Rant

One of my pet peeves is when someone asks me a question and I start to answer it, and before I have 3 words out, the person is already talking over the top of me about something else. Why ask a question if you don't plan to listen to the answer?!

Gosh, I wish I could scold my mother. lol

Carol, you have to be more sneaky.

My Rant for today is against the boss, who when she gets hold of something is like a dog with a bone, and honest to goodness I made a simple mistake, but now she is all over me like I caused a major car accident and she has taken it personally to watch my "behaviour", which isn't a behavior problem at all, it was one freakin' mistake.

Good rant!! Mine is about a know -it-all guy at church, I'm trying my hardest to keep a Christian attitude....*running off to pray*

I when family members want money they come to us. Like I am retired, making about a fourth of what I was making when I was working. I take money out of saving to pay a bill, it take forever to get it back in there. Guess they think we have a money tree some where to get the money from.

Who could deny anyone chocolate--that's just cruel.

I am pissed off when people say things, talk you into things "oh this is such a good idea..." and when you finally agree to the idea, maybe it really is a good one, they change their freaking minds!!!!

I really don't have a thing to complain about but I do want to say that Grandma's should be allowed to give a grandbaby a lick of ice cream! Next time, just wait til her mom isn't looking!

Fate and Destiny

How would you feel having a family member expect to be waited on hand and foot just because of a sprained ankle?? To make matters worse, the family member is complaining that the rest of us are not helping out when we are the ones doing all the work and the pain is soooo unbearable that the family member has to make sure that everyone else knows. The part that makes me really irate is the fact the family member is able to get around on their own on crutches, but instead rather rant about the fact that no one is there for them and only when it is convenient does this person get up and get what they want.

I guess when we read other people's rants we realize how good we have it ?! ha. (sorry, Diana!)

I hate how my parents look down at me as the black sheep and treat me like I am still 13 years old and try to manipulate everything I do. NON-unconditional love!! It's always been that way!

how about a pregnat 20 year daughter who sit there and tell me I dont know how she feels,, gee never been there I pluck her from the egg donor farm I tell her.. that got her madder....

Cruelty or mean-spiritedness makes me take note and action.

BTW, Carol, don't allow your' children to disrespect you...no matter how old they are. My children would hear a roaring, "WHAT?"

Is your daughter a first time Mom?? That might have something to do with her being over-protective.
When my daughter Maddie was a baby, my aunt tried to give her candy and I jumped in and said, "oh that's not good for her." I still get hassled about that to this day!!
But Nana and Papa would take her to their house and sneak her ice-cream and yummy snacks!
Then along came Aidan (our little boy) and I am not as protective of him at all! I was letting him have candy ect way before I was letting my daughter!!

Parents have rules for their kids and we expect our parents to respect our wishes.

Too bad there is not a rulebook you just whip out and say - "These are the rules for my children. I ask that you not infringe on my right to be a ---------- parent. Just because you have kids who survivied to adulthood, even me, does not mean you know anything about being a parent. Please return book because now I feel like a dork having said this and seeing it in print. Sorry."

My daughter just called. She and her hubby both appologized, but I feel like I might do something else to offend. I have seven grandchildren. What are the odds? The fact is that they could disrespect me. They are quite loving and come to me with every need and want, and I put a drop of chocolate in my granddaughter's mouth. It hurt bad. This aritcle is interesting in that venting helps.

actually I agree with James here Carol..but I hate seriously who disregard their grandmothers...You have a big heart Carol..

I have lots of rants today, but none that I feel justified in having......that is horrible, it seems that I have no self esteem today!

