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Khazar-khum: Oct 22, 2008; Cat Army
2nd Battalion

I can kind of empathize with the TBI guy. I'm the poster chil of closed head injuires, with more concussions than I can count, a couple of them severe. As a result I have seizures. People who don't know me well treat me as if I'm either a glass flower or brain dead, sometimes both at once. It's frustrating as hell to have people hover over you, shouting "Are you all right?" when you just want to go the bathroom in peace. Somehow these super-helpful people are never around when I do things like put the milk in the dryer.

# ? Jun 23, 2017 02:17

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# ? May 26, 2024 14:40

Barudak: May 7, 2007

maskenfreiheit posted:

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# ? Jun 23, 2017 02:49

PleasingFungus: Oct 10, 2012; idiot asshole bitch who should fuck off

Me [29F] with my husband [27M] of 1 year, bed sheets causing marital discord...

quote:

Hello /r/relationships! I know this isn't typical fodder for this subreddit, but I thought maybe you could help provide some solutions for my (admittedly) little problem.

My husband and I have been together for 2 years (married for 1) and have an incredible relationship; we are devoted partners and we communicate well. I can honestly say that there isn't much we can't face together. There is, however, one thing that we apparently can't agree on and I would like your input on how to proceed.

My husband hates bed sheets. Really, just the flat sheet. His whole life, his bedding has consisted of a fitted sheet and a comforter... nothing else. When we first started dating, this completely baffled me. Who sleeps without a sheet? It wasn't (and isn't) a deal breaker, but it was always an oddity that failed to make any sense to me. He says the only thing a sheet accomplishes is to get tangled up.

I, on the other hand, love sheets. A bed without a sheet is like a sandwich without cheese - why even bother? Climbing between the sheets at night is, like, my 2nd favorite part of any given day. It's like being folded up in a pocket of high-thread-count heaven.

Before we moved in together, I endured this madness without much protesting. To each his own, I thought. When I slept over at his place, I went without sheets, and when he crashed at my place, he put up with mine. We'd often exchange loving jabs at the other's sentiments on bedding, but it was always in good fun. However, when we finally moved in together I pretty much put my foot down and insisted on having a sheet on our bed.

He has been a pretty good sport about it, but I feel kind of lovely about forcing my love of sheets onto him. I thought that perhaps after having a sheet on our bed for a year that he would grow to appreciate the comfort and utility as much as I do, but I was sorely mistaken. Instead, he just grins and bears it like a champ, except for a night here or there where he wakes up frustrated and kicks the sheet off his side of the bed where it becomes a fabric mound in the middle of the mattress.

We have discussed a number of options, none of which have panned out to any degree of satisfaction. I think he is just resolving that he may have to just put up with my sheets forever (until he dies or divorces me), but I would really love to come up with a solution that would return the freedom he feels he gets from sleeping sheetless.

I would really appreciate any ideas or feedback, as at this point I am pretty much at a loss. There is nothing in this world more precious than a good night of sleep, and he deserves that as much as I do!

Thanks in advance for any help or advice!!!

tl;dr: Husband hates bed sheets, I love them. Need ideas on how to satisfy both our preferences.

Wouldn't recommend reading this one, just... admiring the combination of length and subject

# ? Jun 23, 2017 02:53

Zil: Jun 4, 2011; Satanically Summoned Citrus

PleasingFungus posted:

Me [29F] with my husband [27M] of 1 year, bed sheets causing marital discord...

Wouldn't recommend reading this one, just... admiring the combination of length and subject

There is a short sheet joke in there somewhere.

Or they can just Ricky and Lucy beds.

# ? Jun 23, 2017 02:56

Barudak: May 7, 2007

While I want to rise above this because its the stupidest, pettiest, first-worldest problem I hate bedsheets and dont understand how anyone can ever like, much, less desire them so gonna say husband should just divorce her now.

# ? Jun 23, 2017 02:57

Yorkshire Pudding: Nov 24, 2006

I don't understand how couples sleep sharing one blanket. That's a recipe for divorce. She should just get smaller sheets and keep them to her side if it's such a huge issue.

# ? Jun 23, 2017 02:58

new phone who dis: May 24, 2007; by VideoGames; Morbid Hound

Sheets are good when it's cold. They suck when it's hot.

# ? Jun 23, 2017 02:58

Barudak: May 7, 2007

Zil posted:

There is a short sheet joke in there somewhere.

Or they can just Ricky and Lucy beds.

It blew my mind when I found out people really did that, it wasnt just for tv, that was a thing that was done.

