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DrewKaree:
although I believe they're gonna be the only ones who post in this thread ;D

Meh. I VOLUNTEERED to build a raised stone-walled bed LAST year for my mom. My dad, who doesn't need to apply in this thread, "didn't want to mess up the yard anymore this year". (I had just completed 6" material removal of a 3 foot wide bed around 3 sides of their house FOR FREE, with 8 yards of compost/topsoil mix amended back into the bed topped by 3" of mulch - a $2200 job if I billed for it).

At the beginning of this year, I was specific in telling my mom my year was planned pretty far in advance, and if I got free time, it would probably be due to rain, which would mean I was telling her I'd get the bed done IF it were possible, and reminded her I wanted to do it LAST year, and that THEY were the ones who wanted to wait.

I have the bed laid out and dug. I have one pallet of stones at their house. Evidently, their friggen son doing the job for free hasn't been making progress fast enough for them, and my free time is now SERIOUSLY tied up until December (which I could STILL finish the job). I've had 3 funerals in the past month and a half, kidney stones, and whatever the heck I've got now. I told them they won't hurt my feelings if they hire someone to finish the job sooner than I can. They are, which works well for both of us.

EXCEPT. >:(

My son does odd jobs for their neighbor. I found out that when he went over there today, the neighbor lady told him my mom has been bitching about the job I've done, how long it's taking, and that "I promised her I'd get this done for her, and now she's got to hire someone to finish the job in time". I also got to hear this, which is what's REALLY pissed me off, and I'm venting my spleen here so that I don't call her on the phone and rip her a new one and get her a matching ass hat to go with it. It was told TO THE FRIGGEN NEIGHBOR "well, all that it means is that the money I spend to finish this up won't be there for Christmas presents".

First, tell that crap to ME, not the damn neighbors. Second, if that's what Christmas means to you, stuff your presents, we've lived without them and won't notice if we don't get them AT ALL. Third, if that's the way you REALLY feel, then don't give anything to my wife or I, but WHY would you say something like that and let it be thought that you'd punish my kids for your "problem" with my job? Fourth, now that you've hired someone to FINISH the job I started, how are you so damn ungrateful for the free work I'm doing FOR you?

I swear, I feel like getting a skidsteer for the day and putting their yard back into the condition it was before I did them a favor. At the very least, I feel like giving them back the dirt I removed for the bed. At the end of their driveway >:(

My father-in-law shows more appreciation to me for the easy computer crap I do for him than my own parents for the friggen labor I've put in at their house. Mebbe I should schedule a fertilization application for next week. With RoundUp. MAN I'm pissed I gotta hear about this in this way!

Bones:
Your own parents are probably treating you poorly because they are extremely disappointed in the man you have become.

Ummm... that was supposed to be a light hearted comment edging on humour but I am now refusing to use those grinning and winking little ---daisies--- so I thought I should clarify my superior Australian humour.

Harry Potter:
The man he's become where instead of confronting the problem, he takes it out on a bunch of arcade dorks enthusiasts. I'd be proud too. ;)

DrewKaree:

--- Quote from: BrokenBones on October 25, 2005, 11:57:05 pm ---
Your own parents are probably treating you poorly because they are extremely disappointed in the man you have become.

--- End quote ---

I'm an American. That makes it their fault. They have no one to blame for their disappointment except themselves. They can't blame their parents for their problems, as they are of a different generation that took responsibility for their actions.

I deny your claim. No soup for you.

HAWKXP:
hi mate :)

the only advise i can give you is , dont offer to do anything else again for your parents.

your not on your own mate , mine are the same.

i left home at 15 or 16 years old and iv never ask them for anything nor have they offered , but the way i see it iv managed well enough with out them.

but it does bug me though when i see them doing all sorts for my sister , and they visit her quite often but never come visit me nor do they send me a card at birthdays and christmas or phone me.

familys mate what can i say. ::)

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