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The goal isn’t to succeed at something easy, it’s to be dedicated to something worthwhile. In this case success is not focusing on the past, not getting a bird
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Why I'm extra ornery lately = Divorce
- Thread starter thedutchtouch
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Perspective is everything. But turkeys are meant to be shot in the face with a shotgun, at close range preferably.
Perspective is everything. But turkeys are meant to be shot in the face with a shotgun, at close range preferably.
That's certainly one way to get the job done.
Absolutely it just feels right!!!!!
No true words have every been spoken.
Iron_llama
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One of my hunting mentors has a Browning 10ga. Very potent medicine on waterfowl; not sure I'd need the extra oomph on a gobbler up close. Then again, if I had one, I'd certainly shoot a turkey with it.
That's an original Ithica Mag 10.
I had a Remington SP-10 when they came out. It was an awesome gun too! It's one of a handful of guns I really wish I still had...
So, @thedutchtouch-How are you doing these days?
Thanks for asking. I've had food poisoning or a bad stomach bug this week so I haven't had much time to think about anything other than how much my body hurts lol. Seeming better today, so at least it was a reminder that I am capable, even at my "lowest" as my ex is out of town this week so I've been single parenting though it. Looking forward to the weekend to catch up on chores and such and go kill some cans with my new 22 pistol. Or maybe try for a turkey with the HC mini, don't have high hopes for that though having zero turkey experience. Or heck, maybe both.
Food poisoning is the WORSE. Glad you feel better man. Good luck out there with the turkey!
Remember-every time you go out for a bird, there's something to learn!
Iron_llama
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Talk about getting kicked while you're down. Seems like you're coping with things and staying on top of your relationship with your kids.
Thanks for that. They are the main focus through all of this, whether it's the divorce or me being sick or me wanting to go hunting/anything really. Those two girls are my main purpose for being, and I want them to know/feel that love.
ImThere
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Very sorry for what your going through stay strong it will all be ok.
Couple of notes:
Mutual friends SUCK! being afraid to speak your mind about what will be repeated. Screw that.
Your getting divorced for a reason please don’t expect to be friends. It hardly ever works out.
You’ll be better off and she’ll be better off down the road, however the plan works out.
Be there when your kids need you. Never be to busy for them.
Been there done that. I ended up with full custody from my first marriage.
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Couple of notes:
Mutual friends SUCK! being afraid to speak your mind about what will be repeated. Screw that.
Your getting divorced for a reason please don’t expect to be friends. It hardly ever works out.
You’ll be better off and she’ll be better off down the road, however the plan works out.
Be there when your kids need you. Never be to busy for them.
Been there done that. I ended up with full custody from my first marriage.
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Hats off about the kids. Priorities are in the right place. You helped me find my turkey shells. I owe you one. Seems like your are a caring person. Keep the faith.
The heck with the mutual friends, agreed, I've moved on from them, if they want to hang out in the future we'll see but I'm no longer feeling sorry for myself over their decisions that I can't control. If only dealing with my ex was that easy.
I am struggling again, back to feeling like there is no end in sight, she wants to keep arguing about everything and is now acting like I'm "getting too much" mainly because I'm trying to keep our ramshackle falling apart house, and she went out and bought herself a new car so is feeling cash poor. Not my fault, but somehow now it's my problem. It will end at some point, but certainly seeming like the hopes for an amicable and not as $$ solution are dwindling. The kicker is I don't even want this stupid house, but I proposed that I stay here for the next few years to have our kids continue in the same school. We both know it has major issues/I have the ability to slowly fix it while living in a construction site, she'd have to pay someone to fix. Part of me thinks this is her being jealous about me getting back to my garden and the fact that she's in an apartment as well as her decision to buy a new car. I dunno, no need wasting thoughts or energy on trying to guess why she does the things she does, all I know is even though I've laid out on paper the actual numbers of who's getting what and how she's getting a larger share of our assets... She doesn't feel like it's true. Somehow.
Sorry that I'm back here to whine again, I just wish that there was some way to get her to think about this all somewhat rationally and remember how my intentions have always about making this the best I can for the kids, or that I could figure out a way to swallow the pill of giving her even more than I already have to make this go away (remembering that it's for the kids is my answer here too, but it's still proving to be difficult). I am now kicking myself for not just going for lawyers up front, as my actual financial costs are looking more and more like they are going to be similar whether I just keep giving her more to get her to sign vs paying a lawyer to sue anyway. My family keeps telling me that staying in this house is stupid (and don't even know about this latest round of BS), but I'm pretty firm on how I believe that to be the best thing for my kids in the short term future, so I'll do quite a bit to keep it that way for them.
Thanks for reading and I continue to very much appreciate those of you that have said you were praying/thinking/sending smoke signals/kind words etc. This too shall pass... There will be joy in the morning. Trying to repeat that to myself even in the times that I don't believe it.
I am struggling again, back to feeling like there is no end in sight, she wants to keep arguing about everything and is now acting like I'm "getting too much" mainly because I'm trying to keep our ramshackle falling apart house, and she went out and bought herself a new car so is feeling cash poor. Not my fault, but somehow now it's my problem. It will end at some point, but certainly seeming like the hopes for an amicable and not as $$ solution are dwindling. The kicker is I don't even want this stupid house, but I proposed that I stay here for the next few years to have our kids continue in the same school. We both know it has major issues/I have the ability to slowly fix it while living in a construction site, she'd have to pay someone to fix. Part of me thinks this is her being jealous about me getting back to my garden and the fact that she's in an apartment as well as her decision to buy a new car. I dunno, no need wasting thoughts or energy on trying to guess why she does the things she does, all I know is even though I've laid out on paper the actual numbers of who's getting what and how she's getting a larger share of our assets... She doesn't feel like it's true. Somehow.
Sorry that I'm back here to whine again, I just wish that there was some way to get her to think about this all somewhat rationally and remember how my intentions have always about making this the best I can for the kids, or that I could figure out a way to swallow the pill of giving her even more than I already have to make this go away (remembering that it's for the kids is my answer here too, but it's still proving to be difficult). I am now kicking myself for not just going for lawyers up front, as my actual financial costs are looking more and more like they are going to be similar whether I just keep giving her more to get her to sign vs paying a lawyer to sue anyway. My family keeps telling me that staying in this house is stupid (and don't even know about this latest round of BS), but I'm pretty firm on how I believe that to be the best thing for my kids in the short term future, so I'll do quite a bit to keep it that way for them.
Thanks for reading and I continue to very much appreciate those of you that have said you were praying/thinking/sending smoke signals/kind words etc. This too shall pass... There will be joy in the morning. Trying to repeat that to myself even in the times that I don't believe it.