"Okay,so they Moved???"

@Hatley (163781)
Garden Grove, California
March 21, 2013 2:13pm CST
I was sitting at my table in the dining room, when a caregiver came over and quietly removed the name tags of our two table mates Perla and Jess. I had the oddest feeling for a few minutes. My thoughts were like this,"okay so I did not measure up either and I know they dislike Steve who is bent over with arthritis and walks with his head down all the time. I had a feeling we just did not measure up and me they thought I was a germ carrier as I have had two colds back to back., Granted Steve had had a nasty habit of tearing his napkin into pieces and blowing his nose on them and Jess reprimanded him , Steve did quit doing that. But now I tried to tell myself they moved because Pearla had no room to get out with her walker without asking Steve to get up and let her out. I have told myself its no big deal just forget it and get on with m own life.Oddly I have been good friends with them both so in a way it hurt as they did not tell us they were moving just did it.Your take fellow mylotters.I think I am being overly sensitive.
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@Raine38 (12257)
• United States
21 Mar 13
If they are just some other people I know, then I would dismiss it. I wouldn't let it bother me, it's fine because I don't care that much about what other people think. But if I am good friends with them, I would be a bit offended because I think that is something that they can easily tell me about. As friends, of course they would have known that I am looking forward to seeing them. The least they can do is say a word about it and I will be ok. Maybe I also want to say hi to them, right?
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Mar 13
hi raine no they were my friends but I am now angered as I feel they left because they do not likk Steve who is bent over and walks facer down,. .He is injured property to them and I dislike people who who look down on someone because of their physical appearance. Steve cannot help that his arthritis bent him over like that. I am friends with Jess and Perla but I dislike that kind of thinking very much. S teve has a lot of good qualities so people should not go by his looks.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Mar 13
typo alert face not facer,
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@velvet53 (22528)
• Palisade, Colorado
21 Mar 13
I can see where you may have thought some of these things. Isn't it funny how our mind works. It would have been nice if all of you had known they were moving so y9ou didn't feel like this.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
22 Mar 13
hi velvet yes it is funny how I thought as i really do not know just why they moved after having asked to come to our t able bujt okay IUdo not need them at all. good riddance.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
28 Mar 13
hi velvet yes as new people come in there are vound t be people come to our table so will look forward to it.
@velvet53 (22528)
• Palisade, Colorado
22 Mar 13
Well maybe there will be others that will sit with you. New friendships start every day and in many different ways.
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@ElicBxn (63232)
• United States
22 Mar 13
hummm... maybe it was Steve... maybe they just moved to another table because of the access problem... did they move far? what is the table like where they moved to?
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@ElicBxn (63232)
• United States
22 Mar 13
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
28 Mar 13
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
22 Mar 13
hi ElicBxn its a round table with settings for three pep ole so Perla had easy access with her walker to get in and out. Yes Steve they did not like and really made it pretty evident. He said good morning they did not. So okay. we had been a bit inconvenienced to have them as the room between the two tables was not really good for two walkers and another person. to me since they made a thing of asking to move to our table I am disgusted. They just lost a friend. fooey on them.
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@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
21 Mar 13
Aw, I'm sorry Hatley, I also would have been affected if my friends moved without telling me and even if they did tell me, I would miss them still.
• United States
21 Mar 13
Well, I hope you make new friends at your table..
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Mar 13
hi carm steve and I are there all by ourse.ves so we do chat and its okay now.
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@celticeagle (158485)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Mar 13
Hi Hatley. Caregivers don't care. Very few it seems. And you are too sensitive. You are like me. I think that you do just fine and to heck with everybody else.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
28 Mar 13
thanks celticeagle they I think are too picky but thats okay,Steven and I have been friends for a long time . Sooner or later we will undoubtedly get one or two new table mates anyway I will just keep my my own way and let others keep their own ways too..
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
14 Apr 13
hi again I did get a new tablemate who is friendly bu tr oh my she wears knock you over and drag you out cologne. Whew My head reels for a moment then I have to sneeze. I do not know if she just used a few drops too much or bathes in it.I think its Chanel five but the amount she wears makes it smell more like irrigation canal no. five. I do not mant to make her angry thoug so ust pretend I c annot smell. llol
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@celticeagle (158485)
• Boise, Idaho
28 Mar 13
That's sounds only right.
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@JohnRok1 (2051)
21 Mar 13
It is just a different table they have moved to, not a different home? And whom have they moved to?
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Mar 13
jo jkophj yes its still in the same dinning room. They are at a table with another Mexican lady so that should please Jess who is also Mexican.I do think its partly because Perla had a time getting her walker in and o ut where she was sitting and too Pearla does not like Steve as he is bent over and walks with his face down.. That to me is pretty petty.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Mar 13
typo alert sorry John not that mess ugh.hi John
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@JohnRok1 (2051)
21 Mar 13
Of course I don't mind that typo, but what puzzles me about it is how on earth you did it! Perhaps the other Mexican lady had no one to talk to, and Jess and Perla were persuaded? Or she had a good reason to be moved and the staff had to find someone else to share with her, pronto?
