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Me [20 F] with my boyfriend [20M] of ~1 month, "hippo time"???quote:Okay, so this is kind of a weird post, but I have no idea who to ask about this.
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Anony Mouse posted:Me [20 F] with my boyfriend [20M] of ~1 month, "hippo time"??? I uh, I got diarrhea brb. 
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Nov 7, 2017 06:03
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Anony Mouse posted:Me [20 F] with my boyfriend [20M] of ~1 month, "hippo time"??? This can be avoided by moving away if you notice his ears wiggling.
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Nov 7, 2017 06:03
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Anony Mouse posted:Me [20 F] with my boyfriend [20M] of ~1 month, "hippo time"??? He's going to kill you, hippos are the most dangerous animal.
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Nov 7, 2017 06:04
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ArbitraryC posted:Yeah that in particular stood out to me, dad literally threatened her financial stability because she pointed out how hosed the situation was. Miserable Maid posted:The poor guy. The situation is so crazy, like why would multiple people be just "yes, this is a good idea", and why would the fiance not just break up with the OP, why sneak around? It's like they went out of their way to hurt him. The mother-in-law subreddit is an incomprehensible mess of jargon and acronyms but their description of the Golden Boy dynamic that exists in some families is absolutely accurate. For some reason some sets of parents will pick one of their children (in this case, Adam) and just let him do literally anything he wants to his siblings with no reprisal. Steal their allowances, break their toys, gently caress their fiancees, sneak out of his bedroom the night before the seventh grade science fair and put the project on plate tectonics his brother spent three months working on through the shredder so the brother fails the semester, whatever. The parents will meet any attempt to avoid the Golden Boy's abuse with the sort of mixed bafflement and fury you'd feel if the heavy bag at the local boxing gym sprouted arms and went on a rampage—just absolute Wrongness, a violation of the natural order. The dynamic might start out as laziness or disinterest, but eventually the parent(s) will come to actively get off on and participate in the abuse the Golden Boy hurls at his siblings, which is what's happening here. I bet every Christmas the dad gives Adam the old elbow-nudge and starts telling anecdotes about the time in sixth grade when the OP had to use his inhaler in the middle of a football game and asking Diane to recount in explicit detail just how their relationship began until he has to rush out of the room and find a quiet place to jack off.
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Nov 7, 2017 06:27
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I've seen it happen a lot. I think one old E/N story was about a woman who neglected her own children in favour of her nephew she'd adopted after his parents died young. The children gtfo at the first opportunity while the golden boy became a literal basement dweller. It sounds a bit stdh in retrospect, but still plausible. Like an inverse Harry Potter situation. Oddly enough both of those probably fictional examples demonstrate how the Golden Child can often end up the worst of them all from being spoiled to the point of becoming a fat obnoxious rear end used to always getting their way while the neglected children have to learn to survive hardship. Occasionally the Golden Child manages to turn out alright despite their parents' best efforts and doesn't really understand why their siblings get so much poo poo.
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Nov 7, 2017 06:33
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That's so sad... I wonder what's the root of that kind of behavior/thinking?
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Nov 7, 2017 06:43
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LethalGeek posted:I wanted to post just to say I love this on so many levels. Since he owns the house, he might want to go ahead and take the padlocks off the bedroom doors now.
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Nov 7, 2017 06:57
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Miserable Maid posted:That's so sad... I wonder what's the root of that kind of behavior/thinking?
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Nov 7, 2017 07:33
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Beachcomber posted:You don't have to actually plug a phone into it. It's part of the DSL package I'm on which is still way cheaper, faster and more reliable than what I can get through cable.
