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Khorne
May 1, 2002

Stickfigure posted:

Was it a chinese study or something?
No, people just lie about their penis size and/or suck at measuring. The study likely measured from skin to tip from the top without pressing down. If you press down you gain an inch and are effectively lying to yourself. Even if you are really skinny you gain length this way. If you measure from the side it's a huge lie.

If you actually have a 6.8"+ dick you will be known as the guy with a big dick at some point in your life because you're "bigger than my ex who was 7.5" or whatever the gently caress. People lie about their penis size just like they lie about everything else, and they do it through either outright lies or dishonest measurements. Even porn lies about dick sizes, it's rare for a porn star to be over 7". Mandingo is around 9", lex steele around 8", ron jeremy around 8" maybe a bit less because he's short as gently caress, and most mainstream pornstars top out at around 7-7.2 and those are the ones with really big dicks billed as "8.5" or whatever. The majority are under 7. Most women don't even like working with guys over 7 in the porn industry.

Note I don't actually know that much about porn dicks. I googled a little, but I did know that most are 7 or less beforehand.

Khorne fucked around with this message at 17:52 on Oct 6, 2016

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loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

Tolkien minority posted:

My husband [25M]'s desire for a better job is causing me worry, given the nature of the work. Am I [24F] wrong to worry?


i like when you can tell the op and their spouse are both monumentally stupid and deserve each other. her responses are good too
https://www.reddit.com/r/relationships/comments/564jqa/my_husband_25ms_desire_for_a_better_job_is/

I found the husband's headshots

WampaLord
Jan 14, 2010

Khorne posted:

If you actually have a 6.8"+ dick you will be known as the guy with a big dick at some point in your life because you're "bigger than my ex who was 7.5" or whatever the gently caress. People lie about their penis size just like they lie about everything else, and they do it through either outright lies or dishonest measurements. Even porn lies about dick sizes, it's rare for a porn star to be over 7". Mandingo is around 9", lex steele around 8", ron jeremy around 8" maybe a bit less because he's short as gently caress, and most mainstream pornstars top out at around 7-7.2 and those are the ones with really big dicks billed as "8.5" or whatever. The majority are under 7. Most women don't even like working with guys over 7 in the porn industry.

Also the dudes are generally shorter, making it look bigger by proportion. James Deen is a tiny fucker.

Space Camp fuckup
Aug 2, 2003

Tolkien minority posted:

her responses are good too

quote:

He wants to get back into it but fears racism and ageism, and says that he's constantly bullied over his mixed-race background and told he has man boobs.

bird with big dick
Oct 21, 2015

quote:

I'll do any role, even if it's a lovely one

Protip: so will literally 1 million other LA residents.

datajugend
Jan 15, 2010

:minnie: Cat Army :minnie:

Gaunab posted:

STOP TALKING ABOUT DICK LENGTHS!

Jack Trades
Nov 30, 2010

Gaunab posted:

STOP TALKING ABOUT DICK LENGTHS!

People wanting to talk about dicks please talk about dicks over here:
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3793370

DOMDOM
Apr 28, 2007

Fun Shoe
OK which one of you is trolling over there

Me [31 M] with my GF [29 /F] accidentally broke her mothers urn, spilled ashes

quote:

I'll try to summarize this as best I can without mitigating any of my responsibility. I'll start by saying I feel HORRIBLE about what happened, and I know I'm going to be flamed in the comments. Any real advice would be greatly appreciated though! Here's what happened..

I was visiting at my girlfriends apartment yesterday as I usually do. I've been laid off work for a while, and I have a pretty bad opiate problem she is aware of. I am too prideful to ask her for money, but not prideful to steal I guess.. While she went to go pick up some food we had ordered, I took some Ps4 games, a bracelet and a very ornate looking gold vase. I loaded them into my car and got back before she came in the house, she seemed not to have noticed anything missing. I listed the games on craigslist along with the bracelet, but the vase I wanted to have appraised. I rationalized this but telling myself I would pay her back, with interest once I got my hands on some money. I always find ways, odd jobs, landscaping etc.

