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Pac-Manioc Root posted:Apparently vacations will always out selfish, narcissistic people. There's a reason why "I like to travel and go on adventures" is a bigger dating site red flag than "I like animals more than people", although beware either one.
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Sorry about bringing these back up from so many pages back, but I'm catching up on the thread.ansel autisms posted:Me [29/F] with my husband 30/m of 4 years, doesn't work but won't look after the house. Burned himself on a pan while making breakfast to prove a point. I don't know if I want to try for a baby anymore. I couldn't help but think "Why are you trying for a baby since you already married one." The husband reminds me of a former friend that I used to work in the call centers with. After the last one we worked at shut down due to outsourcing, we both swore we'd never work in a call center again. lovely circumstances as they are, as much as I hated it, I went back to work in one to bring in something to pay the bills and try to save up so I could do community college and qualify for anything better than call centers. Ex-friend in a similar lovely circumstance would constantly whine on Facebook about not having a job, her unemployment running out, and all her bills being unpaid for months. Anyone mentioning that perhaps she should reconsider call centers just to get something coming in so she's not evicted would get told call centers were out of the question because "it would kill my soul to set foot in one again". She ended up burning bridges with most of her friends by mootching off them and having a dozen reasons why she just couldn't work even though she wanted to. Haifisch posted:
This one reminded me of an old E/N thread where the OP was asking for advice about porn charges on her credit card that wasn't hers and her fiance swore up and down wasn't his. In the course of the thread it turned out she was like 21 and he was in his 60s, they were mostly living off his assistance check and whatever help they could get from his 80yr old parents. He had an assortment of health issues which were his excuses why all he could pretty much do was sit around the house and post on Livejournal. I do remember her saying that during an outing, he'd gotten so weak and trembly during a block away walk from the bus stop that they had to stop for some fast food for energy and ended up stopping again for something a block or so away from that. According to her, he knew about the thread and was watching her type her responses. Goons being Goons, the thread commentary ranged from pointing out how messed up the age gap was, how messed up it was that he was watching her type her replies, he was lying to her about the porn charges not being his and who the hell pays for porn anymore, and internet detectivery that coughed up his picture and he looked every bit like an aging overweight hippy that never accepted the 60s are dead and gone. She was creepily defensive of him and kept throwing out excuses on why she was still with him even with all the advice that she was too young to be settling for this aging loser.
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Oh you poor naive fool. I [40M] am deciding if I should take my ex [40F] back or not, what should I do? quote:u/exornot
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blarzgh posted:Sound like you've been drat this didn't get enough love
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I found this for future use in the thread
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Blaise330 posted:There's a reason why "I like to travel and go on adventures" is a bigger dating site red flag than "I like animals more than people", although beware either one. But literally everybody says "I like to travel and go on adventures", it's just one of those things people put on dating profiles. W... wait a minute...  Haifisch posted:My [25F] boyfriend [29M] hasn't gotten a paycheck in months and refuses the leave his job I never realized Bob's Burgers was a documentary
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FuckenPunchOn posted:drat this didn't get enough love I can't read it without hearing it!
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Milotic posted:Oh you poor naive fool. There is no way for her to know whose kid it was unless she had a DNA test done.
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Nessa posted:There is no way for her to know whose kid it was unless she had a DNA test done. If it's his kid I'll print out this post and eat it.
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Milotic posted:Oh you poor naive fool. This guy is like the last living guy in the tontine of men who get to date her and doesn't realize it.
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Milotic posted:Oh you poor naive fool. Its not yours, but congratulations on dodging child support if it is because somebody else put their name on that birth certificate. Consider it a possible back up heir if needed.
