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AreWeDrunkYet posted:No one is owed an inheritance, you can’t punish someone by taking it away especially if it was never promised no matter how entitled a rich kid is acting. Someone not receiving an inheritance just isn’t getting a windfall, and that’s not even the case here since Sam got $150k for nothing. And whatever Sam did or didn’t do, it comes down to dead dad not wanting to reward the product of an affair (presumably). It could have been any other reason, bad vibes or whatever you want to call it, and at best it’s not fair or inequitable, but punishment is a weird word for someone not getting something that was never theirs or earned in the first place. He's a grieving teenager being posthumously all but told "You're no son of mine" by the man who raised him and the only father he's ever known. Per OP's only comment, Sam didn't even find out he didn't have Lee's DNA until after Lee was already dead. So he got to find out all this poo poo while in mourning.
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Arsenic Lupin posted:Expensive meal dad confirmed that the restaurant is in the French Laundry zone. Expensive meal mom* Lottery of Babylon posted:He's a grieving teenager being posthumously all but told "You're no son of mine" by the man who raised him and the only father he's ever known. It's pretty much the worst way to pull the rug on Sam, even if we assume bad vibes.
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May 12, 2023 00:46
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They didn't even leave him a rug?
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Pope Corky the IX posted:They didn't even leave him a rug? Yeah, pulled it right out from under him, at the last part of the story.
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May 12, 2023 00:52
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And gave him $150k Poor child
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AITA for calling my friend cringe after he asked a stripper on a date?quote:So my friend and I went to a strip club last night. He seemed to be really into one of the strippers, and kept trying to chat her up during her set. I could tell she was just being polite, but he didn't seem to get the hint. I like the idea of calling people cringe instead of stupid. AITA for calling my mother a "loving monster" as she was having a mental breakdown? quote:For a while, I was a single father of three lovely boys, ages 7 and 5. When my oldest two were 1, my ex-girlfriend and I split after I found out she cheated multiple times. We decided to “co-parent,” but she was incredibly distanced from the family. 4 months after she gave birth to my youngest son, she decided that she wasn’t ready to be a mother and left.
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May 12, 2023 01:46
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I too call my raging benders where I terrorize children 'mental breakdowns' 
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AITA for “making fun” of my girlfriends lack of friends ?quote:I (25M) love my girlfriend (24F). She is chill, funny, and kind. Recently we got into a bit of a heated discussion because of something I pointed out. When I first met her, I realized she wasn’t very social. She likes alone time, to spend nights alone (I understand because she does work a lot) , and isint very outgoing. She’s not anti social though, just a bit reserved.
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May 12, 2023 03:20
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Lol imagine being such a loser you only have 1 or 2 close friends ahahaha 
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Pomme de Terror posted:AITA for “making fun” of my girlfriends lack of friends ? I wasn't counting friends I say of our conversation where I made an assessment based on a quantitative analysis of the size of her social circle. Wonder what this guy would think of my hermit rear end.
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quote:DEAR ABBY: I dated a separated married man for six months. He said he wanted a committed relationship with me, but after two months, he decided he still wanted to have sex with his wife occasionally. I assumed he’d be with her, like, maybe once a month or once every three months. He told me I would be his primary girl. Well, I found out that she, not I, was primary.
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Kite Pride Worldwide posted:I too call my raging benders where I terrorize children 'mental breakdowns' Your mom's just having a narcissistic fit, you know she'll say words similar to ones a penitent individual might tomorrow so can't you just wait it out
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Enemabag Jones posted:Lol imagine being such a loser you only have 1 or 2 close friends ahahaha
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May 12, 2023 04:05
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It's not about how much money the son was left. It's about the posthumous, out of the blue, "gently caress you". "I stopped loving you because your mother cheated" is a lousy last message to leave.
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AITA for calling my siblings out for not having their children write thank you notes?quote:I (f49) recently sent $1,500 to my sister (f45) so that her daughter (f14) could go on a class trip to Washington DC and New York. I also sent her daughter a new set of Glossier makeup. It’s been six weeks, and have not received a thank you note/text. I had also sent my older brother (m53) and his sons (m17, m18) $300 Tiffany pens for their graduation, last year, and also didn’t get a thank you note/text. I didn't write a thank you letter to my grandma for xmas presents when I was four and she never sent me another gift for the rest of her life.
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Pomme de Terror posted:AITA for “making fun” of my girlfriends lack of friends ? Imagine being 25 and talking about having sleepovers with your friends.
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Arsenic Lupin posted:It's not about how much money the son was left. It's about the posthumous, out of the blue, "gently caress you". We don't know poo poo about Sam. He could've been a terrible spoiled kid or something on top of being an affair kid. Or maybe he really is a good guy who only got $150k instead of a couple mil. I don't think the OP gave us much one way or the other, but we do know what the dad's last wishes were as per his will.
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Mx. posted:AITA for calling my siblings out for not having their children write thank you notes? I did thank you notes as a kid, and the kids I nannied for did them (or their parents did, whatever, the kids signed them all) and that was just for ordinary gifts. for poo poo that expensive, i'd write thank you notes today. My grandma stopped sending me gifts when I didn't write a thank you note to her, but in fairness, she took my dad's side in my parents divorce, blamed my mom for having depression so she couldn't satisfy her son and forcing him to have many affairs, and wiped her hands of the grandkids when we didn't see it her way. This from a woman who divorced her cheating husband in the 40's. poo poo just tonight i got a long thank you text from a friend when he found the birthday present I left him after housesitting; he found the Legos and card but missed the three foot of cardboard wrapped around a large painting. He loved it. He apparently missed it the previous day, and not going to lie, I was rather sad and disappointed he didn't thank me for making something so big that he had mentioned he wanted for his new place. Cowslips Warren fucked around with this message at 04:45 on May 12, 2023 |
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Mx. posted:I didn't write a thank you letter to my grandma for xmas presents when I was four and she never sent me another gift for the rest of her life. Not doing thank you notes is my primary regret from childhood. Make your kids do them.
