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16 people share the worst reasons people have used to reject them. 'It's my turn to reject you.'

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Rejection hurts.

Whether it's a romantic or professional rejection, the idea of someone deciding they're just not that into you is never a good feeling. Humans are hardwired to crave acceptance and validation from others and when we fail, it feels like our chests are exploding.

From the littlest rejection (why did that dog at the house party want to hang out with everyone except you?) to the most painful (soul crushing heartbreak) some of us are better at handling it than others. The standard advice is that time heals everything, but waiting for the sting to go away can be absolute torture.

If you're currently suffering from a rejection, I suggest blasting some power ballads. And when that doesn't work, crying, pizza and wine are always a solid option.

When a recent reddit user asked, "What is the worst reason someone has used to reject you?" the internet was ready to reveal their most scarring tales...

1. Oh no, "UglyRobloxian."

This kid at my school wouldn’t date me because I am adopted.

He “can’t trust not knowing who my parents really are.”

2. Yikes, "WattsUp130."

A guy who brought me to a coffee shop under the guise of a date and broke it off after we’d sat there for an hour talking about a movie he suggested I watch and told me he didn’t think I could handle his anxiety... turns out his anxiety was really another girl he was dating at the same time as me.

I’d have just preferred the truth.

3. WTF, "emorrigan."

Didn’t get asked out on a second date in college because my “FP” was too high.

FP = fat potential

4. Dodged a bullet, "yqvu29."

I have lupus and the guy said “I don’t want you to die before I do”.....he then proceeded to go for the crackhead with multiple DUI’s

5. Rude, "notfromconcentrate47."

"Sorry... I only like tall boys,"

IS SIX FOOT ONE NOT TALL ENOUGH FOR YOU?

6. WOW, "Cdogger715."

I had a girl reject me say "I can't date you because what if we go on a date to somewhere with stairs?"... I'm in a wheelchair.

7. Points for creativity? "notanotherhipster."

High school girlfriend broke up with me after 2 years saying it was God’s will we break up

8. That's RIGHT, "AcrolloPeed."

"I'm really into you, but I still think I want to be with my boyfriend for a few more months, but when he goes back to Pennsylvania, we can start going out."

Bitch I'm not a TV dinner. You can't pop me in the freezer and think I'll be ready to heat up when you're ready for me.

9. A happy ending! "NotWorriedABunch."

"You're a great woman and I know you'll make someone the happiest man on Earth someday, but I also know that man is not me."

Um...

He wised up, we'll have been married 13yrs this Sept.

10. Ha! "TopClassTrier."

I don't speak English with a French accent so "I'm wasn't as exotic as they thought I would be". English isn't my first language but neither is French so I was quite confused.

11. Fourteen steps? "cptrekt."

When I was fourteen my best friend wrote me a two page 'break up' letter. In the letter she explained that she needed to "improve her social standing" and that she couldn't do that and still be associated with me. She outlined her fourteen step plan to become popular and apparently step three was to cut ties with all her unpopular or weird friends.

I only read a few lines before I gave it back and told her she was a moron, that it was a stupid plan and that she could do all that and still be unpopular. She just smiled sadly and wished me well in life, unfriended me from everything and refused to even look at me for two months.

Well eventually she realised her plan was bullshit and that her relationship with the 'popular kids' actually got worse because of it(sort of like the end half of Mean Girls) and came crawling back. I like to think I handled that whole situation with maturity and grace but it really messed me up for a while and it's still one of the most hurtful things a person has ever done to me.

12. This is cold, "Usidore_"

"I felt like I was with a child" because I have dwarfism.

I don't blame her at all for feeling that way, and it's a totally justified reason to not feel attraction towards me, but fuck did that do a number on my self esteem.

Edit: I'm 4ft tall and I have Achondroplasia (the same disproportionate form as Peter Dinklage).

