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AITA for telling my brother his wife is not allowed at family day?quote:Hey everyone, so my brother has been with his wife for 6 years. She’s always been an amazing SIL and aunt to my babies, but recently she was unaware I was omw to my brothers house and happened to be meeting with her own mother at the same time. I always just walk in the house through the garage when I come over, but this time they were sitting on the back porch and I overheard her tell her mother she thought I was a bad mother for vaccinating my children and that “at the end of day, I’ll be sorry”, she also stated she felt “uncomfortable around us” i felt this was an attack on me and my family. I immediately left and called my brother to tell him what had happened and that I wasn’t comfortable with her coming to my house anymore, which is we’re we host family day every weekend. He proceeded to tell me that what she said to her mother was in confidence and that I shouldn’t of been sneaking around the house. I’m completely floored I have no idea how to respond. Am I the rear end in a top hat here?
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AITA for not waiting to dye my hair?quote:context- My extended family (25-30 of us) often (every 3 weeks to a month) have gathering/events at some of my older relatives houses since they all have lots of space. I don't always attend since I don't get along with some of the people but I do go sometimes because it's nice to have the entire family in one place. Most of my family is religious and some of the older generation is old fashioned.
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Jun 3, 2023 02:40
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Upgrade posted:This weird rear end post does an excellent job of making my point. How is my post "weird"?
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Jun 3, 2023 02:46
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Upgrade posted:pile of gently caress Shut up
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Jun 3, 2023 02:55
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Crocobile posted:
This gives off real "written one-handed" vibes to me.
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Jun 3, 2023 03:15
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AITA for having my girlfriend over all the time?quote:I have a basement apartment by myself. It is a one bedroom, with my landlord and his wife living above me. I pay a cheap rent and half the utilities for the house. Landlord is a friend from high school that we hang out with socially quite often.
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Jun 3, 2023 03:28
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t-.-t posted:AITA for having my girlfriend over all the time? loving landlords man. Petty tyrants one minute then as soon as you pack up your poo poo and start to leave your "leaving the poor landlord hanging". Too bad motherfucker should've had him sign a lease. But oh wait, then you couldn't put in a clause of "I'm gonna scream at your girlfriend for no reason."
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AITA for laughing at my gf after she said she wants to do modeling?quote:Little background: My 21M my GF 20M we’ve been together for over 2 years. Recently she was fired by her job and she’s actively looking for a new one, she’s a relatively obese and has PCOS ( manifested by obesity/ body hair/ acne etc important for next part.
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Jun 3, 2023 04:02
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DeeplyConcerned posted:How is my post "weird"? "my Corky" was very much weird
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Jun 3, 2023 04:10
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The Bramble posted:This story really bothers me. I’m a new father, and not Getting Your poo poo Together for the sake of your kid blows my mind. You don’t get to whine about how change is hard, lady. If you want to see something jaw-dropping take a look at the interrogation of Jennifer Eiland after her child wandered away and died. The situation is horrifying but it sort of becomes hilarious as Eiland fills us in on every minute detail of her day and then the detective steadily rips her apart for being a delusionally awful parent. I've seen depressed people before and this is something else, maybe something pathological. (She got 24 years for negligent manslaughter.) Crocobile posted:AITA for not putting my shirt back on? And quote:DEAR ABBY: My grandson is 6 and very sensitive, maybe too sensitive. He's also lovable, super scientific-minded, good-hearted and generous with his little sister. However, he still uses a diaper at night and has CVS (cyclical vomiting syndrome). It's heartbreaking. For that reason, he's on a special gluten-free, no flour, no chocolate diet.
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Jun 3, 2023 04:26
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t-.-t posted:AITA for having my girlfriend over all the time? Friends off
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Jun 3, 2023 04:26
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trickybiscuits posted:I do not approve of bullying, but I want to bully this kid. Or his grandmother. I mostly want to bully the magician.
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Jun 3, 2023 05:27
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I want to see some drug and alcohol magic tricks
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Jun 3, 2023 05:35
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haveblue posted:I want to see some drug and alcohol magic tricks And they say he turned 2 tabs and a handful of pills into enough to last for an entire rave.
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Pope Corky the IX posted:I would like to apologize. I was unaware that my telling of personal stories had become such an issue in the thread. I won’t be doing that anymore, and thank you for bringing it to my attention. I'll donate 50 bucks to a charity of your choice to reverse this decision and probate the bad opinion haver.
