MAD 2: MADDEN'S MADDENING.

Sessizlik

I was abruptly, and sortof out of the blue-ish, dumped after almost 2 years. 2 years down the drain with someone I was hoping and dreaming to spend the rest of my days with, who instead decided to drop me like a hot potato. I hate feeling this empty.

Leana

There's so empathy button, @Sessizlik but if you need to talk let me or (I'm sure) the many others who care know.

Benedicto

Missing out on cool events because of timezones.

Not having anyone to fangirl with regarding My Hero Academia.

Illikaal

Benedicto said:

Missing out on cool events because of timezones.

Not having anyone to fangirl with regarding My Hero Academia.

Run, you say?

Tiur

We're trying to manage the timezone stuff! We just have a min player count we're also trying to hit.

Also may I say that GDPR is awful? I'm half scared to target a timezone in the EU now.

Aishia

I tried to hit the timezone but I really only had a 45 minute window. Oh well glad it went good hapy faec

Axius

Is.. my FedEx delivery guy having a stroke? The package was reported to be ij Missouri last night. About a 16 to 18 or 19 hour drive from my town. But instead of heading i to Kansas or into Arkansas on its route to me... its in Tennessee? Like.. the literal opposite direction. I suppose there might be some sort of flight dor my package to take from there to reach my gome by the 12th.. but I feel like the the delay was intentionally made in favor of not arriving early..

Stine

FedEx headquarters are in TN. There's a 'superhub' terminal that they have there that gets packages out faster to different parts of the US/world. It's quicker to send it to TN where it'll have a direct flight your way rather than waiting for a flight from Miss to you.

..I watched a video on FedEx once.

Axius

I did not know that. Is it more likely to arrive on the 11th a day early as a result?Doubtfully, but it would've been nice.. I wish it got here today.. wanted to watch E3 on my pc

Rum

I lost four pets this month, alone. I had to put one of my rats to sleep, I put the other rat up for adoption. We took in my nana's dog after she passed because my grandfather needed to go into a nursing home and couldn't care for her.

However my parents have two dogs already and couldn't take her in for more than a few weeks. She's been adopted as of last Saturday.

However... last Saturday we found the remains of one of our kitties, Reba. She'd been eaten by a large creature a few yards over.



RIP Babykitty.

Leana

Rum said:

I lost four pets this month, alone.

RIP Babykitty.

This is why we need more forum buttons. Where's my crying emoji choice?

Tekias

Leana said:

Rum said:

I lost four pets this month, alone.

RIP Babykitty.

This is why we need more forum buttons. Where's my crying emoji choice?

Until then, may I propose 'Disagree'? I disagree with this news, whole heartedly.

Emir

Got another job offer this month for a lot more pay. Quit my job, start at this company, my pay is less and I'm not working at my promised position and the hours are way less than what I was told. 

Sarita

Were you told verbally or in writing? If someone sent you an email or something else with a paper trail, you could use that and talk to someone higher up to try and get things fixed.

Emir

Verbally. I've already talked to my boss and his boss, and if it's not fixed by next payday, my previous company has already said they'd take me back.

Xenia

On Monday my dog Bella was diagnosed with IMHA. I'd never heard of this before, and as I research more about it, I realize it's terminal and in the near future I'll probably have to put her down.

I'm gutted while I try to navigate the best course of actions to take.

Elliot

@Xenia God, that is awful. I'm really sorry to hear that, I hope you manage to get in some good times with her before you have to put her down. Terminal illness is such a crappy card to be dealt. Hope you pull through okay

Phoenecia

So. Some people know about all the stuff I've been dealing with lately, so this might not come as much of a surprise. 

I've been married for close to two years now, and my husband and I have been trying to have kids. Only we haven't been able to. We were finally referred to a specialist a few months ago, and I've been going through a lot of tests, but I won't be able to start receiving any treatment for another two months.

Throughout all that time, I've been depressed, and it's hard for me to be around families with young kids without feeling anxious. It's been putting a serious strain on the relationship with my husband, and I can tell hesh been stressed about the whole thing too.

On top of the 'can't have babies' problem, around the same time I found out that my father has type II diabetes and his kidneys are at 40% functioning. 

Then there's the finding out that my grandfather has lung cancer after the cancer he had before has been in remission for years. At his age, the husband and I are worried that he's not going to live long enough for us to have our first kid.

And then there's been the family drama that I've been dealing with over the past few months that has turned into us discovering that my brother is smack dab in the middle of developing a mental illness - most likely paranoid schizophrenia. He's been staying with my husband and I for the past week, which adds onto the stress even more.

And on top of that, the war event in-game has also not been helping with the stress. It started out as enjoyable, but the past few days have just drained what little energy and enjoyment I've had because of all the crap I've been enduring for MONTHS.

So if I disappear or seem like I'm logging in less, there's your reason. I'm dealing with a lot of stuff that needs sorting.

Mimotesh

That's a lot to handle at one time, @Phoenecia. I hope things turn around for you at some point. And if you ever need to vent with an outsider, I'm as far outside as it gets. Just hit me up with a message.

Phoenecia

More family drama to complain about.

So. My birthday is at the end of this month. My husband and I celebrate our birthdays at the same time since his is just two weeks after mine, and we're planning on being in the US on vacation in August when his birthday is.

How can that be a bad thing? My mother-in-law is very pushy and has been insisting on throwing a party for us despite us telling her not to because of her tendency to overcomplicate things and create drama, and also because instead of ASKING us what we'd like to do, she's started making plans without our input whatsoever. After repeated attempts, we finally managed to get her to cancel everything so my husband and I can just have a nice, stress-free dinner out by ourselves.

When I went to text MY mother about the big party plans being cancelled and complaining about how stressful it's been, she has the nerve to try and GUILT ME saying that I ought to be thankful someone was thinking of us.

Gee, I'm sorry for finding it stressful that my own family keeps trying to force plans on us without our input and disregarding our requests. 

Arbre

The nursing home called this morning to day my grandmother didn't have long left, so we all started getting ready to head out there, then they called back five minutes later and said she had passed. Plans are being canceled, made, and changed at record speed. I was supposed to do a goodbye party sort of thing with a friend of mine, a shrimp boil, on Saturday before I move to Orlando, but that got postponed until a weekend I can come back to Jax from Orlando (meaning Labor Day weekend) after I move. Grandma's funeral is on Sunday. Thankfully Momma figured out an outfit for me to wear because these stupid steroids had me gain a lot of weight, so my dresses don't fit. Today's been exhausting.

Aishia

Kasimir

I no longer have my Maybe. She's been with me since 2004, and that dreaded day has come when I have to say goodbye.

Toz

Pro tip: If something happens to you in game that you don't like, and you jump to OOC, you're getting the worst possible IC outcome from me. Handle your shit, RP it out, negotiate, apologize, plead, ignore, insult, whatever. The second the //Really? comes out, you're dealing with the absolute worst I can muster, because everyone attempting emotional manipulation OOC to get around shit they did IC is getting real old real fast.

Emir

SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK

Aishia

Weird flex but ok

Vyxsis

some1 got subtweeted

Aishia

Stine

The current event's lag. Not the event itself, just the onslaught of lag. I don't know what is going on with the servers to make them be on fire, but boy is it terrifying at times

Vyxsis

Stine said:

The current event's lag. Not the event itself, just the onslaught of lag. I don't know what is going on with the servers to make them be on fire, but boy is it terrifying at times

yeah, it basically completely breaks my system, sends the poor thing into spasms. my poor hivemind did nothing to deserve this... T_T