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Theophany
Jul 22, 2014

SUCCHIAMI IL MIO CAZZO DA DIETRO, RANA RAGAZZO



2022 FIA Formula 1 WDC

Barudak posted:

Assuming the kid isnt like freebasing his siblings panties or something his relationship with everyone in his family is done and he should start working on becoming a rugged individualist who can convincingly say they were an orphan

Gramps gonna stump up for his first copy of Atlas Shrugged.

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Blade Runner
Aug 14, 2015

I mean honestly just bang on their loving door until they tell you

What are they gonna do, call the cops and tell them they abandoned their underaged child

Pvt.Scott
Feb 16, 2007

What God wants, God gets, God help us all

Ghost Leviathan posted:

Unfortunately, homeless people are by far the most likely to know what they're talking about.

This is also why poor people are more generous with charity on the whole. They know, man.

Ouhei
Oct 23, 2008

:minnie: Cat Army :minnie:

Blade Runner posted:

I mean honestly just bang on their loving door until they tell you

What are they gonna do, call the cops and tell them they abandoned their underaged child

This is what I'd be doing if I was him. Assuming he's not leaving out something terrible he did that they could have found out about (and honestly, why make a thread on reddit if you know that's what's happening) the whole thing is bizarre as gently caress and I'd be pounding on their door until they told me what the poo poo was going on.

wilderthanmild
Jun 21, 2010

Posting shit




Grimey Drawer

quote:

Not to blame you, but you're a fifteen year old boy - do you look at porn? I could totally see this as an overreaction to incest porn. Similarly, I could see this as a reaction in some families if they thought you were gay, or leaving the family's church, doing drugs, or otherwise upsetting the status quo.

quote:

None of those except porn and even that I always use private/incognito. But my sisters watch porn and parents are cool with it. So I don't think it's that.

He does happen to leave out whether or not he looks at incest porn, but thinks his parents are cool with porn.

Meme Poker Party
Sep 1, 2006

by Azathoth

Milotic posted:

My [M34] brother is 32 years old and on divorce #3. He's already dating a new girl who's 21, and she's pregnant.

lol

Man he got the latest girl to drop out of college for this too. Dude is a serial owner.

Barudak
May 7, 2007

Chomp8645 posted:

lol

Man he got the latest girl to drop out of college for this too. Dude is a serial owner.

Hes owning his brother too because that dope is trying to be involved in those kids lives

tactlessbastard
Feb 4, 2001

Godspeed, post
Fun Shoe

wilderthanmild posted:

He does happen to leave out whether or not he looks at incest porn, but thinks his parents are cool with porn.

There's nothing inherently wrong with a 17F or a 18F partaking in porn but it speaks volumes about a hosed up lack of boundaries in that household if their 15 yo brother knows about it. There's no telling what he thinks is normal

Meme Poker Party
Sep 1, 2006

by Azathoth

Barudak posted:

Hes owning his brother too because that dope is trying to be involved in those kids lives

TBH it sounds like that dude is the biggest winner of anyone in the story, it's just that he's winning at the game of being a nihilistic bozo who fucks a lot. Meanwhile everyone else is losing at the game of "don't drop out of school, get impregnated, cheated on, and abandoned" or "don't get stuck trying in vain to provide stability for my idiot brother's expanding trash brood."

AfricanBootyShine
Jan 9, 2006

Snake wins.

Finding your older sibling's porn stash or uncleared history is a near universal experience, mate.

dudeness
Mar 5, 2010

:minnie: Cat Army :minnie:
Fallen Rib

Milotic posted:

My [M34] brother is 32 years old and on divorce #3. He's already dating a new girl who's 21, and she's pregnant.

quote:

(in practice there's a lot less security involved than facilitating backroom activities between strippers and clients, which he takes a cut of, and which is also under the table.)
.....
And apparently the girl will soon be working at the strip club too, while pregnant!! That was his solution to his money troubles instead of, I don't know, getting himself a real loving job!

