Office Work, Part Deux: Professional Mayhen

[maple]

Today I spent most the morning with my friend's dad...figuring out the mower's clutch is slipping and it's gonna take $319 to fix...but I'm bringing this bill to the lawyer and submitting it to x...it is his mower and it's still cheaper to fix it then pay someone to mow the rest of the season out. ...so take that. Still stinks...not having a mower and having to put money into it.

After that I have been enthralled with shark week and unpacking boxes.

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

I had a shirt for years - My husband got me away from my abusers. Shut EVERYONE up as I had bruises for 6 mths and noticible scars for a good 3 years.

 

[debilorrah]

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After having been through that, do you feel that emotional and mental abuse are as destructive? I am just curious how you see it, having gone through the other end of it - though knowing your story, you had it all...

 

[maple]

yeah

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

They are worse. The bruises healed. The scars faded. The broken parts got fixed. My mind is still a mess, as I've proven, and if people yell at me, I will turn tail and run still. My SFIL talks with his hands, I still try to duck a punch.

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

Easiest I guess is I came out broken. What physically could be fixed is. But they can't erase 19 years of 24/7 fear. I KNOW my SFIL would never hit me. But 20 years hasn't fixed the damage.

 

[debilorrah]

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I understand that completely. After my mother got mad at me because Ken is unemployed she hasn't called, which means my stomach doesn't get turned inside out when the phone rings.

 

[saddina]

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Give the kids the spare roller...

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

The kids would get in a paint fight, thus paint everywhere but the walls.

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

Speaking of paint, what color for Steph and Nika's room. Chelle, your color isn't what I was thinking then. But DH likes it, and I don't mind it as the gray tone I was seeing.