I ended up selling the games for 50$ and went with a friend to pick up. Friend was high as poo poo, opened the door and somehow the vase came tumbling out of the tote bag I had it in, and it smashed on the ground. Thats when I saw it, bone fragments and light gray ash. This was human ash, her mothers urn.

I immediately freaked out and tried my best to scoop the ash into the broken base of the urn, but the ground was wet. I know she would be sick knowing pieces of her mothers body are soaking into pavement. I have no idea how to even admit I stole from her let alone what the gently caress just happened.

This urn also looks irreplaceable, should I attempt to buy a new one? I know she is probably going to leave me no question, but can I be arrested for this? outside the obvious larceny charge. I know I'm a piece of poo poo already I don't need to be told that, I feel absolutely terrible. Just any advice, on talking to her and dealing with this please!

TL;DR - stole my gfs vase, it was her mothers urn. It's now broken

Space Kablooey
May 6, 2009


quote:

TL;DR - stole my gfs vase, it was her mothers urn. It's now broken

ok scratch what i said about the tldrs this one is pure gold.

Jack Trades
Nov 30, 2010

Jack Trades posted:

People wanting to talk about dicks please talk about dicks over here:
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3793370

Alternatively go to D&D.

WampaLord
Jan 14, 2010

subway masturbator posted:

ok scratch what i said about the tldrs this one is pure gold.

It's like the opposite of the "for sale, baby shoes, never worn."

Nooner
Mar 26, 2011

AN A+ OPSTER (:
lmao at guy who wants to move to hollywood. also the idea that there are just all these parties happening that he can just walk into and meet celebrities that will then cast him right away in the next big superhero movie

DOMDOM
Apr 28, 2007

Fun Shoe
Hollywood guy was a confirmed troll post :smith:

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

The more I think about the Tobias Funke comparison the more relevant it sounds. OP should probably just agree that they can start looking into properties out West, but in the meantime there's this really funny show she's heard about called Arrested Development and they should totally watch it. The rest would work itself out.

e: aww :(

DOMDOM
Apr 28, 2007

Fun Shoe
Here's a girl so insecure she feels threatened by an inanimate object. OK so the inanimate object is a ring containing a diamond with his dead wife's essence, but still. It's not like dead wife can use this anchor as a gateway to haunt them....

My [35M] Girlfriend [31F] uncomfortable with my wife's ashes.

quote:

going to try to keep this as short as possible. Please tell me if I'm in the wrong here.

Married high school sweetheart at age 25. She died in a car accident 5 years later. We loved to travel and so I had her ashes made into a diamond to take her with me on my adventures. Her ashes along with both of our wedding rings are on a chain I carry in my pocket on my adventures. Helps me feel close to her. I will always love and miss her, but I know she would want me to be happy and find love.

I've been dating new girl for over a year. I dated a bit a couple years after wife's death but never found love until new girl (M). M is great, and has been so supportive and understanding of my late wife. She knows about the chain and never said it bothered her (though she neve knew the stone was my wife's ashes). I used to keep the chain on my bedpost but thought it would be disrespectful to M so it's now safe in a drawer. I still take it with me on travels.

M and I have talked about moving in together when her lease ends in 2 months. I am ecstatic for this. I want to spend my life with her.

Yesterday, I was packing for a solo weekend trip to the east coast as she was over. When I packed the chain M asked me what the other ring was (not ex's or my wedding rings). I explained that I had ex's ashes pressed into a stone and she flipped. Couldn't believe I had "lied" to her for a year and said what I had done was creepy and weird. Gave me an ultimatum, get rid of the stone (I can keep our rings on the chain, just not the ashes) or she will not move in with me. I asked if I could put the stone in away in a drawer but she said no, it had to go. She refuses to spend another night with my wife in the house and said its her or me.

Please help reddit, I don't know what to do. I don't want to lose this girl, but I also don't want to give up respect for the woman I once loved. My ex was not close to her parents so I cannot give it to them. I can't just throw it away. I'm at a loss.

Canceled my weekend trip. I just want to make things work with M.

