Is It Always N Behavior to Violate Others' Boundaries?

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Today's "Dear Abby":

http://www.uexpress.com/dearabby/?uc_full_date=20130315

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Today's "Annie's Mailbox":

http://www.creators.com/advice/annies-mailbox/coming-out-to-the-conservative-christian-family.html

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Today's "Dear Margo":

http://www.creators.com/advice/dear-margo/hanky-panky-esq.html

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http://www.creators.com/advice/dear-margo/what-to-make-of-a-quick-turnaround.html

Today's "Dear Margo".

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http://www.creators.com/advice/annies-mailbox/solitude-saboteurs.html

In today's "Annie's Mailbox", I've encountered clods who show up unannounced and uninvited.  In their little world, the word "NO" does not exist.  I finally had to get rude and throw them out because they REFUSED to respect ANYONE'S BOUNDARIES!!  (Meaning me AND my neighbors!)

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http://www.uexpress.com/dearabby/?uc_full_date=20130316

Today's "Dear Abby".

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I've been dealing with home owner's insurance stuff since the beginning of the year.  I've stated, CLEARLY, several times via phone, fax, and e-mail WHAT HAPPENED and WHERE the pipe burst in my guest bathroom.  I've told them SEVERAL times that the pipe did NOT freeze, along with its exact location, and sent them the report from the plumber, who also stated that the pipe did NOT freeze.

Today, I get a letter that says:  "Frozen pipe".

WHY ARE THEY NOT HEARING ME?!?!?

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http://www.uexpress.com/dearabby/?uc_full_date=20130317

In today's "Dear Abby", I do NOT agree with her!  The kid in question is ONLY TWELVE!  It's one thing if the letter writer and his ex-wife don't like each other.  That's a given.  DON'T take it out on an innocent kid!  It's NOT his fault and he didn't ask to get born into the middle of the mess!  The child probably knows NOTHING about the dynamics between the adults nor should he be informed about it!

From my perspective, the letter writer needs to "MAN-UP", suck it up, and be gracious to this child who is the TOTAL INNOCENT in all of this!

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Today's "Annie's Mailbox":

http://www.creators.com/advice/annies-mailbox/son-of-divorced-parents-is-holding-a-grudge.html

I'd like to hear the son's point of view about this situation.  I get the gut feeling that there is more to this situation than the letter writer is willing to admit to.

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The Narcissism of some people never fail to appall me!!!   

I was at a club meeting last night where the club president kept bugging us to GIVE him a wheelchair because using crutches for 4 or 5 days was TOO MUCH WORK!  (He had to get stitches in his foot after a mishap and he complained that the Emergency Room refused to give him a wheelchair!)  Several of us pointed out that his stitches would be coming out in a few days and Emergency Rooms are not in the habit of handing out wheelchairs to be used for only a few days because (1) they are EXPENSIVE!  A USED wheelchair costs at least $300.00.  (2) There are people who MUST use wheelchairs because their legs no longer function.  (It's NOT a fun situation to be in.)

When his plea for a wheelchair fell on deaf ears, (Yeah, like as IF we have a wheelchair in our closets to simply hand over to him), then he started complaining that he has a job interview scheduled for Monday and that it would be too much work to get there on crutches!     He actually suggested that he was going to just blow it off because of the effort required to get there.  (He's been out of work for several YEARS and has gone so far as to send the club members e-mails asking that WE pay his mortgage FOR him while he spent whatever money he got his hands on for comic books!  He was shocked when we responded with one word.....NO!)  I sat there, with my mouth hanging open, thinking WTF?!?!?!  There are several other members of the club who RECENTLY LOST their jobs, have been beating the bushes searching for other jobs, their Unemployment is running out and cannot get extensions any longer, plus there are other members who are facing financial crises due to the current Sequester....contractors losing their jobs, federal workers being furloughed, the rest of us struggling to find a steady, reliable, income that can pay the bills and this TWIT announces that going to a job interview requires TOO MUCH EFFORT?!?!?!?!?   

WHAT PLANET IS HE LIVING ON?!?!?!?!?!?!?

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http://www.creators.com/advice/annies-mailbox/twentysomething-co-worker-can-t-complete-simple-tasks.html

Today's "Annie's Mailbox".

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I don't think I agree with "Dear Abby" today.

http://www.uexpress.com/dearabby/?uc_full_date=20130318

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Asking for positive thoughts and prayers for a friend of mine.

She just learned, less than an hour ago, that her only sibling died over the weekend.  The evidence and circumstances point to a possible drug overdose.  She's having a rough time of it given that it's been only a few months since her mother died, which means she has no blood-related relatives left of her immediate family.

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checking in.

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The friend, who just lost her brother over the weekend, is a fellow member of the local club I belong to....the same club that met this past Saturday and dealt with an N who demanded we GIVE him a wheelchair!

Since the death announcement, several of us have been responding to her with condolences and offers of what we can do to help her get through this...offering her a shoulder to cry on, whatever she needs for emotional support during this time, trying to be the kind of friend she needs.  Do you know what I mean?

Not so the N!  In typical N-fashion, he sends an e-mail to the entire group which basically said:  "Let ME talk about ME and let ME TELL YOU how YOU SHOULD FEEL!  ME!!  ME!!  ME!!".  I wanted to tell him to shut the hell up but didn't want to start a flame-war!  Am I the only one who is tempted to bitch-slap this N-idiot?!?