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Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost

Bobby Digital posted:

A skin ship is also known as a Gein canoe but that may be a regional expression.

Nice

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Smirking_Serpent
Aug 27, 2009

My boyfriend(26 M) asked for an open relationship while we were fighting. An old love interest of him has just come back into his life. I (26 F) said no, but I'm worried.

My boyfriend (26 M) asked for an open relationship while we were fighting. I (26 F) said no, he fought it for a while, and then he decided he wants to be with me and work it out. An old love interest of his has just come back into his life, and he admitted that that played a part in his decision to ask for an open relationship. He was the one who was insistent on a monogamous relationship with me when we started dating. This old love interest had cut him out of her life for years and just initiated contact, so the fact that his feelings were still strong enough to ask for an open relationship is worrying to me. He keeps insisting it was just a bad suggestion, but now I feel like I would be anxious all the time about our relationship. I'd even feel worried about fighting with him, because I fear he'd just run off to her, or some other woman. Am I over reacting? How would you feel in this situation? What would you do?

Edit: So this woman and he never actually dated. They were all 21, and she was the best friend of his girlfriend at the time. The two were very close, and were into each other, but never acted on, at least physically. He opened up about his feelings to his girlfriend during a rough phase (!). Things were hard for some time, but they finally did manage to move on from it. But they broke up later, and this was definitely one of many things that influenced that decision. The other woman decided that her friendship with his ex was more important, and cut him out of her life for two years. She just reconnected online, and it feels like a dam of feelings opened up for him. He said they've "never had a chance to explore their romantic connection". While they were chatting, she said she'd been single for a long time, and he said he "kinda but not really flirted" by responding with "Well drat, you should have told me a while ago when I was single, we could have tried dating then." (Reddit this is flirting, right?) They both laughed about it and went on to talk about other things. He says he feels a little guilty for responding like that. Since then, he's agreed that the suggestion he made was a terrible one, but I somehow feel like he is saying that only because of my hard no, and not because he actually feels that way.

TL;DR: I said turned down my boyfriend's request to open the relationship, which he made while we were fighting. He wants to stay and work on things. But I fear he will resent me, and that I am going to feel very anxious all the time, moving forward. What would you do in this situation?

Veni Vidi Ameche!
Nov 2, 2017

by Fluffdaddy

Smirking_Serpent posted:

TL;DR: I said turned down my boyfriend's request to open the relationship, which he made while we were fighting. He wants to stay and work on things. But I fear he will resent me, and that I am going to feel very anxious all the time, moving forward. What would you do in this situation?

Here is a tip which will save millions of people from heartache, and will also get /r/relationships down to about three posts per week: If your significant other so much as mentions an open relationship, and is more than about 2% serious, sever immediately unless you are 100% into it.

But Rocks Hurt Head
Jun 30, 2003

by Hand Knit
Pillbug

Doc Hawkins posted:


:spinning galaxy resolving into thunkface:

I love that 2/3 of her post is explaining why his impression of her was wrong and she's not a crazy party girl and is totally the person for him, which I'm sure he'll realize when she waltzes back into his life six years later with the explicit intention of wrecking his marriage.

Barudak
May 7, 2007

Open Relationships: It is not by my hand I was once again given flesh. I was called here by human who wish to pay me compersion.

Pete: Compersion? You steal human’s love and make them your slaves!

Open Relationship: Perhaps the same could be said of all relationships!

Smirking_Serpent
Aug 27, 2009

What is a man, but a miserable little pile of texts to younger coworkers?

tactlessbastard
Feb 4, 2001

Godspeed, post
Fun Shoe
Hmm, he did or nearly cheat with this woman during his last relationship how do I save this one :thunk:

Hello Ketene
Dec 30, 2011
I [45F] fear my [24M] son is going to be alone in old age and he won't talk about it.

quote:

My son has always been able to keep a few friends, but I worry as they get married off he will end up all alone. I know he is an adult that can make his own choices and that if he doesn't want to tell me it's his right. However as his mother I don't want him to end up depressed. His father also agrees with me that our son needs to put himself out there more and put real amounts of effort into dating. It's just been hard for some reason to convince our son to date and we are really worried he will be alone one day.

