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Post by thyme4change on Jul 8, 2011 12:25:40 GMT -5
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Jul 8, 2011 12:31:15 GMT -5
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Post by thyme4change on Jul 8, 2011 12:33:42 GMT -5
For the record, I've never bought anything from Sky Mall. But I love reading that catalog on flights. I will read it all the way there, and then 2 days later when I'm flying home, I will read the whole thing again. They are located here, and some day I hope to work there.
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Post by Catseye on Jul 8, 2011 12:49:58 GMT -5
Buy the towels, Thyme. Life's too short.
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Post by thyme4change on Jul 8, 2011 12:58:44 GMT -5
Well, hopefully this is just an act for her blog. If they really treat each other like that, then...
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Post by 8 Bit WWBG on Jul 8, 2011 13:07:24 GMT -5
...:::"The good news is that based on the front door of her house she can afford a $100 chicken.":::...
I too am assuming based on the front door, that they have money. I'm sure its been a challenge to keep it with a wife like that.
And yet when it comes out that he wants a divorce because he's been unhappy, and he's been cheating on her for years, she'll be completely surprised and probably go whine to that same friend about what a jerk Victor is.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Jul 8, 2011 13:38:38 GMT -5
Oh I forgot I bought new beach towels and new bath towels and hand towels for washing the car with last weekend. The towels in the car wash section were out of this world expensive and not all cotton. Got white ones at Kohls and I can bleach the shit out of them when I get done washing the car. The car wash section of WalMart is the place to buy buckets at though. $1.50 and the ones in the cleaning section were $6. I don't need a fancy bucket unless it is going to mop the floors and scrub the walls for me.
Thyme buy the towels. They are always on sale somewhere. If they aren't b1g1 or 50% off at Kohls this week they will be next week.
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Post by Formerly SK on Jul 8, 2011 13:49:40 GMT -5
Well, hopefully this is just an act for her blog. If they really treat each other like that, then... Yes. I enjoyed her post and thought she was funny, but I was appalled at the way they treated each other (and that she even thought it was appropriate to publicize how they treat each other). I really really really hope it was fiction.
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Post by brdsl on Jul 8, 2011 14:22:46 GMT -5
Hate to say it, but it is probably a true story.
Shopping is just like any other addiction.
She wants something they have ten of, he draws a line and says enough. He is seen as mean, cruel, etc.... and her addiction is still satisfied by purchasing a gag gift.
Sadly, if Victor gambled the same amount of money she spends on towels, and other misc items....he would be the destruction of the marriage, his gambling was out of control, counseling would be needed, etc.
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Wisconsin Beth
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Jul 8, 2011 14:44:10 GMT -5
Well, hopefully this is just an act for her blog. If they really treat each other like that, then... Yes. I enjoyed her post and thought she was funny, but I was appalled at the way they treated each other (and that she even thought it was appropriate to publicize how they treat each other). I really really really hope it was fiction. And that her blog is bringing in big bucks...
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Post by ❤ mollymouser ❤ on Jul 8, 2011 14:50:27 GMT -5
Ahem.
For the record, this is NOT exactly how I ended up with a 6ft tall hand-painted leather over resin giraffe in the corner of my living room! (grin)
;D ;D ;D
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Post by dancinmama on Jul 8, 2011 14:58:26 GMT -5
Oh no; that's not EVEN revenge shopping. I knew a gal who found a receipt for lingerie in hubby's suit coat pocket. The only problem was that she had never received the lingerie. She had other indications of cheating and this was the straw that broke the camel's back, so to speak. She took his credit card, went to the mall, and charged $1000 worth of lingerie and divorced him shortly thereafter. This was in the early 80s. She had a boatload of really nice, very expensive lingerie.
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Wisconsin Beth
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Jul 8, 2011 14:58:37 GMT -5
Ahem. For the record, this is NOT exactly how I ended up with a 6ft tall hand-painted leather over resin giraffe in the corner of my living room! (grin) ;D ;D ;D
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Post by brdsl on Jul 8, 2011 15:44:03 GMT -5
Oh no; that's not EVEN revenge shopping. I knew a gal who found a receipt for lingerie in hubby's suit coat pocket. The only problem was that she had never received the lingerie. She had other indications of cheating and this was the straw that broke the camel's back, so to speak. She took his credit card, went to the mall, and charged $1000 worth of lingerie and divorced him shortly thereafter. This was in the early 80s. She had a boatload of really nice, very expensive lingerie. If it was his card alone, he could have probably disputed the charges, since he would have had to sign for them....if it was a joint card, the debt was hers also. So, she blew some money she would have received later. Sounds vengeful, but in the end...not so much.
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Post by Cookies Galore on Jul 8, 2011 16:44:25 GMT -5
I read this blog post on my phone while at work and thought it was hilarious, so of course I thought the lot of you were being major humorless buzzkills. Then, I got home and read more of her blog posts and just about shit myself laughing. Her writing style is definitely close to how I talk when I'm telling a story. Sticks out of the asses, people! ;D
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Post by Gardening Grandma on Jul 8, 2011 17:06:49 GMT -5
That was hilarious! It reminds me of something my sister would do if her DH ever said not to buy anything, which would never happen because he's more spendy than her. He keeps forgetting that Sis DOES NOT CARE what anyone thinks. Her kids are so screwed, because if they mess up she won't punish them, she'll just embarass the heck out of them in front of their friends. The other day the 6 year old was being a pill & my sister said that she would pick her up at the bus stop in a bikini( Sis is not petite). Kid said "you wouldn't" with a laugh & Sis said that she probably had a really teeny one from before she had kids that barely fit & would wear it tomorrow if kiddo didn't knock it off. Kid stopped immediately Reminds me of a friend whose kid was acting up in middle school. Talks with him got her nowhere, so one day, she dressed like a bag lady, went to the school wandering around asking, "Can you tell me where Billy Smith's classroom is? He forgot his lunch." He straightened up.
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