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flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Lexxy wrote:
Your mom was a horrible woman NJN. Not news to you I know.

I am glad you nephew is getting & help & will eventually be ok MM. I cannot imagine feeling like that all the time. It must get exhausting.
LOL Pretty much! But I use her as an example of what not to be!

Bingo!

You are NOT your mother.

flan

chef · Guru

Mellow Momma wrote:
Some shyness is actually selective mutism. It's a form of social anxiety and it can have devastating effects. My nephew has it and although he is brilliant, he doesn't do well in school. He won't speak to his teachers, he won't answer in class, he won't participate or share during class time...and it isn't because he is "shy". He WANTS to share, he just can't because the anxiety is crippling. The only people who have ever heard him speak are his parents. They send videos of him laughing and talking around the house and we just watch in awe. He has never spoken in our presence. He loves us, he just has anxiety and can't speak. Forcing him to would be devastating to his development. When people force kids with SM to speak, they often retreat further into themselves and start self harming or become adults who don't speak.

Stuff like this is why I think it's stupid to force children to speak.

Hopefully your nephew will be able to get a teacher who supports him so he can excel. It sucks that he's brilliant yet not doing well in school.

chef · Guru

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Apparently when I was a kid I had a speech impediment. My mom took me to a speech therapist and she laid a row of M&M's out and told me I could have one M&M for each word I said. My mom grabbed up the M&M's and threw them at the lady and told her that she would not reward me for doing something I already should have been doing. She said instead she would take me home and beat my a$$ for each word I said wrong. I don't remember going back to that therapist...

SS's grades have taken a nose dive this week. He's failing several classes. He just made the A/B honor roll so we have no idea what's going on. We're meeting my IL's for dinner tonight. I hate when my FIL laughs off my SS's misbehavior. He always makes jokes like, "Oh well, kids will be kids." or "He wouldn't be a Smith if he didn't screw up in school." I have warned DH that he'd better say something so I don't go off. He agreed. SS is grounded this weekend.

That's horrible!

Did the therapist say anything to your mom?

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

flan327 wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Lexxy wrote:
Your mom was a horrible woman NJN. Not news to you I know.

I am glad you nephew is getting & help & will eventually be ok MM. I cannot imagine feeling like that all the time. It must get exhausting.
LOL Pretty much! But I use her as an example of what not to be!
Bingo!
You are NOT your mother.
flan

Thanks flan and Lexxy. Though some may feel it's negative or a bad thing to talk "bad" about your parents I don't think it's wrong to state facts. The fact is my mom was not a good mother. I am at peace with that now. I don't hate her. I just feel nothing. I also think it's important to bring awareness to others that this behavior is NOT okay.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

chef wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Apparently when I was a kid I had a speech impediment. My mom took me to a speech therapist and she laid a row of M&M's out and told me I could have one M&M for each word I said. My mom grabbed up the M&M's and threw them at the lady and told her that she would not reward me for doing something I already should have been doing. She said instead she would take me home and beat my a$$ for each word I said wrong. I don't remember going back to that therapist...

SS's grades have taken a nose dive this week. He's failing several classes. He just made the A/B honor roll so we have no idea what's going on. We're meeting my IL's for dinner tonight. I hate when my FIL laughs off my SS's misbehavior. He always makes jokes like, "Oh well, kids will be kids." or "He wouldn't be a Smith if he didn't screw up in school." I have warned DH that he'd better say something so I don't go off. He agreed. SS is grounded this weekend.
That's horrible!
Did the therapist say anything to your mom?

