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Mr. Grapes!: Feb 12, 2007; Mr. who?

hawowanlawow posted:

now this is the kind of triangle personality HR is gonna clash with

I have a friend who is a black female engineer at a company that is mostly white and Asian guys. She straight out told them she is happy to be their Token Woke Flag as long as they pay her an additional special appearance fee for every single event she has to go be publicly black and female and smiley at. Surprisingly they agreed and she now makes a few extra thousand bucks a year just to smile for a brochure or stand there in a labcoat in a video. Milk them!

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# ? May 25, 2024 04:05

teen witch: Oct 9, 2012

Mr. Grapes! posted:

I have a friend who is a black female engineer at a company that is mostly white and Asian guys. She straight out told them she is happy to be their Token Woke Flag as long as they pay her an additional special appearance fee for every single event she has to go be publicly black and female and smiley at. Surprisingly they agreed and she now makes a few extra thousand bucks a year just to smile for a brochure or stand there in a labcoat in a video. Milk them!

# ? Mar 10, 2022 05:32

value-brand cereal: May 2, 2008

Imagine the mold secretly growing inside that room. Barf emoji.

AITA for shouting "what the gently caress" when my stepsister showed me her stone baby mould?

quote:

So I had just gotten home and there was only my stepsister in the house. She helped me get my bags in and helped me whip up a late breakfast. Great. We had some small talk while I was eating. She had a miscarriage sort of late last month so I apologized for that and she started talking about it then disappeared saying she forgot Daniel. Wtf is Daniel? Didnt know. She came back and she starts talking about how she wonders if he would've felt like this. I'm just eating right now, half paying attention so I ask what she's talking about without looking back. She grabs my hand and I feel head which I admit really freaked me out and when I looked I saw her holding this stone/slab baby mould thing (sorry I don't rocks to say which). I jump off the stool and shout what the gently caress while 'pushing' her (actually just let go of it and shielded myself with my arm but okay) which also caused my breakfast to make a mess on the floor. We kind of stared at each other for awhile and I asked If that was Daniel and she said yes. I don't know I can't control my face but apparently it was very judgmental and she ran out and God knows what she did with 'Daniel' and because she came back without him.

Mum and dad came back and they gave me a bit of a lecture on how insensitive I was and I shouldn't have been so rude when she's going through I rough time. I am going to apologize but honestly I don't get why I'm getting barks from mum and dad about my reaction when I wasn't even told of the situation at home. The mould is a weird but something I could get used to and or prepare. Getting it sprung on me is why my reaction was like that. Nevermind just feeling a baby's head out of the blue. Aita?

Comments suggest the rock mold the op mentioned is a 3d print of an ultrasound. Not one of those stone fetus miscarriages. This dudes a knucklehead for kramering his breakfast all over the floor, though.

# ? Mar 10, 2022 05:35

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

Malachi 2:3

Mr. Grapes! posted:

I have a friend who is a black female engineer at a company that is mostly white and Asian guys. She straight out told them she is happy to be their Token Woke Flag as long as they pay her an additional special appearance fee for every single event she has to go be publicly black and female and smiley at. Surprisingly they agreed and she now makes a few extra thousand bucks a year just to smile for a brochure or stand there in a labcoat in a video. Milk them!

Your friend is smart. Good for her.

AITA for making a woman cry on the bus?

quote:

I (34m) take the bus to commute to work every morning. This evening I got on the bus to go back to home after work and I saw a woman (around my age) on the seat where I usually sit (because my usual seat has easy access to the disabled area and she had a wheelchair-bound son). She was really, really hot, and I had never seen her on the bus before so I was curious.

I leaned over and told her that I was a father too and her son is cute and that she was doing a great job as a mother. She began to cry and hugged me, saying that people are usually horrible and she rarely gets compliments pertaining to her son and motherhood. I then gave her my number, and told her she can pop round my shop anytime she needs it she's short for money.

