Sadly, the Empress has Final Won.

[smoothshooter]

Got a Last-minute call from Jeff asking for a ride today he was not sure of the time. I respond, ok. But I was unwilling to continue picking him up do the fact that the Empress was unwilling do so. It was that the Empress and detested each other, to the degree we did.
Jeff responds "'Ill" get someone else to take care of it. I don't ever want hear about the empress again.

I don't want to lose a long-term friendship over this, but enough is enough is enough.

Thanks all for letting me Rave on.

For starters, I would quit referring to her as "Empress".

 

[quikdraw67]

I was once given the ultimatum by my own personal princess that either the dog (a great one) goes or she goes. I sent the dog to live with my parents. Then she divorced me anyway a few years later. I didn't choose wisely.

Yeah, that's a deal breaker. The dog will always be loyal and love you unconditionally until it dies.

Women, not so much.

 

[Jinglebob]

Jeff and the Empress made me think of this old joke.

Bubba was digging in his garden and found a chest full of gold coins. He thought about running straight inside to tell his wife about it, then he remembered why he was digging in the garden.

 

[pawngal]

Fred, if you need to rant some more, call me, I'm a good listener.
I have read all your other "Empress" tales and the time comes that enough is enough. Jeff needs to realize what she has done to your friendship. Sadly, I doubt she will ever change.

 

[Rpg]

Fred: you're collateral damage to the real long term war going on between Jeff and the Empress.

 

[Mule Packer]

Bipolar?
Thyroid imbalance? Over 60% of women over 45 have thyroid issues. Makes a lot of them crazy.
Seriously.

Okay....clinically speaking...and strictly clinically speaking...the old gal is NUTS! I mean, she seriously enjoys "stirring the pot," so to speak.

 

[ddixie884]

I am sorry for your troubles and wish you patience and peace........

 

[Onomea]

For starters, I would quit referring to her as "Empress".

Greasy Old Hag?

 

[LVSteve]

I suggest those not in the know use the advanced search function under "Search this forum" while here in The Lounge. Enter "Old Bear" as the user, and "Empress" as a search word. You should get something like this.

 

[glenwolde]

For starters, I would quit referring to her as "Empress".

But that's the only way I can find the posts about her! Just search "Empress" for the backstory.

 

[RobertJ.]

Bubba was digging in his garden and found a chest full of gold coins. He thought about running straight inside to tell his wife about it, then he remembered why he was digging in the garden.

I just ran downstairs to tell this one to my wife and her friend!

They didn't think it was as funny as I did!

 

[SPEEDGUNNER]

Empress? His wife goes by "The Empress"? We either need pictures or a bank account/financial statement.

 

[Old Arkansawyer]

I'm going to miss her, hey I've got a bite!

 

[SmithNut]

Wow, after reading the OP's post: I just have to say: "I feel more now than I ever did before..."

Get it??

 

[smoothshooter]

Okay....clinically speaking...and strictly clinically speaking...the old gal is NUTS! I mean, she seriously enjoys "stirring the pot," so to speak.

As I mentioned earlier, she may be bipolar.
If so, you need to ditch her ASAP.
The misery and dangerous behavior bipolar people cause and perpetrate in society is truly shocking.

 

[hsguy]

Fred, if you need to rant some more, call me, I'm a good listener.
I have read all your other "Empress" tales and the time comes that enough is enough. Jeff needs to realize what she has done to your friendship. Sadly, I doubt she will ever change.

Probably not but Jeff does have that choice.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

For better or worse, through sickness and health until death do we part...... Sounds like Jeff takes this seriously.......

 

[SMSgt]

Not my zoo, not my monkey to deal with.

 

[peyton]

This happens more frequently than we admit. My mom and my wife only had one thing is common. They were both capable of going nice and calm to full blown hurricane in an instant.

My son's wife and my wife got into it while I was in Afghanistan and since I returned in 2018 I have seen my two grand kids twice. Now I have been invited over by myself but I refuse to go.
This fight affects the whole family and it really crushes my soul. So before you rush to judgement beware that there is this occurring more than people admit.

After a hurricane rant over nothing important, I told my four children "Do you think I would of been stupid if she was like this when I married her"??

 

[Onomea]

For better or worse, through sickness and health until death do we part...... Sounds like Jeff takes this seriously.......

I say it's a two way street. Mutual love, mutual forgiveness, mutual respect.

I take myself, and my commitments, seriously, and expect my wife to do the same.

Didn't work out for me, the first time around. Because I ain't no doormat.

Happily married now, second time around, some 30+ years.

(The back up solution, in my opinion, to a bad marriage, to a bad wife, for the traditional minded, is to have a good girlfriend at the same time, but it's a whole lot less stressful to just have a good wife.)