Please post what is currently sucking in your life.

[MikeG]

[redqueen]

1. I got a ticket

for not having insurance.

I think it's gonna cost a lot.

:cry:

[ogradda]

3. shit i hate those n/t

[redqueen]

10. I've never had a moving violation in my LIFE

So I was quite upset about it... now I'm just upset.

I hope that fact has some merit with the judge when I throw myself at his/her mercy.

[ogradda]

27. in my state, washington

if you go to the judge and plead poverty and remorse, usually they will lower the ticket and let you make payments, or even wipe it entirely. but you must have insurance when you go to court.

[sandnsea]

15. In higher insurance rates, mostly

My son got one of those 3 years ago. He had no vehicle and didn't drive, so had no insurance. He was test driving a truck for a day and the guy said it was insured. He got stopped for speeding or something, and the cop said he'd do him a favor and just give him a no insurance ticket. Well yeah, that ticket is cheaper than a speeding ticket here. But it also automatically requires an SR-22 filing in Oregon, which doubled his insurance for the last 3 years. Hope your state doesn't stick that one on you. :(

[redqueen]

21. Actually, it might be even worse.

I was soooooo nervous... I lied. :scared:

I don't know why I did it... but I told him I did have insurance and that I just didn't have the proof... I guess I was hoping he'd just ticket me for out of date registration (by 14 days, which was why he pulled me over), but no... he also ticketed me for not having proof of ins.

I'm a dumbass.

[Worst Username Ever]

26. Just pay the ticket and tell them you thought ou had insurance but

after the ticket you realized it had lapsed. Thank goodness for that helpful officer, if not for him you would have continued to drive uninsured!

[redqueen]

36. Yeah

I'll probably do that... except the reeeeeeealy sucky part is that I had only put off the insurance because of money, and was planning on going by there last night after work, but I had to make another stop on the way, and was too late.

Oh, the pain... if only I'd done it last night, I'd have only a $10 fine to worry about.

I need a smiley that smacks itself in the head.

[sandnsea]

41. Don't lie in court

No no no. Don't do that. If you've got extenuating financial circumstances, tell the judge that. But don't say you thought you had insurance, unless that's what you really thought.

[notadmblnd]

31. I bribed an insurance agent once after getting a ticket for no proof

he just left the date on the binder blank. I filled it in. The fine in Michigan fro driving without ins is 500.00. But if you go down and show proof, the ticket is dismissed.

[redqueen]

40. heh

I dunno if I have the tits to try that! But thanks for the suggestion nonetheless.

[sandnsea]

35. Well, stop worrying about that

You really think you're the first person to lie to a cop?? Natch, forget about it. If you can get this stuff taken care of before you go to court, that would be good. Then you can just go in and say "I'm a dumbass". My husband has always said there should be an "I'm stupid" plea.

In the future though, I do think the rule is "don't talk to cops, but if you do, ALWAYS tell the truth."

[redqueen]

37. I know!

I'm such a dumbass!

He was nice, too... thanked me for 'the courtesy' (I guess people usually act pissy when they're pulled over)... he didn't deserve to be lied to... I'm a horrible person!

[sandnsea]

46. ha

The cop would rather have you than me! I have never had a moving violation either. I got stopped and the cop said I was speeding. I was not speeding goddammit. Anyway, I was just making a quick run to the store and didn't bring my purse, no driver's license. I was in my son's car, yeah that one, and couldn't find the registration or insurance. But he did have it, honest. So there I am, no NOTHING. Totally freaking out. And the cop decides to lecture me about DRIVING. Oh fuck that, I have NEVER had an accident, ticket, NOTHING. Finally I says to him, "arrest me, write a ticket, or I'm leaving". I suspect nobody had ever threatened to drive away on him before. He runs some sort of check and then comes back and let's me go.

So yeah, I bet your little lie was nothing considering what they usually have to put up with!

[redqueen]

53. HAHAHAHAHA!

Is it wrong that I think it's great you put him in his place like that?

:thumbsup:

[sandnsea]

61. Well, it's a small town

I wouldn't recommend trying that just anyplace. :)

[kuozzman]

56. Why the hell is it a law that you have to have insurance anyway?

[Guaranteed]

62. Because people can't get compensated by suing you

if you don't have anything.

[Magrittes Pipe]

2. Nothing.

[ohiosmith]

4. Vacuum!

[dolo amber]

5. The subzero weather and lack of proper heat

is rather a pisser for me at the mo'... :cry:

[Magrittes Pipe]

18. You just like to complain.

:eyes:

[dolo amber]

51. Only when I have something

to complain about...oh wait, that's all the time. Nevermind. :7

[ogradda]

6. the cat is sick.

and i must give him pills and nose drops. the cat does not approve.