LadyPictureShow posted:

quote:

Now he's working at a strip club where his "unofficial" duties include hooking up girls to wealthier clients who want a "VIP" experience

I feel bad for the pregnant 21 year old that is soon to be pimped out by her garbage boyfriend (possibly fiancee/husband by now).

Barudak
May 7, 2007

How do you think the brother detects them? Is it scent based? Could we have him walking up and down airport security lines to detect terrible decision makers with a shirt reminding people not to pet him?

spookykid
Apr 28, 2006

I am an awkward fellow
after all
There was a theory put about that a parent was abusing one or both of the sisters and there are current legal proceedings going on. Him being a product of an affair is also a strong theory.

Dienes
Nov 4, 2009

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College Slice

Megillah Gorilla posted:

Love the ones that are also mysteries.

EDIT: drat it.

Double edit: He posted another thread


Best theory in the thread so far is that his father just found out the boy's not his. Of course, this is all with no info, but barring the kid leaving out incriminating info - and he swears he isn't - no one has a clue what this could be.

Also, he got a friend to have a look at his house and she said it all seems normal from the outside.

My first thought was one of his sisters got knocked up and they are kicking him out since he can't keep his mouth shut. No one is telling him because it doesn't involve him directly.

tactlessbastard
Feb 4, 2001

Godspeed, post
Fun Shoe

AfricanBootyShine posted:

Finding your older sibling's porn stash or uncleared history is a near universal experience, mate.

I don't have an older sibling :shrug:

A Wizard of Goatse
Dec 14, 2014

idk about all the conspiracy theories when the simple and obvious explanation is they're setting him up to discover a friendly ghost or a magical cupboard or something

Barudak
May 7, 2007

A Wizard of Goatse posted:

idk about all the conspiracy theories when the simple and obvious explanation is they're setting him up to discover a friendly ghost or a magical cupboard or something

Sorry this is 2018 so this is actually the origin story of the maker of the cabinet that another kid will discover in the Bildungsroman shared universe series of films

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

AfricanBootyShine posted:

Finding your older sibling's porn stash or uncleared history is a near universal experience, mate.

I'm lucky enough that if my older sister watched porn as a teenager (she was a goody-goody teacher's-pet type so maybe she didn't) she was at least really good at hiding it

LadyPictureShow
Nov 18, 2005

Success!



My fiance's father committed suicide not long after a dream about a creature:"It" said she's is next

quote:

I was told to post here from my post in the r/paranormalhelp forum so hopefully I can find help here.

Okay so how do I start. My fiance has had a lot of past trauma (sexual,verbal, and physical abuse) which has caused her severe depression, suicidal thoughts, disassociation, and more. Her father suffered from Schizophrenia and ended up committing suicide when she was 18 years old (now 25).

I've always been skeptical about her paranormal experience, but after being with her for 4 years with her immediate family also having experiences, and one of my own because of her, I have to be open minded. Especially for her safety.

So she has always talked about seeing a dark figure since she was a child, and that it has popped up every now and then throughout her life. Her father had mentioned seeing the same thing. Right before her father committed suicide she told me that he had a dream he told to her about. In that dream a dark figure was chasing him, and caught up to him and killed him. As he was dying, he remembers that the creature than said it was coming for her next. She said he told her this dream only a few weeks or months before he committed suicide by hanging himself.

We have gone to therapy and she is currently on ALOT of meds just so she can get through the day. She is the 1 person who has had problems with every mood stabilizer she has been prescribed and her psychiatrist is running out of options. Today I found a note she wrote that she is going to give to her therapist and I read it. She talks about how she doesn't feel happy anymore about anything, keeps hearing things and having suicidal thoughts, and just feels like giving up and every day is just hard.

I don't know if this "figure" is a way for the brain to materialize and try to make sense of depression or schizophrenia or just a "bad feeling". Or if there truly is something weird going on... She's been tested for Schizo but isn't and so I just have no idea what to think.

