Flamed Confession

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Apr 1, 2016 17:03:59 GMT -5 wanderingheart said:

Apr 1, 2016 16:14:16 GMT -5 teachermomtobe said:

Confession: I am not a dog person. I do not want a dog. I do not want to hear about your dog. I do not want your dog all up in my shit. Flame away...

This is how I feel about cats. DNW a cat to be near me ever.

This is how I feel about pube braids.

[wildflower810]

Apr 1, 2016 17:03:59 GMT -5 wanderingheart said:

Apr 1, 2016 16:14:16 GMT -5 teachermomtobe said:

Confession: I am not a dog person. I do not want a dog. I do not want to hear about your dog. I do not want your dog all up in my shit. Flame away...

This is how I feel about cats. DNW a cat to be near me ever.

+1 to both dogs and cats. Not an animal person here.

[loves2shop4shoes]

I had my annual performance review at my job on Tuesday. In the time I've been working for my company, I've taken on many new responsibilities, including the jobs of two people they recently let go for performance related work. I have 4 people who now report to me. I go in early. I stay late. I'm in charge of all of the largest clients.

The review itself went pretty well. I agreed with most of it. I was told I'm an asset to the company and that they are grateful to have me and appreciative of my work. And then they offered me a 2k raise. I maintained calm, and said, as professionally as possible, that while I was so pleased to be receiving an increase of any kind, I was hoping an increase would be more congruent with the amount of work I've taken on.

So my boss gets back to me today. They bumped it to a 4k raise.

I'm super pissed, and I feel like a huge brat about it. 

[mosdub]

off topic, wanderingheart I friggin love your sig pic!

[loves2shop4shoes]

Apr 1, 2016 18:51:23 GMT -5 @pineappleoranges said:

Apr 1, 2016 18:29:52 GMT -5 loves2shop4shoes said:

I had my annual performance review at my job on Tuesday. In the time I've been working for my company, I've taken on many new responsibilities, including the jobs of two people they recently let go for performance related work. I have 4 people who now report to me. I go in early. I stay late. I'm in charge of all of the largest clients.

The review itself went pretty well. I agreed with most of it. I was told I'm an asset to the company and that they are grateful to have me and appreciative of my work. And then they offered me a 2k raise. I maintained calm, and said, as professionally as possible, that while I was so pleased to be receiving an increase of any kind, I was hoping an increase would be more congruent with the amount of work I've taken on.

So my boss gets back to me today. They bumped it to a 4k raise.

I'm super pissed, and I feel like a huge brat about it. 

Your work is the problem. I don't know why you feel like a brat? Like your pay should be equal to the tasks that you are doing.

Your FFFC is you feel like a brat for asking for more money?

Guilty.

Honestly, market value for my position is about 10k more than I make now. And I got pissed because at my first review, they told me that market value was 20k less than I make now. I told my boss (politely) that I wasn't sure what data he was referencing, but I was happy to send him links to demonstrate that my research indicated that I was actually below market.

So it irritated me that they would lie to me about what market value was for my job, and then hope I was stupid enough to believe them.

Then again, I feel like I should be grateful that I got an increase at all. There are many people who are jobless, desperately seeking jobs, or make far less money than I do. I felt bratty for (very professionally) saying that any raise wasn't enough.

Maybe it's just that as women, we're often encouraged not to negotiate or advocate for ourselves? 

[PirateCat]

Apr 1, 2016 18:29:52 GMT -5 loves2shop4shoes said:

I had my annual performance review at my job on Tuesday. In the time I've been working for my company, I've taken on many new responsibilities, including the jobs of two people they recently let go for performance related work. I have 4 people who now report to me. I go in early. I stay late. I'm in charge of all of the largest clients.

The review itself went pretty well. I agreed with most of it. I was told I'm an asset to the company and that they are grateful to have me and appreciative of my work. And then they offered me a 2k raise. I maintained calm, and said, as professionally as possible, that while I was so pleased to be receiving an increase of any kind, I was hoping an increase would be more congruent with the amount of work I've taken on.

So my boss gets back to me today. They bumped it to a 4k raise.

I'm super pissed, and I feel like a huge brat about it. 

I don't think you are being brat. If you have taken on the work of your former coworkers you should be compensated for it fairly - you are still saving the company a lot of money by not hiring more people to replace them. No one likes feeling taken advantage of.

[icaughtfire]

I slightly distrust those that aren't "animal people." I completely understand not wanting to own a pet..they're a big responsibility & maybe your lifestyle can't accomodate that. I even understand preferring dogs to cats or vice versa. But just not liking animals? How does one not like animals at all? Like..have you ever seen a puppy? What kind of fucking monster doesn't like a puppy?