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Nov 7, 2017 07:36
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mind the walrus posted:I don't think it's that sophisticated. People have preferences. Parents too. It can override a sense of responsibility or self awareness It just seems like a really drastic step up from simple favoritism. Like it goes beyond simply looking the other way and into malicious intent Edit: Eh, I guess I'm just caught up on this because a lot of these stories, I can kinda "understand" the rear end in a top hat's thought process (although certainly don't condone), but in this case it's just a completely alien concept to my mind. Miserable Maid fucked around with this message at 08:39 on Nov 7, 2017 |
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Nov 7, 2017 08:35
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Miserable Maid posted:It just seems like a really drastic step up from simple favoritism. Like it goes beyond simply looking the other way and into malicious intent It feels super weird, like both my parents were the oldest of three and I have several distinct memories in my childhood of them siding with my older brother in he says/she says situations where he was totally lying but on a whole his extra responsibilities of being my de facto babysitter and such mostly neutralized that. A mild amount of favoritism seems natural, something that's just gonna happen that's on a level where as the kids mature they'd be able to understand where their parents were coming from and there shouldn't be any longlasting grudges. The content of that post and that they were threatening to boot out the sister too unless she just fell in line falls so far outside of that and I simply can't wrap my head around the family not exiling the lovebirds and instead jilting their other son that hard. As an outsider I feel like I'd legit want to sit down with the parents over some beer and pick their brains over how they justified it. I doubt the OP is lying or omitting anything but I simply can't understand how things played out as they did. If the brother simply burned all his bridges and went off and married her he'd still be a shitbag but his motivations would be easy to parse, the family is really the confusing part.
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Nov 7, 2017 08:44
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My 17F mom 50F offered me money to lose weightquote:So to start I'm 5'4" and about 120 lbs. I understand that it is a pretty normal weight for my height. I have gained like 2 lbs since the summer and I am not self conscious about it. However, the other day my mom came to me and told me that she would give me this expensive gift card if I lost 5 pounds over 5 weeks. Here's the thing... I think I could probably do it, but by making this deal I would be enabling her to make comments about my weight which I am not okay with. I'm not sure it is worth it... what do you guys think? 
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Nov 7, 2017 08:45
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ArbitraryC posted:
A shitbag? He jumped on a live grenade for his brother.
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Nov 7, 2017 08:56
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The Lone Badger posted:A shitbag? He jumped on a live grenade for his brother. Nah, he pulled the pin and left it in his brothers pocket before the sister or whoever told him about it
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Nov 7, 2017 09:07
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He got with her, kept her, put a ring on her, and had kids with her. That's not taking a live grenade. That's sewing a grenade into your gut and bedazzling the lump.
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Nov 7, 2017 09:08
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Guildenstern Mother posted:Grapefruit soda is delicious though, why would any right thinking person ignore it?
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Nov 7, 2017 10:37
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spite house posted:I know bald women often need to wear wigs for professional/social/everyone not thinking you have cancer reasons and also a lot of guys are hung up on long hair to the extent that they get the vapors and require smelling salts when Their Females dare to attempt so much as a lob, but Jesus Christ, I used to shave my head every summer and got more quality attention from genuinely interesting fellas than I ever have before or since. If I were single today I'd be bald all the gently caress over Tinder. Some guys are just plain weird about short hair on women. It's on a par with not-all-men: mention pixie cuts or shaved heads on girls and they'll come rushing in to tell you that it's unattractive, looks strange, why would you like that, some sort of macho pearl-clutching. It's amusing how ready they are to say "you look like a dude" but apparently never confuse long-haired guys for women.
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Nov 7, 2017 11:01
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outlier posted:never confuse long-haired guys for women *Looks around guiltily* Nope, never done that, nossir.
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Nov 7, 2017 11:12
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outlier posted:It's amusing how ready they are to say "you look like a dude" but apparently never confuse long-haired guys for women. That happens all the time tho
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Nov 7, 2017 12:12
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Yeah straight guys who aren't comfortable with the idea of androgen tendencies whatsoever are in a constant battle to prove they do not want to touch another man's weiner.
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Nov 7, 2017 12:45
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Falsely accused of arson, but not convinced (at least yet).quote:So, somewhat recently, I was exploring what i thought was a fully abandoned building that had no owner. My friends and I were planing on using that place to make napalm (chill out it doesn't ignite upon creation, and it is legal to make and have as far as I know.) We brought about 1/4 gallon of gas to mix with Styrofoam. I walked outside at the exact time that a police car drove by. Long story short, They are trying to accuse me of attempted arson, attempted arson with an incendiary device, and criminal trespassing. I completely understand the trespassing part, because as it turns out, the factory did have an owner. Some things to know are: I am 17 (juvenile), It took place in PA, They are trying to say that i was trying to burn it down, the building is concrete, They say there was gas all over the floor (I'm pretty sure that was water or some other moldy building liquid), and we did not have anything to light a fire. Is there anything I should be worried about. I am still in high school, am concerned about my grades dropping due to being out of school for so long. Edit: spelling error (buy into by) quote:>I was exploring what i thought was a fully abandoned building that had no owner I'm glad that even at 13, I was smart enough to see the anarchist's cookbook and think "yeah I'm not actually stupid enough to try any of this" Danaru fucked around with this message at 13:04 on Nov 7, 2017 |
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Nov 7, 2017 13:01
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Serephina posted:*Looks around guiltily* Happened to me all the time in shops before I grew a beard, it was hilarious. 