Edit: I keep thinking to myself that making this stone was totally crazy. M told me that no girl would ever be comfortable with it and that if I keep the stone I will "be living a lonely, miserable life." Women, or men, would this be a deal breaker to you? Am I insane?

tl;dr: turned late wife's ashes into a diamond that new girlfriend wants me to completely get rid of. Don't want to lose girl, can't separate from wife's ashes. Help.

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

Just like Mama used to make it!
Me [38F] with my girlfriend [31F] of two years, how I get over being jealous of her hanging out with her ex-husband?

quote:

I am looking for tips from the folks out there for coping with jealousy when your girlfriend is still friends with her ex-husband.

A little background: my girlfriend and I are both divorced. I keep in contact with my ex because we have two kids together. She doesn't have kids, but has maintained a friendship with her ex. This aspect of her life was made clear from the beginning, so I can't claim this to be something new. Though I, intellectually, can wrap my head around it, I've never been able to get rid of the jealousy I get when she talks to or hangs out with him. We've been together for two years and I thought it would fade, but it hasn't.

As an example: she's away on a business trip and hasn't been texting or communicating much. Yesterday, I pretty much didn't talk to her all day until she called at the end of the day. During this conversation, she casually mentioned talking to her ex about something-or-other prior in the day. I didn't say anything, but I became really jealous. Why had she talked to her ex that day and not me?

Another example: We spend the weekends, when I don't have the kids (which is every other weekend), together the whole weekend, usually at her house. The other weekend, she mentioned she wanted to see her ex for a bit and hang out, get some stuff fixed with her phone (he's a tech guy. I'm not.) It was clear, by default, I wouldn't be hanging out with them, so I made plans to head to my house for what I thought would be a couple hours. As I'm leaving, she says that she'll give me a call when he leaves, which she thinks will be around 6pm (it was noon then). My immediate thought was: who takes 6 hours to fix a phone? Rarely do I hang out with my friends for more than a couple hours, unless there's some specific event going on.

I think a lot of this jealousy is made worse by the fact that not only do they have a past, but the dynamics are different from her other friends. By that, I mean that, with her other friends, we all hang out together. I've met all her other friends. If she wants to hang out with them when I'm around, we all do something together. I've never met her ex and it's kind of expected that, when they hang out, it's just the two of them. I realize that this may be and probably is because it would be uncomfortable for us all to hang out, but it makes me uncomfortable regardless.

This sounds like a troll because the comments are full of the OP saying things like, "She locks her phone" and "She left him because she didn't love him" etc.

WampaLord
Jan 14, 2010

DOMDOM posted:

Here's a girl so insecure she feels threatened by an inanimate object. OK so the inanimate object is a ring containing a diamond with his dead wife's essence, but still. It's not like dead wife can use this anchor as a gateway to haunt them....

My [35M] Girlfriend [31F] uncomfortable with my wife's ashes.

That girlfriend is setting herself up to be super loving haunted.

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

WampaLord posted:

That girlfriend is setting herself up to be super loving haunted.

Seriously, that whole story feels like a Witcher 3 sidequest

Some kind of hag ghost haunts the house, and to get rid of it she has to break the curse by going on a vacation wearing the diamond

bird with big dick
Oct 21, 2015

DOMDOM posted:

Here's a girl so insecure she feels threatened by an inanimate object. OK so the inanimate object is a ring containing a diamond with his dead wife's essence, but still. It's not like dead wife can use this anchor as a gateway to haunt them....

My [35M] Girlfriend [31F] uncomfortable with my wife's ashes.

Pretty sure cremation diamonds are almost entirely a scam so this is more a memorial for this guy being a sucker than it is that forhis wife.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost

loquacius posted:

Seriously, that whole story feels like a Witcher 3 sidequest

Some kind of hag ghost haunts the house, and to get rid of it she has to break the curse by going on a vacation wearing the diamond

ha ha there's a great quest in Dragon Age 2 where you return a guy's engagement ring from the hand of his dead wife and you can rib him about it if you want and he's like "my wife is dead :("

also you can let the prostitute who the wife was sleeping with know that she has died. he's really torn up about it. this effeminate elf prostitute is voiced by the same man who voiced male Shephard in mass effect.

bone app the teeth
May 14, 2008

DOMDOM posted:

Here's a girl so insecure she feels threatened by an inanimate object. OK so the inanimate object is a ring containing a diamond with his dead wife's essence, but still. It's not like dead wife can use this anchor as a gateway to haunt them....

