Enemabag Jones posted:

I love the idea of being able to choose literally any name ever for the vulnerable, precious life you're bringing into the world and choosing one based on a character who's mostly known for unceremoniously exiting by projectile barfing on their self

Captain Hygiene posted:

Enemabag Jones posted:

I love the idea of being able to choose literally any name ever for the vulnerable, precious life you're bringing into the world and choosing one based on a character who's mostly known for unceremoniously exiting by projectile barfing on their self

Vim Fuego posted:

My kid's named Koyaanisqatsi, which was a joke about how much of a PITA babies are. he mostly goes by the obvious nickname

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Hello all,

Recently my wife (33f) and I (37m) were able to get 4 tickets to a concert that is extremely hard to get tickets for. I was super stoked, as we have been huge fans of the artist for years (have all their albums)

Last night, my wife tells me that because we only got 4 tickets (max with the code we had) I wouldn’t be able to attend, as her and her 3 sisters where making it a sisters trip.

WIBTAH for telling them I am not going to drive them to the concert (4hrs over snow covered highways) if I am cut from going - especially because two of her sisters aren’t fans of the artist, and I was only told I was cut after the fact - not while working on getting presale tickets?

<b>Edit more info</B>: the concert is Taylor Swift - and I was told of this girl trip idea last night on our way home from a hockey game - wife told me she hopes one of her sisters can’t make it so I can go - which almost makes it worse

<B>Update</B> As some have pointed out, us having a code didn’t ensure we had tickets - my mistake I don’t buy tickets often - we do however have 4 tickets as of now (have reciept on credit card)

One of the sisters has backed out - not being a fan of the artist and finding out I wouldn’t be able to go she opted out.

The whole experience has kinda tainted the concert for me - I will be having a more in depth conversation with my wife tonight on how it all went down.

Also, can we please refrain from saying things like “does your wife love you” type comments - not cool -

Pomme de Terror posted:

Aaaaaaanyways... (weird attempt at formatting is the OP's)

WIBTA for refusing to drive my wife and her sisters to an out of town concert

greazeball posted:

Look the dirtiest thing in the bathroom is obviously the flush so as long as you don't flush you don't really need to wash your hands

Cowslips Warren posted:

AITA for telling my sister that people are allowed to look annoyed by her toddler and baby on a plane and that it's entitled to say they should feel sorry for her because "it's even worse for me" because she made the a choice to take them on the plane?

Pirate Radar posted:

A kid told me once there was an ongoing and very tense debate at her school over whether it was correct to use your foot to hit the toilet handle when flushing. The argument from the foot-flushers was that not touching the handle kept your hands cleaner, while the non-foot flushers pointed out that the foot-flushers were making the handle dirtier by touching it with the bottom of their shoes.

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I (34M) have two sisters 36 and 27. My youngest sister has several mental disabilities including autism and intellectual disabilities. She is fully capable of doing household cleaning, cooking, hygiene, communicating and can read and write at a primary school level. Currently she lives alone in a government support house and has 24 hr carers who prompt her to do her chores and take her out on outings. My sister has extreme behaviours and during meltdowns and tantrums she will threaten people, kick and hit carers and refuses to do anything cause she wants her carers to do them for her. She has a care plan in place which enforces her to do her own cleaning and help curve her bad behaviour.

As bad as it sounds, me and my older sister do not like our younger sister or our father (65M). Our childhood was hell growing up with her. Our mother would try her best to teach her good behaviour and independence and I would see some progress. However, our father would coodle her because he didn't want to deal with her meltdowns and would brow beat our mother when she would try and get her to do chores or correct her behaviour. When our sister hit 18, our mother packed up and left the day after her birthday without telling us or our father.

Our father tried to rope us in helping with our sister when this happened but we refused and he was left to take care of her. It took years for him to get enough assistance from the government so that she can get proper care. Whenever our sister doesn't like a carer asking her to do chores or something else she will call our father who will yell and brow beat the carer. Because of this and her meltdowns she runs through a lot of carers. This happened a couple of weeks ago when my sister exploded and had another meltdown because she was in a bad mood and a carer asked her to do some cleaning. Our father was out of town for work and yelled at the carer over the phone. The carer called the police and an ambulance and walked out. Our father was calling me and my sister up trying to get us to help but we refused so she was held for three days in the hospital. When our father came back he had to take care of her for a week while the company organised more carers.

