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In reply to the discussion: Ok my blood is boiling today!!! [View all]demosincebirth
(12,583 posts)94. His union is paying his pension. Thank God for unions - someone should tell him
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well, there WAS a time when families were split. Some chose the Union. Others, the Confederacy.
Grasswire2
Nov 2018
#96
I think I'm to that point but a life long fellow D.U.er and personsal friend is begging me not to as
samplegirl
Nov 2018
#11
I tried for years to wait for things to change with my RW evangelical sister.
pazzyanne
Nov 2018
#54
Could there be a much bigger socialist than a union rep? I bet he doesn't like hearing that.
brewens
Nov 2018
#7
It's a wonder some family will talk to me. I know they saw one exchange I had on FB.
brewens
Nov 2018
#15
I'm very sorry, samplegirl. Stand your ground, though as your own self-respect is more
hlthe2b
Nov 2018
#8
My thought also - seems like the brother is the one on the outs with thegenersl
rurallib
Nov 2018
#23
Don't ever change anything about yourself, your name, anything. It's you, period. And if ...
SWBTATTReg
Nov 2018
#22
Huh? it's your name too! Did he ever think you may be the one embarrassed sharing it with him ?
lunasun
Nov 2018
#37
Only a deeply sexist jackass would try to tell a woman what name she can use or sputter
Maru Kitteh
Nov 2018
#49
That may work for some people but don't discount the need for some people to part ways r/o
BlueInRedHell
Nov 2018
#63
His union is paying his pension. Thank God for unions - someone should tell him
demosincebirth
Nov 2018
#94
I retired (1999) from the Teamsters union after 40 years - shop steward for 25 years, organizer
demosincebirth
Nov 2018
#93
I would have asked him to drop HIS last name, because it was embarrassing me. nt
Honeycombe8
Nov 2018
#91
I did a Mexican Thanksgiving a few years ago. Huevos rancheros for breakfast to Churros for dessert.
Lochloosa
Nov 2018
#114
Your brother. Aw damn, samplegirl. I'm so sorry about your having to go through
calimary
Nov 2018
#118