Friday Confessions

hawkilady · June 2010

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hawkilady · June 2010

I'm currently eating my yogurt with the most ghetto utensil imaginable... I cut the tines off a broken plastic fork - picture a super "special" spork.

vhcoleman09 · June 2010

I confess that I'm still seething about a judgy email I got from the photographer (a co-worker's wife) who took maternity/newborn photos for me. She basically judged me for only ordering 5x7s...an excerpt "I am sure you will have friends and family wanting pictures of Alex as well so I am surprised that you only ordered single 5x7 prints. Newborn pictures are so important and to only have single 5x7 prints seems like such a shame."

hawkilady · June 2010

vhcoleman09:
I confess that I'm still seething about a judgy email I got from the photographer (a co-worker's wife) who took maternity/newborn photos for me. She basically judged me for only ordering 5x7s...an excerpt "I am sure you will have friends and family wanting pictures of Alex as well so I am surprised that you only ordered single 5x7 prints. Newborn pictures are so important and to only have single 5x7 prints seems like such a shame."

Wow... obviously she was irritated that you didnt spend enough money. If that's her attitude she should probably set a minimum order price.

keb270 · June 2010

vhcoleman09:
I confess that I'm still seething about a judgy email I got from the photographer (a co-worker's wife) who took maternity/newborn photos for me. She basically judged me for only ordering 5x7s...an excerpt "I am sure you will have friends and family wanting pictures of Alex as well so I am surprised that you only ordered single 5x7 prints. Newborn pictures are so important and to only have single 5x7 prints seems like such a shame."

OMG. This would annoy the heck out of my. She should have just written "I would appreciate if you increase the order because I am a greedy b*tch and want more money"

stephriz · June 2010

When we were moving out of the apartment, we "cleaned" every dusty item by wiping it on the wall to wall carpeting.

We know they won't be replacing it in between tenants.

stephriz · June 2010

vhcoleman09:
I confess that I'm still seething about a judgy email I got from the photographer (a co-worker's wife) who took maternity/newborn photos for me. She basically judged me for only ordering 5x7s...an excerpt "I am sure you will have friends and family wanting pictures of Alex as well so I am surprised that you only ordered single 5x7 prints. Newborn pictures are so important and to only have single 5x7 prints seems like such a shame."

It's passive, but I don't think it's condemning. Did you get the digital rights?

mamie329 · June 2010

vh, I agree with hawki. The photog should have a min. print order. That comment was completely tacky.

keb270 · June 2010

I confess that I have been ignoring calls and texts from this girl I am friendly with. She is going through some rough stuff (got fired, broke up with boyfriend, roommates is moving out, is in debt so high she might file for bankruptcy), but I honestly feel that she has brought all of it on herself. I just find her too drama filled and don?t really need that in my life. I feel slightly bad about this though.

megs1383 · June 2010

I am completely jealous of my sister who just interviewed for a new, higher paying job, because we've both been talking about "upgrading" for a long time and she is actually doing it.

I, on the other hand, have had my stuff ready to go out to potential employers for a while now, but always chicken out before I hit send.

megs1383 · June 2010

hawkilady:
I'm currently eating my yogurt with the most ghetto utensil imaginable... I cut the tines off a broken plastic fork - picture a super "special" spork.

I once had to eat my yogurt with a knife. Not the most pleasant experience.

vhcoleman09 · June 2010

stephriz:

vhcoleman09:
I confess that I'm still seething about a judgy email I got from the photographer (a co-worker's wife) who took maternity/newborn photos for me. She basically judged me for only ordering 5x7s...an excerpt "I am sure you will have friends and family wanting pictures of Alex as well so I am surprised that you only ordered single 5x7 prints. Newborn pictures are so important and to only have single 5x7 prints seems like such a shame."

It's passive, but I don't think it's condemning. Did you get the digital rights?

Nope, no digital rights. And this also was pointed out in the email. So I'm thinking I will have to DD the pics in the J09 baby roll call. Other background is that she just started her business so didn't charge me a session fee because she's building her portfolio. It was actually a favor to her to have her do these pictures.

mamie329 · June 2010

I'm guessing she waived the session fee partly in hopes she'd make it back up through print orders.

stephriz · June 2010

vhcoleman09:
stephriz:

vhcoleman09:

an excerpt "I am sure you will have friends and family wanting pictures of Alex as well so I am surprised that you only ordered single 5x7 prints. Newborn pictures are so important and to only have single 5x7 prints seems like such a shame."

It's passive, but I don't think it's condemning. Did you get the digital rights?

Nope, no digital rights. And this also was pointed out in the email. So I'm thinking I will have to DD the pics in the J09 baby roll call. Other background is that she just started her business so didn't charge me a session fee because she's building her portfolio. It was actually a favor to her to have her do these pictures.

Hmmmm, it seems she always thought she was going to make a huge sale from you and didn't consider all options. It's certainly inappropriate for her to send you an email passively suggesting you order more.

FWIW the pics ended up great.

vhcoleman09 · June 2010

mamie329:
I'm guessing she waived the session fee partly in hopes she'd make it back up through print orders.

Yep. I think that's right. DH just read the email and gave this summary: "You must not love your kid enough because you're not buying more newborn pictures. What's wrong with you?!"

The funny thing is that with the orders my mom and MIL are going to make, she's going to make significantly more. She didn't have to approach it the way she did at all.

ETA: My FIL is a professional photog, so we have a ton of great newborn pics already. I agree that she thought I'd be using these pictures as wallpaper or something. Um, no thanks. I ordered what I wanted. End of story.

Wow, it felt good to type all this out.

Kellybeth124 · June 2010

I blocked a certain in-law from my FB news feed but I still check her page and get pissed off because I find her behavior totally obnoxious. I know I'm doing this to myself but for some reason I can't help but look. I hate that being around her brings out such a nasty side of my personality.

mamie329 · June 2010

I confess that I'm having one of those days where I feel like everyone has perfect lives, and I don't.

vhcoleman09 · June 2010

mamie329:
I confess that I'm having one of those days where I feel like everyone has perfect lives, and I don't.

Oh mames, I'm sorry. Those days really suck. I've definitely had them too. Would it help if we started a thread "Why my life isn't perfect?"

mamie329 · June 2010

ha, maybe.

Kellybeth124 · June 2010

I bought a 1lb block of cheddar on Wednesday. Half of it is already gone.

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