snergle posted:

i knew she was a nurse or dr. every insane mlm person i know is a nurse or dr. something about the medical profession breaks peoples brain and they basically turn into ben carson.

Batterypowered7 posted:

He's at the gym, he just spends like 10 minutes between sets reading Reddit on his phone.

Kurieg posted:

I'm just in awe of the combo move of "It's illegal to deny credit" and "it's illegal to require people to pay back credit."

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I (20f) share an apartment with Casey (24m) , Nellie(19f) and Hannah (21f) along with Hannah’s 8 month old daughter. The issue at hand concerns our neighbors.

John (30m) and his wife Jane (25f) have a set of twins that are a year old . So sometimes , Hannah and they will have a playdate with the younger ones . But recently , they’ve been using the play dates as a way to dump their kids on Hannah and the rest of us . Sometimes for hours without answering the phone .

Now , I love kids and would be more then happy to babysit them . But , we are all ether working , in college or both. So more often we’ve ether been late to class or work cause we can’t contact John or Jane .

Yesterday , the four of us were preparing to go out for lunch and get some shopping done . As we were leaving , John stopped us and said he needed Hannah to watch his kids while he went out to see a movie .

I told him we aren’t babysitters and if they the kids with us again without answering. We’d call social services , to which he called a bunch of spineless leeches .

The other parents in the complex said that we were harsh to new parents and to have more compassion.

Edit : all the names are fake and not even close to what they are in real life

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My (42m) son (19m) wants to buy a $35,000 truck. He dropped out of high school, against my advice, at the earliest possible moment of 16. Since then, he has been constantly making up all these dumb schemes to make money. For example, he bought a broken old saw mill $500 and got it working and supposedly has been selling the lumber for the past few years.

Well, the POS truck he uses to get his gear up old dirt back roads has finally broken beyond repair, and now he wants to get some expensive brand new Toyota pick-up truck. I don't know what he wants to get exactly, and I don't care. All I know is that it's a terrible financial decision, and I'm tired of these antics of his and that he needs to get a real job or go to college.

So I told him if he buys that truck, it's going to be the last straw for me. If he buys it, I'm kicking him out. I went as far as to say if he doesn't start trying to actually get his life on track within a couple months he's gone.

He says he "doesn't understand why I'm being so mean" and he's so obviously trying to justify the purchase by saying things like "well, it's going to be my only car, so I want to be comfortable" and "well it's not like it's some ridiculous $60k thing" not to mention the obvious lies he tells me about how he "has enough to buy it outright" and that he's been keeping all him money in cash because he doesn't trust me. Why wouldn't he trust me? Totally BS.

We ended up getting into a screaming match with him storming off to God knows where when his loser buddy picked him up. He called me an AH and my wife said I'm being unreasonable. I guess if my wife is saying that she may have a point, so I'm asking here if I'm the AH.

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I have two Batchelors, one in civil engineering one in electrical, and a masters in electrical engineering. I make around 200k a year.

Because even if he has the cash, which he doesn't, he absolutely should not be making such bad decisions. He needs to put this little lumberjack phase of his to rest

He says he's making good money. He says he has enough saved up in cash. I don't believe him though, and he refuses to show me the money he supposedly has saved up because he "doesn't trust me"

I have no idea. He certainly spends money like he has it, buy I've never seen a cent of it go in or out of his bank account. He says he gets paid in cash only. I honestly don't believe him.

Arsenic Lupin posted:

AITA For threatening to kick my son out if he buys a $35,000 truck?

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he's been keeping all him money in cash because he doesn't trust me. Why wouldn't he trust me? Totally BS.

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He certainly spends money like he has it, buy I've never seen a cent of it go in or out of his bank account.

Pomme de Terror posted:

AITA for telling my neighbor that my roommates and I aren’t babysitters ?

Foo Diddley posted:

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I, 28M, had gone on a few dates with this girl Paulina (not real name) 28F. On about our 4th or 5th date, we were meeting up for drinks with one of my friends and one her friends (both friends were in separate relationships so not a double date) as well as 4 of Paulina’s co-workers. I grabbed a drink with my buddy before meeting up with everyone and he covered the bill.

When we got to the bar with Paulina and her friends, the waitress said if we wanted to use multiple cards we would need to split the bills out so the 4 co-workers were one tab and Paulina and her friend were on a tab with my friend and I. When the waitress came to take our order, I ordered a pitcher of mind-erasers for the table, a beer and ribs for dinner because I hadn’t eaten yet and my friend ordered a sandwich and a beer as well. The girls ordered 1 margarita each and no food. When the drinks came out, I gave a toast celebrating future nights with this group and everyone seemed happy and on board. When the food came out, I offered Paulina some of my ribs and she declined so I figured she had already had dinner.

Everyone was having a great time but then things got weird when the bill came out. Because my friend had bought my drinks earlier, I wanted to cover his portion of the bill and told him not to put his card down. I then saw the girls hesitate but I didn’t feel like I needed to cover their bill as well - I had already been on a few dates with Paulina and I’m not paying for her random friend so I took their cards. The waitress then grabbed the bill and split it 3 ways - I guess they might have paid a little extra but margaritas are more expensive than beers and I’m pretty sure they drank out of the pitcher. After that the vibes were off at the next bar and Paulina stopped returning my texts and I feel like it has to do with the bill, so I’m starting to wonder if I was in the wrong. It’s a bummer because I really liked Paulina. AITA?

