GM's thread about nothing (21 Viewers)

[Mr. Pickles]

FYI - footaids.com just takes you to some site that sells Dr. Scholls and ####.

See, it's a thing.

 

[cosjobs]

This flu is killing me. Today my eyeballs finally quit itching and now my right ear is stopped up. Yawning, jumping, tilting- nothing unplugs it, Weirdest flu I ever had. I am now trying to resolve the problems with tequila.cheers

 

[Frostillicus]

FYI - footaids.com just takes you to some site that sells Dr. Scholls and ####.

See, it's a thing.

touche

 

[General Malaise]

Everybody like Atlanta....interesting. I became a Falcons fan after the Cardinals left town since they were the next perennial worst team. I also hate the 49'ers but I bet with my wallet, not my heart.

I like SF at 3 or less. Like Atlanta at 4 or more.Most of my bets have the Falcons teased up to double digits though.Tough to pass on a home team getting that many points and the Falcons record at home is very good.I'm on Baltimore +10 and teased up to 16 in most of my bets for the later game.Much smaller bets on the totals, but I like the Under in the first and over in the 2nd.

:golfclap:

 

[proninja]

Someone signed up for an Amazon account with my email address. Now I get a bunch of emails from Amazon every time he orders something. Which is often. There isn't any unsubscribe option, only a link to the "my account" page which I obviously can't access. Any idea how I would go about fixing this?

For whatever reason, my Gmail address is hugely popular with people thinking they are emailing someone else. I get all kinds of things: invites to baby showers, dance team updates, reminders to pick up my prescriptions, school closing information, etc. Usually I realize it's a losing battle and just delete, but sometimes I email them letting them know they are idiots. You might do something like that.

Actually happens to me a decent amount as well. There's some Honda dealership that's been emailing me nonstop, and some doofus sends me craigslist ads of all sorts of things. I've tried being polite. Maybe I should be shticky instead.

 

[Frostillicus]

GM - I went to a Rite Aid today.Just kidding we don't have any here, but I went to a Walgreen's. Then I went to a meat raffle, played some pull tabs, and went ice fishing. I also think I need to go to bed.

 

[General Malaise]

Banner day around here. My wife found that I was putting our family savings in to our business without consulting her and is threatening to divorce me. She's been mad before but this is the first time she's said that. Truthfully, I am doing everything I can to fix it but if she is serious there may be little I can do. I abused her trust and at the moment she is disgusted by the sight of me. Go patriots!

Geez. No idea what to say here, other than I'm sorry to hear this and hope you can get everything worked out.

Why don't you both come to Coshole and I....i forgot what I was saying.

 

[General Malaise]

GM - I went to a Rite Aid today.Just kidding we don't have any here, but I went to a Walgreen's. Then I went to a meat raffle, played some pull tabs, and went ice fishing. I also think I need to go to bed.

I went to Church.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

GM - I went to a Rite Aid today.Just kidding we don't have any here, but I went to a Walgreen's. Then I went to a meat raffle, played some pull tabs, and went ice fishing. I also think I need to go to bed.

I went to Church.

What's an elder? Something about epic mounts and spells?

 

[General Malaise]

I really should go to coshole. I'm a complete ####### for not going.

It's even worse than you think. At first I wasn't going because I didn't know what was going on with my life/job/schedule, but now I see I could make it for a day at least. Reason I'm not going: because I'm ####### fat. Seriously. Something awful has happened particularly in the last year and I've gained an enormous amount of weight--and am not pregnant despite GMTAN reports to the contrary--and am now fat and disgusted with myself and don't want to hold myself out that way to my iFriends. So I'm not going to see people I care about, including Uruk who might be dying, because of vanity. So now I'm disgusted with myself not only for being fat but for being a vain jerk, too. :(ETA: And also whining about myself when CD has actual problems.

I'm fat too.

 

[General Malaise]

GM - I went to a Rite Aid today.Just kidding we don't have any here, but I went to a Walgreen's. Then I went to a meat raffle, played some pull tabs, and went ice fishing. I also think I need to go to bed.

I went to Church.

What's an elder? Something about epic mounts and spells?

I dunno, but my sons thinks it means you pay less for pancakes.

 

[Sarnoff]

The Shark Pool is nothing but people bumping old threads to say "I told you so." Mostly Patriot or Flacco related.

Same as every other week, just with fewer teams winning. Midseason you get 16 different bumps.

 

[cosjobs]

GM - I went to a Rite Aid today.Just kidding we don't have any here, but I went to a Walgreen's. Then I went to a meat raffle, played some pull tabs, and went ice fishing. I also think I need to go to bed.

I went to Church.

What's an elder?

Potential revenue stream for Albert Oaks' downstairs east wing

 

[cosjobs]

GM - I went to a Rite Aid today.Just kidding we don't have any here, but I went to a Walgreen's. Then I went to a meat raffle, played some pull tabs, and went ice fishing. I also think I need to go to bed.

I went to Church.

What's an elder? Something about epic mounts and spells?

I dunno, but my sons thinks it means you pay less for pancakes.

he's rightMy link

 

[Mr. Pickles]

GM - I went to a Rite Aid today.Just kidding we don't have any here, but I went to a Walgreen's. Then I went to a meat raffle, played some pull tabs, and went ice fishing. I also think I need to go to bed.