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Impossible to support girlfriendquote:I (22m) find it nearly impossible to support my girlfriend (21f) in any of her hobbies and interests. We have been together for 4yrs. In these 4yrs she has constantly submerged herself into a hobby, only to drop it in 2 months. It wouldn't be that bad except that most need financial support from myself as well as emotional support. For example last year she wanted to garden, I spent HOURS getting this thing done. We aren't talking a flower bed, we are talking about a 2500sq ft garden. It was beautiful, by June it was forgotten everything left to die. After that CHICKENS. We got hundreds of chickens. Hundreds, a few would not suffice. Poured money into building these coops, and now we have all these chickens that I care for that she couldn't give two shits about. I have since started to not support these ventures, because I know I will only be wasting my time. Unfortunately this has caused many many fights recently, because she is now just finding other ways to support her needs. She will beg her parents for money, sell things that we actually NEED, for things she will forget about next month. I am really at a loss. My guess is this has to be some obsessive psych thing. She is the same way with films. If you show her a movie or watch a new one, SHE WILL WATCH IT 4 TIMES A DAY FOR WEEKS until she finds something new. I love her and I don't want to leave her, but she is asking me to support her, and I just no longer can. Excuse the ranting. A 2500 sq ft garden and 100s of chickens is not a hobby, that's a goddamn farm.
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There is a Gordian Knot solution to this seemingly insoluble problem with ADD jump in with both feet elaborate expensive hobby GF, but of course it's another "I love this person, don't have any kids with them, don't list anything I love about them, don't hold any real property in common, and they are making my life HELLISH in a way that's basically impossible to work through and compromise on because of problems with their brain or personal character. But I don't want to leave because ~i love them~." That should be center square on the r/relationship bingo card. A few chickens in a coop would be a fine little hobby what on Earth would make anyone think the best way to get started is with a poultry farm? This woman sounds like the romantic foil in a sitcom but actually having to deal with it as a real thing, in the world sounds just excruciating.
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La Brea Carpet posted:Impossible to support girlfriend "I spent HOURS getting this thing done." The kind of person who runs to the loving internet to ask for anonymous relationship advice is very liberal with the meaning of numbers. We are looking at someone describing a Petsmart chicken coop, 2 hens and a chili bush.
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TBH I would  over the movie thing alone. I can't think of any movie I like enough to watch 4 times a day for weeks and it must make low-key staying-in date night just miserable when the feature is the same one that's been running on loop forever.
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La Brea Carpet posted:Impossible to support girlfriend Ok, if she has time to watch a movie "4 times a day" it means she doesn't have a job, so how about they start there.
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Pac-Manioc Root posted:TBH I would because of my girlfriend i have been watching/listening to Gilmore Girls in the background of my life every single day for at least the last 5 years. all you have to do is call my name and I'll be there on the next train
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My [21M] GF [20 F] of 6 months suddenly wants me to give up watching anime.Relationshipsquote:After my classes I like to watch some anime in my dorm every so often. I finished up an episode when my gf texted me asking if I was watching anime, to which I replied yes. She then told me that she thinks that now I'm over 20 years old it's time to give up watching it. I kind of laughed it off telling her that I enjoyed it but then she said that she was being really serious. I haven't responded yet and am dreaded when I see her later. On the one hand let the guy have his cartoons but on the other hand: "lol weeb." I am not a anime expert but "two episodes a day plus cons, merch, and cosplay" sounds like he's a full on anime dork. Me [19 F] with my boyfriend [20 M] of a year, he is becoming extremely obsessed with his "waifu" and I don't know what to doRelationships quote:I've been going out with this guy for a while now, and for the most part it has been a very happy relationship. He doesn't look like the "otaku" (anime obsessed) type so I had no idea until it was past the second date or so. I don't even mind that he likes anime, he's even gotten me into a few series.  I [27F] am supporting my BF [39 M], of 3 years, there is no sex or love - I thinkRelationships quote:The first year was okay but when we moved in I realized that he doesn't work and was paying rent, very late, by selling anything he had (dior jeans + other high end clothing and shoes). I am a freelance artist that just barely makes it but I pay 100% of the rent, food and anything else involved with living in an apartment in a major city. He still sells things, from time to time but buys things for himself or will use it on his gas. I found out he is currently illegal, from Japan, 2 years ago. This didn't phase me as I know a couple people in the same boat but were still working in my industry (design).
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I dont even get that last one. It sounds like if she just made sure to stay out of his peripheral vision hed forget she was ever there.