I mean even now he doesn't seem happy with life living at home and even though he has talked about moving out more in the last two years I don't think he will take care of himself. Such as food, clothing and other needs without a wife to help out. The reason being he moved out four years ago and within a year lost 40 pounds becoming quite dangerously under weight because of his refusal to buy anything but bread and water to consume dispute having some basic cooking skill. So I told him he needed to come back for his health if nothing else. Also I never wanted him to move out until he gets married and I still feel he shouldn't try living on his own until finding a good dependable wife.

The issue is I don't think he can deal with women his own age and is afraid of them. Because every time we are out he treats all women well other than those a few years younger or older than him. The comments he makes when interacting with them are noticeably colder than with other strangers. One of the most bizarre encounters was when he was still in collage. I asked him to come with me to a store and some random girl approached him. She started the conversation asking my son what his name was and then wanted his phone number. This all seemed to greatly unsettling to him as he kept his end of the conversation very short and didn't answer her until I politely suggested he write down his phone number.

After he wrote on a notepad I realized he gave her my number instead of his. Got a call from her the next day and I had to explain my son didn't give her his phone number, but mine instead. He then told me the whole situation had made him uncomfortable and that I had put him on the spot. So I apologized, but thought it was strange he didn't want my help as the girl seemed cute enough that he shouldn't have any reason to reject her like that.

Then last year seeing his on going lack of motivation I signed him up for a dating site and on his behalf gave a girl his email address, phone number and street address to make her feel safe. At first he wasn't happy about it when he found out, but after I insisted my son that he should try he dated her for a week. I don't really understand why but things didn't really work out and my son was angry with me over the calls and emails he got from this girl begging him to come back. Seeing the messages myself I tried to tell him that girl wasn't normal, but he didn't seem to agree.

My son didn't always act this way though as when he was 12 he did manage to gain the friendship of a girl his own age. The issue for him was that she wanted to be his girlfriend and my son wasn't conformable with that understandably being only 12. I thought he was too young for such a relationship, but really at that age kids like to pretend so I didn't say much. However after a few months of having her over I didn't feel conformable with how affectionate his girlfriend was getting. My son often looked confused telling me he wanted to keep the friendship, but didn't feel conformable with being kissed and hugged so often. I said he should assert himself and tell her that he really just wants to be friends, but he said he couldn't be mean. So I called her parents who were very religious telling them why I didn't feel conformable and they made sure she couldn't talk to my son before moving out of state within a month. I found it odd they were unaware of their relationship as whenever I came to pick my son up from school everyone there knew they were together.

At first my son seemed a bit down and wondered why I called her parents. But really it was all for the best as her parents did have a right to know it wasn't a standard friendship at this point and my son didn't really mind once a month or so passed. Still I worried what might happen next time so I told him he couldn't date anyone until he was much older a number of times.

By the time my son entered high school I had forgotten what I said until asking him one day if he planned on trying to meet girls at school. He told me becoming friends with girls wasn't a good idea because I told him not to date until he was 30. When I told him that wasn't what I meant he became indifferent and said guys were easier to be friends with. It worried me at the time because my first thought was my son was gay and at a higher risk of getting aids or other STD. Then his sister told me that my son has been telling people he is asexual. I had to look this one up on the internet because I thought it was some type of slang for being gay or homosexual.

Once I learned what this term meant I found the idea absurd upon first glance. Not to disrespect anyone here it's just the idea seemed very alien to me as it was the first time I ever heard of it. My son then told me about it when I asked him, but I didn't really believe it so I checked his computer when he was in the bathroom one night. That was an eye opener for me and confirmed my son was straight to his dismay when I had him delete it all before grounding him for a week while taking the phone, computer and game system away during that time.