My [35M] Girlfriend [31F] uncomfortable with my wife's ashes.

the followup thread is even worse:

https://www.reddit.com/r/relationships/comments/3gh3a2/update_my_35m_girlfriend_31f_uncomfortable_with/

:sever:

anyone who tells someone else how to grieve is a flaming pile of poo poo

DOMDOM
Apr 28, 2007

Fun Shoe

quote:

Tell her you'll make her remains into a ring too if she doesn't settle down

quote:

Yeah...my grandpa is on the kitchen counter and we have our dogs on the mantle. We bring their urns to the Christmas tree on Christmas morning because they always opened presents with us and we put bows on their urns because they always had Christmas bows on their collars.

quote:

My cat is in a beautiful carved box on my desk because he loves to nap there while I wrote.

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

bone app the teeth posted:

the followup thread is even worse:

https://www.reddit.com/r/relationships/comments/3gh3a2/update_my_35m_girlfriend_31f_uncomfortable_with/

:sever:

anyone who tells someone else how to grieve is a flaming pile of poo poo

Share with the class :colbert:

quote:

An update for this who asked. Thanks again for all the support, I was only expecting a few responses and was really shocked with how many people took the time to write to me. I really appreciate it.

OP: https://www.reddit.com/r/relationships/comments/3g747t/my_35m_girlfriend_21f_uncomfortable_with_my_wifes/

We met up on Saturday. There was a lot of dialogue between us, but I'm going to try to keep it short and paraphrase what we said.

I know many of you said to give M time to cool off but I just couldn't spend my whole weekend knowing she was unhappy. I invited her over for dinner and spent the day cooking her favorite meal. I took the ring over to my mom's house (because I know it being in the house made her uncomfortable) and bought her some flowers. I really wanted to show her that she has no competition - that I love HER.

When she comes over, the first thing she says is, "Is it still in the house?" When I assure her it's not she comes in and sits down. I start by apologizing, explaining that I never meant to lie to her or hurt her but that I now realize I was lying by omission and it wasn't fair to her. I apologized again and said I hope she didn't loose all the trust she had in me.

I then told her how much I love Her. I explained how much she means to me and how easily I could see myself spending my life with her. I go on and on about how happy she makes me, blah blah blah.

She likes all this lovey/apologetic talk and is smiling and holding my hand, telling me it's okay and that she loves me too.

I then say "it's time to talk bout the ring" and she changes right before my eyes. She lets go of my hand, and her happy face is replaced by one of anger. She said something along the lines of "I thought you got rid of it." and I told her that I never said that, I simply said it wasn't currently in the house. She got angry but I asked her to listen to me before she said anything. I explained that when my wife died I didn't have the heart to bury her, and having her remains around felt odd to me - so the ring seemed like the best option. At this point she's crying, with her face in her hands. I ask if she would be okay with me keeping it at my mom's place or in a safety deposit box. She's silent, then cries "Why couldn't you just bury her like a normal person?" Now I'm crying and I say that I'm sorry, that I respect my wife's memory but I wish it didn't disrupt our relationship because I love you (M).

Anyway, we cried. She said that she wishes the ring didn't bug her as much as it does, but that she's just not sure if she can be with me. She says making your wife a ring isn't what "normal people" do, and it's making her question about my character. I asked her what she want's me to do with the ring, what her idea of "get rid of it" is, hoping we could compromise. She said she doesn't know what I should do with it she just wish it never existed. She said she loves me, but she's just not sure about the relationship anymore. Told me she needs to think on it. Left without even eating her dinner. :(

I haven't heard from her since. I'm not quite sure what to do or what we are at this point. We have stuff at each other's places and both have keys. I love this girl, and I don't want to easily give up on us. But I'm hesitant to reach out to her again. I'm thinking of giving it some time and hoping she reaches out to me. I don't know. The thought of losing M breaks my heart.

