Couch 173: The Odiferous One

CantExplain · Jul 31, 2018, 09:29 PM

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Loved that show!

Well I liked Wilson...

awkwardlyyours · Jul 31, 2018, 09:30 PM

Art — sorry if I misled you on the insurance front. I’ll say that Thrifty’s behavior seems rather strange — very un-thrifty.

ATAT — just because someone’s in pain or whatever, doesn’t mean you can’t set firm boundaries on what you’ll tolerate (or not). Else, it’s an open license for anyone to be an arsehole any time they so like — everyone’s an adult and there are consequences for actions, regardless of their origin.

Jul 31, 2018, 09:30 PM

Patient: "Are you this rude to all your patients?"
House: "Yes. Don't think you're special."

CantExplain · Jul 31, 2018, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by velcro003

Hey guys!

Quick update: Its been a rougghhhhh few days i've been here. I've had a panic attack every day, which is partially due to alcohol withdrawal--broke my denial a bit about how much I had been drinking. Luckily they give me a magic pill to make me calm down.

It is HARD, but I do like the people I am with, it is a small group of other clients, and each day does get a bit easier. I think I am going to be here a full two weeks

My counselor told me I am a code "red," which is the highest danger you can be in here.

It is so strange bc I don't think of myself as that bad off, and yet so many other people do.

That being said, it is a nice place. Tvs, access to a computer when it isn't group time, puzzles, games, art, and its very homey feeling.

Can't catch up to the couch

((Velcro))

Thanks for checking in!

Jul 31, 2018, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by CantExplain

Well, as it happens...

So you're Captain Therapy.

atisketatasket · Jul 31, 2018, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by ArtieSwimsOn

Patient: "Are you this rude to all your patients?"
House: "Yes. Don't think you're special."

I want to apply this to therapy somehow...

CantExplain · Jul 31, 2018, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

I want to apply this to therapy somehow...

Au contraire, ma cherie! I want a special level of rudeness just for me.

stopdog · Jul 31, 2018, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

I want to apply this to therapy somehow...

If you reverse it, it sounds like conversations the woman and I had - me telling her not to think she was special.

NP_Complete · Jul 31, 2018, 10:30 PM

My email to the two neighbors who were "weeding" for me.

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Since I've seen you both in my yard previously, I'm assuming one of you came into my yard last week to remove some weeds. Except this time you didn't remove weeds, you removed an entire planting of perennials that had lovely blue flowers in the spring. This isn't acceptable and it feels like a violation of my personal space and personal property. I neither asked for nor gave permission for any of this. I know you're trying to be helpful, but I would prefer to have my personal space respected. I'm asking you to refrain from trespassing into my yard in the future. If it wasn't you, then my apologies.

The response I got from the one I suspected of removing my flowers:

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First I would like to comment on your blue flowers. They will come back, whatever they are and they are invasive. I have searched my library of books on plants from all over the US and I do not find anything looking like your plant. It may be a weed of some sort – weeds to have flowers. I have no further desire to help you make your yard look better. The maple tree is dead, the clematis needs to be cut back for maximum blooms in the spring and the “rhoddy” use to be beautiful with masses of blooms, but it needs some tender, loving, care. It saddens me when I see shrubs, plants, trees neglected and left to die. We live in such a beautiful State where things are easy to grow and be beautiful.

Our Association has in the past stepped in and helped an owner with their yard when things got out of hand. It is done in part to keep everyone’s property values on par with each other.

That being said, I would like to refer you to our Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements for [our neighborhood]. These CC&R’s go along with your deed and when you buy here, you also agree to abide by these covenants and you should have received a copy at the time of closing on your property.

As you probably know, there is a Homeowners Association. You are a part of our HOA and pay annual dues. I would like to refer you to Article 18 – Maintenance, Repair, Restoration and Replacement - 18.6 “To promote safety, visibility and aesthetic appeal and to comply with lawful requirements of public authority, and to control all landscaping, planting, removal and trimming of outdoor trees, shrubs, lawns and other plants, both within common elements and within outdoor portions of lots.”

I wish you well in your life’s endeavors.

atisketatasket · Jul 31, 2018, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by stopdog

If you reverse it, it sounds like conversations the woman and I had - me telling her not to think she was special.

The Woman: Are you this rude to all your therapists?
Stopdog: Yes. Stop thinking you are special.

awkwardlyyours · Jul 31, 2018, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

I want to apply this to therapy somehow...

Easily — isn’t it the standard issue complaint of therapy clients?

Patient: Are you this nice to all your patients?

Therapist: Yes, don’t think you’re special.

