Comments on: Recession Liars

By: Mark Peel

Mark Peel — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 08:10:58 +0000

Yes, it’s true, I am still a work in progress. Men may be more like cats, never entirely domesticated.

By: amy

amy — Sat, 09 May 2009 03:42:40 +0000

But what if you live in Canada, both of you work in the social services (firefighter and manager to program for disabled) and you really HAVEN’T been effected by the downturn? I just keep quiet.

Leave for Europe tomorrow and guiltily so.. But hey, if you can have your home aides I can travel the world right? Not shoving it in anyone’s face and being discreet are my mottos.

By: Daphne

Daphne — Fri, 08 May 2009 05:01:32 +0000

there are friends who dish and those who don’t and at different times it’s nice to speak to both. And fret not, many aren’t doing anything on a Friday night either.
Thanks for the props ladies!

By: My Bab

My Bab — Fri, 08 May 2009 02:49:28 +0000

I do think you have to put your best face forward to friends and stay positive!!!! Thank goodness we can tell it straight on our blogs though. And my DH actually is so perfect and loving it can be annoying. Sorry!

By: channer

channer — Thu, 07 May 2009 22:10:25 +0000

I’ve had to agree with Alexandra that some people may just be choosing not to participate in the one-upmanship (or downmanship, I guess) and gossip that always seems to accompany a group of women getting together. My family has fortunately been affected very minimally by the recession, so I’d feel pretty lousy responding to my friend’s relating that her husband got laid off with, “Yeah, we decided to go on vacation in October instead of December this year.” (I made that up, but it’s just an example.)

And my husband isn’t perfect, but I’ve never badmouthed him to my girlfriends or anyone else. He does the best he can, just like I do, and I’d be annoyed and embarassed if he got together with them and laughed about how I get the drain clogged up with hair every month or something.

By: dharmafrog

dharmafrog — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:21:17 +0000

Thank you! I think people just put on a show. Facebook makes this worse too, “oh I did this today” or “I am on a wonderful vacation” Mean while I am eating PB&J and not doing a damn thing on friday or saturday night.

By: Lou

Lou — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:18:15 +0000

Me too! Me too! Love that you tell it like it is!

So I had this ‘friend’ … hey maybe ‘frenemy’, can I use that term … anyway, had this gal a few years ago that was toxic and this was one of the many reasons I ended the friendship … she was full of crap! Ok, that is blunt … but really, her life was perfect – her husband was perfect – she never got down – she was always positive – blah, blah, blah. Stuff it, lady … now I only ‘cultivate’ friendships with REAL people … as I’ve gotten older, no time for BS!

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:20:47 +0000

I don’t know…I think some people are super paranoid and anxiety ridden about gossip. Maybe someone in the past just took something they said and told everyone OR their husband totally bit their head off b/c they disclosed some “private” stuff. People are careful for their own reasons. I have learned that when people have an issue, it’s b/c they are lugging their own baggage around.

I, too,love Daphne b/c she speaks the truth!! True Dat, sister!!

By: Kari

Kari — Thu, 07 May 2009 12:05:01 +0000

Daphne, this is one of the (many) reasons why I love you. You’re so freakin’ right- I have a friend who SWEARS that her husband is perfect with their kids 100% of the time. Yeah right! It’s like she feels superior to us because her husband is so great. Well, I don’t buy it. Same friend insists that she insists she doesn’t need to use coupons for grocery shopping…that she can totally afford the prices of food in the midwest. Ok, whatever! I know what her husband does for a job- why does she not freak out at diaper and milk prices like the rest of us?!