Spoke with my (very traditional/sexist) father in law last night. He's coming down for a visit at the end of the week (fun) and he wanted to know if he wanted me to bring anything down from Indiana. There were a few items, so we got that straightened out.
But he kept making comments about how he was trying to think of things to help me "decorate the home" and how he "imagines I have it pretty much how I want it at this point". Um. No. If you think I've done any form of decorating, you don't know me very well. I would *like* to have a house that doesn't look like two college students still live there, but I don't have the creativity to look at something and go, "Oh, that would look perfect over there!" and I don't have the money to walk into Hobby Lobby and purchase everything that strikes my fancy to make my house look magazine quality.
I don't even own any drapes. Or pictures. Or matching furniture. Pet hair is my decoration.
Just kind of touched a sore spot.
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Also, feeling very overwhelmed today and kind of feel like crying. I even made a list and am checking off stuff I've accomplished, but it's not helping. Still feel like crying. We have NO money (literally only $100 in the bank, with our credit card racked up to $1,000 thanks to car repairs), we need groceries, I feel like we were cheated when we purchased our car (the payment is only $35 less than what my Honda was, the car has 4x the mileage my Honda did, and we've been having some issues with the car that the dealership HAD to have known about before they sold it to us, but weren't apparent to us until now), I need to get **** done, but I don't feel like doing anything.
I miss home. I miss my old job. I miss my friends. I miss my old car. I hate this weather. I don't want to be here. *cries*
But he kept making comments about how he was trying to think of things to help me "decorate the home" and how he "imagines I have it pretty much how I want it at this point". Um. No. If you think I've done any form of decorating, you don't know me very well. I would *like* to have a house that doesn't look like two college students still live there, but I don't have the creativity to look at something and go, "Oh, that would look perfect over there!" and I don't have the money to walk into Hobby Lobby and purchase everything that strikes my fancy to make my house look magazine quality.
I don't even own any drapes. Or pictures. Or matching furniture. Pet hair is my decoration.
Just kind of touched a sore spot.
ETA:
Also, feeling very overwhelmed today and kind of feel like crying. I even made a list and am checking off stuff I've accomplished, but it's not helping. Still feel like crying. We have NO money (literally only $100 in the bank, with our credit card racked up to $1,000 thanks to car repairs), we need groceries, I feel like we were cheated when we purchased our car (the payment is only $35 less than what my Honda was, the car has 4x the mileage my Honda did, and we've been having some issues with the car that the dealership HAD to have known about before they sold it to us, but weren't apparent to us until now), I need to get **** done, but I don't feel like doing anything.
I miss home. I miss my old job. I miss my friends. I miss my old car. I hate this weather. I don't want to be here. *cries*
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