Haha, I do that occasionally. Write out a whole thing and then at some point go “wtf am I even saying?” or realize that I misconstrued whatever I’m replying to and my response is invalid somehow.
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It’s a struggle lol
I don’t mind solving my own problem but this does annoy me, worse if it’s after I said it and then I realise haha
I was trying to explain this to a kid at work last year that will be having one in March and the numbers weren’t quite registering, so I told him- “Look at the nicest shiniest vehicle on TV. The new Mercedes or Caddy, and imagine driving that every day. Thats how much day care costs.”.
He turned kind of grey and had to be excused.
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Lmao. That guy better pray that his wife is tough enough to breast feed. My buddies 3 girls all used formula. It ain’t cheap either.
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You all are solidifying why I don’t have kids. I’ll take that sports car over paying for my child to learn bad behaviors and bring home the flu.
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Fuuuuuuu…
My son had an allergy to milk protein for his first year, so we had to choose either soy based or casein based formula. Soy didn’t look in any way good, so casein it was- at 3x the cost of regular formula.
Which also unfolds into a barbed wire hair ball of female emotion over their identity as a mother and their ability to produce milk, which rolls into…
Its a fucking nightmare.
at 4 mos. old, which resulted in a 3 day stay in the neo-natal ICU…
I love my son, but some parts of being a dad can be difficult to say the least. Its no wonder the failure rate is so high.
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Dude. That hairball hits no matter whether the mom can breast feed or not. Especially with kid 1.
2 weeks in:
“I don’t think I’m bonding with him. He doesn’t like me.”
“He’s a screaming meatloaf! He doesn’t like anyone or anything yet. He can’t even recognize your face, just your smell. The kid has 3 speeds: asleep, dirty and hungry. That’s it. You don’t exist to him yet.”
Most supportive husband of the year award goes to: this guy.
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People who jump the gun and ask me if i’m going to pick up my dog’s poop, or if I have bags etc. I have an entire roll of bags in my pocket. Most of the time, my dog is just sniffing, and they start yapping at me accusing me of all kinds of stuff.
I personally would rather let someone’s dog sh*t on my lawn than falsely accuse someone of not having bags or not picking it up etc. They should at least wait until they see the poop leaving my dog’s ass, and me walking away, before saying something. I couldn’t live with myself if I were falsely accusing someone of not picking up after their dog. So i’d never do that. Just seems so foul.
This happens fairly often to me. It’s something that legitimately pisses me off.
Scenario #1:
- me: walking my dogs and one goes up to the mailbox and starts sniffing.
- them: hey are you going to pick that up?
- me: pick what up?
- …
Scenario #2:
- me: walking my dogs and one goes on someone’s lawn.
- them: hey don’t let your dog on my lawn, i don’t let mine on your lawn.
- me: how would I know not to let my dog on your lawn if you hadn’t told me? where’s your sign?
- them: do I have to make a sign just for you?
- me: well how am i supposed to know you don’t want my dogs on your lawn?
- them: hey just don’t let your dogs on my lawn.
- me: something mean, and he thought I called him “boy” when I said “bro”
- back and forth
- them: guy goes back in and walks out with his german shepherd all swole. what did you say?
- me: weogkewogkewok
- them: your dogs are going to give my dog parvo.
- me: no they won’t, they have shots.
- …
Not going to lie, when he went back inside I thought he was going to come out with a weapon. A dog is a weapon though, and he was kind of flexing his dog like a weapon.
Scenario #3:
- me: walking my dogs and my dogs want to go on someone’s lawn that has a sign: “curb your dog! i don’t go on your lawn, so don’t go on mine!”
- me: preventing my dog from going on their lawn
- them: hey make sure your dog doesn’t go on my lawn
- me: they aren’t on your lawn.
- them: just make sure…
- me: leave me alone.
Scenario #4:
- me: walking dogs, dog pees on someone’s lawn
- them: hey, you’re going to clean that up right?
- me: you want me to clean up dog pee?
- them: something i forget
- me: you want me to soak it up with a rag or paper towels something?
- forget
Scenario #5:
- me: walking dogs, dog is sniffing the grass, while standing on the street
- lady in a car: drives up, stops, “hey you have bags right”
- me: why are you even asking me that? my dog is sniffing the grass
- lady in a car: you have bags right?
- me: yes i have bags. you’re nosey wtf.
- lady in a car: ok ok and drives off.
wtf?
Scenario #6:
- me: walking dogs, dog goes onto someone’s lawn
- them: guy in garage sitting there listening to some hard ass grimey af rap, but he’s like some middle aged white guy, weird shit (kinda). stands up mad quick and comes up to the front of his garage
- me: already pulling bags out of my pocket anticipating a poop
- him: seems like he notices and goes back and sits on his chair
- he got up so quick though like, ready to throw down. the chair flew backwards. wtf?
Tons more scenarios… those are just the ones within the last 3 months or so.
I’m not kidding when I say, I feel like someone will try and attack me over something like this. These people are insane. They want conflict and i’m a conflict magnet for some reason.