EDIT: I want to add that I really don't think this is about being insecure or jealous of my wife. I really think M is freaked out by the fact that I had my wife cremated and turned into a stone. I think even if I had her in an urn M would still be freaked out. M hasn't had ANY experience with death, but I think she was raised with the idea that when somebody dies they go into the ground. The fact that my wife isn't buried somewhere freaks her out.

tl;dr: Tried to make amends with M and assure her that there is no competition. She is uneasy by the fact that I made the ring in the first place and isn't sure if it's a deal breaker or not. We haven't talked since.

tl;dr: girlfriend apparently has never known someone who died and is just squicked out by the idea of him keeping a corpse around in gem form

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost
Whoo boy just wait til that moron experiences the death of someone she loves, it's gonna blow her friggin mind.

Lunchmeat Larry
Nov 3, 2012

It had a happy ending

https://www.reddit.com/r/relationships/comments/3glzks/update_2_my_35m_girlfriend_31f_uncomfortable_with/

quote:

Again thank you for all the support in the last two posts. You really helped me keep a clear head through all of this. I had no idea reddit could help me so much!
I didn't plan on posting again, but I have surprisingly good news.
OP: https://www.reddit.com/r/relationships/comments/3g747t/my_35m_girlfriend_21f_uncomfortable_with_my_wifes/
Update: https://www.reddit.com/r/relationships/comments/3gh3a2/update_my_35m_girlfriend_31f_uncomfortable_with/
Last night I came home from work to find a framed photo from my wedding hanging on the wall with the chain dangling around it. There was also a 5 page note from M on the coffee table.
I'm not going to type the whole note, because a lot of it was very personal to M. However I will say that there was a LOT of apologizing on her part. She told me that she thought a lot about the ring (and even did some googling) and realized that it's not all that uncommon. She said she was completely embarrassed by her reaction and that she was uncomfortable with the thought of being around ANYBODY'S remains. She called herself disrespectful, childish, and pathetic. :(
M also said that what I did was a beautiful thing, and shows what a sensitive and loving man I am. That she want's to be with me more than anything and doesn't want to change a thing about our tradition (taking the ring traveling). She told me she nows see's that it's a lovely idea and said my wife was lucky to have me and my family. That she as well is lucky to now be a part of my and my family's life.
She concluded saying that she felt as though we had a good connection and handled conflict well. She said she hopes that I know her well enough to know that this isn't the way she typically reacts (I do). She also told me she was going to get therapy, as she is worried about what will happen once somebody she knows dies.
The last part of her note said that she left a surprise in my fridge (a 6 pack of my favorite beer) and that she'd love to enjoy them with me if I'll have her. She told me to take all the time I need before calling her and that she hopes someday I'll forgive her for her actions.
I called her immediately. We talked, and she pretty much repeated what she said in her note. I repeated what I said at dinner (that she is my number one, and that I am so sorry for lying about the ring). We have plans to see each other tomorrow night.
I love the photo of me and my wife. I don't have many photos of us, and none that are framed. The chain looks perfect around it, and it's a nice little memorial to have in my home. I love the idea of starting a new home with M, while still having my wife's memory be a part of it.
I know this is not what many of you wanted to read. You wanted me to kick M to the curb. However, I think that a year of good actions make up for one bad action. Her apology was genuine and I really do feel as though this won't happen again. If she tries to control something like this again, and I can't resolve it, I guess I know where to post ;)
I can't thank you all enough.
Edit: I was expecting you all to be disappointed in me, and yet the first comments are saying how happy you are for me. Thanks again reddit!
tl;dr: M made big apology. Forgave her. Happy.

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

DOMDOM posted:

quote:

Tell her you'll make her remains into a ring too if she doesn't settle down

*opens jewelry box full of intricate rings, necklaces, bracelets, and earrings, each adorned with a beautiful diamond which seems to glow faintly in the evening gloom* And these are all my other wives. :geno:

e: Say hello to them. They are your sisters now.

CharlestonJew
Jul 7, 2011

Illegal Hen
he should get her to play metal gear solid 5, then she'll understand...

