PancakeTransmission posted:

Love that in 2022, people with sensory issues are still told they are stupid for not liking certain foods or textures. Not even that someone is so picky that they only eat chicken nuggets. They just wanted to avoid pineapple (one the worst fruits)

teen witch posted:

settle the gently caress down everyone, it’s pineapple

Larry Parrish posted:

it's ok to not like pineapple but lol at thinking tasting the citrus and whatever the pineapple enzyme that wrinkles your mouth and makes it such a good tenderizer is a mild allergic reaction or something

Pookah posted:

I thought the digestive enzyme thingy in pineapple is deactivated by cooking? So if the op is getting an itchy mouth from cooked pineapple, it probably does mean they have some kind of allergy going on.

ilmucche posted:

Ask me about eating 4 kiwis for lunch and regretting my choices

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The core has high concentration of Bromelain as compared to the fruit and hence is more beneficial. It is also a great source of Vitamin C, just like the fruit, and boosts your immunity. Bromelain also improves heart health and helps in thinning of the mucus in conditions like asthma, for easy breathing.

mediaphage posted:

i bet the bigger issue with pineapple on pizzas is that they used straight up the whole damned pineapple. the core is much worse in terms of having a high concentration of bromelain

but lol at this

lmao yeah im gonna bleed out my mouth to help my asthma tia

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So me (31M) and my wife (35F) have two kids (10M, 4F) and a large dog, her name is Margo and she’s 9. About a year ago someone stole her, it took a lot of searching but we found her, during the time she was gone our son was distraught. And when we got her back he refused to leave her side for about a week. And this included sleeping in the dog bed with her.

Things are better now, but it’s not unusual to find him sleeping in the dog bed or just sitting on it and relaxing. I’ve asked him about it and he’s just says it’s more comfortable and relaxing than a normal chair. I don’t really have an issue with it but my wife doesn’t like it, she told me it’s dirty for him to sleep in the same bed as the dog.

I thought I had come up with an idea to kind of solve things. I brought a large dog bed, very similar to margo’s but it was specifically for our son, to have in his room or to bring out into the front room. I got it in his favourite colour, yellow and gave it to him while my wife was out (not intentional at all, it just arrived while she was out) and he loved it. He put it in the corner of his room and we actually rearranged and decorated his room a little bit.

After my wife got home while I was cooking dinner he dragged it out from his room to the front room to watch something. My wife asked him what that was and he excitedly told her about it. She was clearly unhappy but waited till he went to bed to say anything.

She blew up at me asking why the hell I brought him a dog bed. I knew he found it comforting and I knew she didn’t like it when he’s in Margo’s bed so I thought this was a good solution. She accused me of treating our son like a pet and refused to hear any explanation from me. She wants me to take it form him because she doesn’t want to be the bad guy. I refused, knowing how upset he would be. She’s now making comments heavily insinuating she will get rid of it. I didn’t really think this would be a big deal but now I’m not sure, have I missed something, AITA?

Edit: spelling

Edit 2: just because I'm seeing some confusion and assumptions, he still sleep in his actual bed, just sometimes during the day or when he gets nightmares or just sometimes because why not he'll opt for the dog bed.

IT BURNS posted:

The best pizza is sausage, pineapple, and jalapeno; salty, sweet, and spicy in every bite.

It is known.

Remulak posted:

Add anchovies, seriously, that’s the best combo.

But don’t add anchovies if the pizza place doesn’t sell a lot of them, because week-old anchovies are legit bad, and maybe why so many people don’t like them. My BIL’s sister would bring a jar of anchovies when coming over for pizza, because she loved them and the places nearby didn’t sell a lot so the quality was suspect. This was in St Louis so I think that’s why, this is not a St Louis Pizza Derail.

IT BURNS posted:

The best pizza is sausage, pineapple, and jalapeno; salty, sweet, and spicy in every bite.

It is known.

Piell posted:

AITA for buying my son a dog bed to sleep in?

teen witch posted:

settle the gently caress down everyone, it’s pineapple

HopperUK posted:

WTF how can this possibly be a problem? Why do so many people get so weird about things that don't matter even slightly?

TehRedWheelbarrow posted:

The best taco trick I picked up in Mexico was slivered fresh pineapple over a properly spicy taco.

