Trying to decide to move to Missouri (St. Louis, Rolla: neighborhood, YMCA)

[Mollym313]

Originally Posted by ozarksboy

My post was bluntly to the point but not condescending, insulting or arrogant. I gave her some information and some points I thought she should consider. I then said that if she must move to Missouri, she should consider my own town, Rolla, because of the services available to seniors like her and me. Would I insult someone and then suggest they move to my own town? I don't fill my posts with little smilies; maybe I need to do that kind of girly thing to make the little girls feel better. (Now that was condescending!)

Your awful But yes...girl it up will ya

[kshe95girl]

Originally Posted by Mollym313

Your awful But yes...girl it up will ya

theres a rumor that OB is gonna be the Grand Marshal of the Rolla Gay Pride Parade......guess he is practicing?

[Mollym313]

Originally Posted by kshe95girl

theres a rumor that OB is gonna be the Grand Marshal of the Rolla Gay Pride Parade......guess he is practicing?

ohhhh....ok, I don't judge but I do give new nicknames. Hmmmmm Ozarkboy4boy We might be just a smidgen off topic

[kshe95girl]

I thought we all could use a giggle, carry on!

[ozarksboy]

Originally Posted by kshe95girl

theres a rumor that OB is gonna be the Grand Marshal of the Rolla Gay Pride Parade.

Yeah, I'm figuring there will come a day when we have so many Califoreigners and Yankees in Rolla that they demand to have a gay pride parade. Then me and my redneck/hillbilly/white trash buddies can stand on the curb, drink beer, make fun of "things" like this and throw our empties at them. Having that in town would be hideous, so we've got to figure out some way to have fun with it and make fun of it.

[theresnoplacelikehome]

Originally Posted by Mollym313

I don't think she has a problem with others suggestions and opinions but rather those that give them in a condescending, insulting, and arrogant manner.

I could not have said it better than this. Thank you.

[theresnoplacelikehome]

Originally Posted by ozarksboy

Recapping, you said you want to leave your family, who love you and will miss you, to move to Missouri because your landlord doesn't maintain your building to suit you and you think you can't afford to move to a nicer place that will cost more money.



I suggested that moving to Missouri simply because you don't like the way the landlord is maintaining your building is a mighty poor reason to move halfway across the country, leaving family and friends, familiar places and memories, behind. I said it made no sense to me. You replied:




Then I tried to explain to you some of the pitfalls of living alone in an unfamiliar place, and suggested that someone moving at age 50 will have a much more difficult time than someone moving at age 19 with her parents. For the sake of your safety and emotional health, I begged you to reconsider. You replied:



Well, yes, it does sound superficial to me, but if getting out of your apartment and into a house so you can have a washer-dryer is more important to you than being near your daughter and sister, and if you think Missouri is the only place you can do that, then ignore everything I warned you about and move to Missouri.

I can see now that I made erroneous assumptions when I read your first post. I thought you wanted all kinds of information to help you make a decision. I see now that your mind is made up and you didn't want to hear any cautionary advice; you only wanted to hear people cheering your decision to move. Such cheering is plentiful on the Missouri Forum.

"Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt." Abraham Lincoln

[kshe95girl]

Originally Posted by theresnoplacelikehome

"Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt." Abraham Lincoln

You'll fit right in......

[ozarksboy]

Originally Posted by theresnoplacelikehome

"Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt." Abraham Lincoln

All right, I give! You win! You should pack up and move to Missouri ASAP!

[ajf131]

Originally Posted by ozarksboy

Yeah, I'm figuring there will come a day when we have so many Califoreigners and Yankees in Rolla that they demand to have a gay pride parade. Then me and my redneck/hillbilly/white trash buddies can stand on the curb, drink beer, make fun of "things" like this and throw our empties at them. Having that in town would be hideous, so we've got to figure out some way to have fun with it and make fun of it.

As far as I know, nobody in Rolla that is native to the area uses the term "yankee"...Rolla is home to both "yankees" and "southerners." The Southern half of Missouri as a whole is a hybrid of Midwestern and Southern.