Then and Now Fluff

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Registered: 11-22-2000
Then and Now Fluff
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Sun, 12-14-2014 - 9:59am

The Remember When thread has me thinking about myself when I first came to iVillage and how much things have changed since then.  Anybody else want to play?

I came to iVillage in the summer of 2000.  I was 36 and working as HR Manager for an internationally-owned manufacturing company  I was divorced with a 6 1/2-yr-old disabled son, and my ex had committed suicide a few months before.  This was actually the event that led me to iVillage in the first place.  I was one of those "Have to work" moms and was told by several when I first came here that I had no place in this debate because I had no choice.  

Now, I'm 51 and my son is 21.  For the past tnot-quite-ten years I've worked as the business manager for a small architecture firm.  Eight years ago, I also absorbed the marketing coordinator's position.  The job(s) and the company have been overwhelmingly stressful at times but have changed greatly over the past few years, due to economic/market and ownership changes.  I am now in a very comfortable position within the company.  I also no longer really have to work.  My son is now in a position to offer to take care of things if I want to quit and take some time to figure out what I want to do.  That offer has led me to the realization that despite the stress, long hours (which really isn't an issue anymore anyway) and frustration, I am already doing what I want to do.  I'll be sticking around there.  


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Registered: 12-22-2013
Tue, 12-16-2014 - 2:49pm

I don't think so and you were pretty hot to get the information removed from ivillage and harrassed me for through multiple threads across months about Queens actions and how I should have stopped her from posting that information.  I haven't mentioned any assumptions about the outcome....you are getting all hot and bothered again about something you "claim" didn't happen. 

READ CAREFULLY. The "arrest" part is not true and NO ONE knows the outcome. You are making up the rest.

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Registered: 11-22-2000
Tue, 12-16-2014 - 2:50pm

blackandwhitemolly wrote:
<p><span style="font-size:13px; text-align:left">Ginger--At 40 I've got a body far better than most women half my age. I've got a very happy husband inside and outside of our bedroom. You've got absolutely nothing on my DH. And your ridiculous insinations just made you look like the sad, clueless, no class, white trash that you are.</span></p><p><strong><span style="font-size:13px; text-align:left">So instead of ADMITTING you lied to me, you try to make it into a competition. I feel bad, if you have ANY friends IRL (not the ones her you consider friends) as I have friends in many shapes and sizes and different backgrounds and none of us do anything to impress one another. I find it very sad that you have to try and impress me with your weight or your sex life. I have class honey, you don't as if you did, you wouldn't put up that private info. I can show you no class and talk about how you had to PAY to have children. Let's not go there though because I don't want to stoop to YOUR level.</span></strong></p>

Wow.  That wasn't passive-agressive at ALL.  @@


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Registered: 12-29-1999
Tue, 12-16-2014 - 2:52pm

blackandwhitemolly wrote:
<p><span style="font-size:13px; text-align:left">Ginger--At 40 I've got a body far better than most women half my age. I've got a very happy husband inside and outside of our bedroom. You've got absolutely nothing on my DH. And your ridiculous insinations just made you look like the sad, clueless, no class, white trash that you are.</span></p><p><strong><span style="font-size:13px; text-align:left">So instead of ADMITTING you lied to me, you try to make it into a competition. I feel bad, if you have ANY friends IRL (not the ones her you consider friends) as I have friends in many shapes and sizes and different backgrounds and none of us do anything to impress one another. I find it very sad that you have to try and impress me with your weight or your sex life. I have class honey, you don't as if you did, you wouldn't put up that private info. I can show you no class and talk about how you had to PAY to have children. Let's not go there though because I don't want to stoop to YOUR level.</span></strong></p>

Says the woman who posts pics of herself on FB in bikinis. <eyeroll> I'm not trying to impress you or anyone else, Ginger--I'm just stating a fact.  My husband loves my body. And don't go all prudish--we're heard plenty about Swiper chasing you around the bed over the years. Save the pearl clutching for Jambles. It's disingenuous from you.

If you want to attack me because I have a medical condition that requires invasive procedures to get pregnant, go right ahead. Once again, that's just proving what a unconsciable BITCH you are. Quite honestly, I'm enjoying infertility right now. All the sex I want and no need for birth control. But by all means, feel free to attack me for something completely out of control and show us all just how fucking classy you are.

Does it help that I didn't need a Christmas bonus to pay for my babies?

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Registered: 12-22-2013
Tue, 12-16-2014 - 2:52pm

Are we really talking about something as lame as a screen shot of a twitter follower who happens to be an escort?  I can't believe all of her cackling over the laste few months has been about a twitter follower, how funny and what a fitting end to this board.

I wouldn't find this very funny, especially when she lied about even having one and then not bothering to answer me many times over the last 3 months. If she had a leg to stand on, she would have talked before today. Sounds like this is not the first time another woman has been around. 

