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HFSSC (original poster member #33338) posted at 1:22 PM on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
I can't take it.
I am sitting in my office with the door closed and the fan on, and I can still hear her. She has this loud, projecting "Gospel" voice and she has to make 14 syllables out of every freaking word she sings. Apparently, everybody else loves it.
I want to stab out my eardrums.
Me, 56
Him, 48 (JMSSC)
Married 26 years. Reconciled.
Lucky2HaveMe ( member #13333) posted at 5:35 PM on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
Get some earplugs! A much better solution than stabbing your eardrums... that might hurt! 
Love isn't what you say, it's what you do.
Nature_Girl ( member #32554) posted at 5:49 PM on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
Heathen!
Me = BS
Him = EX-d out (abusive troglodyte NPD SA)
3 tween-aged kids
Together 20 years
D-Day: Memorial Weekend 2011
2013 - DIVORCED!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJgjyDFfJuU
Exit Wounds ( member #32811) posted at 5:58 PM on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
OMG!That is hilarious! Sorry hun 
Exit WoundsH of 17 years got gf pregnant, left our kids 9 & 11 and we never saw him again. -His choice.
Amazonia ( member #32810) posted at 5:59 PM on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
I've got one of those. 
"You yourself deserve your love and affection as much as anybody in the universe." -Buddha
"Let's face it, life is a crap shoot." -Sad in AZ
Dark Inertia ( member #30727) posted at 6:08 PM on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
Lol, that is my friend at work. He always sings (as we are leaving for the day) "gotta go, gooooottttta goooooo". I enjoy it, but he does sing quietly.
tushnurse ( member #21101) posted at 7:14 PM on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
So Sorry you have to deal with that at work.
At least you don't live w/ a 13 year old who has lived her entire life in a musical. Singing starts as soon as she rolls out of bed, and ends when she falls asleep. Otherwise she is singing. She has a beautiful voice, but all day every day it too makes me consider stabbing my eardrums.
Me: FBSHim: FWSKids: 23 & 27 Married for 32 years now, was 16 at the time.D-Day Sept 26 2008R'd in about 2 years. Old Vet now.
JanetS ( member #2766) posted at 5:37 AM on Thursday, April 25th, 2013
tushnush...is your 13 year old taking singing lessons? She is obviously passionate and you state she sings beautifully. I sing "reasonably" well, and wish I'd had an opportunity to explore that to see if it went anywhere.
HFSSC....I hate that too when every syllable is sung with a myriad of notes. "some" words, maybe "one of two" syllables, and ONLY when it works.
HFSSC (original poster member #33338) posted at 11:25 AM on Thursday, April 25th, 2013
Thanks for the empathy, y'all.
I have to add...and this sounds so arrogant to me... but I sing well. I'm the music director at my church. I am asked to sing for events. I have been paid, nicely, for singing at weddings, funerals, etc. This woman's voice just grates on me. She embellishes so much that you can't distinguish the tune. And it's all songs that are unfamiliar to me, so I don't even have that to fall back on.
Oh well, if it's all I have to gripe about, life's not too bad.
Me, 56
Him, 48 (JMSSC)
Married 26 years. Reconciled.
StillGoing ( member #28571) posted at 2:17 PM on Thursday, April 25th, 2013
Blast some King Diamond in your office.
tushnurse ( member #21101) posted at 2:26 PM on Thursday, April 25th, 2013
Janet,
I have debated on putting her in lessons, but have not had to yet. She has been in Concert Choir all 3 years at middle school, and it is a fairly small school, the teacher is amazing, and has lots of time to work w/ the kids one on one. She has improved her range tremendously. She has the widest range of all the kids in choir, except for one boy that is going through puberty right now. So by freshman year, he will probably have a much narrower, lower range.
She wants to be a Vet, but her "back up plan" is to become a music teacher. She plays Trumpet, Trombone, and has taught herself piano, with a little help from mom, and is currently attempting to learn guitar on her own.
Me: FBSHim: FWSKids: 23 & 27 Married for 32 years now, was 16 at the time.D-Day Sept 26 2008R'd in about 2 years. Old Vet now.
