When I was a kid, my dad had a work friend named Leonard. Leonard’s son left his wife and baby in Leonard’s care while he ran off to war in Iraq. When he came back, his wife was pregnant with Leonard’s kid...and she kept it. So those kids were like uncles and nephews and brothers or something but only separated by like 18 months. She stayed with Leonard.
I had a drummer in a band I played in back in high school that was a lot older than me. We found out later on that his wife was the daughter of his ex-wife that he had been raising as his step-daughter for several years before they went public
I heard about another story where it was a wife leaving the husband for his mom.
People make odd decisions when it comes to matters of the heart
My mum is 87. She has always been spritely and energetic and healthy. She lives in the same town as me by herself in a small house with a little garden etc.
In the past 2 months she has complained about a dude being in her garden at night... tapping on her window another night... and calling her name another night. This has happened about 3 times in 2 months.
We installed security lights. Thought about installing cameras. On Saturday night we were out of town. At 11.30pm we were up drinking and playing cards with friends and my phone goes and it's my mum. Shes hysterical as someone was outside her house. She initially thought he cut her phone line as she couldn't use her landline but I think she was just fumbling with it. She called 111 and was in a panic and freaking. She calmed down and went to stay with her neighbour for the night. The Police never came. (Eye roll).
So for the last 3 nights I have slept on my mums floor with a baseball bat at her front door...lying in wait. She now thinks she may have been imagining things...
I don't know what is scarier or sadder... the thought some cunt thinks it's funny to scare an old lady...or to think my mum who has always been intelligent and quick and witty is losing her marbles and wont be able to live by herself for long
Mate... I don't have a gun licence and dont own a gun. The only people here with guns are hunters and farmers. Oh and the odd criminal. Even the cops dont carry guns here. Unless needed in which case they get them pretty quick
I just wanted to hit a home run... with his head or legs or ribs... but I think my mum is just having some strange but very detailed dreams.
The first morning I slept over she was just getting up. I said to her...." do you want me to open the blinds".... and she couldn't hear me without her hearing aids in... and I suddenly thought "how the fuck can you hear someone outside at night calling your name when you cant hear me and I'm right in front of you " !?
“Put down the baggage, that shit is heavy. Don’t carry it around with you for your entire life.” - what I keep telling myself as I sort through my bullshit.
Travel more. As fucked as it is here and now, it’s still a pretty good shit hole as far as shit holes go.
Cant afford to travel lol
Even still, every other developed first world nation is better than this shit. At least they arent on the brink of institutional collapase every other day, and generally care about their citizens by offering the bare minimum like healthcare.
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People make odd decisions when it comes to matters of the heart
P.s I think I'm older than your dad !??
In the past 2 months she has complained about a dude being in her garden at night... tapping on her window another night... and calling her name another night. This has happened about 3 times in 2 months.
We installed security lights. Thought about installing cameras. On Saturday night we were out of town. At 11.30pm we were up drinking and playing cards with friends and my phone goes and it's my mum. Shes hysterical as someone was outside her house. She initially thought he cut her phone line as she couldn't use her landline but I think she was just fumbling with it. She called 111 and was in a panic and freaking. She calmed down and went to stay with her neighbour for the night. The Police never came. (Eye roll).
So for the last 3 nights I have slept on my mums floor with a baseball bat at her front door...lying in wait. She now thinks she may have been imagining things...
I don't know what is scarier or sadder... the thought some cunt thinks it's funny to scare an old lady...or to think my mum who has always been intelligent and quick and witty is losing her marbles and wont be able to live by herself for long
but a bat? Do you guys not have guns at all there?
The first morning I slept over she was just getting up. I said to her...." do you want me to open the blinds".... and she couldn't hear me without her hearing aids in... and I suddenly thought "how the fuck can you hear someone outside at night calling your name when you cant hear me and I'm right in front of you " !?
Even still, every other developed first world nation is better than this shit. At least they arent on the brink of institutional collapase every other day, and generally care about their citizens by offering the bare minimum like healthcare.
We're a third world country with money.