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Registered: 01-08-2009
Tue, 12-16-2014 - 2:53pm

blackandwhitemolly wrote:
<p><span style="font-size:13px; text-align:left">I've never denied any responsibility in the demise of my first marriage. I have, however, denied any responsibility in his affair. He and HWB are the only ones responsible for that.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:13px; text-align:left">I hope you have had therapy about this to understand WHY he went to another woman. Sigh.....</span></p>
He went to another woman because he couldn't keep promises.  Nothing mysterious about that.

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Registered: 12-22-2013
Tue, 12-16-2014 - 2:54pm

And notice that she STILL hasn't posted her "proof" despite me giving her the okay multiple times. And what do you want to bet that this Paola is one of Kim Michaelson's alter-egos...

You made me wait 3 months. You can wait a couple more hours :)

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Registered: 01-08-2009
Tue, 12-16-2014 - 2:55pm

blackandwhitemolly wrote:
<p><span style="font-size:13px; text-align:left">Ginger--At 40 I've got a body far better than most women half my age. I've got a very happy husband inside and outside of our bedroom. You've got absolutely nothing on my DH. And your ridiculous insinations just made you look like the sad, clueless, no class, white trash that you are.</span></p><p><strong><span style="font-size:13px; text-align:left">So instead of ADMITTING you lied to me, you try to make it into a competition. I feel bad, if you have ANY friends IRL (not the ones her you consider friends) as I have friends in many shapes and sizes and different backgrounds and none of us do anything to impress one another. I find it very sad that you have to try and impress me with your weight or your sex life. I have class honey, you don't as if you did, you wouldn't put up that private info. I can show you no class and talk about how you had to PAY to have children. Let's not go there though because I don't want to stoop to YOUR level.</span></strong></p>
She paid to have children?  As in, got medical help?  Didn't you?  Or did you give birth on the side of the road with no medical assistance?

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Tue, 12-16-2014 - 2:55pm

savcal2011 wrote:
<p><blockquote class="quote-msg quote-nest-1 odd"><div class="quote-author"><em class="placeholder">pumpkinangel</em> wrote:</div>&lt;p&gt;&lt;blockquote class="quote-msg quote-nest-1 odd"&gt;&lt;div class="quote-author"&gt;&lt;em class="placeholder"&gt;mygarnetboy&lt;/em&gt; wrote:&lt;/div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;blockquote class="quote-msg quote-nest-1 odd"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div class="quote-author"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em class="placeholder"&amp;gt;pumpkinangel&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; wrote:&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;blockquote class="quote-msg quote-nest-1 odd"&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;div class="quote-author"&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;em class="placeholder"&amp;amp;gt;blackandwhitemolly&amp;amp;lt;/em&amp;amp;gt; wrote:&amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;gt;Well since I never said she was from NYC, not sure why Queen mentioned it. Love how she never came back until TODAY to say that she didn't know he had a twitter. I gave her MANY chances. Quite funny.&amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;gt;Oh and the girl is pretty cute and I&amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;So....are you going to post it or what? &amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt;&amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;She's not. She "lost" it. At least that's what she told me when we were PMing. Of course, she'll lie about that, too...&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Are we really talking about something as lame as a screen shot of a twitter follower who happens to be an escort?  I can't believe all of her cackling over the laste few months has been about a twitter follower, how funny and what a fitting end to this board.&lt;/p&gt;</blockquote></p><p>I must have a lot of affairs then - I have many men following my Twitter.  </p>

But you can't keep a man....this molly logic is so confusing!  Wink

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 01-08-2009
Tue, 12-16-2014 - 2:56pm

blackandwhitemolly wrote:
<p><span style="font-size:13px; text-align:left">I don't think so and you were pretty hot to get the information removed from ivillage and harrassed me for through multiple threads across months about Queens actions and how I should have stopped her from posting that information.  I haven't mentioned any assumptions about the outcome....you are getting all hot and bothered again about something you "claim" didn't happen. </span></p><p><strong><span style="font-size:13px; text-align:left">READ CAREFULLY. The "arrest" part is not true and NO ONE knows the outcome. You are making up the rest.</span></strong></p>
You forget --- court reports are public information.  Anyone who wants the information can request it.

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Tue, 12-16-2014 - 2:56pm

blackandwhitemolly wrote:
<blockquote><div style="font-weight:bold"><em>blackandwhitemolly</em> wrote:</div>&lt;p&gt;I guess the name just popped up on my twitter like it did on Paolo's. Shrug.&lt;/p&gt;</blockquote><p style="font-size:13px; text-align:left"></p><p style="font-size:13px; text-align:left">Yeah--like you don't regularly stalk us on Linked In. We can actually SEE that, Ginger.</p><p style="font-size:13px; text-align:left">Just like I saw Chestnut's dh "stalk" me on linked in and Ducky's dd tried to follow me on fb. Linkedin is a PUBLIC forum and that is not stalking for your information. Trying to follow someone on fb IS stalking. </p>

....and creating a fake facebook persona to try and follow someone is really stalking.  That is when you really showed your true colors and the depths you were willing to sink, minor children molls?  So sad.

PumpkinAngel

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