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Stefan Härtel is offline Stefan Härtel
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Jul 1999
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For reasons too numerous and boring to mention, I've come to the conclusion that life is rotten.
So, I decided to cheer up and meet people whose lives are even more rotten! (well... sort of)
Anyway. Tell me what's eating you currently, all those little things in life that are currently going wrong, so I can get over the things I'm experiencing (damn, I'm not even certain how to spell that word).
And if you wanna cheer up afterwards, I can always tell you what's worrying me

And please give an old poster a chance at a good thread at Off-Topic.

Az is offline Az
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The worrisome thought that I might fail my Diff. Eq. exam.

Stefan Härtel is offline Stefan Härtel
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How do you see your chances?

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life sucks, and nihilism is tempting.

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-you spelt it right; Experiencing

My problems?

1. My car is costing me a small fortune to repair, as well as wasting a lot of my time (thoug poly wastes the rest)

2. My brother-in-law is getting married in 4 weeks and that will be the 6th, and last, wedding I will have gone to this year. I can't find someone to sit the dog for that time, my wife wants me to take 3 days off for work, I can't afford to fly to Malibu for it, it's a 6 hour drive, and it will cost an arm and a leg just to stay there. Not to mention the 6 other weddings I have had to throw money at this year.

3. My in-laws let my wives cousin attempt suicide, and they don't wish to acknowledge that, and this has made my wife very angry at them.

4. My parents have decided to ditch us (my wife and I) for Thanksgiving and Christmas this year (again, 3rd year in a row) in order to visit my lil' sis and her new husband at the house my parents just bought them for Thanksgiving, and my older sister and her husband at the house my parents bought them for Christmas. We are "invited", but we can't afford the flight due to complaint #2 and #1. And, personally I really resent the fact that they will fly to Denver to visit my sister and her new husband less than 6 months after they get married though they have not once visited my wife and I in the 2 years we have been married.

5. Work is getting really busy, and due to clerical errors (not mine) I am getting behind and can't do anything about it. Yet, I know it will all catch up and I will be swamped, about the same time as #2 occurs.

6. My wives company filed for banckruptcy last week. She probably has 1 month left to work. Which is really nice considering we are so rich!

7. My lawn died.

8. They raised the cost of my morning beverage by 2 cents at the 7-11!

9. They stopped carrying Becks at my liquor store which is very convenient.

10. I am probably going to lose the lottery yet again.

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Besides that life is pretty good.

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Feb 2002
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Sorry, can't help you. My life is good, and it' s only getting better every day!

But I'm broke with no savings at all or property or anything else for that matter and I haven't found the woman of my life, or anything satisfying. Future is still unclear, depending on if I can get to the US or not.
BUT, these are only excuses to say something is wrong, nothings wrong and I'm completely happy with myself and my life now, excited and .. just happy.

Dauphin is offline Dauphin
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The only things eating me are midgies.

Stefan Härtel is offline Stefan Härtel
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Ouch. Jaspher, I might have trouble keeping up with that.
Hmm... a neutral judge might be needed

So here's what's on my mind.

1. Recently wrote a test in history which I fear won't be as good as it should be (anyway, who am I to judge that hitler's rise to power was legal in every sense of the word?)

2. Gonna write a test in social studies this Friday which may get even worse

3. We're doing a play in school which is quite difficult ("Lysistrate" by Aristophanes if it helps anyone), I have a big role, and nothing's working. And it's due in ten days. Even the local papers will report about it (d'oh!)

4. My computer freaks out every once in a while, just stopping to work for no apparent reason.

5. The 'one certain girl who doesn't know' (you know what I mean) will move away to the Baltic sea after end of the school year (which is end of July), and I will never see her again. This is actually eating me most, and the only question I keep asking myself when I'm lying there listening to my favourite music is "why".

6. I'm worried to fail my final exams next year, and I'm really worried about it, because I couldn't bear another year in school.

7. I'm worried that there might be a slight chance that I can fail this year in school, and have to do this class again.

8. I'm *this* close to proclaiming myself Lizard King (at least that's what the unknown guy in my head keeps telling me).

9. My room is filling with empty Iced tea bottles, and I don't know where to put them (too much for the trash can too).

10. I managed to gain 5 kilos in half a week (well, and lose two of 'em again).

11. I'm trying to write a story, which might become a novel, but I'm stuck on page 1.

12. My favourite record might have developed a scratch.

13. I wanna leave this country. Immediately.

14. I might run out of things for this list.

15. +the usual stuff (bad sleep, nightmares, strange things growing somewhere on my body, consistant boredom, loneliness... you name it).

