How do silly rumors get started? sm
Posted By: trose on 2007-11-09
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To make a sort of long story short...I picked my daughter up from school yesterday right before her last class of the day. She had no idea I was picking her up early. (she missed school earlier in the week due to strep and had to work last night so I wanted to give her a little extra time to get her make-up work done. She has art 7th so I knew that would not be anything major to miss. Anyway, I saw one of my son's friends while I was waiting for my daughter. We didn't get to speak cause they were changing classes and she was in the middle of a group of kids. After school during play rehearsal she told my son that she saw me and told him I had to get my daughter early becuase she had cut her hand. Another friend then chimed in that it was bleeding really bad. They were totally serious. These are good girls and I don't think they thought they were lying or just making a joke. They really believed this. I have no idea where they got their info and there is absolutely no truth to it what-so-ever. Honestly I think this is funny. I am not upset at all...just wondering how rumors get started and how they grow and grow and grow.
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Ok, call me silly, now I do feel silly - sm
With so much tabloid stuff being talked about and this reporter trying to find out this or that from anyone and everyone, I though you were talking about us. India didn't even come into mind.
And I'm sorry but as much as I loved Michael Jackson and his music (even though he had his problems) I'm getting tired of the coverage. Yesterday for 4 hours solid all it was, was MJ, MJ, MJ, MJ....no other news. Nothing about Farah Fawcet either. Not even one mention of her in four hours. Just MJ. This is the same guy that all these reporters/journalists were trying to crucify for his "wrong doings", and now they are all acting as though they cared so much about him.
rumors
Obviously there are many factors here. Just curious, how long have you been married and has this kind of thing happened before? Also, you do have the right to call this person back and just flat ask her what proof does she have of anything and do not let her be the intimidator it sounds like she is trying to be. I sure wish you the best. It hurts when people do things like this, whether it is a malicious gossiper or a spouse. Also, do you know someone who knows this person other than your husband that you could maybe find out what kind of person she is?
this is so not true - please do not start rumors
Please do not start rumors about IAMS - perhaps in the past what you posted may have been true but if YOU, the poster, researches IAMS - you will find you are just starting unfounded rumors today in 2006!
rumors have abounded for years but really
Please stop spreading rumors
Imagine that you have pancreatic cancer. Imagine that you are hopeful you will beat it because you were fortunate enough to have it detected early. Imagine that you're undergoing chemotherapy, radiation therapy and any other holostic therapy you can find to battle for your life. Then imagine seeing your face plastered on some gossip magazine with the heading "your name Only Has 5 Weeks to Live" What do you think that would do to your will to fight?
Then imagine your spouse's face as he/she reads it. Then imagine your kids when they come home from school to tell you that so-and-so just told them that you're going to die in 5 weeks, is that true?
Now instead of using your energy to fight your battle with this ugly disease, you are spending it to console your spouse and children. I'm guessing next week the gossip columns will show him in a casket. Will you spread that rumor? Where's your compassion?
I have always heard rumors.....but you hear so many
you don't know what to believe. Not suprised though!
Haven't started shopping yet, but have started saving $$$
Don't have an awful lot yet, but both hubby and I are doing it (separate accounts) so we should have a good amount when we combine. My goal is to start shopping in September after my daughter's birthday and finish by Thanksgiving. That's my goal. I have never reached it! Maybe this year!
And FYI, the thread we are posting in right now was one I started, you started the earlier one. nm
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I haven't started yet, but have started my lists.
The only reason I haven't started yet is because of $$$. But I have started some good lists for the kids and the DH. I actually have some good ideas for him this year (he is hard to buy for).
I'm like you, I love Christmas but hate the commercialism of it. We were at Costco a while back looking for Halloween costumes and they already had their Christmas stuff out. They always make me feel like I'm already late on my shopping!
I may do a lot of online shopping this year. It's easier with little ones. My 2yo is more aware this year so taking him with me to buy his own presents is out. Darn!
It always seems that Halloween (my favorite) takes forever to get here, but once it's over, then the holiday rush is on.
Happy Holidays everyone!
don't be silly....no you are not
You just don't have the same likes and dislikes. I grumble about my inlaws to my husband occasionally, but I am also very grateful. So many people just do not get along with family. I feel blessed and can live with an ugly outfit now and then :)
Boy, she sounds like a collecting fool =)
Okay silly, I am sure you can say
Moo goo gai pan!
That's silly.
They have a giant house (without a mortgage) and lots of room to roam in rural Arkansas. The world is plenty big enough for the Duggars. They are a self-sufficient family complete with a loving mom and dad - still married and in love. How often do you see that nowadays? I think it is extraordinary and beautiful. God bless them.
