therobit posted:

Oh my god Cumshitter I normally use the app but I just followed the link in your avatar and that is loving amazing.

Propaganda Hour posted:

I actually had that happen to me about 8 years ago. Our office was moving and all of us interns were packing and moving boxes all day. I must have stood up and turned my body in some weird angle or something and all of the sudden it felt like my testicle was hit with a hammer. I was completed paralyzed by the pain and just yelled for somebody to get me to the ER immediately. Getting to the drat hospital was excruciating because every time my co-worker hit the brakes it felt like my nut was trying to leave my body. Eventually got to the ER and the nurse (a woman in her early 30s probably) used one of those handheld ultrasounds. She couldn't find anything wrong, her guess was that it twisted and then untwisted on the drive in. loving hell that wasn't fun, I can't imagine waiting 24+ hours with something like that and then getting jerked around by the medical staff.

cumshitter posted:

Thank you for sharing my website, I've noticed the analytics going up as well as an uptick in visits to the middle stall of the gay bar men's restroom in which I make my office. This was me just a few moments ago:

Me, speaking through the "business hole:" I see you've made the smart move in purchasing California municipal bonds, getting yourself a tax break at both the Federal and State level. Now, I know the bonds I would put you in have lower yield to maturities, but that's because we only invest in BBB/BAA or what are referred to as investment grade bonds. For example, this San Luis Obispo Petting Zoo Revenue bond is-

*A big, hard, veiny cock slowly pokes out of the other business hole*

Pardon me, I have to take a call. I've been trying to reach another client all day regarding an important matter. Don't look through the "business hole," this should only take a few minutes.

quote:

I know the title sounds ridiculous, but me breaking my toe had caused some issues to come to a head.

My fiance and I have been together a year and a half. We've gone through some tough times together and come out the other end stronger. But yesterday at work, I accidentally pulled a metal door into my foot. My work took me to the doctor, and out turns out I've fractured my big toe. Nothing too major, but I was in a lot of pain and it took five hours to be seen. The doctor there bandaged up my damaged nail and told me to stay home from work Friday. When I was finally able to go home, I called me fiance to let him know what was going on. After telling him about the day, he said "So let me get this straight. You did this to yourself?" This made me burst into tears. Probably not the most mature reaction, but it had been a long, rough day. We ended the conversation shortly after.

I got home about five, and he came home shortly afterwards with a pizza for dinner. He offered to go get a pair of flip flops so I can have a pair of shoes to wear until this bigger bandage comes off. When he gets back from getting the shoes, he is incredibly angry. I ask him what's wrong, and he tells me to just leave him alone and not to talk to him. We spend the rest of the evening in separate rooms, not talking to each other, which is unusual for us.

That brings us to this morning. He woke up before me, and by the time he got done showering and came into the room to get dressed, I was awake. He asked me what I was going to do today, and I said I didn't know. He accused me of moping because I was hurt, which I disagreed with. We both got a little heated. I said it was unfair to say I was moping when I had just woken up and I was still frustrated by his unexplained anger from the night before. He said I needed to get something accomplished today and not blow the whole day.

We went into the living room, and I asked why he was so angry the night before. He said that me getting hurt just reminded him of my pattern. For reference, I used to work at the post office until last year. Partially due to some severe harassment from a manager, I experienced a severe episode of major depression and panic attacks that caused me to miss a lot of work. I got FMLA protection and saw a therapist. Even though I had FMLA, management still tried to fire me. They eventually had to offer me my job back, but by then my fiance and I had moved in together in his city, and we decided I would stay with the job I had gotten there and I would not go back to my city and the post office. Also during the major depressive episode, I got pregnant unexpectedly. We weren't trying, but birth control failure happened, and we decided to keep the pregnancy. I miscarried about 8 weeks along. It was devastating and I'm still not over it. A couple weeks after the first miscarriage, I got pregnant again. We were dumb and didn't realize you could get pregnant before even having a period after a miscarriage. My second pregnancy was lost about 7 weeks in. This of course didn't help my mental health, or allow me to get back to work. It was after the second miscarriage that I moved in with my fiance and got my current job.