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Clocks posted:

OP was put in a really lovely position, especially when her sis flat out lied and tried to claim it was OP who had gotten in trouble.

Really the solution I think is for the parents to pick a different punishment for the sister. Let her go to the career-building internship but curtail phone privileges and stop her from vaping or something, idk, I'm not a parent for a reason.

tactlessbastard posted:

I want to know where this dude is finding a Toyota for only 35k

tactlessbastard posted:

I want to know where this dude is finding a Toyota for only 35k

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My husband and I are retired, and we bought our dream retirement home in a small town a few years ago. I developed an interest in building community, I envision a life here based on community values. My street is made up of close-knit single and multifamily antique houses with different income brackets.I want our neighborhood to be a safe and welcoming place, where we know each other well and can be helpful to each other. I’m even head of the Welcoming Committee that I formed.

However, after we moved into our home this person moved into the house right next to us. We were cordial enough at first, but I soon discovered that she wasn’t community material. For instance, she continued to hire a certain handyman after I made it clear to her that he was known to have problems. Then she constantly complained on and on and on about how my dogs were “ruining” her yard, we’d nod along sympathetically and figured she’d eventually let it go. Instead, she called the police and we were given a warning, she didn’t even deny it when I confronted her about it.

Now she’s upset because we installed a fire pit on the edge of our property, but it’s “right next to her driveway where she parks her car.”It’s not even really a fire pit, it’s a pretty antique cast iron stove with an open front like a fireplace. We placed it on the green grass where it’s not going to cause any harm, and we have a hose handy. Again she complained, this time about it being “unsafe” and too close to her house and car, and she pointed to a house down the street that recently burned to the ground. I pointed out that she works full-time so her car’s usually not even there, and that if she saw the fire going, it’s her own prerogative to move her car, there’s nothing stopping her from driving it into her backyard. And I know there are no fire ordinances, so we’re pretty sure the fire chief won’t bother us about it.

And so, I hosted a party, we were all out around our fire and enjoying the warmth against the blustery chill in the air, and she came outwith her hose and started hosing down her house, car and driveway! I gently asked her what ever brought us to such an impasse and why she would do this to me. I politely asked if her car was inoperable, and she responded about it likely would be if it went up in flames or something. After she went back into her house, our guests told us they were uncomfortable and they left.My family and friends in the community agree with me that it’s OUR property and we can do whatever we want with it, but some people say we maybe should take another look at her concerns and even post our problem here. I’m looking to resolve things before she decides to pull another stunt or get the police involved again, but we’re not moving the stove. So Reddit, AITA?

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I'm 19f, I'm fairly regular smoker. I tend to smoke in my shed/garage with the door closed, and sometimes when group seshes happen, it gets a lil hot boxed.

One night, after a night of liver abuse, my friends and I went back to my house to continue the fun with alternative substances. It was hotboxed, and then we discovered a kitten, who at the time was about 10 weeks old, absolutely covered in fleas and mites, and who was now stoned to add to her problems.

We didn't immediately realise she was stoned, and I was going to wash her and take her to the vet on Monday, but upon realising my new found friend was stoned, we took her to the emergency vet.

The vet gave her a good scrub, and asked would I like to surrender her or take her home, and I chose to take her home. He also laughed and said don't worry about her being stoned, you'd be surprised at the amount of people who unintentionally hotbox pets and have those pets be fine.

I decides it was only fitting that the cat have a weed name. I was originally going to name her after a strain, but I decided spliff would be better than something stupid like OG vanilla gorilla kush.

A friend of mine thinks I am an rear end in a top hat, not only for risking getting defenseless animals stoned in the first place, but also for making a joke out of it and naming said defenseless animal after the misfortune. I disagree and think it's hilarious and now I have a best friend. AITA?

Edit: I'm not sure if Spliff suffered any serious long term consequences, or if she's just stupid because she's orange, but there's a she's kinda an idiot.

haveblue posted:

Does weed even work on cats

Agents are GO! posted:

My mom told me that her cat once found her stash, ate it, and slept for three days.

Elviscat posted:

Aww, Spliff wanna pet that stoner cat.

That fireplace one is a big WTF, I'm not like Mr. Fire Safety over here, but best case scenario you have a giant lovely rusty old stove in your lawn, hanging over into your neighbor's property, apparently. Worst case you melt your neighbor's car and are on the hook for repairs and probably some fines.

Elviscat posted:

Aww, Spliff wanna pet that stoner cat.

That fireplace one is a big WTF, I'm not like Mr. Fire Safety over here, but best case scenario you have a giant lovely rusty old stove in your lawn, hanging over into your neighbor's property, apparently. Worst case you melt your neighbor's car and are on the hook for repairs and probably some fines.

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I gently asked her what ever brought us to such an impasse and why she would do this to me.