I'm in a silly mood so......here goes.....
CORN!!!
Silly mood....
CORN AND MASHED POTATOES...... HAHAHAHAHA LOL (Thanks for taking the time to make me smile this a.m.)!!!!!!! 
Very silly question - I know but have to ask (sm)
Did you cry when you knew divorce was looming, even though you knew it was for your own good? Did you have any doubts wondering if you really could have made a difference and "fixed" it? I am a "fixer". If something is wrong, I have to make it right. I feel like I can't fix this and it drives me crazy! To comply with what he wants me to do wouldn't fix it and wouldn't make me happy. And I have no control over how he feels, so I can't fix that either.
not a silly question at all....sm
Nope to all...I had a huge psychological background and while it took quite awhile to figure out he WAS (still is) a passive-aggressive - I know/knew far too much about those types of people and you try to *fix* for so long to NO AVAIL. I don't believe passive-aggressives want help and while some seek out help - many many many more do not.
I was saddened that this *idea* didn't work, of marriage - and my child was 9.....that was a huge concern....but I remembered something my mother said...may she R.I.P....said it was better to raise a child in a happy divorced home than a miserably married one. I tend to agree. My child adjusted rather rapidly I thought - only concern for child was *other kids in school* but child realized immediately (and very unfortunately that it is this way) that every other chair in the classroom was a child of divorce.
We did try therapy and I watched him lie to therapist and try to manipulate therapist...some of these types are very insecure and even feel threatened when you DO lose weight, due to their own insecurities. You sound young - I did it at 42 (divorced) and never looked back and push the child into *developing a relationship with the father* (we do live in same state, it's a good thing I think)
I hope this info helps.....I know that every time I broke up with a man, I regained my self-esteem and today I will not compromise that....ever_again!
best of luck :)
p.s. 5 years postdivorce, I lost and kept off to this day 50 pounds!!! Dumped the weight (him), then dumped my own weight and really like the person I've become all these decades :)
SILLY STRING
How does the silly string detect trip wires and why did she need approval and from whom did she need approval?? Both of my sons ages 26 and 20 are currently in Iraq with the U.S. Army (oldest one drives a tank and the youngest one is an Army Scout and goes out on missions driving a humvee looking for the enemy) I would be very interested to know the answer to this.
my silly typo
I said the doctor dictated "The patient was placed in a sling, no make that splint" and I typed "spling". Just thought it was silly and gave myself a chuckle, that's all.
I think fussing over a name is silly.
I grew up in a family where everyone had about five or six nicknames each. We answered to anything anyone called us. In fact, it was a great compliment to be "tagged" with a special name that was only used between two people. My dad called me "Abraham" all of my life. I have no idea why he'd call his only daughter Abraham. Never questioned him on it, but it was a special tag he and he alone had for me.
So, if your friend has changed his name, and for the past 10 years other people have called him by the new name, that's great. But between he and his family, his name is his name. They might even feel a bit rejected since he changed the name he was known by within his family. Their feelings are just as valid as his.
I don't understand the way the word "respect" is tossed around these days. His family does not "respect" his new name? Must people agree with everything another person does in order to respect him? Respect and agree are two different things. Maybe his family think that he does not respect them since he wanted to throw off the name he was known by in his family?
Was this gotten off some silly conservative
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Silly gifts....
My hubby tries! He got me 2 pair of socks and a pair of slippers! He did not read the package the socks came in....They were for foot odor! Haha I won't let him live this one down for a while! He made up for that with an iPod docking station though! As far as food, I am sooooo stuffed I cannot eat another thing. I am still playing with my kids' toys. The toys out now are so much better than the ones we had growing up!
Maybe this sounds silly, but have you
tried leaving the TV on. MA parents dog got so addicted to animal planet she became a couch potato. She had a doggy door and used love to go outside but when the TV was on didn't seem to budge. She put on a lot of weight and the vets solution was turn off the TV. It worked.
CST vs EST HELP! silly question
If I have something to do at 2 PM CST, and I'm in EST, what time do I have to do it? I just can't seem to get the numbers straight....
This is silly to admit, but...
I'm hooked on Guitar Hero III! My husband kept telling me wanted to buy so we could try and I kept resisting. Well, it went on sale at K-Mart, so I gave in, and to my dismay...I'm hooked. I just turned 36 and I'm playing that darned game like I was a kid. My husband loves it and so does my daughter. Strange family activity, but hey, it works.
