Yardies, at home and a farrin (part 8)

[*JG* 2]

Hubby is complaining of sickness now. He says he has the flu. He woke me up at 2:30 a.m. to tell me he just threw up. I said, did you make it to the bathroom? When he said yes, I said then why did you wake me up?

Men are such babies.

I suppose he'll pass this on to me too.

Jah'Love,

These are things that I tell people about all the time, so don't feel you're alone in this. All I can say is hold your ground. I might cause arguments, but if you don't hold your ground it's going to get bad fast. Two months and counting...Marcel told his brothers that they're cut off, so they don't even call. They tried to run the "their kids need uniform and shoes and such for school" game and he tells them, to use the money the spent (on foolishness) to take care of his mother. Mi still a try figure out how the hell two people can spend $275,000/JA in 1 month. It makes me sick to my stomach to think about that. Someone help me to understand. Did I miss something. To this day, they can't tell us what it was spent on.

$275,000JA in 1 month! Wow...

They are living large now!

[TRELAWNY PARISH 10]

Jah'Love,

These are things that I tell people about all the time, so don't feel you're alone in this. All I can say is hold your ground. I might cause arguments, but if you don't hold your ground it's going to get bad fast. Two months and counting...Marcel told his brothers that they're cut off, so they don't even call. They tried to run the "their kids need uniform and shoes and such for school" game and he tells them, to use the money the spent (on foolishness) to take care of his mother. Mi still a try figure out how the hell two people can spend $275,000/JA in 1 month. It makes me sick to my stomach to think about that. Someone help me to understand. Did I miss something. To this day, they can't tell us what it was spent on.

$275,000JA in 1 month! Wow...

Yards, anytime I hear that amount I want to throw up. That's a lot of money to have in JA.

[sus 70]

LOL, JG - even my 4 year old nephew handled throwing up himself - He had a stomach flu, and my sister heard him in the bathroom at 4 am - She got up to check on him and he yelled at her that he knew what to do!

Yards, anytime I hear that amount I want to throw up. That's a lot of money to have in JA.

So, how long could the average person who isn't spending like crazy survive on that in JA?

[TRELAWNY PARISH 10]

JG that's not what you're suppose to say...you're suppose to jump up out of the bed and say, what can I do for you dear.

[Yaads 0]

Lawns..yes mi dere aready..we are only convered by FMLA 16wks ..use dem aready..with all the sickness during pregnancy

I am sorry Kimmy Going back already just sucks.

[TRELAWNY PARISH 10]

LOL, JG - even my 4 year old nephew handled throwing up himself - He had a stomach flu, and my sister heard him in the bathroom at 4 am - She got up to check on him and he yelled at her that he knew what to do!

Yards, anytime I hear that amount I want to throw up. That's a lot of money to have in JA.

So, how long could the average person who isn't spending like crazy survive on that in JA?

Sus, I don't know, but that's around $4000/US. So, I'd say for a little while at least. The nursing home we were looking at charged $85/US a month. It's really someone's home and she moved back to Jamaica and turned her home into a nursing home. She's was an RN in the states for many years.

[*JG* 2]

JG that's not what you're suppose to say...you're suppose to jump up out of the bed and say, what can I do for you dear.

I don't even do that when I've had 12 hours of sleep and woke at a decent hour. He better go look for someone else if he wants that!

[sus 70]

I was thinking for myself, lol

I just took lessons from the Sunny school of cooking - I just burnt hard boiled eggs - I forgot I put them on the stove and all the water boiled away

[TRELAWNY PARISH 10]

Sus,

It depends on how you're living.

[Yaads 0]

I was just saying how persistant on Wednesday. The same person called every 5 minutes for over an hour. If he didn't answer the first time, don't you think he would've if he could've? Don't you think he'll call back when he can, if he even wants to?

It's like they figure if they are persistant enough, they will eventually wear you down.

Oh my goodness! I am right there with you! I don't know how many times I have said "you have voicemail - if it's that important they should leave a message!" Call after call after call with only a few minutes in between. UGH! If he didn't answer the first 5 times why is he going to answer the next 25? If it was an emergency...ok. For everyday stuff...not ok. A had a "friend" call him over 30+ times while he was at work one day. That just pissed me off to no end.

[Islandwoman 0]

$275,000JA in 1 month! Wow...

Yards, anytime I hear that amount I want to throw up. That's a lot of money to have in JA.

That's alot of money to have in the US!!!

[Yaads 0]

Yards, anytime I hear that amount I want to throw up. That's a lot of money to have in JA.

I don't blame you. That is a HUGE amount of money...even in the US.

[*JG* 2]

God, I wish someone would give me $4,000. Next time you want to waste some, Tre, I'll give you my address!

[TRELAWNY PARISH 10]

God, I wish someone would give me $4,000. Next time you want to waste some, Tre, I'll give you my address!

See how easy it can be to save money in Jamaica. Sometimes he was laid off for months. Marcel told me he use to pick breadfruit, sugar cane, mangoes and ackee and sell them on the side of the road. It was something him and his friend did when they got laided off. He tried his best not to mess with his savings. I told him it would take me a while to save up that money. He said you either want to juggle/hustle or you don't. He said he had noone to help him so he had to help himself get ahead.

[*JG* 2]

God, I wish someone would give me $4,000. Next time you want to waste some, Tre, I'll give you my address!

See how easy it can be to save money in Jamaica. Sometimes he was laid off for months. Marcel told me he use to pick breadfruit, sugar cane, mangoes and ackee and sell them on the side of the road. It was something him and his friend did when they got laided off. He tried his best not to mess with his savings. I told him it would take me a while to save up that money. He said you either want to juggle/hustle or you don't. He said he had noone to help him so he had to help himself get ahead.

Yeah, but now they ALL have you....you rich foreigner, you!