I remember her being angry with my mom and saying she was trying to help me. I also remember my mom telling her I was already fat and didn't need any more candy. I was about five at the time. I think there may have been ten M&M's there. Probably now it's not PC to offer kids candy to do things but back then no one thought twice about it.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

chef wrote:
Mellow Momma wrote:
Some shyness is actually selective mutism. It's a form of social anxiety and it can have devastating effects. My nephew has it and although he is brilliant, he doesn't do well in school. He won't speak to his teachers, he won't answer in class, he won't participate or share during class time...and it isn't because he is "shy". He WANTS to share, he just can't because the anxiety is crippling. The only people who have ever heard him speak are his parents. They send videos of him laughing and talking around the house and we just watch in awe. He has never spoken in our presence. He loves us, he just has anxiety and can't speak. Forcing him to would be devastating to his development. When people force kids with SM to speak, they often retreat further into themselves and start self harming or become adults who don't speak.

Stuff like this is why I think it's stupid to force children to speak.
Hopefully your nephew will be able to get a teacher who supports him so he can excel. It sucks that he's brilliant yet not doing well in school.

I have to admit, it's really difficult to bond with him. He is in first grade and we have seen him over a dozen times and he has never spoken a word to us. It's terrible. All I ever wanted was to be an Auntie and my nephew can't stand to look me in the eye, or speak a word to me. He is a great kid and I love him, but I don't know him. He won't let us in. But I respect that. I know he wants to talk to us. When they visited this summer, they spent 4 days with us and he didn't speak in our presence once. When they got in the car to leave, he told my BIL and SIL that he had a great time and couldn't wait to visit us again. When she told me that I cried. He looked miserable the entire time. Turns out he loved the visit and us.

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

I was very outgoing & talkative as a child. I went to private school for the first few years. Then we moved & I started 3rd grade at a new public school. It was an open concept & I had problems adapting. It didn't help that my teacher was an evil witch who hated children. She made me sit with my desk facing the corner if I talked in class. She also like humiliation. One day she sat me out in the hallway & forgot about me & went home for the day. The night janitor found me & called my parents. She broke me & I turn inward. I became very self conscious & shy. My dad worked long & hard to bring me out of my shell. I'm still more introverted than extroverted.

chef · Guru

Lexxy wrote:
I was very outgoing & talkative as a child. I went to private school for the first few years. Then we moved & I started 3rd grade at a new public school. It was an open concept & I had problems adapting. It didn't help that my teacher was an evil witch who hated children. She made me sit with my desk facing the corner if I talked in class. She also like humiliation. One day she sat me out in the hallway & forgot about me & went home for the day. The night janitor found me & called my parents. She broke me & I turn inward. I became very self conscious & shy. My dad worked long & hard to bring me out of my shell. I'm still more introverted than extroverted.

Horrible disbelief

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Lexxy wrote:
I was very outgoing & talkative as a child. I went to private school for the first few years. Then we moved & I started 3rd grade at a new public school. It was an open concept & I had problems adapting. It didn't help that my teacher was an evil witch who hated children. She made me sit with my desk facing the corner if I talked in class. She also like humiliation. One day she sat me out in the hallway & forgot about me & went home for the day. The night janitor found me & called my parents. She broke me & I turn inward. I became very self conscious & shy. My dad worked long & hard to bring me out of my shell. I'm still more introverted than extroverted.

That's HORRIBLE! If that happened today that teacher would immediately be fired!

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Lexxy wrote:
I was very outgoing & talkative as a child. I went to private school for the first few years. Then we moved & I started 3rd grade at a new public school. It was an open concept & I had problems adapting. It didn't help that my teacher was an evil witch who hated children. She made me sit with my desk facing the corner if I talked in class. She also like humiliation. One day she sat me out in the hallway & forgot about me & went home for the day. The night janitor found me & called my parents. She broke me & I turn inward. I became very self conscious & shy. My dad worked long & hard to bring me out of my shell. I'm still more introverted than extroverted.
That's HORRIBLE! If that happened today that teacher would immediately be fired!

