working stress

EricJ

Active member
I got to agree, Shawn spoke from his experiences, and was perfectly valid, on topic, not preaching. The replies are off topic, potentially disrespectful (depending on how you interpret them), and quite crude.

If you wanted to make comments on forum etiquite...

As for work stress, painting helps me...when work lets me have time :):)
 

Shawn R. L.

New member
but please don\'t pedal religion here

As earlier stated by others, I have pushed NOTHING. I believe you are responding to your own negative steriotypes. If I said that getting drunk was my entertainment or stress reliever I probably would have recieved a hooray, atta-boy and a where can I join you? Hiking.........good boy. Playing with myself...............he he he ooooh yeah. But I simply state that I take comfort in God then I become a pariah. Over the entire span of human history, thousands, mabey millions of people have been forcibaly drown in water by other people. It has been the choice of many people to take what is life giving and life sustaining and turn it into an insturment of grief and death. I\'m not one of them. I\'m sorry you have such a dim view of something I have found so vital, healing, hopeful, and life giving. I wont apologise for your misunderstanding of who I am and what I mean.
 

Naukhel

Active member
It\'s weird.

I don\'t stress about work. I mean, sure, the job I have right now (for another month and a bit before it goes away) is pretty quiet, but I\'ve worked hard jobs, and at one point in my life, had 4 jobs at the same time. One full time and three part time. Work itself doesn\'t get to me.

The people at work that have the potential to bother me, I ignore.

I treat everyone the same, unless they go out of their way to warrant some other kind of treatment. For some, this gets positive treatment beyond my norm, and for others, it gets my evil sarcastic side.

I stress about my family. Typical middle-child syndrome.

If I don\'t like a job, I leave it, and I find something else to pay the bills with.
Since I started working when I was 14, I\'ve only been unemployed for 1 month, max.
 

Infidel Castro

New member
Originally posted by dauber22
Just to play Devil\'s Advocate here... ;)

I would hardly say that Shawn\'s post was either preachy or peddling religion. A question was asked and he stated his opinion succinctly and without impugning the beliefs or opinions of others. Period. That, to me, seems like proper Forum ettiquette.

I think I have to agree.
 

finn17

New member
Fair points...

I stand corrected....

Gin probably summed it up with the \"who piss in my cereal bowl\" comment;)

It wasn\'t meant to be a dig at you personally Shaun...

I do have issues though with the large numbers of folk (not on this site) who turn even the most seemingly meaningless thing/hobby into a religious venue. Christian bikers/bassists etc...I only quote those two because I am both bassist and biker.

In the general topic of stress though, your comment was appropriate and quite apt. I am glad your a good Christian though, because I am certain you\'ll forgive me for biting your head off.

If I told you I have had my Mother staying for a fortnight, you might understand...

EDIT: @ Reverend....when did you start agreeing with people...:D
 

Dragonsreach

Super Moderator
Staff member
Originally by Finn17
If I told you I have had my Mother staying for a fortnight, you might understand...

You have my complete understanding and utter sympathy.

Much as I love my mother she is a complete Drama Queen. Something as simple as a few Crumbs spilled on the floor become a crisis.
Every program we want to watch becomes a Huffing match if she disapproves, but she has to watch her Soaps and we have to suffer the volume......Warp Factor 10.


Just enjoy the house back to yourselves when she leaves to go home.........Bliss!
 

finn17

New member
Hehehe..Thanks Mike...

She\'s gone!!!:bouncy::bouncy::bouncy:

However, my visit was slightly complicated by the fact that my house is (was) such a sh1tehole, that poor Mrs finn and myself have spent our entire annual holiday entitlement preparing for the her eminence\'s descendance...:(
 

Dragonsreach

Super Moderator
Staff member
Originally posted by finn17
She\'s gone!!!:bouncy::bouncy::bouncy:

However, my visit was slightly complicated by the fact that my house is (was) such a sh1tehole, that poor Mrs finn and myself have spent our entire annual holiday entitlement preparing for the her eminence\'s descendance...:(

Oh No ..........Not the white glove along the mantelpiece...........:eek::eek::eek:

Been there, had that done to me.
 

airhead

Coffin Dodger / Keymaster
Giving up useless worry has been a big help to my outlook and attitude.

