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Cash, I agree with your DH. If there's a convenience store *in sight* down the block, there's no reason for anyone to bang on your door in the middle of the night.
It sucks to have to be cynical, but you hear too many stories about what can happen when someone was only trying to be kind. And with home invasions in a local neighborhood? No way should you open the door.
I agree with your DH too, Cash. When someone knocked on the wrong door (not the one anyone who knows us well would go to) in the middle of the night a few weeks ago, I wouldn't let TCG answer it. I found out the next day that it was my neighbor trying to tell me that my dome light was on in the car, but I would rather be safe than sorry.
Sophia, in my experience there is no reasoning with a much thinner person who weeps to a much fatter person about being fat. I've had that conversation eight bagillion times. I've tried everything but smacking. I've come to the conclusion that if someone is so self-absorbed as to be rendered BLIND there is just no point in trying.
Isn't that blindness part of the pathology of anorexia? As opposed to a character trait or flaw, I mean?
Sophia, in my experience there is no reasoning with a much thinner person who weeps to a much fatter person about being fat. I've had that conversation eight bagillion times. I've tried everything but smacking. I've come to the conclusion that if someone is so self-absorbed as to be rendered BLIND there is just no point in trying.I'm not sure it's self-absorbed so much as the fact that many people have real issues with their weight, no matter what their size.
ETA: or, what ita said. Also, hi Trudy!
Isn't that blindness part of the pathology of anorexia? As opposed to a character trait or flaw, I mean?
Yes it is. It sounds like she may have some serious issues in that area.
So I'm at work. We have a PD day today, so no kids. I just got the agenda via email:
8:30 a.m. - Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 10:30 a.m. - [name here] - Guest Speaker (all employees)
10:30 - 10:45 a.m. - Break
10:45 - 12:45 p.m. - Cooperative Learning Techniques Workshop (faculty)
12:45 - 1:30 p.m. - Lunch
1:30 - 4:00 p.m.- Sexual Harassment Training (all employees)
2 1/2 hours of sexual harassment training? Really? Just kill me now.
2 1/2 hours of sexual harassment training?
Hey cutie, wanna practice?
After all, you don't want to do it wrong, do you?
After all, you don't want to do it wrong, do you?
Plus with 2 1/2 hours they should have enough time to teach you all the cutting-edge harassment techniques.
2 1/2 hours of sexual harassment training? Really? Just kill me now.
That sounds horrific. Also, I am sure they meant to say training on how to deal with sexual harassment... right now, it sounds a little as if they will be producing a staff full of harrassers.
Thanks Trudy and megan and ita... In reality, she is not a very self-absorbed person-- she is one of the most generous and fair bosses. When I was having problems with my cat peeing on everything, she took me aside and very gently let me know that my purse and coat smelled like cat pee without hurting my feelings. So in addition to being annoyed and hurt, I have an underlying feeling of worry that she does seem to genuinely think that she is fat-- it isn't like my old boss who was a self-abosorbed bitch who had real issues with my fatness.