After she forgot me in the hall my dad was on the war path. They were out of their minds with worry when it was dark out & I never came home from school. He stormed the principal's office bright & early the next morning. The teacher was pregnant & forced to take early (immediate) maternity leave for the remainder of the school year. I'm pretty sure she was allowed back the next year though.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Mellow Momma wrote:
chef wrote:
Mellow Momma wrote:
Some shyness is actually selective mutism. It's a form of social anxiety and it can have devastating effects. My nephew has it and although he is brilliant, he doesn't do well in school. He won't speak to his teachers, he won't answer in class, he won't participate or share during class time...and it isn't because he is "shy". He WANTS to share, he just can't because the anxiety is crippling. The only people who have ever heard him speak are his parents. They send videos of him laughing and talking around the house and we just watch in awe. He has never spoken in our presence. He loves us, he just has anxiety and can't speak. Forcing him to would be devastating to his development. When people force kids with SM to speak, they often retreat further into themselves and start self harming or become adults who don't speak.

Stuff like this is why I think it's stupid to force children to speak.
Hopefully your nephew will be able to get a teacher who supports him so he can excel. It sucks that he's brilliant yet not doing well in school.
I have to admit, it's really difficult to bond with him. He is in first grade and we have seen him over a dozen times and he has never spoken a word to us. It's terrible. All I ever wanted was to be an Auntie and my nephew can't stand to look me in the eye, or speak a word to me. He is a great kid and I love him, but I don't know him. He won't let us in. But I respect that. I know he wants to talk to us. When they visited this summer, they spent 4 days with us and he didn't speak in our presence once. When they got in the car to leave, he told my BIL and SIL that he had a great time and couldn't wait to visit us again. When she told me that I cried. He looked miserable the entire time. Turns out he loved the visit and us.

How heartbreaking.

Maybe soon he will feel comfortable writing or drawing pictures?

flan

NAOW · Vette's SS

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
chef wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Apparently when I was a kid I had a speech impediment. My mom took me to a speech therapist and she laid a row of M&M's out and told me I could have one M&M for each word I said. My mom grabbed up the M&M's and threw them at the lady and told her that she would not reward me for doing something I already should have been doing. She said instead she would take me home and beat my a$$ for each word I said wrong. I don't remember going back to that therapist...

SS's grades have taken a nose dive this week. He's failing several classes. He just made the A/B honor roll so we have no idea what's going on. We're meeting my IL's for dinner tonight. I hate when my FIL laughs off my SS's misbehavior. He always makes jokes like, "Oh well, kids will be kids." or "He wouldn't be a Smith if he didn't screw up in school." I have warned DH that he'd better say something so I don't go off. He agreed. SS is grounded this weekend.
That's horrible!
Did the therapist say anything to your mom?
I remember her being angry with my mom and saying she was trying to help me. I also remember my mom telling her I was already fat and didn't need any more candy. I was about five at the time. I think there may have been ten M&M's there. Probably now it's not PC to offer kids candy to do things but back then no one thought twice about it.

Lol, DD1 just started Speech Therapy and the therapist wants us to work with her to use sign language for the time being. She specifically said that kids usually respond quickly to food, so to try getting her to say 'please' and 'more' we could use m&m's and marshmallows to encourage her.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Bribery can be a fabulous tool.

weltschmerz · Guru

Mellow Momma wrote:
Some shyness is actually selective mutism. It's a form of social anxiety and it can have devastating effects. My nephew has it and although he is brilliant, he doesn't do well in school. He won't speak to his teachers, he won't answer in class, he won't participate or share during class time...and it isn't because he is "shy". He WANTS to share, he just can't because the anxiety is crippling. The only people who have ever heard him speak are his parents. They send videos of him laughing and talking around the house and we just watch in awe. He has never spoken in our presence. He loves us, he just has anxiety and can't speak. Forcing him to would be devastating to his development. When people force kids with SM to speak, they often retreat further into themselves and start self harming or become adults who don't speak.

It sounds like my son when he was little. Wouldn't speak to anyone, wouldn't make eye contact, no friends in school.

The teachers told me my kid is weird.

Turned out, he was autistic.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Lawyerlady wrote:
Bribery can be a fabulous tool.

