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Every time we (25m,26f) go out to eat she orders something “exotic” and hates it then expects to switch meals with me. She sees this as “quirky,” I’m about to leave her it’s so frustrating. What are some solutions?quote:Edit: we are engaged and live together, we also share credit cards and bank accounts
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Food swapper lady is an idiot. Dump her into a cat of snow crabs
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Nov 21, 2021 00:51
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Woodchip posted:Every time we (25m,26f) go out to eat she orders something “exotic” and hates it then expects to switch meals with me. She sees this as “quirky,” I’m about to leave her it’s so frustrating. What are some solutions? Just break up.
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Nov 21, 2021 00:51
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Mx. posted:AITA for accidentally revealing my sister's promiscuous past to her Christian Boyfriend? Ah yes, sexually active at 14, no chance that was scarring or traumatic and led to a hosed up sense of sexual boundaries.
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Nov 21, 2021 00:57
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Guildenstern Mother posted:Ah yes, sexually active at 14, no chance that was scarring or traumatic and led to a hosed up sense of sexual boundaries.
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Nov 21, 2021 01:14
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Mx. posted:AITA for accidentally revealing my sister's promiscuous past to her Christian Boyfriend? quote:I then told him she was anything BUT a virgin and all the times i heard her having sex in her room. I told him a lot more tgan was necessary, actually. You're an rear end in a top hat but your sister is stupid for deciding to reinvent her past and not even tell you to keep it on the down low. Also, there are plenty of people out there that wouldn't have an issue with her past if she was open (not like, on the first date).  if this dude was gonna wait till marriage to have sex though
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Nov 21, 2021 01:50
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Malachite_Dragon posted:Certainly according to carry on then! I never said this and I resent the accusation that I did.
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Nov 21, 2021 01:52
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My(36F) husband (40M) wants to send our kids to a private boarding school in UK, and I want them to stay here.quote:We're living in Northern California, and both of us work in tech jobs so we were able to afford our kids private education here in the US. They will start to high-school next year and my husband wants to send them to a boarding school in UK, and make sure that they also go to a college there. perfectly rational
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Nov 21, 2021 01:54
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Dad isn't really paying close attention to UK news is he.
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Nov 21, 2021 01:56
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Dad refusing to send kids to Frying Pan U, insisting on attendance at Fire College.
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Nov 21, 2021 01:57
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she thinks that "homelessness problem, decreasing education quality, violent protests, and political tension here in the California/US" are things that "will be gone in a few years so it will not be a problem" so she's about as realistic e: about politics, I mean. She's definitely right that her kids won't want to see her ever again if she goes through with that Clark Nova fucked around with this message at 02:03 on Nov 21, 2021 |
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Nov 21, 2021 02:01
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quote:I've been living here in Northern California for my whole life, and my husband is living here for 20 years or so. The homelesness problem is becoming so bad that so many people are scared to go outside during at night. We've visited UK multiple times, and UK isn't perfect, but it's so much better than the US. We've never felt unsafe during night in London or any other city in UK, but let's say in San Francisco you can't imagine the things we're seeing at night. lol Big HOA energy.
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Nov 21, 2021 02:02
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Mx. posted:My(36F) husband (40M) wants to send our kids to a private boarding school in UK, and I want them to stay here. lady, the only concerns your husband has about California's social rights is that there are too darn many of them
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Nov 21, 2021 02:07
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I saw a homeless person begging on every single street corner in places like Stratford-upon-Avon and Sheffield when I was in the UK so it’s pretty bad over there too I think
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Nov 21, 2021 02:08
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Mx. posted:My(36F) husband (40M) wants to send our kids to a private boarding school in UK, and I want them to stay here. HAhaha this stupid silicon valley / Bay Aryan moron thinks poor people and politics don't exist in harrypotter land. UK folks, please report in. Have you ever felt unsafe, and what was your proximity to upper class high falutin british people during those times?