A little bit about us: I'm a successful illustrator and game designer, I work every day and great things are coming out of my work, we have both finished art school, she currently has a great internship at an art museum, and we are saving up while living at my parents house while I'm getting my graphic novel published. So we aren't doing bad or are lazy people with too much time or reasons to be depressed or sad.

I know it sounds weird and I wouldn't believe it either, but seriously, that dream she told me about terrifys me. I don't know what to do. We have tried everything with medicine and therapy, but it's just not working and this "dark figure" seems like its really getting closer... metaphorically as in her depression and suicidal thoughts is getting worse, but could this thing really be "A thing" that is after her like her father said?

If anyone can help or give advice about what to do, I would seriously appreciate it. I don't know what to do because all I can say is everything is going to be okay, but I know it's not because it's getting worst. This is all crazy to me honestly, but I want to be open minded so I can figure something out. Please help us out with whatever tips, resources, or service. Please don't come at me with a bullshit you're wanting to sell. I need serious advice and tips.

TLDR: My fiance's father had a dream about a dark shadow creature killing him and then saying it was coming after my fiance. He committed suicide a couple of weeks after, and my fiances depression and suicidal thoughts have gotten worse since 8 years ago when it happened. I need advice or help since we have already tried therapy and psychiatrist

Mental illness is a hell of a thing. :smith:

dudeness
Mar 5, 2010

:minnie: Cat Army :minnie:
Fallen Rib

LadyPictureShow posted:

My fiance's father committed suicide not long after a dream about a creature:"It" said she's is next


Mental illness is a hell of a thing. :smith:
That's really depressing and I can't think of anything funny to say, so I went to the post he made on r/paranormalhelp to see how helpful the comments were.

quote:

Spiritually speaking, you can cleanse someone of negative attachments using an egg. Essentially you move the egg over their body making little crosses top to bottom, making sure to get the soles of the feet and then dispose of the unbroken egg away from the house. This may help or at least provide some comfort. Your fiance may also want to consider genetic testing to see which psychotropic drugs may work best for her. There are a few tests on the market now that specialize in this and most insurances cover it. Genesite is one brand. For some of the people I have talked with this information has been life changing when it comes to medication management, especially if they have tried multiple medications without success

quote:

It might sound ridiculous but have you tried burning sage? If there is anything paranormal happening then with the right sage and certain prayers, it could help. It could also have a placebo effect on your fiancee. For arguments sake let's say that her past piled on top of her father who committed suicide, that could send the strongest human being on Earth to have a sort of break down. Maybe if you saged the place and told her that it was highly recommended or something to that effect, maybe she'll want to believe so badly that it worked that it actually does. I've ALWAYS believed in mind over matter. If her mind thinks this could help, then it will. My mother attempted suicide after my sister died and it broke me. She was found and had her stomach pumped and went on to recover, mostly, but she didn't die. I also dont have a past history of abuse. I cant imagine the pain that poor girl must be in day in and day out. You sound like an awesome guy to stand by her side through all of it when A LOT of other "men" would jump ship at the 1st sign of trouble. I have immense respect for you and the work you're doing to help your fiancee. She is lucky to have such a stand up gentleman in her life!!!

quote:

I had a relative with similar mental issues, and I'm not a doctor but is she lacking in her B vitamins? B-complex with B12, Niacin, etc might be helpful, too. Also, a gut probiotic like Culturelle, since we have a secondary emotional "brain" in our gut. Nutrition is one thing many overlook when it comes to mental health issues.

Regarding metaphysical, tourmaline crystals I heard were good for spiritual protection by placing them at the corner of a room or place (a protective grid), bathing with sea salt soap or at least washing hands in sea salt soap; and asking for help and healing from Archangel Michael through prayer/meditation. Also, burning a white candle, and positive meditation imagining oneself in protective golden-white light.