# ? Jun 23, 2017 03:00

Zil: Jun 4, 2011; Satanically Summoned Citrus

Yorkshire Pudding posted:

I don't understand how couples sleep sharing one blanket. That's a recipe for divorce. She should just get smaller sheets and keep them to her side if it's such a huge issue.

What me and my wife do. She has her blanket and I mine. Took us two years before we started doing that m, but has made things so much simpler.

# ? Jun 23, 2017 03:00

Yorkshire Pudding: Nov 24, 2006

Zil posted:

What me and my wife do. She has her blanket and I mine. Took us two years before we started doing that m, but has made things so much simpler.

I toss and turn constantly, while my girlfriend falls asleep in <5 minutes. I can't imagine how frustrated she would be if she had to deal with me yanking a blanket off her for an hour before I fell asleep.

# ? Jun 23, 2017 03:02

Tacky-Ass Rococco: Sep 7, 2010; by R. Guyovich

new phone who dis posted:

It's icky, but not "banging out your dad while your hubby is in the other room" icky.

Is this recent? I missed it.

# ? Jun 23, 2017 03:06

Haifisch: Nov 13, 2010; Objection! I object! That was... objectionable!; Taco Defender

Presenting the saga of someone way, way too invested in someone else's relationship(all formatting OP's):

Am I [19/F] overreacting about their [24/F][26/M] relationship? When does it become too nit-picky? **long**

quote:

This is going to be long, /r/relationships, because I think it's important to set the scene so that I can receive the best advice possible. I ask that you try to read all of it, because the tl;dr won't contain all of the little things that I feel are important to know.

I need advice about my sister (let's call her Katie) and her relationship with her boyfriend of two years (let's call him Samuel). I've been sworn to secrecy to everyone I know in real life about all the ins and outs of their relationship, so I've felt compelled for a long time to come to this subreddit and ask outside advice about what's going on between them. I don't know if my own personal biases are getting in the way of me talking to my sister about her relationship, so please provide me with harsh criticism about my thought processes.

Background Information

Katie and I are black, young women, and her boyfriend is a white, young man. I think this is very important information to know, because it's relevant later.

Anyway, I believe Katie has grown up insecure about her race. We moved to a predominantly white area, and I'm ashamed to say that it really skewed not only her, but my own perception on beauty, race relations, etc. etc. As she grew up, men have outright told her that they don't talk to women darker than them (She's a black woman with a light complexion), women have gushed to her about her "perfect complexion," and she's been pursued by men primarily due to her lighter skin tone. I, on the other hand, came out a dark-skinned woman, and I have never been told by men or women that I have a "perfect complexion". I hope this sets the scene.

Due to this, non-black people telling the both of us that they're surprised we speak so "proper" (even black people have straight up told us we "talk white," and it has caused bullying from black people on my end), and just otherwise treating her and I better due to the fact that we're not what they perceive as stereotypically black, it's caused a lot of inner self hatred.

Katie, as she became a young adult and I was still a young teen, told me as much. We have always been very close; both of us have considered one another our absolute best friends, and we would tell one another practically everything. When I say we were and are best friends, I mean it. I think this is why I feel so compelled to try to help her.

In my own opinion, I think this self-hatred has followed her to 24 years old. Despite her claims, I believe she actively avoids dating black men (to the point that a black man would open a door for her, and she'd somehow find it creepy and weird, but she doesn't have this same reaction when white men show a blatant interest in her).

Katie's Beliefs

Once Katie became more self-aware, we began to think critically about our roles as black women, and how others perceive us. We've had our fair share of racism, including, but not limited to:

* Being taunted and called "niggers" as we grew up in predominantly white schools.

* White people (non-white people, too, but specifying white people is relevant later) finding it a compliment to say we are "white on the inside," "well-spoken." When called out on this, they think it's a proper thing to say that there's a difference between "niggers" and "black people". The usual.

* Being followed down the street and called "black bitches," etc. etc.

In summary, Katie has vocalized several times her distaste in anything racist. If I ever told her one of my friends or guys I was seeing said something even remotely racist, she'd go straight to the nuclear option and tell me to cut them off or stop seeing them, all while cringing and calling them disgusting.

Katie's pre-Samuel boyfriend

Katie's ex was a young, Chinese man. They dated for about half a year, and this was when our "best friendship" died down a little. While we were previously always together, she began to see her ex more and more and hang out with his more. While it was sad to see her spend a lot of time with another person, I understood she had a boyfriend now (her first boyfriend, really), and so I gave her as much space as she needed (which, she always still tried to involve me in what they did, but I begged her to just spend alone time with her own boyfriend).

