Here's a group hug.

From your friends at DU.

I told her I'm fine and dropping it. She still thinks my gallbladder surgery was unnecessary

shoveling down the five-star pasta.

That show was part of the reason I was okay seeing a therapist. I'd been through some rough spots before and if anything, that bad happened again and I was depressed, I would ask to see someone.

It did and I just answered the intake questions truthfully at my doctor's office and indicated I had been depressed. He suggested an anti-depressant and I had always thought there was too much of that. People should see a therapist first maybe? So I did and that worked out well, but I ended up going for the anti-depressant.

It's Celexa and works great for me. One thing about that stuff is they also prescribe it for alcoholism. That's not why I'm on it but I think it works for that. I would only drink a few times a year. Usually when I broke training, I'd make it good and get drunk a few times over a week or so. About the first real hangover I got, and I was done again for months.

You can't drink on this shit, and I never have really had the urge. I'm like two years overdue.

My ex was like that with her bills, and I helped her out some for a while. It's one of the reasons we are done. She would know she was probably in trouble but not even open her bills. Like she was afraid to look. So then a utility gets cut off and it's an emergence and I'm on the phone fixing it for her. I had enough after a while and called it quits.

Gotta call the water dept. Cannot flush the toilet. Hope she doesn't need to take a dump.

No money again I'm starting to think she's bullshitting me

But! My sister and I are mid-seventies and a few months ago I had enough and stopped contact. My life is so much calmer and easier, I am astounded I didn't make a permanent break years ago. I was concerned one of us would die while we were estranged, now I don't give a hoot. We live in different states.

I don't keep friends like that, why keep family? Good for you.

tolerate from non-relatives. I’m an only child and don’t have much family, but I feel I may be better off than having to deal with impossible people.

Big Hugs to you and XanaDUer2!

I'm also in the midst of being shunned now by a cousin i thought was my best friend. I am not getting a visit for my bday this yr.

I do it bc I want to feel less alone and maintain good relationships with them.. so I take a lot, esp from my sister. The cousin was not that bad.

Craziness. Then I reached out still trying to establish a relationship