Having a Bad Day?: Get 'yer Hugs here!!

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

53 minutes ago, bleeder said:

Oh, dude, that's terrible! I'm so sorry that happened to you. 

After (calming down), checking out the extant of the problem and evaluating it, turns out I may not need to start from scratch. So far, Steam, Google Chrome, Cortana, the taskbar and a bunch of sftware I have never used have been uninstalled. Thank god, and thank u.

[Delightful]

The car had a flat tire that I didn't know about.  I went out driving alone for the first time. I didn't make it out my street. The car wasn't cooperating -flat tire - and was jerking all over the place and hit a parked car and it was really loud and I scared myself half to death and I made myself leave the house and socialise but I really want to disappear and hide for the rest of my life because that was terrifying. 

Hugs, please?

 

 

and if you ever get to know me in person this never happened. If people find out I crashed my first time out I will *never* live it down. 

Edited September 8, 2016 by Delightful

[Mestiv he/him]

1 hour ago, Delightful said:

The car had a flat tire that I didn't know about.  I went out driving alone for the first time. I didn't make it out my street. The car wasn't cooperating -flat tire - and was jerking all over the place and hit a parked car and it was really loud and I scared myself half to death and I made myself leave the house and socialise but I really want to disappear and hide for the rest of my life because that was terrifying. 

Hugs, please?

and if you ever get to know me in person this never happened. If people find out I crashed my first time out I will *never* live it down. 

*hugs*

Was the damage bad? I hope the owner of the other car was civilised about it and calm...

Anyway, go and drive again as soon as possible, or you may get scared of driving! And next time, if the car behaves in any way different than you'd expect, call your dad or someone else who's more experienced. There's no shame in asking for help/advice. I remember asking my dad about any unexpected noise I heard when I got my driving licence

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

2 hours ago, Delightful said:

The car had a flat tire that I didn't know about.  I went out driving alone for the first time. I didn't make it out my street. The car wasn't cooperating -flat tire - and was jerking all over the place and hit a parked car and it was really loud and I scared myself half to death and I made myself leave the house and socialise but I really want to disappear and hide for the rest of my life because that was terrifying. 

Hugs, please?

and if you ever get to know me in person this never happened. If people find out I crashed my first time out I will *never* live it down. 

That....is some of the worst luck a beginner driver could get

*hags* (imma keep it that way autocorrect)

Also, one question, when you said it wasn't cooperating, that means the breaks weren't effective either right.....?

Edited September 8, 2016 by Darkness Ascendant

[marsoupial they/them]

3 hours ago, Delightful said:

The car had a flat tire that I didn't know about.  I went out driving alone for the first time. I didn't make it out my street. The car wasn't cooperating -flat tire - and was jerking all over the place and hit a parked car and it was really loud and I scared myself half to death and I made myself leave the house and socialise but I really want to disappear and hide for the rest of my life because that was terrifying. 

Hugs, please?

 

 

and if you ever get to know me in person this never happened. If people find out I crashed my first time out I will *never* live it down. 

*Hugs*

[Delightful]

2 hours ago, Darkness Ascendant said:

That....is some of the worst luck a beginner driver could get

*hags* (imma keep it that way autocorrect)

Also, one question, when you said it wasn't cooperating, that means the breaks weren't effective either right.....?

Thank G-D the brakes worked! The accelerator was super aggressive and lurch-y and the steering was a little off and the flat tyre was making scary thumping noises but the brakes worked. 

@Mestiv it all happened in the space of about a minute and I immediately called my mum. My parents were super nice about it and blamed the car not me. the other guy didn't care because it's his boss's car. 

Thanks guys. I'm feeling a lot better now. 

*hugs*

Edited September 8, 2016 by Delightful

[Mestiv he/him]

If I could I would give an upvote to your parents for  their attitude

[Delightful]

27 minutes ago, Mestiv said:

If I could I would give an upvote to your parents for  their attitude

I would pass on the message but they'd be like "don't be silly it's just a car. And why are you telling all this to strangers on the Internet?"  

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

54 minutes ago, Mestiv said:

If I could I would give an upvote to your parents for  their attitude

 

26 minutes ago, Delightful said:

I would pass on the message but they'd be like "don't be silly it's just a car. And why are you telling all this to strangers on the Internet?"  

Shame, because I'd like to upvote them too.  

[Jondesu he/him]

Our bank account has just dropped way too close to zero for my comfort. We've always maintained a healthy account and never lived month to month, but I haven't had a paycheck in a couple months now. Basically, this royally sucks.

jW

[Straw he/him]

What changed that caused your bank account to go down so far?

[Mistrunner]

14 hours ago, Delightful said:

The car had a flat tire that I didn't know about.  I went out driving alone for the first time. I didn't make it out my street. The car wasn't cooperating -flat tire - and was jerking all over the place and hit a parked car and it was really loud and I scared myself half to death and I made myself leave the house and socialise but I really want to disappear and hide for the rest of my life because that was terrifying. 

Hugs, please?

 

 

and if you ever get to know me in person this never happened. If people find out I crashed my first time out I will *never* live it down. 

My brother merged into a semi as a beginning driver.

I was in the car.

It was terrifying then, and I thought I was going to die, but I think I can laugh about it now.

I remember when my sister was trying to learn stick shift, too. She was awful at it. My siblings are not the best drivers starting out, I guess.  I still don't trust any of them. Even the ones who are nearly 30.

*hugs*

[Jondesu he/him]

6 hours ago, Straw said:

What changed that caused your bank account to go down so far?