I've dealt with various mental hurdles and metaphysical phenomena, and one can affect the other greatly. Hope she gets better for sure! ;-)

Pvt.Scott
Feb 16, 2007

What God wants, God gets, God help us all

LadyPictureShow posted:

My fiance's father committed suicide not long after a dream about a creature:"It" said she's is next


Mental illness is a hell of a thing. :smith:

Call of Cthulhu ARG sounding pretty lit

LadyPictureShow
Nov 18, 2005

Success!



dudeness posted:

That's really depressing and I can't think of anything funny to say, so I went to the post he made on r/paranormalhelp to see how helpful the comments were.

Jeez. It’s too bad nobody in r/paranormalhelp suggested ‘I feel the best way to cleanse a negative entity is a stay in inpatient treatment’

This guy in r/relationships started out okay, but...

quote:

Has she had physical tests? Ruled out brain tumours, neurological causes etc? How many different psychiatrists has she seen? How recently? Is she consistent with her medications? Does she drink or smoke weed? How are her exercise, sleeping, and eating routines? Is she seeing and hearing things right now?

Don't be afraid to take her in to emergency. Are there any large psychiatric resources in your area that might have an ER of their own? Don't be afraid to have her hospitalized for her own safety.

There's no reason not to try some kind of supernatural cure, like hanging crosses or smudging the house. Discuss it with her doctors and make sure to find a way to do so without feeding into the delusions. As long as that doesn't happen and you're not pouring money into it I don't see how burning a little sage can hurt

A Wizard of Goatse
Dec 14, 2014

*ask your doctor how to encourage someone who thinks their mental problems are being caused by evil ghost to engage in magical spirit battle without feeding into their delusions

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

Megillah Gorilla posted:

Love the ones that are also mysteries.

EDIT: drat it.

Double edit: He posted another thread


Best theory in the thread so far is that his father just found out the boy's not his. Of course, this is all with no info, but barring the kid leaving out incriminating info - and he swears he isn't - no one has a clue what this could be.

Also, he got a friend to have a look at his house and she said it all seems normal from the outside.
If it's real I would prolly guess that someone in the household prolly got caught with something bad and blamed it on him. Maybe one of his sisters had drugs, maybe his dad had bad porn, etc, whoever got caught pinned it on OP.

Barudak
May 7, 2007

His family are trying to inure him to the reality of living under a totalitarian regime

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost
Is he not American or something

Fuck Your Website
Nov 29, 2003
FUCK YOU, AND FUCK YOUR WEBSITE

Bonster posted:

This is one I really want an update on:

I [15M] have been sent to live with my grandfather [70M] and nobody tells me why. My parents [50M, 45F] don't talk to me and my sisters [18F, 17F] have blocked me.Non-Romantic


Apparently his grandfather won't tell him a thing because it's "not his place to tell him"

Parents clearly found out kid registered an account on comedy website something awful dot com and did the needful

HIJK
Nov 25, 2012
in the room where you sleep

gently caress Your Website posted:

Parents clearly found out kid registered an account on comedy website something awful dot com and did the needful

cruel...but fair

Skutter
Apr 8, 2007

Well you can fuck that sky high!



The secondary emotional brain in my stomach does not appreciate dairy, let me tell you.

Milotic
Mar 4, 2009

9CL apologist
Slippery Tilde

Incoherence posted:

This is from a few pages ago, but no one should actually keep a four day raiding schedule in TYOOL 2018 unless you're literally in one of the top handful of guilds, and even they don't do that for very long.

Also there is literally no universe where raiding is more important than your SO's medical emergency.

Four day raiding wasn’t that unusual back in WotLK when you were progressing on both 25 man and 10 man heroic. I dropped out mid MoP so I have no idea how it works anymore, and I see they’ve turned global PvP off on PvP servers so never going back now if I somehow magically got the time.

Parents [60M, 51F] think me [27M] supporting my sister [19F] through college is "enabling." How do I keep the peace?

quote:

u/ZealousidealRabbit
I'm fortunate enough to be a very high earner and make very good money. So when my sister was thinking about how she'll pay for college, I offered her a deal, as long as she gets excellent grades and gets summer internships, I'll pay for her tuition and living expenses. The money spent here isn't a significant amount for me but I think it's a good investment in my sister's life to make sure she develops a good work ethic and sets herself up for a successful career. I plan to offer the same deal to my younger brother when his time comes, he is 16 right now.

Parents believe this offer should only stand if she studies something they consider useful (unsurprisingly their list of useful majors is very thin and doesn't even include mathematics.) They also want me to include a "lifestyle" condition there, since they're worried she's going to do things they disapprove of in college (duh). They believe this "unconditional" support means I'm enabling her to make mistakes.

I don't share these opinions and I don't plan on controlling what my sister studies. She should go after her own passions and I'll have her back as long as she's taking it seriously and is being successful. Whether it's aerospace engineering or Greek classics, that's up to her (but I know it will probably be computer science, something our parents disapprove of because they're convinced a kid 14-year-old in a basement can learn it better than you do, ridiculous). They've made it clear that going against their wishes here means they'll want to make sure I won't be able to "influence" my brother the way I've done my sister.

But I need to keep the peace because I be around for my little brother too, as he needs me since I'm sure our parents aren't being good influences on him. They often threaten with trouble teen camps for misbehaving and I need to be there to make sure they're not doing anything crazy to my brother and for that I just need to keep the parents happy.

Any suggestions on what to do/say to keep them happy while I do what I do and be able to be around for my brother too?

tl;dr: I plan on supporting my siblings (sister now, brother in 3 years) through college and need to be around for them but parents disapprove of how I want to support them and are making it clear that going agains their wishes means reduced access to my little brother. I need a way to keep them happy while doing what I plan on doing.

Fritzler
Sep 5, 2007


ArbitraryC posted:

If it's real I would prolly guess that someone in the household prolly got caught with something bad and blamed it on him. Maybe one of his sisters had drugs, maybe his dad had bad porn, etc, whoever got caught pinned it on OP.
I can kind of see dad having hidden cameras in sisters rooms or something and kid being blamed for it. The only problem is it doesn't totally explain his grandfather saying "it's not my place" to tell you why. I can't think off anything where his sisters both block him AND his grandfather won't elaborate. The comments do say his grandfather has been colder to him than normal though. I'm so curious about this. Hoping for an update.

Mr. Fall Down Terror
Jan 24, 2018

by Fluffdaddy

Milotic posted:

They believe this "unconditional" support means I'm enabling her to make mistakes.

parents who think their children should be flawless and never make mistakes are really loving up their kids. the only way to learn not to make mistakes is to make them and not do it again. its like getting sick. imagine yelling at your flu ridden child about how they need to wash their hands more and its their fault they fell ill. no i'm not going to buy you any soap timmy, it is your responsibility and i dont want to enable your pansy rear end immune system

Arbitrary Coin
Feb 17, 2012

:minnie: Cat Army :minnie:
2nd Battalion

Milotic posted:

Four day raiding wasn’t that unusual back in WotLK when you were progressing on both 25 man and 10 man heroic. I dropped out mid MoP so I have no idea how it works anymore, and I see they’ve turned global PvP off on PvP servers so never going back now if I somehow magically got the time.

Parents [60M, 51F] think me [27M] supporting my sister [19F] through college is "enabling." How do I keep the peace?

Trouble teen camps?

Yeah at this point you help your bro prepare a bug out bag, bus/flight tickets and get copies of his important documents.

Blade Runner
Aug 14, 2015

Milotic posted:

Four day raiding wasn’t that unusual back in WotLK when you were progressing on both 25 man and 10 man heroic. I dropped out mid MoP so I have no idea how it works anymore, and I see they’ve turned global PvP off on PvP servers so never going back now if I somehow magically got the time.