The rest of the bus ride with her was gossip about our kids, and then we went our respective ways. When I arrived back home, I told my brother (who regularly works as a shop keeper in my shop) about the woman and he got pissed. He says that profit is paramount and precedes my urge to get laid. I told him that I was the one who owned the shop so if he didn't like it he can leave. He's been a bit sulky since, so I'm wondering if I'm TA?

(added paragraph breaks)

# ? Mar 10, 2022 05:35

Evil Willow: Apr 26, 2007; Bored now...

Evil Willow posted:

AITB for refusing to give my fianc�e gas money after he drove 2 hours to get me

A bit more info provided in the r/relationship_advice post!

Boyfriend is mad that I won�t pay for gas, advice?

quote:

Alright, I 22F figured advice would be the next step to ask for. Throwaway because fianc� knows my main.

My dad died suddenly and left me everything he has. Essentially cars in the double digits, a modest house and a lot of money that he had saved. I was not aware growing up that he made this money. He didn�t buy the house/collectible cars until after I went to uni.

Prior to my dad passing, my fianc� 23M would ask me to pay for things equally and I always viewed that as fair. However since then my fianc� and his family have asked for money without any equal contribution. I�m adding that they are by no means poor. My FMIL has more birkin bags than I count. Yet she asked me to pay for her to get new windows and redo the entryway because �family is family� then berated me when I said no. Boyfriend recently demanded that he come and get me despite me offering to drive to him in my electric vehicle. When he did he demanded I pay for his �time and petrol.� His family got involved again calling me names and said I abandoned him with no way home.

I want to know if there is any advice you can give about being stern with boundaries in regards to what my father left me and what I can do to salvage this situation? I do love him deeply but it bothers me that he thinks I owe him for his time or that he deserves any of the things my father left me.** The only money I have ever used in our relationship is mine alone.

** he told me to give him my dads most expensive collectible car because he�d love it more than I ever could.

Just want advice on how to handle this. It�s my first relationship.

Update

we broke up.

We talked. I asked if he was doing drugs, he said no. I asked him where the gently caress this money poo poo is coming from. He said his mother told him the only way I�d stay with him is if he was assertive and controlling of everything involving money. She told him he needed to �take the lead� and �secure his future.� His mother is the one who suggested he ask me for money for his time. His mother is the one who told him �you deserve those cars, you�ll take better care of them� and other things along the lines of emotional incest. I told him how hosed that is and he started crying and told me that he didn�t want us to end. He wanted to go back to how things were before. Things aren�t like how they are before. I told him as such. To me it felt like he was blaming everything on her but he made an active choice to say those things. I told him to go home / we�re over.

# ? Mar 10, 2022 05:39

pentyne: Nov 7, 2012

value-brand cereal posted:

Imagine the mold secretly growing inside that room. Barf emoji.

AITA for shouting "what the gently caress" when my stepsister showed me her stone baby mould?

Comments suggest the rock mold the op mentioned is a 3d print of an ultrasound. Not one of those stone fetus miscarriages. This dudes a knucklehead for kramering his breakfast all over the floor, though.

Uh not sure why you think the guy leaping from the table in panic when his stepsis turned her miscarriage into a named accessory to carry around and wants to bring it to eat breakfast with them is the moron in this example.

# ? Mar 10, 2022 05:40

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!

Evil Willow posted:

A bit more info provided in the r/relationship_advice post!

Boyfriend is mad that I won�t pay for gas, advice?

a happy ending, because now i know somewhere out there is a rich single girl with low standards

# ? Mar 10, 2022 05:48

Absurd Alhazred: Mar 27, 2010; by Athanatos

Evil Willow posted:

A bit more info provided in the r/relationship_advice post!

Boyfriend is mad that I won�t pay for gas, advice?

How does that Kaon go? If you meet the golden goose on the road, kill it?

# ? Mar 10, 2022 05:49

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

Malachi 2:3

Absurd Alhazred posted:

How does that Kaon go? If you meet the golden goose on the road, kill it?

If your car has petrol, I will give it to you; if your car lacks it, I will demand you pay for it.