I went to Church.

What's an elder? Something about epic mounts and spells?

I dunno, but my sons thinks it means you pay less for pancakes.

he's rightMy link

"Congrats, you're old! At IHOP, we're committed to expediting your exit."

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Someone signed up for an Amazon account with my email address. Now I get a bunch of emails from Amazon every time he orders something. Which is often. There isn't any unsubscribe option, only a link to the "my account" page which I obviously can't access. Any idea how I would go about fixing this?

For whatever reason, my Gmail address is hugely popular with people thinking they are emailing someone else. I get all kinds of things: invites to baby showers, dance team updates, reminders to pick up my prescriptions, school closing information, etc. Usually I realize it's a losing battle and just delete, but sometimes I email them letting them know they are idiots. You might do something like that.

Actually happens to me a decent amount as well. There's some Honda dealership that's been emailing me nonstop, and some doofus sends me craigslist ads of all sorts of things. I've tried being polite. Maybe I should be shticky instead.

The most recent email I had like this was from some kid emailing his friend who missed school that day. It was something like:"Hey man.. the problems due are 12,14,18,21(last part). You are welcome."

 

[General Malaise]

Banner day around here. My wife found that I was putting our family savings in to our business without consulting her and is threatening to divorce me. She's been mad before but this is the first time she's said that. Truthfully, I am doing everything I can to fix it but if she is serious there may be little I can do. I abused her trust and at the moment she is disgusted by the sight of me. Go patriots!

Holy crap, that's tough.Was she that unclear on the finances, really? I thought she was involved in the operation. And she doesn't work another job, right? Hard to believe she did not know what was happening. And its not like you were spending the money on fast cars, coke and whores. You were trying to develop the biz to buy her new houses and stuff. You're both still well under 40, so its not really like you can't dig out and have a prosperous life. Sad to hear you're going through this. Wife and I have been through some really tough times together where I'm surprised we made it, but it gets better.

I wish it weren't so, but I hid it from her well. She has always supported me 100% as long as the reserve cushion was in place. And I used the reserve cushion and she is devastated. The money is not lost, it's in our accounts receivable. But I have violated her trust and that is hard to fix.

I'm awful with money. Downright awful. I pay bills right when they are about to get cutoff and have spent the last ten years living like one day I'll have so much money all of this will seem silly. It's a character flaw and I don't know where it came from and, even worse, I don't know how to put it back in the bottle. If I were single without kids than I could keep it up, but it is terrible to wake up one day (like today) and realize you are never going to be a zillionaire when your whole life has been lived like you would be. I'm a 35 year old JAG only I should have realized it years ago. I even sent in an article (upon request) to my uppity private high school alumni magazine about how great it is owning your own business and making your own rules. Right now, I wish I'd simply had a job and been normal for the last ten years. The stress of what I do doesn't affect me, but it HURTS the people around me. Devastates them and I go on. It has me wondering (genuinely) if I am a sociopath or have a screw loose. I've lost money from so many investors I can't keep count. I'm about to lose my wife over it. My daughter is 2 and I couldn't live in a world where she doesn't wake up in a bedroom down the hall from mine, but that didn't stop me from getting in this situation. I know that this is a fun message board, and I know there are people on it that may not like me. Maybe they will laugh at me and I probably deserve it. But tonight I feel like a fraud of a man and a terrible husband, father, and son. I have never hit rock bottom because I have an innate talent to cover rock bottom with a gorgeous window dressing, but I'm all out of illusions and show. If the Patriots win I'll feel marignally better. And I still think the T'eo thing is funny. so I have that going for me.

Hey man....I've kinda been where you are now. Feel free to reach out to me any time - like now. But I think you need some therapy help. This is a great board with great folks, but you need some immediate mental help and there's no shame in admitting nor accepting that. Come to Coshole so we can talk some more. Life is really hard. We AlL fail. The greatest success stories in life are filled with those who failed miserably first.

 

[General Malaise]

Out of keystone...holding my nose and switching to Ultra.

Out of everything you've just mentioned, the fact that you're switching from keystone to something worse makes me the most sad for you

A man has to do what a man has to do.

In all seriousness, as one who has had his life completely absolutely fall apart in every conceivable way, keep plugging and it'll get better. Not that knowing that makes it any easier to go through the crap. Good luck.

Thanks. It will be fine. I've tried to explain to my wife that nothing has failed, it has simply changed. I tell her it's a process, and it's iterative. Just because I couldn't make us rich the first five years doesn't mean I can't make us happy in the next five. Not to make a pity party out of it, but when we started I envisioned wealth and prosperity. Now I look at my baby girl and I just want to do right by her. The other stuff seems unimportant.

start by stopping drinking

Yeah, the whole drunk 350 days a year thing seems a little excessive.

Yeah, by at LEAST 8 days or so.

 

[strykerpks]

I don't think I can take two more weeks of the Ray Lewis lovefest.

Dont forget the Harbaugh vs Harbaugh talk...while it is cool that 2 brothers will oppose each other as head coaches in the super bowl...why does it have to be these two

Bears v Colts 2007 dummies

 

[BRONG]

Ah ####, I'm outta here.

