"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> On 2016-02-04 11:52 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> I would absolutely refuse to cook two or three different meals in one
>> day on the off chance they might like something. (She mentioned mac &
>> cheese with kielbasa, which HE refused to eat, and something else and
>> something else which her daughter wouldn't eat)
>
> Bovine's cheering section are a little challenged themselves and they live
> in a world of denial about the woman's mental issues. Don't be too quick
> to believe anything she says about them because has a history of lying
> about things. Some time back she wrote about the frustration of having
> her husband stopping to eat at restaurants on the way home. I can't say
> I would blame him, but when that story was brought up she denied having
> written it. Then there is the question of her claiming to be a writer,
> claiming not to be a writer, claiming she never said that she was a
> writer, then saying she didn't remember saying she had been a writer.
> There are credibility issues.

No Dave. *You* have credibility issues. That most assuredly is *not* what
I said. My husband never had a period of time where he stopped at
restaurants on his way home. He did once go out for Pho and didn't bother
to tell me that he was going to. That was many years ago.

I also didn't do what you said about the writing. I did actually help
someone write some things the other day. I was asked. I have plenty of
things I have written on my computer and I am a published author, both in
hard copy print and on the Internet. I am not currently writing anything
nor I am seeking publication.

That whole idiotic writing saga came about from a smart remark that I made
to someone who claimed that I was only a persona and not real. I then
retorted something to the effect of that since I was a writer, if I were
going to create a persona, I would certainly have created something more
exciting than the person that I really am. Don't quote me on that. That
too was many years ago.

Why you and some others hang on to some of my words and won't let them go is
beyond me. I feel like your lives must be like the movie Groundhog Day
where the people re-live the same day over and over again.

Now let me see... We have been here for about 11.5 years now. Here being in
this house in Bothell. My husband has retired from the military since we
moved back here and has held a total of 7 different jobs, two being not in
this state. And he was also sent to another state when he was living here
to help with a disaster. Oh, he was sent to Canada a few times here. Just
imagine all the diffferent schedules he would have had with all of those
different jobs. That's just one aspect of my life. There are many others.
Despite what some people here say, I don't speak of every aspect of my life
here.

Yes, I do complain sometimes. People do tend to do it. And what happens if
I am not complaining? If I am praising some food or a store that sells food
or even a recipe I have made? I get grief for it. So at least here on this
newsgroup, I can not win.

You come across as being every bit as bitter as Jill. I just can't fathom
how you two could possibly see yourselves as happy people. Or perhaps you
are only happy when you are taking pot shots at others? Dunno. But it's
not worth my time trying to figure that out.
>>
>> Nope, I'm not running a cafeteria. Fix something for yourself.
>
> That would be the attitude of a sane person.

Oh? When did you get your psyche degree? I don't mind making different
meals. A lot of people don't mind. That doesn't make us insane. Perhaps
that just makes us flexible or even happy! Yes, happy! I used to look
forward to going to see my in-laws because it allowed me to cook almost
around the clock for several days. I looked up recipes ahead of time and
brought them with me. I remembered people's food likes, dislikes and
issues. Some family members were on special diets. I liked doing this.
And they liked my cooking.

Now I suppose if I lived in that area and I was expected to cook for that
number of people every day, things would be different. This is one reason
why I never took a job in the food industry. People used to order cakes,
cookies and candy from me. Not a lot of people, but a few did and I happily
supplied them, most of the time. This was something I could do when I
wanted to do it. And that worked for me. But if I had spend every day
making chocolates or decorating cakes, I know I would get burned out on it
rather quickly. Same thing applies to arts and crafts. Another thing I
enjoy but I prefer to enjoy it as a hobby. No offense meant to those who do
work in the food industry. We're all different. I have a friend who works
in a bakery and she loves it!

>> I'm actually a very happy person. I simply don't have any tolerance for
>> someone who constantly plays the martyr. Oh dear, what can the matter
>> be?
>
>
> Yep, and it doesn't help much if most or all of the story is a
> fabrication.

I hardly think I am playing the martyr. Nope. Just looked up the
definition of the word in case I missed something. Doesn't apply to me. I
have noticed an extreme lack of a sense of humor by some people here though.
Including you Dave. Like when some years ago I posted about my buying what
turned out to be a giant potato masher. I posted of it because I thought it
was hysterically funny when I wrestled the thing out of the box. I had
never seen such a large thing before and it truly did strike me as funny. I
wasn't complaining about it and was poking fun at myself for having not
realized the proportions when I bought it. But you didn't see the humor at
all. You just had to be mean to me about it. It would suck to be you Dave.
Thankfully I'm not you.