Used correctly? You'd better believe it.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

weltschmerz wrote:
Mellow Momma wrote:
Some shyness is actually selective mutism. It's a form of social anxiety and it can have devastating effects. My nephew has it and although he is brilliant, he doesn't do well in school. He won't speak to his teachers, he won't answer in class, he won't participate or share during class time...and it isn't because he is "shy". He WANTS to share, he just can't because the anxiety is crippling. The only people who have ever heard him speak are his parents. They send videos of him laughing and talking around the house and we just watch in awe. He has never spoken in our presence. He loves us, he just has anxiety and can't speak. Forcing him to would be devastating to his development. When people force kids with SM to speak, they often retreat further into themselves and start self harming or become adults who don't speak.

It sounds like my son when he was little. Wouldn't speak to anyone, wouldn't make eye contact, no friends in school.
The teachers told me my kid is weird.
Turned out, he was autistic.

I thought my nephew was as well. But that's because I couldnt see him when he was acting "normal" at home. That's one of the hallmarks of Selective Mutism - the kids are perfectly fine at home where they feel secure. It's around strangers or people they don't feel comfortable with that they don't speak.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

There is so much about the brain that we don't know.

flan

ed11563 · Guru

Mellow Momma wrote:
chef wrote:
Mellow Momma wrote:
Some shyness is actually selective mutism. It's a form of social anxiety and it can have devastating effects. My nephew has it and although he is brilliant, he doesn't do well in school. He won't speak to his teachers, he won't answer in class, he won't participate or share during class time...and it isn't because he is "shy". He WANTS to share, he just can't because the anxiety is crippling. The only people who have ever heard him speak are his parents. They send videos of him laughing and talking around the house and we just watch in awe. He has never spoken in our presence. He loves us, he just has anxiety and can't speak. Forcing him to would be devastating to his development. When people force kids with SM to speak, they often retreat further into themselves and start self harming or become adults who don't speak.

Stuff like this is why I think it's stupid to force children to speak.
Hopefully your nephew will be able to get a teacher who supports him so he can excel. It sucks that he's brilliant yet not doing well in school.
I have to admit, it's really difficult to bond with him. He is in first grade and we have seen him over a dozen times and he has never spoken a word to us. It's terrible. All I ever wanted was to be an Auntie and my nephew can't stand to look me in the eye, or speak a word to me. He is a great kid and I love him, but I don't know him. He won't let us in. But I respect that. I know he wants to talk to us. When they visited this summer, they spent 4 days with us and he didn't speak in our presence once. When they got in the car to leave, he told my BIL and SIL that he had a great time and couldn't wait to visit us again. When she told me that I cried. He looked miserable the entire time. Turns out he loved the visit and us.

I wonder how he would react if you tried "hug therapy" with him...

What I mean is, tell him you'd like to put your arms around him and hold him gently for a couple of minutes, and he might want to put his arms around you and hold you too. Only if he will give you permission. (No talking during gentle hugs.)

If he declines, just tell him the offer is open, and maybe you could try hugging later.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

That is literally the worst possible thing you could do Ed. He doesn't need more love. He needs help in dealing with his anxiety so he can function. He knows we love him and he loves us. He just can't show it because of his anxiety. And if we tried something like that, it would put too much pressure on him to reciprocate - which would drive him further inward. You cannot force contact, you have to just be supportive and understanding and wait for him to make the first move. One of the things he said he liked about our visit was that we didn't pressure him to talk or to give physical contact. He was just allowed to be himself. We asked him if he wanted to high five us and that worked. On the last day.

I have some books that belonged to the girls when they were small, a few were gifts from my BIL (his dad).We read those at night before bed. My niece crawled right up on my lap to read them. My nephew sat across the room - but was listening the entire time. So I stopped to show him the pics before turning the pages. He seemed to like that. But it was hard to tell.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

Ed that would be like say that your wife's issues would be cured with a hug. It's just not that simple.

ed11563 · Guru

Mellow Momma wrote:
Ed that would be like say that your wife's issues would be cured with a hug. It's just not that simple.

It does take away Spouse's anxiety. But anxiety is not her real problem.