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@sid556 (30960)
• United States
22 Mar 13
hi hatley, Am I following this right? it sounds to me as if the caregiver was the one to move people for whatever reason. if that is so, then i would not speculate or take it personal as they probably had some good reason unbeknown to you to do so. i would not just assume that someone was jealous of you or that they disliked Steve or that it even had anything at all to do with you. Maybe i am misunderstanding this?? I can tell that you do feel bad and are trying not to let it get to you. Maybe it would put your mind at ease if you talked discreetly to the caregiver or just came right out and asked Jess and Pearla what was going on??
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
22 Mar 13
hi sid you have it right., I am not going any further omn this.They oddly came to us and asked to be seated at our table. They made it abit inconvenient as we were storing tw walkers from the women behind us and my own walker between the two tablesl. So it made it cramped with Jess on my side and Pearla on Steve's side,. But we fit them in as friends.So now they just left . They have lost a friend now.
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@dawnald (85130)
• Shingle Springs, California
22 Mar 13
You're being overly sensitive. :)
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
22 Mar 13
hi dawn yes I think you are right but I am human and I no longer care.WE had to fit them in as there was really not that much room.But they had asked to be at our tale as Perla was not comfortable where they were and after they came Pearla showed that she really disliked Steve so I guess she was not comfortable with us either. Okay they just lost me as a friend
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@GreenMoo (11834)
22 Mar 13
It's always a shame to lose friends Hatley, but can you see these two ladies elsewhere? I think you are right with the logical explanation for their moving, but it does seem a little like bad manners not to tell you. Perhaps it all came up in a hurry and they didn't get the chance? Look forward to some new tablemates now, and some new friendships!
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
22 Mar 13
hi GreenMoo we had to really squeeze them in as the space between our tables was taken up with the two ladies walkers behind us and my walker.But we made room and now they did this. Okay to me that just means I no longer am friends as they have snubbed Steve because he walks with his face down due to severe arthritis in his back. That is no reason to snub anyone.
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
22 Mar 13
I think that I would be hurt too. It was actually very rude in my opinion just to move without even the courtesy of saying something to you. It was probably because of Steve but then so what? I am sure that they had bad habits too. Hold your head up high Hatley and move on. This is nothing to what you have been through in life
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
22 Mar 13
hi cynthiann Yes its odd as they originally as,ed to come to oujr table as Pearla was comfortable where they were. WE really did not have adequate room for them as the two ladies behind us store their walkers between our t wo tables and I stored mine really it cramped us to have Jess on my side and Perla on Steve's side So now they changed their minds. They just lost my friendship thats for sure.
@namiya (1713)
• Philippines
22 Mar 13
Being in constant companion with some people will really hurt if they just suddenly keep a distance without you knowing why. Whatever may their reason be it let this not affect you so much as there are still other people who care.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
22 Mar 13
hi namiya yes it did hurt b t I am putting it aside. I know that we had to make room for them as the space between our table anf the one behind was taken up with the two ladies walkers behind us and my walker.So it was hard to squeeze Jess in on my side and Pearla in on Steve[ side But they were friends so we did it. Now they up and just leave. So to heck with them. They did not like Steve as he walks with his face down as his back is bent with arthritis, But that is not a good reason to look down on anyone. gI am, afraid they ju st lost a friend.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
22 Mar 13
I would feel a little upset if friends fail to at least say good bye, anyway how sure are you that they think of you as you think of them?
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
22 Mar 13
hi louievill I am afraid Pearla has the idea that Jess thinks too much of me and thats really so stupid. I am 86 for Gods sakes and Jess 53 so I think of Jess as another son.,I really don't know how Pearla thinks of me since she and Jess started living together.Jess told me he likes me a lot. I am old enough to be his grandmother for heavens's sakes.
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@pahak627 (4558)
• Philippines
22 Mar 13
It surely hurts, Hatley, but we just don't know if the transfer was urgent that they were not able to tell you about it. I understand how you feel. Don't feel so bad about it.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
22 Mar 13
hi pahak yes but the thing is its odd as they made a big to do about moving to our table as pearla was uncomfortable where they were and we had to sqyeeze them in as the space was crowed between the two tables with three walkers there.Bjt we welcomed them and theyhdo this. fine. They have just lost my friendship completely.