# ? Mar 10, 2022 05:56

Quackles: Aug 11, 2018; Pixels of Light.

Invisible Clergy posted:

If your car has petrol, I will give it to you; if your car lacks it, I will demand you pay for it.

It is a traffic koan.

# ? Mar 10, 2022 06:07

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 taking my dog to work because my GF is essentially poisoning her?

quote:

I think it's insane I have to post this but apparently I'm an rear end in a top hat so here it goes.

I have a 9 year old dog. She's been with me since she was a puppy. I feed her a diet of fruits, specialized kibble and meat. She loves blueberries, apples and bananas and isn't a picky dog. She event eats carrots sometimes. She is not allowed chocolate obviously, or grapes or raisins, onions and garlic. I understand most people only really know about chocolate being toxic to dogs but the other things listed are as well.

My girlfriend recently moved in and she will not stop feeding my dog unsafe foods. She knows about chocolate being toxic and never does that but I�ll see her toss a grape to her and when I get upset she says she forgot. She's upset because growing up her parents dogs always ate leftovers and the only thing they couldn�t have was chocolate and �they were fine�, I don't care.

I was getting stressed out worrying about my dog all day so I asked my boss if I could just bring her to work and was told that was fine. Now my girlfriend is upset because she's home alone all day by herself and I�m showing I don't trust her. My reasoning is once she can show me (with me there to supervise) she knows the rules, I�ll start feeling comfortable leaving my dog at home again, until then I'm not going to let my dog be poisoned to appease her.

She was extremely offended I used the word poisoned and has been giving me the silent treatment all night. I mentioned the original problem in passing when some folks at work asked why I was bringing my dog in and they said they had never heard of dogs needing so strict a diet. Am I crazy here? I don't feel like I am being over protective but maybe I am. AITA?

quote:

It's happened about 4 times now and she's lived with us 2 weeks. First was the grapes, then she tossed her the rest of a sandwich that had onions on it, then she put her plate on the ground that had spaghetti and sauce on it which had a ton on garlic and onion in it and then she left a box of raisins on the coffee table for almost a whole day. My pup didn't go after them but I was still upset at the risk. I do think she just needs to think more and I hope this conversation makes her do so but as I mentioned in another comment I don't think she's being malicious just not thinking.

"you're making up your allergies" but for dogs, I guess

# ? Mar 10, 2022 06:07

Everett False: Sep 28, 2006; Mopsy, I'm starting to question your medical credentials.

With grapes in particular my understanding is that your dog will either be fine or die, with basically no in-between and no way of knowing which until its too late. People who've gotten lucky feeding their dogs grapes do not like to be told that they risked killing their dog and would rather believe you're just a crazy person.

# ? Mar 10, 2022 06:15

Captain Hygiene: Sep 17, 2007; You mess with the crabbo...

Quackles posted:

It is a traffic koan.

# ? Mar 10, 2022 06:16

Metis of the Chat Thread: Aug 1, 2014

Everett False posted:

With grapes in particular my understanding is that your dog will either be fine or die, with basically no in-between and no way of knowing which until its too late. People who've gotten lucky feeding their dogs grapes do not like to be told that they risked killing their dog and would rather believe you're just a crazy person.

Yeah grapes are a huuuge risk for dogs, exactly as you say.

I couldn't get my dad to stop feeding my dog greasy leftovers until he witnessed her literally spraying diarrhoea all over a vet office. After that he was pretty good though!

# ? Mar 10, 2022 06:27

Butter Activities: May 4, 2018

lovely GF obviously isn�t forgetting twice in a week she�s mad and trying to prove it�s okay by feeding the dog whatever he said not to feed it.

Murder your GF and feed her to the dog.

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

# ? Mar 10, 2022 06:39

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

Malachi 2:3

Mx. posted:

AITA for taking my dog to work because my GF is essentially poisoning her?

"you're making up your allergies" but for dogs, I guess

gf, preferably with some kind of ingested poison. "Why are you being such a baby? You're fine. I ate this all the time, you're faking. Get up."

