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Re: Life is full of difficult choices, for example having a Nervous Break Down vs. Being Charged with Aggrivated Battery (WARNING: Bad Experience VENT!)
From: Samantha (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 30 Jun 2000 22:48:10 +0100
Ginger
What a sh**y thing to happen. Try to take solace from the fact that we all
know you to be a beautiful, intelligent and wonderful person who contributes
so much to all our lives - and remember that he is just a half witted moron
and his own mother probably doesnt want to own him.
We love you
*hugs*
SamP
>----- Original Message -----
From: Ginger <anonymous@obgyn.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS <anonymous@obgyn.net>
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 4:23 AM
Subject: Life is full of difficult choices, for example having a Nervous
Break Down vs. Being Charged with Aggrivated Battery (WARNING: Bad
Experience VENT!)
> Hi all. First off, let me thank you for responding to my earlier
> message regarding my speech. Your stories mean so much to me and have
> made me feel a lot better than I was a few minutes ago (before I read
> them). I had such a crappy thing happen to me today. If you're brave
> enough, read on.
>
> I had my class tonight and we discussed our ideas for topics (mine being
> PCOS). It went really great. My professor and a lot of the students
> seemed very interested and asked a lot of questions. My speech isn't
> for another 2 weeks, but they seemed genuinely receptive and were very
> supportive. Well, I was feeling really good about that and on my way
> home went through the Taco Bell drive-thru for dinner. It was already
> after 8:00PM and I knew I could get a taco salad without chips and do ok
> carb-wise. So, I order my salad & a diet Pepsi. When I get to the
> window, there are 2 kids working, both boys about 16-17 yrs. old. I
> pay for my order and then one of them hands me my soda saying "Here's
> your (yells) DIET! Pepsi, I don't think THAT'S gonna help!!!" Then, he
> and the other guy start laughing hysterically. My heart dropped to my
> stomach. Immediately, I figured I had 3 choices:
> 1. Reach my arm through the window, pull the little punk out by the
> throat and beat the snot out of him.
> 2. Go inside and demand to talk to his manager. (heck, it was Taco
> Bell, he looked about 17 - he could've BEEN the manager!)
> 3. Ignore him.
>
> I chose #3. I was in such shock I could barely think. I then proceded
> to drive home, alternating between uncontrolable sobbing and cursing
> like a sailor. I really wish I would have DONE something. And now I'm
> mad at myself for letting him get away with it! How dare some stranger
> step into my life for a matter of seconds and jerk my happiness away
> from me!!!!! UUUGGGGHHHH!!! I had a 30 mile drive home, and by the time
> I got here I felt like I was going to throw up. My husband thought I
> had been in an accident or something. I still feel sick and ended up
> throwing the salad in the garbage. So, now I'm having a sugar crash
> too!! But, I feel like if I try to eat it's not going to stick around
> for long. (Sorry about all the graphics, I tried to warn you!)
>
> So anyway, I am starting to feel better now just because I wrote it
> down. I read Paula's post to my earlier message and it about broke my
> heart because I know that she and I aren't the only ones who have been
> tormented like this. Sometimes people are so mean it makes me want to
> pack up my family and move into a cave somewhere. I swear that if
> anyone ever says something so cruel to my children they will have he**
> to pay! I grew up going through crap like this - I paid my dues, now I
> wish people would leave me alone!!!!
>
> Ok, if you made it through this mini-novel, thank you. I just had to
> get all of this out of me, and I feel like you wonderful, beautiful,
> brilliant ladies are the only ones who could possibly understand how I
> feel.
>
> Thanks for being here. I love you all.
> Goodnight,
> Ginger
>
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