number4 ( member #62204) posted at 10:05 PM on Thursday, September 5th, 2024
found an item that was to be used by April 1961 !!
OK, that's just pathological! My kid goes through our stuff occasionally, and if it's expired even a month ago, she lectures us and throws it out. I tend to go through non-perishables every year or so. H tends to hang on to expired OTC meds because he's worked in pharmaceutical research for his whole career and ignores expiration dates (will grin snidely and say they're just suggestions).
Me: BWHim: WHMarried - 30+ yearsTwo adult daughters1st affair: 2005-20072nd-4th affairs: 2016-2017Many assessments/polygraph: no sex addictionStatus: R
Superesse ( member #60731) posted at 10:18 PM on Thursday, September 5th, 2024
Ah, 1961...what a good year that was....can't blame her for wanting time to stop, back when life made so much more sense, eh?
I'm only half kidding...but I do think that is a record of some sort.
How did that make you feel?
EvenKeel ( member #24210) posted at 1:53 PM on Friday, September 6th, 2024
I am sure the task feels never-ending but you are getting there. I admire you and have been following your updates so I just wanted to pop in with a little cheer for you!
I know this task is coming down the pike for me so I have been taking in all your blood, sweat & tear posts.
That is very interesting about the Christmas card; the validation of what your heart knew as a child. Your mom sounds like she did an amazing job navigating that back in the day. I mean, she knew how they were and still went above and beyond!
SackOfSorry (original poster member #83195) posted at 11:07 AM on Monday, September 9th, 2024
Grrr. I got a message from my brother yesterday. He's upset that I left a bag of garbage outside, and apparently an animal tore it open and he doesn't "understand why this bag wasn't put in the bin that was empty." It's all I can do not to message back and say "I don't understand why there's a motorcycle in mom's house but here we are."
Me - BW
DDay - May 4, 2013
And nothing's quite as sure as change. (The Mamas and the Papas)