I thought after that he would reconsider trying to meet girls, but he then suddenly became religious and claimed he was going to live a pure life without as he called it the temptation of the flesh. My son quoted bible verses for some time when I told him I was worried he was going to be alone, before just telling me he was going to live life his way. I wanted to know why he is so against dating and marriage, but it's one topic he avoids being open about. Anything else he is perfectly willing to explain his reasons, but when it comes to dating and marriage his answer is a brief reply telling me he isn't interested.

TL;DR My son is hostile to the idea getting married or going out with women and won't explain why. As a mother it's very concerning and I want to talk this issue though with him. It's clearly more than commitment issues or anxiety as he is quite adamant in his indifferent at times rude behavior toward women his own age. I fear he will end up depressed and alone if he doesn't change his mind about relationship's.

Salty Josh
Jul 13, 2016

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world, I feel like I can't take it, and my heart is just going to cave in.
Nap Ghost

Esoteric Scientist posted:

I [45F] fear my [24M] son is going to be alone in old age and he won't talk about it.

Same.

Ham Sandwiches
Jul 7, 2000

Esoteric Scientist posted:

I [45F] fear my [24M] son is going to be alone in old age and he won't talk about it.

The son's problem is the 45 year old living not only her life but his life too

I like how when she thought he was straight she broke up his relationship by interfering and then told him not to date, then she became concerned about the lack of dating and thought he was gay, so she started worrying about how he'll get AIDS and went snooping on his pc. When she went snooping thinking he was gay, she found out he was straight by finding porn and punished him for it, and now is concerned that he is not interested in romance.

Like at each point her biggest concern is "what if he's making poor decisions" instead of the way that she is raging nuclear war on this kid

Ham Sandwiches fucked around with this message at 03:42 on May 30, 2018

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost
Estás minute natural most of the apps eggs. If mother, and stay up a Heister car before it very honest. It comes from a place of concern, the DeLuth not through the clocks do it with me without them.

But Rocks Hurt Head
Jun 30, 2003

by Hand Knit
Pillbug

quote:

worried me at the time because my first thought was my son was gay and at a higher risk of getting aids or other STD. Then his sister told me that my son has been telling people he is asexual. I had to look this one up on the internet because I thought it was some type of slang for being gay or homosexual.

Man, that lede was buried loving deep

Salty Josh
Jul 13, 2016

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world, I feel like I can't take it, and my heart is just going to cave in.
Nap Ghost

Pick posted:

Estás minute natural most of the apps eggs. If mother, and stay up a Heister car before it very honest. It comes from a place of concern, the DeLuth not through the clocks do it with me without them.

English. I your understand don't

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost
apple

But Rocks Hurt Head
Jun 30, 2003

by Hand Knit
Pillbug
appies

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost
nO

Ham Sandwiches
Jul 7, 2000

My (21f) close friend (18f) is dating a 38 year old man and I don't know how to warn her about it

quote:

My friend met this man through Tinder (my fault because I showed her the app) and got a few fun dates from it. She then matched with this 38 yealt old man (because she was joking around with the app) and he somehow got her interest.

Now, my friend is known for being impulsive and doing stupid stuff just because she can.

He's odd to say the least. They went on a first date and he was very particular about what she had to wear and how and what to eat. So much to the point that he bought her make up and clothes to change to and put on (and she obliged??) He also told her upfront he wanted her to be skinnier and at the end of the date he asked her to be his gf? She accepted (?)

They've been gf and bf for a week now and today I went with her to the mall because she wanted to buy lingerie for him (a very specific one too). And I suddenly got really concerned for her because she hasn't done anything but kissing before and she told me that he tried to finger her before and it hurt so bad she cried. I told her not to get alone with him again and she isn't listening.

And even though they are technically 2 concenting adults I just can't stop thinking this is wrong and she's just a kid?

I have talked to her with some friends but it doesn't seem to help the situation, what should I do?

TL;DR: the dude is creepy as hell and controlling. He makes me scared for her, she won't listen to me or any of her other friends advice. What should I do or say?

