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The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

Making his way to the ring . . .
from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!
Was there ever an update to Timothy?

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The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

Making his way to the ring . . .
from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!

blatman posted:

this isn't what u want but judging by your username this is what u need:

AITA (21F) For Destroying My Sister’s (26F) Bee Colony?

Man, the Wicker Man remake sure is a trip. Thanks for the post!

The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

Making his way to the ring . . .
from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!
Okay, yeah, that's an age gap, but how bad can it be-

Oh.

Oh dear.

Yeah, do the math that's flat out disgusting.

The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

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from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!

Pleads posted:

:stonk:

Dude definitely cheated on a wife and kids with his groomed "friend" and is now trying to wrangle with his guilt and distance himself, lol

I dunno. The wording is weirdly ambiguous. It could be she torpedoed her marriage because the guy who groomed her lives inside her head and pulled some strings to mess around for a bit.

gently caress, this story's a depressing one.

The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

Making his way to the ring . . .
from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!

kdrudy posted:

So you're saying he got instantly angry?

Pretty sure if this was Fightman, he would've gotten his rear end kicked by the OP, then the lifeguard, then his 4'11 girlfriend, the ocean, a passing flock of seagulls, and some random children on the boardwalk.

The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

Making his way to the ring . . .
from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!
AITA for telling this strange shirtless man to put a shirt on?

quote:

I was driving on my motorcycle with my gf and we came across a weird sight. We were driving through this rural looking area to get to this casino when we saw this. There was some huge muscular dude with hair like a woman without his shirt on chopping wood and doing other manual labor. He saw us approach and decided to be a weirdo. He did like some hair flip and dramatic pose while trying to subtly flex then smiled and said”Ahh, hello there! What brings you here?” loving dude thought he was an Elder Scrolls character. So this is what I said to him,

“Put a shirt on you loving weirdo.” and sped up away. I heard him yell”No need to be so rude, traveler!” Dude really thought he was in a fantasy novel. Gf asks if all that was really necessary and I say yes, it was. Was I the rear end in a top hat or was the guy who thought he was some living in some fantasy story the real rear end in a top hat?

The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

Making his way to the ring . . .
from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!
AITA for refusing to leave my boyfriend's birthday party that I arranged for because his doctor friends wanted to discuss "Medical stuff"?

quote:

So for context my f29 boyfriend m34 is a doctor, Most of his friends are from work and they all seem to dislike me and act distant maybe cause I'm not a doctor too? Idk and don't care honestly, since we started dating they've been asking to hang out without me and they leave any event I'm at. My boyfriend said they're just taking their time to get used to me.

Anyways, His B-day was days ago, I'd arranged for the party and paid for everything. It wasn't a surprise since the party was held at the restaurant, and he needed heads up so he could invite his doctor friends.

We got there then his friends started arriving, They came to greet him and started shaking his hand and hugging him while completely ignoring me though I was there next to him!.

The tension started when one of them started making remarks about the way I dressed, I sucked it up but another friend started interrogating me about my degree then implying I was an ignorant for my food choice (wtf?). An hour later another one asked if I could leave because they wanted to discuss work stuff and it's confidential. I was so shocked I laughed asking why he thought it was appropriate to discuss work during a party and he replied that I had an "attitude". An argument ensued and they 'demanded' that I leave but I said absolutely not, My boyfriend finally spoke up after it escalated and asked that I keep the peace and go home but I refused and reminded him and let his friends know that I'd arranged for this party and paid for it and so they should leave since they're just "guests". He pulled me aside and begged I go home after they said if I don't leave then they will but I still refused. They left, all of them and the party was cut short. my boyfriend was upset and started complaining at home that I ruined his B-day the minute I started arguing with his friends. I told him they were being dusrespectful to me but he said I was wrong too cause they said they wanted to discuss medical stuff and I should've respected that and not made it "personal".

He's not speaking to me now, I was so hurt I couldn't argue anymore, I felt like I ruined his birthday by making a scene like he said and acting pass-aggressive.

AITA?

edit to say that the reaaon I refused to leave was because I figured they used the "medical stuff discussion" as an excuse to get me to leave early.

The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

Making his way to the ring . . .
from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!

InsertPotPun posted:

i wonder if he means the computer science dudes that are agreeing with him?

