TOTALLY GEEKED!

Lawyerlady wrote:

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I'm so angry this morning.  We are going to Six Flags today and we invited a friend of Jojo's to go with us.  She hadn't seen her in a while b/c this girl switched schools.  She was soexcited.  The girl's mom emailed me at midnight and told me the girl found out her dad was taking her sister horseback riding today, and so she wanted to go do that instead.  She'd had to take a raincheck on Six Flags.  WTF????  Less than 12 hours we're supposed to go, and she cancels with no apology b/c she decides she wants to do something else.  Her mom missed an excellent teaching opportunity about social obligations, and this is going to hurt Jojo's feelings.  And how am I supposed to find someone to go in the next 2 hours?  It's mean and inconsiderate, will pretty much ruin the day, and I'm sooooo mad.  

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 I'd have a hard time not giving that mom a piece of my mind. 

Lindley wrote:

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Good morning ! I don't blame you for being upset LL, that is so rude and yes the parents failed in teaching their child about social obligations and consideration that not only their child was invited, but you purchased the ticket for them.

Ikwtd I hope you enjoy your lunch with your friends today, sounds like you got a lot accomplished and what a extra blessing to be able to help your friend.

Yesterday while I took the oldest grandson out to lunch my dil and the baby went to get groceries, she noticed a man sitting in a truck across from her just staring at her as she walked into the store and later when she came out he moved from the parking space to the one right next to her car on the driver side. She of course became very uncomfortable and went back into the store and explained to the manager the situation and asked if a employee can walk her to the car, the manager assured her that she wasn't being paranoid and sent a employee out with her and stood in between the truck and my dil so she could get the baby strapped in the car seat and get in herself and continued to check her rear view mirror to make sure she wasn't being followed .

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 Yikes! Good thinking on her part!

Vette wrote:

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Geez sorry everyone is having a bad day :( my dog woke me up early to let him out, I was pretty pissed about that

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 Ha!  Z-Dog has decided that going out in the middle of the night is the best thing ever.  Of course, he does actually need to go out - like, emergency level - so I think it is about him getting old.

Tignanello wrote:

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Vette wrote:

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Geez sorry everyone is having a bad day :( my dog woke me up early to let him out, I was pretty pissed about that

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 Ha!  Z-Dog has decided that going out in the middle of the night is the best thing ever.  Of course, he does actually need to go out - like, emergency level - so I think it is about him getting old.

 

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Aw how old is he? Mine is almost twelve so I should probably go easy on him

Divine Geek wrote:

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I’ll be a little different. LL, I feel for you and it sucks. But the person I feel for the most is that other sister. Sounds like dad knew daughter 1 had fun plans, so he planned a day with daughter 2. Now daughter 1 has decided to totally crash the 1-on-1 time he had planned and daughter 2 was probably really excited about.

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  Yes siblings may feel bad that the other sibling gets to do something fun with a friend, but it doesn’t make it right. It is rude unless there is illness or a emergency to cancel at the last minute especially when the host purchased a ticket (which I’m sure wasn’t cheap) because they wanted to do something else. I don’t blame the child, she doesn’t know better but the parents should.

Southern_Belle wrote:

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LL probably had already purchased the tickets. I'd be irritated.

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 Yep.  That friend would not be invited on another outing if it were me.

just Czech wrote:

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Little Miss Bethany decided she needed a "Grandma Day".

This grandma can not say no. :)

She has been curled up beside me napping. Love these days.

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 lost the bubble, who is Bethany?  Cat or kid?

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:

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just Czech wrote:

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Little Miss Bethany decided she needed a "Grandma Day".

This grandma can not say no. :)

She has been curled up beside me napping. Love these days.

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 lost the bubble, who is Bethany?  Cat or kid?

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 Her granddaughter, the one who had the surgery and bleed.

lilyofcourse wrote:

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Well, poop!

Jesse was on his way to a job interview and rolled into the back of another car.

Both were coming to a stop at a red light, the car in front of him hit their brakes and stopped suddenly. Did no damage to their car, busted Jesse's radiator.

Thankfully, no one was hurt.

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 Glad no one was hurt, Lily.

I was on the front end of an accident just like that on Thursday. Only I was sitting there waiting for traffic to clean so I could turn. I was very annoyed at getting rear ended.

Hope he can get the radiator fixed soon.

just Czech wrote:

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I know what to do_sometimes wrote:

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just Czech wrote:

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Little Miss Bethany decided she needed a "Grandma Day".

This grandma can not say no. :)

She has been curled up beside me napping. Love these days.