[Bertha Venation]

7. My lower back.

After the deathknell to Vioxx...

After injections that didn't work...

After my doctor's office is so fucking unbelievably unorganized and apathetic that it's like pulling teeth to get a refill on T3...

After this morning's four-hour commute...

My lower back just god damned fucking sucks.

[B Calm]

68. After two back surgeries

I was doing quite well. Three nights ago my back started aching and has steadly gotten worse. My job was not helping. Hopefully this weekend I'll be able to stay indoors where it is warm and dry and nurse my back, back into shape before going to work on Sunday night...

[Bertha Venation]

73. My hope for you:

rest, warmth, heat on the back, and improved working conditions! :bounce:

[Nikia]

8. Don't even get me started

I just need to remember and believe the good advice of:
"Who is rich? The man (person) who is happy with what he (or she) has."
"I know better than anyone else, nor worse."
Then everything will be alright.

[On the Road]

9. I've Been Exhausted for Six Weeks

Can barely do a load of laundry.

I talk to nobody at work, and it can get very lonely.

I'm in a job where I'm reamed for making a mistake. Not only am I prone to that, the material is difficult and glitchy.

And I'm thinking I might have to end a long-term relationship, the thought of which is destroying me.

On the bright side........

[tjdee]

32. Oh my my my.

:hug:

Everything will be okay. Cliche, but true.

Do you know why you're feeling so exhausted?

If you figure that out everything else might be a bit easier.

[On the Road]

67. It May be a Sinus Infection -- Had Those Before

It might be a recurrence of mono, which I had badly about five years ago. That's not supposed to happen, but there are many anectodal reports of it.

Thanks for the hug. I'm generally pretty optimistic. Things will improve. Many fundamental things are right. But it's difficult constantly struggling to sit up straight, stay awake and oriented, and walk in a straight line.

[fishwax]

11. waiting to hear from graduate schools

and being in limbo about where in the country we'll be come August. Could be much worse, though.

[XNASA]

12. Two close family members are ill.

One of them only has a couple of years left, maybe.

The other is suffering with cluster headaches. There's not much that can be done in either case to correct.

It sucks.

[redqueen]

42. Oh I'm so sorry to hear that...

I knew someone who suffered from cluster headaches, and they're just awful.

Now I feel shallow for bitching about a couple of tickets.

:hug:

[XNASA]

49. It's rough.

The worst thing is that Vioxx was a huge help. And now of course, it's been taken off the shelves.

[sleepyhead]

91. Cluster headaches do suck.

I suffered from them for ages. I finally went to a neurologist who put me on enough steroids to choke a horse and the headaches went away. I know I was very lucky - not everyone with clusters will respond to medication. I still get occasional twinges, but they are very short-lasting and respond to high doses of ibuprofen. Now I have to concentrate on trying to lose the weight I put on while on the steroids, but that is a relatively minor problem.

[Worst Username Ever]

13. It's fricken cold outside. My fiance is travelling for work this weekend

and I miss her. I got into school for next fall but I have to stay at my job another 7 months before school starts (i wish I could quit now). I'm balding. I have stuffy nose. I have to work at my part tiem job tomorrow so I can't have fun tonight.


That is all.

[intheflow]

14. Independent study 20-page deadline looming large.

It's not really due for another 2 months, but considering I've had a year to work on it, and I haven't really done any research, I'm beginning to panic.

Still in enough denial to play on DU all day instead of doing research, though! LOL!

[demnan]

16. Bush is President , the war in Iraq and my knees

is about the worst thing in my life right now. I don't have any complaints personally. I'm doing ok (except for the bad knees).

[Reverend_Smitty]

17. my social life...

I've left the house once in the past week...I spend all my time at DU, which isn't a bad thing but it doesn't help my social (lack of) situation

[sui generis]

19. I got a chest cold two weeks ago

just as that was clearing up I got a head cold (office ebola variety, already mutated to resist normal immune systemns) and my ass has been dragging on the ground about three feet behind me this week.

[CottonBear]

20. An unexpected $2,700 car repair bill. Ouch. n/t

[johnnie]

22. Besides the standard bills thing

Not much else really. There are too many people with ten times more problems than I have, I'm pretty lucky.

[hippiechick]

23. One of my dearest friends

just passed away and some people felt the need to get all egotistical and snarfy about it ... making themselves look like major league asswads and really not honoring this person's memory at all.