 

[Good Posting Judge]

Ah ####, I'm outta here.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Ah ####, I'm outta here.

You're gonna have to pick up the slack. Wear the money suit.

 

[UniAlias]

Busy day in GMTAN, took awhile to catch up. I don't post much but I'm really incredibly drunk.Abraham seems like a genuinely nice guy. I'm sorry to hear about the troubles you're going through and hope everything works out for the best.Bogart, I know you're on the other side of town but anytime you need a wingman I'm down to drink about any night of the week. Having hung out with you multiple times I can confirm that you can do much better than smelly crazy hippie women. I spent a good 10 hours at the bar tonight, a fair portion of those chatting with a very cute SMU girl who grew up in Portland. I couldn't help but think of GM. She was really great though. I just feel like a complete dickmitten. I should be happy with my girlfriend who is already out of my league, why can't I help but flirt with other girls? Does this ever go away? Maybe I'm just a terrible person. Thanks for letting me drunk rant, GMTAN. Yours in Christ,

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Isn't Uruk-Hai a big Ravens fan?Congrats dude! Awesome run.

Thanks, AR. Should add a little extra spice to coshole for me.

 

[phishphan]

Someone signed up for an Amazon account with my email address. Now I get a bunch of emails from Amazon every time he orders something. Which is often. There isn't any unsubscribe option, only a link to the "my account" page which I obviously can't access. Any idea how I would go about fixing this?

For whatever reason, my Gmail address is hugely popular with people thinking they are emailing someone else. I get all kinds of things: invites to baby showers, dance team updates, reminders to pick up my prescriptions, school closing information, etc. Usually I realize it's a losing battle and just delete, but sometimes I email them letting them know they are idiots. You might do something like that.

I have the same problem due to having a somewhat common name and having been able to get myname@gmail.com. Quite often I respond as if I'm the person they meant to email. One lady used to email me often for the rent, so I started offering her sex in lieu of rent.One woman worked at the Hard rock in Vegas and was emailing about my upcoming bachelor party that I had reserved. I asked if I could bring midget prostitutes, and she responded with "What happens in Vegas...". I then asked her, since that was the case, how about her and I happening in Vegas.Just a week or two ago, I ended up in an email between multiple parties dealing with a work project with people here and in China. I decided to let that one slide.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

One lady used to email me often for the rent, so I started offering her sex in lieu of rent.One woman worked at the Hard rock in Vegas and was emailing about my upcoming bachelor party that I had reserved. I asked if I could bring midget prostitutes, and she responded with "What happens in Vegas...". I then asked her, since that was the case, how about her and I happening in Vegas.Just a week or two ago, I ended up in an email between multiple parties dealing with a work project with people here and in China. I decided to let that one slide.

lol

 

[GroveDiesel]

Someone signed up for an Amazon account with my email address. Now I get a bunch of emails from Amazon every time he orders something. Which is often. There isn't any unsubscribe option, only a link to the "my account" page which I obviously can't access. Any idea how I would go about fixing this?

For whatever reason, my Gmail address is hugely popular with people thinking they are emailing someone else. I get all kinds of things: invites to baby showers, dance team updates, reminders to pick up my prescriptions, school closing information, etc. Usually I realize it's a losing battle and just delete, but sometimes I email them letting them know they are idiots. You might do something like that.

Actually happens to me a decent amount as well. There's some Honda dealership that's been emailing me nonstop, and some doofus sends me craigslist ads of all sorts of things. I've tried being polite. Maybe I should be shticky instead.

The most recent email I had like this was from some kid emailing his friend who missed school that day. It was something like:"Hey man.. the problems due are 12,14,18,21(last part). You are welcome."

"Thanks man! And tell your mom thanks for the boob pics! Gave me something to do at home today"

 

[phishphan]

Someone signed up for an Amazon account with my email address. Now I get a bunch of emails from Amazon every time he orders something. Which is often. There isn't any unsubscribe option, only a link to the "my account" page which I obviously can't access. Any idea how I would go about fixing this?

For whatever reason, my Gmail address is hugely popular with people thinking they are emailing someone else. I get all kinds of things: invites to baby showers, dance team updates, reminders to pick up my prescriptions, school closing information, etc. Usually I realize it's a losing battle and just delete, but sometimes I email them letting them know they are idiots. You might do something like that.

I have the same problem due to having a somewhat common name and having been able to get myname@gmail.com. Quite often I respond as if I'm the person they meant to email. One lady used to email me often for the rent, so I started offering her sex in lieu of rent.One woman worked at the Hard rock in Vegas and was emailing about my upcoming bachelor party that I had reserved. I asked if I could bring midget prostitutes, and she responded with "What happens in Vegas...". I then asked her, since that was the case, how about her and I happening in Vegas.Just a week or two ago, I ended up in an email between multiple parties dealing with a work project with people here and in China. I decided to let that one slide.

Yeah, I thought I had mentioned this before...

Anyone ever get any weird emails on gmail? Not spam...but real emails that somehow end up in your inbox possibly due to your email address???

No, I don't.

Sarcasm, or troof? I have 3 gmail accounts and this is the only one it happens to...but I'm a little skeptical that a couple of these are real, even though the copied addys seem to check out.

