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When your kid forbids you from living in your hometown.
We had a nice telephone visit/catch-up with the SKid a few days ago. We covered a ton of topics in a casual banter filled conversation of nearly 2hrs.
We talked about just about everything. One thing that he touched on briefly was that he did not want his mom and me to ever move to SpermLand and if something happened to me he would not let his mom go back even to live near her own family. This was his position entirely and not at my behest. Though I completely agree with him.
I lied!
My SIL just left for the airport after her weekend visit. As she was saying goodbye to me she said "I will be back a lot from now on." I replied. "That would be great."
LIAR!
I did stay nice the whole visit though I did get taken to a corner twice by DW asking me what was wrong. I suck as an actor.
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Be nice Rags. Be nice, be nice, be nice.
SIL showed up. It is amazing how my brilliant wicked/scary smart bride instantly dumbs down her vocabulary and communication style to cater to SIL.
It is truly nauseating.
The content of discussion is amazingly brain dead. Controlling her kids crap, making decisions on their futures while setting them up for failure, etc..
And it has only been an hour and a half since they walked in from the airport.
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Happy New Year Stalkers!
May 2025 be a year of adventure, prosperity, calm, and meaning for you and those in your life who earn it.
Now for what I did during my Holiday season. We flew to mom and dad's the Friday before TG. We had a great time and visits with all but 2 of the Rags clan. Only SS and Nephew-1's DW were absent. Both are struggling with anxieties. Hopefully they will be in a better place by the 2025 EOY holidays and can join the gatherings.
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Loss of identity.
My own phone has abandoned me. Mom and dad arrived on the 20th for the holidays.
Anytime my dad tries to access Siri on his phone, my Siri answers him. We sound that much alike.
My bride and my parents are ganging up on me.
I feel so unloved. My bride is my parent's daughter. My parents like her more than they do me.
Nobody loves me.
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What is a successful (blended) marriage about?
I think I know, At least in part anyway.
I tend to put the onus on picking a partner of substance, character, honor, and quality. However, I do not often reference THE key part of the discussion. Being our best regarding substance, character, honor, and quality for ourselves and for a worthy partner.
We must be as worthy of them as they are of us.
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A synopsis of the Gens; Greatest through Alpha
An interesting read.
https://www.parents.com/parenting/better-parenting/style/generation-name...
Gen Alpha (2010-2024): Like the generations that came before them, every passing year will shape the cultural perception of who they are. In the meantime, parents get the pride and honor to help guide them to making the best choices -possible.
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Happy TG Stalkers.
Ours was overall outstanding. We flew out the Friday prior to TG. That week was the 31st anniversary of our first date. I only know the week because it was the week before TG. Otherwise that would be nowhere near my Man-RADAR.
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Deadbolt the doors, bolt everything down, put alarms on everything. SIL is visiting!
I am only partially joking. She will be her just after New Years. She is staying for 4 days. She started the "I miss you" campaign with my DW about 2mos ago. Conceptually I am not against it. In reality, it will undoubtedly be an emotional shit show for my bride and a big part of that will be the anxiety that anything and everything will have to be secured or it will disappear.
NSR. I just realized that I never asked my XW why she wanted a divorce.
When she informed me, all I said was "Go file."
Between CPEs to renew my professional cert I have been binge watching reels and clips. One I saw today is a man whose DW is handing him divorce papers which include a CS agreement for a kid that is not his. They met when the kid was 7. No adoption.