What my crazy (analog smoker) wife did yesterday.......

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diggyb

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For the record, you don't have "freedom of speech" on online forums such as this. The freedom of speech you are referring to, which is part of the first amendment in the U.S Constitution, doesn't apply to online forums. Typically, on a forum such as the this, it is entirely up to the moderators as to what content is allowed, and what isn't.

Anyway, the only reason I'm correcting you is because time and time again I see people on online forums who believe they have "freedom of speech", not realizing that they don't.

Anyway, continue =)

beat me to it! (though I disagree with your first post :p )
 

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Maybe that is HER way of expressing herself, because she hasn't been able to express herself verbally, or you haven't noticed she is upset.

People often act out in outrageous ways because they feel they aren't being heard of listened to.
Awwh, he maybe didn't listen enough, so you're using that as a possible justification for her behavior? Nonsense. What she did, as described, is not excusable. Trying to do so is really just a version of blaming the victim.

Destroying another person's valuables is NOT a viable way of "HER expressing herself." For you to suggest that it is ... almost mystifying.
 

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That is insane, that makes me mad just thinking about it! You have much better self control than I do, I would have flipped out beyond belief. I'm glad to hear money isn't really an issue for you though, It'd take me a month or so to save up to replace my EVOD battery/tanks, Vision spinner, Vamo, PT2, and mini PT2. I can't understand why someone would think we're ruining our health with these vs. analogs. Kudos to you though for handling it the way you did, hope it never happens again
 

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I don't think one incident is a sign to jump ship. You should see how hubby n I fight lol. We've just never gone so far as to deliberately damage each others property especially something that has no effect on the other.

We do however really go at it if one of us has been stressed and put so much effort into keeping the other unstressed that one of us blows. A few hrs later after real talking begins we realize it had nothing to do with the other person and write it off as we just needed to blow off some steam.
Give her some time maybe a few days for "both" of you to chill and try to open a real conversation to find out whats really wrong.
Not to say she is but I found out i was prego after exploding on hubby once . It was just hormones.
 

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Supermarket - sometimes people just need to vent and seek support. Just because people have the right to freedom of speech and are free to be cruel in their responses does not mean they SHOULD. And just because someone comes to a typically supportive and friendly forum to share a difficult situation does not make it okay to get on a soapbox and play armchair psychiatrist unless the person is asking for such response. Just sayin.




You responded to me, but not sure if you meant to respond to the OP?

My response to the OP wasn't about the freedom of speech people have or don't have in responding to him. He mentioned freedom of speech, and I was just clarifying that there is no freedom of speech on message boards.

As for what posts and replies are appropriate or not - well, I'll leave that one to the mods.
 

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Awwh, he maybe didn't listen enough, so you're using that as a possible justification for her behavior? Nonsense. What she did, as described, is not excusable. Trying to do so is really just a version of blaming the victim.

Destroying another person's valuables is NOT a viable way of "HER expressing herself." For you to suggest that it is ... almost mystifying.


I'm not justifying ANYTHING.

Attempting to find a CAUSE for something is not even in the same BOAT as attempting to justify something.

Just because I try to find one WHY the person on TV shot her husband.....doesn't mean I'm justifying her shooting her husband (an example).
 

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She decided that my vape gear was making me go crazy and ruining my health, so she took about $200 worth of my vape gear (SVD, SS Zmax, with Protanks and batteries) while I was in the shower getting myself ready to go to work, and took them to a creek near our house, and tossed it all in.........she believes that I'd be better off to go back to analogs......
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The truth is that in the last six of the eight months since I'd quit the analogs, I've felt like a million bucks! I am of sharper mind than I think I've ever been in my entire life too.

So I took away her smokes, and now I feel kinda sick from smoking analogs because my order of 3 SVD's, 3 Protanks, and 4 batteries will take a few days to get here........and in the meantime......
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Now I sit and wonder which one of us is the dumbest of the two....not sure really....
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you just can't fix stupid, can you?:p
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Isn't life funny?

Get to the part where she went in to the Creek to get them? I am curious to see if your SVD will still work.
 

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I don't think one incident is a sign to jump ship. You should see how hubby n I fight lol. We've just never gone so far as to deliberately damage each others property especially something that has no effect on the other.

We do however really go at it if one of us has been stressed and put so much effort into keeping the other unstressed that one of us blows. A few hrs later after real talking begins we realize it had nothing to do with the other person and write it off as we just needed to blow off some steam.
Give her some time maybe a few days for "both" of you to chill and try to open a real conversation to find out whats really wrong.
Not to say she is but I found out i was prego after exploding on hubby once . It was just hormones.

GF and I fight like crazy sometimes. It's never my fault of course, but I don't want her to feel like the relationship is one-sided - so I fight back!

:D

I actually thanked her last night for taking to the vaping thing so readily.

"Why are you thanking me?" she asked

"Because if you weren't into it, you would look down on me for it, and make it harder for me to quit..."

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such is life, sometimes...

The little crack of a window that OP gave us into his life is much less telling about his personality than the judgements some people are making say about theirs. IMO, of course.

:)
 

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AH! those passionate early years of marriage. Or is she a redhead?

Bawahahahahaha!!!!!!
Seriously, I am the most chilled out redhead around although I've met a few that are so over the top it's insane! Add to that I'm an Aries so I should really be certifiable, LOL!
My BF, of 9 years now, still smokes his nasty cigars (he must feel guilty cause he does try to do it on the sly), makes feeble attempts to demonstrate he's vaping, (BTW: He's lost 2 mods, (each $100+) within 24 hours after I bought them for him, ok, maybe his memory is going, still don't have the Alzheimer results yet) starts lively conversations about whether vaping is really all that healthier for him (he will NOT research it!)......:facepalm:....but he respects the "No Smoking" rule in the house and my truck.
Bottom line: His health, his life, his choice.

Now if he threw my vaping stuff out (and we do have a deep pond).........grrrrr..........I'd take all his gold panning stuff and all HIS guns and ammo, and lock them away somewhere. Then I'd ask him if he understood how taking away my vape gear might have felt.........of course he'd know I was armed and loaded for bear, LOL! Then I'd take HIS credit card and slap it down on a Provari, a few tanks, and a mega order of 60ml bottles from AiV (heck, make it big enough that the mushroom lab sends me an entire DECK of playing cards!), give him his stuff back and call it even.

If that doesn't work........:glare: then the "Redhead from Hell" will come out. Nothing screws with a guy's head when they can't get their truck to turn over and they tear everything apart trying to find the problem........taking the rotor out of the distributor cap I can GUARANTEE will have any guy pulling his hair out, throwing tools, and generally weeping.:evil:

Of course, after he finally would give up, I'd go outside, stealthily replace the rotor, start the vehicle and have his undying awe and affection.:2cool:

All's fair in Love and War. Just keep it non-destructive and don't get personal with the 4 letter words or their variations.:2c:
 

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:pop:....................

Oooooooh the temptation!!!!!

"I'd take all his gold panning stuff"

at least my vape gear doesn't make the property look like........ well, I'll stop there.:evil:

I'm thinking: Boundaries!!!! Respect boundaries!!!! Relationships... some times a joy and other times... well, I'll stop there.... gosh that little phrase comes in handy.

Edit: not just talking pans here... generators, dry bankers, etc... just for clarity... Arizona is da place.
 
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