Leon Einstein
Feb 6, 2012
I must win every thread in GBS. I don't care how much banal semantic quibbling and shitty posts it takes.
Seems unlikely she'd do such a 180.

Space Kablooey
May 6, 2009


loquacius posted:

*opens jewelry box full of intricate rings, necklaces, bracelets, and earrings, each adorned with a beautiful diamond which seems to glow faintly in the evening gloom* And these are all my other wives. :geno:

e: Say hello to them. They are your sisters now.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost

Leon Einstein posted:

Seems unlikely she'd do such a 180.

nah, part of learning to communicate is realizing you're the idiot at least like 1/3 of the time

bone app the teeth
May 14, 2008

i'm sure she will handle all future unexperienced problems with much more grace

WampaLord
Jan 14, 2010

Pick posted:

nah, part of learning to communicate is realizing you're the idiot at least like 1/3 of the time

Yea, her actually realizing that she hosed up and apologizing instead of digging in and getting stubborn is a good thing.

DOMDOM
Apr 28, 2007

Fun Shoe
That was a year ago she's already the next ring

Gaunab
Feb 13, 2012
LUFTHANSA YOU FUCKING DICKWEASEL

quote:

Me [27 M] with my fiancé [33 F] of 2 years, She is a Mean Drunk. Questioning relationship.

My fiancé of 2 years behaviour while drunk is starting to trouble me. Every so often she will drink to excess where she will be stumbling, falling, knocking things over, being sick in our bed.

If we are out or with friends or family when she starts getting like this she will start to try and embarrass me subtly or passively. For example telling everyone how shy I am and how I'm uncomfortable around people, talking about my skin problems (I get mild acne which she knows affects my confidence).

When we leave or get home she will start insulting me and try to pick arguments about anything she can think of (usually small silly things), deliberately trying to hurt my feelings and being spiteful. She will often not remember the things she has said and it always takes me to tell her how upsetting and tiring it is before she will apologise, usually through gritted teeth as if she doesn't think she should have to.

In the first year of our relationship I would argue back but I realised it’s no use arguing with a drunk. In the last year I’ve just stopped engaging while she’s like this and keep quiet so as not to fuel the fire (sometimes I think this makes it worse). I think she might have got this from her parents who are lovely but very volatile and will drink heavily every weekend and have blazing arguments where they say horrible things to each other.

This doesn't happen every time she drinks, we can enjoy wine together with dinner without issue or a couple of drinks with friends, it tends to occur every few weeks to couple of months. I think this is the reason that I told myself that it isn't a problem up until now, because it’s irregular and I’ve thought ‘it doesn’t happen that often, just deal with it’. I’m now thinking that I shouldn’t have to put up with this any more but I’m not sure if this is just normal behaviour - she suffers from anxiety/depression and is on anti-depressant and says she needs a blow out every now and again.

We met some of her family last night and she had one of these episodes with most of the things I’ve described above. I also hurt myself while trying to get her from bed to the bathroom while she was vomiting. I told her this morning how upsetting it is, that something has got to change, and if she thinks there’s a reason she’s drinking to get like this she needs to seek help (counsellor?)

She told me she can’t cope with the control anymore & keeping on top of everything with her job/house work (which we split equally). She sees her gran and aunt once a year so got out of control. She said if we can afford it, she’ll look into counselling but she’s been down that road before (for anxiety/depression) and it’s exhausting.

She said “I’m tired of walking on egg shells to ensure my mood is high all of the time” but I don't think I put this expectation on her and I encourage her to talk to me about her moods so I feel like she's only saying this to deflect me away or make me feel guilty for confronting her.

I don't think she's addicted to alcohol, but I suspect she has a problem. I don’t want to be around her when she’s drunk in case she gets like this. She acts horrible and the things she says, although taken with a pinch of salt, are hurtful and affect my confidence.

It’s getting to the point where I’m looking at her in a different way while she’s sober and can’t separate the Jekyll from the Hyde. I’m feeling stupid for ignoring red flags earlier in the relationship and I’m feeling sad that I don’t want to be around her while she’s drinking in case the night turns out like this. We used to have so much fun together with a few drinks but perhaps I was just blind to the issue.

tl;dr: Fiancé drinks too much and becomes abusive, affecting relationship. How do I deal with this?