Yeah, I get email for other guys with my name fairly often. I am always polite and respond as if I am that person.Got one just yesterday from the guy's dad. They live in the UK. He sent me the timesheets for me to sign. I told him that I didn't want to be paid unless he would pay me in gum.Got one last year about my reservation at the Hard rock in LV for my wedding. I asked the lady if it would be OK if I brought some midget prostitutes. She said sure "What happens in Vegas...". So I then asked her if I could do her then. no response.I get one about every three months from a woman who is a landlord for the guy. I always offer to give her "sweet lovin' in lieu of payment". It took about 4 emails for her to realize that I'm not her tenant. I still get emails from her every once in a while by mistake. She called me "that dumb pervert" about two weeks ago. I responded with "I'm not the dumb one who keeps sending email to the wrong person over and over. you hurt my feelings. I thought we were friends" No responseAnother time a guy's brother emailed asking how the mission trip in India (or somewhere) was going, and how expensive it was as he was thinking about coming to visit me. I told him that I had underestimated how much it would cost me and had to resort to gay prostitution, and if he wanted, I would introduce him to some of my clients when he came to see me. He actually responded with a "lmao" and apologized for getting the emails mixed up.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

I thought the first shirt was awesome and better too, but everybody wearing a stoned poodle shirt is good shtick too.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

I really should go to coshole. I'm a complete ####### for not going.

It's even worse than you think. At first I wasn't going because I didn't know what was going on with my life/job/schedule, but now I see I could make it for a day at least. Reason I'm not going: because I'm ####### fat. Seriously. Something awful has happened particularly in the last year and I've gained an enormous amount of weight--and am not pregnant despite GMTAN reports to the contrary--and am now fat and disgusted with myself and don't want to hold myself out that way to my iFriends. So I'm not going to see people I care about, including Uruk who might be dying, because of vanity. So now I'm disgusted with myself not only for being fat but for being a vain jerk, too. :(ETA: And also whining about myself when CD has actual problems.

I'm fat too.

Yeah I gained 6 pounds in the last 3 weeks. I must not be masturbating enough. Or too much. So when are the adoptions going to go through?

GM - I went to a Rite Aid today.Just kidding we don't have any here, but I went to a Walgreen's. Then I went to a meat raffle, played some pull tabs, and went ice fishing. I also think I need to go to bed.

I went to Church.

What's an elder? Something about epic mounts and spells?

I dunno, but my sons thinks it means you pay less for pancakes.

Totally worth it then.

 

[Kal El]

Someone signed up for an Amazon account with my email address. Now I get a bunch of emails from Amazon every time he orders something. Which is often. There isn't any unsubscribe option, only a link to the "my account" page which I obviously can't access. Any idea how I would go about fixing this?

For whatever reason, my Gmail address is hugely popular with people thinking they are emailing someone else. I get all kinds of things: invites to baby showers, dance team updates, reminders to pick up my prescriptions, school closing information, etc. Usually I realize it's a losing battle and just delete, but sometimes I email them letting them know they are idiots. You might do something like that.

Actually happens to me a decent amount as well. There's some Honda dealership that's been emailing me nonstop, and some doofus sends me craigslist ads of all sorts of things. I've tried being polite. Maybe I should be shticky instead.

The most recent email I had like this was from some kid emailing his friend who missed school that day. It was something like:"Hey man.. the problems due are 12,14,18,21(last part). You are welcome."

"Thanks man! And tell your mom thanks for the boob pics! Gave me something to do at home today"

 

[Abraham]

I'll put this stuff in spoilers so no one thinks I'm junking up the GMTAN.

Spoiler

Had a long talk with the wife tonight. Mostly she talked and I listened. She is overwelmed with the struggle that I brought in to our life not long after we got married. I started one business and it blew up in the worst way possible (lost money, lost friends, lawsuits). ANd then I jumped right back in and started another. She wonders if I don't have a conscience about the money people have invested in me that either was lost (first go round) or is at risk (second go round). She says she wakes up every morning wondering if that's the day I tell her we've lost everything. She says that she thinks I may be one of those people who goes looking for a struggle in life instead of just being normal (probably true). She says I spend so much time on a computer or iPad or phone that I'm missing out on the world around me and she feels ignored (probably true). She says I'm not spontaneous and don't do anything with her our or daughter and I'd rather come home and sit on the couch after work (true). She says that taking them out to eat a couple times a week isn't the same as living a life with them. (I've tried to get better at this; I took her to a concert in November and have tickets for another in February. But most of the time when we do things like going to the zoo or something it is her idea and, in her words, I just "tag along.") She says some days she thinks I just married her to show off that I could have her (not at all true) and that I don't respect or care about her as a person (not true, but I see how she can feel this way). She remembers back when we were poor and rented a house and had a dog but no internet and no business ideas and I wasn't a walking ball of stressful energy. She says I've changed from the man she married and she's finally to the point after all these years of wondering if that guy is gone for good. SHe thinks I drink too much (true) and smoke too much (true) for anyone, much less a guy on blood-pressure medicine. She's sickened by the fact that she has been telling me that for years and I have a daughter to think about but I selfishly do it anyway. It makes her thinks that I don't care about anyone but myself. She wonders how a person who is supposed to be so smart and educated has made so many bad decisions. Her theory is that I come from an environment of showy, phony, high-achievers (true) and whether its conscious or not, I can't be happy living a normal life. And she wonders if it can be salvaged because she has watched for years as I've stopped one obsession/habit/vice and simply replaced it with another. Internet poker, learning to program computers, golf, etc.She's angry about the money but that was mostly a tipping point. I've exhausted her for so long with everything else and she has put on a happy face and can't do it anymore.I told myself last night I'd try to quit drinking for a week. To see if I could do it, to see if I felt better, to see if she noticed. And, honestly, I'm already trying to justify to myself that that isn't the problem and it won't hurt for me to have a drink tonight.I have already started submitting resumes and was feeling pretty good about that until I remembered that many companies (including the one I'd most be inclined to work for) have background checks that may or may not include credit reports. My credit is in the mid-500's and while I've never committed a felony, I did spend the afternoon in October in jail because of an unpaid traffic ticket. So I was excited about the prospects of that until I realized it may not matter after all depending on what the background check includes.So that's where we are on this.