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Jun 3, 2023 05:38
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t-.-t posted:AITA for having my girlfriend over all the time? Does anyone else get the sense the landlord made an advance on the girlfriend and was solidly rejected? Cowslips Warren posted:AITA for laughing at my gf after she said she wants to do modeling? Lol. What an idiot.
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This one isn’t anything new but has a happy ending: AITA for being uncomfortable with my boyfriend's friend calling me "b***h"? quote:For context, I am a 31F living with my boyfriend "Mike" who is 34. Mike has a friend "Victor" who comes over a lot. Yesterday, Victor came over to watch baseball with Mike. Victor asked me to pass him a beer so I passed one over but I dropped it. It didn't crack open or anything, but he said "Nice one, bitch." I was honestly shocked and said excuse me? He started laughing and Mike joined in. I was very uncomfortable and genuinely didn't know what to say. I told Victor that I didn't appreciate him calling me a bitch. He got super defensive and said he was saying it "jokingly". I said it doesn't matter how you were trying to say it, I am uncomfortable. He got very huffy and said I was just being "sensitive" and then he said "and you're probably going to accuse me of being a sexist now aren't you. Can't say anything these days." This was wild because A) I didn't say anything about sexism and B) What do you mean "can't say anything"? Can't call women "bitches" unsolicited anymore? What even was his point here?
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lostleaf posted:Does anyone else get the sense the landlord made an advance on the girlfriend and was solidly rejected?
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Jun 3, 2023 06:00
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the holy poopacy posted:I mostly want to bully the magician. Bully 'em all, let God sort them out
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Jun 3, 2023 06:20
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quote:people seem to think that women lose their "value" after turning 30
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look it is a scientific fact that men never lose their sexual value but women do it once they have a kid, or more partners than their current boyfriend, or hit age 30. AITAH for choosing my nephew's birthday gift? quote:My (40m) nephew has a birthday coming up, and I decided I wanted to get him something STEM related. I told my girlfriend (35f) that I was figuring it out. She kept insisting we get him something that a kid his age would typically like, hue light strips or shoes... I finally said that I appreciated her concern and energy, but I would run with the STEM gift. She got angry, and we argued, and finally, she said she was going to get him something because "he needs something that isn't lame," which led to more arguing about her being controlling. AITAH?
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Cowslips Warren posted:look it is a scientific fact that men never lose their sexual value but women do it once they have a kid, or more partners than their current boyfriend, or hit age 30. I read this a couple times as "my nephew (40m)" and was like, yeah a middle-aged guy might like some Pumas or something.
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Cowslips Warren posted:AITAH for choosing my nephew's birthday gift? This really depends on the kid's age & interests. I bought a junior microscope for my 5 year old nephew's birthday not because it was ‘educational' or 'STEM', but because he loving loves roaming around the garden with a magnifying glass examining bugs and a microscope will probably be something he'll enjoy.
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Creature posted:This really depends on the kid's age & interests. I bought a junior microscope for my 5 year old nephew's birthday not because it was ‘educational' or 'STEM', but because he loving loves roaming around the garden with a magnifying glass examining bugs and a microscope will probably be something he'll enjoy. many years ago, i think the last year Toys R Us was around, i found 3 foot tall plush Olafs on their website. you could order 2 at a time for $3 each. i might have ordered like 10 of them. 1 for each of the kids I nannied, one for secret santa, one for my nephew who was like 6. I figured he could at least have a giant snowman. well, after I wrapped him up, i found out everyone else had pitched in and gotten him a Playstation or xbox, whatever the new console was that year, and some new games. Well poo poo, no kid is gonna want huge Olaf. as it turned out Olaf was a hit. the kid was excited for the games, yes, but the adults mostly played. because nephew was carrying Olaf all over the house, wrestling with him, jumping on him; i got sent some pics of my nephew asleep on the drat plushie. He loved that thing more than the game system. i don't remember which goon got giant Olaf in SASS but i remember them posting they screamed because he barely fit in the box, so once they cut the packing tape off, the box top broke open like a jack in the box and HERE'S OLAF. AITA for not getting my boyfriend's niece a gift? quote:I have been dating my boyfriend for 2 years. I usually pick out birthday presents for family and friends, which is something I don't mind doing. Last month, I picked up a video game for my boyfriend's friend birthday. I gave it to him and the friend thanked me. However, when we got back home, my boyfriend said it was a bad gift and his friend was just being polite, as the game I had got him wasn't the kind that the friend played. I told him that I had tried my best to get him something I knew he would like, and as he played similar games, I asked my brother, after my boyfriend was no help, who also plays video games as I don't what I should get for him. I told my boyfriend that I wouldn't be responsible for getting gifts for his family/friends for the future and that he now had to get them himself as I was quite offended after I had made the effort to get his friend a gift, and then he was critizing me.
