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[Reverie]

Good morning everyone! Already Friday again.

I wish I had such a family @Cory

Have a great day everyone!

This week was kind of a fast week and I’m okay with that. Hope you had or have a good day at work

 

[Cedric]

I did! Week went fast as well. Always surprises me how times goes so fast.

 

[Ken]

Happy Cinco de Mayo and...

 

[Arantor]

Oh yay

It's either that or start writing a new forum platform from scratch because I'm done with SMF.

 

[Cory]

I wish I had such a family @Cory

You're saying your family isn't very supportive?

 

[Cedric]

You're saying your family isn't very supportive?

Not on my side. My wife’s family is far more supportive. I abandoned more than half of my family due multiple issues. Choose to proceed my life without them putting my children and wife in first place. I haven’t spoken to my parents and sister in years. And about two years ago also decided not to talk to my brother anymore.

Oh well family drama. I block negative people and say goodbye forever.

 

[Cory]

Not on my side. My wife’s family is far more supportive. I abandoned more than half of my family due multiple issues. Choose to proceed my life without them putting my children and wife in first place. I haven’t spoken to my parents and sister in years. And about two years ago also decided not to talk to my brother anymore.

Oh well family drama. I block negative people and say goodbye forever.

It's sad when you have to block out your own family due to negativity and toxicity, but it's good to see you have some support from your wife's side of the family and herself.

I guess that's one reason I haven't felt much of a need to have a girlfriend/wife off and on throughout my life, because my immediate family is very supportive.

 

[kolakube]

Time to learn MyBB, I guess.

If I were to pick a free forum, it'd probably be MyBB. What's your motivation?

 

[Arantor]

If I were to pick a free forum, it'd probably be MyBB. What's your motivation?

It's not SMF, where I've been a core contributor and still have the most posts of anyone on their support forum.

 

[Ken]

Happy birthday to me...🎂🎉

 

[Reverie]

Happy birthday to me...🎂🎉

Aww happy birthday Ken! Any plans??

 

[Cedric]

Happy birthday @Ken_DaNerdiest1 !

 

[Ken]

Aww happy birthday Ken! Any plans??

Thanks and I already played Smash TV, Vs. Pinball and Shaolin's Road on the emulator today and I might play a couple others. Plus, I'll make myself a b-day dinner which will be 2 chicken patties and fries since I've lost 7lbs and down to 244 as of this writing.

 

[Reverie]

Thanks and I already played Smash TV, Vs. Pinball and Shaolin's Road on the emulator today and I might play a couple others. Plus, I'll make myself a b-day dinner which will be 2 chicken patties and fries since I've lost 7lbs and down to 244 as of this writing.

Wow! Congratulations on the progress so far in the weight loss! That's amazing - and sounds like a good dinner! Glad you've also got to enjoy some gaming time!

 

[Tracy]

Oh well family drama. I block negative people and say goodbye forever.

Many families have "drama" in them... but sometimes it's simply easier to cut them off at the ankles. It can be hard at first... but in the long run it's WELL worth doing so.

 

[Cedric]

Many families have "drama" in them... but sometimes it's simply easier to cut them off at the ankles. It can be hard at first... but in the long run it's WELL worth doing so.

Definitely and there's still some times that it's hard - but in the end it was the right decision to protect my children and that's why I'm easily over that.

 

[Tracy]

Definitely and there's still some times that it's hard - but in the end it was the right decision to protect my children and that's why I'm easily over that.

Yeah, some people will claim that you "need to give them a chance" and such. In 14.5 years of law enforcement I've come across WAY to many toxic family environments that it simply needs to be cut off and discarded into the trash bin of "what was, and what will never be".
Usually the ones that I see going "oh, you need to give them another chance" are those that have NEVER been exposed to the toxic environment that is being discarded, but they will still insist (never having been directly exposed to that environment) to purport to be able to give you advice that will "be better for you". Frequently the best solution (never mind the "better than thou brigade") is to simply kick the problem to the curb and go on with your life.
The simple fact is, YOU know what is good for you and your family more-so than someone who has never been exposed to the factors in play.

 

[Reverie]

My family was small to begin with, my grandma grandpa and my dad and I. I did not communicate with my dad from 20 years old until 29 years old when he was diagnosed with brain cancer. I also communicated with him a bit between because he broke his collar bone and I had to drive my grandparents up there, and/or had to drive him to appointments after his original stay in the hospital. I'm kind of thankful before he died we were in a quiet understanding of one another. He felt bad, I could tell. He had regrets, I didn't shove any of them down his throat, and I think it's what gave him peace in the end.

 

[Arantor]

I don't speak to my family. It wasn't a healthy dynamic. Haven't spoken to them in several years now.

 

[Reverie]

I don't regret not speaking to him either. People have asked me this if I felt bad for wasting time. I didn't feel bad at all for it. Now knowing he wasn't even my real father... just adds a different layer to the whole situation.