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I'm sorry that should den of lions or pack of wolves. Gotta get the terminology right!

Posted By: MissouriMT on 2008-02-27
In Reply to: That's just it, I don't care. I just felt sorry for poor doxie in this den of wolves. - MissouriMT

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    QAing isn't just about medical terminology. QAs have
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    This guy sounds like my ex-husband.  I'm only hoping you don't have children.


    My ex is bipolar, OCD, etc., etc., but there was never anything wrong with him. It was always everyone elses fault.  I got tired of keeping the  perfect little house, the perfect little yard,  making sure that he was okay, making sure his eggs were perfectly cooked just right in the middle, and that the kids were okay when daddy was in "one of his moods."


    When he started having an attitude with the kids (at ages 5 and 2), I finally filed for divorce.  His "punishment" for me has been telling the kids that they are "worthless" because they have me for a mother and that I am "insane". When they started going through their early teen years he just stopped talking to them because they did not live up to his "expectations."


    He never went to counseling, but my kids did for many years. He told everyone that his kids were in counseling because their mother was insane.  Of course nobody believed him. I see his mom and his sisters out and about a lot (small town).  I don't say anything about my ex because I know that it is his family, but they will occasionally say, "Well, you know how he is."


    Now he lives alone now in his perfect little house with the perfect little yard and has nobody to cook his perfect eggs.  Friends, family, dozens of perfect girlfriends, and his own kids finally gave up on him a long time ago. Even the cat ran away. :)


    Pack and run if the "boyfriend" (obviously noncommittal to your relationship) doesn't get help.


    Good luck to you.


     


     


    I am very real, thank you. I work quickly and efficiently. I know the terminology and when I come
    across something I don't know I do my best to reference until I find it. If I absolutely cannot find it, I will send it to QA. The same goes with something I can't understand. I will listen several times and if I still can't understand it I send it on to QA for their help.
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    Addendum: As well as your fund of medical terminology knowledge.


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