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@suni51 (3429)
• India
22 Mar 13
Hi Ms Hatley- Although it was not fair on their part, at least not without telling you a reason for all what they did but I am sure you would overcome whatever the feelings. Yep, you would be fine in while as life goes on with you meeting all kind of guys. I hope you would come to terms soon. cheers
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
22 Mar 13
hi sunie as they asked to come to o ur table and made us cramped as I and the two ladies in the table behind us store three walkers between the tables there really was hard to fit Jess in on myhide and Pearla on Steve's side. so now to heck with them,. They just lost my friendship for sure.
@kprofgames (3091)
• United States
21 Mar 13
It would effect me the same way Hatley so you're not alone. Don't think you're being over sensitive but on the same hand think they should have said something to you since you've been dinning with them for so long. Don't know what else to say. Visit with them outside of your meals?
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
22 Mar 13
So no I will not as i am ticked off . they begged to come here and put us out so the heck with them now. I have had it.I dislike being pushed around like that. hypocrites
@marguicha (215030)
• Chile
21 Mar 13
I am so sorry that you had to put up with this, Hatley! I can see they were quite rude not to have told you why they moved. If they had a problem, there`s always a way via a white lie that will not hurt anyone. I can tell you that, as I see it, they don`t measure up. Soul germs are worse than cold germs.Good riddance
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
22 Mar 13
hi marguicha thats thats a lovely response. yes it would have been a bit more courteous had they gave some explanation but thats okay Steve and I have already had several other table mates who left or were moved so we shall endure.Yes indeed Soul germ s are worse tan cold germs
@much2say (53801)
• Los Angeles, California
22 Mar 13
Hiya Hatley!! Do you mean these friends moved to another table or did they actually move out of GC? Hmmmm, I think I'd feel hurt about it - afterall, these were friends, right? Interestingly, our neighbors just did that to us. They own the house next door, but one day our other neighbor boy told us nobody was in the house. I asked why did he say that (because we just saw them everyday before that) . . . and he said the girl next door (one of my daughter's friends too) said they were planning this for months. Why weren't WE told?? What's odd is they left all their stuff there . . . and now there are 5 people who live there (apparently they are renters) - I totally do not understand the situation . . . and I don't know know why they never mentioned a word to us!! The neighbor boy also told us that the girl said they might come back in a year. I don't know what that's about - and I'm not really hurt about it because we're really not that close as neighbors . . . but still, it would be a courtesy thing to mention something huge like that, right? Could it be possible, too, that maybe your table mates had to leave abruptly? The cops came to those neighbors house like 3 times in the past couple months - not sure if that had anything to do with it. Sometimes I think people think they don't have the opportunity to explain or maybe they felt embarrassed to say . . . but who knows. Maybe you can get the scoop from someone there who also knew them??
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
22 Mar 13
hi much 2say oh they just moved to another table but what surprised me was they made a big deal out of wanting to come to our table and in a way they made it hard as I and the two women at the table behind us had walkers we stored between the two table s so with Jess there it made it very crowded but as they were friends I welcomed them,. so now I feel irked as we made a place for them then they leave without a second thought. okahy fikne wit me. They just lost me as a friend though,
@allknowing (130070)
• India
22 Mar 13
Perhaps Perla is possessive and may have resented your friendship with Jess.How close were you to Jess Hatley! Whatever the reason it was rude on their part to just walk away without telling you since there was no animosity between you. I am sure you will get nice table mates soon.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
22 Mar 13
Jess told me he liked me a lot and noi its not romantic as i am 86andhe is my sons aged 53 just a nice friendship but pearla iks an odd one so who knows. I think shes being silly but okay I will survive as I have before.
@bostonphil (4459)
• United States
21 Mar 13
I am confused. Are you living in a facility like assisted living or a nursing home? So where did Perla and Jess go? Are they sitting at another table? is it possible to ask them, in a friendly manner, why they moved? Who is sitting at your table now? I can understand why you might be confused and hurt. First, i think that you should find out or try to find out why Perla and Jess moved. Don't assume. Then go from there. It might not be you. it might be the other person. But the real problem is that you don't know why they moved without telling you that they were going to.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
22 Mar 13
hi phil yes I liove in a retirement center with assisted living not a nurseing hoem they jus tmoved to another table. What sor of ikrked me is that they asked to bemoved to our table in the fuirst place but then Perla does not like Steve as he is d amaged goods He had arthritis in his back and walks face down so that makes him undesirable to her. I shall endure.
• Canada
22 Mar 13
Hi Hatley You are not be overly sensitive I would of felt the same way. When you think you are good friends with someone and they do this yes it can hurt. I know it is not easy but try not to let it get to you.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
22 Mar 13
hi Laurenlynn I am totally over it as I think they were really hypocritical because Steve walks with his face down due to bad arthritis in his back so they look down on him.So okay let them move I am just surprised as they made a big deal of moving to our table in the first place. Pearla as not comfortable where she was. They have lost me as a friend now.