 

[Captain Quinoa]

There are a lot of people with a lot worse things than shaky credit that get jobs every day.It's ok to fail. It's also ok to succeed.

 

[Mr.Pack]

Gusher has a very exciting announcement/unveiling coming soon.

not sure how exciting it is, but here is a new GMTAN Coshole shirt design in 1 color for lower cost.

In black, so it's slimming (I'll take a large, GB).

Now featuring the official coshole mascot, for those that didn't appreciate my efforts to reproduce GM's face as a cartoon on a shirt

my link

ETA - tough to tell with the quality of the preview, but the dog tag says:

cos

hole

'13

Other one was way better.

No disrespect to GB Guster, but I agree.

 

[Mr.Pack]

Caved. Going to foot specialist lady tomorrow. Is very hurty.

What's wrong again?Both of mine are ####ing hurting. But I'm tired of going to the doctor.

Tuesday morning my foot hurt for no reason I could recall (and I didn't drink the night prior). Tuesday evening I said F it and ran on the treadmill anyway. Since then the pain has been between a 3 and an 8. My wife made me an appointment with her podiatrist friend (special favor) on Friday and I told her to forget it because Friday morning I was at a 3 and figured I was getting better. Was very hurty again Saturday and I was gonna play it cool so my wife couldn't call me a dubmass but keeps getting worse so here we are. If you wanted more the symptoms, which I now suspect is what you were asking, my foot really ####### hurts. Sometimes it's just the top and sometimes it's the whole thing including teh calf. I'm starting to suspect foot AIDS.

Sorry GB, but this needs to stop.

 

[T Bell]

I will try not to go all Guster in length, but must share what happened to me yesterday/today:Since Thursday morning, I have been going no stop, making funeral arrangements, calling family/friends, going into the office after being out for what feels like all of 2013, things have been busy. Things finally slowed down Saturday afternoon to the point where every else that has to be done, can only be done on Monday and Tuesday. So kind of reached out to a couple of the girls that I have been dating off and on, just to see what might pop up. Ice Cream Girl, who has been nothing more than an occasional date since July, eagerly accepted to come over and just "hang out", and offered up the secks to "take my mind off things." I said I would pick her up at 5.Now, I haven't seen ICG in a few months. The first time we met, she was a yuppie teacher, curvy, but very nice and great conversation. A bit flaky, as I have mentioned that she will drop off the face of the Earth for weeks or months at a time, and then pop up again like nothing has happened. It has probably been two months since I have seen her. Since we first met, she has moved twice, and now currently lives with 4 roommates that I just recently find out are friends of her from her Occupy Dallas group. A text right before I head across town to pick her up, she texts me "Our dryer is broken, do you mind if I bring some laundry over to wash." I say sure. We are just planing on watching some TV and playing doctor, no reason she can't do a load of laundry. When I pick her up, it's clear that her "I've lost a lot of weight since we last saw each other" text was a straight up lie, or maybe she just misplaced the weight somewhere else on her body. And next to her is easily a 50 pound bundle of laundry that has not been clean in quite some time. 5 mins into our drive back to my place, she tells me that "she has taken on the lifestyle of her hippie roommates in many ways, including not showering as much". Yeah, my nose figured this out about 4 mins and 55 seconds ago. She immediately says she is hungry and really wants Middle Eastern for dinner. Of course. I quickly find a place out of the way for gyros, hummus and hot tea.We get to my house, and get her laundry started, we watch TV and she decides that she is ready to go to bed. She changes into freshly laundered PJs and we go to bed. The smell is not so bad, so I move in for some fun, to which I get turned down repeatedly. At this point, I'm just ready to get some sleep, get to morning and get her back across town. But that doesn't happen. Instead she tosses and turns, whines and moans about not being able to sleep. This goes on until late, really late. I finally just block it out and drift off, waking up around 5 am to her taking a shower. I wake up around 8 am, get up, make sure her laundry is done (it is, she changed it over sometime in the middle of the night) Sometime around 9:30, she wakes up, offers the secks and I accept, but it was about the worst I think I have ever had, which is saying something. (Insert ex-Mrs. Bogart joke here)We leave for her place, stopping for breakfast of course, and over the entire drive, I learn how Obama has been poisoned with power, the media is too conservative, we are all just being fed what corporations want us to know, and that we are heading to a dark age where all information will be denied or false and religions will hold down creative thinkers. I have never dropped off a girl, friend hugged, and gotten out of there so fast before in my life. I have spent all day today, drinking Crown and Coke, watching football and washing every sheet, blanket and towel she touched on the sanitary cycle of the washing machine.I'm ready to find a nice, normal girl, who enjoys showers, to date for a little while.