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 lost the bubble, who is Bethany?  Cat or kid?

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 Brain fart? 

My bleeder DGD.

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 Aww and I bet the parents needed a break too.

just Czech wrote:

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lilyofcourse wrote:

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Well, poop!

Jesse was on his way to a job interview and rolled into the back of another car.

Both were coming to a stop at a red light, the car in front of him hit their brakes and stopped suddenly. Did no damage to their car, busted Jesse's radiator.

Thankfully, no one was hurt.

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 Glad no one was hurt, Lily.

I was on the front end of an accident just like that on Thursday. Only I was sitting there waiting for traffic to clean so I could turn. I was very annoyed at getting rear ended.

Hope he can get the radiator fixed soon.

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 Nope. His car is totalled.

The car he hit was a small SUV, he was driving a pt crusier. 

Their car didn't have a visible scratch, and they drove it away. 

Jesse's had to be piggy backed home.

My conspiracy theory brain is wondering if it was an intentional accident .

See, the woman driving the SUV slammed on her breaks before where she needed to stop.

And her sil happened to be there, his vehicle had been hit in the rear end at some point.

And there just happened to be another family member there with rear end damage to his car as well.

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:

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Jesse needs to tell his insurance that the other car had prior damage and also report that to the PD.

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 For sure. When I hit a car that had a lot of old damage I took a ton of photos and called my ins company even before the cops arrived and make sure they knew about all the other damage. 

just Czech wrote:

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lilyofcourse wrote:

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just Czech wrote:

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lilyofcourse wrote:

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Well, poop!

Jesse was on his way to a job interview and rolled into the back of another car.

Both were coming to a stop at a red light, the car in front of him hit their brakes and stopped suddenly. Did no damage to their car, busted Jesse's radiator.

Thankfully, no one was hurt.

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 Glad no one was hurt, Lily.

I was on the front end of an accident just like that on Thursday. Only I was sitting there waiting for traffic to clean so I could turn. I was very annoyed at getting rear ended.

Hope he can get the radiator fixed soon.

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 Nope. His car is totalled.

The car he hit was a small SUV, he was driving a pt crusier. 

Their car didn't have a visible scratch, and they drove it away. 

Jesse's had to be piggy backed home.

 

My conspiracy theory brain is wondering if it was an intentional accident .

 

See, the woman driving the SUV slammed on her breaks before where she needed to stop.

And her sil happened to be there, his vehicle had been hit in the rear end at some point.

And there just happened to be another family member there with rear end damage to his car as well.

 

 

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 Why would people conspire to have the rear end of their vehicles damaged? That doesn't make sense. Especially since the SUV had no damage that Jesse hit.

IMHO, we need to keep a safe braking distance while driving. Kids can dash out into the road, or a dog might run out in front of someone you are behind, the car next to you or them may swerve your/their way, or any number of other reasons. We just need to pay closer attention to traffic and keep a safe distance.

I get the frustration, but it happened.

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 For the insurance payout. They won't fix the car and just keep the cash.

Divine Geek wrote:

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I’ll be a little different. LL, I feel for you and it sucks. But the person I feel for the most is that other sister. Sounds like dad knew daughter 1 had fun plans, so he planned a day with daughter 2. Now daughter 1 has decided to totally crash the 1-on-1 time he had planned and daughter 2 was probably really excited about.

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 OK - so update.  

I scrambled and found another friend to take with us.  Jojo is usually with us, but she wanted a friend b/c DD14 had a friend going.  

So mind you, I originally had planned to leave at 11:00 - that was the time given.  We bumped it to 11:30 after all the morning changes.  At 12:32, as we are pulling into the Six Flags parking lot, the original Mom texts me and asks me where we should meet for me to take her child to Six Flags.  At this point I'm so confused, and I was like, "Huh?  You cancelled our plans last night."  She says, "Yes, sorry.  I sent you another email saying to disregard."  So I checked my email - she sent it at 11:57 - an HOUR after we were supposed to leave saying that there was a miscommunication with her husband and the girl would be free to go to Six Flags.  I just told her we invited someone else and were already at Six Flags.  

So, YES, I bet Dad did use the opportunity to make plans with the older sibling and then the little sister tried to horn in and while Mom said yes, Dad said no.  But, she said she'd explain later.  I'd say that they should both have learned a valuable lesson.  

Lawyerlady wrote:

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I know what to do_sometimes wrote:

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Southern_Belle wrote:

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LL probably had already purchased the tickets. I'd be irritated.

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 Yep.  That friend would not be invited on another outing if it were me.

