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Doc Hawkins
Jun 15, 2010

Dashing? But I'm not even moving!


maskenfreiheit posted:

Husband has been out of jail for 5 months after assaulting AP (self.adultery)

The rorshach-esque outsider-vigilante of the League of Pete.

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Adam Vegas
Apr 14, 2013



maskenfreiheit posted:

THAT'S GOLD JERRY :five:

Also, added /r/adultery to my multireddit sometimes brings some lulz:

Husband has been out of jail for 5 months after assaulting AP (self.adultery)

Ah, this is giving me that fuzzy Christmas feeling.

sullat
Jan 9, 2012
As a bonus, if they do get a divorce, his conviction will help her get custody of the kid.

Grem
Mar 29, 2004
Probation
Can't post for 19 days!

sullat posted:

As a bonus, if they do get a divorce, his conviction will help her get custody of the kid.

Maybe, maybe not. The argument on his side would be "You thought he was a good enough parent to reconcile after his conviction, why would it mean he's an unfit father after you were rejected?"

maskenfreiheit
Dec 30, 2004
My [27 M] with my Fiance [26 F] off 6 years found my hardcore porn. Where do we go from here?

quote:

Hi Reddit. I'll cut right to the chase.

Tonight, as my fiance was going through pictures of our recent trip to Spain, she came across some browser tabs that I accidentally left open. On these browsers were some decently hardcore bondage videos. She confronted me about my porn use, which years ago I had promised to forgo due to her intense dislike of pornography and her ex's use of it in blackmailing her for sexual pictures.

Before I continue, a little background: A year into our relationship I told her that I use porn and she melted down, despite us never having discussed porn use in our relationship. This having been my first relationship, I completely panicked in the face of her reaction and swore that I would not look at porn again. I never stood my ground or offered my own opinions on porn use and to try and hammer out a compromise - I always regretted that. As a result, I unwittingly entered into a promise I could not keep. I was able to quit using porn for almost a month but fell back into the habit eventually. This was due to a multitude of reasons such as our long-distance for 3 years, chronic sexual mismatch for 5 years, and a constant thought that she had no right to control something so personal to me. Over the last year I've really come to think that if I'm marrying this person, I should be 100% honest with her about who I am, not 98% - unfortunately, I always chickened out when the idea of talking to her came up.

Fast-forward back to now, and my cowardly avoidance of this issues has resulted in my fiance being livid. She surprisingly said that the lying didn't bother her so much as the content which I was viewing. She thinks that the porn I look at is disgusting, and now she sees me as gross. To clarify, the porn she discovered was focused on bondage / slave-fantasy, and she is pretty vanilla - so this was not a great combination for her to see.

The one difference in this discovery has been that I have mostly stood my ground, and have been 100% honest about all of my porn use. I have explained to her that I wouldn't want any of those hardcore fantasies to become reality, and that if I ever proposed some element of bondage for the bedroom that I would always drop it if she did not want to try it. I have tried telling her that my porn use is only a visual aid to suit a need, not an end unto itself. I have told her that I don't see porn use as a bad thing in a relationship. I have told her that despite my porn use, I have always loved her and all of our animals completely, and that despite her feelings of inadequacy, I chose her to be the one to spend my life with.

I also told her that my lying is inexcusable, and that I regret not telling her so so much sooner. I told her that I understand if she doesn't believe a word I say. I also told her that I would be open to working through this with her and hopefully working towards a mutually agreeable boundary, but also that I would totally understand if she broke up with me over my lies and something she views as distasteful. She says that going forward I would have to yield my porn use completely or it wouldn't work. I told her that for now I would forgo further porn use and try again, but I fear that past events have indicated that I will be unable to do so non-stop.

So, that's it reddit. I hosed up and my loving and caring partnership of 6 years is on the line as a result. How do I / we approach this issue going forward? Is there anything else I should have done or said when confronted? Is there any hope?