I think that's what he means, yeah. He's seeing sexist pieces of poo poo agreeing with him and going "oh god what am I doing."

The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

Making his way to the ring . . .
from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!

Troublemaker posted:

The obvious solution is to let her become your 'C'. After all, isn't every good relationship made up of the two partners who actually want to be in it, plus one of their bffs who's been not-so-secretly pining after them their entire lives and refuses to let go?

It takes two pillars to hold up a monument, after all.

The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

Making his way to the ring . . .
from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!

Ghost Leviathan posted:

Also pressuring them to 'just TRY IT' at a public event with a dozen family members breathing down their neck. It's the worst possible way to do it.

I know goons absolutely love hating picky eaters but literally every standard response to them is exactly the wrong way to 'break them of it'. Reminders of that post where the carnivore forcibly sodomised his vegetarian girlfriend with celery.

I'm sorry, the what?

The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

Making his way to the ring . . .
from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!

Invisible Clergy posted:

It was broccoli.

In I think the first thread (prior the rule forbidding rape stories,) an OP posted about her picky eater bf who refused to eat vegetables because they were a threat to his fragile masculinity. I think OP was a vegetarian and he would regularly "sneak" meat into her food as a "prank." One day when she cooked chicken and broccoli, he flew into a rage, sodomized her with broccoli, and beat her badly enough to break her nose and ribs before fleeing the apartment. A neighbor or her brother or some other well-wisher came across her due to the noise and helped her file a restraining order against the bf and maybe get him arrested or similarly wrist slapped.

Jesus loving christ. That's legitimately horrifying.

The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

Making his way to the ring . . .
from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!
AITA for calling my neighbour disrespectful and telling her this was the last time she lets in our cat?

quote:

Me and my girlfriend adopted a beautiful Norwegian long hair from an animal shelter about 2 years ago. He's very loved and gets attention all the time, which the little furball doesn't seem to mind one bit.

We actually met our upstairs neighbor when she was petting him, and her and my girlfriend became friends. That friendship lasted until our cat started spending more and more time at her place. More and more frequently our routine was interrupted when M (our cat) would stay at her place overnight. We live in a large appartment complex on the ground floor whereas she lives on the 3rd with a nice view. M can walk up there easily.

We weren't happy but tolerated it at first, as long as he wouldn't consider her place a second home, and as long as he only ate at home.

He started to act differently with us. We'd let him out after he kept begging and he would just end up inside her appartment. He'd skip breakfast and dinner sometimes. He stopped playing and purring. We got jealous and missed our little friend and the relationship we had.

Slowly my girlfriend started subtly letting her know about our perspective hoping that she would take the hint, but she never did. She actually seemed to purposely ignore the topic. After months of frustration and hints my girlfriend sent her a long (and really polite im my opinion) voice message explaining the situation and making it clear that we were officially asking her to stop letting M in. I assumed she was upset but had understood the message.

That was 3 months ago. She never replied to the text and we haven't spoken to her or seen her since.

That is until today.

Our cat didn't come home and we hadn't seen him for over 24 hours. My girlfriend made a Facebook post in the appartment group and I went out to search the block. As a last resort I walked up the stairs to see if he happened to be hanging out in the hall close to her door. As I walked up she opened the door and let OUR cat out.

I was livid. I confronted her and asked her why M was there. She said he just came in for 2 hours. She argued that she was totally done with us after the vocal message and that if we didn't want M to enter her house we should just keep him inside. I called her disrespectful. Told her we asked her nicely countless times. I told her it's done, basta. Don't let him in again. We left it at that.

She's an animal lover. Cried for days after her hamster died. She's 33 years old. Nothing wrong with any of that, just painting a picture.

I know she convinces herself that she's just letting the cat do what he wants. If the cat wants to be at her place, why stop him?

I know she loves M and takes good care of him. She bought a lot of toys when she first started letting him in. She always insisted on babysitting when we went on holidays, even if we'd already found others to do it for us.

I did a lot of googling and found many mixed responses, so I come here. Am I the rear end in a top hat for not letting my cat do what he apparently wants and telling her to stop letting him in?

EDIT:

There seems to be some confusion so I'll clarify a few things. In my country it's quite normal here to let your cats outside during the day. From the comments it seems that this is not the case everywhere. Ahem USA folks ahem.

