The gloaming

[SoCo]

You're free to join the club MW... as long as you can hang. The initiation is kinda scary, but don't you worry about that!! LOL

[mountain_west]

As in my other life, I assume the rookie buys the beer - or whatever everyone is drinking?

[Mach1]

As in my other life, I assume the rookie buys the beer - or whatever everyone is drinking?

Oh lookie.....a rookie with a GOOD job.....

I'm sure you don't make that much money to keep us in drinks....




Jus Kiddin....Welcome to the club..

Last time I hung out with Jim....he drank WAY too much beer...

Oh wait..

Okay, maybe it wasn't HIM.

[fisherman]

Oh wait..

Okay, maybe it wasn't HIM.

[Mach1]

Ray-Ray,

Whatcha dig up at work today ?


Any shocking discoveries ?

[fisherman]

Nothing too exciting today.

I just heard the word beer and I had to investigate.

No OE for me though. I'll take a Boston Lager.

[Mach1]

What's goin on Birkenstock ?

[Jimbo]

Got an email from my W wanting to meet me "at a Starbucks or something somewhere" so we can sign the respective car titles over to each other. Got an email from my lawyer saying that my W returned the signed Separation Agreements (the last hurdle to her "coveted" D that she wants so fricken badly) and that "We really need to set up a time to meet and execute these agreements."

Why is everybody in such a G*ddamned hurry?

My W only contacts me when she needs something. I am about ready to kill 3 birds with one stone and tell my lawyer to draw up a receipt for her to sign, acknowledging her receipt of her half of the retirement money, and tell my stbx to meet me at my lawyers office on x date and time, and give her her friggin' agreement, titles, money, and get her the f*ck out of my life. My lawyer says that I don't even have to show up at the D proceeding if I don't want to.

I'm about to the point that I'm thinking to myself, "Why bother?"

She's gonna do what ever she feels she needs to do.

Universe is pushing things in this particular direction.

I have no choice in anything in my life but ME anymore.

It is what it is. And it all sucks right now.

[fisherman]

You have two choices then....

Another chance to shine and show her a different Jimbo at Starbucks or something....

or

A cold, uncomfortable, standoffish "get the f*ck out of my life" meeting at the lawyers office.

Which seed do you want to plant?

My lawyer says that I don't even have to show up at the D proceeding if I don't want to.

Call me crazy, if it involved me, I would be there.

I have no choice in anything in my life but ME anymore.

Think about this for a second. Hasn't it always been this way?

[Jimbo]

You have two choices then....

Another chance to shine and show her a different Jimbo at Starbucks or something....

or

A cold, uncomfortable, standoffish "get the f*ck out of my life" meeting at the lawyers office.

Which seed do you want to plant?

I know you're right, T. And I know that I'm just disheartened that my expectations (which I should never have had in the first place) keep being trounced time and time again.

I don't HAVE to be cold, uncomfortable, standoffish "get the f*ck out of my life" at the lawyers office. I could just as easily go in that office and show her the positive Jimbo I've always shown her. But within 60 days of my signing that Separation Agreement, she will have to walk into that office to get her money anyway, because within 60 days is in the terms of the agreement, and I'm sure as hell not handing it over to her without her signing a receipt for it.

Call me crazy, if it involved me, I would be there.

If you're crazy, then I am too, because I thought about it. But, again, would it really make any difference? I will be D'ed by force whether I'm there or not. What is the rationale? Who am I impressing by being there?

Think about this for a second. Hasn't it always been this way?

Maybe so, but it sure doesn't feel very nice.