The only proper response to a partner "melting down" over porn use is putting on your best :smug: and saying "I can give you the name of a good CBT therapist who can help you deal with these emotions"

Mameluke
Aug 2, 2013

by Fluffdaddy
Most if the people who melt down over porn are women without cocks and balls to torture though :confused:

Alien Sex Manual
Dec 14, 2010

is not a sandwich

Okay it's not all that funny but I read the title and was like lol her boyfriend got replaced by The Thing.

quote:

My now ex Boyfriend(27M) returned from Antarctica and left me(26F) with a huge mess

let me start off by saying that I waited for this man for over a year to return home. While he was gone, me and my mom spent a ton of money to move out his stuff for him into a storage unit, and we also took care of his dog.

When he returned home, I set up an AirBnb for us to stay in for 2 weeks. He was acting really mean to me the whole time and I couldn't figure out why. He couldn't say that he loved me. He went to the post office one day, and left his laptop open. I quickly searched through his messages because I felt that something wasn't right. About two weeks before leaving Antarctica, I found of that he had started a relationship with a girl down there. He lied to her about my existence, and also lied to all his friends by saying that I cheated on him. I am trying very hard to get over this, but it's been awful, so awful. I still have his dog and some of his stuff and we have ceased communicating with each other. I have already blocked any contact with him. But it still hurts so bad. I know he is living in town and will try to taint my relationship with our mutual friends. It's been about a week since the incident. I dont think I'll be able to trust anyone ever again. Advice?

tl;dr: took care of man's stuff for a year while he went on adventure, and he cheated and lied to everyone about our relationship so he could sleep with some girl

Catalina
May 20, 2008



r/relationships: I have told her that despite my porn use, I have always loved her and all of our animals completely

datajugend
Jan 15, 2010

:minnie: Cat Army :minnie:
"i use porn"

datajugend
Jan 15, 2010

:minnie: Cat Army :minnie:
dangit bobby i got the shingles again, get the porn

Barudak
May 7, 2007

Labes for days posted:

Okay it's not all that funny but I read the title and was like lol her boyfriend got replaced by The Thing.

People need to realize that Antarctica is the Olympic Village of nerds.

maskenfreiheit
Dec 30, 2004

Barudak posted:

People need to realize that Antarctica is the Olympic Village of nerds.

the olympic village is the olympic village of nerds

Alexis Ohanian is married to Serena Williams for example

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.
I remember reading a A/T thread about Antarctic researchers. Everyone goes a bit insane (they call it 'going toasty') and doesn't shower much.

And they fall over laughing at the end of Madagascar.

burial
Sep 13, 2002

actually, that won't be necessary.

Inescapable Duck posted:

I remember reading a A/T thread about Antarctic researchers. Everyone goes a bit insane (they call it 'going toasty') and doesn't shower much.

And they fall over laughing at the end of Madagascar.

There isn’t any part of this I can’t get behind. Except maybe the Madagascar bit. I think I missed my calling.

Is banishment a calling?

burial fucked around with this message at 04:28 on Dec 26, 2017

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost

Barudak posted:

People need to realize that Antarctica is the Olympic Village of nerds.

I hear it is a great place for people who don’t shower. So how many people are joining us from antarctica today?

mind the walrus
Sep 22, 2006

lemon-lyme disease posted:

There isn’t any part of this I can’t get behind. Except maybe the Madagascar bit. I think I missed my calling.

Is banishment a calling?
Check out that Werner Herzog documentary about it. It's a fairly neutral look at life there.

new phone who dis
May 24, 2007

by VideoGames
Morbid Hound
I don't think someone should be that hung up about porn but also it's really not that hard to avoid being caught in obvious situations like that. Like, only jack off when they aren't around and take the minimal effort to cover your tracks for gently caress's sake.

LadyPictureShow
Nov 18, 2005

Success!



Labes for days posted:

Okay it's not all that funny but I read the title and was like lol her boyfriend got replaced by The Thing.

Didn't this lady post a while back because she had a bad feeling since he was considering staying another year or something?

I'm hoping there isn't more than one philandering Antarctic researcher out there...