I asked my fiance what he meant when he said my pattern, and he said my pattern of missing work. He brought up all the time that I had missed from the post office. He said me getting hurt and work and having to miss a day showed management I was unreliable, and that he and I have very different philosophies on work ethic. I don't think it's fair to bring up probably the worst period in my life as proof I'm unreliable, and I told him I didn't get hurt on purpose, that it was an accident. I can accept that I should have been more careful, but accidents do happen sometimes. He left for work and we didn't resolve anything.

I don't know what to do. I don't like the thought of every time something happens to me, he shows blame or resentment instead of sympathy. If he truly thinks we're so fundamentally different in work ethic and reliability, then this is just going to keep causing issues. Something like this can cause resentment to grow in a relationship, and I don't want that, especially considering we're getting married in about 7 weeks. What should I do here? How do I resolve this?

Tldr; I fractured my toe at work. My fiance thinks this is a pattern of unreliability at work.

Smirking_Serpent posted:

My [46M] older son [17M] is an atheist libertarian. My younger son [16M] is a Christian social democrat. Their political differences are tearing their relationship apart, how can I fix it?

The title sums it up pretty well, but I’ll elaborate a bit. I have two sons, Carter [17M] and Michael [16M]. They both have similar areas of interest- politics, economics, philosophy, etc. When they were both younger, they were both fairly liberal, but as they grew, Carter became increasingly more atheistic, pro-business, and conservative/libertarian, while Michael became more religious and even more liberal.

The thing is, they have opposing viewpoints and personalities. Carter is ambitious, more of a self-described pragmatist and realist than an idealist, overly cold and detached at times, biting and sarcastic, and sees politics as ‘just a game’ that is entertaining but ultimately meaningless. Also believes that ‘if there is no god, there is no morality, and we can do whatever we want’. Michael is compassionate and idealistic, sometimes overly so to the point of being naive, and uses his religion as a foundation point for his beliefs: there is God and morality, therefore it’s our duty to help everyone. He sees politics as the best ‘tool’ to help the masses.

Because of their strong feelings, they’re starting to hate each other and are constantly getting into arguments. Carter sees Michael with contempt, as in he sees Michael as logically defective due to his idealism. Michael sees Carter with dismay, as in he sees Carter as morally bankrupt with his beliefs. So on and so forth.

Obviously I don’t want my sons to hate each other. What can I do to help reconcile their relationship?

Tl;dr: my older son Carter is athiest, more of a libertarian, and a self-described pragmatist. My younger son Michael is a Christian and a social democrat who believes in the government’s responsibility to help all. Due to religious differences, they’ve grown to hate each other. Is there a way to fix their relationship?

Marchofthepenguins posted:

My (27F) fiance (37M) is incredibly angry with me because I broke my toe

FilthyImp posted:

The problem is weddings are expensive as all gently caress and some people feel that they should get the benefit of a spotlight if they're throwing essentially a fancy party for friends and relatives.

It's really just in bad taste to upstage the wedding party.

PHIZ KALIFA posted:

Over 16s have no business fraternizing with under 16s. That's the CreepLine(TM).

Smirking_Serpent posted:

My [46M] older son [17M] is an atheist libertarian. My younger son [16M] is a Christian social democrat. Their political differences are tearing their relationship apart, how can I fix it?

The title sums it up pretty well, but I’ll elaborate a bit. I have two sons, Carter [17M] and Michael [16M]. They both have similar areas of interest- politics, economics, philosophy, etc. When they were both younger, they were both fairly liberal, but as they grew, Carter became increasingly more atheistic, pro-business, and conservative/libertarian, while Michael became more religious and even more liberal.

The thing is, they have opposing viewpoints and personalities. Carter is ambitious, more of a self-described pragmatist and realist than an idealist, overly cold and detached at times, biting and sarcastic, and sees politics as ‘just a game’ that is entertaining but ultimately meaningless. Also believes that ‘if there is no god, there is no morality, and we can do whatever we want’. Michael is compassionate and idealistic, sometimes overly so to the point of being naive, and uses his religion as a foundation point for his beliefs: there is God and morality, therefore it’s our duty to help everyone. He sees politics as the best ‘tool’ to help the masses.

Because of their strong feelings, they’re starting to hate each other and are constantly getting into arguments. Carter sees Michael with contempt, as in he sees Michael as logically defective due to his idealism. Michael sees Carter with dismay, as in he sees Carter as morally bankrupt with his beliefs. So on and so forth.