CantExplain · Jul 31, 2018, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

The Woman: Are you this rude to all your therapists?
Stopdog: Yes. Stop thinking you are special.

I took "reverse" to mean this:

Stopdog: Stop thinking you are special.
The Woman: Are you this rude to all your therapists?

CantExplain · Jul 31, 2018, 10:36 PM

Incidentally, Stopdog, who are the "soppy" people in your life?

stopdog · Jul 31, 2018, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

The Woman: Are you this rude to all your therapists?
Stopdog: Yes. Stop thinking you are special.

Exactly.

awkwardlyyours · Jul 31, 2018, 10:39 PM

NP — your neighbor is Nuts (capital N).

I don’t know how the politics of this sort of stuff works where you are but I’d consider finding a sympathetic ear among the HOA poobahs and letting them know along with putting up a “No trespassing - Private Property” sign (and maybe even filing a formal complaint with the HOA).

Sure, they can have issues based on some persnickety reading of the HOA rules but in that case, they need to have the HOA bring it up with you rather than try some ridiculous vigilante gardening.

CantExplain · Jul 31, 2018, 10:40 PM

Vigilante Gardner would be a great PC user name.

atisketatasket · Jul 31, 2018, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by CantExplain

Vigilante Gardner would be a great PC use name.

You could add it to your new title...Captain Therapy, Vigilante Gardener!

NP...might the easiest path be to hire a lawn service? That would give them no excuse to come by and show off their knowledge of weeds.

awkwardlyyours · Jul 31, 2018, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by CantExplain

Vigilante Gardner would be a great PC use name.

I considered substituting with landscaping or weeding but neither have quite as nice a ring to them.

NP_Complete · Jul 31, 2018, 10:44 PM

I hate that woman. She's a nasty, bitter old woman. Why am I letting her get to me?

ETA: her therapy nickname is "the old bat". I find it really satisfying when P calls her "the old bat".

NP_Complete · Jul 31, 2018, 10:45 PM

I don't feel like explaining my mental health issues to these people.

NP_Complete · Jul 31, 2018, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by awkwardlyyours

NP — your neighbor is Nuts (capital N).

I don’t know how the politics of this sort of stuff works where you are but I’d consider finding a sympathetic ear among the HOA poobahs and letting them know along with putting up a “No trespassing - Private Property” sign (and maybe even filing a formal complaint with the HOA).

Sure, they can have issues based on some persnickety reading of the HOA rules but in that case, they need to have the HOA bring it up with you rather than try some ridiculous vigilante gardening.

I did bring it up with the HOA because frankly I didn't want to deal with the problem but they said there was nothing they could do, which I find odd because they were more than willing to file police complaints when my H was making too much noise. I got a nasty gram about that from them even though I had nothing to do with it and had no control over the situation. I feel like I got lumped in with H as a trouble maker. I had no control over what he did. He did whatever he wanted even if I begged him to stop.

CantExplain · Jul 31, 2018, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by NP_Complete

I did bring it up with the HOA because frankly I didn't want to deal with the problem but they said there was nothing they could do, which I find odd because they were more than willing to file police complaints when my H was making too much noise. I got a nasty gram about that from them even though I had nothing to do with it and had no control over the situation. I feel like I got lumped in with H as a trouble maker. I had no control over what he did. He did whatever he wanted even if I begged him to stop.

They sound a bit like the Harper Valley PTA.

NP_Complete · Jul 31, 2018, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

You could add it to your new title...Captain Therapy, Vigilante Gardener!

NP...might the easiest path be to hire a lawn service? That would give them no excuse to come by and show off their knowledge of weeds.

I recently had the actual lawn portion of my yard ripped out and replaced with pine bark chips because I couldn't take care of it. It took me a long time to make even that happen because I'm failing at life right now. It seemed so hard to just talk to someone on the phone about this. I feel like such a failure.

ScarletPimpernel · Jul 31, 2018, 11:53 PM

And he's back at the hospital. #18 Today's problem is his aorta.

H has an appointment tomorrow with a T. But if he's still in the hospital...

I really am thinking of going there tonight and telling them he needs a mental check.

I called the crisis line. They didn't help much. Told me to take a bath and listen to music. They did give me a number for NAMI and a depression group. Little scared of the depression group. Last time I went to one, it was a depressing depression group.

unaluna · Aug 01, 2018, 12:09 AM

I was watching my 600 lb life last nite on my hulu, so tonight i was looking for more, and i found coronation street on hulu. I lost coronation street a few years ago when they took down the apartment buildings outside antenna (which brought in canada). So i missed like 5 years?! Episode Eva getting married and Rita has a brain tumor, sept 2017. Nice to see Dev is still around!

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