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Sound Mr. Brown posted:how do you not post at least link to the example picture she mentioned, c'mon now it wasn't actually there sorry
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Feels like he could've figured this out by talking to his wife? Like "you are different and I think you might have a mental disorder?" It's not like she was hiding her symptoms, just how deep they went
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Jan 22, 2018 01:20
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Folks are here to inform you that all snooping is bad, redux # 5037
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Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:Another one from the old thread, not funny but quite dark despite there not really being any villains. Tearing up a little.  Drunk Nerds posted:Feels like he could've figured this out by talking to his wife? Like "you are different and I think you might have a mental disorder?" She kept not talking to him at all, though. I don't know, it's really messed up. I hope somehow she got the help she needed.
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Drunk Nerds posted:Feels like he could've figured this out by talking to his wife? Like "you are different and I think you might have a mental disorder?" Well, he said she refused to talk about her opinions or feelings beyond one word answers, so I’m not really sure if that would really do much. This guy’s best bet is probably talking with her parents, since it sounds like they’ve realized something is up too, and working out the best way to get her some help. This one was pretty depressing to read.
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Jan 22, 2018 01:39
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therobit posted:I don't think she could have, honestly. Never give in to tantrums. Child psychologists say you should ignore them when they throw tantrums. That's exactly what I said to do? Well, you ignore tantrums when the tantrums are for something like wanting a specific item or activity. Mom kinda exacerbated the situation by doing the "If you keep that up you'll lose X too" - because that's just going to piss them off more, not quell the tantrum. Which is exactly what happened. Just say no to the toy, ignore the whining and stomping, and tell the mom and sister to shut up.
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I’m [15 M] saving up for a drum kit, but my mom [39 F] will kill me if she finds out.quote:I’m 15 years old, and I’m the least favorite son. I am the middle of three kids, and the only one with a different dad. My mom and siblings dad broke up and she got pregnant with me, then she and my dad split and she got back with their dad. She always makes this known and says she shouldn’t have had me.
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Haifisch posted:I’m [15 M] saving up for a drum kit, but my mom [39 F] will kill me if she finds out. The drums are the least of his problems. Poor kid.
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Jan 22, 2018 01:58
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Haifisch posted:I’m [15 M] saving up for a drum kit, but my mom [39 F] will kill me if she finds out. I'm still going to offer "buy an electronic kit, wear headphones" as the solution, however, I'd like to add a "Yikes" to the backstory
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Jan 22, 2018 02:00
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ArbitraryC posted:it wasn't actually there sorry cheers no worries 
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Haifisch posted:I’m [15 M] saving up for a drum kit, but my mom [39 F] will kill me if she finds out. Based on that title I thought it’d be funny, but yeesh. Poor kid. Seems like he’d be better off using that money to take up drum lessons at a place for a bit before jumping right into buying a kit straight up. At least the mom wouldn’t be able to get rid of his drum lessons.
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Jan 22, 2018 02:04
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Dienes posted:That's exactly what I said to do? I dunno it seems reasonable to me, when my brother or I threw tantrums in public my mom would give us a warning about not only not getting the thing we wanted but losing other stuff, needless to say we stopped.
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Jan 22, 2018 02:07
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I was hoping to find a story about Tide pod eating but instead I found this My [27m] girlfriend [26f] is an Extreme Couponer and it's driving me up the wall. Help! quote:u/couponcarl Who the hell thinks that buying 42 cans of shaving cream is being "good with money"
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Jan 22, 2018 02:17
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girl pants posted:I was hoping to find a story about Tide pod eating but instead I found this It's the tragedy of women who are good at math but were told in school "girls can't do math" so now they torture themselves and others with coupons instead of becoming CPAs.
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I'm 99% sure extreme couponing is just another expression of hoarding disorders. Nobody sane would tolerate 42 cans of shaving cream or a bathroom stacked floor to ceiling with tampon boxes, even if they did save 2 cents a unit.