I bolded the parts that make her a really great friend. The best app to introduce your 18 year old, inexperienced virgin friend to is tinder. Well done.

LadyPictureShow
Nov 18, 2005

Success!



Ham Sandwiches posted:

My (21f) close friend (18f) is dating a 38 year old man and I don't know how to warn her about it


I bolded the parts that make her a really great friend. The best app to introduce your 18 year old, inexperienced virgin friend to is tinder. Well done.

quote:

He's odd to say the least. They went on a first date and he was very particular about what she had to wear and how and what to eat. So much to the point that he bought her make up and clothes to change to and put on (and she obliged??) He also told her upfront he wanted her to be skinnier and at the end of the date he asked her to be his gf? She accepted (?)

There isn’t a loving :aaaaa: large enough to encompass the internal screaming within my heart right now.

LimburgLimbo
Feb 10, 2008

Hellblazer187 posted:

What the gently caress is skinship?

Barudak posted:

It is a weird translation of an asian term that encompsses all forms of physical intimacy between two individuals, ranging from hand holding to actual loving.

Basically in summary, this dudes wife is the basketball hoop at the all-star game dunk contest and this dude is just finally getting an idea that the NBA might exist

It's originally a Japanese term and a pretty commonly used one, and through Japanese it also became used in Korea. For both of them it's rendered as close to the English as possible in each language.

The origin is apparently some term one American lady made up during discussion at a World Health Organization seminar in 1953, and a Japanese child psychologist liked it so he brought it back and used it in him books. It was originally used in the context of physical intimacy with children and how it affects their development, etc. but at some point it spread to physical intimacy between adults as well. Generally it have overtly sexual overtones, but "skinship" between adults obviously can be flirtatious depending on the context. Because the actual term was coined by an American, but only became popular in Japan and then Korea, it's debated whether or not the term is English in origin or Japanese.

Edit: Is should note that in Japanese it's generally not used in overtly sexual contexts, but could have different nuance in Korea. Also it's not really a translation, so much as the Japanese and Korean versions are transliterations of the original English term.
Japanese: スキンシップ Sukinshippu
Korean: 스킨십 Seukinsip

LimburgLimbo fucked around with this message at 04:18 on May 30, 2018

Peaceful Anarchy
Sep 18, 2005
sXe
I am the math man.

But Rocks Hurt Head posted:

Man, that lede was buried loving deep
Look deeper.
From the comments:

quote:

The replies I've gotten here are just beyond horrible. I have worked my butt off and tried to do what I thought was right. As I was raised to believe everyone needs a life long partner even if they aren't rich or the most popular. Yet people are attacking me with such crude foul language.

My son knows how to cook,clean and pay bills etc. It's just he doesn't do well by himself as he fell apart once the room mate left and keeps believing he is over weight when the doctor's say otherwise.

I thought it was possible for me to relate on some level to this igen or whatever it's called now, but it's too alien and trashy for me.

Baronjutter
Dec 31, 2007

"Tiny Trains"

Ham Sandwiches posted:

Ok this is maybe too many in a row but I don't understand why this lady is with this dude, I'm not seeing any upside, and the whole "I'm confused, what should I do" tone is hard to reconcile with the content

I (26F) am seeing someone (38M) who has a weird relationship with his mom. Not sure if this is actually normal or if I should take this is a big red flag


If he's really not a stay at home brokeass despite literally living in his basement and being at mom's beck and call and is in fact the charming life of the party as she claims then it sure seems like something hosed up is happening

The mom thing is weird but stay the gently caress away from gamblers. They will 100% destroy your family finances sooner or later.

Bored
Jul 26, 2007

Dude, ix-nay on the oice-vay.

Esoteric Scientist posted:

I [45F] fear my [24M] son is going to be alone in old age and he won't talk about it.

Jfc, lady. Leave your volcel son alone. No wonder he thinks women are awful. Reading your poo poo makes me uncormfable.