Okay, I had an idea and made a suggestion.

I never said all my ideas are GOOD ideas.

I'm not walking in your moccasins, you are, Hopefully you consider other people's ideas and make your own decisions.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Mellow Momma wrote:
That is literally the worst possible thing you could do Ed. He doesn't need more love. He needs help in dealing with his anxiety so he can function. He knows we love him and he loves us. He just can't show it because of his anxiety. And if we tried something like that, it would put too much pressure on him to reciprocate - which would drive him further inward. You cannot force contact, you have to just be supportive and understanding and wait for him to make the first move. One of the things he said he liked about our visit was that we didn't pressure him to talk or to give physical contact. He was just allowed to be himself. We asked him if he wanted to high five us and that worked. On the last day.

I have some books that belonged to the girls when they were small, a few were gifts from my BIL (his dad).We read those at night before bed. My niece crawled right up on my lap to read them. My nephew sat across the room - but was listening the entire time. So I stopped to show him the pics before turning the pages. He seemed to like that. But it was hard to tell.

I'm guessing that he did.

You acknowledged him in a way that did not threaten him.

flan

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Ohfour wrote:
I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
I am so upset with my new Dentist. I had a temp crown done this morning. Am PO'd that, although this is a new office and advertises they have the latest equipment, I have to go back to get the real crown done. My previous dentist has had the laser/computer thing that does the real crown in one visit for well over 10 years, a cost and time saver for patients. Anyway, that was not my issue today. My issue was the dentist and ass't just left the room several times to attend to other patients, and not when the cement was drying, etc so they were doing so during down time with me. Plus the interuptions from the staff was ridiculous. It was all about cramming in as many patients as they could. I walked out without paying my co pay. They called and I told them in no uncertain terms, the owner-Dentist has to call me before I will pay up. I was livid. The app't took an hour longer than it should have. Many other things happened in the care and technique department that really set me off; all were things that were done at the convenience of the doctor and not the patient. They are soo different from my previous dentist. I am very close to sucking it up and making the long trek back to my previous dentist.
Sometimes, its just worth it. Sounds like this would be one of those times...

You are the second person to say that. I think you are right.

Divine Geek · Guru

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
I am so upset with my new Dentist. I had a temp crown done this morning. Am PO'd that, although this is a new office and advertises they have the latest equipment, I have to go back to get the real crown done. My previous dentist has had the laser/computer thing that does the real crown in one visit for well over 10 years, a cost and time saver for patients. Anyway, that was not my issue today. My issue was the dentist and ass't just left the room several times to attend to other patients, and not when the cement was drying, etc so they were doing so during down time with me. Plus the interuptions from the staff was ridiculous. It was all about cramming in as many patients as they could. I walked out without paying my co pay. They called and I told them in no uncertain terms, the owner-Dentist has to call me before I will pay up. I was livid. The app't took an hour longer than it should have. Many other things happened in the care and technique department that really set me off; all were things that were done at the convenience of the doctor and not the patient. They are soo different from my previous dentist. I am very close to sucking it up and making the long trek back to my previous dentist.
Sometimes, its just worth it. Sounds like this would be one of those times...
You are the second person to say that. I think you are right.

Make that 3. A little more of a drive is worth your comfort and piece of mind

karl271 · Guru

Just got an email from a very dear high school friend. Her step daughter was at the top of the national list for a double lung transplant but before the procedure began she started to have problems and passed away. This is not the way I like to start the morning..... Evidently her dad is having a hard time dealing with this.... Guess any of my problems are not so big after all...

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

karl271 wrote:
Just got an email from a very dear high school friend. Her step daughter was at the top of the national list for a double lung transplant but before the procedure began she started to have problems and passed away. This is not the way I like to start the morning..... Evidently her dad is having a hard time dealing with this.... Guess any of my problems are not so big after all...