You appear to have been used to get to your washer/dryer, possibly for the first time in history.Start hiding dryer sheets.

 

[mr. furley]

I'll put this stuff in spoilers so no one thinks I'm junking up the GMTAN.

Spoiler

Had a long talk with the wife tonight. Mostly she talked and I listened. She is overwelmed with the struggle that I brought in to our life not long after we got married. I started one business and it blew up in the worst way possible (lost money, lost friends, lawsuits). ANd then I jumped right back in and started another. She wonders if I don't have a conscience about the money people have invested in me that either was lost (first go round) or is at risk (second go round). She says she wakes up every morning wondering if that's the day I tell her we've lost everything. She says that she thinks I may be one of those people who goes looking for a struggle in life instead of just being normal (probably true). She says I spend so much time on a computer or iPad or phone that I'm missing out on the world around me and she feels ignored (probably true). She says I'm not spontaneous and don't do anything with her our or daughter and I'd rather come home and sit on the couch after work (true). She says that taking them out to eat a couple times a week isn't the same as living a life with them. (I've tried to get better at this; I took her to a concert in November and have tickets for another in February. But most of the time when we do things like going to the zoo or something it is her idea and, in her words, I just "tag along.") She says some days she thinks I just married her to show off that I could have her (not at all true) and that I don't respect or care about her as a person (not true, but I see how she can feel this way). She remembers back when we were poor and rented a house and had a dog but no internet and no business ideas and I wasn't a walking ball of stressful energy. She says I've changed from the man she married and she's finally to the point after all these years of wondering if that guy is gone for good. SHe thinks I drink too much (true) and smoke too much (true) for anyone, much less a guy on blood-pressure medicine. She's sickened by the fact that she has been telling me that for years and I have a daughter to think about but I selfishly do it anyway. It makes her thinks that I don't care about anyone but myself. She wonders how a person who is supposed to be so smart and educated has made so many bad decisions. Her theory is that I come from an environment of showy, phony, high-achievers (true) and whether its conscious or not, I can't be happy living a normal life. And she wonders if it can be salvaged because she has watched for years as I've stopped one obsession/habit/vice and simply replaced it with another. Internet poker, learning to program computers, golf, etc.She's angry about the money but that was mostly a tipping point. I've exhausted her for so long with everything else and she has put on a happy face and can't do it anymore.I told myself last night I'd try to quit drinking for a week. To see if I could do it, to see if I felt better, to see if she noticed. And, honestly, I'm already trying to justify to myself that that isn't the problem and it won't hurt for me to have a drink tonight.I have already started submitting resumes and was feeling pretty good about that until I remembered that many companies (including the one I'd most be inclined to work for) have background checks that may or may not include credit reports. My credit is in the mid-500's and while I've never committed a felony, I did spend the afternoon in October in jail because of an unpaid traffic ticket. So I was excited about the prospects of that until I realized it may not matter after all depending on what the background check includes.So that's where we are on this.

i don't know a lot but that top half is bad. really bad. really really bad.

 

[Frostillicus]

Caved. Going to foot specialist lady tomorrow. Is very hurty.

What's wrong again?Both of mine are ####ing hurting. But I'm tired of going to the doctor.

Tuesday morning my foot hurt for no reason I could recall (and I didn't drink the night prior). Tuesday evening I said F it and ran on the treadmill anyway. Since then the pain has been between a 3 and an 8. My wife made me an appointment with her podiatrist friend (special favor) on Friday and I told her to forget it because Friday morning I was at a 3 and figured I was getting better. Was very hurty again Saturday and I was gonna play it cool so my wife couldn't call me a dubmass but keeps getting worse so here we are. If you wanted more the symptoms, which I now suspect is what you were asking, my foot really ####### hurts. Sometimes it's just the top and sometimes it's the whole thing including teh calf. I'm starting to suspect foot AIDS.

Sorry GB, but this needs to stop.

You're awfully hard on me lately.

 

[T Bell]

I'll put this stuff in spoilers so no one thinks I'm junking up the GMTAN.