I understood it was unhealthy how much time Katie and I spent together, so I let them be, and had to even argue about her about how I didn't want to be the third wheel in wherever they went, because she was so insistent sometimes on my hanging with them. Her ex was a really emotional, honestly childish guy (he didn't want her to meet his parents even though he met hers, lots and LOTS of crying for any small disagreement, etc.), so they ended up breaking up.

In summary, I knew to give Katie her space and didn't feel jealous that she was spending time with her boyfriend. I think this is relevant to know.

Katie and Samuel

Katie met her boyfriend, Samuel, on a dating website. He was really into her straight from the start, and they quickly became involved. After a month or two or them seeing each other, they finally made it official, and I finally met him. He was really touchy-feely with her, sooooo into her, always stared at her even if she wasn't speaking, declared his love for her about a month into them being official, etc. Honestly, I thought it was cute, and more power to them, since they both were crazy about one another.

Now, here's the part if you guys can tell me whether I started to overreact or not. I'm going to start the longest bullet points ever to explain why I ended up disliking Samuel A LOT, and how I started to resent my sister. Some of these may sound very minuscule, but they begin to add up over time:

* In their humble beginnings, Samuel showed his deep, deep insecurities quickly. He told Katie, "you're going to leave me . . . I'm not good enough for you . . . I'm a mess," and all these other things when they first started seeing each other. Whether he meant to or not, I think it's very manipulative to tell someone something like this, because 1) obviously the person isn't going to 'take the warning' and leave, and 2) it's a self-fulfilling prophecy. It's easy for him to say, "SEE!! I TOLD YOU YOU'D LEAVE ME!!!" when poo poo starts to hit the fan. When Katie told me this (well after the fact, let me add) I was worried and expressed those worries, but let it go.

* Samuel insisted that he was only an occasional smoker. Once Katie and him got more involved, it was very quickly revealed that not only does he smoke way more than occasionally, it was a full-blown addiction. He smokes. A LOT. I also think, while he may not have meant it to be, was a lie and also a little manipulative, because Katie's deal-breaker are people who regularly smoke, and she already got involved with him deep enough that she felt it was shallow to break over something like this when he treated her so drat well.

* In the beginning, they were VERY touchy-feely. Katie would tell me about how he'd grope her breasts and rear end right in the middle of a bar with his friends, and she'd tell him to stop. BUT, to be fair, they'd also full-blown make out to the point that you could see their tongues in public places, with me sitting right across the table from them, so I don't know whether Katie honestly didn't like him groping her in front of his friends or not, because she'd consensually make out with him in front of her sister and cousin to the point that I'd tell her that this wasn't okay, AT ALL, and she DID IT AGAIN. I ended up leaving the restaurant with my cousin at that point, and she called to apologize to us, but later on if my cousin and her boyfriend so much as hugged in public, they both made passive-aggressive comments about their "PDA," proving that they didn't really learn their lesson at all.

* Samuel has a problem with speaking over people and ignoring what they say. Every time I spent time with them and I wanted to say something, he'd interject with something and basically dominate the conversation. Katie started to become frustrated with this and would tell him to stop and listen to other people (as kindly as she could), but it never really worked. He still talks over people, ignores what they say to CONTINUE speaking, etc.

* Samuel never knows when to be serious. Katie insists he gets serious with her, but ANY. TIME. He's around other people suddenly it's 100% jokes and nothing else. It's as if the only language he speaks is sarcasm. There have been more times than I can count where me, our parents, or friends are trying to be serious with him and he'd continue to joke around. I'd straight up ask him to answer me seriously, and he'd respond with more sarcasm. I've met up with him so many times in these 2 years and it still feels like I don't know him.

* He takes pills for anxiety, and Katie uses his 'anxiety' as a cop out for almost anything he does. Not even kidding. Racism (see below for my points on racism)? Anxiety. Being a huge dick to people? Anxiety. Anything that can be perceived as negative? Anxiety. What made me question whether he actually has anxiety or not was when he came to our family Thanksgiving (a Thanksgiving that contained LITERALLY 50+ people Samuel has NEVER met in his ENTIRE life), and he so easily and simply introduced himself to EVERY. SINGLE. PERSON. And throughout the entire night he was so calm and casual and didn't show ANY signs of ever feeling uncomfortable or out of place. He left Katie's side many times to carry on long conversations with our uncles and grandparents, and they ended up just sitting and cuddling nearby everyone else while we chatted and played games. I was in awe.