Obviously I don’t want my sons to hate each other. What can I do to help reconcile their relationship?

Tl;dr: my older son Carter is athiest, more of a libertarian, and a self-described pragmatist. My younger son Michael is a Christian and a social democrat who believes in the government’s responsibility to help all. Due to religious differences, they’ve grown to hate each other. Is there a way to fix their relationship?

Smirking_Serpent posted:

My [46M] older son [17M] is an atheist libertarian. My younger son [16M] is a Christian social democrat. Their political differences are tearing their relationship apart, how can I fix it?

Sagebrush posted:

any teenager whose self-described interests are "economics, politics and philosophy" is a failed person. put them both straight into the garbage and start over.

dudeness posted:

I honestly don't give a poo poo about this as a problem, let him propose dude, so what.

e: Not the post right above mine, the one 2 posts above!

MarcusSA posted:

I love how when stories about teenagers with poo poo stupid rear end views are posted everyone comes busting in here with hot takes as if we all weren't these dumbass teenagers with stupid poo poo views at one point lol.

Guildenstern Mother posted:

Hey whoa, gently caress you. A wedding is an expensive as gently caress party that's supposed to be about bringing all the people you love respect and care about to celebrate a big commitment and to affirm it in front of all those people. You're pretty much getting everyone together to watch you make this big huge promise so that ideally they'll help and support you in keeping it. Co-opting this to have your own personal moment is a horrible move that is indicative of a complete piece of poo poo. Its the exact same mentality that leads MIL's to wear a wedding dress to their children's wedding. I hope you're trolling but its been a long and horrible day and I can't tell anymore.

quote:

Also believes that ‘if there is no god, there is no morality, and we can do whatever we want’

Guildenstern Mother posted:

Hey whoa, gently caress you. A wedding is an expensive as gently caress party that's supposed to be about bringing all the people you love respect and care about to celebrate a big commitment and to affirm it in front of all those people. You're pretty much getting everyone together to watch you make this big huge promise so that ideally they'll help and support you in keeping it. Co-opting this to have your own personal moment is a horrible move that is indicative of a complete piece of poo poo. Its the exact same mentality that leads MIL's to wear a wedding dress to their children's wedding. I hope you're trolling but its been a long and horrible day and I can't tell anymore.

quote:

I honestly don't even know where to start here... I haven't lived at home for the past four years of undergrad because I function better when I'm not around my family all the time. I think and function differently from them, which is something I thought was OK and not a source of conflict until this morning. I'm moving in a month for grad school so I moved back home for the summer to save a bit of money. The entire summer both my siblings and my parents have been very nasty (mostly in the way of exclusionary and passive aggressive behavior) towards me despite minimal confrontation or conflicts occurring. It's been really upsetting but I've tried to push it aside. I've heard them talking about me behind my back on multiple occasions and even seen text messages over my sister's shoulder between her and my mom calling me disgusting and really just trashing me in any way they know how.

I am aware that what I did was wrong / I shouldn't have done it, but my dad went to the grocery store and left his phone at our house. Everyone else was sleeping and morbid curiosity got the best of me, so I opened it (he doesn't have a passcode) and went through he and my mother's texts together. I don't know what exactly I was expecting to find, perhaps a few sparing texts about me, I don't know, but I was completely shocked to find that the majority of their conversations are about how much they despise me. Like this is to the point where they purposely plan family lunches/dinners/movie nights/etc when they know I am working or otherwise busy and invite me even though they know I can't go so that it's not obvious they don't want me in attendance. I'm not even worthy of a name in their conversations, as my dad merely refers to me as "the bitch" and my mother follows suit. My mom says things like "It's so funny how she acts like her life is so great but she can't be genuinely happy because she is the most miserable bitch I have ever met." They say I bring down the mood, I walk into the room and I'm a bitch, etc.

There are also several texts where my dad will message my mom complaining about how annoying I'm being and she will respond saying my sister and brother are also texting her the same thing and they'll laugh about it. So while I'm in the room with my entire family, they are texting about how insufferable I am.

I think the worst thing of all is that my sister outed me to my entire family. I came out to her in December after being closeted for years and it was a very huge step for me to do this as my family is not very supportive of the LGBTQ+ community and I was terrified to tell anyone. I told her I wasn't ready to share this information with anyone and she turned around and told everyone in my family about it. They are "sickened" by my "lifestyle" and have no issue with her mistreating me because she disagrees with my "lifestyle" (yes, that is what they are calling it).

