bonny, good for you!

Somehow, I'd fancied myself a person of good boundaries.

I think your boundaries would have been fine, if you had been dealing with other people who also had good boundaries and were not prone to lying and taking advantage.

I think your boundaries would have been fine, if you had been dealing with other people who also had good boundaries and were not prone to lying and taking advantage.

That is the question of the day, though.

How IS IT that I am so incredibly successful at finding those people?

In thinking back on the 5...count them, FIVE...friendships I have jettisoned in the last few years, every single one of them had the same theme. Shocking insensitivity and advantage taking.

Am I a magnet, or are there more of 'them' than I want to think?

My bff thinks I live in an entitled neighborhood where snobby people are bastards. But, this is the same neighborhood where total strangers have looked out for me, or been supportive in loving and surprising ways, so her theory is hard to prove.

Zenkitty is wise.

Bonny, you are such a wonderful, thoughtful, warm person. I hate that these people are not seeing what they are losing by being entitled assholes.

I bought a new laptop today. I've spent the evening playing with Windows 8 and the touchscreen. But this is my first "new computer" post. Wheeeeeeeeeeee.

assholes are incredibly adept and finding people they can take advantage of.

incredibly adept. that is their superpower.

I wish that _my_ superpower was the ability to touch their hearts and make them different.

At this point, I'd settle for collision avoidance.

le n is right. And I hear you, bonny, but all you can do is live as you believe, and leave them to figure their shit out. I talked with a friend today whose house was broken into by a (former) friend and friend's husband. They deny it despite not having been very bright about things.

Sadly, my incipient headache is not low blood sugar, but a migraine coming on. I must have slept wrong during my nap.

I talked with a friend today whose house was broken into by a (former) friend and friend's husband. They deny it despite not having been very bright about things.

Seriously?

At least my friends are simple jerks...not so much criminals. How awful for those folks.

Dear dishwasher instructions:

"Open junction box" is a cruel joke, right?

I heard some scrabbling behind the (defunct) dishwasher and pulled out the dishwasher to find at least one way they're getting in. I need to get the dishwasher out to seal the hole. I got the hoses off fine, but to disconnect the electrical line, I have to get inside the damn junction box.

I have set two snap traps and put out ant bait.

I am not happy.

Ginger, ants inside are awful. My sympathies.

I get ants multiple times per year. It's the worst. Right up there with the termite swarms. Termite sex all over my kitchen floor. PARtay.

When I figure out where the ants are coming in, I create a barrier with Dawn and cinnamon. The last few times, it's really worked.