13. Savage, "CDThrowaway1111."

“i like you, i just can’t handle your gay side,” after she had outed me to my entire high school for being bi. she broke up with me after.

14. OUCH, "ashlynnk."

I dated a guy that said “you’re my best friend. Everything about us is perfect... If I had to build my dream woman you would be it... Nothing more, nothing less. But.. I don’t get butterflies with you.”

15. Ice cold, "MolangNeoi."

I didn't get a reason. Got ghosted and then found out through a mutual friend that he began dating another girl. He was an abusive asshole though so in the end, he did me a solid. This was a 6 yr relationship btw lol

16. I mean, they have a point..."octopoduss."

Because "You rejected me a few months ago, and even though I still like you, it's my turn to reject you,".


Hilary Duff responded to a NSFW meme about herself and people lost their minds.

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Celebrities who were formerly children eventually must grow up: just like us!!! But there are some stars who people expect to stay young forever, and Hilary Duff is in this category. Duff has enjoyed a relatively successful singing and acting career over the past 15 years. But many people still associate her with Lizzie McGuire, the teen she played in the sitcom of the same name from 2001-2004 and in the 2003 movie The Lizzie McGuire Movie. So when the 31-year-old recently commented on a NSFW meme inspired by her hit song from 2003, it had fans in hysterics. Lizzie HOW COULD YOU?!?!!?

The meme started when another legend, YouTuber Trisha Paytas, shared videos of her covering Duff's iconic 2003 song, "What Dreams Are Made Of," from The Lizzie McGuire Movie. The videos circulated on Twitter where they sparked millennial nostalgia and even cured this person's depression:

A clip from the videos was then turned into a hilarious and NSFW meme by Instagrammer Tre Miles, who shouted out Hillary Duff by tagging the star:

The meme was then picked up by popular Instagram account Drinks for Gayz, who ALSO tagged Duff. Everyone wants this meme to get the OG Lizzy McGuire's attention. And it worked! Because she commented on it:

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Lizzie McGuire is beaming. #CommentsByCelebs

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"Ooof yikes," wrote grown-up Duff, although it seems like something Lizzie McGuire might say. So maybe she really is her character after all and movies and TV are real???? I KNEW IT. Her comment, and the fact that she acknowledges having seen the NSFW meme, triggered an outpouring of comments from fans who are laughing their a*ses off and calling her comment "iconic."

And there you have it, ladies and gentleman. The internet, 2019.

16 texts that prove men are not doing well right now. 'You look like my cousin!'

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Are men ok?

It's hard to say! It's a pretty difficult time to be a man now that it's no longer ok to whip your penis out in front of your employees or assault someone in college just because she's drunk. Just kidding! It was never ok.

Luckily though, there are plenty of ways to communicate without committing a crime and I have faith that most men can handle it. Sometimes though, everyone can have a difficult time trying to get their point across. As if talking in person wasn't hard enough, now there's texting, dating apps, and sliding into the DMs...It's a lot. Plus, with the looming fear of getting ghosted, a one sentence text can take a whole crew of brunch friends to craft...

If you're feeling down about your texting style, here are some men who are guaranteed to make you feel better.

1. This guy who doesn't know what an insult is.

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smoooooooth like stroking a vauxhall corsa

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2. This guy who has so many lies to unpack.

3. What a smooth talker!

4. This is a real journey.

5. This man who is a watermelon.

6. Why do you have to bring your grandma into this?

7. This man who doesn't understand how bars work.

8. Wow. Just...Wow...

9. This guy who is trying to get deep.

10. No, it's actually not ok.

11. This one who is still figuring out dirty talk.

12. Um....

13. This guy who needs his ex to know what's going on.

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No problem at all, my dude

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14. WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE?

15. This guy who took it the next level.

16. Oh damn...

Bridezilla demands bald bridesmaid wear a wig to her wedding. Is she an a*shole for refusing?

