Janice

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Feeling left out of it...whatever 'it' is


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I feel like I'm being left out of the loop when it comes to hubby and son's running of the photo business. Hubby and son are the ones who've orchestrated the purchasing of digital cameras and the Gateway computer.

 

Whenever I even try to touch a camera, I get barked at and told not to touch. What am I, a 4 year old with no common sense in how to handle a camera?

 

Excuse me, I was a photographer for 17 years and I am 52 now, not an imbecile.

 

It bothers me that I seem to be excluded from the business in slight ways such as my name is no longer on the business cards.

 

I tried to mention this to my hubby and he blew up. He said he's trying to get away from the business and give it all to son, but then, he a rage-a-holic.

 

I've always hated to be excluded from things.

 

As a child my sister who's 6 years older than me, she and her friends would physically slam the door in my face if I tried to see them. Yes, I know 6 years is a vast difference as a child. But it still stings being excluded. I've tried to talk with my sister about events when younger and she doesn't remember them ever happening and aplogized not really understanding what she's apologizing for. I'm the youngest of my family...not the baby.. brother is 10 years older than me...he and his friends tormented me, too. One friend would pick me up off the floor by my ponytail and called me squirt.

 

Ah, to grow up someday, will it ever happen?

Will I ever grow out of the whiner stage? whoosh.gifsad.gif

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Friend of a friend started her own business with a camera. She photographs flowers, grasses etc, mainly in friends gardens and prints her own cards and business cards using her own copyrighted designs.

She is as much an artist as she is a photographer but says she can do it at her own pace (she has health problems) and that's what she likes about the new business.

Can't help you about when you get out of the whiner stage, I climb out of the black hole for a while and then fall in again.

Sue.

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one of the unoffical 'slogans' of my Al-Anon program is 'there are no victims, there are only volunteers' this does not refer to what happens to you as a child or adolescent or to events that are beyond your control, like strokes; it refers to one's attitudes in dealing with life's misfortunes.

 

an attitude of gratitude is one that has served me well when i'm whiny and feeling sorry for myself. making a gatitude list often helps me get out of a slump.

 

one of the official slogans of my Al-Anon program is 'let it begin with me' (unoffical and official slogans! how obsessive! how cool!) when i want other people to start treating me better and more nicely, i find that i have to keep my side of the street clean and begin the changes with my own attitudes.

 

hope this helps

 

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Janice,

 

Don't forget in the Classic Posts & Advice forum is the 'adaptive stuff/ideas' topic that includes a thread about adapting cameras for one-handed use. http://www.strokeboard.net/index.php?showtopic=3064 Don's recreational therapist taught him to use a throw-away camera one-handed and they take great pictures, too. There's even a digit camera on the market for left-handers....sorry, I can't remember which side your stroke effected.

 

Jean

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My left side was/is affected...weaker.

It'd be great to be able to get my own camera...but the $??

$400 for a point and shoot, $4,000 for a Nikon.

Not likely to happen.

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Janice,

 

Check the net for point and shoot digital cameras. There are major brand names under $200. You could save that up in 50 weeks at $4.00 a week. You can skim that much off your grocery allowance each week, never miss it, and build a camera fund.

 

Jean

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Thing is, purchasing off the 'net' you need to charge your purchase on a credit card, most if not all places don't/won't deal COD.

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