My medical issues (discussed previously) have kept me out of work since January. Until the end of July, however, I was getting short term disability payments, which weren't completely covering our expenses, but we only ate up a bit of our savings. 

Then, the leave servicing company decided there wasn't sufficient medical information to confirm that I still needed to be out of work, so they bumped me onto unpaid medical leave. I don't know why that's okay, but not short term disability, but we're working on an appeal. In the meantime, though, our account balance dropped like a rock with nothing coming in and medical expenses plus normal stuff coming out.

jW

[Erunion he/him]

20 hours ago, Delightful said:

The car had a flat tire that I didn't know about.  I went out driving alone for the first time. I didn't make it out my street. The car wasn't cooperating -flat tire - and was jerking all over the place and hit a parked car and it was really loud and I scared myself half to death and I made myself leave the house and socialise but I really want to disappear and hide for the rest of my life because that was terrifying. 

Hugs, please?

 

 

and if you ever get to know me in person this never happened. If people find out I crashed my first time out I will *never* live it down. 

While learning to drive in my dads (then) new car, I backed into a pole in a parking lot. He was in the car with me. 

He was not happy. 

 

I I feel you @Delightful - have a hug! 

And get back to driving ASAP! There's nothing like experience to build confidence!

[Delightful]

1 hour ago, Erunion said:

While learning to drive in my dads (then) new car, I backed into a pole in a parking lot. He was in the car with me. 

He was not happy. 

 

I I feel you @Delightful - have a hug! 

And get back to driving ASAP! There's nothing like experience to build confidence!

I went out today - in someone else's car - and did the exact route I was going to yesterday. Because *I* can drive that route, its the car that couldn't, darn it!

aka I'm feeling ok now.

*hugs all*. 

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

18 hours ago, Delightful said:

didn't care because it's his boss's car. 

That made me laugh

1 hour ago, Delightful said:

I went out today - in someone else's car - and did the exact route I was going to yesterday. Because *I* can drive that route, its the car that couldn't, darn it!

aka I'm feeling ok now.

*hugs all*. 

Np, also, how was the damage to your car? 

[Mestiv he/him]

3 hours ago, Jondesu said:

My medical issues (discussed previously) have kept me out of work since January. Until the end of July, however, I was getting short term disability payments, which weren't completely covering our expenses, but we only ate up a bit of our savings. 

Then, the leave servicing company decided there wasn't sufficient medical information to confirm that I still needed to be out of work, so they bumped me onto unpaid medical leave. I don't know why that's okay, but not short term disability, but we're working on an appeal. In the meantime, though, our account balance dropped like a rock with nothing coming in and medical expenses plus normal stuff coming out.

jW

Does your girlfriend/boyfriend/whoever you share home and money with have a job? Try to find a job? This sucks that you had only once source of income  Any chances on getting back to work soon?

[Jondesu he/him]

7 hours ago, Mestiv said:

Does your girlfriend/boyfriend/whoever you share home and money with have a job? Try to find a job? This sucks that you had only once source of income  Any chances on getting back to work soon?

My wife does some childcare jobs for churches, but we have two kids, so she can't just go get a full time job.  I have no idea when I'm going to be able to go back to work (this is year 3 of constant pain, and while I worked through it for that time, that's only because we couldn't get enough of a diagnosis to officially get me out of work, but I was taking intermittent leave, so I wasn't working anywhere close to full time).

EDIT: we have family and other resources, so we're not worried too much about continuing to pay for essentials, but it still really sucks.

Plus, before this happened I was really happy that I'd managed to find a way I could continue to get the latest iPhones every time they were released; now of course that's not an option, and I'm bummed I can't get the iPhone 7.  Minor overall, but it's making me sad today.

jW

Edited September 9, 2016 by Jondesu

[marsoupial they/them]

On 9/9/2016 at 11:50 AM, Jondesu said:

My wife does some childcare jobs for churches, but we have two kids, so she can't just go get a full time job.  I have no idea when I'm going to be able to go back to work (this is year 3 of constant pain, and while I worked through it for that time, that's only because we couldn't get enough of a diagnosis to officially get me out of work, but I was taking intermittent leave, so I wasn't working anywhere close to full time).

EDIT: we have family and other resources, so we're not worried too much about continuing to pay for essentials, but it still really sucks.

Plus, before this happened I was really happy that I'd managed to find a way I could continue to get the latest iPhones every time they were released; now of course that's not an option, and I'm bummed I can't get the iPhone 7.  Minor overall, but it's making me sad today.

jW

Nothing that makes you sad/upset is "minor"

Everything matters, Jond. But that's why we, your loving Shard family are here. For you to vent, and for us to counsel and care.

We're here for you through all of this, Jondesu.

[Briar King]

My sons 1st Elm football game today was a lose but he had a blast playing. He's literally the smallest kid on field thanks to his moms genes lol

[Mestiv he/him]

1 hour ago, Briar King said:

My sons 1st Elm football game today was a lose but he had a blast playing. He's literally the smallest kid on field thanks to his moms genes lol

If he had fun, then I guess that would be more like a good day than a bad one

[Orlion Blight he/him]

Due to the occasion that is this date:

 

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Just under 3,000 people died in all the attacks that day, including first responders. There are towns in the US with fewer people than that. 

[marsoupial they/them]

I was not yet alive at that point, I was still in the womb, but I can only imagine the fear and terror struck in the hearts of my now fellow Americans, and people all over the world. 

It is my hope that some day people all around the world can speak as brothers and sisters and settle our differences with arms, minds and hearts open and ready to forgive, but never forget.

[Briar King]

I was in college getting ready to go class when the news broke. I didn't go. That day blew.