tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725106142359702200.post473588476397744300..comments2024-03-29T09:31:53.769+13:00Comments on No Kidding in NZ: The Fraud SyndromeMalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03928262526502319303noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725106142359702200.post-67470772225903387772015-11-25T22:58:39.818+13:002015-11-25T22:58:39.818+13:00Oh, sometimes they all pile up, don't they? I&...Oh, sometimes they all pile up, don't they? I'm sorry to hear about your mom. Hope everybody who's deciding can be of one heart and mind...and hope you can get some good news on the financial area. Amelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16792921371964029469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725106142359702200.post-54646877552944410392015-11-23T00:33:49.605+13:002015-11-23T00:33:49.605+13:00dear Mali,
wishing you and all the people you love...dear Mali,<br />wishing you and all the people you love and care for all the best for the future!<br />xoKlarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17028863974858724867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725106142359702200.post-70402618727671271182015-11-21T17:04:02.170+13:002015-11-21T17:04:02.170+13:00Those little things really add up, and some of the...Those little things really add up, and some of them (the stuff on the second list) aren't all that little. Some of those are really big issues, and just because you aren't at a crisis point with any of them doesn't mean they aren't stressful. <br />I hope you find some peace soon.Noemihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12792217151905218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725106142359702200.post-22465361654694665222015-11-20T03:35:16.546+13:002015-11-20T03:35:16.546+13:00I don't think that any of this makes you a fra...I don't think that any of this makes you a fraud. I think it makes you a human. Placing yourself in a position of vulnerability and talking about what is hard is far more difficult than talking about what is easy. I appreciate you being real with us. Holding you in my thoughts and sending hugs your way! BentNotBrokenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10151724076659555122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725106142359702200.post-39530416420555219662015-11-20T03:29:22.639+13:002015-11-20T03:29:22.639+13:00I so hear you! Everyone assumes that because dh &a...I so hear you! Everyone assumes that because dh & I don't have kids and are now essentially retired, we must really be "living the life." One of his cousins demanded to know why weren't in Paris or something (this was pre-Friday Nov. 13th). We're hoping some travel is in our future -- but in the past month or so alone, we've had to buy a new refrigerator (25-year-old one on the verge of conking out), buy plane tickets for a visit to my parents at Christmastime, pay stepBIL to paint the house, including supplies (which ate up 3 weeks during the time when the fall colours were the nicest). And then I ripped the sleeve on my light spring/fall coat, so I'm looking for a new one. And then dh took the car in for an oil change last week, & was presented with a list of stuff that needed to be done, to the tune of $1,200 for parts alone. It's a 13-year-old car. So we wound up going car shopping. I think I just waved my February vacation in Florida goodbye. :p And that's just the monetary-related woes. Yes, this kind of stuff happens to people with kids too -- but the point being, life happens, whether you have kids or not, and it's not all sunshine & roses just because you don't have children to deal with. loribethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09272814565916935113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725106142359702200.post-24147681218368664692015-11-20T02:59:29.815+13:002015-11-20T02:59:29.815+13:00I think the little daily stresses can be just as d...I think the little daily stresses can be just as damaging as the big stresses. Sometimes more so? Mostly because we think we should be able to handle the little stresses (even though sometimes we actually can't) whereas we give ourselves space to deal emotionally with the bigger stressors. I would kick myself for eating candy because I'm stressed about a chapter. But I would never kick myself for eating candy because I'm stressed about someone's illness.<br /><br />I always assume that what I see on the screen is a small sliver of someone's life, but it IS good to hear about someone's stresses because it reminds us that everyone deals with crap. Lollipop Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01020874415819057995noreply@blogger.com