[wanderingheart]

Apr 1, 2016 19:35:42 GMT -5 icaughtfire said:

I slightly distrust those that aren't "animal people." I completely understand not wanting to own a pet..they're a big responsibility & maybe your lifestyle can't accomodate that. I even understand preferring dogs to cats or vice versa. But just not liking animals? How does one not like animals at all? Like..have you ever seen a puppy? What kind of fucking monster doesn't like a puppy?

I like dogs! I HAVE A HEART!!!!!!!!!

[wanderingheart]

Apr 1, 2016 19:13:32 GMT -5 pippacricket said:

Apr 1, 2016 17:03:59 GMT -5 wanderingheart said:

This is how I feel about cats. DNW a cat to be near me ever.

YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT PIPPA AND HOWIE AND YOU WILL LIKE IT GDI!

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Apr 1, 2016 19:35:42 GMT -5 icaughtfire said:

I slightly distrust those that aren't "animal people." I completely understand not wanting to own a pet..they're a big responsibility & maybe your lifestyle can't accomodate that. I even understand preferring dogs to cats or vice versa. But just not liking animals? How does one not like animals at all? Like..have you ever seen a puppy? What kind of fucking monster doesn't like a puppy?

I have never met an animal I liked. They're gross. I tried to have a pet snake when I was a kid, and that was the closest to caring about an animal that I've ever come. But even that only lasted a couple weeks** and I didn't care enough to replace it or ever have another pet. People are bad enough. I don't need to deal with animals, too.

** I didn't choose to get rid of it or anything. My little sister (age 3 or 4) decided that it was mean to keep animals in cages and let it go in our back yard.

[Rama]

Apr 1, 2016 20:18:31 GMT -5 @led said:

Apr 1, 2016 19:35:42 GMT -5 icaughtfire said:

I slightly distrust those that aren't "animal people." I completely understand not wanting to own a pet..they're a big responsibility & maybe your lifestyle can't accomodate that. I even understand preferring dogs to cats or vice versa. But just not liking animals? How does one not like animals at all? Like..have you ever seen a puppy? What kind of fucking monster doesn't like a puppy?

I have never met an animal I liked. They're gross. I tried to have a pet snake when I was a kid, and that was the closest to caring about an animal that I've ever come. But even that only lasted a couple weeks** and I didn't care enough to replace it or ever have another pet. People are bad enough. I don't need to deal with animals, too.

** I didn't choose to get rid of it or anything. My little sister (age 3 or 4) decided that it was mean to keep animals in cages and let it go in our back yard.

YOU DON'T LIKE KODA?! *horror*

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Apr 1, 2016 20:22:08 GMT -5 Rama said:

Apr 1, 2016 20:18:31 GMT -5 @led said:

I have never met an animal I liked. They're gross. I tried to have a pet snake when I was a kid, and that was the closest to caring about an animal that I've ever come. But even that only lasted a couple weeks** and I didn't care enough to replace it or ever have another pet. People are bad enough. I don't need to deal with animals, too.

** I didn't choose to get rid of it or anything. My little sister (age 3 or 4) decided that it was mean to keep animals in cages and let it go in our back yard.

YOU DON'T LIKE KODA?! *horror*

I mean, I don't actively hate her or anything. She's just a cat.

[Rama]

Apr 1, 2016 20:25:27 GMT -5 @led said:

Apr 1, 2016 20:22:08 GMT -5 Rama said:

YOU DON'T LIKE KODA?! *horror*

I mean, I don't actively hate her or anything. She's just a cat.

She's good entertainment. As I confessed earlier. ;)

[icaughtfire]

Apr 1, 2016 20:18:31 GMT -5 @led said:

Apr 1, 2016 19:35:42 GMT -5 icaughtfire said:

I slightly distrust those that aren't "animal people." I completely understand not wanting to own a pet..they're a big responsibility & maybe your lifestyle can't accomodate that. I even understand preferring dogs to cats or vice versa. But just not liking animals? How does one not like animals at all? Like..have you ever seen a puppy? What kind of fucking monster doesn't like a puppy?

I have never met an animal I liked. They're gross. I tried to have a pet snake when I was a kid, and that was the closest to caring about an animal that I've ever come. But even that only lasted a couple weeks** and I didn't care enough to replace it or ever have another pet. People are bad enough. I don't need to deal with animals, too.

** I didn't choose to get rid of it or anything. My little sister (age 3 or 4) decided that it was mean to keep animals in cages and let it go in our back yard.

::squinty eyes:: I see.

[kawaiikitsune]

I actually think sphinx cats are adorable.

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Apr 1, 2016 23:13:39 GMT -5 kawaiikitsune said:

I actually think sphinx cats are adorable.

What are sphinx cats?

