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AreWeDrunkYet
Jul 8, 2006

Tetramin posted:

Casino dad absolutely didn’t have 80 bucks. Casinos are loving full of ATMs, there is just no way he didn’t literally steal that money and won’t make it up to the kid

Chances are the casino's ATMs won't be from his bank, and while there are a bunch of accounts out there that refund fees those aren't universal. But yeah, whether he's in the wrong here is entirely contingent on whether he can replace the money.

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MarcusSA
Sep 23, 2007

Smirking_Serpent posted:

AITA for stranding my gf’s friends after one of them pissed herself while she was drunk?


Yo wtf NTA. No piss pants is getting in my car.

Sagebrush posted:

i feel like it would be a little insulting if your wife didn't even want you in the same room for emotional support


Yeah which is why I can see his point.

In the end though I feel like you have to respect the wishes of the mother even if it does hurt your feelings.

AreWeDrunkYet
Jul 8, 2006

I think my (33M) wife (32F) of 3 years took the Plan B pill 2 weeks ago after I snooped on her internet history. We haven't had sex in months..... Is there any other reason to take Plan B besides for emergency contraception?
Infidelity


quote:

We have been together for 6 years and our relationship has been pretty rocky for about a year. Been to therapy a few times and divorce has been thrown out there a time or two. I really never thought she would cheat on me but I oversaw a snapchat with another guy that got me a little nervous, so the next morning I got on the computer and checked her internet history.

Based on her internet history, about two three weeks ago she was googling how to take the Plan B pill and if it is okay to take two in a row. Fast forward to a couple days ago, she woke up early and was throwing up in the bathroom. I went to check her history again and she had just did a google search for side effects of the Plan B pill. She did not throw up the next morning.

Now I know that this evidence likely only points to one thing, but I really want to know if there is any other reason to take the Plan B pill besides for just emergency contraception?

I am also curious if anyone has any other ideas for why she could possible have this in her search history. Maybe researching for a friend?? I don't know. Just trying to think outside the box before I confront her and possibly end my marriage.

Also, does anyone have good ideas for how to bring this up in the right way in the rare event this is just a misunderstanding?

TL;DR Think wife took Plan B pill, but I want to know if there are only other possible reasons for her search history before I confront her.

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

Smirking_Serpent posted:

AITA for stranding my gf’s friends after one of them pissed herself while she was drunk?

negative. if you wanted to be a 100% good person you could have called them an uber yourself to make sure they got home. but there is absolutely no way you are ever obliged to let a grown adult covered in their own drunken piss get in your car, home, etc

MarcusSA
Sep 23, 2007

AreWeDrunkYet posted:

I think my (33M) wife (32F) of 3 years took the Plan B pill 2 weeks ago after I snooped on her internet history. We haven't had sex in months..... Is there any other reason to take Plan B besides for emergency contraception?
Infidelity


:thunk:

Sure maybe she just wanted to try it out and see how it felt?

Yeah no my man sorry about the death of your marriage.

Smirking_Serpent
Aug 27, 2009

WIBTA if I changed my birth name against my parents wishes? I am named after a fungal problem, a vegetable, and an animal.

My first and middle names are Tess Li Dawn. But here’s the thing. Tess is short for asbestos. Li is short for cauliflower. And Dawn is short for donkey. My legal first and middle names are Asbestos Cauliflower Donkey.

At the time they named me, my parents thought this would be a funny “gently caress the system” type move. Now that I’m 18, I want to change my name but they say I would be disrespecting them if I do this. They say it shouldn’t matter because people know me and refer to me as Tess Li Dawn. They don’t see how it effects my life.

WIBTA if I changed my legal name to reflect what people think my name is? Is this actually disrespectful to my parents?

Pirate Radar
Apr 18, 2008

You're not my Ruthie!
You're not my Debbie!
You're not my Sherry!

Sagebrush posted:

i feel like it would be a little insulting if your wife didn't even want you in the same room for emotional support

BUT

i have also heard many times from men i know with kids that you really, really want to stay up by your wife's head and just focus on talking to her and there is no honor to be had in checking out what's going on down below.

it seems like if her objection is "no man should have to see that" then you could draw a compromise like that

So you don’t have any younger siblings or what?