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In today's installment of Bridezillas Behaving Badly, I bring you a story of a bride who insisted one of her bridesmaids, who is bald, wear a wig to her wedding.

The friend, who chooses to be bald after escaping the demands of her oppressive Christian upbringing, turned to the sub-Reddit "Am I The Asshole?" to find out if she's an asshole for refusing to wear a wig despite her friend's demands. She begins:

Just as a little background, I grew up in a very strict Christian family where I wasn’t allowed to cut my hair, ever, because “hair is a woman’s crown”. It was down to my knees by the time I escaped at 18. Ever since then I’ve either had a pixie, a buzz cut or have been totally bald, because I cannot stand the heavy feeling of long hair or all the brushing/washing/detangling after dealing with it for so many years. So that’s a big reason I’m so stubborn about this issue. Also, all of my friends involved in this story have always known me as the girl with no hair. Right now I’m bald because I always shave my head completely for the summer.

No one needs an excuse to wear their hair or lack thereof however the heck they want, but it seems like being bald is especially important to this woman given her religious background. So it makes sense that she would react defensively to her friend's insistence she wear a wig to her wedding.

The bride's reasoning? She wants "all of her bridesmaids to match."

The bridesmaid writes:

One of my good friends is getting married in August and she chose me to be one of her bridesmaids. Everything had been cool, she’s always been the sweetest person and she showed no signs of going Bridezilla before this, until she called me up about three weeks ago and asked me if I could do her a favor and wear a wig to her wedding. She explained that she wanted all of her bridesmaids to match and that she wanted us all to look good in the pictures. I told her I really didn’t want to get a wig, and we’ve been on bad terms ever since.

Not only was her bride friend bitchy to her about refusing to wear a wig, but all of their friends apparently took the bride's side:

All of our friends are on her side because “it’s just a wig” and “it’s not like she’s asking you to grow out your hair for the wedding, so she’s not the one being unreasonable.” And I know I can be very stubborn sometimes, which I guess is the reason I’m posting here.

The bridesmaid then lays out all the reasons she is refusing to wear a wig, despite her bridezilla friend getting pissed about it. IMHO they seem incredibly reasonable and further serve to back up her case:

The thing is, I don’t know how many of you will be aware of this but a wig that will actually look good/realistic is expensive. I’ve already paid for a bridesmaid’s dress, new shoes, and plane tickets, as well as a small deposit for the person who’s going to do our makeup. This wedding has already cost me a fortune. I could afford a wig if I wanted to, but do I really want to spend the money on something I’ll never wear again when I’ve already spent a ton? Not really.

Also, this is going to be on a plantation in Louisiana. In August. I’m already going to be hot and uncomfortable, and a wig will make things a thousand times worse.

My biggest reason-and this is why my friends are saying I’m the asshole-is the principle of the thing. I feel like it implies I look bad because I don’t have hair, which I personally don’t think is true. Is being bald so hideous I’ll ruin her pictures? Is she going to make her balding father wear a toupee? And I think the “I want us to match” thing is stupid. We’re already wearing matching dresses, why isn’t that enough? I know it’s “her day” and we’re supposed to make her happy, but isn’t there a line?

In summation: 1) A wig is expensive and she's already doled out a ton of cash on the wedding. 2) A wig will be hot/uncomfortable. And 3) she's insulted that people think her being bald is "ugly" or will make the pics look "bad."

Seems pretty reasonable, right? The bridesmaid adds that she offered to compromise by wearing a "cute headscarf," AND by growing her hair out as much as possible so she'd have a "pixie cut" in time for the wedding. But the bride wasn't here for it. In fact, the bridesmaid might lose her place in the wedding party and maybe even her invite because of it.

I’ve offered to wear a cute headscarf as a compromise if my bald head is that offensive, but she’s not having it. I’m still in the bridal party and invited but I don’t know for how much longer, honestly. AITA for not wanting to wear a wig?

