A Tin Of Beans posted:

My [24F] Parents are blaming me for my brother [16M] getting his girlfriend [16F]. She wants me to pay for the abortion and will kick my brother out if I don't

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Back when Wedding-Slayer (ed: the mother in law) and FIL were still together years ago, the two of them went into business together providing emergency medical services to the rural area where they lived. This wasn't a terrible idea on its face, if either had them were competent at running a business.

To give you examples of how badly this went, here's some of the stuff I personally know happened:

An employee using an ambulance station as a place to put their rescue pets, with cages for distressed animals that smelled like their own waste lining the hallways.
A different employee choking the already-slow internet line to the station with torrenting pornography (remember that this was a while ago, in the twilight of the file-sharing boom, before cable lines were everywhere and people just went to RedTube).
The facilities themselves were a disaster; I saw one of the ambulance stations that was just being run out of a dilapidated house, with ashtrays literally sitting on the bathtub ledges instead of soap or shampoo, and dishes piled up to the ceiling.
Most importantly for the purpose of this story: things like paying payroll taxes weren't getting done properly. In fact, the finances and legal stuff were all about as messy as the house itself, because no one had hired anyone to handle them, and neither Wedding-Slayer nor FIL was qualified to do so.

Wedding-Slayer knew, of course, that all of this was going on with the business, but after a few years she didn't care how badly it was going, because she had already ditched the business just like she ditched FIL. They divorced due to yet another case of infidelity on her part. Wedding-Slayer kept her co-ownership, though, and she was now doing all of the medical billing for it (the part where they charge the insurance companies/patients for their services) under a separate, new business she owned herself.

You see, Wedding-Slayer is many things, including being a raging narcissist and unapologetic racist, but she is not (always) stupid. She had it written into the divorce contract that she would be the sole medical billing company that their co-owned company could use, and she did not come cheap. In short, she was using her new billing business to continue fleecing FIL for fees after the divorce was finalized. She had an interest in making sure the co-owned company stayed running, but only so she could keep enriching herself for any services they did. Classy.

This was working great for her for a long time... until the IRS figured out they weren't getting their share on those payroll taxes I mentioned. Lawsuits were filed, and a judgment came down against the co-owned medical company to the tune of six figures.

Wedding-Slayer was PISSED. Because, of course, as an equal co-owner of the medical company, she was personally responsible for paying half of that judgment.

Naturally, she did the only reasonable thing that one could do in such a situation. Wait, no, not suck it up and pay - you didn't really think she would take RESPONSIBILITY for that, did you?

Instead, she decided to sue the federal government.

And FIL too, because why not.

Yep. Because how dare they make her pay for something her ex-husband did! And how dare they interfere with her gravy train! It was all HIS fault! He was controlling and domineering and never let her even touch the finances! (Never mind that the man probably couldn't dominate a chicken sandwich, much less a crazy narc...)

Unfortunately for her, there are these things called FACTS. As we all know, JNMILs are not fond of facts, and they are totally incapable of acknowledging them if they would at all point any fault at themselves. Sadly, the facts were not on her side, and the following came out during the discovery process.

Wedding-Slayer:

co-signed for the loan to start the co-owned company
called herself the "CEO" and "President" of that company
went before local governments to represent and sign contracts on behalf of that company
wrote checks from that company's bank account, TO HERSELF, at the same time the taxes were supposed to have been paid
ADMITTED to the IRS on paper that she knew about the delinquent taxes, but claimed it was invalid because the IRS had "made" her sign the admission

You know, completely un-involved with the business, you guys. (The part where she called herself President is particularly hilarious.) Naturally, when all of these pesky FACTS finally got before a judge, the judge told her to get bent - or in judge-speak, it was dismissed with prejudice, and she still needed to pay up.

Unfortunately, I don't know how she reacted (sorry llamas) because by the time it worked its way through the federal court system to the end judgment, DH and I had already gone NC. Lawsuits are slow, y'all. From start to finish it was like six years of time, long enough for DH and I to go from friends to married to cutting her the gently caress off. But I imagine the tantrum was glorious.

How do I know how it ended up despite being NC, though, might you ask? Because the legal papers from the federal court case are public record, out there on the internet for everyone to see. WEDDING-SLAYER V. UNITED STATES. Literally. You could google it if you knew her. Everything I just told you is totally and publicly and embarrassingly accessible. Sometimes I re-read it when I need to remind myself how terrible she is, just for the justice boner.

The legal system is pretty toothless when it comes to protecting victims from their abusive JNMILs, but when it comes to taxes? Don't mess with the IRS. They eat MIL bullshit for breakfast.

haljordan posted:

Also the situation that boggles my mind the most, by far, are the couples who consider staying together when it's clear that one person wants kids and the other doesn't. That is by far the biggest decision you could make as a couple, way more than buying a house. Hell, one of the reasons I knew I'd end up marrying my wife was because we both made it pretty clear early on that neither of us wanted children. How could either side compromise on that and somehow expect to not regret it the rest of their lives?

54 40 or gently caress posted:

Ugh all I did was liquidate a bunch of furniture that had been in the family for over 100 years, why are they so mad??

Cough Drop The Beat posted:

There's literally no point in bothering with a relationship any longer once your SO finds religion, assuming that wasn't the case before. Dude is never going to bang her again and she's going to become progressively weirder about it.

loquacius posted:

I tried telling my wife the story of the girl whose boyfriend's sister sent her an email saying "my brother is planning on proposing to you; I need you to turn him down because he is younger than me and it's not fair"

and she was like "why do you read this stuff"

and I was like "dunno"

Chomp8645 posted:

*Fraud Analyst races down hallway with broken computer tucked under arm and barges into IT room.* - 45 seconds elapsed.