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Nov 7, 2017 13:23
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Guy I knew back in college once heard "hey, baby, how much for a blowjob?" from some rear end in a top hat in a car, who sped off when dude turned around and roared, "what the gently caress did you just say?"
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Nov 7, 2017 13:48
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outlier posted:Some guys are just plain weird about short hair on women. It's on a par with not-all-men: mention pixie cuts or shaved heads on girls and they'll come rushing in to tell you that it's unattractive, looks strange, why would you like that, some sort of macho pearl-clutching. I got confused for a woman when I had long hair all the time. People approaching me in the grocery store "excuse me, ma'am.. I mean, sir" when I turned around. Happens a lot.
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Nov 7, 2017 13:53
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Miserable Maid posted:It just seems like a really drastic step up from simple favoritism. Like it goes beyond simply looking the other way and into malicious intent There was a deleted update like 10 hours after the initial post and the original post is now deleted. I personally think it was fiction now but doubt we’ll ever know.
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Nov 7, 2017 14:27
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Bertrand Hustle posted:Guy I knew back in college once heard "hey, baby, how much for a blowjob?" from some rear end in a top hat in a car, who sped off when dude turned around and roared, "what the gently caress did you just say?" That happened to me but I was too confused to respond.
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Nov 7, 2017 14:50
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Haifisch posted:My 17F mom 50F offered me money to lose weight I don't want this to get overlooked in the regular thread drama, this poor kid. =( 5'4" 120 is not unhealthy in any way, that's like the definition of "normal BMI ". I hope Reddit is at least not being lovely and telling her to stand up for herself.
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Nov 7, 2017 15:11
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Bertrand Hustle posted:Guy I knew back in college once heard "hey, baby, how much for a blowjob?" from some rear end in a top hat in a car, who sped off when dude turned around and roared, "what the gently caress did you just say?"
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Nov 7, 2017 15:14
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Yawgmoth posted:If you really wanna trigger some gay panic you say "oh honey, you couldn't afford me." "More than you can afford, pal."
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Nov 7, 2017 15:38
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As an ex-telecom tech, apartment entry systems don't require a landline in order to buzz people in, as they're a separate system built into the complex - at least in older buildings. Newer "dialer" systems are attached to a phone number, but are more often than not attached remotely to a cellular number. Obviously this presents problems if folks have neither a landline or a cell phone, but I suspect these cases are rare. Also  at the mom who wants their 5'4 120lb daughter to lose weight jfc
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Nov 7, 2017 15:48
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Recalibrate the scale and pocket your cash
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Nov 7, 2017 15:49
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Absurd Alhazred posted:I got confused for a woman when I had long hair all the time. People approaching me in the grocery store "excuse me, ma'am.. I mean, sir" when I turned around. Happens a lot. If I got seen from the back when my head was shaved, I got called sir a couple times. NBD. Usually people just aren't looking too closely. Though I used to hang out with a guy that considered himself to be some kind of glam rockstar (long hair, eyeliner). A drunk guy at a bar once came up to us and told us 'you're the hottest lesbians I've ever seen!' Admiral Ray posted:He's going to kill you, hippos are the most dangerous animal. If she survives, she'll be a big hit as a commentator during 'Hippo/Croc Week' on the Animal Channel (discovery channel?) Seeing a guy labeled as 'Hippo Attack Survivor' made me laugh until he described how badly the hippo kicked his rear end. LadyPictureShow fucked around with this message at 16:20 on Nov 7, 2017 |
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Nov 7, 2017 16:17
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LadyPictureShow posted:If I got seen from the back when my head was shaved, I got called sir a couple times. NBD. Seriously, those things are monsters and will gently caress you up. Nine thousand pounds of high speed murderous bastard that will just bite the poo poo out of you for looking at them funny.
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Nov 7, 2017 16:21
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time for a ~mystery~ My husband [29M] and my brother [30M] got into a physical fight and no one will tell me [28F] what it was about. quote:The title basically sums it up. I’ve been married for 4 years and my brother and my husband became friendly around the time my husband and I started dating (around 7 years ago). They’ve always gotten along.