EDIT: Just to add two things: 1. She’s not willing to pay or reimburse me for the wig, in part or in full 2. Along with the headscarf I’d also be willing to grow my hair out into a pixie cut, the wedding is at the beginning of August so it’d still be really short though.

I've made my case and Reddit seems to agree with me. Redditors have concluded that she's not the asshole. Here are a few comments:

From FeralFugginAnimal:

NTA. If she had a problem with your appearance then why the hell did she make you her bridesmaid? You’re a friend? Well friends don’t try and change their friends to satisfy their vanity issues.

From katieb2342:

This is always my stance on any variation of the "Bride / Groom wants me to shave, grow my hair out, dye my hair, loose weight, cover my tattoos, etc" posts. If I pick you for the wedding party it's not because I think youre pretty and perfect for photos, it's because you're my friend and I love you. I want to look the way that makes you happy, so I don't look back at photos and remember you never looking like that. If you personally choose to do something to your appearance for wedding, thats fine and dandy, but asking someone to change their appearance is always an asshole move.

From BundyMonday:

NTA. She asked you knowing you are bald in the summer. This isn't a big change you made right before the wedding (which is your choice, but tends to stress brides out so it's more understandable). I'd step out of the wedding, this will only get worse if she's that concerned about some pictures...

Do you agree? Or do you think the bridesmaid is the asshole? Personally I think she should skip this expensive and ridiculous plantation wedding and just use the money for a beach vacation instead. Let us know your thoughts in the comments.

Ex-Kindergarten teacher’s post about why she quit teaching goes viral for how real it is.

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Being a teacher requires an immense amount of patience and both emotional and intellectual intelligence. You have to figure out how to corral a group of children into not only listening to you, but also treating each other with respect AND learning new and difficult topics.

Mastering the skills of crowd management, emotional mediation and teaching children new subjects is nothing short of a juggling act, and given the low pay and cultural under-appreciation, any teacher who stays on long-term should be given a hug and a drink pronto.

In a recent Facebook post that quickly went viral, the former kindergarten teacher Jessica Gentry laid out why she left teaching, and it wasn't the pay.

The filter comes off now. . I think it's easier for people to believe that I left teaching because of the lousy pay. ...

Posted by Jessica Gentry on Thursday, June 13, 2019

She started her post by saying she understands why it's easier for people to assume she left her profession over pay, versus the social mores.

"The filter comes off now.

I think it's easier for people to believe that I left teaching because of the lousy pay. It was easier for my former HR director to believe it was because I found something that I was more passionate about. Some would allow them to assume that... let them be comfortable in their assumptions because your truth may lead to discomfort of others. Well... I'm not some. That ain't me 💁‍♀️."

She then proceeded to lay out why her and others with a passion for teaching are leaving the profession, and its largely due to parenting and societal changes.

"Let me tell you why those who ooze passion for teaching are leaving the occupation like their hair is on fire..."

She pointed out how the adage "the kids have changed" is dangerous and misses the mark.

"The old excuse "the kids have changed". No. No friggin way. Kids are kids. PARENTING has changed. SOCIETY has changed. The kids are just the innocent victims of that. Parents are working crazy hours, consumed by their devices, leaving kids in unstable parenting/coparenting situations, terrible media influences... and we are going to give the excuse that the KIDS have changed? What did we expect them to do? Kids behave in undesirable ways in the environment they feel safest. They test the water in the environment that they know their mistakes and behaviors will be treated with kindness and compassion. For those "well behaved" kids--they're throwing normal kid tantrums at home because it's safe. The kids flipping tables at school? They don't have a safe place at home. Our classrooms are the first place they've ever heard 'no', been given boundaries, shown love through respect. Cue "the kids have changed."

Kids are misbehaving at school largely because they aren't getting attention or safety at home, and yet the schools themselves value technology over teaching kids emotional and social skills.