Our father called us up a couple of days ago telling us how traumatised our sister is from the hospital and how exhausted he is. He said it was wrong for us to hate our sister so much and not step up in a time of crisis. I told him that he brought this on himself and it was his fault she was like this . Our extended family has been texting us saying how we are failures as family and we need to put the past behind us. I replied that they are welcome to step up and help as well. I am second guessing on whether I should have at least helped while my father was out of town because she had made a lot of progress lately but I still heavily resent her. AITA for leaving her in the hospital?

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That's a question I never thought I'd have to ask.

My sister has a Macaw and an Eclectus. When I visit I sometimes buy them new toys, along with apples for the Macaw and bananas for the Eclectus(their respective favorite treats). I only pet the Eclectus though. She is an affectionate girl, approaches me slowly, never yelled at me. The Macaw though screams at me and, I'll admit it, his large beak unsettles me. Call me a wimp if you want, but I'm afraid to put my fingers near that.

After several visits, my sister remarked on this. She said that it's not fair since her Macaw deserves some affection too. When I voiced my reason, my sister told me he never bit her and wouldn't bite me. Then she got offended, since I refused to take her word for it.

UPDATE : Following advice on here, I sliced an apple for the macaw, put the slices in a bowl and placed the bowl in front of him. He stared at me before eating. I didn’t pet him yet, having decided to take it slow like a few people have suggested in comments.

Cloacamazing! posted:

A 6 month old baby and a not yet two year old toddler. On a flight from AUSTRALIA to EUROPE, which is pretty close to the longest flight you can possibly take on this round planet. Because THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THE TICKETS since the children were so young.

Pope Corky the IX posted:

At least you acknowledge COVID happened, far too many people are back to insisting on handshakes and hugs and slapping you on the shoulder to say hello.

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My son (5M) asked me (31F) what my life was like before I met his dad (34M) I told him some stuff from my childhood and he kept asking me a bunch of questions. He eventually asked him if I "had a daddy before daddy" which I'm pretty sure is a 5 year olds way of asking me if I had a partner before my husband.

I said yes and I said I had a girlfriend before I met his dad. Obviously he didn't know that I bi because there's never been any reason for me to tell him. He started asking a bunch of questions about that and I explained that I'm bi and that means I like men and women. I explained it in a totally age appropriate way.

He is a very curious kid and kept asking more questions. I told him about LGBTQ+ since we've never had a conversation like that before and told him its okay if he's gay or trans when he's older. I didn't go very deep into it because he's 5 he doesn't need to know all of that until he's older but I think it's good to know that it's all completely okay.

A day or so later he ran to my husband if he knew that I was bi. My husband said yes and asked him how he knew that and my kid said that I told him.

My husband said that it was really impropriate of me to tell him that and that he's to young to know about things like that. We got into an argument about it because I don't think I did anything wrong. He asked a mutual friend for their opinion and they agreed with my husband.

Am I the rear end in a top hat here?

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So we've been married for 5 years, we've been together for 13. Our relationship was always based on TRUST. It started as a long-distance one, then I moved to her city to be with her. She then got a chance to live abroad for 1 year, and I supported her and waited. Both of us were always free to go wherever we want, opposed to most couples we know who have to be together all the time, and fighting all the time because of jealousy. That's never been us. We trusted each other 100%.

Then I caught some messages between her and her dance professor. They've been having lunches together (he's paying), they say they can't wait to see each other again, he calls her "my love", "me pretty", and she reciprocates. I confront her, she says she's sorry, that it never went beyond texts (I do believe her), that they were good friends who crossed a line they shouldn't had.

I wanted to tell HIS girlfriend, and she didn't let me. I wanted to go to the gym and have him fired for misusing his position and she didn't let me. She doesn't want to be exposed and I love her enough to give her that.