Chairman Mao
Apr 24, 2004

The Chinese Communist Party is the core of leadership of the whole Chinese people. Without this core, the cause of socialism cannot be victorious.

Smirking_Serpent posted:

WIBTA if I changed my birth name against my parents wishes? I am named after a fungal problem, a vegetable, and an animal.

WIBTA if I changed my legal name to reflect what people think my name is? Is this actually disrespectful to my parents?

Even if it was disrespectful I'd say go for it. There's no pit of hell too deep for these fucks.

Spaced God
Feb 8, 2014

All torment, trouble, wonder and amazement
Inhabits here: some heavenly power guide us
Out of this fearful country!



Smirking_Serpent posted:

WIBTA if I changed my birth name against my parents wishes? I am named after a fungal problem, a vegetable, and an animal.

My first and middle names are Tess Li Dawn. But here’s the thing. Tess is short for asbestos. Li is short for cauliflower. And Dawn is short for donkey. My legal first and middle names are Asbestos Cauliflower Donkey.

At the time they named me, my parents thought this would be a funny “gently caress the system” type move. Now that I’m 18, I want to change my name but they say I would be disrespecting them if I do this. They say it shouldn’t matter because people know me and refer to me as Tess Li Dawn. They don’t see how it effects my life.

WIBTA if I changed my legal name to reflect what people think my name is? Is this actually disrespectful to my parents?

Oh cool we found Pnurtis's older sibling

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

Pirate Radar posted:

So you don’t have any younger siblings or what?

i genuinely have no idea what you're getting at.

Pirate Radar
Apr 18, 2008

You're not my Ruthie!
You're not my Debbie!
You're not my Sherry!

Sagebrush posted:

i genuinely have no idea what you're getting at.

I mean anybody who hasn’t seen what birth looks like... maybe they were too young when their siblings were born? Or they’re the youngest?

MarcusSA
Sep 23, 2007

Pirate Radar posted:

I mean anybody who hasn’t seen what birth looks like... maybe they were too young when their siblings were born? Or they’re the youngest?

I still don’t get it? Are you saying that siblings normally watch the birth?

Spaced God
Feb 8, 2014

All torment, trouble, wonder and amazement
Inhabits here: some heavenly power guide us
Out of this fearful country!



gently caress, in the heat of the moment of birth I confused my bank password and my child's name. Now when I log into wells fargo i type in Steph and my kid's name is CorrectHorseBatteryStapler

Pirate Radar
Apr 18, 2008

You're not my Ruthie!
You're not my Debbie!
You're not my Sherry!

MarcusSA posted:

I still don’t get it? Are you saying that siblings normally watch the birth?

Where else would you be

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

Pirate Radar posted:

Where else would you be

at home with the grandparents or a babysitter? obviously?

it is extremely Not Normal for older siblings to watch their younger sibling's birth. oh yeah hey jimmy cmon in here and listen to your mom screaming like she's being ripped in half oh hahahah well speak of the devil! crazy stuff right? alright look out for the blood kiddo

Acebuckeye13
Nov 2, 2010

Against All Tyrants

Ultra Carp
I was 2 1/2 when my sister was born.

I wasn't there, I wouldn't have wanted to be there, and I wouldn't have remembered it if I was.

Smirking_Serpent
Aug 27, 2009

WIBTA if I don't tell my overjoyed best friend that his wife is probably pregnant with another man's baby?

So basically I have known my best friend - let's call him Adam - since we were in high school and we have been pretty much inseparable since we first met. We went to college together, I introduced him to his wife - we'll call her Eve, and I was Best Man at their wedding.

They had been married for two years and no mention of even trying for a baby. Unbeknownst to me, they had been struggling to get pregnant from pretty much when they got married. They had been to doctors and everything and basically they found out that the problem is with Adam but decided to keep trying "naturally" for a few more years because they're still young and IVF is really expensive.

Anyway I found all of this out about two months ago when Eve and I went away together for a work conference (we work in the same field and occasionally attend the same trainings/events etc). One night we got really smashed at the hotel bar and she basically burst out crying that she just wants a baby and she's afraid that it's never going to happen.

