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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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Requesting to follow someone on facebook is not "stalking."
This was not a request, they just started doing it.
Linked in is a public site is not considered stalking. Just as much as it is not considered stalking if you leave your entire facebook open for everyone to see. That is your own fault if anyone does that and then complains people know what they post.
That's great! All the more time for petty theft! If my husband had hobbies like your husband's hobbies, I wouldn't be bragging about all his free time. Maybe a little more work-y would = a little less stealing. Just sayin....
<<Talk about stalking lol. I don't put up anything to impress. That is the only type of bathing suit I wear and the pics you saw were ones my hubby took. He thinks since I work so hard at exercise that I should be wearing them. Shrug.>>
Molls, it's not stalking because you talked about your bikini pictures on facebook and how proud you were of them. If you didn't want to impress everyone then you could have mentioned it about 100 times less here, lol.
<<I only attacked you because you attacked me. That is great you are enjoying your infertility. I have enjoyed my dh's V over 7 years ago as there is no need for birth control either. >>
So then quit whining when someone says something to you because you have pretty much attacked everyone here first besides....maybe jams?
PumpkinAngel
Trying to follow someone on FB is NOT necessarily stalking. It can be, but it can also not be.
Stalking can be done in public...be it an online forum or IRL. It's more the intent and the knowledge that the observation would not be well-received, among other little sniggly details, that would qualify it as stalking...not whether it's done in public or private.
"I only attacked you b/c you attacked me first."
Wow--are we in kindergarten? Mooooom, the Queen started it. <eyeroll>
Am I the ONLY person noticing that she still doesn't have the proof to post? Pathetic.
So is it your fault that you created a fake name and worked to find a bunch of people (including minor children) under that name or are you going to shift the blame of your behavior onto someone else? Again.
PumpkinAngel
I didn't make you wait three months. You told me what you had and I called bullshit on it. I'd post the message in its entirety but I can't access it b/c I don't remember the password for the account I created SOLELY to correspond with you b/c you are that untrustworthy.
and I called you on your lying and you never answered. Because you KNEW it was true. You used your Queen account, how was the soley for ME when you used that name for months?
You have nothing b/c there IS nothing. As much as you wish you could find something on my husband to humiliate me like I humiliated you with that link to Swiper's arrest, there is nothing remotely salacious in DH's life. But by all means, keep working to photoshop something in your pathetic attempt to humiliate me. LIke I said, the banshees could use yet another laugh at your expense today.
No photoshop but I WILL have the class to send it ONLY to you. Which account name are you going by today?
OMG, you are lucky you have been busy and not been here...if I had to hear one more time about how I should have stood up to you and forced you not to post the information (that molls is claiming doesn't exsist), how I should have talked to you about your behavior....I think my eyes were going to roll back in my head with molls nagging and whining about the issue.
You're welcome.
PumpkinAngel
Earlier today you asked public or private...now you are flip flopping yet again? Sheesh, can you not make up your mind?
PumpkinAngel
Hmmm--I never got the message in which you "called me on my lying." But call me a liar for making a simple mistake all you want. I know the truth. And frankly, I have far more credibility as it relates to truth telling than you do. And you can post your proof on here. I think the Banshees are eagerly anticipating the opportunity to scope out your photoshop skills...
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