Peaceful Anarchy posted:

Look deeper.
From the comments:

She's given him an eating disorder. Good job, over-controlling, under-educated mom.

Bored fucked around with this message at 05:52 on May 30, 2018

Anony Mouse
Jan 30, 2005

A name means nothing on the battlefield. After a week, no one has a name.
Lipstick Apathy
I [28M] saw my girlfriend [20F] online on a dating site. She says it's no big deal and I'm overreacting. Am I?

quote:

I was having a guy's night last weekend and one of my buddies had just joined an online dating site (the same one I met my gf on). He was browsing on his phone and I saw my girlfriend was online on the site at midnight on a Friday night.

She says she just goes there to "check on stuff" from time to time and that I'm just trying to pick a fight. My thinking is that literally the only reason I can think of to go to the site is to find dates, which is what she must be doing. She's adamant that she did nothing wrong and that I'm overreacting and it's really putting a strain on our relationship.

I started out thinking I am totally justified in being mad, but now am not sure. I don't want to ask this question from my friends/family because I know what they'll say, so am hoping for some neutral opinions here. Am I justified in being hurt/angry about this?

TL;DR Saw my gf online on a dating site when my buddy was browsing the site with his phone. She says it's no big deal. Am I justified in being hurt/angry about this?

Like, she might have a leg to stand up if she owned up to it being a suspicious and lovely thing to do instead of doubling down on defending it. According to the comments he already Pete'd her. :horse:

bonus round:

I (27F) sucked off another guy (18M) while my BF (32M) hosed me.

quote:

I've been with my boyfriend for almost 3 years. We've had threesomes with other women before (he learned I was bi and suggested it, saying it was hot). He recently suggested I suck someone off while he fucks me.

It literally just happened. And I don't know what to think about it. I thought I'd feel more guilty about it, but I honestly don't. But what if he decides to get jealous? What if he decides that seeing me with another guy is reason enough for him to cheat on me (which he's done once in the past and swears it will never happen again).

I just don't know. What do I do?

TL;DR: I get that its the rules, but not sure how my post is too long to read. Either way, I sucked another guy's dick while my boyfriend hosed me. Basically the title of this thread, lol.

Came for the humblebrag, stayed for the buried lede(s).

My Imaginary GF
Jul 17, 2005

by R. Guyovich

Ham Sandwiches posted:

My (21f) close friend (18f) is dating a 38 year old man and I don't know how to warn her about it


I bolded the parts that make her a really great friend. The best app to introduce your 18 year old, inexperienced virgin friend to is tinder. Well done.

chick introduced their younger friend to tinder so that they could watch younger friend strike out and make fun of them

younger friend found sugar daddy and wants to get her sex on

older friend freaked the gently caress out because holy poo poo humans are sexual creatures what the gently caress did they just unleash

Anony Mouse
Jan 30, 2005

A name means nothing on the battlefield. After a week, no one has a name.
Lipstick Apathy
I’m[26f] my bf’s[25m] second monogamous relationship and he isn’t doing it right

quote:

Lol so..... my boyfriend is used to casually sleeping with his friends or being in open relationships which is totally cool, whatever, but I’m strictly monogamous. We talked that through before we decided to be official, he said he wanted to be monogamous with me. We didn’t talk through boundaries word for word because I figured monogamy implied nothing romantic or sexual with anyone else but me. We went to a party over the weekend and I left early. Ever since that night I’ve had a hunch something was wrong. I’ve been having crazy dreams, and he’s been acting way different. I finally broke down and went through his fb messages and found a convo between him and one of his good female friends. She was telling him to tell me about them kissing that night or she was going to tell me. He didn’t want to tell me, saying it was nothing but friends kissing and that he knew it would bother me if I found out and he doesn’t want to ruin our relationship by telling me. I think he knows it was cheating and he’s trying to hide it under the guise of “friendly kissing”. I don’t think she’s going to go through with telling me on her own, and I know he won’t tell me either so I can’t really confront him on this without admitting I went through his private messages. I don’t even know how to proceed knowing what I know. I can’t tell how mad I am or what I even feel about the situation, but wow it made a hell of a difference reading how bad she felt about it. I can tell he’s struggling carrying this dirty little secret because he’s 100% on edge 24/7, I don’t know if I should wait and see if the guilt chips away at him, or if I should just go ahead and confront him. I don’t even know what I’m doing on here, I guess I just want to see what you guys would do in my shoes and/or other thoughts and opinions on this. Thanks.

