[blparent] info on a situation from the single parents, the rest of you way in to.

[Kate McEachern]

I could do this with a cheep pair just for the bus.  Thanks for the tip.
Kate
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gabe Vega" <theblindtech at gmail.com>
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Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] info on a situation from the single parents,the rest 
of you way in to.


> if you pull on the end of the ear bud a little hard eventually the 
> internal wires will come away from each other and sound will stop coming 
> out of that ear bud. but, unfortunately you just ruined a good par of 
> stereo ear buds. :-)
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> On Apr 5, 2012, at 5:41 PM, Kate McEachern wrote:
>
>> OK, I had one of those days where all was well till comming home on the 
>> bus.
>>
>> Ash walks to the library to get help with reading and writing 
>> diffaculties.  So this women I know got on the bus behind me and starting 
>> complaning about how tired she is being a single parent.  Now I 
>> understand being a single parent myself but she said something that sort 
>> of pushed my buttens and it was one of those things that I did my best at 
>> staying calm but did say something and am hoping I didn't come across 
>> bitchy.
>>
>> The woman went on about how she was now living with her parents, thats 
>> fine, and because I was playing on my I-phone, she was asking how much my 
>> plan was and went in to telling me all about how she wanted to save money 
>> to get a place of her own and didn't want an expensive phone.
>>
>> Then she made the comment. "I'm not like you, I don't get money from my 
>> kid's Dad to help me."  Now, I took care of my kid's dad for two years 
>> before having to place him in a home and now make shore his disability 
>> pays for it.  I get a bit of Disability under him for the two girls and 
>> it covers daycare for the baby and a few light bills.  And I know that 
>> because she is saving money to move her parents have alowed her to stay 
>> rent free even though she works.  So my reply at first was "well, I have 
>> rent and child care and other bills that are more then what I get from 
>> their Dad.  And, I don't have people who can help that often."  I paused 
>> for a moment and continued, "I hope your able to get your own place 
>> soon.".  So of corce Ash calls me to let me know she's home.  And this 
>> woman heard part of the call and started in how it wasn't good to let 
>> kids walk around.  This anoyed me so I replied, "Well, she has to go some 
>> where after school and there is no one to drive her.  So she walks it 
>> won't kill her."  She starting asking if Ash had a bike and I egnored the 
>> quetion and said my stop was comming up so I couldn't talk to her.  She 
>> shut up but I know I'll run into her again.
>>
>> Now first off, I am not close to this woman and every time I run in to 
>> her she tells me her life story.  I thought about just sayihng "Look, I 
>> realy don't want to hear all about your life, I'm listning for my stop." 
>> Its just weard and would love to hear how to get away from this woman who 
>> wants to tell me how crappy her X Husband is even though I could care 
>> less.  Its not like we're friends, and in a way, she's starting to creep 
>> me out.
>>
>> What are your thoughts.
>>
>> Kate
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