The venting thread

[azgreg]

How about a thread to vent about something. I'll start.

I recently turned 60 and I need a physical. I just got off the phone with the 5th doctor's office looking for a new doctor and the soonest any of them can see me is early April.

[tailingpermit]

On 9/17/2024 at 2:04 PM, azgreg said:

How about a thread to vent about something. I'll start.

I recently turned 60 and I need a physical. I just got off the phone with the 5th doctor's office looking for a new doctor and the soonest any of them can see me is early April.

Can’t you get one at urgent care?

[The San Diegan]

On 9/17/2024 at 11:04 AM, azgreg said:

How about a thread to vent about something. I'll start.

I recently turned 60 and I need a physical. I just got off the phone with the 5th doctor's office looking for a new doctor and the soonest any of them can see me is early April.

Need an angry emoji for this post. That fucking sucks man.

[Antonio Diego]

On 9/17/2024 at 11:04 AM, azgreg said:

How about a thread to vent about something. I'll start.

I recently turned 60 and I need a physical. I just got off the phone with the 5th doctor's office looking for a new doctor and the soonest any of them can see me is early April.

But, but, but they said that only happens in "socialist universal systems"!

[SharkTanked]

Well this is timely...

I'm going thru the big D and don't mean Dallas.

Last Sunday morning, my wife of 24 yrs informed me we are getting divorced. Not too surprised. Things had been steadily trending down for awhile and the kid is 19 and still living at home but getting steadily independent. Kid is cool with it.

The vent is not about my wife. Nor the fact we are divorcing.

Nevada is a common law state.

The vent is about the entire financial situation regarding divorce. Even marriage. How a religious distinction turned into a social distinction which became a financial entanglement, I am guessing, is to keep lawyers gainfully employed.

We are very amicable. We both want to set each other up for success in our next stage in life. We want to avoid lawyers as much as possible.

But I am a government worker, 24 yrs in with 6 yrs to full pension. And when doing a purely fiscal analysis, that is a holy hell lot of money as seen by the divorce industry. My wife doesn't want to touch it and is adamant about that, but we met with a financial divorce consultant today just to get the picture and it was clear to both of us that divorce is an industry full of parasites that exist to bleed fees from hostile parties. To the point they were trying to turn my wife from what she felt was right. Thanks God she is still the woman I always knew and didn't budge from what she thought was right.

He did bring up good points and we are getting close to an equal distribution that we are comfortable with. Made us think.of things on terms we had not been doing before. Mostly loss of income and some tax implications. So this instance turned out as a value add... BUT...

Thank God we are not hostile parties, because then the sharks come out and the only happy parties are the lawyers and consultants. They complain about hostile parties, but they really love them because it is a fee multiplier.

What a fucked up industry that is! People bitch about government, but at least we typically add to collective social improvement. WTF do these guys do? An industry profiting off one of the most emotional and gut wrenching experience in one's life. And the more emotional the more profitable. Fucking leaches.

[modestobulldog]

On 9/17/2024 at 11:28 PM, SharkTanked said:

Well this is timely...

I'm going thru the big D and don't mean Dallas.

Last Sunday morning, my wife of 24 yrs informed me we are getting divorced. Not too surprised. Things had been steadily trending down for awhile and the kid is 19 and still living at home but getting steadily independent. Kid is cool with it.

The vent is not about my wife. Nor the fact we are divorcing.

Nevada is a common law state.

The vent is about the entire financial situation regarding divorce. Even marriage. How a religious distinction turned into a social distinction which became a financial entanglement, I am guessing, is to keep lawyers gainfully employed.

We are very amicable. We both want to set each other up for success in our next stage in life. We want to avoid lawyers as much as possible.

But I am a government worker, 24 yrs in with 6 yrs to full pension. And when doing a purely fiscal analysis, that is a holy hell lot of money as seen by the divorce industry. My wife doesn't want to touch it and is adamant about that, but we met with a financial divorce consultant today just to get the picture and it was clear to both of us that divorce is an industry full of parasites that exist to bleed fees from hostile parties. To the point they were trying to turn my wife from what she felt was right. Thanks God she is still the woman I always knew and didn't budge from what she thought was right.

He did bring up good points and we are getting close to an equal distribution that we are comfortable with. Made us think.of things on terms we had not been doing before. Mostly loss of income and some tax implications. So this instance turned out as a value add... BUT...

Thank God we are not hostile parties, because then the sharks come out and the only happy parties are the lawyers and consultants. They complain about hostile parties, but they really love them because it is a fee multiplier.

What a fucked up industry that is! People bitch about government, but at least we typically add to collective social improvement. WTF do these guys do? An industry profiting off one of the most emotional and gut wrenching experience in one's life. And the more emotional the more profitable. Fucking leaches.

That subject could be its own thread.

[InnZoneU]

People that don't know how to use self-checkouts

People that complain about using self-checkouts when there is a cashier there

Drivers who speed up and race you when you pass them bc they are driving slow AF to begin with

Anyone over the age of 30 in a pro sports jersey

[modestobulldog]

People who use drive-thru when they don’t know what they want.

