about this totally unthinkable behavior on the part of his friend's mother . . . knowing his fondness for straying from the truth, do you reckon they believed him?

Good morning..... Locked myself out of my truck last night.
Luckily my wife was able to get a ride home and bring me tools to unlock my truck door.
As it was cold and I really wasn't dressed for it.
I was so happy when she showed up with my Parka.
After she got there with a step ladder and my door wedge.....I was able to inflate the wedge and spread the door from cab just enough to slip my GM break in tool in..... And unlock the door..... Took all of 15 seconds.
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The tool is just a long strategly bent glow in the dark steel rod..... But it works great.

Looks like a handy thing to have. I have only locked myself out of my car once; the person I called had another key.

 

[bruceha2000]

How did I get so far behind I'll try and catch up.....

You must have blinked.

Can't lock ourselves out of our cars. A Prius won't lock if the "smart key" is inside. I'm sure other vehicles with "smart keys" work similarly.

 

[Cynthia12]

*sigh* I've been trying to decide how much I can say . . . .

Y'all may remember me telling you about my mother a while back; how she had fallen and shattered her arm, and then had a recurrence of the cancer she had fought about 20 years ago. Well, her doctor tells her her arm has healed about as well as it's going to, and she has tolerated the cancer treatment and her oncologist is about as encouraging as an oncologist is likely to be. At the moment, I'm not terribly concerned about her physical health (I mean, not more than one usually is for someone her age). I am far more concerned about her mental health these days.

Long story short, my older brother is getting divorced. Briefly, a year ago, his wife walked out on him - though, since she can barely dress herself without help, even that statement needs qualifying. An ever-increasing list of health issues means she's "disabled," and I want to believe at least some of this is the work of the people who are -um- 'helping' her.

18 years ago, my family embraced this woman and her children; my parents couldn't love them more if they were their own flesh and blood. The kids are grown and married and both celebrated the birth of baby girls this past spring. My mother has been ecstatic over her "great-grands." SIL had said she hoped she could remain friends with my family after all this, and my mother hoped so, too - she even had SIL come to the family dinner at Christmas. Well, brother got served the divorce papers recently - SIL is accusing him of throwing her out, and is demanding half of everything he has or ever will have (not the house; it's an older home and they owe more than it's worth so she doesn't want that). Since the separation, all kinds of things have gone wrong for her, so I know she's got major problems, but after all this man has endured for her sake over the years, he really doesn't deserve this - especially not the lies. My mother is broken-hearted and furious . . . I guess we all are. Having seen what the stress of their daughter's divorce did to my in-laws, I am deeply concerned about my parents . . . actually, everybody. I see a lot of pain and stress for all concerned; I'm hoping and praying that it doesn't get any worse.

Oh Bunny, this is sad. Praying that the law works out for the best Here! The decisions and actions really to affect so many others.