* Samuel revealed much later that he's bisexual. That itself didn't really matter, because Katie doesn't care and she's also bisexual, but about 6 months into their relationship he stopped being able to maintain an erection with her, and, on top of this, he revealed to her that he watches PRIMARILY gay (men, not women) porn. This caused a huge rift into their relationship, and Katie had worries that he may not even like women. At hearing this, Samuel became VERY upset, and it caused many arguments where he wouldn't even give her a chance to speak; he'd just talk right over her, and talk louder if she raised her own voice.

Racism

Point blank: I think Samuel is racist. And here's a few points why:

* One of the first nights I had with him was spent with him, Katie, my cousin, and I. I mentioned something about my hair (at the time it wasn't real), and Samuel went into this tirade with, "YEAH!? You got your weave did??? Who did it? Shaniqua? Do you like my weave? Yeah, I got my weave did by Shaniqua and Bonquisha, too!" It was the most awkward, shocking, unsettling moment I've had with him. All I could do was laugh nervously, look away at my cousin and Katie to see their reactions, and just stop talking and wish he'd stop. All Katie did was slap his arm, giggling, and tell him to stop in this very light-hearted way. My cousin just looked away. We talked to Katie about it after the fact, and, as expected, she blamed it on anxiety. Racism? Anxiety.

Samuel ended up apologizing for this, and begged for another chance to Katie, my cousin, and I, so we gave him another chance.

* Another night, maybe a month later, my sister invited my cousin and I to spend time with him again. We all went over to his place, and my cousin and I sat on the floor in front of the bed while Katie laid with him on his bed. The game he was playing showed a black man standing nearby a monkey, and Samuel quipped either (my memory is a little fuzzy, but it was definitely between these two), "Which one's the monkey? Am I right?" or "I can't tell which one's the monkey!". Once again, I was in awe, and said something like, "What!?" while my cousin gasped, "Oh my god..."

This time, Katie was more serious about it, and they stopped talking for, like, one day, as she 'debated' whether or not to continue seeing him or not. I'm sure y'all can tell by the ' ' that I don't believe she ever really debated it, because she very quickly she forgave him again, and they were back together.

* His ex-boyfriend had a picture of Samuel and him tagged "Aryan" (they both have blonde hair and blue eyes), and one of Samuel's best friends is a nazi fetishist. Katie has said herself that she thinks Samuel's Nazi Fetish friend is attracted to Samuel, and vice versa. This may seem like a moot point, but when Katie spent time with his groups of friends, they had no problems making Asian jokes ("Can't tell them apart!"), and I'd say guilty by association. Also:

* When Katie moved in with Samuel, I used to go over a lot to watch Korean dramas, Kpop, or anime with her. Anytime Samuel came into the room and saw what we were watching, he'd say something like, "You guys are watching those K-dramas again? ching chong ching ching!" and many other things akin to that. If it was something in Japanese, he'd purposely "mistake" them for Chinese, and once again do the "ching chong" thing again. Katie would do the light-hearted "stop!" again, but otherwise would let it go unless I gave her poo poo. The reason I find this mega hosed up is because, if it was anyone but her boyfriend, she'd literally want them burned at the stake. She'd call them racist trash, tell me to cut them out if they were my friend or someone I was seeing, and would otherwise automatically hate them.

Katie's Constant Frustrations

* Samuel would constantly apologize for his wrong-doings and tell her exactly what she wants to hear, then LITERALLY a week later would do it again. There was a very dark point in time where they argued, quite honestly, every week. Every. Week. It'd always start with him getting his feelings hurt about something minuscule, when Katie would try to open dialogue and talk about it he'd shut down and not talk about it, and then later it'd turn into a full-blown argument where she'd text me, exasperated and frustrated. They even got therapy and couple's counseling, and the fights still continued to happen every week, without fault. The couple's counseling and individual therapy for him was completely ineffective. They were no longer able to get couple's counseling after a while, but his individual therapy still didn't work. They still fought. Every. Single. Week.

And guess what happened after the fighting stopped?

Samuel's Emotional Cheating

* Katie caught Samuel texting a young woman (18 years old). He met her at a super market he frequented a year prior, and they exchanged numbers and began texting all the time. When caught tying to set up a time to have dinner with this girl, all Samuel told Katie was that they were just friends. When Katie asked what he could possibly talk about with a freshman girl 8 years younger than him (who very well was 17 when they met), he told her they'd talk about their "depression". Katie was hurt that he couldn't talk to her about the problems he was having and instead saw it fit to talk to a young girl about these issues. Samuel, initially, was very defensive, and tried to turn it back on Katie.