How's that for suckage ? :(


:shrug:

[MikeG]

25. worse than my sore throat.

[Glenda]

86. Sorry to hear that , hippiechick

My condolences

:grouphug:

[sandnsea]

24. I should be rich

Seriously, I'm not kidding. Long story, but with my business I should have been a millionaire, easily. I just have no marketing abilities. Oh well, I eat and have electricity and control my own life, that's the main thing I guess.

[SmileyBoy]

28. My financial aid (for tuition) might be cut.

Also, I need one more credit in order to qualify as a full-time student this semester, but I haven't been able to register for a course that offers one credit. Either they're full, or conflict with my schedule.

[The empressof all]

29. Can relate a lot to what's already been said

I'm absolutely freezing. Even with proper heat I can't get warm

My lower back is killing me too and I'm so tired I can barely get anything done around here anyway even without being in gut wrenching pain.

I need 10,000 worth of dental work done. Only good part about this is that I'm barely able to afford it but there goes my family vacation that we planned for over the past 5 years to celebrate our 20th anniversary.

[BurtWorm]

30. My vacuum cleaner isn't working.

:crazy:

[MikeG]

34. K-Mart always has them cheap.

[Bunny]

43. Wouldn't that be something that's NOT sucking?

:silly:

[BurtWorm]

47. That's what makes it sucky

I'm so confuuuuuused! :crazy:

[Bunny]

70. You and me both!

:P

[paula777]

33. My commute. 3 to 4 hours per day in a car is too much!

[mr_hat]

38. Career. Too old to quit, too young to die, too

broke to do either. But hey. I'm thankful to be employed and doing the commercial variant of what I should be doing artistically.

[Solly Mack]

39. the exchange rate

dollars to euros

[Commendatori]

44. Asshole about to be inaugurated, no NHL hockey. (n/t)

[GOPBasher]

45. My President and my congress. nt

[WMliberal]

48. yaaaaaaaay complaint thread!!! I'll go

Can't find a good job.
Girlfriend left me recently. I'm too poor to go courting for someone else.
Parents are divorcing.
My sister is in and out of the looney bin.
My youngest cat almost had to get put down yesterday.
I'm $30000 in college debt.

That's enough for now.

[redqueen]

54. .

:hug:

[WMliberal]

55. merci

:loveya:

[Guaranteed]

63. Dude, you win.

At least you've got your health, right?

[WMliberal]

64. yeah, I haven't been sick for a long time.

That's in the good things column!

[katinmn]

74. you just made me feel better about my puny complaint

I hope 2005 is a better year for you!

[theorist]

50. Being single.

I know there are horrible things going on in the world, and this isn't that big of a deal.... I'm just seriously frustrated. :)

[madrchsod]

52. my car just quit running

so i can`t go to work and i may be fired. if i get another car my paycheck will go to pay for a another car.so i`ll end up spending 25%+ of my monthly wage just to have a car to go to work....oh well walmart is opening three miles from my home and i can ride my bike there

[B Calm]

57. I like my job, its the cheap wages that piss me off!

[fudge stripe cookays]

58. I hate my job.

But other than that, I'm doing pretty good. It's better than the alternative in this economy, and I fully realize it.


Have a husband and a dog who love me, a cat who tolerates me, my health is good, and I just lost 14 pounds.

Sorry those of you going through a hard time right now. Keep your chins up buckaroos!

FSC

[scarlet_owl]

59. I'm depressed about my infertility.

I've been crying about it off and on all day and that sucks.

[CornField]

66. I'm very sorry to hear that

Although I've never had infertility issues, I've had lots of reproductive issues. I remember being so angry and frustrated with my body.

Anyway... just wanted to send you some hugs. Hope things look up for your very soon.

[scarlet_owl]

69. Thanks for the hugs.

It's the hardest thing I have ever been through, and it is very frustrating. Some days are better than others, but today is a particularly rough one.

[CornField]

60. If I start... I doubt I'll be able to stop

As for things that DON'T suck at the moment:

The kitty, who keeps curling up at my feet and keeping them warm
The children, who remain oblivious to all the sucky stuff

[HEyHEY]

65. I've got a cold

[katinmn]

71. It's so fricking cold you can't stand to be outside

[SarahB]

72. Waiting.

I have a decent job I'm starting (plus job another per diem), I'm about ready to file for divorce and get a decent financial settlement (legally anyway, things are going smoothly and amicably). I have been waiting months and months for all of this to come together and I'm almost there. Basically, the main difficultly is just these last few weeks is just the waiting (but keeping busy helps pass the time), so I can be free to start to move forward with my life.

