Today, March 8th, 2020 is International Woman’s Day
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Today is International Woman’s Day. Let’s celebrate the wonderful women in our lives.
I’ll go 1st. I celebrate and honor my mom, who reared 4 children on a thin budget, and always was so fair we each felt like we were the favorite child. It’s been just over 3 years since she passed and I still miss her terribly.
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YAY for Women!
My Mother has been gone for a long time now, but she was amazing.
My Wife of 35+ yrs is the absolute best spouse I ever could have married.
My daughter has gone through a lot, with the loss of a husband and raising 2 amazing boys.
I won’t post pics of them, so I’ll just post a picture of a ‘Woman’.
I’m gonna tell my boyfriend today is defiantly all about me, so he better kiss my feet and be my bitch today lol. But in all seriousness my mom is awesome too. She has been there for my brothers and I every time we needed her. Growing up, I don’t know how the hell she fed us? It must have been like that Simpson’s episode where marge puts sawdust in the meatloaf to stretch it. So congrats to my mom!
@star2236 Good luck with your defiant boyfriend. Maybe you can tame him this weekend.
@phendrick
He was making me breakfast before I even woke up.
@star2236 Wow, good work! How long do you think the training will hold for? ;>)
I don’t recall my wife ever doing that for me. (Too late now, she’s in Alzheimer’s care.) Of course, I probably did not do it for her either, except on her sick days. OTOH, it was rare for me to be up before her. When she worked, she usually had to be there 7ish, and liked to get her chores, including waking and feeding our son, and seemed like she did laundry daily, done beforehand. So she liked getting up around 5. Usually by then, I’d had only a few hours sleep and needed more. I’m a night owl, so rarely went to bed before midnight, but by then she had usually pooped out several hours earlier.
Hope you give your SO/BF some nice payback in due time.
Indulge him in the coming March Madness, if he’s the type.
@star2236 Forgot to mention, today is her birthday. I wonder if that will have meaning to her when I visit her later today. I’ll take some chocolates to her, I know she will appreciate that. It will be during or after her evening meal. I won’t take many, because any left over or any other kind of present I take (flowers or cards) tend to get pilfered by the other residents — some of them tend to go through each others’ rooms, even taking clothes that wouldn’t fit them, or family pictures. One lady even moves furniture, such as lamps, small chairs, end tables, in or out of the rooms!
@phendrick
Oh god, I hate March madness! It’s just sports, sports and more sports. I’m banished to the bedroom if I wanna watch anything else. I cook dinner all the time (Sunday is a big dinner) and lately I’ve been trying to bake something every weekend like cookies, pies, scones or pastries like I used to years ago. I’m very good to him.
Sorry about your wife, Alzheimer’s is such a horrible disease. I worked in a psych hospital for years and had a lot of early onset Alzheimer’s pts.
@star2236 March Madness – but it is only one month of the year, there are 11 others. (Of course, football rules several others…) How much I get into MM depends pretty much on how my college teams are doing – and that’s not real well this season, so my watching might be toned downed considerably this year.
Tell him today is yours, rest of month is his, but he owes you, then next month is yours again! If sports is his second mistress, then you aren’t that bad off. (And remember, for most guys, watching a Lifetime movie is worse than watching a basketball game is for you. Experience talking here.)
You can probably work out a deal with him; you cook/bake for him, he gives you a full hour of back, foot, …, massage each time. (I know I’d be in for that.)
Did get to visit my wife for about 90 minutes earlier this evening, even had our 22-year-old married son in tow. She enjoyed seeing me and especially him, since he doesn’t like to go there very much (which I understand). I go regularly 3 evenings a week. After her supper, we watched the last half of “Goldfinger” movie on TV; they hadn’t seen it before and I hadn’t seen it in forever, maybe not since it first came out. I asked my wife if she liked the concession stand for movies, and when she said yes, I presented her a small box of chocolates, Valentine style. She had two and one each for myself and my son. I was surprised and disappointed that only we came to see her for her birthday, and none of her family who are mostly from this area. Glad, but mostly sad, occasion.
Enjoy what you have together, you never know how long it will last.
Peace.
@phendrick
I just saw the other comment you wrote about the it being her birthday and other residents taking/moving stuff, that’s horrible. You pay for her to be watched after and taken care of, you would expect that would include her belongings too. I understand don’t keep anything valuable there but she should be able to wake up and have her clothing, pictures and other personal items not messed with. Unfortunately health care is a very under paid profession, people either do it bc they love it or it’s the highest paid profession they can do without a degree and that’s were you get the bad care.
I hope your son and you enjoyed her birthday with her. I’m sorry no other family member came by for her, maybe they see it as she probably won’t remember them so there’s no point in them going. Which is no excuses bc even if she can’t remember them they could still sit and talk with her and share stories of life. How bad is your wife’s Alzheimer’s? You said she was happy to see your son so she can remember him and you.
My great grandma had Alzheimer’s too and I remember visiting her with my mom and my aunts and grandma, she usually knew her daughter but repeatedly asked who my mom and aunts were sometimes remembering even know they regularly came and never knew who I was.
I definitely get what you mean about not taking time for granted bc you never know how much you have left. I’m 37 and was in a horrible work injury when I worked at the psychiatric hospital (now on disability)and after one of my surgeries had a blood clot on my brain and a stroke and then right after I got somewhat better my father who’s older was diagnosed with throat cancer went through radiation/chemo had it come back and had to have a 12 hour surgery that has forever changed his life and is now blind and relies on a peg tub to eat. I go over to his house several times a week to hang out with him and talk bc like you said you never know how much time is left.
Have a good day.
I’d celebrate International Women’s Day, but I’m afraid that I don’t know any International Women.
@phendrick Unless – that family down the street – could they be illegals?
@phendrick Sure you do.
@mike808 Nope, never met
himherthem(?).Well, my mother-in-law and sisters-in-law are international women, and they’re keepers. Maybe I’ll send them a text message! My better half is a national woman now, so she’ll have to wait for her special day. (That’ll work, right?)
When is National Women’s Day, btw?
@therealjrn In the topic pic, I swear that looks like Joe Biden in the back. (Was that intentional?) (Or is that just Leo DiCaprio suitably aged?) Seems to be striking a familiar pose, also.
Several questions arise:
Did Uncle Joe survive? Thought all the men (?) went down with the ship.
Is he that much older than he lets on?
He hasn’t changed his ways much, has he?
@phendrick Whaaaat?
Imagine celebrating women more than just the one token day a year allowed by the old white guys we keep electing to celebrate themselves the other 364.
@mike808
/giphy cheer
@tinamarie1974 Come ON @mike808. Do keep up please–this is a leap year.
@therealjrn @tinamarie1974
Says the guy who celebrated his mom today instead of Mother’s Day.
@mike808 You’ve done nothing but shit all over this topic today.
Why do you hate women so much?
We’re all international in one way or another
I have so many strong women in my life that helped mold and guide me starting with my mom and grandma (her mom). They taught me long ago to treat everyone equal regardless of race, sex, religion, status, etc. They also taught me not to let others hold me back because of mine. They are and were remarkable women. Love them so much
I was raised by women, my mother and my sister. Would not have wanted it any other way. (And my mother was born in (then) Czechoslovakia, so truly international)
My father always said that women should always be treated condescendingly. It’s more difficult for them. Seeing the birth of my child, I realized how difficult it is. Every woman needs a reward for her courage. I’m glad I will never give birth.