Everett False posted:

With grapes in particular my understanding is that your dog will either be fine or die, with basically no in-between and no way of knowing which until its too late. People who've gotten lucky feeding their dogs grapes do not like to be told that they risked killing their dog and would rather believe you're just a crazy person.

I thought grapes were dangerous for mechanical reasons: the dog will swallow them whole and may choke on them. Is there a chemical in grapes that is poisonous to dogs? I don't think there's any theobromine in them and I don't think they're alliums like onion/garlic/shallots.

# ? Mar 10, 2022 06:39

Fork of Unknown Origins: Oct 21, 2005; Gotta Herd On?

Invisible Clergy posted:

gf, preferably with some kind of ingested poison. "Why are you being such a baby? You're fine. I ate this all the time, you're faking. Get up."

I thought grapes were dangerous for mechanical reasons: the dog will swallow them whole and may choke on them. Is there a chemical in grapes that is poisonous to dogs? I don't think there's any theobromine in them and I don't think they're alliums like onion/garlic/shallots.

Apparently it's still kind of unknown why grapes cause dogs to have renal failure, although I found one article that said it was the tartaric acid in them. It's a chemical thing, whatever it is.

# ? Mar 10, 2022 06:41

Butter Activities: May 4, 2018

LinkedIn snitch OP also is getting mad at people on Reddit who pointed out her post history without a seeming shred of self-awareness.

# ? Mar 10, 2022 06:44

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

Malachi 2:3

Fork of Unknown Origins posted:

Apparently it's still kind of unknown why grapes cause dogs to have renal failure, although I found one article that said it was the tartaric acid in them. It's a chemical thing, whatever it is.

Good to know.

AITA for not wanting my BF to go on a family trip because I'm injured?

quote:

My boyfriend (34M) and his family have been going to Vail, Colorado for vacation every year - to ever other year - since he was 5yrs old. Since dating (5yrs in July) I've always known this to be a guys trip. This last summer an announcement was made that significant others would be able to go for the first time in the up coming spring (March of 2022).

Fast forward to February 16th, I (26F) was driving home from work and got into a car accident that resulted my wrist shattering from the air bag. I was rushed to the ER by ambulance, but all the doctors could do at the time was readjust my arm until I could see a specialist to perform surgery. Surgery wouldn't take place until another 2 weeks. BF has visited me twice due to us living 3hrs apart. The flight to Colorado is this Saturday. There's been the possibility that I wouldn't be able to go on the trip anymore, and has been sinking in as a reality. Because the flight is before the two week check up, I would be at high risk of getting blood clots from the air pressure and high altitude if I was to go without clearance.

BF has been optimistic that I'll be able to go or says there will be another opportunity to go to Colorado. Yesterday he asked me if by the time he gets back from the Vail trip if I would be well enough to watch our dog (during recovery BF volunteer to watching the dog, 65 pounds, until I able to on my own again). I didn't know and asked him why, and he said it was because he was going to go on another trip after getting back from Colorado and needed someone to watch the dog.

I had forgotten about this other trip but was surprised that he still wanted to go considering everything that had happened. I reminded him that he volunteered to watch the dog and that I don't think this is a good time to go on another trip. Added that since I'll have other opportunities to go to Colorado that the rule should apply to this other trip for him. We argued essentially the whole day about it. He also let it slip that he was planning on proposing to me in Vail and that the car accident has been an inconvenience to him as well.

I was left feeling crushed after that comment. I was already struggling with the feeling of being left behind and missing out on one trip, him going on another trip, and now a proposal? I asked him why he would say that to me. I feel that if he loves me enough to propose, then wouldn't the love extend to wanting to be more active in my recovery process? I feel like something so special was just tainted and weaponized to hurt me. To make me feel guilty for being ungrateful. It's been more than 24hrs since we spoke.

I know it's a lot to ask someone to miss out on a family tradition, especially a family vacation, but AITA for wanting him to skip on these trips because I'm injured?