My scarecrow ... and my silly dog story
This was so cute that I just had to share it. You really have to know this dog who we get a great laugh at because he is a genuine "klutz"! He actually falls over his own feet! I cleaned out the flower beds of things that were done for the season, put up my fall decorator flags, and all that stuff, and in the midst I put up my little scarecrow that you can find at the local Dollar General stores. Sunday morning right after I got up, I heard dogs barking. We live in a very rural area and no leash laws here. Our road is a dead end so it is not heavily traveled. I looked out the front window and saw the usual collection of neighborhood dogs but they weren't barking. I went to the front door -- and there was Mr. Whiskers (our "klutzy" dog)-- barking at the scarecrow and simply petrified of the thing. Another great laugh from this dog. He is always doing something to amuse us -- except when he insists on getting the paper out of the box every single time it comes - then GRRRRR!!!!!
Never watched it in the first place because it just seemed silly.
Now that I hear about it, I'm glad I never wasted my time on it or any of the other celebrity and/or talent type shows. I've been on a long hiatus from t.v. watching. I'm just waiting for Lost to return this winter.
You know I know that sounds silly to a lot of us women (sm)
but the majority of men would at least have that cross their mind when paddling a teenage girl who is not related to them - seriously. And someone in authority who wants to paddle students - I think that's just scary. A few years ago I would have disagreed but it is reality.
My 8-year-old still sings and does silly
things when he is alone. I love listening to him, it warms my heart. My 13 and 12-year-old are past that stage so I am definitely hanging onto this!! He still likes it when I wash his toes for him and does "this little piggy", or "this little snowflake," depending on the season!!! He still comes up to me and hugs me and says I love you mom. Yea . . . hang onto that and never forget those sounds.
Just a silly story about canning
When my brother and I were growing up we did not have a meal at home without applesauce. (He and I are both still a little that way) My mother decided to make homemade applesacue and can it to save money. Well canned applesauce certainly doesn't taste like White House. We hated it but we learned to love it. When we ate it all we begged for more but my mom hated the process of making it and canning it so much she refused to make anymore. When then had to go back to White House and it took forever before we learned to like it again. LOL!
No it isn't silly to miss your dogs so much...sm
I would be lost without my babies.
I meant the indians, silly nm
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not dumb, stuff happens, silly dilly *lol*
You silly bunny, oh course you can't make fish
its already made. Ha, ha!! I just had to do that after all these threads that have gone on and on and on. We will next be handing out boxing gloves.
You are probably right, and all the silly girls are voting for Blake...
who by the way is no prize, lol. Raise the bar girls! He's a short little creep. Looks like a young Sean Penn, sort of, with that homely face. lol Can you tell I don't like him at all? lol
News about silly string to soldiers
in Iraq. A NJ mom has gotten the approval to send silly string to troops that would help detect hidden trip wires that they cannot see otherwise. Who would have thunk it.
I was the originally poster about silly string
what I can remember from the news report was that the silly string is an aerosol can and she was not able to ship it out, but finally someone offered to to help her ship it. I am sure it will be on the news as this just happened within the past few days.
Silly Girl shouldn't have to treat her
husband like a dog or a child. After all, she is his wife, not his mother. If she wants a pet, she can go to the animal shelter and get a dog. She married a man and he needs to act like one. It sounds like she gives and gives, and he takes. I think Silly Girl should start taking care of herself for a change.
Now, that's just silly. Those are types of animals that can be harmful. Big difference.
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I guess by the time anyone reads this, they'll be up! Silly question! nm
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My DD started at age 4, with sm
combo ballet and tap lessons, I think it was twice a week. The teacher was great, very encouraging, and did not give them more than they could handle. She loved practicing her steps at home. And, my heart be still, the recitals were just, well, thrilling. Adorable girls, in adorable outfits. Flowers galore from all the parents. It was so much fun for everyone. Of course, there were missteps, but they were absolutely charming. She continued until about 11, when she got interested in other things.
I just started again...
I used to do some kind of activity every day a few years ago and then got away from it and the wait has just packed on. So, I am back at it again. I have several Walk Away the Pounds DVDs (if you can ignore Leslie's annoying commentary, they are great) and if it's nice like it was last week here in central PA, I walk about a mile or so. One day last week, I did both. I want to get back into some light weights and also have a beginning yoga DVD.
Don't get me started :)
I have theories on the Jack/Claire connection too.
That was me until I started new job!
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OMG don't get me started!
Even my local newspaper gives me headaches. They're suppose to have proofreaders and have supposedly won awards and such but they definitely didn't get it for spelling. Maybe the ones giving them the awards can't spell either LOL
For example one year during the basketball season they misspelled "guard" the entire year. They would spell it "gaurd". Typos are certainly acceptable once in a while, I even had a typo once (ha ha) but this is an ongoing thing and not just with my newspaper, I see it on ABCnews.com all the time.
Why don't they Spellcheck? It won't catch all errors but it'll certainly catch all the obviously mispelled ones!
Oh don't even get me started.
Your story sounds sooooo much like mine. My husband and I married when his son was 5 or 6 and it was/has been a nightmare being his step-parent. I know my stepson was just a child when his parents divorced and he was probably hurting inside (his mom is a piece of work, that's for sure; she had little to no contact with him all these years).
I think my husband always felt sorry for his son because he was just like your husband--didn't discipline him. He always would justify why his son did something wrong or fix whatever it was himself so that his son didn't have to. His son called me horrible names (mostly when he was a teen), ignored me, said cruel things to me, destroyed things in our house, stole, started a fire from carelessness, and so on. He would lie to you without a second thought.
I had him in counseling for a while hoping it would help. I was at my wit's end. I knew we needed help. My husband never drove his son to the appointments, only I did. Husband never attended. It got to where my stepson was angry at ME for making him go, and eventually I gave up the fight and we stopped (it didn't seem to help anyway).
At one of the counseling appointments he told the counselor out right that *I* was the reason his parents divorced!!! HEllo! I didn't meet his dad until AFTER the divorce was final and his mother had already been re-married! I don't know what dream world he was living in, but it certainly wasn't reality!
Long story short, this kid hated me, and I didn't know how to deal with him. I had kids of my own with his dad and then had to protect them from my stepson because he would act out and hurt them if I wasn't careful.
This kid is now 18, dropped out of high school, and has been arrested. He doesn't get along with anyone, few friends, and still hates me. He still lives in our house and his father STILL protects him, treating him as a "buddy" instead of a parent.
I wish I had advice for you. My only real advice I suppose is NOT to have kids with your husband until you're sure you can make it work, or else you're in for a LOT of years of anguish. This is honestly the biggest issue my husband and I have--his son. It has caused me to run off to my parent's house a couple of times, huge screaming matches, my threatening to leave, and so on.
Lord knows I've tried with this kid, but without the husband's help, it's meaningless.
OH sigh......I could go on all night. Just, well, good luck.
So, I started
the new job today. Drove to my new place of employment. DH also worked today. Got home to DH glaring at the ottoman that Bear ATE.
Bear is not big on my working outside the house, apparently. I wish duct tape came in dark brown ...
that's what started it all
I tried to explain to her that I couldn't get off for a shower up there - and reminded her of what I am up against in terms of money - get this - my gutter is duct taped to my house. SIL accused me of making her cry and making her miserable. Heck - my daughter and I cry at commercials!. I've been crying all morning because of the poster below's cat remembering my cats. After he berated me in a way I don't think any son/daughter or in-law should to a mother I decided I needed an apology before I made any more contact with them. I was even going to take my vacation when the baby came to help cook and clean and do whatever they needed and they knew that. Not like I wasn't giving them everything I could.
The one that SS started.
FURTHERMORE (I should NOT have started . . .)
The cardiologists and hospitalists that took care of my mother quite appreciated that I knew her baseline EF, that she had chf, and could give a very detailed medical history to them and knew what they were talking about when my mother could not give them that info last summer . . . AND when I mentioned to my doc one time that I thought I had restless leg syndrome (which yea, I did) during my pregnancy he said, "how'd you hear about that already? Oh yea, I forgot you're an MT." So it just depends on who ya talk to.
That's what I started doing, too
I had 3 kids in school in various activities at any time of the school year and they were always selling stuff. I finally just started writing a check for $20 or whatever and sending it in. Much easier.
I started WW 4 weeks ago...
I actually NEVER cook. My kids are picky eaters, and they both are picky about different things, so we eat mostly TV dinners.
With WW, you can eat anything. You calculate "points" based on calories, fiber, and fat grams. You get a certain amount of points each day based on your weight. You also get 35 cheat points per week. If you are still hungry, you can earn points by exercising.
In 4 weeks, I've lost 6.6 pounds and I haven't felt like I was dieting even once. I wish I would have done their program years ago.
If you do cook, you can go on their website and use E-Tools to calculate points. You can enter your own recipe into the online calculator, and it will tell you how many points it is.
Right now they have a special where you don't have to pay the initial start-up fee and you get free E-Tools for $40 a month. That's what I'm doing now, and I plan to stay at it until I lose all the weight.
Good luck with whichever program you decide.
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