Update:
One of my husband's PSWs just walked in and asked why I'm wearing an n95 ...then she informed me she is receiving cancer treatments. <sigh> Folks...just mask up, you never know who you may be infecting!

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Welp, Mr Entitled, the one half of the #SharedMisery Couple felt he wasn't required to remain isolated in his room and now my husband and I are ill again.
So, a⚠️ WARNING⚠️ Since I have broken ribs and just got over pneumonia, now sick and coughing again, I'm feeling rather snarky.

Anyone needing a snark-filled email to a politician, I would be more than happy to offer my Punching Up Snark Writing Services for free until further notice.

edit to add: thanks but I don't want sympathy replies.

Part Two

It's been weeks and I've never heard a kind word, a please or thank you, from either.
I checked with a few folk in the surrounding community and everyone gave a similar reply, "Oh yes, they've been the same their entire lives"

It's a very sad situation.

So tonight as I write this and my frail, elderly husband reaches out in his sleep and gently pats my hip, as he always does every night, I am grateful that even though we struggle financially and with our health, we share a room, a bed, a table and quiet life of mutual respect, love and affection, not Shared Misery.

#SharedMisery

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A Sad Tale of Shared Wealth, Entitlement, and Misery

(part one)
I've been observing a wealthy elderly 👵 👴 couple who recently moved into this facility.
I have never met two more miserable people.👫
They can't share a room, not even the same wing of the building, yet at mealtimes 🍽️ they sit at a table together with faces contorted with frustration, discomfort, bitterness, and anger . Shared negativity.
Each spend the day alone except for that brief encounter three times a day.
He yells when speaking, not due to hearing issues but because he has Main Character Syndrome. He is curt, extremely rude to staff.
She verbally abuses staff, though not so often when I am around because after yelling at staff again, this time because there were a few cucumber bits in her salad 😱 and refusing to eat, 🙄 I lost my patience😠 with the drama👸 queen and told her
'We residents have a policy here, we never speak disrespectfully to staff because they bend over backwards to accommodate our needs!".
Her response was😡 " All this fuss over a little yelling?!"
My reply, " Indeed! Because every single resident is ill, in pain, and suffering, yet not one ever spreads their misery around except you! No one in this dining room wants to hear your abusive commentary, thank you"

Continued Below

#SharedMisery

US housing prices skyrocket for homeowners and renters alike

US housing prices skyrocket for homeowners and renters alike

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