# ? Mar 10, 2022 06:44

Kurieg: Jul 19, 2012; RIP Lutri: 5/19/20-4/2/20

Nevermind, someone beat me to the dog knowledge.

Invisible Clergy posted:

AITA for not wanting my BF to go on a family trip because I'm injured?

There's absolutely no reason he needed to drop that he was planning to propose other than to hurt her. What the gently caress.

Kurieg fucked around with this message at 06:48 on Mar 10, 2022

# ? Mar 10, 2022 06:46

Butter Activities: May 4, 2018

Invisible Clergy posted:

He also let it slip that he was planning on proposing to me in Vail and that the car accident has been an inconvenience to him as well.

Oof

# ? Mar 10, 2022 06:47

Baron Zephyrus: Apr 17, 2018

Fork of Unknown Origins posted:

Apparently it's still kind of unknown why grapes cause dogs to have renal failure, although I found one article that said it was the tartaric acid in them. It's a chemical thing, whatever it is.

I've also read that whatever chemical it is, they think it's one that is in higher concentration in the skins of the grapes. I remember hearing about a story about Ben & Jerry's using grape skins to finally make a successful grape ice cream, only for the tester to give her dog a lick and accidentally kill the poor pooch.

Fortunately, my family believed me when I told them, because they used to give their Yorkies grapes. They were so small, I have no clue how they never had the renal failure.

# ? Mar 10, 2022 06:51

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

Malachi 2:3

Baron Zephyrus posted:

I've also read that whatever chemical it is, they think it's one that is in higher concentration in the skins of the grapes. I remember hearing about a story about Ben & Jerry's using grape skins to finally make a successful grape ice cream, only for the tester to give her dog a lick and accidentally kill the poor pooch.

Fortunately, my family believed me when I told them, because they used to give their Yorkies grapes. They were so small, I have no clue how they never had the renal failure.

It might just be luck of the draw (few poisons kill 100% of the time) Glad your dogs didn't get sick.

# ? Mar 10, 2022 06:59

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

I've got a peace lily and every time it blooms and I post pics I have to add "this will murder your pets, don't get one."

# ? Mar 10, 2022 07:17

The Lone Badger: Sep 24, 2007

Invisible Clergy posted:

It might just be luck of the draw (few poisons kill 100% of the time)

Hire better assassins.

# ? Mar 10, 2022 07:23

Metis of the Chat Thread: Aug 1, 2014

Bruceski posted:

I've got a peace lily and every time it blooms and I post pics I have to add "this will murder your pets, don't get one."

Lol yep we've got those in the front yard and have to make sure they never ever spread to the back. Honestly it's not much of a worry with my terrier but I've got a labrador too and you just can't stop them from putting anything and everything down their gullets.

# ? Mar 10, 2022 07:31

Serephina: Nov 8, 2005; 恐竜戦隊
ジュウレンジャー

Mom had those and never heard of them being toxic, so look a good geek I checked wikipedia:

quote:

Although it is called a "lily", the peace lily is not a true lily from the family Liliaceae. True lilies are highly toxic (poisonous) to cats and dogs,[9][10] but the peace lily, spathiphyllum is only mildly toxic to humans and other animals when ingested.[11][12] It contains calcium oxalate crystals, which can cause skin irritation, a burning sensation in the mouth, difficulty swallowing, and nausea,[13] but it does not contain the toxins found in true lilies, which could cause acute kidney failure in cats and some other animals.[14]

Shrug!

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Today on r/r, we have a woman (for a change) doing the whole logical robot thing:

BF [30M] Says I [31F] Am Yelling or Using a Scary Tone

quote:

Some background: I have been dating my BF for 2 years, and prior to that, was in a 1.5 year relationship, a 5-year relationship, two 9-month relationships, and a handful of relationships that lasted only a couple of months. BF was in one long distance relationship that was 5 years when he was in college and spent most of his adulthood single.

