Posted by wendy b. on January 1, 2003, at 17:43:23
In reply to OK, guys, Here's a new one. , posted by Miller on December 31, 2002, at 17:31:21
Well, jeeze, the cashiers in my overpriced (and overly inflated sense of itself) supermarket don't know the difference between red cabbage and radicchio, so who am I to tell them how to do their jobs??? I like paying the 69 cents per lb, rather than the $4.69 (or whatever the hell it goes for, I don't look any more)...
And while I'm at it, I'll tell you that this same supermarket sells bulk mushrooms, and you can weigh your own produce on a scale that also dispenses the label for the product, so I punch in the code for 'brown mushrooms,' when I'm really buying portobellos. Hey, they're brown, too, right?
Everyone's done this kind of thing, dear Miller, and you are ok. It's NOT going to blow the ears off your therapist, either, s/he's heard far, far worse. I do get the sense that you do this not to feel important, as you say, but to feel alive at all. Like, you're only really alive when there's some crisis or other happening to you in your life... Common, everyday life is depressing for some of us, I know that firsthand. I'll admit, I've been lurking, reading your other posts here the last few days. I am trying hard not to be that same way. I've had enough excitement for one life - I'll bet you have, too.
With much admiration for your courage and continued strength (even though, from what I understand, you don't feel it),Wendy
(BL: who knew you were a wasabi-thief?!)> So, being almost 36 years old, having a steady job, and being the person I am, can anybody answer WHAT THE HELL I AM DOING???
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> We got our year-end bonus yesterday. Every year my husband says I can spend it as I want. All of it. It doesn't matter if it is $100 or $10,000. He said that I can blow it on clothes or "girlie" stuff, or stuff for the house, whatever.
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> Today I went to the bank. I cashed the check and put some in the savings account (like a good girl). I had over $500 on my purse. I am in K-Mart buying an $80 toothbrush, new sweats, and general stupid stuff that I wanted. I am walking down the aisle filled with contact lense solutions. I was looking at a little bottle of "lense rewetter" solution. (Just eye drops to wet lenses.) It was priced at $7. I decided that just isn't worth the price. I started to continue down the aisle. Yep, you guessed it, I STOLE THE BOTTLE!!!
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> What is going on with me?? I swear by the time I left the store I had forgotten I did it. WHen I was emptying the car of all my stupid purchases, I saw it and remembered. How juvenile can I get? Why am I doing this? YIKE!
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> -Miller
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poster:wendy b.
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