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Jan 22, 2018 02:21
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Pick posted:It's the tragedy of women who are good at math but were told in school "girls can't do math" so now they torture themselves and others with coupons instead of becoming CPAs. In the sense that she's reenacting those story problems where somebody buys 42 oranges and 54 apples...?
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Jan 22, 2018 02:24
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girl pants posted:In the sense that she's reenacting those story problems where somebody buys 42 oranges and 54 apples...? The IRS took 40 pies! That's four tens! 
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Jan 22, 2018 02:28
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Pick posted:The IRS took 40 pies! That's four tens! And that's terrible! Me [34 F] with my SO [39 M], 1.5 years, dead deer in our yard, kayaking and an elephant in the room. quote:u/Chorechucker
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Jan 22, 2018 02:32
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Pick posted:It's the tragedy of women who are good at math but were told in school "girls can't do math" so now they torture themselves and others with coupons instead of becoming CPAs. i just learned that there's an actual use for gateaux derivatives, in pealmutter's autodiff poo poo lol at thinking what cpa's do is math
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Jan 22, 2018 02:32
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girl pants posted:I was hoping to find a story about Tide pod eating but instead I found this He said they were "free" so sounds like she managed to stack coupons and sales such that she just went to the store and dumped whatever inventory they had out into her cart. I mean I dunno what you're gonna do with 42 cans of shaving cream but it sounds like his issue isn't money but rather the time/space they have to devote to her hobby. as an aside I never really understand how couponers pull it off. I shop mostly seasonally/based on what's on sale and my grocery bill is consistently p low but I've never seen a sale that didn't also specify directly that it didn't work with other sales. Like the absolute best I've seen is picking up meat that's on sale that week + a discount from it being close to the sell-by date, can get some dirt cheap steaks or w/e if you shop at lunch and cook em for dinner, but I've never seen coupons that stack with store sales.
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PetraCore posted:If she really cared about him she wouldn't take him for everything he's got when they get divorced, though. This is what I was thinking too. Even if she realized she's gay, that doesn't mean she doesn't care for her husband. Hell, she may feel bad for him. I can't say for sure because I'm not in the situation but I think if I came out as gay, I'd probably try to make sure my wife gets whatever the hell she wants out of our marriage/divorce.
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ArbitraryC posted:as an aside I never really understand how couponers pull it off. I shop mostly seasonally/based on what's on sale and my grocery bill is consistently p low but I've never seen a sale that didn't also specify directly that it didn't work with other sales. Like the absolute best I've seen is picking up meat that's on sale that week + a discount from it being close to the sell-by date, can get some dirt cheap steaks or w/e if you shop at lunch and cook em for dinner, but I've never seen coupons that stack with store sales. I'm honestly surprised some of the grocery stores around here still do double coupon days, because those must get slammed with couponers.
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girl pants posted:Me [34 F] with my SO [39 M], 1.5 years, dead deer in our yard, kayaking and an elephant in the room. I can't even think about the rest of the story; I just keep wondering about that dead deer in the shed. Why? How?
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girl pants posted:I was hoping to find a story about Tide pod eating but instead I found this I used to have a roommate that did similar things. As far as I could tell, she grew up pretty poor too, but a lot of her behavior struck me as more of an OCD or hoarding thing. Like buying a bunch of things in bulk even though there was no room to put them, keeping things way way past their expiration date that she had no intention of using but wanted to keep around "just in case". It was annoying, but I honestly felt kind of bad for her since it was clear this was probably some sort of anxiety thing. Thank god she was just my roommate though, I don't think I would be able to put up with this sort of thing from an SO.
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I thiiiiink there are couponer communities where they swap stuff so that useless 42 cans of shaving cream is ideally spread out, but maybe I'm just making that up.
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ArbitraryC posted:He said they were "free" so sounds like she managed to stack coupons and sales such that she just went to the store and dumped whatever inventory they had out into her cart. I don't think it's a Good With Money habit to spend hours every night racking up coupons so you can buy 42 cans of shaving cream you won't use, unless you're planning on reselling them and not hoarding them like a discount warehouse dragon.