We have been dating for 2 years, and moved in together a few months ago. Throughout the relationship, an issue that we've had is that my BF constantly tells me to stop "screaming" during arguments. It's gotten to the point where I will record our arguments (with his knowledge) and watch them back because I am in total disbelief. Btw, I'm never screaming in these recordings, but it could be argued that I stop screaming because I am recording.

During arguments, I do tend to speak in a very even and unemotional tone, if I'm being fair. This is a massive change from the very warm, lovey dovey and even sappy tone that I usually use when I talk to my bf.

I am a very quiet person. I have never been the type that has been considered loud in group settings, and in no previous relationship has any boyfriend ever told me that I need to lower my voice. If anything, a common thread amongst my friends and partners in the past is that I speak very softly and would probably benefit from speaking up more.

When I disagree with my boyfriend and tell him that I'm not screaming, he will then agree with me and say while I'm not screaming, my tone is very "scary" and that he is not okay with it. He has literally yelled at me "you will stop speaking to me like that right now!" during arguments.

I'm happy to take criticisms of me being overly emotional or unfair during disagreements, but I just don't agree that I yell, scream, or use a tone that is "scary." I feel we are at an impasse because I don't think I'm able to speak in a baby voice when we are disagreeing with each other. I'm considering breaking up because of this and one other big issue we have. Is there anything I can do to still be able to speak like an adult in disagreements while not triggering him to think I'm yelling?

TL;DR: BF says that I scream during arguments and use a scary tone. I don't agree. I think I use a calm and unemotional tone, but I don't see how you can expect me to speak like a baby during an argument. What can I do to not trigger him while still getting my point across as an adult?

# ? Mar 10, 2022 08:57

Megillah Gorilla: Sep 22, 2003; If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.; Bread Liar

Invisible Clergy posted:

AITA for using a 520W 2295 CFM blower fan to dry my nether regions every day after my shower?

For the curious:

# ? Mar 10, 2022 09:02

Project M.A.M.I.L.: Apr 30, 2007; Older, balder, fatter...

Man I'm learning all kinds of stuff tonight. One of our Labradors will eat anything and when the grapevine growing along the fence is fruiting he eats so many his turds look like muesli bars, I had no idea they could kill dogs but it's something I can be aware of with our other one.
And we have peace lily all over our house but the cats aren't really into eating plants, just bugs.

# ? Mar 10, 2022 09:12

ilmucche: Mar 16, 2016; What did you say the strategy was?

pentyne posted:

he's 32 dating a women who just turned drinking age, pretty sure that's not the only red flag that's been shoved in his face.

feature not a bug

Reckon it's in the UK just from the usage of town centre and that spelling. So a bit over drinking age but still, 11 year age gap

# ? Mar 10, 2022 09:20

PancakeTransmission: May 27, 2007; You gotta improvise, Lisa: cloves, Tom Collins mix, frozen pie crust...; Plaster Town Cop

Serephina posted:

BF [30M] Says I [31F] Am Yelling or Using a Scary Tone

I've had this same thing before though. I rarely raise my voice, so when I do (usually a slight inflection), people interpret it as me being really angry and get upset as if I'm yelling, when I'm barely mad.

My first gf had a friend come with her when she was moving out (apparently she was worried I'd attack her), and I was just confused because I had no emotions either way. I didn't give a poo poo that she wanted to break up (in hindsight, realising I'm aromantic or on the spectrum) - I was just confused as to where it came from (until I later found out she was reading my emails but that's more for E/N) :shrug:

# ? Mar 10, 2022 09:24

Runcible Cat: May 28, 2007; Ignoring this post

Megillah Gorilla posted:

For the curious:

Great, now I can't stop imagining his dick floating around in the airblast like people indoor-skydiving over one of those giant fans.

# ? Mar 10, 2022 09:29

Megillah Gorilla: Sep 22, 2003; If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.; Bread Liar

LoudPipesSaveLives posted:

Man I'm learning all kinds of stuff tonight. One of our Labradors will eat anything and when the grapevine growing along the fence is fruiting he eats so many his turds look like muesli bars, I had no idea they could kill dogs but it's something I can be aware of with our other one.
And we have peace lily all over our house but the cats aren't really into eating plants, just bugs.