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos

LadyPictureShow posted:

Didn't this lady post a while back because she had a bad feeling since he was considering staying another year or something?

I'm hoping there isn't more than one philandering Antarctic researcher out there...

The must have philandered with each other.

maskenfreiheit
Dec 30, 2004

new phone who dis posted:

I don't think someone should be that hung up about porn but also it's really not that hard to avoid being caught in obvious situations like that. Like, only jack off when they aren't around and take the minimal effort to cover your tracks for gently caress's sake.

He should not have to hide his masturbation. It is abusive and controlling for her to force her sex negative views on her BF, violating his body autonomy

new phone who dis
May 24, 2007

by VideoGames
Morbid Hound

maskenfreiheit posted:

He should not have to hide his masturbation. It is abusive and controlling for her to force her sex negative views on her BF, violating his body autonomy

Porn can impact your sex life and your relationship. It's not the devil like fundies will tell you, but it's not completely harmless, either. You're right that nobody has the right to tell you what to do with your body, but there's a gray area when it comes to relationships. He shouldn't be agreeing to her terms and doing it behind her back, either. It's about communication, which he failed at.

I was seeing a girl who decided that shaving her head bald was her new look. She asked me what I thought and I told her that people were either going to think she had cancer or was a lunatic. I told her I hated it and it made me less attracted to her. Yes, I was pressuring her to do something with her body, but there's some give and take in that area when it comes to intimate relationships. I'm also willing to do things like shave or make certain appearance changes like haircuts if the person I'm dating wants me to. If you can't be honest with each other, everything after that point is going to be tainted by lies and resentment.

Admiral Ray
May 17, 2014

Proud Musk and Dogecoin fanboy

maskenfreiheit posted:

My [27 M] with my Fiance [26 F] off 6 years found my hardcore porn. Where do we go from here?


The only proper response to a partner "melting down" over porn use is putting on your best :smug: and saying "I can give you the name of a good CBT therapist who can help you deal with these emotions"

:sever: from this maniac already.

maskenfreiheit
Dec 30, 2004

new phone who dis posted:

Porn can impact your sex life and your relationship. It's not the devil like fundies will tell you, but it's not completely harmless, either. You're right that nobody has the right to tell you what to do with your body, but there's a gray area when it comes to relationships. He shouldn't be agreeing to her terms and doing it behind her back, either. It's about communication, which he failed at.

I was seeing a girl who decided that shaving her head bald was her new look. She asked me what I thought and I told her that people were either going to think she had cancer or was a lunatic. I told her I hated it and it made me less attracted to her. Yes, I was pressuring her to do something with her body, but there's some give and take in that area when it comes to intimate relationships. I'm also willing to do things like shave or make certain appearance changes like haircuts if the person I'm dating wants me to. If you can't be honest with each other, everything after that point is going to be tainted by lies and resentment.

Nice story

There’s no gray

You were wrong too

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost

LadyPictureShow posted:

Didn't this lady post a while back because she had a bad feeling since he was considering staying another year or something?

I'm hoping there isn't more than one philandering Antarctic researcher out there...

It's a bunch of nerds, one of the first contingents of people who fall to adultery and poly crap, because they are all about "rational thought" and anyone can rationalize loving someone else if they choose to. You have to find the person who will accept externally imposed terms like "dont gently caress other people".

DJ Fuckboy Supreme
Feb 10, 2011

And when you stare long into the abyss, you become aggressively, terminally chill

maskenfreiheit posted:

You were wrong too

it's fine and good to have preferences but yeah the dude is a dummy

new phone who dis
May 24, 2007

by VideoGames
Morbid Hound

maskenfreiheit posted:

Nice story

There’s no gray

You were wrong too

LOL okay, man.

LimburgLimbo
Feb 10, 2008
Please everyone remember that you have NO RIGHT to autonomy in sexual preferences. You HAVE to find people attractive no matter what they do.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.
Look, when you're in the middle of the Antarctic wastes with lovely internet and your family literally half the world away, it's either start boning anything that smiles or the penguins are going to start looking pretty good.