[modestobulldog]

On 9/18/2024 at 11:15 AM, InnZoneU said:

People that don't know how to use self-checkouts

People that complain about using self-checkouts when there is a cashier there

Drivers who speed up and race you when you pass them bc they are driving slow AF to begin with

Anyone over the age of 30 in a pro sports jersey

This is a venting thread, not a whining thread, please narrow to one. However, I will thumbs up #3!

[RSF]

On 9/18/2024 at 2:31 PM, modestobulldog said:

People who use drive-thru when they don’t know what they want.

How dare you bring up my wife....

[InnZoneU]

On 9/18/2024 at 12:34 PM, modestobulldog said:

This is a venting thread, not a whining thread, please narrow to one. However, I will thumbs up #3!

I was never aware there was a difference between venting and whining lol.  Maybe you can deconstruct that?  Actually nevermind, it's not important.

#3s are the worst, we can agree.

[SWspartan]

Litterbugs are lazy, selfish Jerks. So are those who park in Disabled persons parking spaces when they're not disabled. 

Thanks for letting me vent. 👊

[Madmartigan]

On 9/17/2024 at 12:04 PM, azgreg said:

How about a thread to vent about something. I'll start.

I recently turned 60 and I need a physical. I just got off the phone with the 5th doctor's office looking for a new doctor and the soonest any of them can see me is early April.

I typically see a midlevel for a physical: PA or NP. I don't think it's terribly complicated to do physicals. All that said, we definitely don't have enough Family Care docs in the US. The incentives just aren't there for someone in med school to do a residency in family care. 

[Madmartigan]

On 9/18/2024 at 1:31 PM, modestobulldog said:

People who use drive-thru when they don’t know what they want.

Your wife must insist on using the drive-thru if you're typing this. 

[Orange]

Can SOMEONE do SOMETHING about these horrific ads on this forum that make it borderline unusable?

[Orange]

On 9/17/2024 at 11:28 PM, SharkTanked said:

Well this is timely...

I'm going thru the big D and don't mean Dallas.

Last Sunday morning, my wife of 24 yrs informed me we are getting divorced. Not too surprised. Things had been steadily trending down for awhile and the kid is 19 and still living at home but getting steadily independent. Kid is cool with it.

The vent is not about my wife. Nor the fact we are divorcing.

Nevada is a common law state.

The vent is about the entire financial situation regarding divorce. Even marriage. How a religious distinction turned into a social distinction which became a financial entanglement, I am guessing, is to keep lawyers gainfully employed.

We are very amicable. We both want to set each other up for success in our next stage in life. We want to avoid lawyers as much as possible.

But I am a government worker, 24 yrs in with 6 yrs to full pension. And when doing a purely fiscal analysis, that is a holy hell lot of money as seen by the divorce industry. My wife doesn't want to touch it and is adamant about that, but we met with a financial divorce consultant today just to get the picture and it was clear to both of us that divorce is an industry full of parasites that exist to bleed fees from hostile parties. To the point they were trying to turn my wife from what she felt was right. Thanks God she is still the woman I always knew and didn't budge from what she thought was right.

He did bring up good points and we are getting close to an equal distribution that we are comfortable with. Made us think.of things on terms we had not been doing before. Mostly loss of income and some tax implications. So this instance turned out as a value add... BUT...

Thank God we are not hostile parties, because then the sharks come out and the only happy parties are the lawyers and consultants. They complain about hostile parties, but they really love them because it is a fee multiplier.

What a fucked up industry that is! People bitch about government, but at least we typically add to collective social improvement. WTF do these guys do? An industry profiting off one of the most emotional and gut wrenching experience in one's life. And the more emotional the more profitable. Fucking leaches.

Family law is fucking horrific and many of the family lawyers who succeed there are bloodsucking parasites.  Most of it is in the system, and the good lawyers (and good humans) I know who started in family law ALWAYS leave it.  

[modestobulldog]

On 9/18/2024 at 2:23 PM, Madmartigan said:

Your wife must insist on using the drive-thru if you're typing this. 

Actually no, it is a general gripe that happens occasionally.  But I make sure we know what we are ordering before entering the drive thru.

[Quack 12]

On 9/18/2024 at 12:34 PM, modestobulldog said:

Anyone over the age of 30 in a pro sports jersey

I'm well past 30 and I don't own any jerseys, pro or college, but I really don't have a problem with it unless it has a player's name on it. A lot of Seahawks fans wear No. 12 jerseys with "FAN" on the back. That seems fine.

My "old man yells at cloud" vent: I hate tailgaters. 

[modestobulldog]

On 9/19/2024 at 12:07 PM, Quack 12 said:

I'm well past 30 and I don't own any jerseys, pro or college, but I really don't have a problem with it unless it has a player's name on it. A lot of Seahawks fans wear No. 12 jerseys with "FAN" on the back. That seems fine.

My "old man yells at cloud" vent: I hate tailgaters. 

That is weird, your quote of me wasn’t my quote at all, it was InnZoneU’s

[The San Diegan]

Auto"correct" making me all sound like Oswald Bates n' shit.