I know there are a lot of parents who are trying to raise their children to eat more healthy today - but grandmas will be grandmas - and our job is to spoil them babies rotten and then send them home to ma and pa so they know all the hell they put us through!!!!!
And when they get old enough they will tell their parents 'grandma lets me'!!! Then the fun begins!!!!
No child should ever disrespect their parents!!!! "I brought you into this world, I can take you out!!" - not really, but has been used!!! heehee

One..your grandma, you get certain rights by that. Two.. your kids are alive, they dont get the right to scold you.
Though they do have the right to not want certain things for their own children. Of course I so disagree with the no sugar and such for children. Because of my thoughts on that my son will eat sweets, but normally tell you no thank you 'sugar makes me wild'. We regulate sugar and stuff thats bad for him but he will never be told no you cant eat that. He knows what is to much. One of his cousins though if she sees sugar she wants it and will get sick before she realizes she's had to much because her parents didnt make that a point.
Kudos for given the kid chocolate.

great rant

I can relate to the Grandma rant, I gave my grandaughter chocolate milk and a cookie and you would have thought I gave the child a hit of crack with a beer chaser!

I do try to abide by my daughter's wishes, but what's the point of coming to Grandma's if you aren't allowed to eat some of the forbidden things Mom or Dad won't let you have?! I can't have my grandbaby turned into the neighborhood carrot stick kid! You know the kids, at birthday parties, the rest of the children have ice cream and cake and this child has plain rice cakes, tofu cubes, celery and carrot sticks!

Carol, does your daughter allow the children to eat candy? If not I think your daughter could have been more compassionate about the way she handled the situation. I wish my daughter would try to scold me! I'd have to remind her that eventhough I might have been in the wrong she had better check herself! I still her parent. RIGHT LORI!

grandma's have special rules. you raised your children, now you get to spoil your grandchildren.

oops! I'm still her parent.

My rant is that a certain 2 year old decided not to take a nap today after he missed his nap yesterday due to being out at a party and the mall! 2 year olds should listen to their parents when their parents are trying to get them to take naps!
Anyway, he needs to know that he WILL take one tomorrow.

I hate when my husband decided to take forever to get dinner done. That it is 5:30 pm and I have to be done eating by 6 pm. How can I enjoy it without choking?

I hate it when I tell my kids to go to bed. They say okay but than I catch them still up watching tv.

I hate it when my husband says he wants to spend time with me but finds anything he can do so he doesn't have to be in the same room with me.

LOL -- my mother-in-law gives my kids all sorts of sweets that I would not normally let them have but I let it go -- she takes care of them a lot of time and it's a special time for both of them :-)

Next time don't let her know!!! Thanks

I thought that's what grandmas were for? No rant for today.

It drives me nuts when I tell someone I can do something and then they insist on watching me to see if I can. I installed a ceiling fan for my mom at my sister's house and she watched me the whole time....I was SOOOOO nervous the whole time! It did make me feel good when she said she was impressed and that I made it look easy....I told her it was :)

I want & need a job - I am a hard worker & am good at what I do but trying to get a job sucks & if I have to put that suit on one more time & go on one more interview where I will never hear from them again... I will scream so loud! Ok that's mine.

I don't care how old my children are, if they ever scold me they'll get an earful they won't like. If you can't act with respect, then you deserve to be told off.

I'd like to continue with your rant; if you wouldn't mind. I hate being yelled at by my children, too. I never yelled at my mother - ever. I have an eternal respect for her and her words. She keeps telling me I should not take that from my children; and should "put them in their place." She is also always telling me to "toughen up." But I feel in the grandmother role that one certainly feels more obligated to obey the parents' wishes. However, at times it does feel as though they are criticizing the mothering they received because their mom gave them that poisonous chocolate! There is a family tradition in our family initiated by my own grandmother. When I child turns 1 a loving adult lovingly sticks the baby's little fingers into the icing on the cake. Yes; scold away; that yuchhy nothing-but-sugar icing. I have made an issue of continuing this tradition. To my children I say: This tradition was begun by the greatest, most loving woman I have ever know. She was totally ignorant to the fact that sugar is a bad, bad, thing. But I want to make it known that one of my greatest wishes is for this little tradition, born of so much love, to continue through the generations despite the child having to inject some nasty, naughty sugar for one day. The babies love it. The cameras all flash and the child is captured for posterity with sugary icing on its cute little face. Let them hate me for it. I've earned a few wishes.