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wizardofloneliness: Dec 30, 2008

Evil Willow posted:

AITA for claiming total control over the thermostat?

Just in case you're curious about the ages.....

Hold on, she's paying the bills?

# ? Dec 10, 2021 05:01

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# ? Jun 4, 2024 23:11

New Coke: Nov 28, 2009; WILL AMOUNT TO NOTHING IN LIFE.

quote:

My friend has 3 kids from her ex

I think Baronjutter's friend is the woman, and her ex is the piece of poo poo dude.

# ? Dec 10, 2021 05:02

Mr. Lobe: Feb 23, 2007; ... Dry bones...

wizardofloneliness posted:

Hold on, she's paying the bills?

Sugarfree daddy

# ? Dec 10, 2021 05:04

big trivia FAIL: May 9, 2003; "Jorge wants to be hardcore,
but his mom won't let him"

The Glumslinger posted:

My (F23) BF (M25) Thinks We Don�t Have Sex Enough

gently caress that. 2x a WEEK is a-ok.

# ? Dec 10, 2021 05:05

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Mr. Lobe posted:

Sugarfree daddy

Splenda daddy?

Aspartame uncle?

# ? Dec 10, 2021 05:13

Zulily Zoetrope: Jun 1, 2011; Muldoon

New Coke posted:

I think Baronjutter's friend is the woman, and her ex is the piece of poo poo dude.

Oh yeah obviously. Sorry, apparently I can�t read this morning.

# ? Dec 10, 2021 05:14

ScienceSeagull: May 17, 2021; Figure 1 Smart birds.

Brawnfire posted:

A Period of Pronounced Promiscuity

Pretty sure that�s the title of a Lemony Snicket fanfic.

# ? Dec 10, 2021 06:10

Doc Hawkins: Jun 15, 2010; Dashing? But I'm not even moving!

i never pronounce promiscuity, thats a big ol nerd-word

# ? Dec 10, 2021 06:45

darkwasthenight: Jan 7, 2011; GENE TRAITOR

Evil Willow posted:

AITA for claiming total control over the thermostat?
Just in case you're curious about the ages.....

Not sure what the issue is here. Isn't fighting about the thermostat with your old dad traditional??

# ? Dec 10, 2021 06:45

Mr. Lobe: Feb 23, 2007; ... Dry bones...

Doc Hawkins posted:

i never pronounce promiscuity, thats a big ol nerd-word

It's really more of a Bible thumper word

# ? Dec 10, 2021 06:45

Baronjutter: Dec 31, 2007; "Tiny Trains"

Zulily Zoetrope posted:

why

Why's she my friend or why hasn't someone taken care of this dude yet?

# ? Dec 10, 2021 06:49

Zulily Zoetrope: Jun 1, 2011; Muldoon

I had the morning stupids and misread the post as though the rear end in a top hat dude were your friend. The latter is a valid question, but I can imagine the answer.

# ? Dec 10, 2021 07:25

Mx.: Dec 16, 2006; I'm a great fan! When I watch TV I'm always saying "That's political correctness gone mad!"
Why thankyew!

My girlfriend is upset with me because the job I got her is not up to her standards.

quote:

My girlfriend (27) has been unemployed for 3 years. She used to work at a restaurant near to where we live. The restaurant was about 6-7 minutes' walk away, so she liked this job since it didn't require any commute. Ever since she lost her job I have been asking her to apply for new ones and try getting one. For about 2 years I didn't bring it up because of covid. About 2 months ago I asked her to again look for a job because it was really putting a lot of stress on me as the sole breadwinner. I was saving less that 150$ a month for our future. She did start looking and after 2 weeks I also started helping her with it. I found out that a position of a receptionist was opening up in my company (warehouse department) so I asked her to apply. Since the position just opened up there weren't any applicants and I talked to the HR manager who is a good friend of mine to give my GF the job. Since there weren't other applicants at the time, this did not breach my company policy. I still made sure with my boss regarding this, and she was fine with it.

GF went into the job, and she hates it because it is in the warehouse and she doesn't have a fancy office. I told her to stick around and work a year and she might get promoted and that the pay is better than her previous job. Before she used to make 30k a year and now, it is 42k which is a pretty solid jump in my opinion. A week later she told me that she wants to quit because this isn't her thing and my suggestion to her was that she can continue to look for the job she likes and as soon as she finds one, she can quit here. She was clearly upset by having to do this job so I sit her down on Sunday and she is upset that I didn't get her an office job like mine. 1) There is no vacancy right now. 2) She isn't qualified or has prior experience with what we do in the office so it was unlikely she would've gotten it but I told her that when a vacancy opens up, I'll see what I can do.