Larry Parrish posted:

gently caress anchovy likers, there's just enough of you that my pizza place carrys them but not enough to actually go through an open can before it gets even more vile than normal. And then I have to smell it until your happy rear end comes and picks it up. I don't know why we still stock them honestly cuz we throw away like more than half of every can and we can't find them any smaller. Lol

Pookah posted:

I thought the digestive enzyme thingy in pineapple is deactivated by cooking? So if the op is getting an itchy mouth from cooked pineapple, it probably does mean they have some kind of allergy going on.

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I (21m) live in a shared apartment with John (23m) and Jenny (26f). Jenny is the person who has moved in most recently and has been here for a bit over a month. A few days ago while we were eating dinner (just Jenny and I, John is currently travelling) she mentioned that she was planning to introduce a cleaning schedule when John is back at the apartment. Apparently she feels like she's doing 90% of the cleaning currently (which is true I guess) so she wants to introduce a weekly rotation of one person cleaning the bathroom, one person the kitchen and one person taking out the trash and recycling.

While Jenny does do 90% of the cleaning I think she's definitely putting in more effort than necessary. For example she mops the bathroom and kitchen floors weekly (which is overkill imo), or cleans the glass doors of the shower stall which is purely for aesthetic reasons in my opinion. Before she moved in we sorta just cleaned after ourselves (occasionally wiping the counters for example) and only did more involved cleaning once things got visibly dirty.

So I told her that I don't think a schedule is necessary and I'm pretty sure that John would agree with me. Three people in one apartment isn't that much so you don't need to deep clean all common rooms weekly. We did fine without one previously and if she has higher cleanliness standards then she has to put in more work. She seemed annoyed and said living in shared apartments is about compromises and she's already doing us a favour with this schedule since all the less frequent tasks (cleaning windows, deep cleaning the oven etc.) would likely fall on her anyways. She was silent for the rest of the dinner.

I'm pretty confident in my opinion since John and I are in the majority with our cleaning approach but her continuing to be annoyed makes me a bit doubtful. We also did clean the apartment before she was here for the showing so maybe we created false expectations. So AITA for refusing the schedule?

toplitzin posted:

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Dear What About Amy,

Thank God you still have a way to contact Amy. What happened with the furniture and decor you bought for her is so unfair and cruel. You can’t do much about what goes on in that house (unless of course you see things escalating from unfair to abusive), but please remember that it’s not material things that will make or break her emotional wellbeing during her last two teenage years. That means your job is simple: Talk to her, talk to her, talk to her. Listen to her, listen to her, listen to her. Always remind her that you’re there for her. Tell her how much you wish you could change her living situation and how much she’s worthy of better treatment. Keep having these conversations (along with lighter ones about her everyday life and interests). Help her to dream about a life after high school and a future in which she has her own space and only people who respect and value her are allowed into it. Don’t underestimate the power of unconditional love and reminding a kid in a bad situation that it’s not a reflection of her and that she deserves more.

CommissarMega posted:

I think the only thing that disgusts me more than this letter is Prudence's answer:

I mean, okay sure, maybe Prudence cannot outright say "KICK DOWN THE DOORS AND GET AMY OUT OF THERE NOW", but it still pisses me off. Would it be kidnapping if the OP did somethibg along those lines? Like maybe pick Amy up after school? Clear things up with the cops beforehand?

Piell posted:

AITA for buying my son a dog bed to sleep in?

She wants me to take it form him because she doesn’t want to be the bad guy

CommissarMega posted:

I think the only thing that disgusts me more than this letter is Prudence's answer:

I mean, okay sure, maybe Prudence cannot outright say "KICK DOWN THE DOORS AND GET AMY OUT OF THERE NOW", but it still pisses me off. Would it be kidnapping if the OP did somethibg along those lines? Like maybe pick Amy up after school? Clear things up with the cops beforehand?

AKA Pseudonym posted:

AITA for kicking my SIL out of my wedding because of what she wore?

moonmazed posted:

i live in the loving sticks and the only pizza place that delivers is pizza hut and they don't have anchovies

Larry Parrish posted:

gently caress anchovy likers, there's just enough of you that my pizza place carrys them but not enough to actually go through an open can before it gets even more vile than normal. And then I have to smell it until your happy rear end comes and picks it up. I don't know why we still stock them honestly cuz we throw away like more than half of every can and we can't find them any smaller. Lol

snergle posted:

wait does red mean i hosed the groom? i wore a maroon tux to both my sisters weddings =O

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My fiancé and I are planning our wedding. She comes from a large family. She has 5 sisters, most of them have kids. 4 of her sisters are her bridesmaids, one is serving as maid of honor. I come from a smaller family: just my parents, my sister and my niece, Brynn. Brynn is 3 years old and pretty much my best pal. I’m her godfather,I love her to bits.

