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Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

Y'ever notice these kids seem to use the word "whilst" all the loving time?

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Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

Palpek posted:

I [21F] think this guy at my school [22M] is stalking me.

Oh boy. It looks like either the whole thing was a troll or the stalker hacked the throwaway account.

The OP posted:

hehe well I spoke to him just now and he actually made some great points XD I think I just wasn't admitting to myself how I really feel :) *tucks hair behind ear, looks around suspiciously* The truth is, love is so complicated and we don't always know what we really want until it's right in front of us. I think I will ask him to be my boyfriend hehehe

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

Captain Candiru posted:

Sure but that initial 10-15 pounds that pretty much anyone loses as soon as they start trying isn't the alarming/surprising thing. Keeping it happening at that same rate for months on end is.

When I went low carb I lost 120 lbs in a year.

Gained 60 back since then tho.

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

RoboRodent posted:

Everyone thinks they're above average in intelligence. Statistically, most people are wrong.

All those stupid tests they make you take in school came back and said I'm super smart. My life is a loving wasteland, so I think probably those tests were wrong and actually I'm stupid because a smart person wouldn't have my poo poo life. Made me feel good when I got the printouts to bring home though.

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

Gorilla Salad posted:

Because none of those tests ever look for emotional intelligence. I.e. the useful form of intelligence.

IS there any way to like, get some of that?

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

Jeza posted:

I did some research on EI once upon a time, and from what I remember you really only ingrain more empathic behaviour temporarily as an adult before slowly reverting back to whatever your baseline is. It's sticky in the way happiness tends to be.

Cool, well I'm totally hosed in both departments. Might as well just laugh at redditors who have it marginally worse than me.

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

Jeza posted:

Well, if you consciously keep up the behaviours and continue to associate with people, you'll remain elevated perpetually basically. The point is more that you can't just do it for a while and expect the results to last. But laughing at redditors is good for the soul, so amen.

Honestly most of the time I'm OK. My marriage is in a rough spot and I'm slammed at work. I'm probably not quite as much of wasteland as I feel at the moment. But no matter what laughing at redditors owns.

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

I believe in a socialist paradise where all children are reared by the state. Solves the MRA issues with women wanting a baby that men don't.

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

Caganer posted:

Not sure where else to ask? Is there a compromise between zero guns ever for kids (me, 34f) and buying son (11) an assault rifle (ex-husband 36m-divorced ~1 year). We are at a literal impasse.

This one really sucks because I agree with her, but at the same time she basically has no recourse here. I'm sure there's more to the story than "I had a bad lawyer" but at least on the gun issue I'm with her.

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

Jeza posted:

Help us (44 m, 43 f) get our son (17m) out of the alt right.


Alright, fess up whoever you are.

Fake a DNA test showing he's part black and part jewish. Also beat the ever living gently caress out of him.

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

Lumberjack Bonanza posted:

can we just point this out as a thing that has literally never happened

I think "force you into a family" is exactly equal to child support payments for these people. Obviously nobody is legally required to actually join as man and wife in 2018.

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

She has definitely already shitted in the food, right?

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

Barudak posted:

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I have no idea how to explain to my wife why this is funny.

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

Jesus dude dump her. You don't want to get caught up in transporting loving bags of drugs. You're making 200k, you've already won at life. Don't play with fire. Many more girls will be glad to leach off of you without also transporting across state lines.

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

That open marriage one sounds fake also. I think the only thing to do when a spouse asks to open the marriage is to put down whatever you're doing and go to your closest divorce attorney. Even if it's the middle of the night. Wait there in your car until they open up.

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

tactlessbastard posted:

One of my favorite stories on here was the girl who started talking up open relationships and her boyfriend just flat dumped her for it and she was just baffled.

That sounds fantastic. If anyone can find it I'd love to see it.

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

Yes having a roomate can make things easier financially. You don't have to share your wife sexually to get that benefit, though.

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

Learn the loving language and get a new job. Teach English. Grow up. Three options to solve your problem!

Learning a language is hard work, but not speaking a certain language is not a terminal condition. If we're talking LatAm or Asia, you should be able to get an English teaching job pretty quickly. In Europe you'll probably need that degree that you'll be getting FOR FREE if you can just be able to handle the fact that your girlfriend has hosed other people.

Hellblazer187 fucked around with this message at 17:45 on May 4, 2018

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

loving idiots, take the loving money. Forgive the uncle too. But even if you don't do that, take the loving money.

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

A.I. Borgland Corp posted:

There's no such dick that goes from 2in flaccid to 10 inch erect. He's confusing his dick with a water balloon

The difference can be pretty big but not that big. This is such a weird story. Nobody would ever repeat that to him. It feels like someone with a humiliation fetish wrote it while jacking off, but lost his nerve at the end to include the bit about the monster dong.

Edit: who waits a few months for sex in your 20s? Even a bj or just fooling around? Like it was months of handholding at age 20 with no dick contact or inspection?

Hellblazer187 fucked around with this message at 06:23 on May 7, 2018

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

I don't understand wanting kids at all. "You know what I need? A bottomless pit for all of my money and sleep."

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

That one is pretty sad. I'm sure he's leaving out some stuff, because I feel like parents probably wouldn't cut you off forever just for theft if you've been sober a year. Like, what would it hurt for the parents and sister to meet the guy at Denny's or whatever once a month so he can feel like he has a family, if all he did was steal. I suppose it also depends how much he stole. Draining a 401k is different than stealing bills from someone's purse. If mom and dad need to work an extra 15 years to make up for it, I guess I'd be pretty dang peeved too.