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girl pants posted:I don't think it's a Good With Money habit to spend hours every night racking up coupons so you can buy 42 cans of shaving cream you won't use, unless you're planning on reselling them and not hoarding them like a discount warehouse dragon. they just need to set up a care package monthly service that follows the x-crate formula, 10 bucks to get a box full of shaving cream, tampons, and cereal shipped to your door. e: and I more meant if she got em all for free with coupon wizardry, which is something some people can do, it's not a waste of money it's just a waste of time/space which is what the OP had a problem with
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ArbitraryC posted:He said they were "free" so sounds like she managed to stack coupons and sales such that she just went to the store and dumped whatever inventory they had out into her cart. I think that sort of couponing is all non-perishables and household items. Like on Extreme Couponing, they have shelves top to bottom with dozens of jars of Ragu and noodles and dryer sheets. You can’t coupon like a hoarder on apples and chicken breasts. If you enjoy eating Easy Mac three meals a day, then extreme couponing might be up your alley, friend! E: I think a few of the coupon nuts are altruistic types and they’ll donate 40 of their 42 cans of shaving cream to homeless shelters or such. LadyPictureShow fucked around with this message at 02:53 on Jan 22, 2018 |
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The only way it's "worth" it is if you're one of the people who immediately resells to Amazon, since that's an actual business if you know what you're doing.
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Haifisch posted:I'm 99% sure extreme couponing is just another expression of hoarding disorders. Nobody sane would tolerate 42 cans of shaving cream or a bathroom stacked floor to ceiling with tampon boxes, even if they did save 2 cents a unit. He should bill her for the space those stupid loving cans of shaving cream take up.
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LadyPictureShow posted:I think that sort of couponing is all non-perishables and household items. Like on Extreme Couponing, they have shelves top to bottom with dozens of jars of Ragu and noodles and dryer sheets. You can’t coupon like a hoarder on apples and chicken breasts. I guess that makes sense, I do that thing where you basically ignore the center of the market and only buy fresh stuff on a lap around the outside. You can still get some crazy good deals if you look for them, I remember getting a 5 pound chicken for a dollar, but even as someone who looks for sales/coupons they always always have small text that says they don't combo. Variety of stores too because my gf and I are the boring kind of people who just like hitting up various grocery stores on the weekend getting cheap produce for the next week.
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You will rarely dramatically outperform buying opportunistically at scratch-n-dent foodstores, with periodic trips to a reasonable grocery for anything you need specifically. And certainly hard to beat for the time investment.
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Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:I don't think keylogging was too far but yeah, I gotta imagine the woman he loved is gone anyway. It's just really sad all around. No idea if there was ever any follow-up. I feel like keylogging would normally be crazy but it depends on what you find. Sure, injecting your husband with a subdermal GPS tracker is assault but when it leads you to discovering his serial killer dungeon, it doesn't really matter.
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Pick posted:You will rarely dramatically outperform buying opportunistically at scratch-n-dent foodstores, with periodic trips to a reasonable grocery for anything you need specifically. And certainly hard to beat for the time investment. Which is why couponer stories always surprise me because I've spent years wasting time getting randomly good deals on stuff from all sorts of grocery stores but have consistently seen that sale's don't stack like the way they describe. They just don't let you combine those sorts of deals.
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Why did you assume I was talking to you specifically
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LadyPictureShow posted:E: I think a few of the coupon nuts are altruistic types and they’ll donate 40 of their 42 cans of shaving cream to homeless shelters or such. You can also write off those donations for the value of the item, not what you paid per se. So it's also a form of tax dodge if you want to go that way.
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I just buy everything at Costco. I have enough toilet paper to last several months.
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costco is good for dairy and paper products but pretty meh if you eat mostly fresh poultry/pork/veggies/fruit.
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Should we [20s, M/F] say something to our roommate about his eating habits? [20M]quote:u/oyasumipunpunch I like Cheez Its but drat
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I mean the alternative is just to go out shopping with your parents every weekend and then they'll buy you all the groceries you want.
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