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MySmallWorldof4

MySmallWorldof4

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KBLovesDisney said:
So I cut contact with my immediate family a few months ago due to being a scapegoat in a toxic environment. My dad died February of 2017, and I just found out through one of my aunts that my mom has up and suddenly became engaged to a man she had supposedly known her whole life...news to me, I don't know who this guy is...and is getting married to him this coming Saturday. On top of that, I was also told that she has cancer.

My mother is the main reason I have cut contact, very narcissistic. But I don't know how to feel right now. I have blocked her on FB and my phone because I wanted no contact because of the constant damage and fall I was always taking.

I do have support here with my DH and his family, but I am reaching out to see if anyone out there has been through something similar and can maybe offer some advice. I am not going back to contact but I need help and guidance for myself. What do I do? I do have an option this Saturday to go help my DH's family with yard work and that is possibly the best things to do this weekend, but other than that...

I am just feeling at a complete loss.
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First, I am sorry for the loss of your dad. I personally don’t have the same type of experience that you do with family. Maybe speak with a therapist?
 
MySmallWorldof4

MySmallWorldof4

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donaldtoo said:
Wow!!! Even our somewhat dying local mall isn’t nearly that bad on a Saturday afternoon (at least not the last time I was in there on a Saturday several months ago)...!!! :cyclops:

Speaking of which, DWifey was in the mall a little while back and noticed the clothing store I used to do the closers at is closed permanently at that location. Wondered why I hadn’t heard from him in a while. He’s also not the type to communicate such information unless he needed me for a shift, then he’d tell me where they moved.
But, none of that this time, so I’m wondering if he just finally had to completely call his business quits...?
Sure hope not, but, I texted him and have heard nothing back, yet. Hope to hear back at some point...we’ll see.......
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I get sad when a small business has to close. Owners put their heart into a business.
 
MySmallWorldof4

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wdwfan4ver said:
For me, Woolworth's had their Pet section at the bottom floor. I saw the Animals you mentioned on that floor. Woolworth's was a very rare store in the late mall I went to as a kid. The late mall in question only had one Floor except for 2 stores. The only way to enter the stores with 2 floors was by using the two store's escalators for going to the bottom floor.

The other store in that mall with a 2nd floor was a Gimbel's that turned into Boston Store. We used to go Woolworth's a lot in that late mall including using that lunch counter.

Woolworth's was part of the late mall's Trick or Treating day when the store was in existence. How trick or treating was handled at the mall was you go to the shops with a costume on and you get treats. The mall usually had trick or treating on a different than the houses did in the area back when the houses only had 1 day of trick or treating with the mall sometimes having it on a different day than the houses.

Woolworth's was at a great location in the mall. The Entrance I used for getting into the mall was in the middle of the mall. Woolworth's was the first store you see on the right hand side past Santa or the Easter Bunny depending on the Holiday season.

The late mall was designed with 1 floor with 2 shops having a basement floor for a good reason. The mall was originally built as a Strip Mall in 1951 and the development of that strip mall decided wants stores could have a bottom level that only can be access from the store itself. My dad used to go to that mall growing up when it was a strip mall. My dad was not alive when the strip mall first open though.

Gimbels was one of the stores from the Malls strip mall only days and I have no idea about Woolworth's. Back in 1970, a mall was opened in the suburbs with it being 10 times bigger and having a 2nd floor with shoppers leaving that old strip mall to the new mall. The old strip mall was outclassed in every way.

The owners of the Strip mall made most of the strip mall into a enclosed mall and made it 2 times bigger. but it had no 2 floor except for the two stores I mentioned.

I called the mall that had Woolworth's late because not a lot of that mall exists anymore. Woolworth's closing started the end of that mall. Boston Store left that mall in the same year and the mall was left with no anchor stores. That mall tried getting anchor stores, but the deals fall through and and a new buyer bought the non strip mall sections. The new buyer demolished the non strip mall section for building a Wal-mart.
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That is sad. Our dead mall no longer has any anchor stores. It had a Sears, JC Penny, and Bonton when we first moved here 7 years ago. Now, the biggest store is some antiques knock-off store.
 
MySmallWorldof4

MySmallWorldof4

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Rista1313 said:
I just had a great experience on the phone with Shop Disney... bought a halloween tshirt for our trip around that time in 2019, got it, and it was too small. (always read the reviews!) I planned on doing an exchange, but I was afraid it would sell out, and then it went on sale for even cheaper... so I decided rather than wait and taking my chances on the exchange, I would buy the new size and send the old one back for a refund. But when I went to send it back, there was no disney postage... so I thought hmmm am I expected to pay for postage? So I called, and the customer service agent gave me a credit to the site, in the amount of the first purchase and told me to donate the shirt to a friend or charity. Works for me.... I'm going to keep my eye out on the holiday shirts to see if they go on sale and use it towards that anyway.
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I have had similar experiences with Shop Disney. They have great customer service.
 
MySmallWorldof4

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MinnieM123 said:
Looking at the original pictures -- is that a Simon Mall? Looks very much like one of the up in our area--which is still doing business, but they've lost some stores (most recently, Sears).
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donaldtoo said:
It is indeed a Simon property.
It seems to still be doing decent business, although nothing like up to about 6-8 years ago.
The Sears there also closed in early September.
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Our dead mall is Simon owned. I don't think they have done anything with it since the 90's.
 
MySmallWorldof4

MySmallWorldof4

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21stamps said:
Bittersweet Last game of the outdoor season

Won this morning, tied this evening


Side note, this opposing team had a group of obnoxious parents. Not all, about 3-5. The ref ended up giving two warnings.. she could have given more. If I was the coach of that team, I would have ejected the parents. It was ridiculous. Horrible display of unsportsmanlike conduct, horrible example for the kids!!
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Oh and I took this pic too quickly.. missed T doing a Maradona a second later.. thought I was recording. :( He didn’t score today, but played well and had some great saves in goal! It was a good end of the season regardless of his disappointment over not scoring.
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The best part is you have a few months reprieve of not standing out in the damp, cold air.
 

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