Tender Bender
Sep 17, 2004

I hope there's another update when we find out she killed the wife.

library cat
Feb 12, 2016

How do I 33M tell if my sister 29F really has cancer?

quote:

Okay, my sister has always been somewhat of a wild child. Her life is basically non-stop drama. She has a pretty specific pattern..... Disappear for a few days/weeks partying or doing drugs, show up, then something bad happens (car accident that's her fault, "passed out and fell down stairs and had to go to the ER") etc etc which IMO has always been an attempt for her to get sympathy rather than have everyone mad at her.

So this stuff was really bad when she was younger (18-21), but once she got married and had kids it seemed to mostly taper off. However, about 6 months ago it started up again. She claimed it was drinking but I'm positive she was smoking meth or something similar. She showed the exact same pattern as when she was young - disappear for a week, show back up, then get admitted to the ER for stomach pains. Another recent time when she came back she passed out in the shower and had to go get a cat scan. Another time she came back and they found a cyst on her ovary.

We sent her to an in patient rehab (nice resort type place) for 30 days to dry out. Her husband, who has been taking care of their 3 young kids while she's partying or at resort rehab, gave her a total final ultimatum, do it again and he's filing for divorce.

She lasted 2 weeks before she disappeared from her family AGAIN. She was gone for a few days and showed up last week promising to go to AA and stay clean. Her husband told her he was done. Then the next day she told everyone she's been diagnosed with ovarian cancer!

I am HUGELY skeptical. I cannot help but think this is a ploy to keep her husband from leaving. I offered to go with her for moral support to her next appointment and she said okay, but I have a feeling she's going to ask me to stay in the waiting room. Is there some indirect way to see if this diagnosis is true or just another cry for attention? I can completely see her making a gofundme, asking her church and our family for financial help, and I need to find out beforehand if this is legit.

TLDR: Sister is known for going on benders, showing up, and coming down with some unprovable illness or other medical issue. This time it's ovarian cancer. Is there any way to verify her diagnosis without looking like a jerk if she does in fact have cancer??

bird with big dick
Oct 21, 2015

Pick posted:

nah, part of learning to communicate is realizing you're the idiot at least like 1/3 of the time

Lol, maybe for you. 1/100 at worst for me.

Lucky Guy
Jan 24, 2013

TY for no bm

scrubs season six posted:

Lol, maybe for you. 1/100 at worst for me.

lol if you are ever wrong

*is consumed with the darkest loneliness*

Theotus
Nov 8, 2014

CharlestonJew posted:

he should get her to play metal gear solid 5, then she'll understand...

He'll never scatter her ashes to the heartless sea.

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Gaunab
Feb 13, 2012
LUFTHANSA YOU FUCKING DICKWEASEL
Hope this one has an update.

quote:

Me [37 M] with my GF [32 F] of 7 months, spent Monday night/Tuesday morning in the ER

On Monday night/Tuesday morning I spent the ER with my GF. It's turning out to be a reason for me to question the entire relationship.

It was a usual Monday, despite her having an upcoming event Tuesday through Saturday for a huge festival which she volunteers at. I'm not going to say it's name, but there's a "beer festival" involved, and it takes place in "America" and they call the festival "Great". She told me on this evening she would be cleaning the Yoga studio she patronizes (as a way to lower her monthly membership cost) and then be home around 8-830. She also said she'd be doing Yoga, which she rarely does.

I went to my GF's house after a hockey game. It was 11p and my GF was already in bed. I kissed her, then went to taste the banana bread muffins she baked while I was away, take a shower, and get ready for bed. She mumbled "love you" in a slurred speech way, even though she had texted me not more than 10 minutes prior alerting me to the existence of the muffins.

I thought nothing of the slurred speech, and proceeded to do the things I mentioned above. I also decided not to lay in bed if she was asleep, since she has a busy week ahead of her, and I needed to write/apply for scholarships since I've returned to school for another degree....