She mumbles all the time that I want her to do labour intensive job and like to see her suffer. She mumbles pretty loudly to make sure I hear it. She is responsible for making sure everything delivered to us is correct and counting boxes and supervising staff, putting them into their designated places. After this, she needs to go to accounts and submit a report. Her job does require a lot of walking and standing.

After getting tired of hearing this for 2-3 weeks, I asked her if she wants t quit she can and I'll just pay for everything, and then she can look for the job she wants to do. Honestly, this seemed like the only way to make her stop always being mad and saying stuff under her breath.

I'm getting the feeling she doesn't want to go back to work, but I could be wrong. I have tried communicating to her that if I earn alone, we won't save anything for the future and if we have children, we won't have anything saved up for their college and higher education. Nothing I say seems to phase her. What should I do? I sometimes don't even want to be with her but we have made it work for 7 years and most of it has been pretty good. Any advice?

# ? Dec 10, 2021 07:25

Dazerbeams: Jul 8, 2009

Over twice OP�s age and not paying the bills? Bet the dude�s rear end is as clean as a whistle.

# ? Dec 10, 2021 07:28

MarcusSA: Sep 23, 2007

Secret paternity test says my 6 month old baby is not mine. What now?

quote:

So we broke up and then she was pregnant and then we got back together the baby was born then we got married.

I trusted her and she swore the baby was mine and when we got back together it was under the condition we got a DNA test when the baby was born so I could be 100% sure.

But the baby was born and she never brought up the DNA test again and I didn't want to ruin our relationship and trust to ask her.

But my baby was 6 months old and we were about to put a deposit on a house so I did it secretly and the result is the baby isn't mine. 0% chance.

So tomorrow is the day we sign the contract and pay the deposit for our house so something needs to be done.

How can I bring this up with her? Should I just run away in the middle of the night and message her? Should I stay in an unhappy marriage raising a child that isn't mine?

# ? Dec 10, 2021 08:58

Mx.: Dec 16, 2006; I'm a great fan! When I watch TV I'm always saying "That's political correctness gone mad!"
Why thankyew!

AITA for calling out my boss for offering my friend 165% of my salary to do the same job, in a different site?

quote:

Background - i've been working for the same company for over 10 years as an automation tech in a factory. The company owns 2 facilities, located about 25km apart. For the entire duration of my career there, I was the only automation tech between both facilities, and with a lot of planned upgrades in the next 5 years, the plan was to leave me in the primary facility, and hire another tech for the secondary.

My boss asked me personally if i could recommend someone for the job. I had a friend in mind, and arranged for them to meet my boss and discuss employment. I earn a much lower than industry standard salary, because of the rural location, however because my friend would be relocating here, my boss offered her 165% of my salary, and an additional week of vacation. When i called him out, he told me that both myself, and the friend he offered the position to, we're being unprofessional and insubordinate by discussing salary. I do understand that's a bit taboo, but i deliberately used the word "friend" when passing on my friend's information to my boss. AITA here??

# ? Dec 10, 2021 09:17

MarcusSA: Sep 23, 2007

Boyfriend�s alarms go off for up to 3 hours on and off before he wakes up for work

quote:

TLDR at bottom of post.

My (32F) boyfriend (30M) and I have been living together for 8 months. I work from home and my alarms go off around 8 am and I log in by 9. My boyfriend has various start times at work between 6 am and 9 am. His alarms used to go off for 2 hours straight on and off until he actually woke up to get ready for work. Lately, his alarms have been going off constantly for up to 3 hours at a time in 10 minute increments. He somehow just manages to sleep through it and I just keep nudging him to turn them off and only use the ones that he plans on actually waking up to.

I�m not the best at waking up in the morning so I don�t mind several alarms, but for his alarms to go off for 2-3 hours straight before he actually wakes up just feels disrespectful to me and my sleep. I�ve told him multiple times how much this bothers me and how I wish he would get on a better sleep schedule to no avail. He has offered to sleep in our guest room, but I feel like this is something he needs to fix as I don�t want him to be sleeping in a separate room all the time as we have recently talked about getting engaged and buying a house together. Yesterday morning he worked at 9 am and his alarms went off from 5:30 am until 8:30 am when he actually woke up. How do you think I should handle this going forward? Am I being unreasonable to ask him to work on his schedule and learn to wake up to a reasonable number of alarms? I appreciate that he is offering to sleep in the guest room but I don�t want that to affect our relationship by sleeping in separate rooms all the time.