"In the midst of all of this... our response is we need to be "21st Century" schools. 1 to 1 student to technology. Oh. Okay. So forget the basics of relationship building and hands on learning. Kids already can't read social cues and conduct themselves appropriately in social settings... let's toss more devices at them because it looks good on our website. During an interview, one division asked me "how are you with technology? That's important to us". Uhhh... I hear Bobo the chimpanzee is pretty tech savvy... I consider myself pretty great with kids ."

While technology literacy is deeply important for both teachers and students, Gentry pointed out how technology training takes away from the time teachers have for regular lesson planning.

"And since our technology approach doesn't seem to be working, teachers must need more training. So take away two planning periods a week. And render that time utterly worthless when it comes to ADDING to the quality of the instruction. Just this year, a new math assessment was introduced for K teachers. We had to attend a training on a school day (time missed with students) then it took us THREE WEEKS to administer it... one on one... to 21 students. Such. A. Waste. All of the info I could have told you about them without taking away from precious instructional time."

On top of that, Gentry shared how many schools now have the mentality that teachers are customer service workers and parents are customers, rather than partners in raising and educating a child.

"Instead of holding parents accountable... and making them true partners, we've adopted a customer service mindset. I've seen the Facebook rants about attendance and getting "the letter". Well, here's the thing... I can't teach your child if he's not in school. I was cussed out by parents who wanted to attend field trips but missed the THREE notes that went home--and when they did attend a trip, sat on their phone the entire time. I've had parents stand me up multiple times on Conference Days then call to tattle on me when I refused to offer an after school option. I've had parents tell me that I'm not allowed to tell their child 'no'..."

A lot of the parents wouldn't give Gentry permission to tell their kids "no," and yet expected her to be able to teach and manage their childrens' behavioral issues.

"My mental and physical health was in jeopardy every.single.day. Knowing that your kids need and deserve more than they're getting. Sitting in one meeting after another, begging for more support, only to be told 'don't lose sleep over them'... when you LOVE your kids and are PASSIONATE about your mission... these messages tear you apart. Watching them come in... dirty clothes... chaos at home... and knowing they need more than you can give them in a classroom of 21, with less and less support, multiple languages spoken, several different disabilities... it breaks you. We become emotional eaters. We become couch potatoes to zone out. We become so short fused that our families suffer."

Gentry finally decided she needed to leave to focus on her mental health so she could be the best mother to her child, and from there, regain the ability to help other parents and children again.

"So... that's why.

I finally realized... you can't save them all. You can't even help 21 if you aren't healthy yourself. If your mental and physical health aren't a focus, you aren't even good for the 21."

"I left my retirement fund... my paid sick leave (46 days left on the table, unpaid). I didn't leave for better pay. I decided to start with my 1 at home... and work to help other mommas be able to show up for their ones at home. Because... I really do believe it starts there ❤ I found something that allows me to impact the environments that those 21 go home to. I found something that I can make an impact with... that doesn't leave my tank empty, rendering me useless for others."

She ended her post by pointing out that for her, leaving the classroom doesn't mean she's done advocating for kids, but quite the opposite.

"I may have left the classroom... but I am still advocating for those kiddos. It just looks different now 😘"

Her post quickly went viral for how on the nose it was, and received support from parents and fellow teachers alike.

Hopefully, as more teachers speak up about the realities of educating in the current climate, it'll help facilitate brainstorming for systemic change.

Woman ditches the funeral of her boyfriend's mom for a vacation. The internet rips her a new one.

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Losing a loved one is always a painful and complicated process no matter what, but losing someone as close as your mother with no warning is an unthinkable loss. So, it's only common sense that if you love your partner, and they lose their parent out of the blue, you're going to have some long nights of cuddling, crying and cooking comfort food ahead of you.

At least, for some people that's common sense, for others, the concept of giving up a vacation in order to go to their boyfriend's mom's funeral seems like a tall order.