I could worry about the hurricane, but that won\'t change it\'s path.

I could worry about getting laid off, but that won\'t delay the pink slips.

I didn\'t say that I wasn\'t prepaired. (I have my hurricane kit and nobody wants my job.)

Just another think I learned from reading the bible: Let God have the worry for things that you cannot change.

Sorry Finn & Gin, but I think you guys blew it and went off on a guy giving an honest answer to the question asked.
 

RedDawn

New member
*begin rant*

Shaun, glad to see you survived Finn\'s attack with your humor intact! lol

My stress comes directly from me. I\'m a stay-at-home mom so I\'m constantly beating myself up because the house isn\'t clean enough, I didn\'t get enough done today, etc. (I also worry Grumb will get pissed off b/c the house isn\'t clean enough, etc. - I\'m the slob, he\'s the neat freak.) Of course, all this stress hasn\'t made me clean the house - just stress about it! lol

I also get stressed when people ask me when I\'m going back to work!!!! :flame: Happens all the damn time. First everyone asks you when you and *insert name here* are going to get married, then it\'s \"when are you going to have kids?\" and god forbid you decide to stay home with the kids. All everyone wants to know is when you\'re going back to work!

Sorry if I piss off anyone who has to work and can\'t stay home (been there done that!), but I do have the choice and I choose to stay home. I make sure my kids do their homework, get fed, take care of hygiene issues AND remember all the other sh!t that has to be done. If I went back to work I\'d soon be in a little round room wearing a nice white jacket with my arms crossed in front of me.

*end rant*
 

Duende

New member
Yep, RD, being a stay-at-home mom was too much stress for me, so I went \"back to work\". Or I really ought to say, I got a job that actually pays me. Being a stay-at-home mom IS work. You\'re cook, maid, laundress, dishwasher, secretary, truant officer, and worst of all, in charge of cleaning up all the nasty stuff:|~. I don\'t envy your job at all, RD!

I do like my current job, however, it\'s not stressign so much mentally as physically. I work at the local college\'s stables, (see info here Wilson College). I get to be out doing physical labor in all kinds of weather, which means the last few weeks of temps in the 90\'s meant I\'ve been dripping with sweat before the first hour had even passed (and I start at 6:30 am).
And my job is such that people almost expect you to get hurt at some point of another. The average horse weighs about 1500 lbs and they don\'t care about my well-being. I\'ve been lucky so far in that I\'ve gotten away with only a few bruises, a twisted ankle, and rope-burned hands so far (knock on wood).
Most likely the mental stress will come when the students return at the end of this month with their horses and the count goes from about 40 that are there now to about 70. Yay, cant. wait...:rolleyes:
 

Infidel Castro

New member
Originally posted by finn17

EDIT: @ Reverend....when did you start agreeing with people...:D

Well, I\'m hoping it\'s just a passing phase ;)

In all fairness it was a little out of character for you old chap. Shit happens though! You\'re still the Don! lol

Back to an original point made by Mike - you received anonymous mails over paint aid......what was said? Didn\'t get an answer :)
 
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Sturmhalo

Guest
Originally posted by reverend
Originally posted by finn17

EDIT: @ Reverend....when did you start agreeing with people...:D

Well, I\'m hoping it\'s just a passing phase ;)

In all fairness it was a little out of character for you old chap. Shit happens though! You\'re still the Don! lol

Back to an original point made by Mike - you received anonymous mails over paint aid......what was said? Didn\'t get an answer :)

They weren\'t from me!

I\'d have signed my name and everything! lol
 

finn17

New member
Kind words indeed.....

Originally posted by reverend
In all fairness it was a little out of character for you old chap. Shit happens though! You\'re still the Don! lol
Shit does indeed happen...I was out of order and I do apologise unreservedly to Shaun.

I am not too sure that Gin should be painted in the same light however, and I feel that Airhead may have suffered from a \'little finn\' as well.

Possibly this is why religion is taboo on so many sites.....
 

Shawn R. L.

New member
I rent a room from my brother. He has 5 kids, they have friends - cousins over. My sister in law does day care.................21 crumb crunchers, yard apes, curtain climbers, carpet crawlers, ankel leaches. :eek:lol
 
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