Originally Posted by masraum (Post 12357197)

Funny. My wife vents to me about stuff. My first reaction is always to offer suggestions on how to avoid the problem which royally pisses her off. That's not what she wants, she's just venting. It's natural for me. I don't understand how when presented with a problem, anyone wouldn't offer suggestions on how to solve a problem. At least, that's my natural reaction, and I don't seem to be able to stop it.

Originally Posted by herr_oberst (Post 12357481)

I've had bad days because lots of little things throughout the day just added up to wear me down, so I was dragging ass and angry at Gaia by the end of the day.
Days like that are not worth sharing; best thing to do is put it behind before you get home.
I had a bad day in August when I broke my arm.
Talking about it helped. I was glad to have someone to listen to my story.

It's all circumstantial.

(And don't forget, sometimes solutions to problems come from the most unexpected places: )

"What's the matter, hon, you seem quiet tonight?"

"Oh, it's nothing. I somehow destroyed an unobtainable casting for the 1966 Spica fuel injection I was working on. I have to tell the owner. I don't know what I'm going to do."

"Shaun, honey, my Grandfather was lead engineer at Spica before Fiat bought the company. He has boxes full of old fuel injector parts in the garage. I'll see if he can find what you need. Heck, he probably just wants to get rid of all that old junk. I bet if you paid for shipping he'd send it all to you!"

It could happen!