In a recent post on the subreddit Am I The Asshole a woman asked if she was a jerk for skipping her boyfriend's mom's funeral for a pre-planned family vacation, and the internet responded with a resounding: yes.

"AITA for going to a pre-planned vacation with my family rather than my boyfriend's mom's funeral?"

In the post OP laid out how she plans yearly trips with her mom, sister, aunt and cousin, all of whom work regular 9-5 jobs (OP is a teacher).

"I'm a teacher so I get about 2 months off every summer but my mom, sister, aunt, and cousin all work regular 9-5 jobs with 2-3 weeks off a year, so it's really difficult to organize time for trips where we can all go. We managed to schedule a girls trip to Cabo from June 1st to 9th. Made payments (almost $3K a person) several weeks prior to the trip and were all very excited to go to Mexico and bond -- I'm best friends with my sister & cousin, and my mom and aunt are identical twins so we're all a very close group."

OP has been with her boyfriend for two years and has met his family a handful of times, but since they live across the country they're not intimately close.

"My boyfriend & I have been together for 2 years. His family lives across the country so I only see them twice a year and it's usually pretty quick. No real one-on-one bonding with anyone in his family but we're all definitely friendly with one another. We like each other's posts on FB/IG, send happy birthday wishes, stuff like that."

A few days before her family vacation, her boyfriend's mom passed away all of the sudden. OP's boyfriend begged her to skip the family trip to go to the funeral, but she explained that it'd be better for him to process with his family.

"A few days before we left, my boyfriend's mom passed away unexpectedly. I spent days attached to his hip, supporting him, wrote the email to his work explaining what happened, cleaning the apartment, making sure he ate, called his dad & siblings and expressed my condolences, booked his flight, helped him pack, etc. He asked me to go to the funeral with him. I felt so, so, so bad telling him no. I hardly knew his mom and feel like I already committed myself to the trip with my family. He was heartbroken and begged me to go with him for support but I told him that his whole family is there and if anything it's a special time for them all to recount memories of their mother/wife/sister/daughter."

OP's boyfriend also offered to pay her $1500 to make up for the costs of canceling the trip, in hopes that it would convince her to come to the funeral, but she revealed it's really not about money - it's about time with her female family members.

"He asked if he gave me $1500 "could you go on the trip sometime later? you have two more months off. I know you won't get some deposits back, so I'll give you this money" and I honestly felt so bad but the thing isn't the money (although obviously as a teacher, I'm not swimming in money) but it's about how this is the one time a year that the women I'm closest to can go together."

OP's family was pretty insistent on her coming, regardless of the death of her boyfriend's mom, so she ended up going to the family vacation instead of the funeral.

"My mom & aunt told me "we want you to come with us, but it's ultimately up to you" whereas my cousin & sister were like "you should definitely come with us, it'll ruin the trip for us if you're not there, just come, etc."

Both OP and her boyfriend have now returned from the vacation and the funeral, but there is palpable tension. OP's boyfriend said he's not angry, but rather disappointed and sad at her decision to skip his mom's funeral.

"My boyfriend was upset and left mad at me, I called/texted a bunch but he didn't respond until days later, anyways I went to Mexico and came back on the 9th and things have been weird with us. Sometimes he's really close with me like usual other times I can tell he's mad I didn't go with him. He said he's not furious at me but just disappointed and sad that I chose to go party instead of be there with him. Says he would've dropped anything for me, keeps emphasizing that I have 2 months of vacation, but he doesn't get that no one else in the group has that kind of vacation time, I really couldn't reschedule."

"TL;DR: I feel really bad because I didn't go with my boyfriend to his mom's funeral because I already had a trip planned with my family. Did I fuck up?"

While OP stuck to her guns about the inflexibility of her family's vacation time, pangs of guilt have now come over her, so she brought her concerns to the internet to see if she made a mistake.

mjsbunny fully thinks OP is an asshole for putting her own desires above her grieving boyfriend.