I completely understand that he has to wake up earlier than me and I don�t mind that at all, but an hour to and hour and a half of alarms going off constantly is my limit� 2-3 hours of nonstop alarms going off in increments has been driving me crazy because I have to ask him to turn them off. He keeps saying he is trying to wake up early to go to the gym and he never actually does it, he ends up going after work. I know this is not just an issue that I have had with him because he traveled abroad with his cousin for 8 months prior to us meeting and his cousin said he used to set so many alarms he would end up having to turn them off for him. I would turn them off, but I don�t want him to not wake up in time for work, etc. Has anyone ever dealt with a similar situation before? How did you resolve it? Thanks in advance!

TLDR: my boyfriend has his alarms go off for 2-3 hours nonstop before he finally wakes up for work. He has offered to sleep in the guest room, but I don�t want it to affect our relationship and I�m hoping he can get on a better sleep schedule.

# ? Dec 10, 2021 09:35

Invisible Clergy: Sep 25, 2015; "Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces"

Malachi 2:3

MarcusSA posted:

Boyfriend�s alarms go off for up to 3 hours on and off before he wakes up for work

"Standards? What are standards?"

# ? Dec 10, 2021 10:36

Beachcomber: May 21, 2007; Another day in paradise.; Slippery Tilde

MarcusSA posted:

Boyfriend’s alarms go off for up to 3 hours on and off before he wakes up for work

I didn't read it because these are all the same, and the answer is always :murder:

# ? Dec 10, 2021 10:37

TK8325: Sep 22, 2014

MarcusSA posted:

Boyfriend�s alarms go off for up to 3 hours on and off before he wakes up for work

Put your alarm on the other side of your room so you have to get out of bed to turn it off. It's what I do, but I'm not an inconsiderate dipshit.

# ? Dec 10, 2021 10:45

kimbo305: Jun 9, 2007; actually, yeah, I am a little mad

TK8325 posted:

Put your alarm on the other side of your room so you have to get out of bed to turn it off. It's what I do, but I'm not an inconsiderate dipshit.

Doesn't work if the person needing the alarm is dead sleeping through it and would have to be roused up by the person needing more sleep.

# ? Dec 10, 2021 10:54

greazeball: Feb 4, 2003

Beachcomber posted:

I didn't read it because these are all the same, and the answer is always .

The only person I know who slept through alarms like that later got fired from a really good job/career track for being addicted to pills and is now in prison for grooming a 15yo online, is that what you meant? Same solution still applies though of course.

# ? Dec 10, 2021 11:59

Galewolf: Jan 9, 2007; The human gallbladder is indeed a puzzle!

Soylent Pudding posted:

AITA for ruining thanksgiving?

# ? Dec 10, 2021 12:08

TheDeadlyShoe: Feb 14, 2014

Mx. posted:

AITA for calling out my boss for offering my friend 165% of my salary to do the same job, in a different site?

since goons have been talking about 'why do people even post this poo poo on reddit', i thought this comment by the OP seemed relevant:

quote:

I asked for a raise if he could offer that kind of money to my friend. He told me i would have to prove that he's going to get a good return on it.

A little more information. I'm autistic. I have what was formerly referred to as Aspergers Syndrome. I'm exceptionally good at my job, and i've adapted my job to take on many other tasks, such as inventory control, so I am more than capable of doing my job. That being said, social skills are not my fort�, and i legitimately needed input from others on this, to know that I am not out of line for seeking new employment.

# ? Dec 10, 2021 12:16

Ghost Leviathan: Mar 2, 2017; Exploration is ill-advised.

A common theme with autism is that since you get inevitably raised utterly terrified of offending anyone for any reason since you're used to people getting irate at you for reasons you don't understand and they refuse to explain, and thus you become incredibly easy to abuse and exploit.

# ? Dec 10, 2021 12:41

teen witch: Oct 9, 2012

AITA for not telling my gf what I do for a living?

quote:

So I�m a 23 year old guy, my dad owns a construction company. I recently moved to Toronto from New Jersey and I do work with my dad on some union related work.

Right now, I am doing well financially, and often my dad pays me in cash. Most of the things I pay for are in cash including my car, etc. I do have an income to cover my bills and that comes through my other fiduciary responsibilities to our clients like union advisory, consulting, etc.

I recently made a post about my girlfriend making offensive jokes that I�m the son of the mob boss and how I was offended by it. Long story short she apologized and stopped. However she keeps pressing me on how I�m able to afford a great life style. I pay for everything including expensive dates, I got her a nice Cartier bracelet, and I recently got myself my own apartment. I told her that it�s really none of her business and she should respect that. She recently started pressing me that her friends aren�t joking and they think I�m involved in some union scheme in Canada. I think she�s acting crazy, and perpetuating stereotypes on Italians.