Analyst: "Oh thank goodness you're here. The fan broke. Can you replace it real quick?" - 1 min elapsed.

Technician: "No problem, got a spare right in the back. Give me a minute".

*Technician rummages through back room, returns with replacement fan in hand* - 2.5 min elapsed

Analyst: "Great. Can you pop it in real quick? I'm kind of in a hurry, I didn't get this cleared..."

*Technician shoots sharp glance at analyst but responds with only a quick grunt before prying open the computer case* - 3 min elapsed

*Analyst begins sweating profusely and paces around the room* - 4 min elapsed

*Technician finishes work and closes case* - 4 min, 30s elapsed

Technician: "All done. Enjoy the rest of your day"

*Analyst quickly scoops up computer case and opens door, is about to step through when the technician pipes up again*

Technician: "Almost forgot, I'll need you to sign for the repair. Bosses' orders." - 4 min, 45 seconds elapsed

*Analyst curses and hurriedly sets down computer before coming to tech desk to sign order.

Analyst: "Are we done here?" - 5 min, 15 seconds elapsed

*Technician sighs as he draws his katana*

Technician: "I'm afraid the only person done here... is you."

Pick posted:

I don't think being naked around your own house is "hardcore nudist", being naked is comfortable and if it's your own house it's your own business. I'm certainly topless at home a lot of the time.

Gaunab posted:

loquacius posted:

I thought the point of a vasectomy was that it was easily reversible, though, I guess what I'm saying is that if his girlfriend is so child-free she should have gotten her own dang tubes tied

MF_James posted:

End result is the same, you're a loving cyclops.

My story of people with one eye:

My brother and I met a guy on the 3rd of July named Gonzo, he was a one-eyed Mexican chap, very cool dude. In Chicago the 3rd of July used to (maybe still is?) be the day they did fireworks so everyone went downtown, got hammered and watched fireworks. We met Gonzo while he was pulling beer out of his trunk (he had a literal trunk of beer) and decided we would hang out with him. Got drunk, watched fireworks, yay. We went to party at some person's house afterwards, Gonzo drove, he was attempting to parallel park and was having trouble. My brother and I heckled him because he couldn't park his car in a spot a loving jumbo jet could land, but then he said something I will never forget "I have one eye you fucks", it then dawned on us, depth perception does not happen very well with one eye and we felt bad . We helped him park, then drank long into the night and launched bananas off the roof with a large slingshot.


That is my cyclops story.

Tears In A Vial posted:

Anony Mouse posted:

My girlfriend F[23] thinks my fetish is hilarious. how do I F[20] make her take it seriously.

On the one hand, kink shaming is immature. On the other hand... lol.

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loooool

Pvt.Scott posted:

Girl [F84] I [14M] started seeing says she never uses protection and is not on both control. Is this a red flag?


What's so hard about going "muhahaha, my shrink ray worked and now you're at my mercy," before going down on a broad?

54 40 or gently caress posted:

If I've learned anything involuntarily from the internet it's that shrinking and growing fetishes almost always are accompanied by vore

Groovelord Neato posted:

what is with all these dudes that turn down sex.

Gaunab posted:

ex and the bff

Earwicker posted:

just stumbled across this, it is not from r/relationships, it's from r/destiny (about the video game) but its very good imo especially the texts in the imgur link

WampaLord posted:

Pete was a hero, this is pathetic.

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My (22/f) boyfriend (26/m) has a hard time saying no to his sister(32/f). I don't know if I want to live like this forever. What should I do?
My boyfriend and I have been together for 2 years and are planning to get engaged soon. We are really excited. Him and his sister are sort of close which is great! They also live 30 mins away from each which is also great and I have no problem with that, I am a family girl myself. I am glad they talk and have a relationship.

The problem I have is that his sister is always butting into the stuff we do and my boyfriend says he can't say no to her, and it is bothering me. She's a nice girl when she wants to be, but she has a very strong personality and can be very very hard to get along with, even her mom told me she has a hard time getting along with her.

Every time I am over his house (which is 3-4 times a week) she calls, it's like she knows I'm over. When he tells her he's with me doing something, she will keep talking to him for like 45 Mins and he can't tell her he has to go. I have no problem with them talking on the phone at all, but 45-50 mins every single time I'm over is a lot. I don't say anything and I try to let it go because it's family. If she calls and my boyfriend says we are going to do something fun or have one-on-one time, like taking a short road trip or going on a corn maze then she will ask to come along and he will always say yes. I talked to him about it today and he said he feels bad and he can't say no to her.

I've been starting to think about our future and I don't know if I want to live like this forever. We are planning to move in a few years after we get married, but untill then, his sister will always wants to be involved and he will always say yes. It's a touchy subject for us and I dont know what to do. I Love him and It sounds stupid but should I break it off and find someone who has a back bone and can say no?

TL;DR My boyfriend can't say no to his sister and it driving me crazy. Is it bad to say this deal breaker?

Gaunab posted:

Cough Drop The Beat posted:

Girlfriend [19F] of 9 months cancelled our anniversary trip because I[20M] bought a different cell phone than discussed.

Doc Hawkins posted:

I have seen Welcome to NHK, so I get why someone would suggest it for this situation: it's a black comedy whose main character watches so much television, including anime, that he begins to have paranoid delusions. The message of the show is that there are no dark conspiracies, no secret worlds, no special powers, just sad people who always have a chance to make themselves less sad.

...I think you'd have to be pretty drat far gone to call it "life-changing."

Pick posted:

webmeister posted:

Please tell me that ultra passive sack of poo poo is getting slammed in the comments

WampaLord posted:

Jesus loving Christ, Reddit.

gentle pete posted: