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<blockquote data-quote="THAT Gurl" data-source="post: 3871224" data-attributes="member: 45551"><p>Yep!! I carry my labels like the badge of honor they are. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😁" title="Beaming face with smiling eyes :grin:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f601.png" data-shortname=":grin:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😁" title="Beaming face with smiling eyes :grin:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f601.png" data-shortname=":grin:" /> I can't help it if you are confused about why I can look back and be proud of what I've accomplished in my life. Left home at 18 and except for the year I had to go back home (a preschooler, a toddler and one on the way that was a high risk pregnancy) when my alcoholic husband cleaned out the bank account, loaded up a UHaul, maxxed out all the credit cards and moved to Arkansas -- going home to mommy -- while I was in the hospital having surgery in my second trimester I have ALWAYS stood on my own 2 feet. So ... Did I have to move onto their property into a single-wide that was so dilapidated and dirty I wouldn't have kept my chickens in it?? Yep. Did I have help from DHS for a couple years?? Yep. Did I ever get a dime of child support?? Nope. Did anyone else ever help me financially?? Nope. Did my folks tell me my ex- had passed away so I could collect my boys SSI from the years David worked before he was injured? Nope -- they and the rest of my family "let" me continue working 2 and 3 jobs at a time to keep us out of a homeless shelter and fed -- all the while telling my kids what a horrible mom I was for never being at home with them. And folks wonder why I say I don't have any family.</p><p></p><p>Grumpy is fond of reminding me he kept working when I was sick/injured. La-de-****ing-dah ... I have done the same for him. If he hadn't been here I would have managed like I always have. It's not like I'm not used to taking care of myself. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤷" title="Person shrugging :person_shrugging:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937.png" data-shortname=":person_shrugging:" /></p><p></p><p>So, yes, I am a Boomer. And yes, I am proud of that fact. I realize that a lot of what has happened to me in my life has been sheer dumb luck -- sometimes I look back and wonder just how I actually kept us outta a shelter and while I might have gone to bed hungry my kids NEVER did. </p><p></p><p>The sad thing is I'm positive there are men and women out there (of all generations, not just boomers) who have had a much harder time of it than I did. And there is not much I can do for them. Except say you CAN get it done. Sometimes it is a matter of only focusing on that next step in front of you. And ONLY that one. Because looking any farther ahead than that will scare the beejeebus outta ya! (And you can call me "Granny" all you want! <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy :joy:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f602.png" data-shortname=":joy:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy :joy:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f602.png" data-shortname=":joy:" />)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="THAT Gurl, post: 3871224, member: 45551"] Yep!! I carry my labels like the badge of honor they are. 😁😁 I can't help it if you are confused about why I can look back and be proud of what I've accomplished in my life. Left home at 18 and except for the year I had to go back home (a preschooler, a toddler and one on the way that was a high risk pregnancy) when my alcoholic husband cleaned out the bank account, loaded up a UHaul, maxxed out all the credit cards and moved to Arkansas -- going home to mommy -- while I was in the hospital having surgery in my second trimester I have ALWAYS stood on my own 2 feet. So ... Did I have to move onto their property into a single-wide that was so dilapidated and dirty I wouldn't have kept my chickens in it?? Yep. Did I have help from DHS for a couple years?? Yep. Did I ever get a dime of child support?? Nope. Did anyone else ever help me financially?? Nope. Did my folks tell me my ex- had passed away so I could collect my boys SSI from the years David worked before he was injured? Nope -- they and the rest of my family "let" me continue working 2 and 3 jobs at a time to keep us out of a homeless shelter and fed -- all the while telling my kids what a horrible mom I was for never being at home with them. And folks wonder why I say I don't have any family. Grumpy is fond of reminding me he kept working when I was sick/injured. La-de-****ing-dah ... I have done the same for him. If he hadn't been here I would have managed like I always have. It's not like I'm not used to taking care of myself. 🤷 So, yes, I am a Boomer. And yes, I am proud of that fact. I realize that a lot of what has happened to me in my life has been sheer dumb luck -- sometimes I look back and wonder just how I actually kept us outta a shelter and while I might have gone to bed hungry my kids NEVER did. The sad thing is I'm positive there are men and women out there (of all generations, not just boomers) who have had a much harder time of it than I did. And there is not much I can do for them. Except say you CAN get it done. Sometimes it is a matter of only focusing on that next step in front of you. And ONLY that one. Because looking any farther ahead than that will scare the beejeebus outta ya! (And you can call me "Granny" all you want! 😂😂) [/QUOTE]
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