Couch 171: Scams R Us

Jul 09, 2018, 11:46 PM

It's been quite a vacation so far... Car accident, confession to friend, tearful conversation with my mom....

Jul 09, 2018, 11:48 PM

I'll stop spamming the couch now

UnderRugSwept · Jul 09, 2018, 11:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArtieSwimsOn

I tried moonshine over the weekend for the first time. Apple pie and cherry were my faves.

While drunk, I told my friend that I'd had a friends with benefits thing for awhile with her ex husband prior to when she had started dating him. She'd had no idea, he never told her. I don't know what possessed me to tell her.

The moonshine?

Lemoncake · Jul 09, 2018, 11:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Echos Myron redux

I just want him to understand. Not to avoid it, and not to convince me he understands only to prove otherwise again down the line.

He has said various hurtful things to me over the years like :

Him: "i feel like talking about T1 is a cul de sac"
Me: "would you call talking about an abusive family member a cul de sac"
Him: "no"

and:

Me: it still feels very present
Him: which is odd considering it's been three years.

Both of those caused ruptures. He doesn't seem to see it at the same kind of trauma as other traumas. Even though he tells me he now gets it.

When he came back from holiday I told him about a horrible nightmare I had about T1. He didn't even really say anything about it. I'm just tired of going over this with him again and again. It's been years.

I hope you can show him this post and tell him he needs to up his game. Trauma at the end of the day is still trauma- and defiantly not something that you'd be "over" in a short period of time.

Jul 09, 2018, 11:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UnderRugSwept

The moonshine?

Very likely!!

Lemoncake · Jul 09, 2018, 11:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by atisketatasket

I’m watching a noir series called Hotel Beau Sejour (set in Belgium) on Netflix and it’s got a therapist with the worst waiting room ever—it’s around the corner and in full earshot of where she meets with clients. The office itself has floor-to-ceiling windows. (The better to defenestrate you, my dear.)

But then, in an earlier episode the therapist violated client confidentiality, so...

I just saw the trailer!

I'm definitely going to watch this too.

Lemoncake · Jul 09, 2018, 11:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArtieSwimsOn

I'll stop spamming the couch now

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArtieSwimsOn

I tried moonshine over the weekend for the first time. Apple pie and cherry were my faves.

While drunk, I told my friend that I'd had a friends with benefits thing for awhile with her ex husband prior to when she had started dating him. She'd had no idea, he never told her. I don't know what possessed me to tell her.

It's never spam- I giggled reading about the moonshine. It sounds like pretty strong stuff, maybe it should be used as truth serum!

Jul 10, 2018, 12:50 AM

Go Lemoncake!

Jul 10, 2018, 12:53 AM

This last couple of days has just reinforced that I dated and married the wrong brother. I should have gone out with younger brother but chose my needy ex. The younger brother was better looking and more aloof and i was more attracted to him but i didntthink i stood a chance. His younger brother would have given me the space I neede in a relatonship instead of a smothering controlling one.

unaluna · Jul 10, 2018, 01:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lemoncake

I just saw the trailer!

I'm definitely going to watch this too.

(((@@))) i dont think "hotel beau sejour" is proper french. Or as my french teachers used to say, "ça n'est pas français." One cant just string random french words together and say ooh la la thats french. Maybe its belge, but im betting its tvtalk.

i think the definition below bears me out.

Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales

Jul 10, 2018, 01:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArtieSwimsOn

I'll stop spamming the couch now

You're not spamming the couch, Artie

Lemoncake · Jul 10, 2018, 02:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by unaluna

(((@@))) i dont think "hotel beau sejour" is proper french. Or as my french teachers used to say, "ça n'est pas français." One cant just string random french words together and say ooh la la thats french. Maybe its belge, but im betting its tvtalk.

i think the definition below bears me out.

Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales

OOoooo Italian AND french Una I'm impressed!

It probably isn't- but I like the sound of ooh la la tv French!

Jul 10, 2018, 02:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lemoncake

I spent 4.5 months studying, but pathology you did not defeat me.

(I passed with a B!!!)

Congrats!!

Lemoncake · Jul 10, 2018, 02:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by QuietMind

Congrats!!

Hehe thank you!

Lemoncake · Jul 10, 2018, 02:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlessedCheeseMaker

Go Lemoncake!

Thank you everyone- all these messages do make me smile

T

CantExplain · Jul 10, 2018, 03:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lemoncake

I didn't get that far with Downton just the bit where the foreign guy dies in their home.
.

That was Episode 1!

LostOnTheTrail · Jul 10, 2018, 04:07 AM

Morning, Couch.

Bumpy few days in Lostland, hope to heck things will level out next week. Desperately need to exhale.

downandlonely · Jul 10, 2018, 04:14 AM

Hi all,

Woke up around 2 this morning and couldn't go back to sleep. This is happening too often. I might need to take the Trazodone I was prescribed.

Jul 10, 2018, 09:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by downandlonely

Hi all,

Woke up around 2 this morning and couldn't go back to sleep. This is happening too often. I might need to take the Trazodone I was prescribed.

Hope you can get some sleep. Trazodone worked well for me except for the nightmares I sometimes got while I was on it. It did make me sleep though when I really needed help to.

LonesomeTonight · Jul 10, 2018, 10:05 AM

Went on a 40-minute walk around my neighborhood this morning. Was only going to do 25 minutes, but was feeling good (despite the heat and my heartrate being in the cardio zone the whole time--which usually makes me anxious) and decided to do another loop. I even saw a deer leap in front of me (crossing the road into the woods). I need to try to do this more often.

stopdog · Jul 10, 2018, 10:12 AM

The entire neighborhood is out working on their lawns this morning - there are at least 7 lawnmowers going right now. My dogs are in protect the property from the marauders heaven right now. Nothing makes them happier than righteous barking at grass cutting ne'er do wells. Sometimes that even means me when I am doing lawn work.

88Butterfly88 · Jul 10, 2018, 10:19 AM

It seems strange to me 7 people are working on their lawns on a Tuesday.

stopdog · Jul 10, 2018, 10:23 AM

Some are lawn companies, some are retired persons and some are teachers who are not at school right now. And it is a lot at one time which is why I noticed it. One company had this giant riding mower for the little tiny city yard (usual where I live) it was cutting - it took like two turns and was finished - that fun and silly. The companies are on some schedule but probably the reason everyone else is out is to get it done before it hits 100 with super humidity later this afternoon and we have pop thunderstorms predicted for the next several days.

unaluna · Jul 10, 2018, 11:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 88Butterfly88

It seems strange to me 7 people are working on their lawns on a Tuesday.

I thought so too!

But yeah our apartment lawn company comes on tuesday also.

Jul 10, 2018, 11:56 AM

Everyone is feeding me lolol. I prolly gained 10 lbs while I've been here. Ugh!! But I'm having a great time (except for the car accident and related phone calls) so that counts more!!

Menu

Couch 171: Scams R Us

My Support Forums