She was asleep. It's a huge bed and she usually snuggles while I drift off. She was so close to the edge, and so quiet and immobile; her body language suggested an attempt to be left alone. She did not notice as I exited the bed after laying down for about 5 minutes.

After writing for about an hour, I heard her begin to have an episode of her night terrors. It's not uncommon for her. I made my way to her bed, and attempted to comfort her. I cuddle with her, say soothing things to her, and generally attempt to gently wake her. I was torn between waking her up out right, and just letting her ride it out.

She does not respond to my attempts to rouse her. She does not become any more coherent. I ask her basic questions: What day of the week is it? What's her name? What's my name? She can't answer the simplest of questions. Additionally, she begins to have a wandering right hand. It finds it's way to her vagina, and she begins to masturbate, slowly and without conviction or coordination.

I take more drastic action to attempt to fully bring her to a stage of lucidity. Turn on the lights. Shake her by the shoulders. Slap her face, as my panic level increases. Nothing has any effect. Her whining increases.

And then, she wets the bed. And denies it.

I become more and more concerned, and make a unilateral decision to take her to the hospital. She is uncooperative, but unable to put up a lucid fight. I have no idea what is happening, and begin to entertain all kinds of possible scenarios: Drunk, drugs, sleeping pill overdose, or any combination. The ER will at least have trained professionals who can either confirm or deny my concerns.

Finally at the hospital, Triage nurse asks GF if she wants to be admitted, GF denies anything being wrong, but sits idly in wheel chair and slurs her objection. Loss of motor control, loss of control over bodily functions, slurred speech, incoherence.

I hesitate to admit her, but I end up checking her in. 1st ER nurse asks her her name, which she get's....but with a serious slur and high-pitched voice. *ER nurse: "what year is it?" *GF response: ".........18.....84......" *ER nurse: "Are you sure?" *GF response: silence *ER nurse: "Want to try again? What year is it?" *GF: "......19.......84....." *Nurse: "What day is it?" *GF: ".....Thursday" (it's Tuesday) *Nurse: "How many quarters in a dollar?" *GF: "....20......4.....24"

I run down all this for the ER doctor. After about 2 hours, I very pointedly demand lab results for bloodwork and urine analysis. Turns out the ER only allows a BAC at the legal limit of .08 (it's described to me as 80) but my GF BAC is above 300. For her body weight, that's more than 12 drinks in 5-6 hours.

So, between the end of her work day, supposedly (since I actually have no idea how long her actual work day was) and making banana bread muffins at 10p at night, she has had the equivalent of about 12 drinks. She has vehemently denied any wrong doing, any substances, any thing up to this point.

I did my best to keep the mood in the ER light with the GF. We spent a tremendous amount of time alone in there, while the ER staff seemingly knew she had just had a lot to drink, and was just letting her sober up.

I don't mind her having a few drinks, but she denied any drinking at all. While emotional, she demanded I'd "never touch her again" and that she "hosed me over". I continue to claim that there is nothing wrong with having a few drinks.

She can't even answer me completely when I ask two simple questions: 1. What is so wrong with having a few drinks? and 2. How did she gently caress me over?

After speaking with her after a period of silence and no contact, she claims she had a few drinks with her friend from Yoga, and then had about 2 drinks while baking. I can't imagine it's more than 4 drinks they have at the bar. Add the drive time home, and the 2 she said she had while baking, and that makes it 6. Which is barely half of the required 12 to get her BAC as high as the hospital tested.

I guess I'm just using this too vent, and to hear external opinions. Relationships are messy, and this one is no exception.....but what the hell is going on? I can't help but believe there's more to the story, and her guilt is rooted in something she did while drinking. But that's just me projecting.

I'm curious to hear your interpretations/opinions.

Edit 1: Strange; She's now hidden her FaceBook friends list from me.... Not something I'd expect from someone looking to save and protect a relationship.

Edit 2: She's now provided her "friends" contact info. I'm going to reach out. Don't want too much time to pass....

tl;dr: GF claims all she did was drink to excess, but only after the ER proved her BAC was above 300 (.300) and she finally gave up the lie that she "didn't drink anything".

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