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I actually had to work today
So this is my miscellaneous ketchup on whatever caught my eye (which does not include sports):
Arby: re: the non-listening friend: She has made it clear that she is not, in fact, interested in your opinion or advice, whatever she says. The "no comment just hand the hankie" approach is probably best at this point. If she keeps asking "alas, alack, whatever, ever, shall I do," you might make it pointedly clear to her that you have been telling her what she might do for some time, and she hasn't given any heed, so you assume she doesn't really want to know. But that's best if it is more of a lead up to "you made your bed now lie in it and stop snivelling" speech.
Pony: re: the rant about rich assholes getting kudos for buying shit: have I told you recently that I adore you? Changing the loo roll in my house would make you a hero.
Wonk: re: wife with separation anxiety: You clearly have to go; going to business/social/face-time/team player events is (sadly) very important. Your kids are clearly not invited. Your wife clearly will not go without the kids. So leave her at home and party it up with Paigow. I agree that taking the kids along to a business celebration, even left in the gentle care of hotel sitters, is a sort of cheesy move (particularly if you live in the city in Q), but whether it is more cheesy than going to the play/dinner and then going home instead of staying the night with everyone else, I couldn't say - I don't know if these people are likely to party all night, or get up and commisserate over bloody marys in the morning or what. I would probably go along on the whole shebang w/o the wife, though. That's just me, so YMMV. My parents lasted until I (the oldest) was about 5 before they started abandoning us with neighbors for long stretches, so I guess I don't have much insight into your wife's views here.
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