Katie also revealed that when Samuel and her went to shop at Publix one day, they ran into this young girl, and Samuel introduced Katie as, "Young Girl, Katie. Katie, Young Girl." He didn't mention that Katie was his girlfriend, and when Katie called him out on it, Samuel claimed that he already told Young Girl about it, so he didn't bother mention it again.

But, why not??? Even though he mentioned he had a girlfriend, Young Girl doesn't know what Katie looks like. He couldve easily said, "This is my girlfriend I told you about, Katie," or something akin to that, but he didn't.

Katie was VERY hurt about this, and 'debated' leaving him again. Of course, talk of leaving him again never happened as soon as Samuel confessed he hosed up and would stop talking to Young Girl. They talked of going to therapy again (therapy that was already ineffective), and now she's back to being lovey-dovey with him.

Katie's own Frustrations

Katie has ranted to me twice during their relationship about a culmination of things. Here they are:

* Samuel is rude to his mother who has taken him into her home when he and Katie had financial trouble. His mother actually cheated on his father, and that's what caused their divorce, but instead of working through these feelings or going no contact with his mother, whom he obviously resents, he has let this resentment stack up, takes her support, and continues to act very rude towards her.

I understand. My own father has cheated on my mother. But, I do not take my father's support and help while simultaneously making GBS threads on him. I refuse any help from my father and am working towards removing him from my life for good.

* Samuel grew up in a rich family; his parents told him they were going to pay for his entire college career, but he decided to just not go to college, got an entry-level job, and moved out. He drones on about how he regretted this, but now that he has a chance to go back to college, he went for one semester, then just stopped going. Katie resents him for this.

* He makes immature choices. He blows money on guns, cigarettes, alcohol, etc. He refuses to eat healthily (he's very skinny, but that doesn't mean he's healthy), and doesn't really take advice. He's 13K in debt (not from that semester in college), and barely makes enough money to come by. This is why they moved into his mother's place. They couldn't afford $400 rent. He doesn't bother to look for or open important mail, despite Katie and his mother getting onto him about this.

In conclusion

Only recently did I write Katie an essay of my own covering all of these points and begging her to just break it off for good. I told her she needs and deserves better. To please leave, for her sake. Despite this, she remains in his mom's house with him, and is singing a year lease and getting a place with him. I think this is the worst mistake she could ever make. I want to help her.

Am I overreacting? Should I just let her go make her mistakes? If not, WHAT CAN I DO??? Please help me, Reddit.

tl;dr: I think my sister's boyfriend is not a good person, doesn't make good life decisions, and more. Katie has so much as agreed with me, ranting to me about all his faults on several occasions. Yet she won't leave him, and is planning to sign a lease with him in August. WHAT CAN I DO?

Summary for people who don't feel like reading a 10 chapter novel:

"Me and my sister are black. We both agree racism is bad. I don't like her current boyfriend since he's a loser and also racist. How can I save her from herself?"

# ? Jun 23, 2017 03:24

Haifisch: Nov 13, 2010; Objection! I object! That was... objectionable!; Taco Defender

Me [22F] with my boyfriend [29M] of 4 months acts extremely entitled and controlling at times and I don't know how to handle it

quote:

Hi /r/relationships, using a throwaway because my boyfriend knows my main. I've been seeing this guy for almost 4 months. We met in a pub and hit it off. He's cute and funny and is a pretty smart guy but he is waving some red flags and I don't know what to do. At times he acts extremely entitled and controlling. It's hard to explain so I'll do my best.

For example, he had a doctor's appointment across town and I offered to drive him. We were on the freeway and we were going to be on the freeway for a long time so I got in the far left lane. I am most comfortable driving in the leftmost lane because I don't have to deal with merging traffic.

IMMEDIATELY he tells me that I should move over to let faster traffic pass. I explained to him that I'm most comfortable in this lane and I would not move over (he already knows this about me). He continues to insist I move over.

I asked him: Why do you feel like you can control how I drive? He said its to let other people behind me who want to go faster.
I asked: Why do you feel entitled to let other people go faster? I'm driving the speed limit, it's not like I'm doing 10 under. He kept insisting I let faster traffic through.

We had a bit of a fight over it and I told him he needs to stop controlling me. Another example is we were at the fast food restaurant at lunch time and it was super busy. I offered to pay because we split our outings and he had paid previously. While we were in line he said I should get the money out of my purse to speed things along. I was like, dude, stop controlling me, I'll get the money out when it's time to pay.

It's probably not that big of a deal but these things happen a lot. How should I react? Is this a red flag for abusive behavior?

tl;dr: Boyfriend tries to control me and it makes me uncomfortable. I'm afraid he is being abusive

quote:

Well. This was a mistake.