Growing up I was always straight-laced, kept my head down, and did what I was supposed to. I am good in school and got involved with community service/volunteering and excelled in varsity sports. I've also worked since I was fourteen. I pay for all of my expenses and never ask for a thing from my parents. In college I had a 4.0 and I got into multiple top PhD programs straight out of undergrad. I won multiple prestigious awards in undergrad whose ceremonies both my parents never bothered showing up at. I am the black sheep and they abuse me for it.

I know snooping was wrong and I'm not sure what I expected to find doing something like this but drat, this hurts like hell. I've always felt generally ostracized and sort of disliked by my family but I tried to tell myself that it was just my anxiety going into overdrive and brushed it off. But these were not mere hunches, they are true. I feel sick to my stomach and absolutely numb, and I'm honestly not sure how I should proceed from here. Should I try to bring things up with my family? Should I just bide my time for the next few weeks until I move?

TLDR: I knew my family was talking about me behind my back so I read my parents' texts and found horrible messages about me and also found out that my sister outed me to my family.

Smirking_Serpent posted:

I (34M) am crushing for a 18 years old girl.

Marchofthepenguins posted:

My (27F) fiance (37M) is incredibly angry with me because I broke my toe

Marchofthepenguins posted:

I [22F] read my parents' texts and found out my immediate family pretty much despises me.


This honestly kinda sad, but at least from comments it sounds like she's got a good head on her shoulders and is making plans to get out, cut ties with her lovely gay-hating family, and never look back ASAP.

Marchofthepenguins posted:

I [22F] read my parents' texts and found out my immediate family pretty much despises me.

dudeness posted:

Okay I'll admit I'm wrong.

MarcusSA posted:

I love how when stories about teenagers with poo poo stupid rear end views are posted everyone comes busting in here with hot takes as if we all weren't these dumbass teenagers with stupid poo poo views at one point lol.

Marchofthepenguins posted:

I [22F] read my parents' texts and found out my immediate family pretty much despises me.


This honestly kinda sad, but at least from comments it sounds like she's got a good head on her shoulders and is making plans to get out, cut ties with her lovely gay-hating family, and never look back ASAP.

Taima posted:

It is ludicrously intense and weird to not only be marrying someone after a year and change, but to have TWO miscarriages during that brief period and losing jobs, breaking bones, having constant fights etc.

They've managed to pack more drama into one year of dating than most people do in a decade or more.

I want to believe this woman, she's obviously suffering and deserves better, but some people just, due to their mental state, attract constant trouble and their entire life is this Illiad-level odyssey where they are constantly facing the worst challenges known to man. I don't know what causes that, and it's certainly not their FAULT per se, but it's a thing that I've noticed. 10% of the population manage to attract 90% of the drama.

So I kinda get where this guy is coming from. I'm sure he views it as one thing after another, and it's no one's fault, but that has to get tiring and maybe they should just break up if he can't handle the ride.

Bohemian Nights posted:

This is a creative writing subreddit

xtal posted:

A service animal was like the original machine learning algorithm. They can learn to detect fainting, seizures, low blood sugar, basically anything, and detect it sooner than humans most of the time.

Gluten Freeman posted:

Yeah they can be trained to smell whatever chemicals a person lets off in advance of a fainting spell/seizure. It's incredibly expensive and takes a long time for training though.

Dogs are so amazing. I'm currently raising a guide dog puppy as a volunteer and it's incredible seeing how she responds to the training and socialisation.

Marchofthepenguins posted:

I [22F] read my parents' texts and found out my immediate family pretty much despises me.

therobit posted:

If not for the tantrums I would just say, "Look you're hoodriver oz lame, but if you love him and he treats you well that's not the worst thing in the world. "

But gently caress dating people who act like toddlers.

quote:

The relationship is good despite this but I find his behavior very childish and unattractive. It really does seem like the most important thing to him at times. I have tried to ply him with a "romantic night in" (heavily implying that we would be intimate) and he just wanted to go to Busters instead. He said something about how we have the rest of our lives for romantic nights in, and we do have plenty. I'm just sick to death of D&Bs.