Doc Hawkins
Jun 15, 2010

Dashing? But I'm not even moving!


LimburgLimbo posted:

Please everyone remember that you have NO RIGHT to autonomy in sexual preferences. You HAVE to find people attractive no matter what they do.

It's like you people haven't even read Don Quixote!

Scathach
Apr 4, 2011

You know that thing where you sleep on your arm funny and when you wake up it's all numb? Yeah that's my whole world right now.


new phone who dis posted:

I was seeing a girl who decided that shaving her head bald was her new look. She asked me what I thought and I told her that people were either going to think she had cancer or was a lunatic.

Wow, that's the stupidest thing I've heard in a while. Well hey at least you admit you were insulting her to pressure her into changing herself for you. You sound like quite the catch for a doormat.

She's lucky she dodged that bullet. Jesus.

new phone who dis
May 24, 2007

by VideoGames
Morbid Hound

Scathach posted:

Wow, that's the stupidest thing I've heard in a while. Well hey at least you admit you were insulting her to pressure her into changing herself for you. You sound like quite the catch for a doormat.

She's lucky she dodged that bullet. Jesus.

It was a long and drawn out conversation where all I said initially was that I didn't like it and she just had to know the exact reason why. I don't think it's manipulation when you say you don't like something outright. I didn't have some master plan to break her down with insults or whatever, she continued to press the issue into specifics and I finally told her. There was more to it than just the head shaving. She was acting weird, too. "I think this makes me look like a little Thai boy! Don't you?" Not exactly what you want to hear from someone you're dating. Why would I find a little Thai boy attractive? I stand by my cancer or lunatic prediction and it wasn't cancer.

La Brea Carpet
Nov 22, 2007

I have no mouth and I must post

new phone who dis posted:

It was a long and drawn out conversation where all I said initially was that I didn't like it and she just had to know the exact reason why. I don't think it's manipulation when you say you don't like something outright. I didn't have some master plan to break her down with insults or whatever, she continued to press the issue into specifics and I finally told her. There was more to it than just the head shaving. She was acting weird, too. "I think this makes me look like a little Thai boy! Don't you?" Not exactly what you want to hear from someone you're dating. Why would I find a little Thai boy attractive? I stand by my cancer or lunatic prediction and it wasn't cancer.

Leave Brittney Alone!!

LimburgLimbo
Feb 10, 2008

Scathach posted:

Wow, that's the stupidest thing I've heard in a while. Well hey at least you admit you were insulting her to pressure her into changing herself for you. You sound like quite the catch for a doormat.

She's lucky she dodged that bullet. Jesus.

It’s a dumb and hyperbolic way of saying it, but there’s no winning there.

You tell her you don’t like it, she does it, you break up -> you’re shallow and broke up with her because of petty appearance reasons

You’re up front and tell her if she does it you’ll probably break up -> you’re making ultimatums and are abusive

You shut up and don’t say anything -> you find her unattractive and it destroys your relationship

You’re allowed to want to be attracted to your partner, and if they’re all of the sudden with no warning really committed to making a large physical change which could affect your attraction then you either have to tell them how you feel (again “people will think you’re crazy or have cancer” is the dumbest possible loving way of saying that and the guy is a dumbass) and risk getting poo poo for/it being seen as controlling, or you say nothing and the relationship maybe ends. It’s basically always better to go for the former and gague how much commitment they have for the change.

If it’s a lark and they didn’t realize the effect it might have and stop, you’re probably in the clear. If they’re committed, aka they value the change they want to make over your relationship (I’m not saying this in a derogatory way either; that’s a choice people should be empowered to make if they truly feel that way), then you need to see whether you’re able to get used to it or not, and maybe then end the relationship depending on how you feel.

