ArbitraryC posted:

how is several people making fun of the dude who's obviously being abused by his wife a good launching point for "this thread is infamous for blaming the woman no matter what".

it's like literally the opposite of that.

Caganer posted:

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When my brother was 16 and I was 4 my grandmother set aside a share portfolio for us. As soon as we were old enough it was transfered into our own accounts, and it was only four years later that my brother dipped heavily into his and bought a new honda.

I knew about mine for much longer than he did before it became mine, and watched it grow since I understood what it was. By the time I was given full control it was already worth a ridiculous amount because a big portion of it was invested in apple, and I'm torn on using the funds locked up as they are, because Dad drilled it into me to leave it to grow until I'm forty something.

I don't talk much with my brother, he's done some stupid things to the family over the years and I didn't really grow up with him so all I usually hear about his life comes through dad. His new girlfriend works in law though, and I've received a formal letter from them both that the investments my grandmother made were designed to be for both of us to use not just for me alone, and his was only around $15000. The number is right but mine was only worth that at the time he spent it too. They want half of the value of mine now and his girlfriend has informed me if I don't give them access then the legal fees and fines would eat up my half and I'd be left with nothing.

The dividends alone support a huge part of my life and they've saved me a few times. If half of that disappeared it'd set me back years. I know it sounds selfish but I'm really used to having the extra income back me up when I've wanted to move. I've lived in four states by my own choice and I want to move and take in more before I settle down, if I ever do.

How likely is it they'll win and leave me with nothing? As far as I know there was no paperwork or will just my grandmother's word. She set up my brother's accounts when he turned 19, but she gave them to dad at the same time as my brother got his, and dad transfered the whole lot to me six years ago. For my share I have all the logins, the trading accounts and bank accounts are in my name, and the shares are all solely in my name too. Should I find my own lawyer and if I need one what kind do I need? I have an accountant I've used for years but this doesn't seem like an accounts problem but a law one.

Khorne posted:

I want to see an update to this so bad. I'm really curious about the parking spot situation. If she has no right to sell the spots her husband can still be a dick and tow, but he can pursue legal poo poo which will be drawn out and annoying.

CheesyDog posted:

[CA] Grandmother gave my brother and me an equal share portfolio each in the late 90's when we were kids. Brother sold his when they were worth a car. I left mine in and now they're a substantial amount. Brother and his girlfriend want my half now.

Khorne posted:

I want to see an update to this so bad. I'm really curious about the parking spot situation. If she has no right to sell the spots her husband can still be a dick and tow, but he can pursue legal poo poo which will be drawn out and annoying.

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I accidentally found a folder with these drawings at her place the other day. She had already left for work so I had some time to ... thoroughly study them. They are drawn in manga style, so they read from right to left which took me a short time to figure out. There were three different stories, all involving some sort of plot (in one of them it is mentioned that my girlfriend is out of town to visit her parents so my friend decides to crash at my place, eventually he confesses his love to me and things escalate from there ...) and eventually leading to sex (like full on pornographic drawings), all featuring as the protagonists me and my best (male) friend; she can draw us quite well but also didn't bother to change the names or anything.

I had known that she draws stuff and is quite good at it but I had never imagined that some of it was like this. I guess she likes to imagine me and my friend being ... together? We are kind of close, like we hang out all the time, we even hug sometimes, support and try to cheer the other up when he's feeling down and have even joked about dating each other if we didn't have girlfriends. However these were purely jokes since we are both straight.

And it's silly but I've been reading these three stories and always it's me who's being seduced, like I always get the submissive role. Which really shouldn't bother me that much but to be honest I just don't like that my girlfriend apparently sees me like that.

I'm not sure where to go from here ... Should I confront her about it or just leave it be? I'm also not sure if I should tell my friend about it, we usually tell each other everything but I fear it might weird him out.

tl;dr: Girlfriend draws erotic comics featuring me and my best friend. Not sure whether to bring it up but finding out about it made me feel quite uncomfortable.

CheesyDog posted:

[CA] Grandmother gave my brother and me an equal share portfolio each in the late 90's when we were kids. Brother sold his when they were worth a car. I left mine in and now they're a substantial amount. Brother and his girlfriend want my half now.

CheesyDog posted:

[CA] Grandmother gave my brother and me an equal share portfolio each in the late 90's when we were kids. Brother sold his when they were worth a car. I left mine in and now they're a substantial amount. Brother and his girlfriend want my half now.

Lockback posted:

If the formal letter is really threatening to use legal costs as leverage then he should send it to the bar association. If the girlfriend is a member that is a big no-no.

Palpek posted:

My [23M] girlfriend [23F] of one year draws erotic comics featuring me and my best friend [23M]

loquacius posted:

I've seen both tendencies ITT honestly depending on who's online at what times; what I've concluded it's not really productive to quantify other people's Umbrage Levels compared to one's own.

I'd say that should be an additional Thread Rule but it's not like people ever stopped talking about their own sex lives soooooo

Halser posted:

a genuine western fujoshi, thought those were a myth

Inescapable Duck posted:

Wait, really? I used to know tons of them. They're everywhere. Hell, there was a thread basically about one in PYF.

Halser posted:

a genuine western fujoshi, thought those were a myth

Halser posted:

guess I'm living in the wrong circles then

Khorne posted:

It's depressing she is spending the dividends instead of reinvesting them, but that's another post for another time.

Pick posted:

oh, we're out there. we're out there.

Palpek posted:

My [23M] girlfriend [23F] of one year draws erotic comics featuring me and my best friend [23M]

Pick posted:

oh, we're out there. we're out there.

Halser posted:

guess I'm living in the wrong circles then

Lockback posted:

If the formal letter is really threatening to use legal costs as leverage then he should send it to the bar association. If the girlfriend is a member that is a big no-no.

VanSandman posted:

Pick how many times have you met the gay Nazi centaur lady?

Cough Drop The Beat posted:

Just to set a decent baseline, let's say the investments were made 20 years ago and grandma put $5000 in Apple stock. The Apple stock alone would be worth over $1 million today and it's likely her grandma put in more than that. Which isn't counting the other stock she owns from her grandma. Which isn't counting other investments, income, and 401k she has. She would have made over $11,000 from the Apple dividends in 2017 alone. It really, really doesn't matter if you're spending your dividends if your retirement is sitting on minimum $1 million loving dollars. It's a gift given to her by her awesome grandma too, which is a nest egg she wouldn't have otherwise, so why not have a little fun with the dividends?

Oh yeah, and I'm not factoring in the two separate 2-for-1 stock splits Apple had, so she could be sitting on literally 4+ times that over $1 million dollars minimum. Who cares if she spends her dividends?

Lockback posted:

If the formal letter is really threatening to use legal costs as leverage then he should send it to the bar association. If the girlfriend is a member that is a big no-no.

loquacius posted:

Hell she could even be a receptionist at a law firm, that's technically working in law right?

Do you need a law degree to be a paralegal?

Vargatron posted:

An associates apparently, as evidenced by all the commercials I saw as a kid in the 90s.

Pick posted:

LMAO your brother will get nothing

Inescapable Duck posted:

Wait, really? I used to know tons of them. They're everywhere. Hell, there was a thread basically about one in PYF.

loquacius posted:

Wasn't there a post a while back where a poster bought lottery tickets for all his relatives as gag gifts, but then one of them hit a jackpot, and the OP's wife was causing a rift by demanding a cut of it

bc this lady's brother is that but even dumber because he's just salty he took an early cashout of his own free will. That's literally something Homer Simpson did once.

Vargatron posted:

artistic talent