You are a giant idiot.
How does a thread about weather actually become a chance to throw out the no so humble, brag, about the Ivy admission a decade ago?
Yay! Was able to file our taxes today (though we already had been granted an extension).
Our federal taxes definitely went down, when compared to the taxes we paid on similar gross income. We got a nice credit for buying our plug-in hybrid car, which helped as well.
I always feel relieved to be done with taxes. We need to get W-9s and send out 1099-misc for our rentals now. 
You are a wonderful Aunt but commenting that you wished he went to a different school after he already committed is not helpful. You are full pay which is something I cannot do and I donât want my DS to have a large debt burden.
Appreciate every day you have on earth. A long-time client of ours just collapsed and died on her 55th birthday. She was the COO of a defense contracting firm.
Dear fellow prep school X parent-
I understand your disappointment and itâs understandable when you spent so much time, energy and money trying to help your kid achieve a goal and it doesnât work out. The âsafetyâ school is one that most kids would be thrilled with.
However when the school places 50+ of 135 kids in top 20s (15 in HYS alone) letâs not sit around a table with parents who are satisfied and blame URMs, the school, other children, the competitiveness of the year or the admissions process for the results. It comes off as sour grapes and makes others feel defensive.
This is a time to reflect on HS and be happy. In two years none of this will matter.
OK itâs your 22nd Birthday and you actually invited me to go out with you and your 2 BFFs to dinner (and no I donât mind paying!), but⊠if I hadnât gone into the Inner Sanctum (your room), to take out the old used cereal bowls and spoons, I wouldnât have seen the DMV info that I gave you and explained to you like over a month ago, about renewing your license by today, in person, to get the new Enhanced license to enable you to fly starting in 2020. So there it is, not done. And boy, how you love to drive. And fly. So I call you at work and explain that instead of getting your nails done at lunch, before going to job 2, you should go to DMV and do this.
Then when I feel bad because itâs your birthday, I call back and tell you you can renew the Standard way online today, only itâll cost who knows how much more when you have to renew again next year for the Enhanced one. I find out for you how to get the eye test done in the neighborhood asap. Then you kvetch that NO âIâm supposed to get my nails done!â
So what am I supposed to do? Not get annoyed about your typical irresponsibility? Nothing new here. Because I get my head handed to me when I try to involve myself in these things, itâs always âNO I"LL DO IT.â Then you donât. But, itâs your birthday, so I have to Say It Here.
To my nieceâŠI love you and youâre a nice girl and your kids and husband are wonderful! But, how about you show some interest in my husband and my kids (your cousins)? I love hearing about your kids and your life and your husband, but not for the entire time weâre together. Quit monopolizing the conversation! And to her mom my SILâŠquite asking my if weâre going to move near my D when she has kids somedayâŠfirst of all, itâs none of your business. Second, my D is currently single and has no immediate plans to have kids. Third, just because she lives right down the street from her D and her grandchildren and babysits for them almost full timeâŠdoesnât mean everyone else has to! She acts like any grandparent who doesnât live right around the corner from their grandchildren and doesnât babysit full time is a bad grandparentâŠuh, no they arenât! My parents didnât live nearby and they didnât babysit full time, but my kids loved them and they had a wonderful relationship! Babysitting full time is nice, but it doesnât mean youâre better!
If it seems like I donât like my relativesâŠI doâŠjust a few things that peeve me
To my co worker, why do you have to comment and share your opinion on everything!? Be quiet! I get that we all have âFreedom of Speechâ and youâre entitled to your opinion, but come on! Not everything involves you! And we know youâre only 24, have two kids and had a baby in high schoolâŠbecause you bring it up everyday! WE KNOW! Quit reminding us! Oh and sometimes if you try to horn in on a conversation sheâs having, she gets pissed and tells you âitâs none of your businessâ or âyou donât have to be involved in everything!â Hmmm, guess Iâll start saying that when you open your mouth every 5 minutes to chime in or let us know for the millionth time how old you are! God it makes you seem like a foolish child!