I'm sorry to hear that karl. There's no good words to say.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

karl271 wrote:
Just got an email from a very dear high school friend. Her step daughter was at the top of the national list for a double lung transplant but before the procedure began she started to have problems and passed away. This is not the way I like to start the morning..... Evidently her dad is having a hard time dealing with this.... Guess any of my problems are not so big after all...

Oh I am so sorry Karl.

karl271 · Guru

Thanks for your thoughts. I had a difficult time replying to the e-mail because there is just nothing to say that seems to be adequate at all.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

So sorry Karl!

weltschmerz · Guru

karl271 wrote:
Just got an email from a very dear high school friend. Her step daughter was at the top of the national list for a double lung transplant but before the procedure began she started to have problems and passed away. This is not the way I like to start the morning..... Evidently her dad is having a hard time dealing with this.... Guess any of my problems are not so big after all...

Sign your organ donor cards, everyone!

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

weltschmerz wrote:
karl271 wrote:
Just got an email from a very dear high school friend. Her step daughter was at the top of the national list for a double lung transplant but before the procedure began she started to have problems and passed away. This is not the way I like to start the morning..... Evidently her dad is having a hard time dealing with this.... Guess any of my problems are not so big after all...
Sign your organ donor cards, everyone!

That's so important!

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

So sorry Karl. That's very sad. I am sure whatever you said was received well.

jlbear71 · Guru

karl271 wrote:
Thanks for your thoughts. I had a difficult time replying to the e-mail because there is just nothing to say that seems to be adequate at all.

There is nothing even close to adequate to say at a time like that. Just give them your thoughts and prayers. If you can offer to be of any help, do so and mean it. Don't ask if they are okay, they are not.

I am also sending them thoughts and prayers.

ed11563 · Guru

karl271 wrote:
Thanks for your thoughts. I had a difficult time replying to the e-mail because there is just nothing to say that seems to be adequate at all.

I think this is exactly what you (or anyone) should say.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

ed11563 wrote:
karl271 wrote:
Thanks for your thoughts. I had a difficult time replying to the e-mail because there is just nothing to say that seems to be adequate at all.
I think this is exactly what you (or anyone) should say.

Yes, this is good.

flan

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Dear patron:

YES, please let your 3 children pull out stacks & stacks of books and hide them in various places around the room. I am, in fact, your personal maid.

flan

Divine Geek · Guru

I think our internet is a little overloaded. My TV keeps pausing while I'm watching Netflix. I'm thinking of looking into getting a second wireless thingy for the basement. Tomorrow I get to install my cable doohickey

My grasp of technology is an embarrassment to my generation.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

I am back from dinner with my in laws. It was good. My MIL looks like she is dying. I'm not trying to be mean or disrespectful. I literally didn't recognize her when I walked in. I actually was trying to figure out who the woman with my FIL was. She's lost about 100 pounds, her hair is grey, and her color is about the same. She looks horrible. DH is going to ask his dad what's going on.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Divine Geek wrote:
I think our internet is a little overloaded. My TV keeps pausing while I'm watching Netflix. I'm thinking of looking into getting a second wireless thingy for the basement. Tomorrow I get to install my cable doohickey

My grasp of technology is an embarrassment to my generation.

When you figure it out, let me know. DS has taken to rolling his eyes at me even though he is 1000 miles away and it's over the phone.

Divine Geek · Guru

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Divine Geek wrote:
I think our internet is a little overloaded. My TV keeps pausing while I'm watching Netflix. I'm thinking of looking into getting a second wireless thingy for the basement. Tomorrow I get to install my cable doohickey

My grasp of technology is an embarrassment to my generation.
When you figure it out, let me know. DS has taken to rolling his eyes at me even though he is 1000 miles away and it's over the phone.

Note to self, don't ask IKWTDS' son to install my cable, he'll roll his eyes at me

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Divine Geek wrote:
I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Divine Geek wrote:
I think our internet is a little overloaded. My TV keeps pausing while I'm watching Netflix. I'm thinking of looking into getting a second wireless thingy for the basement. Tomorrow I get to install my cable doohickey

My grasp of technology is an embarrassment to my generation.
When you figure it out, let me know. DS has taken to rolling his eyes at me even though he is 1000 miles away and it's over the phone.
Note to self, don't ask IKWTDS' son to install my cable, he'll roll his eyes at me

LOL, no he wouldn't at you, only at his mother!