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Nov 21, 2021 02:08
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The fact rational family doesn’t understand tourism is not an accurate reflection of the country you visit is hilarious
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Nov 21, 2021 02:10
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:I saw a homeless person begging on every single street corner in places like Stratford-upon-Avon and Sheffield when I was in the UK so it’s pretty bad over there too I think their whimsical accents make them sound like Dickens characters so they're not scary like in San Francisco!
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Nov 21, 2021 02:16
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The only things that made me feel unsafe in the Bay Area were tech folks and landlords (the Venn diagram is a nearly flat circle.) I hope her kids grow up to be cooler, smarter and way further left. Alas.
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Nov 21, 2021 02:17
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Mx. posted:My(36F) husband (40M) wants to send our kids to a private boarding school in UK, and I want them to stay here. *beep* *boop* LIFE PARTNER YOU ARE DISPLAYING IRRATIONAL EMOTIONS *click* *whirrr*
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Nov 21, 2021 02:17
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Mx. posted:My(36F) husband (40M) wants to send our kids to a private boarding school in UK, and I want them to stay here. someone actually wrote a good reply about how poorly though out this whole thing is that should convince even the terminally techbrained quote:OP. Apart from the really blindingly obvious fact that living full time at school is a very different and lonely proposition to being on holiday for a month, staying with your family in a nice hotel, age 13/14 is a terrible time to change schools as far as the UK is concerned. You've done so little research you haven't noticed that the education systems are totally different in the UK compared to the US. You would be sending your child to a new school in a new country, straight into the exam syllabus that UK kids have been working towards their entire school lives: kids start the GCSE syllabus at 14 and sit their GCSE exams at 15/16. Your child would have to arrive having already picked their GCSE subjects while not knowing a single thing about the UK education system - and it doesn't compare. Do a little research and you'll find that a 13/14 year old in the UK has progressed further academically than the comparable age in the US - so your child will be dropped right to the bottom of the class, set wise. If they don't pass their GCSEs well, their A Level choices will be limited. This will affect their choice of university - you have to have excellent grades at both GCSE and A Level AND a great application to get into the best (Russell group) universities here. Add to that the cost: the really good private (public) schools (for example, St Paul's, or Wycombe Abbey, NOT Eton or Marlborough) here cost c£40k/yr AFTER TAX, and that's before 'add ons'. So in todays rate that's about $54k/yr basic fees, per child. And your kids won't get any tax breaks or scholarships or bursaries because of being overseas students. And that's if they can even get in. The really good schools have selective, exam-based entry - that means academic achievement - and often have waiting lists. It's only the 'posh' schools - eg Eton - where you can get in with lots of money but be as thick as two short bricks. FFS send them to a good high school in Cali, then give them the option of university in the UK when they're 18 - if they are still interested/academically able. Then they'll need to apply a year before they want to attend.
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Nov 21, 2021 02:28
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The_Franz posted:someone actually wrote a good reply about how poorly though out this whole thing is that should convince even the terminally techbrained Straight to that from the US where even going from state to state and changing schools means you can be ahead or behind and you have no idea which until you get there LOL! That's incredible
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Nov 21, 2021 02:30
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Mormon Nailer posted:The only things that made me feel unsafe in the Bay Area were tech folks and landlords (the Venn diagram is a nearly flat circle.) UK boarding schools are horrorshows of cyclical abuse that turn kids into little Boris Johnsons and Nigel Farages, so I don't think there's much hope of that.
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Nov 21, 2021 02:42
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Blastedhellscape posted:UK boarding schools are horrorshows of cyclical abuse that turn kids into little Boris Johnsons and Nigel Farages, so I don't think there's much hope of that. oh yeah, bullying in those british boarding schools can be really bad, and when home is across the ocean, there's no refuge. i doubt that robo dad would be very empathetic to pleas to come home either
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Nov 21, 2021 02:47
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:I saw a homeless person begging on every single street corner in places like Stratford-upon-Avon and Sheffield when I was in the UK so it’s pretty bad over there too I think You made up at least one of those city names.
