Paislee Glider 
NL, CA
131 Posts
My name is Pamela, I’m 30 years old and am from Newfoundland. I am very proud to be a Newfoundlander, it is an amazing and absolutely stunning province, rich in history and character. I don’t know if many of you have heard of us Newfies but we are supposedly very friendly, funny people and I agree with that statement. We have quite an accent and a lot of people can barely understand us, but it makes us unique. And please if you happen to look up videos on Newfies or Newfoundland on You Tube some of them don’t depict us very well, kinda makes me a little upset. Some of the videos depict us as foul mouthed, uneducated drunks which I hate because the majority of us are the opposite like myself. But I guess it's nice to be able to poke fun at ourselves sometimes.
I have studied many things in my life, first starting with Geology, then Geomatics and finally I just became a certified Medical Laboratory Assistant which I am currently looking for work. As for right now I am the assistant manager for Bentley, a retail chain that deals with luggage and purses that kind of thing. I am not happy in retail and highly believe that it can suck the life right out of you having to deal with the general public. Some people can be down right rude and ignorant, I guess Doug can relate lol I can’t wait for the day I finally get into the hospital system here so I can leave my retail career behind. I had a work term in a small hospital in rural Newfoundland and loved every minute of it.
I enjoy hiking, reading and photography. I love animals, especially my four beautiful fuzzbutts. Someday I want to travel and see the world with my wonderful man. I had quite a hard relationship in my twenties and my current boyfriend, David, is a godsend. I never knew guys like him existed especially when you meet later on in life, usually they’re taken. My hard relationship lasted a long time, 12 and a half years to be exact. I was 15 when I started going out with this guy and as we got older he discovered alcohol, the rest is history. I finally had enough in 2009 and we split, and yes it was very hard, he was all I knew, I was lost but did overcome.
My twenties were very hard on me, and even though I was terrified to turn 30 I’m glad the twenties are over. At the age of 22 I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, for those of you who are unfamiliar with the disease, it is an incurable disease of the digestive tract, it causes me pain on a daily basis and can be very embarrassing sometimes, being a disease of the digestive tract and all. At first I was very sick and lost 50 pounds in 3 months, very scary stuff. Being a very outgoing and adventurous person, this certainly put a cramp in my style. I didn’t go anywhere with my friends anymore because I would be afraid I would get sick with no bathroom around, so that lead me to depression. Now I had a mental disease along with a physical disease. I felt so alone in the world at that time and would just cry constantly. I never really had anyone to help me through this time in my life, the guy I was with was more interested in booze and my parents just didn’t understand or know how to deal with their baby being so sick ( I am the youngest in my family, have an older brother) As the years went by, I learned to control my Crohn’s disease and started to get out again, nothing to the way it was but it was a start. My depression started to fade after I broke off my bad relationship and started working full time. To this day I still suffer from panic attacks if things get stressful, but I am learning to deal with things and change my way of thinking from negative to positive. David has helped me so much with positive thinking, and he came into my life at a very bad time and I truly believe he saved me from myself, if that makes any sense.
So b’ys (newfie slang ;) I can keep going but I think I may have bored you enough, but I guess this is me in a nutshell. Thx for reading :)
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