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[MouseWife]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

It's good to know I'm not the only one.

I'm sick of being a complainer, but it's so hard to shut up.

Gosh, yes, to actually admit it was a hard thing. Especially when you have spent your whole life calling other people brats!

Like that saying about what is a brat? Someone else's kids.

I have it pretty easy. People get when they call me and I tell them, 'I can't talk now, I am off to take a nap.'

I told the Hubster when my youngest finishes highschool I am going to retire.

He brings ME coffee in bed.

On roadtrips, I never drive.

I can't really think of other things at this moment. Probably blocking them out but I know, through out my day, many times I tell myself, Geesh, you are a lucky woman.

Okay. I think I just got what cured me of whining & complaining.

I do not complain how things are done because that means that I should do it myself. So, if I just enjoy how others are doing things, I don't have to do it myself.

My husband cooks. He'll ask me what I want for dinner and I say 'Whatever you want, you are the one cooking.' I don't tell him how to prepare it or anything.

When he drives, I don't critique him. I enjoy the ride.

I don't complain about the car because the solution would be for ME to get a job. Ah, I have one but the check never comes. Ditto for my shopping. I really don't need anything so much that I need to get a job for.

My friends point out things to me but, ah, I just laugh them off.

Kids take up a lot of time and they can cure you of whining. They deprive you of sleep and you can't think straight.

Let alone remember what to whine about. But, it comes back to you when they get a bit older. I am learning this.