Q Cubed is offline Q Cubed
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i'm watching everything collapse around me.

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i'm not happy.

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I more worried about Q Cubed than even myself! I have no advice, sorry.

Stefan:

1. Classes can be retaken, I took several over myself.

2. Computers can be repaired.

3. Girls come and go, but I would tell her how I feel, I gots one of them in the back of my mind and I really wish I had done something about it when I had a chance.

-if you want to leave than leave...

Stefan Härtel is offline Stefan Härtel
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Hm.. Q Cubed, that really sounds evil. I feel quite stupid now.

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1. Classes can be retaken, I took several over myself.


Yeah, that's not the primary problem. The problem is that I hate school and want to get over with it as quickly as possible.

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2. Computers can be repaired.


Well, not by me I have no technical knowledge, and those who claim they can have usually made things only worse (despite the fact they can't understand my problems).

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3. Girls come and go, but I would tell her how I feel, I gots one of them in the back of my mind and I really wish I
had done something about it when I had a chance.


I have wondered if this is the right thing to do. I mean, as far as I understood things, she wants to loosen herself of everything here.
She seems to like me. But maybe I would hurt her if I told her about these feelings like this. I feel I lost the game.

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-if you want to leave than leave...


Can't. No money. No chances. Gotta finish school, then serve "my" country (which will be to refuse military service and do civil service at a kindergarten or Greenpeace)... that'll take two more years... and by then...

I think what really cracks me up is the fact that I got over all those depressing things in life and told myself to take it easy. And at last, when I succeeded, I'm getting one blow after another. Sure, it's not that serious type of blow, but it's still bad.

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What's eating YOU?


Tapeworms, viruses and bacterias.

Az is offline Az
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How do you see your chances?


55:45 towards the good side.

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i have a feeling i failed my exam today too, but luckily one gets dropped.

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WTF?

If you fail your final exam, do you still get the credit, if it's the only course you fail?

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Sep 1999
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Thankfully, what's not eating me is chiggers.
Ah, I remember the days of football, Red Rover, etc.
Roll around in the grass, and get eaten up by chiggers.
Nothing can match the anguish of rampaging chigger bites.

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WTF?

If you fail your final exam, do you still get the credit, if it's the only course you fail?


no i didnt fail my final exam. we had third exam and final exam on the same day and I failed the third exam (prolly). I have an average of 86 on last 2 exam w/o curve so I should be good if I did well on the finals.

Mercator is offline Mercator
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3. We're doing a play in school which is quite difficult ("Lysistrate" by Aristophanes if it helps anyone), I have a big role, and nothing's working. And it's due in ten days. Even the local papers will report about it (d'oh!)


What role are you playing (there aren't too many men involved are there )? I read it (in English)... quite a few years ago, though.

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5. The 'one certain girl who doesn't know' (you know what I mean) will move away to the Baltic sea after end of the school year (which is end of July), and I will never see her again. This is actually eating me most, and the only question I keep asking myself when I'm lying there listening to my favourite music is "why".


Give her a call, NOW! ... And if you actually manage to do that (and with a positive outcome too), tell me how you did it... please!

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6. I'm worried to fail my final exams next year, and I'm really worried about it, because I couldn't bear another year in school.


It was completely and utterly sick of school the last 2 to 3 years, but I managed just fine. But then, it all just depends on what kind of a student you are.
How well are you doing, generally speaking, in school?

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7. I'm worried that there might be a slight chance that I can fail this year in school, and have to do this class again.


Not too good then? Just remember that failing will mean an extra year in school (seriously)! You may hate school, but giving up will only make it worse. So work hard, but make sure you have plenty to do to get your mind off things too. Go somewhere during the holidays.

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13. I wanna leave this country. Immediately.


You say next year will be your last... You could try planning a year off after highschool. Say, a year backpacking in Australia, a year highschool in the US, volunteer work in Latin America or Africa, that sort of thing. There are plenty of possibilities.
That'll also help motivate you through school, since you will have something to look forward to.

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Hmm, things that worry me and or are weighting on my mind include:

1) I still owe $6k in debt from college loans, credit cards, and to Dell Computer which I would really like to pay off and get rid of. I've drawn up a financial plan and found I can pay it all off in about 15 months if I'm diligent but still it is a tough slog to get out of debt.

