u/newo_ikkens

So, my pops and I aren't that close due to his years of constant manipulation, I talk to him about once a month (if I'm lucky), or once a week. I try my best not to visit because thats when the favors start being asked. He called yesterday saying he was going up to the cabin (up north on 14 acres with an outhouse, but he regularly cries about how he can't walk well or get around) so I check out on our conversation until he says "if my car makes it, it has a bump"

A what? Explain.

He at first says "a building jumped out in front of me and wrecked my car."

Dude what now? What tf are you talking about.

"Well, you know how my gas and break pedal are too close, I couldn't feel my feet and thought I was hitting the brake and I was hitting the gas... anyway, I hope my car makes it there and back."

Jesus christ, wtf. I am in no place in my life to handle this. This man isn't even 70 yet and doing this crap. I don't want to move him into my house, it'll literally tear my marriage a part. Hus dog hates everyone, otger dogs and cats included. So it's just this huge no go.

There's just this part of me that's so happy that it was just with a building this time, and no one was hurt, so I can ignore this for just a while longer... I know that sounds horrible, but you all don't know the half of his nonsense.

Thanks for letting me vent.

None of it concerns me, this girl only trained me and then went to another store. But for the past few months she's been playing games with our boss, calling off, her work not being up to standards, leaving early. It turns out she's pregnant. She's like 24, 25, not too young... but we had two real conversations in the week she trained me - the first one was how being women, our boss is paying us VERY well. This is the most either of us has ever made in our field (she went to school for it, I 40, worked from thr ground up).

Our second conversation was when she asked me if I had/ wanted kids. I said no, then asked her the same. Her eyes glazed over as if I was holding a glazed donut above her head & she was Homer Simpson. Through her glassy eyed stare she says as if in a trance "I want babies SO bad."

Then she gets into a car accident, car is totaled, her and her S/O only have one vehicle. Don't have funds to replace it, and you're crying about not being able to make it to work.

Now you're having a baby.

I just don't get it. At 24-25 you're making "more than you ever have" with being so young you could probably BE someone in this company within under a decade. But then you pretty much throw it all away.

Something you paid money to go to school for, and you're fucking it all up.

I've been joking with my boss, at least he doesn't have to worry about me. Although I MAY come in one day and say "I've adopted my FOURTH cat!"

😅

This isn't a serious "what's wrong with me" but moreso "what COULD have happened?"

So, back in 2022 I went in for disk replacement surgery between my c3-4 & c6-7. It all went fine, but when I woke up in recovery my hands and arms were covered in blood. There was a nurse beside me, typing on the computer, and the first thing I said to him was "is this blood?" And he goes "ooooh, yeah.... it is..." and I asked "why? What happened?" And he said "I dunno!" Then quickly cleaned me up.

I asked my surgeon when he came in to check on me, and he proceeded to say "I dunno!" Then left.

No one knew why, or would admit WHY I was covered in blood.

It's been four years, and I still wonder why. Did I try to pull something out of ne while under anesthesia? Is that possible?

I know none of you were there, but what are your guesses?

(Because it says i have to include this)

Age(now): 40

Weight: it doesn't matter.