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By barmecide (Wed Nov 10, 2004 at 04:59:38 PM EST) (all tags)
no text about elections, courtesy, or time management.  Instead I will whine about working too hard, not playing enough with my toys, and discuss my pets and why they don't like each other.  Oh, and a dating situation that freaks me out somewhat.

Oh, and also:  Verisign wants to charge you $350 dollars for a one year 40 bit certificate and $900 for a 128 bit certificate!  WTF!.  Oh, but with the $900 one you get 2 day express delivery.



First the dating thing...  Its just a situation that hasn't come up for me before.  She's a great girl, cute, smart, plenty in common, all that Meg Ryan/Tom Hanks BS, but she has a 2 year old daughter.  I don't know how juvenile I'm being or how juvenile I'm willing to be about this.  We haven't even been on a date yet, but hell, kids are a part of that whole nebulous future-time of property ownership, marriage, and so on.  Eh, maybe I'm blowing things out of proportion, it's something I seem to excel at.

Work:  Work is interesting most of the time, but I need more money.  The turnover rate there is so high that they seem to start out the new people with a joke of a pay check.  After next week, I'll have been there for two months.  Assuming I work up the nerve for it, I'll go talk to big boss man and discuss it with him.  I'm really not sure though...  He did ask me to do some overtime last week (I'm hourly, definitely not salaried), which I did.  The guy they hired two days before me couldn't find his ass with both hands, a flashlight, and a map.  I'm able to handle a large portion of my daily cases without bugging the people who've been there longer...  I think it should go pretty well.  Then again, I'm looking for at least a 50% raise, after which I'd still be making less than I was making two years ago.

Cat+Dog:  On first meeting, cat swats dog's nose.  Two years later, dog is still totally cowed by cat.  Cat is definitely nonplussed by dog, but couldn't really care less.

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Stay away from the single, unwed mothers. by ti dave (3.00 / 0) #1 Wed Nov 10, 2004 at 09:16:29 PM EST
Oh, sweet Jesus.

I don't care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do.
The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. --W.S. Burroughs



Be realistic... by littlestar (3.00 / 0) #2 Wed Nov 10, 2004 at 11:58:01 PM EST
I think that everyone would agree that dating someone with a child is a bit more of a handful. You have more things to deal with, there is no doubt. However, I don't think that it means you should write her off, unless you never wanted to have children. Especially if her child is only two - that is not as difficult as her having a ten year old or something. If you like someone I don't think them having a child should stop you from getting to know them better. I know that many men have the same view as ti dave, my brother is one. But, I have known so many awesome single mothers, the reason they are single is cause they are strong, independent people who can handle themselves and raising a child (not a simple thing, believe me). Anyway, that is my ten cents worth.



On pets: My huge dogs are all wary/scared of the cats. It only takes one cat to swipe them when they are pups for them to learn to respect the small furry creatures roaming the house.

*twinkle*twinkle*




Oh, once upon a time, ti dave thought differently! by ti dave (3.00 / 0) #3 Thu Nov 11, 2004 at 12:16:58 AM EST
ti dave used to think that life was kinda like an episode of the Brady Bunch, and that all of life's domestic troubles could be resolved within the span of 30 minutes, but now ti dave knows better than to think that, because ti dave had his nuts run through the wringer.

There, ti dave feels better now, but let us never again speak of the unholy abomination that is the blended family.

I don't care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do.
The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. --W.S. Burroughs

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And everyone is the same right? by littlestar (6.00 / 1) #4 Thu Nov 11, 2004 at 01:48:46 AM EST
Yes, I have heard these stories. I can assume then that you can look back on your experience where you handled everything in the exactly right way? You were very mature and didn't expect the wrong things or have communication issues? My point is that, yes, it's a more difficult relationship, there is no doubt, but if you go in with armed with knowledge and sensitivity it could be a worth a really good woman. But. that is of course just my unballed opinion.

*twinkle*twinkle*


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Au Contraire. by ti dave (3.00 / 0) #5 Thu Nov 11, 2004 at 07:22:06 AM EST
You married CBB, therefore, you have King Kong-sized balls.

I don't care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do.
The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. --W.S. Burroughs

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Ummmm.....huh? by littlestar (3.00 / 0) #6 Fri Nov 12, 2004 at 01:07:27 PM EST
I'm not sure if you're insulting me or him or neither us or both of us or none of us or one of us or what. Ahem. Sorry I'm obviously slow or something.
*twinkle*twinkle*


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Neither. by ti dave (3.00 / 0) #7 Fri Nov 12, 2004 at 10:13:16 PM EST
It takes a special woman to handle these sorts of eccentricities.

I don't care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do.
The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. --W.S. Burroughs

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