Whatever the case dropping a major change like that on your partner is a risk to the relationship and you should always evaluate it with proper context.

mind the walrus
Sep 22, 2006

We Americans really really don't take kindly to sexual compromise as a concept.

new phone who dis
May 24, 2007

by VideoGames
Morbid Hound
I wouldn't have even minded that much if she just buzzed it on a 2 or 3 but she insisted on shaving it with a drat razor every few days.

Doc Hawkins
Jun 15, 2010

Dashing? But I'm not even moving!


new phone who dis posted:

She was acting weird, too. "I think this makes me look like a little Thai boy! Don't you?"

I'm starting to think it's possible this person was working through some things.

Admiral Ray
May 17, 2014

Proud Musk and Dogecoin fanboy

LimburgLimbo posted:

You tell her you don’t like it, she does it, you break up -> you’re shallow and broke up with her because of petty appearance reasons

This is always a winning move. Be tolerant in all things other than relationships, always demand perfection in them.

mind the walrus
Sep 22, 2006

Admiral Ray posted:

This is always a winning move. Be tolerant in all things other than relationships, always demand perfection in them.
Relationships never involve compromise or uncomfortable conversations. This is true.

Doc Hawkins
Jun 15, 2010

Dashing? But I'm not even moving!


my sister-in-law stole a baby

quote:

The baby is her grandson. But he's not hers.

Her son and his girlfriend are both fuckups. He's got several warrants out (for drug charges) and she's an alcoholic/meth user/who knows. Neither of them work. It's not a stellar situation to bring a baby into. But, she got pregnant, and they decided to keep the baby.

Except between his warrants and her substance abuse, they were deeply concerned about continuing to get prenatal care or having the baby in the hospital. So, as any reasonable person would do, they boarded a Greyhound bus when she was about 37 weeks pregnant and drove across the country to his mom's. See, she's helped deliver some babies alongside a midwife before, so that should be fine.

SHOCKINGLY, the baby was born apparently healthy and without incident. But the girlfriend started drinking again, passing out in the house, and of course neither of them were working or making any effort, so my SIL had a great idea.

That idea was blackmailing her son into signing a letter saying it was okay for her to take care of the baby and then putting her son and his girlfriend on a bus going back across the country. While she kept the baby.

For whatever reason, possibly because babies are hard, she decided after a few weeks she needed a break or something and made her daughter drive across four states to pick up the baby and take him for a while. This has lasted about a week. Apparently, SIL is planning to drive up and pick up the baby again.

They're worried he might be showing signs of some neurological disorder now (or it could be from traumatic separation, but what do I know?). But I'm fairly sure this baby hasn't seen a real doctor, or had a real exam, or...even had his birth registered.

I don't know if any of this is illegal, but it makes me deeply uncomfortable. I worry so much for that poor baby, and how badly this is affecting him now and will affect him down the line. I don't know if calling child services is the right thing, but I am absolutely sure that doing so will mean my spouse's side of the family will never speak to us again, and I don't want to do that if my spouse isn't 100% on board with that.

That side of the family does some pretty batshit stuff, and I've gotten pretty numb to it. Maybe this is a very normal thing people do with babies, but I don't think it is.

There's an extra, personal wound for us, too. We're hoping to start a family soon, but can't afford the fertility help we need, so...can't. And then these fuckers here can spit out a baby without any effort and then my in-laws can play hot potato with him.

anyway thats my e/n story thanks

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Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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maskenfreiheit posted:

My [27 M] with my Fiance [26 F] off 6 years found my hardcore porn. Where do we go from here?


The only proper response to a partner "melting down" over porn use is putting on your best :smug: and saying "I can give you the name of a good CBT therapist who can help you deal with these emotions"

One of my most intense middle-school memories was my dad holding me down while my mother read my internet forums post history (not here) while they both laughed in my face about me pretending to be a college student who was smart and knowledgeable while I was in reality about 13 years old. anyway I hope that this guy some day experiences something as utterly humiliating as that.

later they felt so bad about it they bought me my own computer (I'd accidentally kept the window open on my mom's computer when I went to go do something) which imho was the wrong move. let the shame guide you away from bad places, and bad choices :colbert:

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