One thing led to another and after a lot more drinks we went up to my hotel room together. I feel sick even thinking about it - Adam is my best friend and I never meant to do anything like this. Eve was really upset about it too, and we both agreed to pretend it didn't happen and never mention it again.

Fast forward to yesterday, and Adam calls me absolutely over the moon. Eve is pregnant. He asked me out for some drinks so I go but the whole time there's this horrible nagging guilt.

Adam tells me about all the difficulty that they've been having conceiving and that he thought he was basically infertile. He's calling it his "miracle baby" and I've never seen him so happy about anything.

I don't know if I should tell him that the baby might not be his. They haven't had the first scan yet so they're not 100% sure about the dates, but I called Eve and spoke to her afterwards and she's pretty sure she's about 2 months along.

I don't know what to do. To clarify - I don't want anything to do with the baby even if it is mine. The thing with Eve was a mistake. This isn't about money or anything either because Eve makes more than both Adam and me anyway. I just don't know if I could break my best friend's heart - I feel like I would be destroying his whole life - like if I tell him, he will lose his best friend, wife and baby.

So, WIBTA if I just don't tell him that the baby probably isn't his?

Also - I know that what I did was awful. I'm not asking about that. I already feel so terrible about it. I want to know whether I should tell him that the baby's not his when he is so happy.

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Smirking_Serpent posted:

WIBTA if I changed my birth name against my parents wishes? I am named after a fungal problem, a vegetable, and an animal.

She's just following in her parents' footsteps, saying "gently caress you" to what people who believe they have authority think is appropriate.

ulex minor
Apr 30, 2018

Sagebrush posted:

i have also heard many times from men i know with kids that you really, really want to stay up by your wife's head and just focus on talking to her and there is no honor to be had in checking out what's going on down below.

pussies

edit: i mean that's what's going on down below. obviously i would not use gender based insults to describe those men as the cowards they are

HIJK
Nov 25, 2012
in the room where you sleep

PetraCore posted:

Yeah nobody is super pumped about late-term abortions, not even the doctors who perform it. Late-term abortions mean something has gone very wrong, like the fetus is totally non-viable or further pregnancy and a c-section would still cause crippling health problems to the carrier.

In the case of non-viable fetuses I think it's kinder to professionally and painlessly abort them when they're still wired to a biological life-support system then let them be born and experience pain and suffering for a few hours or days before death. Why would I want this entity to suffer?

look sometimes God wants a child to be born exclusively so they can die in a hospital a few hours later, don’t question the Lord

Pirate Radar
Apr 18, 2008

You're not my Ruthie!
You're not my Debbie!
You're not my Sherry!

Sagebrush posted:

at home with the grandparents or a babysitter? obviously?

it is extremely Not Normal for older siblings to watch their younger sibling's birth. oh yeah hey jimmy cmon in here and listen to your mom screaming like she's being ripped in half oh hahahah well speak of the devil! crazy stuff right? alright look out for the blood kiddo

It’s hard work because it’s worth doing. At the end the doctor’s like “hey little man, have you washed your hands? Okay, come up on this stool and help me with these scissors, we gotta cut this purple tube”

MarcusSA
Sep 23, 2007

Smirking_Serpent posted:

WIBTA if I don't tell my overjoyed best friend that his wife is probably pregnant with another man's baby?



Lol just shut the gently caress up about it you big fat dummy.

DemoneeHo
Nov 9, 2017

Come on hee-ho, just give us 300 more macca


AITA for ignoring my best friend because he found my porn

quote:

My best friend is extremely religious.He has said many times that he thought watching porn was sin, ESPECIALLY gay porn.

I do porn, no one knows about it, except my boyfriend. My face in never fully shown, but I’m not unrecognizable.

3 days ago he sent me my video and asked if it was me. I didn’t know what to say so I just didn’t answer. He texted me and called me few times. I just texted him “I’m busy” and I’ve been ignoring him. I feel guilty but I know he will have really bad reaction, he already probably figured that it’s me.

But how did the friend find out? It's a real mystery :thunk:

extremely online
Mar 23, 2018

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

PetraCore posted:

I worded things the way I did because not every pregnant person is a woman. Sorry if that came off as dehumanizing.

EDIT: As regarding 'the carrier'. 'Biological life-support' was just an attempted clinical definition of how a fetus can survive inside the womb but be non-viable outside of it. Obviously pregnant people are people.