A lot of the heavy duty emotional stuff I've already processed. My ex still has a lot to process and it's pretty difficult for him to do it with me under the same roof- hence much stress and tension. It's just time.

[Bouncy Ball]

75. My brother in law is in Iraq

and I'm worried sick about him. If anything happens to him, my husband will absolutely flip out.

I need to lose about 10-15 pounds.

Allergies.

That's about it.

[kittycat1164]

76. My left wrist and elbow

I was in a cast for 4 months with three surgeries in between. My muscles and tendons in my hand, wrist and elbow are now atrophied. My HMO only allows 16 physical therapy visits per fiscal year, (June - July) and I've already used 6 just to get my finger to move alittle. I'm out of the cast (THANK GOD!) but now I have to wear a long arm splint at all times except for 6 - 8 hours a days when I have to be in a brace that I think the devil himself designed. It forces my wrist into "supination" (If I never hear that word again when this all ends it will be too soon) It forces my wrist to turn slowly and at different pressures. I'm only on 1 and cry when I take it off after an hour. And it goes to 9! I'll be in this god forsaken thing for at least 4 months. Sorry for my ranting....but you did ask. :)

[Book Lover]

77. I am freaking out here at work

One book shipped just fine today, but the other book is horrendous - the back matter isn't finished being paged, the pagination memo and book map aren't done, and it's supposed to ship to the printer today. Ha. Were it not for my sweet spouse and DU, I'd be crying right now...

[u4ic]

78. My health...money

:thumbsdown:

[Dastard Stepchild]

79. Gastroenteritis...

It really sucks.

[KG]

80. there's not enough sucking in my life.

[paula777]

81. That sucks

[GreenPartyVoter]

82. I am afraid to learn to drive. Not driving, while good for the enviro

is bad for my life.

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[The empressof all]

87. I didn't learn to drive until I was 27

Two months after I got my license I drove across the country by myself. I didn't kill anything and haven't done so yet.

I learned to drive in Brooklyn of all places---A totally crazy place to drive let alone learn how to drive.

I was very afraid too-- Find a good driving instructor. Don't have friends or family help you. It's well worth the money.

The freedom driving allows you is worth the price. You don't need to own a car or drive every day but it's a great skill to have.

[GreenPartyVoter]

89. I really gotta cave up some $ for those lessons, cause right

not all I got is friends and family to help me.

But first, I have to pass the written test and get my permit.

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[Dogmudgeon]

83. Where to start ...

First of all, Khephra died. That sucks.

My health sucks, and I have no health insurance.

I have a sinus infection right now. This one is horrendous, and I should be in the hospital getting IV antibiotics. There's lots of pain, occasional torrents of blood, nausea, fever, more pain, dizziness, concomittant ear infections, and now the infection is spreading to the orbits of my eyes. The oral antibiotics haven't kicked in yet.

Most of this is from my "bad ear" which has been operated on a few times to remove tumors and suchlike. I'm almost entirely deaf in that ear (the left one), and now the hearing is going in the other ear.

The pain is bad enough that my ability to think clearly is shot. Today is unusual in that I have been able to post coherently -- gave up trying to do that several weeks ago.

I also have some kind of long-term infection that nobody has been able to place, like CFIDS or ME but with more pain and less fatigue than is customary with those illnesses. And you know, with illnesses, everything interacts.

I haven't had full-time regular work since about a month after 9/11/01. I used to work as a programmer at a big pharmaceutical house. You can guess where that job went.

I've been applying for disability benefits. I'd rather work, but that's pretty much out of the question until I can get some medical treatment. But it's only my first time applying, and it almost always takes three tries. The fact that I can program a computer will certainly slow it down ... "you're able to work ... just move to China, ya deadbeat!"

And I am likely to be single until I die, too.

I know other people are worse off than me, but this just sucks. I suppose I'm in good company.

--p!

[flamingyouth]

84. Being 2000 miles away from Neil

:cry: I miss him very much :cry:

[Cuban_Liberal]

85. The hole in my left earlobe closed up.

Debating on getting it re-pierced.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

88. gravity

[HEAVYHEART]

90. Right now

What's sucking really bad is I locked my keys in my car about 3 hours ago. I haven't done shit like this in 20 friggin years! Dumbass. So I'm sitting here waiting for someone to bring me my extra set of keys, he should be here in about an hour.

[alarimer]

92. I hate my job

Well I don't hate my job so much as some of the people I work with.
Is it bad to dread going into work and having a constant stomache ache or head ache????

I also didn't get a job a recently interviewed for which would have taken me away from all this.