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Creature posted:This really depends on the kid's age & interests. I bought a junior microscope for my 5 year old nephew's birthday not because it was ‘educational' or 'STEM', but because he loving loves roaming around the garden with a magnifying glass examining bugs and a microscope will probably be something he'll enjoy. Roaming around the garden examining bugs, guaranteed to have no educations value, and definitely nothing to do with science. (I know the STEM "branding" can get overwhelming, and stuff like cool science toys should be given because they fit the kid's interests, not just because "STEM! They'll be so smart!!!") Barudak posted:And they say he turned 2 tabs and a handful of pills into enough to last for an entire rave. That's 2000's Jesus right there, turning regular blotter paper into acid, and press pills that are 99% Aspirin and 1% meth into pure Molly.
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Creature posted:This really depends on the kid's age & interests. I bought a junior microscope for my 5 year old nephew's birthday not because it was ‘educational' or 'STEM', but because he loving loves roaming around the garden with a magnifying glass examining bugs and a microscope will probably be something he'll enjoy. 100%. For really young kids like toddlers, almost everything is new and exciting and fascinating. After that, they've developed their own taste and unless they're into STEM stuff, they're going to be totally uninterested. I was a kid who was into STEM stuff well into my teens and anything science or nature was super cool to me. But most of the other kids at school would have hated it because they just weren't into it. You can't force that stuff on kids after a certain age.
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Cowslips Warren posted:i don't remember which goon got giant Olaf in SASS but i remember them posting they screamed because he barely fit in the box, so once they cut the packing tape off, the box top broke open like a jack in the box and HERE'S OLAF.  Cowslips Warren posted:AITA for not getting my boyfriend's niece a gift? 
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wheatpuppy posted:I read this a couple times as "my nephew (40m)" and was like, yeah a middle-aged guy might like some Pumas or something. I read it that way too, and was thinking, "This bloke is old enough to have a 40 year old nephew, yet has a 35 year old girlfriend?"
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BrigadierSensible posted:I read it that way too, and was thinking, "This bloke is old enough to have a 40 year old nephew, yet has a 35 year old girlfriend?" I have a (half) nephew who's a couple years older than me!
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reignonyourparade posted:"my Corky" was very much weird What do you call jokes on your planet
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Elviscat posted:I have a (half) nephew who's a couple years older than me! Come say hello to your tiny uncles!
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I've met somebody who made this claim except it was a specific age in the late 20s rather than 30. He was also the most flamboyantly dressed man in day-to-day life and it was real surprising to hear him open up about MRA type stuff and how men aren't real men anymore.
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From AAM:quote:I recently started my first “real” job in a small office (eight people). We have strategy meetings every morning for about 30-45 minutes. My boss is REALLY intolerant of bad ideas. She keeps a tape dispenser on the table by her chair and whenever someone suggests something that she thinks is dumb, she will peel off a piece of masking tape and pass it to them, at which point they are required to put it over their mouths so they cannot contribute any more “bad” ideas for the rest of the meeting. Update: quote:Hello everyone. I am the person who made the original post regarding my boss’ tendency to cover people’s mouths with tape during meetings. I wanted to first clarify a few things that people discussed in the comment section on here because I did not get a chance to respond directly to comments during the original posting:
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How nice of the boss to allow him to quit, eventually, at some point in time
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Amazing. A spine seems to be extant, but it's so rubbery and floppy.
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Admiral Joeslop posted:AITA for disciplining my daughter for crashing my car? My perception of US driving instruction is "lax", mainly based on these forums and US media, but in Europe it's very normal for the accompanying adult to be legally seen as the driver. In which case, she could turn around and tell him he's going to jail for manslaughter, put on her sunglasses and walk away from the accident he (legally speaking) is responsible for But I'm guessing that's not a thing (everywhere) in the US?
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What is it that makes every small business owner an absolute psycho
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idiotsavant posted:What is it that makes every small business owner an absolute psycho Nobody else will put up with their poo poo, so eventually small business ownership is their only option. Hope the comments on the update are screaming at the dude to never ever tell your boss you're looking for other jobs.
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In addition to this, if someone is working as a manager or whatever for a large company, there's usually some kind of oversight in place (HR, corporate legal, etc) to watch over them and keep them in line, and they aren't hired in the first place if they're nuts. If they're the top of the organization with no oversight like in some of the small businesses we hear about in relationshipsland, it gives them carte blanche to do awful poo poo.
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