Smirking_Serpent posted:

MarcusSA posted:

Nice meltdown ect ect ect.

You are 100% correct though its tacky as gently caress to do poo poo like that and if you can't control your self for one day you are a terrible person. Let the two people who paid for and put the poo poo together have their day.

Weddings are a huge pain in the loving rear end to plan and pay for.

Smirking_Serpent posted:

My (25 F) Boyfriend (27M) of two years is obsessed with Dave and Busters?

I really don't know where to start with this, and it sounds very petty, but I am at my wit's end dealing with my boyfriend.

Some context, we have been together for two years and he is overall fantastic. Very thoughtful, kind, funny, interesting, and responsible. For instance he always brings me my favorite snacks when he goes out without me even asking for them. He'll comfort me after a tough day at work (I work at a call center and get some crazy ones). For the most part he is also very respectful of me. We were both raised Catholic and he's very active in the church and an overall stand-up guy, which I admire a lot. Literally the only problem in our relationship is this obsession with Dave and Busters. I'm only telling you guys all of this so you don't just tell me to break up with him, because although we have this problem I really don't want to leave him.

I guess I will just get to the bad part. My boyfriend absolutely must go to Dave and Busters once a week, or else he throws a tantrum. I am not exaggerating when I use the word "tantrum". We are talking crying, stomping, etc. It's bad. He will beg and plead, and state that the only thing he wants is for us to "Go to Busters" and if it's been more than a week he'll say we haven't been in "forever". I've tried talking it through with him. I have suggested other restaurants, even other barcades, but it *has* to be Dave and Busters. When I tell him I don't really enjoy going with him and that he could go alone, he says something like "What do you mean, you love Busters, I give you all the prizes!" When we do go, we spend a ridiculous amount of money (which I split with him), and he makes me follow him around to each game to play together.

I pressed him about it and the only explanation he's been able to give me is that he had his 9th birthday at D&Bs and considers it "the single best day of his life". How do I help him move past this? I really want to keep dating this man. I know nostalgia can be a powerful force, but this is absolutely unacceptable. PLEASE help reddit!

tl;dr, my boyfriend is obsessed with D&B's and won't accept not going there at least once a week. We have a great relationship other than this and I need help because I am really at a loss for how to deal with this

Guildenstern Mother posted:

I'm currently planning a wedding and if you don't think after all the insane bullshit I've been through with this planning I wouldn't loving cut a bitch you are a very wrong man.

Smirking_Serpent posted:

My (25 F) Boyfriend (27M) of two years is obsessed with Dave and Busters?

I really don't know where to start with this, and it sounds very petty, but I am at my wit's end dealing with my boyfriend.

Some context, we have been together for two years and he is overall fantastic. Very thoughtful, kind, funny, interesting, and responsible. For instance he always brings me my favorite snacks when he goes out without me even asking for them. He'll comfort me after a tough day at work (I work at a call center and get some crazy ones). For the most part he is also very respectful of me. We were both raised Catholic and he's very active in the church and an overall stand-up guy, which I admire a lot. Literally the only problem in our relationship is this obsession with Dave and Busters. I'm only telling you guys all of this so you don't just tell me to break up with him, because although we have this problem I really don't want to leave him.

I guess I will just get to the bad part. My boyfriend absolutely must go to Dave and Busters once a week, or else he throws a tantrum. I am not exaggerating when I use the word "tantrum". We are talking crying, stomping, etc. It's bad. He will beg and plead, and state that the only thing he wants is for us to "Go to Busters" and if it's been more than a week he'll say we haven't been in "forever". I've tried talking it through with him. I have suggested other restaurants, even other barcades, but it *has* to be Dave and Busters. When I tell him I don't really enjoy going with him and that he could go alone, he says something like "What do you mean, you love Busters, I give you all the prizes!" When we do go, we spend a ridiculous amount of money (which I split with him), and he makes me follow him around to each game to play together.

I pressed him about it and the only explanation he's been able to give me is that he had his 9th birthday at D&Bs and considers it "the single best day of his life". How do I help him move past this? I really want to keep dating this man. I know nostalgia can be a powerful force, but this is absolutely unacceptable. PLEASE help reddit!

tl;dr, my boyfriend is obsessed with D&B's and won't accept not going there at least once a week. We have a great relationship other than this and I need help because I am really at a loss for how to deal with this