Spoiler

Had a long talk with the wife tonight. Mostly she talked and I listened. She is overwelmed with the struggle that I brought in to our life not long after we got married. I started one business and it blew up in the worst way possible (lost money, lost friends, lawsuits). ANd then I jumped right back in and started another. She wonders if I don't have a conscience about the money people have invested in me that either was lost (first go round) or is at risk (second go round). She says she wakes up every morning wondering if that's the day I tell her we've lost everything. She says that she thinks I may be one of those people who goes looking for a struggle in life instead of just being normal (probably true). She says I spend so much time on a computer or iPad or phone that I'm missing out on the world around me and she feels ignored (probably true). She says I'm not spontaneous and don't do anything with her our or daughter and I'd rather come home and sit on the couch after work (true). She says that taking them out to eat a couple times a week isn't the same as living a life with them. (I've tried to get better at this; I took her to a concert in November and have tickets for another in February. But most of the time when we do things like going to the zoo or something it is her idea and, in her words, I just "tag along.") She says some days she thinks I just married her to show off that I could have her (not at all true) and that I don't respect or care about her as a person (not true, but I see how she can feel this way). She remembers back when we were poor and rented a house and had a dog but no internet and no business ideas and I wasn't a walking ball of stressful energy. She says I've changed from the man she married and she's finally to the point after all these years of wondering if that guy is gone for good. SHe thinks I drink too much (true) and smoke too much (true) for anyone, much less a guy on blood-pressure medicine. She's sickened by the fact that she has been telling me that for years and I have a daughter to think about but I selfishly do it anyway. It makes her thinks that I don't care about anyone but myself. She wonders how a person who is supposed to be so smart and educated has made so many bad decisions. Her theory is that I come from an environment of showy, phony, high-achievers (true) and whether its conscious or not, I can't be happy living a normal life. And she wonders if it can be salvaged because she has watched for years as I've stopped one obsession/habit/vice and simply replaced it with another. Internet poker, learning to program computers, golf, etc.She's angry about the money but that was mostly a tipping point. I've exhausted her for so long with everything else and she has put on a happy face and can't do it anymore.I told myself last night I'd try to quit drinking for a week. To see if I could do it, to see if I felt better, to see if she noticed. And, honestly, I'm already trying to justify to myself that that isn't the problem and it won't hurt for me to have a drink tonight.I have already started submitting resumes and was feeling pretty good about that until I remembered that many companies (including the one I'd most be inclined to work for) have background checks that may or may not include credit reports. My credit is in the mid-500's and while I've never committed a felony, I did spend the afternoon in October in jail because of an unpaid traffic ticket. So I was excited about the prospects of that until I realized it may not matter after all depending on what the background check includes.So that's where we are on this.

i don't know a lot but that top half is bad. really bad. really really bad.Yeah, I'll agree. Your marriage is in bigger crisis than your finances. I'm sorry you're going through this.

 

[Frostillicus]

It's either a pinched nerve or a stress fracture. Will be in a walking boot the next five days and then will find out. Neat.

 

[Good Posting Judge]

Would it be tacky to put some links to some Green Day tunes here?

 

[Abraham]

Would it be tacky to put some links to some Green Day tunes here?

Are there any good ones to post?

 

[St. Louis Bob]

I'll put this stuff in spoilers so no one thinks I'm junking up the GMTAN.

Spoiler

Had a long talk with the wife tonight. Mostly she talked and I listened. She is overwelmed with the struggle that I brought in to our life not long after we got married. I started one business and it blew up in the worst way possible (lost money, lost friends, lawsuits). ANd then I jumped right back in and started another. She wonders if I don't have a conscience about the money people have invested in me that either was lost (first go round) or is at risk (second go round). She says she wakes up every morning wondering if that's the day I tell her we've lost everything. She says that she thinks I may be one of those people who goes looking for a struggle in life instead of just being normal (probably true). She says I spend so much time on a computer or iPad or phone that I'm missing out on the world around me and she feels ignored (probably true). She says I'm not spontaneous and don't do anything with her our or daughter and I'd rather come home and sit on the couch after work (true). She says that taking them out to eat a couple times a week isn't the same as living a life with them. (I've tried to get better at this; I took her to a concert in November and have tickets for another in February. But most of the time when we do things like going to the zoo or something it is her idea and, in her words, I just "tag along.") She says some days she thinks I just married her to show off that I could have her (not at all true) and that I don't respect or care about her as a person (not true, but I see how she can feel this way).

She remembers back when we were poor and rented a house and had a dog but no internet and no business ideas and I wasn't a walking ball of stressful energy. She says I've changed from the man she married and she's finally to the point after all these years of wondering if that guy is gone for good. SHe thinks I drink too much (true) and smoke too much (true) for anyone, much less a guy on blood-pressure medicine. She's sickened by the fact that she has been telling me that for years and I have a daughter to think about but I selfishly do it anyway. It makes her thinks that I don't care about anyone but myself. She wonders how a person who is supposed to be so smart and educated has made so many bad decisions. Her theory is that I come from an environment of showy, phony, high-achievers (true) and whether its conscious or not, I can't be happy living a normal life. And she wonders if it can be salvaged because she has watched for years as I've stopped one obsession/habit/vice and simply replaced it with another. Internet poker, learning to program computers, golf, etc.

She's angry about the money but that was mostly a tipping point. I've exhausted her for so long with everything else and she has put on a happy face and can't do it anymore.

I told myself last night I'd try to quit drinking for a week. To see if I could do it, to see if I felt better, to see if she noticed. And, honestly, I'm already trying to justify to myself that that isn't the problem and it won't hurt for me to have a drink tonight.