2) I'm unhappy with the current state of my relationship with my girlfriend. We keep fighting over stupid and mundain things and nothing I do to try to make her happy or to calm things down seems to work. I'm a happy go lucky type of guy and most of the women I've dated have been the same but my current girlfriend is perpetually wound up like a clock and she seems always ready to go off.

3) I really, really, really want to buy my first house but I only have $9k saved up and the prices for new homes is increasing faster then the rate I can save (i.e. home prices are going up 25% per year but my savings is growing at a rate slower then that. ) so each month it becomes hard to make the jump.

4) I'm having difficulty balancing my dasires to get ahead at work with my desire to go back to school and get my master's degree. Getting ahead at work means working 50+ hours a week (minium) but going back to school and being able to do well would mean working just 40 hours with no over time.

5) I joined a gym but I haven't been going regularly because I'm out of town so often with work. I'm starting to get fat and I don't like that so I'm planning on taking up running again and trying even harder to make it to the gym when I'm in town.

6) I really want to write a book about Psychological warfare but for the above reasons I haven't even started. I suppose it's all time management and I could do it all if I was more displined but so far I haven't been making the grade.

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Oh... and what's eating me?

I started my graduation project in April 2002 and I'm not getting anywhere. In fact, I haven't done anything at all the last few months. And I don't have a job or social life either.

I should be getting a part-time job and go swimming. I should then hopefully find the spirit back, get in shape, be more confident etc. and I would actually have some money to spend.
But I've been saying that for months too and I haven't gotten anywhere. And I don't have any excuse whatsoever.

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Oerdin:

1. Debt takes time, don't worry about it.

2. Dump her. Yet, all girls argue. You just need to find one that you can intimidate

3. Thought your folks would help. Try getting an investment property first, those loans are easier to get, don't require as much down, have lower rates, and will get you that 25%/year to put towards your own home.

4. I am going to work until I am at a point that I don't have to work 50 hours to get ahead

5. Gyms suk

6. The secret to writting is to write

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no i didnt fail my final exam. we had third exam and final exam on the same day and I failed the third exam (prolly). I have an average of 86 on last 2 exam w/o curve so I should be good if I did well on the finals.


Those are some nice grades you've got.

If you've got those in math, I salute you. So what course was it?

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Bio - neurology

i havent gotten A in math since elementary me thinks.

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1) I still owe $6k in debt [...] but I only have $9k saved up




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2) I'm unhappy with the current state of my relationship with my girlfriend. We keep fighting over stupid and mundain things and nothing I do to try to make her happy or to calm things down seems to work. I'm a happy go lucky type of guy and most of the women I've dated have been the same but my current girlfriend is perpetually wound up like a clock and she seems always ready to go off.


What exactly are you doing then? Buying her presents? Do what she asks just to please her and avoid a quarrel? Doing that looks more like your living past eachother, tolerating eachother, rather than being in a relationship together.
Sit down and talk about what it is that is bothering you both about eachother, your relationship, your lives and how you (want to) see your future.[/Dr. Phil]

Then again, I know nothing about you, your girlfriend, or relationships, so feel free to ignore me.

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Life is pretty good but

1. work is slow for me ( LAST month I made next to nothing) and I am a contractor so if I don't work I don't get paid-- Showing up nets ZERO if you don't have a project to work on--

2. My wife is on maternity leave and her income is less than half of normal. Combined with #1 this is worrisome but we do have a cushion builtin

3. Last night I had a nightmare that I discovered my son drowing in the bathtub and awoke during the CPR attempts ( the fact that we don't bathe him in the tub is irrelevant to my subconscious)

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3. Last night I had a nightmare that I discovered my son drowing in the bathtub and awoke during the CPR attempts ( the fact that we don't bathe him in the tub is irrelevant to my subconscious)


I don't think there anything wrong with that, except for showing a healthy dose of concern for the well-being of your offspring.

My mom has dreamt about flushing my sister down the toilet, and she's still alive.

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stefan, by what i've read you really have no problems, they're all in your head... you don't have real problems until:

1. Your psychiatrist is on speed dial

2. Your alternate personality is on speed dial

3. The IRS is on speed dial

4. You can't make bail

5. You're Saddam

6. You've had more surgeries than you can count on your fingers

7. Your girlfriend isn't a girl

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Your mother or your sister?

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both

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6. You've had more surgeries than you can count on your fingers

Including the fingers that have been added.

 
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