It's an open complex. Most doors lead you directly outside. We have a big grass field just outside our door. We also have a 30 square meter (322 square feet) apartment with 1 room (and a bathroom) and it feels cruel to keep our cat here his entire life when he clearly wants to go out. Which, again, is normal here.

UPDATE:

Neighbour texted me saying she won't let him in again and to say she wants to cut contact with us completely.

EDIT:

If you're going to judge me as the rear end in a top hat please give a reason other than letting cats out is bad. That is not the point of contention here.

In Europe, ditching your pet and endangering local wildlife is completely Nermal.

The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

Making his way to the ring . . .
from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!

BIG-DICK-BUTT-gently caress posted:

You’ve never worked in a restaurant i take it

In Europe a restaurant this is completely normal.

Honestly, with an age gap of literally two years, none of this is really the worst thing ever. Guy asks a girl out, gets soft rejected. Gets hard rejected when he doesn't put 2 and 2 together. Doesn't press the issue. Does a favor once, gets badgered into doing it again and again and decides not to get used. Then she escalates, throws stones, guy takes out the nukes she casually handed him.

The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

Making his way to the ring . . .
from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!
AITA for expecting my husband to pay for the tools my daughter used for the handmade necklace he threw out.

quote:

My husband and I have disagreements from time to time. Nothing major just normal stuff.

He has a habit of throwing out something of mine as a way to "teach me a lesson" whenever he's upset with me after an argument. This time he threw out the handmade necklace my daughter (13) made for me herself on mother's day. The argument was about him wanting to hang out with his buddies on the day of my mom's surgery (I wanted him to stay home and be with our daughter but he refused). Yesterday I found out he threw out the necklace and after he admitted to what he did, I went off on him and also told him that this necklace was special to me and that my daughter spent so much time and effort to make it. She comforted me then told me she'd make an identical one for me if I buy her the tools, I went to my husband and told him I was expecting H.I.M to cough up the money to pay for thr tools so my daughter could make me a similar necklace. He laughed and said that I was delusional to expect him to pay when I haven't even apologized for my "part" of the argument but I felt like I had nothing to apologize for and that yes, he should stay home for a family emergency. He said "why don't you have one of your friends come stay with Chloe? Oh yes you don't have any!" This pissed me off but he said he wouldn't pay but I told him that our daughter knew what he did which set him off saying I was trying to turn our daughter against him and brainwash her into thinking he's the bad guy in this scenario.

I told him I'm still expecting him to pay but now he's saying that I'm ganging up on him with our daughter

Naturally, the first loving comment, in giant bold letters:

Coward Mods posted:

Be Civil.

Insults and name-calling, like the ever-popular manchild will get you a ban.

Please review our FAQ if you're unsure what that means.

The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

Making his way to the ring . . .
from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!
Understandable. Honestly it was the sheer audacity of the mod comment (the italics was not my formatting) that made me want to post, but I can snip if preferred.

The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

Making his way to the ring . . .
from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!
Also trying to come onto someone without their knowledge or consent, then acting like they're less of a man for refusing, feels really lovely. Especially when they're uncomfortable with it for a variety of reasons (it's being weaponized as a form of ongoing disregard for their interests, it's a major PDA in front of their friends, in the worst case scenario it could get them into some hot water).

The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

Making his way to the ring . . .
from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!
Dude's gonna come home to a distinct lack of a girlfriend, isn't he?

The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

Making his way to the ring . . .
from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!
The saga continues.

AITA for asking coworker to teach me Spanish?

quote:

I (F, 20) work at a cafe. One of my coworkers is Mark who is Spanish (we are in the UK). I had a shift with Mark today (just the two of us) and I asked him if it would be okay with him to teach me some Spanish. I took some in high school but I don’t really speak it besides understanding a few words. He told me that he’s not really okay with that and it would be best if I found another teacher.

I completely understand how he’s not obligated to teach me so I figured that I was going to talk to him only in Spanish. Whatever he would say, I would reply in Spanish. Granted, it took me a long time to find words because I don’t know many and 99% of the time I had to use google translate to reply to him. He was really weird about this and half way through our shift, he told me to quit it and he seemed angry. I wanted to reply but we had a customer come in.