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Silly Newbie posted:Imagine being 25 and talking about having sleepovers with your friends. that sounds cool we can stay up late and watch movies
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Give a gift if you want to and it makes you feel good. Expecting something (anything) in return makes you the rear end in a top hat.
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mllaneza posted:Not doing thank you notes is my primary regret from childhood. Make your kids do them.  what?I don't expect thank you notes at all from any of my siblings or their kids. That's ridiculous. I get them stuff because I love them, not because I need affirmation for getting them stuff. Braincloud posted:Give a gift if you want to and it makes you feel good. Expecting something (anything) in return makes you the rear end in a top hat. Basically, this.
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Braincloud posted:Give a gift if you want to and it makes you feel good. Expecting something (anything) in return makes you the rear end in a top hat. A simple thank you is polite. AITA for calling the police on my neighbor who hotwired my car because his wife was in labor? quote:I (32M) have a neighbor, let's call him Jack (35M). Jack and I have had our differences. Our main issues revolve around boundaries; he has borrowed my lawn mower without asking a few times and once used my grill when I was out of town. I've spoken to him about this several times, but he justifies it as 'neighborly sharing'.
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Mx. posted:AITA for calling my siblings out for not having their children write thank you notes? Thank you notes are bullshit performative etiquette nonsense. Yes, it's nice to write a heartfelt note expressing ones gratitude for a meaningful, or large gift. It's even nicer to receive one of said notes. But to expect one as a matter of course, and to get pissy and deny further gifts because of that. Is the mark of an arsehole.
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BrigadierSensible posted:Thank you notes are bullshit performative etiquette nonsense. how about at least a phone call or text? poo poo, when my dad paid for one of my school trips, i called him to thank him, and texted later as well because the trip was over a grand with plane tickets.
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According to grandma a thank you in person is not enough, you need to write that letter
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Cowslips Warren posted:A simple thank you is polite. I’m guessing OP probably would have driven Jack and wife to the hospital if he had asked. What weirdo neighborhood does he live in where someone hotwiring your car and taking off with it is not theft?
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Cowslips Warren posted:how about at least a phone call or text? poo poo, when my dad paid for one of my school trips, i called him to thank him, and texted later as well because the trip was over a grand with plane tickets. As you yourself said earlier. That's just being polite, and a decent person who is grateful for the gift. But expecting someone to sit down in the drawing room to pen a formal "Dear Grandmother, Thank you for the doll you gave me on Christmas. It is ever so pretty. With Love, your granddaughter" letter, instead of a "Thanks Grandma. It's great." and a hug is bullshit bourgeoise performative nonsense. Sorry if I came across as rude.
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Mx. posted:According to grandma a thank you in person is not enough, you need to write that letter A tree must die so that honor may live.
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If you gave me a gift, the thank you is in accepting it.
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Kenshin posted:
This was old-school polite society in NEw England in the 1970s. It was very much the done thing. Also, you're giving gifts for the right reasons. But expressions of gratitude should be similarly spontaneous. Yes, I know that contradicts "make your kids write them", so I'll amend that to "encourage gratitude in your children", thank you.
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Horsebanger posted:that sounds cool we can stay up late and watch movies We, as grown men, can pretend it’s middle school and we could “accidentally” find an old Porky’s Revenge VHS tape… It would be awesome. until my wife comes home early and is all “what the gently caress?!”
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Cowslips Warren posted:A simple thank you is polite. Not sure which is more unbelievable, that someone is able to hotwire a car in TYOOL 2023, or that the police bothered with a stolen vehicle.
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Hughlander posted:Not sure which is more unbelievable, that someone is able to hotwire a car in TYOOL 2023, or that the police bothered with a stolen vehicle. It being 2023 doesn't say anything about the model year of the car Although it would have to be many years old and probably a piece of crap when it was new to be easily hotwired, yeah Funniest possibility: it's a hyundai and Jack learned how to hotwire it from tiktok
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Don't get so hung up on thank you note etiquette to miss that the OP of the note saga indicated that a text would be fine but hadn't gotten one after a couple grand in gifts. I think that'd irritate me to. "Your aunt gave us a lot of money so you could go on this trip, make sure to thank her" doesn't seem like a big parenting reach.
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Agrikk posted:We, as grown men, can pretend it’s middle school and we could “accidentally” find an old Porky’s Revenge VHS tape… It sure beats Super Mario Bros.
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Hughlander posted:Not sure which is more unbelievable, that someone is able to hotwire a car in TYOOL 2023, or that the police bothered with a stolen vehicle. A bunch of people are calling bullshit on the story. Hotwiring is time consuming, and honestly, the idea that the rest of the neighbours are getting pissed at the OP for calling the cops when his car was ostensibly stolen is loving absurd at best.
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Silly Newbie posted:Don't get so hung up on thank you note etiquette to miss that the OP of the note saga indicated that a text would be fine but hadn't gotten one after a couple grand in gifts. I think that'd irritate me to. "Your aunt gave us a lot of money so you could go on this trip, make sure to thank her" doesn't seem like a big parenting reach. Yeah, that kind of thing is really worth teaching kids. I’ve gone out on a limb to do favors for people and not getting even a simple “thanks! You’ve been a big help!” makes me not want to help them out in the future
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Lottery of Babylon posted:He's a grieving teenager being posthumously all but told "You're no son of mine" by the man who raised him and the only father he's ever known. Maybe he was mad and petty. Maybe Sam was a cock. We don't actually know 
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