Oh and to continue my previous post, she likes to complain, make things up and is incredibly nosy. And she always has to debate and disagree with what you sayâŠitâs like being around a two year old who thinks unicorns are realâŠ
Several of my relatives called my cousins D cheap when her and her husband decided to have a small wedding and an expensive exotic honeymoon. Why do you care? Itâs their money, not yours! Are you mad you didnât get to take advantage of a free bar and have steak and lobster? Other people are not required to spend money and time on you! If you want a fancy party, throw one yourself! I went to the wedding and it was lovely and intimate! It didnât feel âcheapâ at allâŠalso âcheapâ means something different to everyone. God, people need to keep their mouths shut when it comes to weddings. Unless, youâre paying, you donât really have any say. Not everyone wants an over the top wedding Ok?
If youâre resentful because you didnât have the big fancy wedding you wantedâŠget over it! Mature adults move on with their lives. Also, itâs not the bride and groomâs problem at all!
To all the people who complain about the world being too PCâŠyes, some people are too thin-skinned and easily offended. But then again, some people are just flat out jerks. A lot of the people I know who constantly complain that society is too PC and everything is offensive, are actually rude people who just go around insulting and putting people downâŠ
To my friend who constantly complained about her husband workingâŠdid you ever notice that your daughter would practically be in tears as you called her dad a âworkaholic.â She used to cry practically nonstop every time she would spend the night at our house. âI miss my mom, I want my mom.â To be honest it was sad to watch and quite stressful for me. And it kind of bothered my D and S and my husband. I think she was afraid sheâd come home after spending the night away and see that you and your husband had split up. You would constantly complain about how your husband was always working and how youâd go to Disneyland and heâd spend the whole day sitting on a bench taking work calls. Yet you never talked to him about thisâŠyouâd just complain. You had to stay together for the childrenâŠeventually divorcing when they were in high school. When you did get divorced one of your girls told me it was like a sigh of reliefâŠso nice to hear you not complaining about how âDad was always working.â And she also said the only memory she had of her dad was the sound of the garage door opening and closing when he got home each night after sheâd gone to bedâŠ
To entitled childrenâŠyou are not entitled to ALL your parentâs money. And to the parents maybe talk to your children about money so your kids realize you are not as wealthy as Bill Gates and they need to earn their own damn money. Iâm surprised how many kids seem to think theyâre parents have endless amounts of money
I canât stand people who say stuff that is blatantly wrong or stupid or just plain rude and when you nicely correct them, they say âyou donât have to always be right.â Yeah and you donât always have to be wrong or say stupid thingsâŠ
We are getting multiple spam calls a day⊠in Chinese!! It was funny at first, but now its just annoying.
Itâs my first time posting on this thread, so sorry if Iâm going overboard here.
I know a lady who smacks her kids anytime they mouth off at her or swear at her, which of course makes the kids scream. But this lady has no filter whatsoever. She is rude to everyone and says stuff that is inappropriate. Maybe she needs a smackâŠ
Oh and it would be nice if people at work quit poking fun at me and saying Iâm too friendly and smile too much. Yeah, nothing wrong with being nice to people and making yourself look approachable. I donât care if I make you look bad, maybe try smiling and being nicer. Oh and they say âdid your mommy teach you to do that?â Yeah she did actually. Apparently, your mom didnât. God forbid people have high standards regarding friendliness and mannersâŠtake your immature insecurities elsewhereâŠ
and there are always going to be richer and more educated people then you. Thatâs life. Itâs unfair. People have a right to live their life and spend their time and money how they want. My earning more then you is not to spite you. The other lady who has an MBA didnât get that to make your life miserable, ok? Not everything is an affront to you
This is going to be a very tough time for you. I understand and respect that & not going away is the smart thing to do (even though I am disappointed). So help me god, if your sister continues with her plans to go away for a few days I will become totally unglued.
And Iâm annoyed that she invited herself along with us tonight.
Free food at the officeâŠI could go on and on. Donât take seconds or a to go box until everyone has had some!!!
To my old co workerâŠWhen I talked about my plans for the weekend, why did you say I never invite you anywhere and I exclude you from things? Iâve invited you several times in the past and you always turned me down or seemed uninterested. You never invited me anywhere and youâve even invited everyone in the office except me to stuff and you invited them all in front of me. Yeah, no. Iâm not including you in my plansâŠyou donât really seem that interested. And I wasnât excluding her because I never invited everyone in the office except her to go out.
Lady, if you want to be invited to thingsâŠshow interest. Say yes to an invitation. And maybe invite me once in a whileâŠ