I didn’t care when my fiancé didn’t choose my sister to be a bridesmaid and likewise my sister was cool with it. I did feel some sort of way because I have all 4 of my fiancé’s brother-in-laws in my wedding party (at fiancé’s request) but ultimately, it’s her side of the party, she can do what she wants.

Then it came time to pick the younger roles in the wedding. Her older nephews are junior groomsmen, the younger is the ring bearer. She only has one niece, Aubrey, who’s 4. My fiancé wants her to be the flower girl. I said that’s fine, but I also want Brynn to be one. They can walk down the aisle together, it’d be super cute. Brynn loves playing with Aubrey, so they get along.

My fiancé says she wants our wedding to be “traditional” so there can only be one flower girl. I suggested Brynn could hold a sign or something while Aubrey threw flowers. My fiancé said no, she can sit with my sister and parents.

At this point, I insisted and said Brynn would be flower girl. I texted my sister and asked, she agreed. My fiancé got pissed and I said it’s my day too, Brynn means a great deal to me and she’ll be in the wedding. My fiancée and Aubrey’s mom are mad at me, saying I’m stealing Aubrey’s spotlight. AITA?

Update: Okay, wow. Did not expect this to blow up the way it did. Thank you to everyone who reached out.

This morning, my fiancé and I sat down to talk about the wedding in general. I brought up Brynn and Aubrey. My fiancé just kept parroting “it’s tradition, let Aubrey have the spotlight”. She shot down compromise after compromise (Aubrey walks first, Brynn blows bubbles or holds a sign, etc). Finally, my fiancé was honest. She doesn’t want Brynn in our wedding because Brynn has Down Syndrome. She said everyone will be looking at her, taking pity, etc. Turns out it wasn’t about a spotlight on Aubrey, but my loving fiancé. I told her to gently caress herself, called her ableist and said don’t worry, there won’t be a spotlight to steal anymore because there’s no wedding.

I’ve left our apartment, staying at my sister’s and playing with Brynn. My phone has been blowing up with texts and calls from my fiancé. Magically she’s ready to compromise now. I need time but am likely done. Y’all were right.

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I (41f) am married to my husband (42m) and we have two kids: our son (11m) who we will call Zach, and daughter (9f) who we will call Lizzie (not their real names for privacy reasons).



Lizzie LOVES the video game Minecraft, and has played it nearly every day since we bought it for her on Xbox for her 8th birthday. She is a super artsy kid and loves to create extravagant buildings and structures in Minecraft, and she has shown me her amazing creations many times.


Two days ago, she was playing downstairs and Zach asked if he could play with her. Lizzie didn’t let him play even though we have two Xbox controllers, and Zach was very angry for not letting her play. I don’t know why Lizzie didn’t let him play, I was in the kitchen upstairs.


Yesterday, when my husband and I were still sleeping, Lizzie started screaming and crying downstairs. She always wakes up early to play. Her world with all of her creations is gone, and she told us between sobs that she can’t get it back, and she thinks that Zach deleted it last night.


When Zach woke up, I asked him if he deleted Lizzie’s world, and he started laughing and said that she should have let him play with her. I was livid. Lizzie loves that game so much and her creations were beautiful, and now they’re gone forever, not to mention that she is devastated that the world she has spent over a year on is gone forever.


I took my son’s brand new phone away (we had just bought it for him this month for his birthday). My son is acting like this is the end of the world. He says he needs his phone because everybody else at school has one, and he needs to fit in. He is starting middle school this week and claims he doesn’t want to become a social outcast. I told him he can have his phone back in a month, and not having a phone won’t make him an outcast, but he refuses and wants it now.


My husband think his that taking away his phone is going too far, and that Lizzie’s game being gone “isn’t that big of a deal,” but by that logic, isn’t Zach’s phone being gone not that big of a deal either? I don’t know what to do, it’s been over 24 hours and Zach won’t talk to me, and Lizzie is still moody. So Reddit, can I get some advice. AITA?