The whole point of supporting abortion is that women matter more than potential babies. We aren't "carriers," we aren't "life support systems," we're people. I knew that was why you worded things the way you did, but if the calculus of your wokeness adds up to you completely removing any language that indicates that women are human beings just because a couple of men have gotten pregnant, check your math. Trans awareness means having the decency to not go "hurr that makes you a woman" to a pregnant trans man, just like you wouldn't say that to the small percentage of men, trans and cis, who get breast cancer. It doesn't mean pretending women don't exist, especially when talking about an issue that is one of the most life-threatening expressions of sexism in our society.

PetraCore posted:

Gonna not explicitly link gender and sex in a hypothetical discussion about a hypothetical pregnancy instead of the many gendered discussions I can have about actual pregnancies.

Like I'm sorry if something gender neutral came off as dehumanizing, I didn't know what word to use?

Maybe one that isn't also used to describe cargo trucks? And again, anti-abortion activism isn't gender neutral, so talking about it can't be either. People who oppose abortion do so because they hate women. You can't be an ally while pretending it's not a women's issue.

PetraCore
Jul 20, 2017

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extremely online posted:

The whole point of supporting abortion is that women matter more than potential babies. We aren't "carriers," we aren't "life support systems," we're people. I knew that was why you worded things the way you did, but if the calculus of your wokeness adds up to you completely removing any language that indicates that women are human beings just because a couple of men have gotten pregnant, check your math. Trans awareness means having the decency to not go "hurr that makes you a woman" to a pregnant trans man, just like you wouldn't say that to the small percentage of men, trans and cis, who get breast cancer. It doesn't mean pretending women don't exist, especially when talking about an issue that is one of the most life-threatening expressions of sexism in our society.


Maybe one that isn't also used to describe cargo trucks? And again, anti-abortion activism isn't gender neutral, so talking about it can't be either. People who oppose abortion do so because they hate women. You can't be an ally while pretending it's not a women's issue.
Anti-abortion activism isn't gender neutral, but I speak the way I do because a lot of my close friends are trans. And guess what? Even if my friends aren't women, they're sure as hell targets of misogyny on an individual and institutional level. So, I've gotten in the habit of framing things in a gender neutral manner because of who I'm normally discussing it with.

I worded things pretty badly, and I acknowledge that, and I'm sorry for that.

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Sagebrush posted:

negative. if you wanted to be a 100% good person you could have called them an uber yourself to make sure they got home. but there is absolutely no way you are ever obliged to let a grown adult covered in their own drunken piss get in your car, home, etc

Sometimes an Uber isn’t quite enough. I had a friend get so drunk she was unable to walk so I called a Lyft. The driver tried to refuse us even a 10 minute ride because he was afraid she would get sick, which would have left her stranded in New York in the freezing winter in the dead of night. I was only able to get her to somewhere safe by shouting at the driver.

Evil Willow
Apr 26, 2007
Bored now...
AITA for telling a friend the truth?

quote:

My wife and I got divorced 2 months ago. I was hanging out with a female friend last night. She asked me the truth why our marriage fell apart. She really wanted to know the real reason and specified multiple times. I’m in my mid 30’s and so is my wife. I told my friend that I’m making more money as time goes on and my wife’s looks are diminishing as time goes on. I’m bringing more to the relationship and she’s bringing less. I want a partner that can bring enough to the relationship that I feel like I’m getting a fair trade. My female friend told me I need help and walked out. AITA?

Olanphonia
Jul 27, 2006

I'm open to suggestions~

Lucrece posted:

AITA for telling a friend the truth?

Hoo boy

Doc Hawkins
Jun 15, 2010

Dashing? But I'm not even moving!


Lucrece posted:

AITA for telling a friend the truth?

no, you did her a favor, keep on telling people the truth

Beachcomber
May 21, 2007

Another day in paradise.


Slippery Tilde

Lucrece posted:

AITA for telling a friend the truth?

When STEM incels get married.

Beachcomber
May 21, 2007

Another day in paradise.


Slippery Tilde

Smirking_Serpent posted:

WIBTA if I changed my birth name against my parents wishes? I am named after a fungal problem, a vegetable, and an animal.