Tl;dr- my boyfriend kissed his friend the other night and isn’t planning on telling me because he’s trying to pass it off as friendly kissing and not cheating

LOL at the understatement in the title.

Comedy option: check out of relationship, wait until the guilt crushes his soul and he confesses, tell him you knew all along and dump him. :hellyeah:

datajugend
Jan 15, 2010

:minnie: Cat Army :minnie:
Hey hey heeey it was only some buddy tongue, chill ffs

Veni Vidi Ameche!
Nov 2, 2017

by Fluffdaddy

Anony Mouse posted:

I’m[26f] my bf’s[25m] second monogamous relationship and he isn’t doing it right

Comedy option: check out of relationship, wait until the guilt crushes his soul and he confesses, tell him you knew all along and dump him. :hellyeah:

I like this option, because my first instinct is to side with 26f. On the other hand, I am getting tired of these “He’s totally used to just loving literally every woman he knows all the time without rules or reserations, but we talked about it, and he’s going to be monogamous with me” stories. Half of me is all, “You’re getting exactly what you signed up for. An actual, literal child who has never had a relationship more serious than the one she has with her imaginary tea party guests would have seen this coming from a mile away.”

ArbitraryC
Jan 28, 2009
Pick a number, any number
Pillbug

My Imaginary GF posted:

chick introduced their younger friend to tinder so that they could watch younger friend strike out and make fun of them

younger friend found sugar daddy and wants to get her sex on

older friend freaked the gently caress out because holy poo poo humans are sexual creatures what the gently caress did they just unleash

That's a p odd hot take, I know goons are old and think of tinder as the casual sex app but it's a p common way for college aged people to start dating in 2018. Sounds like older friend is legit concerned a weird older guy is taking advantage of her friend's inexperience.


Esoteric Scientist posted:

I [45F] fear my [24M] son is going to be alone in old age and he won't talk about it.

Mom is overbearing and offensive but it's really not that strange to worry that your virgoon son is missing out on some of the best parts in life. Maybe the dude is legit asexual but personally I'd put more money on him being gay and unwilling to tell his parents about it (for obvious reasons) or just being awkward and anxious in general at the prospect and not wanting to talk with his overbearing mom about it (again for obvious reasons).

Buzkashi
Feb 4, 2003
College Slice
Yeah her whole post is just "wow I really hosed up raising my son, just really beefed it. how can I continue to gently caress up worse?"

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos

ArbitraryC posted:

That's a p odd hot take, I know goons are old and think of tinder as the casual sex app but it's a p common way for college aged people to start dating in 2018. Sounds like older friend is legit concerned a weird older guy is taking advantage of her friend's inexperience.

Might want to strap down, because it seems like MIGF here has taken the hot take train from D&D to dating. And if memory serves correctly, boy howdy, is that a wild ride.

datajugend
Jan 15, 2010

:minnie: Cat Army :minnie:
if my mom made a profile on a dating site for me and just gave girls my info i would probably shut down too

Interests/hobbies:

- family
- helping my mother around the house
- the sun
- mothers smile
- taking the garbage out
- rubbing mothers shoulders
- rubbing mothers feet
- not lookin at porn because i respect my mother
- brushing mothers hairs
- collage
- mother
-swimming with seals (mother helps with hand stuff)

datajugend fucked around with this message at 14:04 on May 30, 2018

Malachite_Dragon
Mar 31, 2010

Weaving Merry Christmas magic
If homeboy is anything like me, it's equal parts various body issues, general insecurity/anxiety, and a firmly deep-seated belief that any person showing interest in me could do so much better than me, and in fact deserves better than to have to deal with my bullshit for any length of time; driving then away is for their own good.