My bioparents' house had a huge chunk of the garden that was just strawberries.

One time, I accidentally taught our labrador that strawberries were food by giving him half of one I was eating while standing in the middle of the patch.

That was the absolute last time anyone got to eat a strawberry for the next six years. Every morning when we let him out of the house, he'd run over and check the strawberry patch. And about a dozen times a day and every night before we brought him inside.

# ? Mar 10, 2022 09:30

Boba Pearl: Dec 27, 2019; by Athanatos

Maybe you could train the next one not to do that!

# ? Mar 10, 2022 09:32

Pookah: Aug 21, 2008; 🪶Caw🪶

Evil Willow posted:

A bit more info provided in the r/relationship_advice post!

Boyfriend is mad that I won’t pay for gas, advice?

Ex's mum has "multiple Birkin bags"?

The bag that costs €15,000 to well over €100,000? Used

???

# ? Mar 10, 2022 09:49

teen witch: Oct 9, 2012

Pookah posted:

Ex's mum has "multiple Birkin bags"?

The bag that costs �15,000 to well over �100,000? Used

???

Ex�s mom has noveau riche tastes as well as habits, so that tracks

# ? Mar 10, 2022 09:50

Sir Sidney Poitier: Aug 14, 2006; My favourite actor

Megillah Gorilla posted:

For the curious:

Aren't blowers the ones with cylindrical blades?

I have a 750w blower from some ancient mainframe and whilst it's great for ventilating a whole house it is insanely noisy and so powerful that it'll pick up tiny bits of grit or dirt that are around it and fire them out the front. They sting.

# ? Mar 10, 2022 09:55

Metis of the Chat Thread: Aug 1, 2014

Boba Pearl posted:

Maybe you could train the next one not to do that!

A labrador never forgets a source of food.

# ? Mar 10, 2022 10:23

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 having a �trashy� piercing while pregnant?

quote:

I'm having my first baby soon and my obgyn is on vacation. I tried to make sure I had all my questions asked before she went but something came up this week and I figured I would just ask the on call doc.

When I got to the clinic for my checkup the nurse came in and after the usual I asked if I could talk to the on call doctor. She said they were running behind and might not be able to see me today so she asked me what the problem was and said she could help or determine if I really needed to talk to the doc.

Also worth noting maybe I don't remember ever talking with this nurse previous.

I asked her what I should do about my CHP (which is an NSFW area piercing I've had for 6+ years.) she looked at me blankly so I elaborated. She then kind of rolled her eyes and told me that she wasn't getting the on call doc to ask about that and I would need to figure out what to do with my body jewelry on my own.

I told her I would really like to get the docs take on it so I was going to need her to ask or let me talk to the doctor. She went on the computer for a minute and typed a bit and then said that I need to just take it out and that's what the clinic protocol said.

I asked her if I could put a retainer in to keep it safe to replace it after birth and she told me I should take the opportunity to �let go of trashy piercings and leave it since I was becoming a mom.� I was SHOCKED.

When I told my friends about it most of them were shocked too, but another friend who is studying to be a nurse said it was rude of me to make her uncomfortable and would be wrong of me to report her or anything because it's not her job to have to listen to unsolicited information about �kinky stuff� and I was violating her consent in that conversation which is something that happens too often to medical workers.

With that context I started wondering if I was the rear end in a top hat, should I have called my piercer instead was I out of line asking her such a personal question and pressing for an answer when she clearly didn't approve?

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# ? May 25, 2024 04:05

Serephina: Nov 8, 2005; 恐竜戦隊
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On one hand, lovely bedside manner and more from the nurse.

On the other hand, you do not need the 1:1 time of a highly trained professional to tell you what to do about your piercing. Go email your midwife or something.

# ? Mar 10, 2022 10:46

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