I have already started submitting resumes and was feeling pretty good about that until I remembered that many companies (including the one I'd most be inclined to work for) have background checks that may or may not include credit reports. My credit is in the mid-500's and while I've never committed a felony, I did spend the afternoon in October in jail because of an unpaid traffic ticket. So I was excited about the prospects of that until I realized it may not matter after all depending on what the background check includes.

So that's where we are on this.

Damn, hang in there good buddy. :(

Gusher has a very exciting announcement/unveiling coming soon.

not sure how exciting it is, but here is a new GMTAN Coshole shirt design in 1 color for lower cost.

In black, so it's slimming (I'll take a large, GB).

Now featuring the official coshole mascot, for those that didn't appreciate my efforts to reproduce GM's face as a cartoon on a shirt

my link

ETA - tough to tell with the quality of the preview, but the dog tag says:

cos

hole

'13

Other one was way better.

No disrespect to GB Guster, but I agree.

Let's go no t-shirts too please.

 

[T Bell]

I'm telling you guys, GM's face Shroud-of-Turin style on the front of the t-shirt is the way to go. Maybe caption it GMTAN, Coshole '13 - "I believe!"

 

[Good Posting Judge]

Would it be tacky to put some links to some Green Day tunes here?

Are there any good ones to post?

Not as many recent ones.

 

[Gadzooks]

It's either a pinched nerve or a stress fracture. Will be in a walking boot the next five days and then will find out. Neat.

This is awful. Please let your wife know that I'm here for her and I'm willing to provide any of the husband duties that you can't perform.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

It's either a pinched nerve or a stress fracture. Will be in a walking boot the next five days and then will find out. Neat.

This is awful. Please let your wife know that I'm here for her and I'm willing to provide any of the husband duties that you can't perform.

You're a really good friend.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

It's either a pinched nerve or a stress fracture. Will be in a walking boot the next five days and then will find out. Neat.

Any fun drugs?

 

[charvik]

Let's go no t-shirts too please.

No shirts, no service GB.

 

[Tiger Fan]

I'll put this stuff in spoilers so no one thinks I'm junking up the GMTAN.

Spoiler

Had a long talk with the wife tonight. Mostly she talked and I listened. She is overwelmed with the struggle that I brought in to our life not long after we got married. I started one business and it blew up in the worst way possible (lost money, lost friends, lawsuits). ANd then I jumped right back in and started another. She wonders if I don't have a conscience about the money people have invested in me that either was lost (first go round) or is at risk (second go round). She says she wakes up every morning wondering if that's the day I tell her we've lost everything. She says that she thinks I may be one of those people who goes looking for a struggle in life instead of just being normal (probably true). She says I spend so much time on a computer or iPad or phone that I'm missing out on the world around me and she feels ignored (probably true). She says I'm not spontaneous and don't do anything with her our or daughter and I'd rather come home and sit on the couch after work (true). She says that taking them out to eat a couple times a week isn't the same as living a life with them. (I've tried to get better at this; I took her to a concert in November and have tickets for another in February. But most of the time when we do things like going to the zoo or something it is her idea and, in her words, I just "tag along.") She says some days she thinks I just married her to show off that I could have her (not at all true) and that I don't respect or care about her as a person (not true, but I see how she can feel this way). She remembers back when we were poor and rented a house and had a dog but no internet and no business ideas and I wasn't a walking ball of stressful energy. She says I've changed from the man she married and she's finally to the point after all these years of wondering if that guy is gone for good. SHe thinks I drink too much (true) and smoke too much (true) for anyone, much less a guy on blood-pressure medicine. She's sickened by the fact that she has been telling me that for years and I have a daughter to think about but I selfishly do it anyway. It makes her thinks that I don't care about anyone but myself. She wonders how a person who is supposed to be so smart and educated has made so many bad decisions. Her theory is that I come from an environment of showy, phony, high-achievers (true) and whether its conscious or not, I can't be happy living a normal life. And she wonders if it can be salvaged because she has watched for years as I've stopped one obsession/habit/vice and simply replaced it with another. Internet poker, learning to program computers, golf, etc.She's angry about the money but that was mostly a tipping point. I've exhausted her for so long with everything else and she has put on a happy face and can't do it anymore.I told myself last night I'd try to quit drinking for a week. To see if I could do it, to see if I felt better, to see if she noticed. And, honestly, I'm already trying to justify to myself that that isn't the problem and it won't hurt for me to have a drink tonight.I have already started submitting resumes and was feeling pretty good about that until I remembered that many companies (including the one I'd most be inclined to work for) have background checks that may or may not include credit reports. My credit is in the mid-500's and while I've never committed a felony, I did spend the afternoon in October in jail because of an unpaid traffic ticket. So I was excited about the prospects of that until I realized it may not matter after all depending on what the background check includes.So that's where we are on this.

First off...you're not junking up. That's what we're here for. It seems like at a minimum, you did the right thing by just listening. Let me ask you, the things you say are "true" in parenthesis...did you admit that to your wife as well? If not, that sounds like a solid next step. You need to be 100% honest with her, as she was with you...on your faults, on why you continue to drink/smoke, but mostly for how much you care about her and your daughter....and the steps on what you're prepared to do. Now of course it's not going to be easy, AND you have to follow through on everything as you say you will. GL GB