Ohfour · Hooker

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Divine Geek wrote:
I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Divine Geek wrote:
I think our internet is a little overloaded. My TV keeps pausing while I'm watching Netflix. I'm thinking of looking into getting a second wireless thingy for the basement. Tomorrow I get to install my cable doohickey

My grasp of technology is an embarrassment to my generation.
When you figure it out, let me know. DS has taken to rolling his eyes at me even though he is 1000 miles away and it's over the phone.
Note to self, don't ask IKWTDS' son to install my cable, he'll roll his eyes at me
LOL, no he wouldn't at you, only at his mother!

And me...dont forget about me....lol!

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Ohfour wrote:
I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Divine Geek wrote:
I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Divine Geek wrote:
I think our internet is a little overloaded. My TV keeps pausing while I'm watching Netflix. I'm thinking of looking into getting a second wireless thingy for the basement. Tomorrow I get to install my cable doohickey

My grasp of technology is an embarrassment to my generation.
When you figure it out, let me know. DS has taken to rolling his eyes at me even though he is 1000 miles away and it's over the phone.
Note to self, don't ask IKWTDS' son to install my cable, he'll roll his eyes at me
LOL, no he wouldn't at you, only at his mother!
And me...dont forget about me....lol!

Oh yeah, you are right up there with mother status with DS!

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

Was just on FB. The local PD had a link for recent arrests. Neighbor has been arrested. Again. She's DD'S age and has been arrested like 15 times. She has 4 kids and custody of none. So sad. No hope for her.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
I am back from dinner with my in laws. It was good. My MIL looks like she is dying. I'm not trying to be mean or disrespectful. I literally didn't recognize her when I walked in. I actually was trying to figure out who the woman with my FIL was. She's lost about 100 pounds, her hair is grey, and her color is about the same. She looks horrible. DH is going to ask his dad what's going on.

How long has it been since you've seen her, NJN?

flan

Divine Geek · Guru

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Divine Geek wrote:
I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Divine Geek wrote:
I think our internet is a little overloaded. My TV keeps pausing while I'm watching Netflix. I'm thinking of looking into getting a second wireless thingy for the basement. Tomorrow I get to install my cable doohickey

My grasp of technology is an embarrassment to my generation.
When you figure it out, let me know. DS has taken to rolling his eyes at me even though he is 1000 miles away and it's over the phone.
Note to self, don't ask IKWTDS' son to install my cable, he'll roll his eyes at me
LOL, no he wouldn't at you, only at his mother!
And me...dont forget about me....lol!
Oh yeah, you are right up there with mother status with DS!

Aww, I'm special!

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

flan327 wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
I am back from dinner with my in laws. It was good. My MIL looks like she is dying. I'm not trying to be mean or disrespectful. I literally didn't recognize her when I walked in. I actually was trying to figure out who the woman with my FIL was. She's lost about 100 pounds, her hair is grey, and her color is about the same. She looks horrible. DH is going to ask his dad what's going on.
How long has it been since you've seen her, NJN?
flan

Probably about six months. She had a hysterectomy about two months ago. We weren't even supposed to know about it. My FIL told us but told us not to say anything. Now we're wondering if she maybe had cancer. She's an RN and she's cut her work schedule down. I know this is going to sound weird but as a nurse we just to say to each other "So and so has that cancer look about them." Before they got diagnosed. We'd always be right. Like some can tell a woman is pregnant just by looking at her. She looks really really bad. My husband's family is a bit strange in that they don't hang out all the time or see each other on a constant basis even though they live near each other. But they are very close in their own way. And they are always there for each other. If we had nowhere to go they would welcome us in. We, of course, don't plan on or want that but that's how they are.