I guess this sub is for edgy teens and poo poo drivers.

I am a very good driver who has never been in an accident. I do not need my driving critiqued. I came here for relationship advice.

A few of you actually focused on what I was asking. Thank you for that.

The rest of you need to learn that you do NOT own the roads we drive on and you need to share

# ? Jun 23, 2017 04:20

therobit: Aug 19, 2008; I've been tryin' to speak with you for a long time

maskenfreiheit posted:

Me [29F] and my partner [27M] of 5 years have always been progressive environmentalists. His dad died recently and left him a ridiculous "monster" truck. He won't sell it and is now driving it around. This is not who we are, how do I get him to realize this?Relationships

What a MONSTER

Luckily he now owns some undeveloped, isolated, land in the mountains to dispose of her lifeless body in.

# ? Jun 23, 2017 04:27

PleasingFungus: Oct 10, 2012; idiot asshole bitch who should fuck off

Haifisch posted:

Me [22F] with my boyfriend [29M] of 4 months acts extremely entitled and controlling at times and I don't know how to handle it

lmao

goodreddit

# ? Jun 23, 2017 04:36

cumshitter: Sep 27, 2005; by Fluffdaddy

Lol I am pretty sure the speed limit one is fake but I liked it anyway.

# ? Jun 23, 2017 04:39

maskenfreiheit: Dec 30, 2004

Haifisch posted:

Me [22F] with my boyfriend [29M] of 4 months acts extremely entitled and controlling at times and I don't know how to handle it

Is "entitled" code for "makes reasonable requests" now? I get a sense he's tired of his girlfriend being... slow :downs:

# ? Jun 23, 2017 04:43

Larry Parrish: Jul 9, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Haifisch posted:

Me [22F] with my boyfriend [29M] of 4 months acts extremely entitled and controlling at times and I don't know how to handle it

Apparently driving the speed of surrounding traffic is bad

# ? Jun 23, 2017 05:59

MF_James: May 8, 2008; I CANNOT HANDLE BEING CALLED OUT ON MY DUMBASS OPINIONS ABOUT ANTI-VIRUS AND SECURITY. I REALLY LIKE TO THINK THAT I KNOW THINGS HERE

INSTEAD I AM GOING TO WHINE ABOUT IT IN OTHER THREADS SO MY OPINION CAN FEEL VALIDATED IN AN ECHO CHAMBER I LIKE

cumshitter posted:

Lol I am pretty sure the speed limit one is fake but I liked it anyway.

Yeah I bet it is too, but god drat if people would listen to this fake boyfriend's advice, we'd all live in a happier world where maybe people thought of others as well as themselves.

# ? Jun 23, 2017 06:14

Dear Prudence: Sep 3, 2012

Larry Parrish posted:

Apparently driving the speed of surrounding traffic is bad

Yes it is, in the far left lane. The lane for passing. Someone who sits in the far left lane going the same speed as the traffic to the right deserves to die a fiery, painful death.

# ? Jun 23, 2017 07:01

Bogan King: Jan 21, 2013; I'm not racist, I'm mates with Bangladesh, the guy who sells me kebabs. No, I don't know his real name.

Dear Prudence posted:

Yes it is, in the far left lane. The lane for passing. Someone who sits in the far left lane going the same speed as the traffic to the right deserves to die a fiery, painful death.

This is why you go ever so marginally slower than the other traffic. That way you're still overtaking but gently caress the people who want to speed up. If you can't obey the road rules then you don't deserve to be sitting behind the wheel of a 1 tonne battering ram filled with liquid explosives.

# ? Jun 23, 2017 07:51

Khorne: May 1, 2002

Dear Prudence posted:

Yes it is, in the far left lane. The lane for passing. Someone who sits in the far left lane going the same speed as the traffic to the right deserves to die a fiery, painful death.

Depends on where you're driving. The left lane is the same as any other lane in many US states. Although, people still tend to let faster traffic into the left lane.

To be honest, they should just update the speed limit. No reason the highway speed limit can't be 80 in most places. It's what people drive anyway whether it's a 55 or 65, and state troopers don't even really pull you over for going 80 or so.

I can't tell whether the post is fake or not because I knew someone just like that who was similarly confrontational and obstinate about the most mundane poo poo.

Khorne fucked around with this message at 08:21 on Jun 23, 2017

# ? Jun 23, 2017 08:08

sixth and maimed: Mar 20, 2012; Fun Shoe

Hogging the left lane helps cause accidents. Traffic regulations here state that you must drive in the right-most lane when possible. Our main problem is people hogging the middle lane (our highways typically have 3 lanes), causing the traffic overtaking them to bunch up behind them, in turn causing traffic jams and accidents. You can be fined for it. It's just lovely driving, tbh.

# ? Jun 23, 2017 08:57

Khazar-khum: Oct 22, 2008; Cat Army
2nd Battalion

Zil posted:

What me and my wife do. She has her blanket and I mine. Took us two years before we started doing that m, but has made things so much simpler.

My dad used to become a cocoon with all the blankets. You'd see him all rolled up, and that was it. He said, "One good turn gets all the blankets."

Having your own blankets avoids that poo poo. I love my big quilt.

# ? Jun 23, 2017 10:01

Larry Parrish: Jul 9, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Dear Prudence posted:

Yes it is, in the far left lane. The lane for passing. Someone who sits in the far left lane going the same speed as the traffic to the right deserves to die a fiery, painful death.

In california the left lane is for passing but also for driving 30 over the limit so if your in it, you better be hauling rear end

# ? Jun 23, 2017 10:41

Yorkshire Pudding: Nov 24, 2006

Khazar-khum posted:

My dad used to become a cocoon with all the blankets. You'd see him all rolled up, and that was it. He said, "One good turn gets all the blankets."

Having your own blankets avoids that poo poo. I love my big quilt.

I really like your dad.

# ? Jun 23, 2017 11:18

FuckenPunchOn: Nov 9, 2013

Bogan King posted:

This is why you go ever so marginally slower than the other traffic. That way you're still overtaking but gently caress the people who want to speed up. If you can't obey the road rules then you don't deserve to be sitting behind the wheel of a 1 tonne battering ram filled with liquid explosives.

Your name evokes images of a man who blasts Chisel out the windows of his VN Commodore whilst fanging mad doughies in a Bunnings carpark, but I see now that you're just a Hyundai Excel owning bitch boy who bops his head to Vengabus at medium volume on his weekend excursions to Gloria Jeans.

Brand Power probably does help you buy better, you pissweak gronk.

# ? Jun 23, 2017 13:38

hawowanlawow: Jul 27, 2009

FuckenPunchOn posted:

Your name evokes images of a man who blasts Chisel out the windows of his VN Commodore whilst fanging mad doughies in a Bunnings carpark, but I see now that you're just a Hyundai Excel owning bitch boy who bops his head to Vengabus at medium volume on his weekend excursions to Gloria Jeans.

Brand Power probably does help you buy better, you pissweak gronk.

I didn't understand most of this Australian gibberish, but still

burn

# ? Jun 23, 2017 13:54

zakharov: Nov 30, 2002; Tater Love

It's polite to move over but anyone who gets hopping mad about someone doing the speed limit has rage issues.

Also if you call someone unmanly or w/e for their car choice just lol

# ? Jun 23, 2017 14:01

Danaru: Jun 5, 2012; 何 ??

What to tell insurance company after totaling car and making false police report? [TX]

quote:

On Saturday, June 10th, I was driving home from a bar to head home to my lake house. A friend was following behind me in a second vehicle. I took a corner too fast and crashed into a tree. The air bag deployed and caused my nose to bleed, but other than that I was unharmed. The friend and I then left the scene in my friend's car and went home. In the morning, my friend and I returned to the scene of the crash, to find that the car was being loaded onto a tow truck. My friend and I then went to the towing company, where we were directed to make a police report.

This is what I told the police: I left the bar with the friend and gave my keys to a local woman named Jessica to drive my car back to my lake house. When Jessica didn't show I realized that I did not have her phone number or any way to contact her. In the morning I went to the bar to see if my car or Jessica was there and on the way passed the tow truck with my car on the back, obviously damaged. From there, I went to make a police report.

I had a flight to California the next day so I had to leave the city where the accident occurred. I returned to town yesterday (June 19th) and now have to deal with insurance. I am unsure what to tell the insurance company as the situation is very sticky. What will the insurance company require in order for me to file a claim?

Obviously I did a very bad thing and made wrong choices in fleeing the scene of an accident as well as making a false police report, however, I am wanting advice on how to move forward from here in dealing with the insurance company.
Any advice is appreciated.

quote:

Oh you hosed up so bad.

# ? Jun 23, 2017 14:07

Pvt.Scott: Feb 16, 2007; What God wants, God gets, God help us all

sixth and maimed posted:

Hogging the left lane helps cause accidents. Traffic regulations here state that you must drive in the right-most lane when possible. Our main problem is people hogging the middle lane (our highways typically have 3 lanes), causing the traffic overtaking them to bunch up behind them, in turn causing traffic jams and accidents. You can be fined for it. It's just lovely driving, tbh.

Missouri at least has "left lane for passing only," signs sometimes, but then there's still cut across turns on divided highways all over the place. :iiam:

# ? Jun 23, 2017 14:12

hawowanlawow: Jul 27, 2009

zakharov posted:

It's polite to move over but anyone who gets hopping mad about someone doing the speed limit has rage issues.

Also if you call someone unmanly or w/e for their car choice just lol

*sigh*

# ? Jun 23, 2017 14:18

zakharov: Nov 30, 2002; Tater Love

Danaru posted:

What to tell insurance company after totaling car and making false police report? [TX]

"driving home from a bar" and hit a tree

Mmmhmmmm

# ? Jun 23, 2017 14:26

FuckenPunchOn: Nov 9, 2013

zakharov posted:

It's polite to move over but anyone who gets hopping mad about someone doing the speed limit has rage issues.

Also if you call someone unmanly or w/e for their car choice just lol

Look, I'm just saying that if you're sitting in the passing lane and you're doing anything less than speed limit + 10% then it should be legal for me to rip you out of your car and beat you with a bike innertube full of fishing sinkers.

I didn't think this was that controversial, tbh.

# ? Jun 23, 2017 14:28

dads friend steve: Dec 24, 2004

Danaru posted:

What to tell insurance company after totaling car and making false police report? [TX]

Lol "loving JESSICA!"

# ? Jun 23, 2017 14:28

Danaru: Jun 5, 2012; 何 ??

[CO] I house sat for my friend, he told me to help myself to food and alcohol, now he is threatening to sue me

quote:

My "friend" contacted me to house sit for him and care for his cat who has health problems since he was going to visit his girlfriend's family. I have the summer off from school, so why not? He told me he would be gone for two weeks and said I could help myself to the food, drinks and weed. I did just that. When he came back, he was livid, claiming I drank over $1000+ worth of his fancy wine, plus that I smoked an ounce of weed and is threatening to sue. He didn't even pay me for the two weeks I cared for his sick cat and watched his house. What do I do?

quote:

Help yourself is pretty self-explanatory. If there are limits, they need to be explicitly stated.

quote:

There are obvious limits, you don't go into your friends house and empty his fridge and pantry, that's a lovely friend

quote:

"Help yourself"
comes back to every appliance gone and all the copper wire stripped out
Reddit: He didn't EXPLICITLY state his limits.

# ? Jun 23, 2017 14:42

DragQueenofAngmar: Dec 29, 2009; You shall not pass!

PleasingFungus posted:

Me [29F] with my husband [27M] of 1 year, bed sheets causing marital discord...

Wouldn't recommend reading this one, just... admiring the combination of length and subject

I disliked sheets in high school but I got over it, don't remember why I didn't like them

anyways what I did to keep the comforter clean because they're a pain to wash was to sew buttons on the comforter under a "shelf" of fabric along the border and then put buttonholes on a sheet. best of both worlds tbh, crisp coolness of a sheet and no tangling. dang maybe I should do that again really

# ? Jun 23, 2017 14:45

Yawgmoth: Sep 10, 2003; This post is cursed!

DragQueenofAngmar posted:

I disliked sheets in high school but I got over it, don't remember why I didn't like them

anyways what I did to keep the comforter clean because they're a pain to wash was to sew buttons on the comforter under a "shelf" of fabric along the border and then put buttonholes on a sheet. best of both worlds tbh, crisp coolness of a sheet and no tangling. dang maybe I should do that again really

Holy poo poo that's a really good idea.

My solution to "girlfriend keeps stealing the blankets" was to get a king sized comforter. Then we could both go full blanket-burrito mode and still have slack in the middle. And now that I'm single it's just super awesome having a blanket big enough to make a fort all by itself!

# ? Jun 23, 2017 15:40

But Rocks Hurt Head: Jun 30, 2003; by Hand Knit; Pillbug

Haifisch posted:

Presenting the saga of someone way, way too invested in someone else's relationship(all formatting OP's):

Am I [19/F] overreacting about their [24/F][26/M] relationship? When does it become too nit-picky? **long**

Lol this guy is a total racist piece of poo poo but let's not undersell the bedroom issues. Lot going on there.

# ? Jun 23, 2017 15:56

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# ? May 26, 2024 14:40

maskenfreiheit: Dec 30, 2004

Danaru posted:

[CO] I house sat for my friend, he told me to help myself to food and alcohol, now he is threatening to sue me

Maybe he didn't know how expensive the wine was? That could get the cost up quickly w/o realizing.

# ? Jun 23, 2017 15:59

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