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 This actually wasn't my issue.  We have season tickets and had extra friend passes.   My issue was Jojo's feelings at being dumped by her friend at the last minute and not having a friend to take with her.  Luckily, we were able to invite someone else and they had fun.  

I actually lied to Jojo and told her the friend was sick and that is why she couldn't go.  I mean, geez, wouldn't that hurt your feelings to find out your friend just found something better she wanted to do than spend the day with you?

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 yes, it really does. As the friend that got cancelled on frequently, I'm all for you sparing Jojo that feeling. 

Lawyerlady wrote:

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Divine Geek wrote:

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I’ll be a little different. LL, I feel for you and it sucks. But the person I feel for the most is that other sister. Sounds like dad knew daughter 1 had fun plans, so he planned a day with daughter 2. Now daughter 1 has decided to totally crash the 1-on-1 time he had planned and daughter 2 was probably really excited about.

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 OK - so update.  

I scrambled and found another friend to take with us.  Jojo is usually with us, but she wanted a friend b/c DD14 had a friend going.  

So mind you, I originally had planned to leave at 11:00 - that was the time given.  We bumped it to 11:30 after all the morning changes.  At 12:32, as we are pulling into the Six Flags parking lot, the original Mom texts me and asks me where we should meet for me to take her child to Six Flags.  At this point I'm so confused, and I was like, "Huh?  You cancelled our plans last night."  She says, "Yes, sorry.  I sent you another email saying to disregard."  So I checked my email - she sent it at 11:57 - an HOUR after we were supposed to leave saying that there was a miscommunication with her husband and the girl would be free to go to Six Flags.  I just told her we invited someone else and were already at Six Flags.  

So, YES, I bet Dad did use the opportunity to make plans with the older sibling and then the little sister tried to horn in and while Mom said yes, Dad said no.  But, she said she'd explain later.  I'd say that they should both have learned a valuable lesson.  

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 "Oh darn ... we were already here when that email came in!  I didn't see it because we were all on a roller coaster .... "

lilyofcourse wrote:

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Why did you lie? Now you've set a precedent that lying is ok.

Could've just told Jojo that her friend was doing something with her family and ask who else she wanted to invite.

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 What??? JoJo doesn't know it was a lie. IvI' done the same thing so DD wouldn't be upset and so still be able to have a good time.  You've never told a white lie to a 5yo?

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:

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just Czech wrote:

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lilyofcourse wrote:

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just Czech wrote:

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lilyofcourse wrote:

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Well, poop!

Jesse was on his way to a job interview and rolled into the back of another car.

Both were coming to a stop at a red light, the car in front of him hit their brakes and stopped suddenly. Did no damage to their car, busted Jesse's radiator.

Thankfully, no one was hurt.

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 Glad no one was hurt, Lily.

I was on the front end of an accident just like that on Thursday. Only I was sitting there waiting for traffic to clean so I could turn. I was very annoyed at getting rear ended.

Hope he can get the radiator fixed soon.

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 Nope. His car is totalled.

The car he hit was a small SUV, he was driving a pt crusier. 

Their car didn't have a visible scratch, and they drove it away. 

Jesse's had to be piggy backed home.

 

My conspiracy theory brain is wondering if it was an intentional accident .

 

See, the woman driving the SUV slammed on her breaks before where she needed to stop.

And her sil happened to be there, his vehicle had been hit in the rear end at some point.

And there just happened to be another family member there with rear end damage to his car as well.

 

 

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 Why would people conspire to have the rear end of their vehicles damaged? That doesn't make sense. Especially since the SUV had no damage that Jesse hit.

IMHO, we need to keep a safe braking distance while driving. Kids can dash out into the road, or a dog might run out in front of someone you are behind, the car next to you or them may swerve your/their way, or any number of other reasons. We just need to pay closer attention to traffic and keep a safe distance.

I get the frustration, but it happened.

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 For the insurance payout. They won't fix the car and just keep the cash.

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And they say they are injured and sue the policy.  Hire one of those firms that advertise on TV. 

lilyofcourse wrote:

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Why did you lie? Now you've set a precedent that lying is ok.

Could've just told Jojo that her friend was doing something with her family and ask who else she wanted to invite.

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 You going to tell her I lied?  Because she is never going to know.  I lied because she is 8 and she was already crying over her friend not coming because she was sick.  I certainly didn't need her feeling bad about herself because of a rude, thoughtless, inconsiderate, mean choice by her so called friend.  I know what would hurt her feelings and what wouldn't because I'm her mother and that's my call to make.