[Rama]

Apr 1, 2016 23:20:12 GMT -5 @wallflwr926 said:

Apr 1, 2016 23:13:39 GMT -5 kawaiikitsune said:

I actually think sphinx cats are adorable.

What are sphinx cats?

naked mole rats, if they were cats

[Rama]

Apr 1, 2016 23:21:19 GMT -5 Rama said:

Apr 1, 2016 23:20:12 GMT -5 @wallflwr926 said:

What are sphinx cats?

naked mole rats, if they were cats

#bestTopPage #casuallyChannelsWH wanderingheart

[kawaiikitsune]

Apr 1, 2016 23:20:12 GMT -5 @wallflwr926 said:

Apr 1, 2016 23:13:39 GMT -5 kawaiikitsune said:

I actually think sphinx cats are adorable.

What are sphinx cats?

The one in the header image. Most people say they're ugly but I think they're pretty cute.

[mosdub]

Apr 2, 2016 0:39:08 GMT -5 @samrs22 said:

Apr 1, 2016 23:13:39 GMT -5 kawaiikitsune said:

I actually think sphinx cats are adorable.

If I had a sphinx cat would worry about them being cold.
And then I would be the kind of person who puts their cats in clothes.
And that would lead to me being the person with an Instagram account dedicated to my cat and her sassy outfits.

I could writes a book parody to if you give a mouse a cookie.

Is you give 22srmas a sphinx cat...

You're supposed to put them in clothes because they do get too cold!  They also need baths a lot because they get oily without having fur to channel away the oils.
....maybe at one point I put some research into it because I also find them weirdly adorable.  I like ugly pets. 

[icaughtfire]

My BFFs mom had 3 of the ugly naked cats when I was in high school. They're creepy as shit & they get oil all over everything & ruin your furniture.

[kawaiikitsune]

I get strangely offended by the episode of FRIENDS where Rachel gets a sphinx and everyone is making fun of it.



They are definitely odd looking and I used to be repulsed by them until I saw a video on my FB of a bunch of sphinx kittens. They were so ugly, they were cute. Ever since then, I have looked into getting one but MH says we have enough cats. (They are very high energy so it is recommended that you buy them in pairs so they don't get lonely, even if you have cats already)

mosdub I would totally do that.

@samrs22 Yeah, that would definitely be me. 

[lilsneezy]

Apr 1, 2016 23:13:39 GMT -5 kawaiikitsune said:

I actually think sphinx cats are adorable.

So do I. They apparently have great temperaments too. I want one really bad but they're super expensive. I can't justify spending $1,500+ on a cat.

[kawaiikitsune]

Apr 2, 2016 10:03:39 GMT -5 lilsneezy said:

Apr 1, 2016 23:13:39 GMT -5 kawaiikitsune said:

I actually think sphinx cats are adorable.

So do I. They apparently have great temperaments too. I want one really bad but they're super expensive. I can't justify spending $1,500+ on a cat.

Same. They're crazy expensive. Plus, you have to buy them kitty clothes.

[PirateCat]

My sister had a hairless rat. It was kinda cute and had a sweet temperament but it felt funny to pet. I imagine a hairless cat would feel similar. I don't find them particularly cute but I feel badly for them when everyone makes fun of them. Naked cats have feelings too!

[nerdykitten]

Apr 2, 2016 10:03:39 GMT -5 lilsneezy said:

Apr 1, 2016 23:13:39 GMT -5 kawaiikitsune said:

I actually think sphinx cats are adorable.

So do I. They apparently have great temperaments too. I want one really bad but they're super expensive. I can't justify spending $1,500+ on a cat.

They actually had one come through a cat rescue that an acquaintance of mine runs like two months ago. I am sure it doesn't happen often, but that would be a way to get one below that price point.

[ohinvrtedworld]

This thread is oddly making me miss my little crazy chihuahua. (I only took care of her for a year for our friends, but I mean, that makes her mine too, right?) She was a demon, but she was my adorable little demon lol. She just didn't like strangers.

[lilsneezy]

Apr 2, 2016 13:42:27 GMT -5 nerdykitten said:

Apr 2, 2016 10:03:39 GMT -5 lilsneezy said:

So do I. They apparently have great temperaments too. I want one really bad but they're super expensive. I can't justify spending $1,500+ on a cat.

They actually had one come through a cat rescue that an acquaintance of mine runs like two months ago. I am sure it doesn't happen often, but that would be a way to get one below that price point.

I would've been all over that!

[lilsneezy]

Apr 2, 2016 13:58:13 GMT -5 W said:

I've never met a chihuahua I liked.

I bet you would like my chihuahua. He's super chilled out. 

[lilsneezy]

W Look at this face! Tell me he's not cute.