BUT, she now wants to go back to attending his classes, because "it's not fair that she is to forfeit all her newfound very good friends we've made from the class".

I can't stand the thought of her still seeing him 3x a week. And she's suffering because she basically lost all of her friends on top of all the turmoil our marriage is going through and feels alone.

AITA???

Cowslips Warren posted:

AITA for telling my son about my ex girlfriend and my sexuality?

Pope Corky the IX posted:

At least you acknowledge COVID happened, far too many people are back to insisting on handshakes and hugs and slapping you on the shoulder to say hello.

Cowslips Warren posted:

AITA for not letting her go back to the dance class?

John Wick of Dogs posted:

Flights for kids are much easier since the invention of the Nintendo switch

AreWeDrunkYet posted:

I just want to see this enforced equally for once. Can't talk to kids about or show any indicators of sexuality? Well, I guess mommy and daddy can't hold hands anymore and have to introduce themselves to kids as roommates. Any TV or other media showing a non-platonic relationship is off the table. Really can't even go outside much because there are couples on billboards that are going to raise questions.

Saint Isaias Boner posted:

my son's school counsellor reported me to social services because I am trans and my kid was "too young" to have to know about that. lol!

Enemabag Jones posted:

I love the idea of being able to choose literally any name ever for the vulnerable, precious life you're bringing into the world and choosing one based on a character who's mostly known for unceremoniously exiting by projectile barfing on their self

Cowslips Warren posted:

reminds me of that dude who thought his work was like Mad Men.

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I (38M) work a stressful job in finance. After years of climbing my way up the corperate ladder, I finally became a VP at my firm - which comes with its own office!

I'm consider myself a 'classic' kinda guy, and one of the things I admire most about the workplaces of the 1960s (think Mad Men etc), is that the characters always have a jar of whiskey in their hands no matter what time of day it is. Back when I worked the trading floor, it would have been uncouth to do such a thing in front of my colleagues - but I figured no one would care about it now that I have my own office.

I recently purchased some whiskey jars, and a premium bottle ($500+) which I store openly on my desk. I work with some high-end clients, and I'll always offer them a glass when we have important meetings. Unfortunatley, none of them have ever accepted. So, not wanting to let the whiskey go to waste, I've started sipping on a couple of glasses by myself throughout the day, sometimes as early as 10:30 AM.

That was until yesterday morning, when one of my bosses (CTO) burst into the office unannounced, and caught me sipping. He looked shocked, turned his back, and left. At this point the bottle was about half-empty, so it probably looked pretty bad to him. (Although I must add that this was consumed over the course of a whole week - I was drinking slowly enough that it didn't affect my work in any way.)

He sent me a long e-mail about how I have problem and that he's going to contact HR. In the heat of the moment, I sent him a reply telling him maybe he needs a glass or two to lighten up. (I'll admit to being the rear end in a top hat for that part.) I'm scheduled to speak to HR tomorrow and I'm making GBS threads it. Reddit, am I really the rear end in a top hat for sipping whiskey privately in my office?

Clocks posted:

The worst part about all that is that most kids are just curious or don't care once they find out "yeah some people have two daddies" or whatever. I guess the adults loving them up with their racism and bigotry and all that are afraid of the "influence" of kids becoming... open-minded and accepting and generous. Classic projection I suppose.

Cloacamazing! posted:

Were you... supposed to not exist around your kid until he was old enough? I know the answer is yes, that is what they were going for, but still, how is that supposed to work?

DrManiac posted:

Also, if I had to give a kid an anime name, it would definitely be

Saint Isaias Boner posted:

I think the solution they had in mind was to have my kid taken into care and funneled through the lovely foster care system for the next decade, and/or for me to take the hint and disappear permanently one way or another

Irisi posted:

Last flight I was on it was a grandmother taking her 6 year old grandson from Canada to the UK, and the frazzled granny had not considered for a moment that the child might require some form of entertainment for the 6 hour trip.

I was put on the fast-track to sainthood by most of the other passengers and cabin crew when I handed over my Switch and a Mario game to the kid. It is a truly wonderful device for the instantaneous pacifying of children.