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Nov 21, 2021 02:48
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The_Franz posted:someone actually wrote a good reply about how poorly though out this whole thing is that should convince even the terminally techbrained response: I am smart, therefore my children are smart, which means they will have no difficulty whatsoever. and there is exactly enough money in the budget to spend $54k per kid per year and not a dollar more, which is fine, because someone on the internet told me that it would cost $54k per year. thank you for confirming that my plan is foolproof.
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:I saw a homeless person begging on every single street corner in places like Stratford-upon-Avon and Sheffield when I was in the UK so it’s pretty bad over there too I think tbf, you really don't see the kind of poverty and homelessness you see in the us in other first world countries. homeless people are everywhere, but to see places that have it demonstrably worse, you need to start traveling to the kinds of countries where things like taking out a kidnapping insurance policy is something to consider *yes you have the roma in europe, but that's a topic all it's own
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Nov 21, 2021 02:54
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Batterypowered7 posted:You made up at least one of those city names. One of them is a parish.
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Mx. posted:My(36F) husband (40M) wants to send our kids to a private boarding school in UK, and I want them to stay here. I hate both of these people, the only way this turns out okay is for the kids to be adopted by maybe a nice aunt or something and OP + her husband get launched to Mars on a Bezos Rocket
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Nov 21, 2021 02:56
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QuarkJets posted:I hate both of these people, the only way this turns out okay is for the kids to be adopted by maybe a nice aunt or something and OP + her husband get launched to Mars on a Bezos Rocket I'd read this Neil Gaiman children's book
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Nov 21, 2021 02:58
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mind the walrus posted:I'd read this Neil Gaiman children's book This is the alternate ending for Coraline isn't it.
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Nov 21, 2021 03:07
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Batterypowered7 posted:You made up at least one of those city names. Lookit this poster who wasn't forced to learn about Shakespeare.
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Nov 21, 2021 05:20
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kimbo305 posted:Lookit this poster who wasn't forced to learn about Shakespeare. More made up names!
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My dad's from Wylem-upon-Tyne, which from the name I imagine as looking like something from Wind in the Willows. Given it's next to Newcastle the reality is that it probably looked like the chimney-sweep scene of Mary Poppins. The soot, not the accents.
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Nov 21, 2021 05:35
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Guildenstern Mother posted:Ah yes, sexually active at 14, no chance that was scarring or traumatic and led to a hosed up sense of sexual boundaries. For the record this person is probably way less hosed up than her weirdo husband who mentions virginity to strangers.
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Bruceski posted:My dad's from Wylem-upon-Tyne, which from the name I imagine as looking like something from Wind in the Willows. Given it's next to Newcastle the reality is that it probably looked like the chimney-sweep scene of Mary Poppins. I got this for my friend: https://marvellousmaps.com/shop/stgs-great-british-place-names-map It's not just place names, but even down to the street level. The best one he found was Cock Cum Lane, so there, I spoiled it for you.
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Nov 21, 2021 05:59
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AITA for taking away my daughter's thanksgiving present because she refused to eat what my wife cooked?quote:Hello.
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Nov 21, 2021 06:16
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Evil Willow posted:AITA for taking away my daughter's thanksgiving present because she refused to eat what my wife cooked? Wow he left out Molly's age I wonder how he managed to forget to mention that
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Nov 21, 2021 06:24
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Gonna want to hear what Molly and the daughter respectively make where Molly's concerned about the daughter eating well.
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Nov 21, 2021 06:30
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Danaru posted:Wow he left out Molly's age I wonder how he managed to forget to mention that kimbo305 posted:Gonna want to hear what Molly and the daughter respectively make where Molly's concerned about the daughter eating well. Yeah this is 50/50 "Molly and my daughter were in the same high school at the same time" or "Molly won't stop making something that my daughter is technically allergic to."
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Evil Willow posted:AITA for taking away my daughter's thanksgiving present because she refused to eat what my wife cooked? That doesn't clarify anything, it just makes it more confusing! I'm pretty sure it makes withholding the present even more of an rear end in a top hat move, though.
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