The Not Happy Thread

I know.
If I'm lucky I'm getting my apartment this weekend. It's been empty for over three weeks. This wait is pure bullshit!
If I'm really lucky I'm getting the apartment AND a new job (they are calling back this week) and then about 70% of my problems can go away!

Anybody who can spare some luck?

 

Good thoughts and prayers inbound. Your mother sounds like a bully, and I wish you a speedy exit from her influence.

 

Thank you! She... doesn't seem to notice her behaviors and pointing it out makes for more trouble than it's worth. I usually try to tell myself she's probably not all happy in herself... but today I sort of snapped and told her I don't like the way she treats me...

Thank you

 

My ex used to call her Satan... he didn't really like the way she made me feel.

I'll soon be out of here and then I'll be able to control out contact more. Might make some difference.

 

Some folks in my building have a granddaughter around my age who is visiting them. They pointedly suggested I say hello to her. I figured, why not? So later, the granddaughter was walking into the building with her grandparents' dog, who we'll call Rover.

I summoned up my courage on the way out of the building, took a breath, and said, "Hi, Rover."

 

Hey, maybe she thought it was cute.

 

Meyers and Briggs can take a long walk off a short pier, but as an introvert, I'm much more likely to introduce myself to your pet than I am to you.

And possibly ask your pet out to dinner.

Which isn't a ploy. If I wanted to go to dinner with you, I'd say so. Now hand me the leash, Rover and I are off to the pizza parlor.

 

I love you people. Unfortunately I've already planned to cover my head with a paper bag for all eternity. Of course with my luck, she'll be walking with Rover out of the building as I'm coming in.

"Hi Ro...sonuva..."

 

Make it a nice paper bag! For all you know she totally liked the slightly awkward first meeting.

 

I didn't get the job.

 

I'm sorry to hear that.

 

That bag may be your 'in'. It's always proper to pick up after your pet.

 

Just don't put it back on your head afterwards....

 

Getting royally pissed off at the way game developers are dismissing offline gamers. Managed to get a refund on GT Sport, but it's just another example of how you don't count unless you're willing to cough up the extra ££ required for online gaming.

I was hoping it was a trend that would go away, but 'campaign' and 'career' modes seem to be very much a thing of the past.

 

I still miss playing the original NES games. Never been one for online games at all.

 

I just refuse to get my ass kicked by some foul-mouthed racist tween with nothing better to do all day than improve their stats. I've got three jobs and a wife, when I find time to game, I want a nice, stupid, predictable AI to smack the crap out of.

 

I dislike gaming with others mostly because of the cry babies and shit-talkers. I don't mind a challenging AI, but I don't want to play with people I don't know well. Gaming time is rare for me, and I want to enjoy it.

 

Couldn't agree more, and while those gamers who are happy enough to continue playing games getting on for a decade old can still enjoy a good campaign, those of us excited by the graphics, gameplay and scope of current gen consoles are getting shafted left right and centre, just because we're not into MP gaming.

 

I download games with AI. Online is just not my type of gaming.

 

I think we're on the same page, I just won't even look at something that's primarily MP. As a matter of fact, I've been replaying Half Life 2 lately, which is 13 or so years old. Gotta dig up my HL1 discs next...