Catwoman ( member #1330) posted at 2:34 PM on Thursday, April 25th, 2013
I am a serious "hobbiest" vocalist, and the prevailing wisdom on voice lessons is to wait until they are 16 or older.
I would also find a McCloskey voice technician for lessons. I am sold on their approach.
Cat
FBS: Married 20 years, 2 daughters 27 and 24. Divorced by the grace of GOD.
D-Days: 2/23/93; 10/11/97; 3/5/03
Ex & OW Broke up 12-10
"An erection does not count as personal growth."
nowiknow23 ( member #33226) posted at 5:02 PM on Thursday, April 25th, 2013
At least you don't live w/ a 13 year old who has lived her entire life in a musical. Singing starts as soon as she rolls out of bed, and ends when she falls asleep. Otherwise she is singing.
My DD14 is the same way. Creates her own lyrics to familiar tunes. This week, everything is from the Oklahoma! soundtrack. Last week it was Taylor Swift. Nothing like hearing her in her room, singing to the tune of "Love Story,"
Mom is so stupid
Yes she is really dumb
I really hate her
And I'm not the only one
*sigh*
You can call me NIK
And never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
― Sarah McMane
JessicaFL127 ( member #26864) posted at 5:10 PM on Thursday, April 25th, 2013
Holy Cow, NIK! Maybe next week she can sing "I am SO Grounded" to the soundtrack of Les Miserables.
BW,35
divorced for 10 years
Happily remarried to a much better choice.:D
mom to two awesome boys,14 and 13
And now to a beautiful baby girl, 1 <3
"But you said your vows, and you closed the door
On so many men who would have loved you
nowiknow23 ( member #33226) posted at 5:42 PM on Thursday, April 25th, 2013
You can call me NIK
And never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
― Sarah McMane
tushnurse ( member #21101) posted at 2:01 PM on Friday, April 26th, 2013
Thanks Cat, good advice.
NIK that is too funny. My D does that as well. And she sings Les Mis continuously. Much better than Hathaway.
Me: FBSHim: FWSKids: 23 & 27 Married for 32 years now, was 16 at the time.D-Day Sept 26 2008R'd in about 2 years. Old Vet now.
JKL Vikings ( member #32094) posted at 5:15 PM on Friday, April 26th, 2013
HI HFSSC, it can't be as bad as MY singing. Once I was tyring to sing a song by Journey, and a deaf coworker turned off his hearing aids.
Her- Alpha Female 42
Me-FWH 44
Married since '02, together since 2000
D-day 2/10/2009
3 sons- J- born Oct 2001
K- born Sept. 2005
L- born Apr. 2008
We ALL have issues. It's how we deal with them that makes the difference
SisterMilkshake ( member #30024) posted at 5:25 PM on Friday, April 26th, 2013
^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I am with you JKL. I love singing but apparently can't carry a tune. My family is always quick to point this out. 
My husband was the lead singer in a band and DS17 lettered in Concert Choir in H.S. Guess that gene didn't come from me.
Once I was singing a song and I was asked who sings that song, and I answered, and the person replied "Lets keep it that way!" 
I am sorry HFSSC, I hear often that bad singing is painful to listen to.
BW (me) & FWH both over half a century; married several decades; children
d-day 3/10; LTA (7 years?)
"Oh, why do my actions have consequences?" ~ Homer Simpson
"She knew my one weakness: That I'm weak." ~ Homer Simpson
nowiknow23 ( member #33226) posted at 5:31 PM on Friday, April 26th, 2013
"Lets keep it that way!"
If I had a dollar for every time my son has said that to me...
I sing anyway. 
You can call me NIK
And never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
― Sarah McMane
Skan ( member #35812) posted at 12:27 AM on Saturday, April 27th, 2013
You can always start howling. Or better, buy a CD of wolf calls and every time she start singing, crank that baby up! 
Imagine a ship trying to set sail while towing an anchor. Cutting free is not a gift to the anchor. You must release that burden, not because the anchor is worthy, but because the ship is.
D-Day, June 10, 2012
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