The customer was our coworker who had a day off and came in to buy coffee, Ivy. Well, here’s where I got a bit annoyed. When she went to order, Mark spoke in Spanish to her. She’s not Spanish though. I found it extremely rude because just minutes ago he told me to stop speaking Spanish to him.

Of course, I kept my mouth shut but can’t help but feel hurt by his behaviour, especially since I find him really cute.

I just got home and I am wondering was I really the rear end in a top hat. Was I really in the wrong to ask him to teach me some Spanish and speak to him in his language. I don’t think I was the AH but his reaction has me confused. So AITA?

The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

Making his way to the ring . . .
from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!

Beachcomber posted:

Crab bucket.

Actually, make that two. Triple butter.

Great. You reminded me of crab sweat boat man.

The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

Making his way to the ring . . .
from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!
I mean, it sounds like the guy said no strippers, then his friends insisted. And then one of those insistent friends went whole hog and slept with one while this guy felt lovely with guilt and didn't so much as order a lap dance. The friend then proceeded to lie and say everyone cheated, including the groom to be, in an attempt at saving his own skin.

Sure, groom's kind of a doormat. But it feels like he was basically browbeat into this happening instead of even remotely wanting it.

The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

Making his way to the ring . . .
from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!

haveblue posted:

What house does this get the next guy put in

The outhouse :haw:

The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

Making his way to the ring . . .
from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!

Involuntary Sparkle posted:

Doesn't sound like the husband is doing any of the looking after so he's up for it:

(Italics hers)

As much as his mother probably did instill some bad habits, you gotta love that its a woman's fault for a lovely man being a lovely man.

The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

Making his way to the ring . . .
from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!

small ghost posted:

OP is in the comments responding to everyone raising their eyebrows at this:

not sure that does clear it up, actually

This guy is firmly at ahahahaha unless? levels and I don't even know if he realizes it.

The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

Making his way to the ring . . .
from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!

Cowslips Warren posted:


AITA for throwing away the elf on the shelf and "ruining Christmas" for my kids after my husband's prank?

Reddit, say the line!

quote:

Be Civil. Diagnosing OP's husband as a psychopath/sociopath/any other path is uncivil. Calling him manchild/man baby/any other insult is uncivil.

The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

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The Big Monkey!

Foo Diddley posted:

send the letter back with "tl;dr" or "i'm sorry, who?" written on it

"New parents, who this?"

The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

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from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!

Clocks posted:

AITA for ditching my girlfriend at a 5k because I wanted a better time?

Here's another running related one.

It sounds like he wanted a better time in more ways than one, tbh.

The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

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from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!
I'd sympathize with the dude if he's been looking all this time and hasn't found any success. Hell, if I'm being honest, I think not being able to find a job for 6 months stuck in his craw harder than he's been willing to admit, which is why he's taking the idea of being a househusband so personally. But this is an area where he needs to look deep inside himself and self-examine his worldview, especially since he stopped searching and has been fine with it until so much attention was being brought to it.

The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

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The Big Monkey!
I imagine they figure "we raised our son to be better than that" instead of gleefully sending him off to do a sexual violence.

The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

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The Big Monkey!

Malachite_Dragon posted:

You're thinking of Mose; a mouse is a kind of volumizing hair gel.

You're thinking of a mousse. A mouse is a serious graphic novel about the author's holocaust survivor father.

The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

Making his way to the ring . . .
from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!

Mr Teatime posted:

I can’t even remember the details of this one but also became instantly furious upon being reminded of it, like a repressed trauma.

Pretty sure that's how you lose a fight to dance dad and his non-dancing son.

The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

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The Big Monkey!

Buzzman posted:

My(22F) boyfriend (25M) has added hotwheels into our sex life and I find it ridiculous?




If he doesn't stop, "beat that" is going to be his only means of satisfaction, huh?

The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

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The Big Monkey!

axolotl farmer posted:

Steve Jobs followed the Mucusless Diet Healing System by Arnold Ehret, a German quack. It first came out in 1924.



Oh, poo poo, is that how Yakub pulled it off?

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The Bee
Nov 25, 2012

Making his way to the ring . . .
from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!
I can get enforcing a hard stop age on the child free wedding stuff, just to stop people from being annoying about wavering on the line. But, come the hell on. It isn't like at 18 you suddenly turn into a perfect, full-formed member of society. You were even enjoying the time spent with them before you knew the truth!

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