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La Brea Carpet posted:Impossible to support girlfriend at last, my manic pixie dream girl 
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Dear Reddit- I keep falling down the stairs due to a loose board. I have broken my arm twice. Before you say anything, I can't fix the board. Don't ask me to fix the board. I'm just looking for ways to avoid falling down the stairs again.
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La Brea Carpet posted:Dear Reddit- Have you considered taking a chunk of the board and wedging it into your body for 18 years? The constant throbbing pain will help remind you to be careful around the loose board.
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I think you just need to walk down more stairs. It's unnatural to walk down just one flight of stairs all the time, walk down other people's stairs. Of course your stairs should be freed up to be trod on by others, too. But don't worry, it won't be weird and they will still be your stairs.
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La Brea Carpet posted:Dear Reddit- Honestly this isnt about the falling, of course you are going to fall, who gets stairs and dont expect a fall now and then, if you have stairs for years you are going to fall alot. What you need to work on is the landing, if you could maybe roll abit when you land or maybe come to a compromise with the stairs, like putting padding on it this wont seem as big a problem anymore.
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La Brea Carpet posted:Impossible to support girlfriend quote:[–]justalittlebird88 [score hidden] 16 hours ago
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My (25/F) boyfriend (25/M) pulled a clown prank on me and a mutual friend of ours (25/M)Relationshipsquote:We've all been friends since high school. About ten years. My bf and I got together shortly after college. We live together, alongside our friend. Think Marshall, Lily and Ted. Don't date ~pranksters.~
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Came across this at random and thought of this thread: I feel this comic could be replaced by a single panel with a person saying "I'm poly"
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quote:a career doesn't sound appealing enough Found a cool new project for her to build next 
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Straight White Shark posted:Came across this at random and thought of this thread: I have a friend who posts these comics all the time. It bothers me that some of them are 90% text with drawings squished in behind the speech balloons. Just write an article instead! This friend made a post a while ago about how everyone seems to know she's poly, but not everyone knows that she has multiple partners, both men and women besides her primary boyfriend. It's really important that everyone knows she has multiple partners!
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I have never heard of a poly relationship that wasn't full of dramatic bullshit that they wanted everyone to know about.
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Three Olives posted:I have never heard of a poly relationship that wasn't full of dramatic bullshit that they wanted everyone to know about. what would even be the point, then
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But Rocks Hurt Head posted:Found a cool new project for her to build next Is it bad that I knew it was for a guillotine before I saw the blade?
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Straight White Shark posted:Came across this at random and thought of this thread: Lol every problem is with the dude Just date women
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Straight White Shark posted:Came across this at random and thought of this thread: Haha normies and their monogamy, I could never be tied down with the weight of a single partner's expectations. I have to be free (to navigate the Kobayashi Maru that is several other partners along with my own feelings and needs with relation to my ~primary~ partner and their other partners and my feelings vis-a-vis that.)
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Straight White Shark posted:Came across this at random and thought of this thread: I refuse to live in a world where there are at minimum 709 more of these
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Barudak posted:I refuse to live in a world where there are at minimum 709 more of these Better get a non-porous bag of inert gas ready to hold over your head until oblivion embraces you because I just checked and there are 712 more.
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You'd think that someone who drew 713 comics of 6 pitfalls each would figure out that maybe polyamory just isn't worth it.
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Barudak posted:I refuse to live in a world where there are at minimum 709 more of these Tikva Wolf has been drawing ever since she could hold a crayon, and comes from a long line of love-activists. What she primarily cares about in art (and life) is connecting to people, creating dialogue, and spreading awareness. She’s always taken delight in making people laugh, and in doing so also unveiling hidden perspectives. She uses humor as a way of encouraging others to deeply see themselves and each other.
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Ensign Expendable posted:You'd think that someone who drew 713 comics of 6 pitfalls each would figure out that maybe polyamory just isn't worth it. I sampled a few and only some are the "pitfall" ones-- Some of them are also about how it's funny that freaks out the normies. Some of them are how normies just don't understand. Some of them are about how actually normies and poly people really aren't so different, when you think about it. Some are the author's insert complaining "agh I'm struggling to swallow this jealousy and guilt and feel ~compersion~."
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