This one lady comes out of her house when my dog goes near her lawn. She stands on her lawn and just says “bye. bye. bye. bye. bye” but in like, a Beyonce kind of way with a hand flick and sticking a hip out. She’s not talking to me. She’s talking to my dog. She also told me she has me on video tape. I’m like cool story, come film me run laps at the track.
I’ve contemplated filming these people while they spaz out, but I know that will escalate it. I filmed someone once who accused my friend of stealing his hamburger and he flipped out, losing his shit, kept acting like he was going to sprint at me to get my phone. So filming people, while it would be fun, just seems like a sure-fire way to escalate these situations.
I guess it annoys me even more because, I don’t forget these things. So whenever I go by their house etc, I think about them. Maybe that’s the effect they want but it really bugs me. It’s like they’ve found a way to implant themselves in my brain. When really, i’m just enjoying myself walking my dogs, and watching them enjoy themselves. I don’t want to think about these nutbags.
It’d be great if they could just leave me alone.
Anyone else get falsely accused while walking their dogs etc?
Edit: I think the lesson after writing all of that down is: I need to get back to ignoring these people. I think it just ate at me for so long that now I respond back. When I should just go back to ignoring them completely, acting as if they don’t exist. Nice. Writing it down helped. I’ll go back to making them think they are invisible and do not matter. winning.
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I’d tickle his cheek to trigger a smile/feeding reflex then be like “See honey, he loves you!”.
Its just not the dreamy B.S. that womens rags and all of those stupid books like to make it. All of those “First baby…blahblahblah” books were written by assholes to sell to people that don’t know any better.
I dropped that bomb a few times too. One can only take so much Oprah Winfrey bullshit before it jumps out of your mouth.
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Same. Pulled the young fella out of childcare because he was coming home sick literally every second visit then missing the next 4 visits. Of course, we paid penalties when the kid misses. We then take a hit from not going to work to look after him or using leave up which has its own issues.
Best way to prove you have dog poop bags is to fling a used bag at them.
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Have you noticed this trend in other areas of your life?
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Hmm, I dunno. I honestly can’t decide whether I agree with you or the homeowners, and I’m usually pretty quick to fall on one side or the other. I wonder if this could be resolved by simply carrying the bags visibly?
Do you live right where you walk? The picture I get from your post is of a suburban street - do you live on it, too? I wonder if someone is walking dogs and leaving the mess and you’re taking the rap for it?
And then of course this is an excellent question. I sort of get the sense that you don’t like being challenged, so will bristle at the idea that you should carry the bags visibly to satisfy others’ concerns.
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Yeah, that’s the worst. I just have to hope that if I completely miss the mark I haven’t done it angrily or with smug superiority - both of which I have done, lol.
This happens to me quite a bit, lol…
Lol, when my first was born I’m pretty sure I didn’t even like him for like 5 months. I thought there was something wrong with me, emotionally. Thankfully, the bonding did happen and now he’s my best bud.
Actually, @polo77j if you don’t bond with the kid right away don’t fret. It’s pretty normal. I wish someone had told me that. I genuinely felt like shit about it.
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Valid points. My bags are a small roll though. Like say, 50 bags in a tightly wound roll. I only carry them visibly when I have one in my hand after picking up a poop. Even then, i’ve still had people say things, and I just lift my hand and show them the bag. I’m not going to carry the roll in one hand while trying to control two dogs, it’s just pointless and not safe IMHO. No one is going to see that roll if i’m carrying it, it’s really small.
I’m sure some dog owners don’t pick up after their pets. But I guess that’s my gripe: to falsely accuse someone, or to jump the gun, to me is just not worth it. I’ve had poop on my lawn. It can be slightly annoying when it’s an elephant level mound of poop. But even then, i’d rather take the hit than falsely accuse someone of not picking up, not being ready to pick up, etc.
Yeah it’s a neighorhood full of small homes with lawns.
I don’t mind being challenged at all. I do mind being falsely accused of something though. But, after writing all of that out last night, I need to go back to my previous strategy of just ignoring them. I’m sure that will cause some people to spaz out as well though.
I once ignored some lady at the dog park as she went off on me for picking up my dog toy, after her dog started tearing it apart. The act of ignoring her made her go completely bat shit and she started saying i’d be hung from a tree if this was NY. She turned into a mafia boss. It was funny.
Nah. I definitely wouldn’t do that: not visibly carry bags just to annoy them / invite conflict etc. The bottom line is that I have bags. If someone were to see my dog poop on a lawn and me not pick it up, I deserve to be yelled at and scolded. If they are just making assumptions however, that’s on them not me. A dog pooping is a very definitive action. It’s very different from them sniffing or peeing.
peace!
This is slightly more disconcerting. Dude’s going to have a kid in about 2 months time and doesn’t comprehend how money works … keep working on him, man.
Dude, that sounds like something I’d say - the catch is it registers with my wife so… match made in heaven
Bud, I had a lady threaten to POISON my dog because she thought I wasn’t picking up my dog’s poop. Needless to say, from that moment on I didn’t pick up my dog’s poop from that lady’s lawn. She can choke on a bag of dicks for all I care.
Good to hear … I have no expectations either way, tbh … my only aim is to make sure the kid has all his needs met the best I can. How he feels about me is pretty much out of my control - especially when he has no concept of anything outside of eating and shitting.