Parents [60M, 51F] think me [27M] supporting my sister [19F] through college is "enabling." How do I keep the peace?

Your parents are fundamentally lovely people who were hoping to control their other kids through money and you are threatening that ability so they're mad

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost
If your kid never makes mistakes then with your excuse going to be to burn their toys?? Come on think it through

Yawgmoth
Sep 10, 2003

This post is cursed!

Milotic posted:

I see they’ve turned global PvP off on PvP servers so never going back now if I somehow magically got the time.
There's no such thing as a PvP or PvE server anymore, you just turn on War Mode and leave it on until you get sick of it. The only people mad about it are the people who got their rocks off to harassing lowbies on their level capped mains; for anyone else it's just "I can only have global PVP against other people who want global PVP".

tactlessbastard
Feb 4, 2001

Godspeed, post
Fun Shoe

Milotic posted:


Parents [60M, 51F] think me [27M] supporting my sister [19F] through college is "enabling." How do I keep the peace?

Making murmuring positive noises towards your parents, don't follow through. Absolutely keep doing what you're doing and if your parents get too pushy or nosy, tell them to go pound sand.

dudeness posted:

That's really depressing and I can't think of anything funny to say, so I went to the post he made on r/paranormalhelp to see how helpful the comments were.

I'm going to need to start an ACE inhibitor after reading that series of posts

Araenna
Dec 27, 2012




Lipstick Apathy

LadyPictureShow posted:

My fiance's father committed suicide not long after a dream about a creature:"It" said she's is next


Mental illness is a hell of a thing. :smith:

He mentions she was tested for schizo, but doesn't say what she's being treated for. He also said they've been through four therapists, two psychs, and had the best one around in the comments. Then said getting her help was therefore insulting as he has already or something. But honestly, six therapists and two docs isn't really a lot before getting a proper diagnosis. I'd been to uh.. 5 or 6 therapists before one said "Hey, yes, you need testing for some stuff that isn't just depression". If you aren't getting better, it doesn't matter if it's the best psychiatrist in the area. You move on to another doctor and hope this one can help. Doctor shopping is so heavily discouraged, but I've met very few people who didn't go through multiple therapists and psychs to get diagnosed properly. Same for lots of people with physical problems as well.

P-Mack
Nov 10, 2007

Fritzler posted:

I can kind of see dad having hidden cameras in sisters rooms or something and kid being blamed for it.

Could have sworn that one got posted. Something like mom went through the computer after dad died and found more videos recorded after the date the son had been blamed and kicked out of the family with no contact for ten years.

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Fritzler
Sep 5, 2007


(MA) late brother's partner suing family for Money posted:

Our brother age 34M died of cancer 9 months ago. He was very successful and left behind money and assets. He also had a Will. My brother was also in a gay relationship for 8 years with a 28M partner. Our family is religious and yes we may not have approved the relationship we still loved our brother. He unfortunately died of cancer and left a will. Left most of the money to his gay partner. They weren't even married. We decided money to be kept within the family and but gave his partner some money. We also paid for brothers funeral and medical Bill's. We thought that was the end of it. But now his ex partner is suing us for the rest of the funds. I don't know how he got hold of the will. My family is still grieving and now this man wants to take us to court. Trying to see how to solve this without involving the court. Thank you for your advice

Update: thank you all for the advice and yes I am very stupid for not realizing how serious this was from the beginning. I am having a family meeting and we will figure out a way to up with money so my we dont make things worse with the law. My brother left us some properties so I will make sure to do the right thing and pay his partner. Meeting with a lawyer soon so I can do this the right way. God bless you all.
Everyone in the comments is telling him that this is a serious crime, but he is mainly wondering how the partner got a copy of the will (probably given to him by his partner of 8 years, but if not its public record in MA anyways). Also claiming that they aren't bigots, and that his entire family deserves money because his parents paid for brothers school.

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