So, AITA for telling her it�s none of her business?

# ? Dec 10, 2021 12:43

1stGear: Jan 16, 2010; Here's to the new us.

My "Italian-run union-connected construction company in New Jersey isn't a mob front" shirt is raising a lot of questions answered by my shirt.

# ? Dec 10, 2021 12:49

TK8325: Sep 22, 2014

Ayy, I ain't hidin out in freaking Toronto until the heat dies down, whaddya talkin about.

# ? Dec 10, 2021 12:53

sean10mm: Jun 29, 2005; It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, MAD-2R World

Don't joke about that poo poo, say it serious-like so I don't gotta bust the kneecaps of every boombots I meet for a fuckin' week over it.

# ? Dec 10, 2021 13:00

BIG FLUFFY DOG: Feb 16, 2011; On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog.

i buy cars and 6000 bracelets in cash like all completely legitimate construction workers do.

# ? Dec 10, 2021 13:12

Galewolf: Jan 9, 2007; The human gallbladder is indeed a puzzle!

BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:

i buy cars and 6000 bracelets in cash like all completely legitimate construction workers do.

I mean, with all the contactless stuff and harsher anti-money laundering stuff banks roll, can you even go to a legit shop and whip out a rolled hundies to buy a Cartier bracelent in cash with the store manager going :ducksiren:

on you?

I had a �50 note on my way back to London after exchanging my local currency back to pounds and the Iceland manager went full on Tom Hanks in Catch Me If You Can mode.

# ? Dec 10, 2021 13:20

muscles like this!: Jan 17, 2005

1stGear posted:

My "Italian-run union-connected construction company in New Jersey isn't a mob front" shirt is raising a lot of questions answered by my shirt.

Also I pay for everything in cash.

# ? Dec 10, 2021 13:20

Barudak: May 7, 2007

Galewolf posted:

I mean, with all the contactless stuff and harsher anti-money laundering stuff banks roll, can you even go to a legit shop and whip out a rolled hundies to buy a Cartier bracelent in cash with the store manager going on you?

I had a �50 note on my way back to London after exchanging my local currency back to pounds and the Iceland manager went full on Tom Hanks in Catch Me If You Can mode.

At a luxury goods shop? Oh yeah they'll look the other way, especially if its one with sales person commission.

# ? Dec 10, 2021 13:32

Dazerbeams: Jul 8, 2009

Tell your lady that you�re a high end escort and you�re being paid under the table. Keep her on her toes.

# ? Dec 10, 2021 13:35

Barudak: May 7, 2007

Dazerbeams posted:

Tell your lady that you�re a high end escort and you�re being paid under the table. Keep her on her toes.

I paid for an xbox with 400 dollars in cash once and the clerk asked me if I stripped and that was probably the nicest compliment anyone has ever paid me that made me never, ever, ever return to that store.

# ? Dec 10, 2021 13:36

Dazerbeams: Jul 8, 2009

Barudak posted:

I paid for an xbox with 400 dollars in cash once and the clerk asked me if I stripped and that was probably the nicest compliment anyone has ever paid me that made me never, ever, ever return to that store.

Did you at least get the clerk�s number?

# ? Dec 10, 2021 13:40

Galewolf: Jan 9, 2007; The human gallbladder is indeed a puzzle!

Barudak posted:

At a luxury goods shop? Oh yeah they'll look the other way, especially if its one with sales person commission.

Okay, I was feeling that it would be the case, thanks for confirming.

A guy whipping out a thousands in cash to buy a luxury watch? I sleep
Someone trying but grapes and a frozen sausage roll with a legal �50 banknote? REAL poo poo

# ? Dec 10, 2021 13:40

BIG FLUFFY DOG: Feb 16, 2011; On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog.

Dazerbeams posted:

Tell your lady that you�re a high end escort and you�re being paid under the table. Keep her on her toes.

if you do not sell me this bracelet i WILL return here and do that scene from pretty woman

# ? Dec 10, 2021 13:55

Credulous Skeptic: Oct 31, 2012

WoodrowSkillson posted:

A sanity check to remember that they are not the one in the wrong

This.

Anyone who's been gaslighted recognizes the confusion or uncertainty of the OP in some of these crazy family posts.

# ? Dec 10, 2021 14:26

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# ? Jun 4, 2024 23:11

Zulily Zoetrope: Jun 1, 2011; Muldoon

No they don�t.

# ? Dec 10, 2021 14:29

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