My first and middle names are Tess Li Dawn. But here’s the thing. Tess is short for asbestos. Li is short for cauliflower. And Dawn is short for donkey. My legal first and middle names are Asbestos Cauliflower Donkey.

At the time they named me, my parents thought this would be a funny “gently caress the system” type move. Now that I’m 18, I want to change my name but they say I would be disrespecting them if I do this. They say it shouldn’t matter because people know me and refer to me as Tess Li Dawn. They don’t see how it effects my life.

WIBTA if I changed my legal name to reflect what people think my name is? Is this actually disrespectful to my parents?

The worst part of this is that she doesn't even know what asbestos is.

Midnight Voyager
Jul 2, 2008

Lipstick Apathy

Pirate Radar posted:

I mean anybody who hasn’t seen what birth looks like... maybe they were too young when their siblings were born? Or they’re the youngest?

Hey remember that guy who developed a horrifying pregnancy fetish after being completely traumatized after seeing his younger siblings born? I think we found his little sibling!

Barudak
May 7, 2007

Lucrece posted:

AITA for telling a friend the truth?

Its a good thing he doesnt have kids because otherwise the 19 year old phillipino woman he marries when hes 70 would have to actually cover her tracks when she murders him.

extremely online
Mar 23, 2018

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

PetraCore posted:

Anti-abortion activism isn't gender neutral, but I speak the way I do because a lot of my close friends are trans. And guess what? Even if my friends aren't women, they're sure as hell targets of misogyny on an individual and institutional level. So, I've gotten in the habit of framing things in a gender neutral manner because of who I'm normally discussing it with.

I worded things pretty badly, and I acknowledge that, and I'm sorry for that.

A lot of my close friends are trans too. And guess what? If I ever caught myself thinking "Hmm, better erase women from my statement about this feminist issue, just in case it offends any men" I'd know I'd taken a pretty sharp wrong turn away from being the kind of activist and person I want to be. "Carriers" is about as "gender neutral" as calling someone "it." Ask Your Trans Friends about that one.

MarcusSA
Sep 23, 2007

Beachcomber posted:

The worst part of this is that she doesn't even know what asbestos is.

Yeah this is the most wtf part of this story.

Pirate Radar
Apr 18, 2008

You're not my Ruthie!
You're not my Debbie!
You're not my Sherry!

Midnight Voyager posted:

Hey remember that guy who developed a horrifying pregnancy fetish after being completely traumatized after seeing his younger siblings born? I think we found his little sibling!

I don’t remember that story being posted but it sounds like a sad product of this way people treat the physical process of birth as some kind of gross taboo subject not to be witnessed by the eyes of men

sephiRoth IRA
Jun 13, 2007

"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality."

-Carl Sagan

chitoryu12 posted:

Sometimes an Uber isn’t quite enough. I had a friend get so drunk she was unable to walk so I called a Lyft. The driver tried to refuse us even a 10 minute ride because he was afraid she would get sick, which would have left her stranded in New York in the freezing winter in the dead of night. I was only able to get her to somewhere safe by shouting at the driver.

You’re a good friend, but on the other hand maybe it’s loving irresponsible to get so hammered in public you can’t walk

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

sephiRoth IRA posted:

You’re a good friend, but on the other hand maybe it’s loving irresponsible to get so hammered in public you can’t walk

Yeah but sometimes you can’t help but deal with it. She had pregamed more than I expected and is able to speak perfectly coherently while plastered, so I had no idea she was so drunk until she suddenly fell out of her stool mid-conversation.

Telemaze
Apr 22, 2008

What you expected hasn't happened.
Fun Shoe

Sagebrush posted:

i have also heard many times from men i know with kids that you really, really want to stay up by your wife's head and just focus on talking to her and there is no honor to be had in checking out what's going on down below.

jesus fuckin christ I could never be married to a man who was this much of a squeamish baby.

Like if I'm giving birth to your child you sure as hell better not be too precious to see what I'm going through.

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LSD CURES JUNKIES
Sep 12, 2013

The dad who stole his daughter's birthday money to go gamble is such a shitbag. My dad stole $10 in change from me when I was 7/8 to buy scratch offs. I still hate gambling and I trust no one near my money.

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