Also, like, seeing the niece at like a restaurant or something? I guess I don't understand why that would even be a problem unless he literally assaulted a child during one of his binges. I get like, not letting him babysit or something. I just don't see why completely cutting off your addict son/brother is helpful if he's taking positive steps.

Granted, the only addiction in my family is food. You don't lose blood relations over that one (although you can lose spouses, eyesight, and feet).

Hellblazer187 fucked around with this message at 02:04 on May 10, 2018

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

Dear reddit, how do I make my wife feel worse about something she already feels bad about and that comes up at most once per month.

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

If we take hubby's story at face value, it's literally insane. I can't imagine someone is this insane about sweets and not also 500+ lbs. So I'm baking in an assumption that some of this is exaggerated in one way or another.

If it isn't any exaggeration, she needs help not more scolding from her husband.

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

It could also just be that I'm siding with the glutton for obvious self identification reason.

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

Ghost Leviathan posted:

Low blood sugar? But that kind of behaviour, if we take the story at face value, probably is based in some serious repressed psychological issues. It seems to play out like binge drinking.

The part that really strikes me is that she eats like "someone is going to take it away." Could she have been abused at a birthday party or something?

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

I recently lost some sunglasses I spent 1k on. But it wasn't 1k USD, it was 1,000 Costa Rican Colones, so like $1.80.

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

Re: 250 steps and the niece in the wheelchair:

How could you even consider marrying someone so completely devoid of compassion?

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

I've been married twice. Still married to the second one. Both weddings were super low key and cost less than $2000, ring included. I've made some really bad mistakes with money but one thing I did right is to never marry a bridezilla.

Obviously this story isn't about money but let's just not forget that these stupid dream weddings usually cost upwards of 30k. All for a big party that says "I like this person a lot (but there's a 40% chance I will hate them within 5 years)." Add to that things like this, or ankle lady, or shaved head lady and it just seems like a really sick and disgusting idea. I don't know why anyone puts up with it.

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

I'm curious about the comments on this one. I hope she calls CPS and posts an update.

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

Pick posted:

My (25f) boyfriend (33m) confuses the hell out of me.Relationships
2 points 6 comments submitted 1 day ago by milkthistler to r/relationships

A fight about candles


Oh man, I hate both of them so much.

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

Jesus...I don't really like kids but if dude has the money to raise one... Just lean in at this point.

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

La Brea Carpet posted:

One the one hand you're an adult do what you want, OTOH a 28 y/o "aspiring musician"

As long as he's willing to give lessons in whatever his instrument is, he can put a roof over his head. A musician can have a real career, and it doesn't have to be just some washout hoping for a stardom that will never come. Often it is that, but sometimes it's not.

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

Ham Sandwiches posted:

Yeah dude she's their obedient servant that doesn't question anything and despite dedicating her life to what they want and fully convincing herself they are right in all things, even a tiny deviation for her own fun, the summer before starting med school, is jeopardizing her future ie a stupid indulgence she doesn't need if she just sticks to The Plan

and I think parents treating their kids that way loving sucks, imo

I kinda wish my parents had treated me this way though. I could potentially have been not a gently caress up.

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

LadyPictureShow posted:

How do I [30f] tell my kids [13f&4f] that their estranged father [36m] is having another baby.


There are so many poor decisions in this story.

What is OPs poor decision? I don't know how she can handle this difficult situation better.

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

Doggles posted:

(35m) how possible is it to save my marriage and earn back trust? (Wife is 37)


Blessed Pete, give this man some strength!

OP made two mistakes:

1) Not filing for divorce the minute the wife said she wants some younger D. That's the only option. She broke the marriage with this, and there's no fixing it. It's on him to figure out how to get himself in a safe place after that.

2) Being a huge loving wiener about messaging the guy. Of course messaging the guy was the right call. That's not a fuckup, except in as much as he's a fuckup by still being in the marriage at all. It was absolutely the right thing to do.

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

Re: Paternity test, he needs to find out the laws in his state. IIRC in some states just being married to her when she gives birth is legally the same as signing the things.

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

Hang out with Harvard sister but bang all her boyfriends.

Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

Obviously the woman has every right to leave the marriage if the child is coming into it. And the man was an rear end for how he went into it without consultation. But I think what people are seeing with this is that it seems she has made now allowance for irrational behavior from the husband in an extraordinary circumstance. When crazy stuff happens to you, you might get temporarily crazy. And so now that husband has calmed down and isn't trying to get full custody on the kid and says how badly he wants her back and she's just at nope you wanted a kid for a few days, we definitely must divorce. Like I think it was good she stood her ground about, and maybe I'm a sucker here, but I feel like there should be some room for forgiveness.

Also I think some are keying in on "but I'm childfree" and saying she's bad just for that. And I'm... probably closer to "childfree" than most on this board. I don't understand why anyone would want a kid, but the whole "I hate kids" thing goes really far. And possibly it's this childfree label that is making this so difficult for her - that the H even thought about taking in this child means he wasn't as pure or whatever.

I don't know. I think it is a sad situation and I understand the motivations of both people.The husband's actions were very bad and stupid, but it seems the wife is just more hard line, or at least not very understanding about what the Husband was going through.

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Hellblazer187
Oct 12, 2003

If you snoop and you were wrong, especially if you didn't have some actual good reason for thinking something was up, you might be a paranoid weirdo, which is wrong. But if you are right (factually) then you are right (morally).

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