I'm aware this isn't a healthy mindset, yes. :smithcloud:

tactlessbastard
Feb 4, 2001

Godspeed, post
Fun Shoe

Malachite_Dragon posted:

If homeboy is anything like me, it's equal parts various body issues, general insecurity/anxiety, and a firmly deep-seated belief that any person showing interest in me could do so much better than me, and in fact deserves better than to have to deal with my bullshit for any length of time; driving then away is for their own good.

I'm aware this isn't a healthy mindset, yes. :smithcloud:

Here's a pro tip: they don't. They are just as contemptible as you

tactlessbastard
Feb 4, 2001

Godspeed, post
Fun Shoe

quote:

He recently suggested I suck someone off while he fucks me. 

It literally just happened. And I don't know what to think about it. I thought I'd feel more guilty about it, but I honestly don't. But what if he decides to get jealous? 
Sounds like his problem.

La Brea Carpet
Nov 22, 2007

I have no mouth and I must post

Dear Prudie posted:

I’m an ex-military guy using the GI Bill to attend college. I’m looking to enter the tech field and landed a great internship at a well-known tech company. During introductions, I let people know that prior to entering college, I worked in military intelligence and had learned an East Asian language as part of my job. This attracted the interest of a senior project manager in my office who is also an ex-military linguist, but who had learned a different East Asian language. We struck up a conversation, and he revealed that he was working on a “side project” that could use my language skills. Being eager to impress, I readily volunteered, and he asked me to come over to his place that evening. However, when I arrived I was mortified to learn that his “side project” was adding English subtitles to animated porn films for some website he runs! Not wanting to lose the internship, I awkwardly translated a few lines for him, then made up some excuse to leave. Now I have an email from him asking when I am free again to help! I worry if I say no, I’ll risk upsetting somebody who could potentially sabotage my career, but I also don’t want to spend my evenings translating tentacle porn and god knows what else for this weirdo! If I were a woman, I think this would be sexual harassment, but what the hell is this if you’re a guy?

A: This isn’t good news, exactly, but I hope it may prove to be helpful news—you don’t have to be a woman to be sexually harassed at work. Regardless of your gender, what this “is” is wildly unprofessional and totally inappropriate, not to mention a display of bad judgment. I suspect, too, that he asked the intern to help him with this because he felt like he could abuse your precarious employment status in order to get what he wanted out of you. You say that he’s a senior project manager, but not, it sounds like, your direct supervisor. Tell him you’re not going to work on his project again—say this in writing so you have documentation—and you’re not comfortable being asked to help him write subtitles for pornographic films off the clock (what a sentence to have to write). If for any reason he did attempt to retaliate, you’d have such a strong case against him that I don’t doubt for a minute the company would be on your side.

andrew smash
Jun 26, 2006

smooth soul
loving lol, that’s a new one.

Barudak
May 7, 2007

Ugh, now when I see porn with subtitles I gotta salute? Ive only got so many hands!

Apprentice Dick
Dec 1, 2009

datajugend posted:

if my mom made a profile on a dating site for me and just gave girls my info i would probably shut down too

Interests/hobbies:

- family
- helping my mother around the house
- the sun
- mothers smile
- taking the garbage out
- rubbing mothers shoulders
- rubbing mothers feet
- not lookin at porn because i respect my mother
- brushing mothers hairs
- collage
- mother
-swimming with seals (mother helps with hand stuff)

How did you get Mike Pence's Tinder?

Yawgmoth
Sep 10, 2003

This post is cursed!

fruit on the bottom posted:

Eh, what region?
Upstate New York.

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Jeza
Feb 13, 2011

The cries of the dead are terrible indeed; you should try not to hear them.

lmfao

senpai why

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