MichCamper & Friends Chit-Chat Thread - Fun, Friends, Great Chat & More! Happy 2014!

morning all
I hope your weeks are going well

michcamper, you have a big heart and patience for helping out your friend.
You do know when you do for others it comes back to you 10 fold. Hope it helps with your rough expenses.

It's been a rough evening yesterday and morning today trying to be supportive for my friend. The one that I took food to for her Monday lunch. She's caught her husband yet again either having or trying to have relations with another woman. She went to order flowers for her teenage son to take with him on a dance/date, and the floral store already had everything on file when she provided her home phone number. She's never been there before and hasn't ever gotten flowers from him in the 21 years they have known each other. That caused her to check phone records, instant messaging logs, and some other things and was able to confirm things. He posted that he wished he was still unemployed so he could spend the day talking and seeing her. He wants to run away with her to Vegas and so on. She is married, but returned to her husband recently and appears to have another man on the side besides my friends husband.

This is the third time. I knew about the last one, and didn't know about the first time. It seems this guy keeps falling into a pattern. There is a teenage son (15) and a toddler girl (2). It's not an easy situation. Last time then decided to stay together and work on things. It was difficult but they made it through a lot of things including financial hardships, long-long-term unemployment, his going back to school, and a variety of other things. From the outside looking in, it seems she has been a good mother and wife. Granted, I haven't spoken to him and I don't know his side of things, but I don't think this is a case of not having a loving and supportive spouse. If anything, as a spectator, I see him not doing much for her or supporting/appreciating her.

It wont be easy for her to decide what action to take. I wouldn't want to be in her shoes. You tend to have invested after all those years and there are the kids to consider too.


It's amazing to me that people seem to undervalue what they have and how it appears that what they have to lose isn't considered by those that stray. Assuming my friend is right - the other woman and my friend's husband could lose their spouse, families, savings, homes, future, and so much more as well. What will they gain? Someone else with a history of cheating? Someone else that gives up and looks for someone new when things turn boring or difficult? From what I have seen, it was my friend that was the provider, so I'm not sure how he thinks he'll fair on his own.

It's just sad. All I can do is provide viewpoints for my friend to consider, and listen. I can provide emotional support and pull her back from the ledge when she begins to see herself as a failure. I can't tell her what to do. It's not my relationship. I'm not the one that knows what splitting up or staying together like this will be like. I'm not the one with over 21 years invested.

I pray for her.

Sorry for the loss Mich, those are always tough.

So, where was this slickdeal you came across? I may need stuff for future work. But, I have to do my best to shed some weight. This no snow has had a bad effect. No shoveling = no exercise. Twice, I had to do major shoveling so far. First time, the snow was gone the next day... The second, the snow was gone the second day after... I don't think I've seen the neighbor plow his driveway yet this year. Few people in the area hadn't bothered with even clearing any snow. The UPS guys was grateful that I had cleared snow. He said few driveways were clear. One reason I knew I had to shovel. Just to make it easy for him.

I probable could hit the golf course, but I haven't had the time available to do so. I'd like to say I golfed all winter. I know someone that has in Nov, Jan and Feb. I'm not sure about December though.

I did get those BOGO headlights from Amazon. I'll probable wait till Friday to install them in the car. In the last two weeks I just bought new low beams and last month it was high beams. Odd that they tend to go out at the same time. But, I think I'll swap them out and see how the new ones are. I'd like to have a wider field of light.

I'd like to get the BR set of Back to the Future. I keep missing out on the Amazon/Target $20 deals. I did score on the $15 Tranformers set though at BB last week. I haven't had a chance to watch it yet though. That was still free since I had the BB GC's. Plus, I got a friend to mail me his $10 coupon he had from the disk he bought in September. I'm wondering if the $15 set is less than what he paid for the single disc.

I found the clearance items at Target.

Thanks.


https://slickdeals.net/permadeal/68510/amazon.com-4pack-ge-nighthawk-platinum-headlight-bulbs
They may still be active. You can add one of each high/low to the cart, to receive the BOGO. Not till the last page, before you submit, will you see the discount. IF it's there.

They're cheaper than the Sylvania SilverStar that I recently purchased. Sure, these may not last as long. But, I'd like to know if they have a wider field of light, we'll see.

Looks like the high and low bulbs are the same in my vehicle. $40.00 but I don't really need them now.

I didn't need them. Since I just replaced everything. But, I took the time to swap everything out this morning. So, I'll find out how well they are. I know the orange pack Sylvania is what I had for the high beams and I didn't like that they didn't spread out. There was light a tunnel of light. But, the low beams do stay on. So, at least they lit the edges.

I had about $15 left for a gift card use. So, that wasn't too bad. I stopped and picked up some more Kindle cards.
I'm taking a chance that there won't be a good LCD monitor clearance at BB. Hopefully, Amazon will have something. I was going to get a second one. But, I may have to replace my current one. It's having issues.

It's been a long day. I'm glad to be home. How is everyone?

Finished lab in class. Now waiting for the others to finish. Then, it's lecture time.