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Nov 7, 2017 16:53
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Sounds like it was Pon farr.
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Nov 7, 2017 17:00
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Danaru posted:Falsely accused of arson, but not convinced (at least yet). I hosed around with it, but I also didn't get caught and didn't light anything important on fire, like a whole building....
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Nov 7, 2017 17:01
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Yawgmoth posted:If you really wanna trigger some gay panic you say "oh honey, you couldn't afford me." My ex has long hair and always goes the gay panic route when stuff like that happens. He's been attacked a couple of times, but he's been able to defend himself. Regarding child favouritism, I'm pretty sure my younger brother's got a case of that. He just always got whatever he wanted, no questions asked. He used to sneak into my room and steal my game boy when he was around 6 years old. He'd erase my Mario saves and start his own game. He never got punished for taking my things and erasing my saves. Instead, he got rewarded with a brand new, GameBoy Advance (I only had an original GameBoy and a handful of games) and whatever games he wanted. It led to him becoming a gamer. If he lost or broke his GBA or DS, it was immediately replaced. He also got whatever home consoles and games he wanted as well. I only got a DS Lite when I was 20 and had saved up for a lightly used model. My brother gets to eat whatever he wants (so, mainly pepperoni pizza), play video games all day and get my mom to buy him whatever toys he wants. He's 22, has never held a job, and is not in school. My mom won't kick him out, so she's hoping to move to the city someday, and only then, maybe he'll go to college. My mom's favouritism has severely stunted his development and prevented him from getting the therapy he needs (we suspect he's on the spectrum) yet she said that it's not a problem because I turned out okay, so he'll be fine too.
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Nessa posted:Regarding child favouritism, I'm pretty sure my younger brother's got a case of that. He just always got whatever he wanted, no questions asked. He used to sneak into my room and steal my game boy when he was around 6 years old. He'd erase my Mario saves and start his own game. My little brother gets some pretty hefty favoritism from my parents (although my grandparents like me more, so I guess it evens out) Examples: - My car broke down, so I saved up a few grand for a new (to me) car. My parents rallied on me to buy this car that their friends were selling. They said it was a great car, it was in my budget, ti had everything I needed, etc etc. So I told them as long as it had cruise control and air conditioning, then I was in. I gave them the money, they picked up the car and brought back a car that had neither cruise control nor air-conditioning. six weeks later they bought my brother a car (as a gift) that was the same make and model of the car that I had bought, but with cruise control, air-con, power windows and locks, and a custom stereo. They also paid his insurance and registration - When I graduated from post-secondary (I was and still am the only member of my immediate family to be a grad) my parents showed up late to my convocation super high, wearing pot leaf pajama pants and left early. They also tried to convince my girlfriend to leave my convocation early so they could get lunch. When I was texting them afterwards to see if they wanted to get some pictures of me in my graduation gown they stopped responding to me. - My parents are about to move to a new house in a nearby suburb, and once that happens my brother will get the house they currently live in all to himself, rent free. (I have been living on my own paying rent since I was 18) - I got kicked out of my parents house because I let a friend stay over because she was too drunk to drive (I slept on the floor) - One year for Christmas my brother got an xbox 360 and several games as his "big gift" for the year. my big gift was a wooden skeleton. (jokes on them I still have that skeleton) - Last year my brother decided he wanted a new car so my parents gave him a loan from the bank of mom and dad to buy himself a new automobile. - My parents have 5 cars between my mom, my pops, and my little brother. 2 brand new trucks (one for each parent), my brothers 2010 car that he bought, a third truck that sits in the back and is about 3 years old that they are keeping because they couldn't get a good trade in rate when they bought the new trucks, and a muscle car that they drive during the summer on "cruise days" - Recently I have been mentioning to my family that I am in the process of saving up to buy a new car for myself (to replace the car my parents talked me into buying in the above story) both my grandparents have offered to help me out with a few bucks when I am ready to buy (they're the best). The other day I was visiting my parents for coffee and as I was leaving my mom goes "Hey when are you buying a new car?" Me: "I'm still saving up, I'm working on it, why?" my mom: "Because your car is a real piece of poo poo!" Me: "You're the one who specifically told me to buy this car, and you lied to me and told me it had air conditioning and cruise control!" my mom: "I know lol" Mezzanon fucked around with this message at 17:37 on Nov 7, 2017 |
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DragQueenofAngmar posted:time for a ~mystery~ The baby is your husband's honey.
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