"Bloody hell! Yes, you fucked up.

Your boyfriend's MOTHER died. Not his neighbour, or friend or coworker. His MOTHER. And as his partner, someone who allegedly loves him, you should have been at his side at the funeral. Your family have come off as incredibly selfish here, so I can see where you get it from. My mother would have been like "Goodness, of course you have to go!"

"How on earth were you able to enjoy yourself, knowing that he was more than likely having a difficult time? Yes, he would have had his other family around him, but he clearly wanted you to be there. And I can guarantee that the rest of the family weren't impressed with your decision and it was 110% discussed. "Where's X? Why didn't she come? She's in Cabo? Eh?" And the fact that he even offered to reimburse you for some of your outlay, shows how badly he wanted you there. But you chose other people over his needs. In addition, you went with your mother, which would just remind him that he doesn't have a mother anymore."

"Personally, this is a dealbreaker and I would break up with someone over this. Imagine if the shoe was on the other foot?? Your mother dies, and he's like "Soz, but I'm still going to go on the bros holiday. We cool tho, right?" How utterly selfish and self-centred of you.

Ugh. YTA. You are SO the asshole here. And no one can convince me otherwise."

oh-my thinks OP was an asshole, and that the tension is coming from OP's boyfriend realizing his partner is emotionally selfish.

"I just wanted to add, OP, the reason why things are awkward between two of you now is that he knows he cannot rely on you. You proved him that by showing him where your priorities are. Literally, all it takes to understand his position is a bit of empathy: how would you feel in his place? For many of us this would absolutely be a deal-breaker and I'm in awe he gave you another chance."

"I have no idea how you go about fixing it. Or should you even. Ask yourself, honestly, why he wasn't your priority? How exactly you feel about him and your relationship? Maybe your actions are an indicator of an underlying reason why you did what you did. Think."

"Then apologize and give him space and time. If you two (and by two - I mean mostly him) decide it's fixable, you'll have to prove him over and over again that you're trustworthy. It'll take time to get your relationship back to where it was before this whole ordeal."

maerrhyn came for OP's entire world view.

"I’d give your comment gold if I could. My mom is very ill and reading this post cut me like a knife. Having my SO’s unconditional support throughout it all means the world to me."

"YTA, I’m honestly a bit stumped by how socially and emotionally unaware OP is. Like... did you seriously need a bunch of internet strangers to tell you were in the wrong to leave your partner alone at the most difficult time of his life to go on a fucking vacation?"

DifficultMinute pointed out that OP's attitude runs in the family, and how weird it was for her mom and family members to pressure her to ditch her boyfriend in his time of need.

"You said it much better than I could. 100% YTA.

My mother would have been like "Goodness, of course you have to go!"

"If my wife's mom died, and I tried to go on vacation with my own mother instead of the funeral, my mother would have been so disappointed in me... if I even mentioned considering it, she'd probably smack me on the back of the head. edit: In fact, thinking about it, my mom would probably cancel her own vacation to be there for my wife herself as well."

"His mother fucking died, and you're worried about a damn vacation.

Things are weird because his mother died, and the person that he loves most in the world wasn't there for him. You fucked up, and it wouldn't surprise me if he wound up resenting you and leaving you over it. And you'd deserve it."

6_67 can't imagine how OP's boyfriend could forgive her.

"YTA. If I were him I would seriously reconsider the relationship. Can't imagine starting a family with someone with such poor judgement and low empathy."

"Says he would've dropped anything for me, keeps emphasizing that I have 2 months of vacation, but he doesn't get that no one else in the group has that kind of vacation time, I really couldn't reschedule."

"This is the only Time IN HIS LIFE he can to go to his mom's funeral. You chose a once a year fun event (or maybe once in a couple of years, it doesn't matter) over a once in a lifetime tragedy."

5 people having a worse Monday than you.

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5. E. Jean Carroll, because she accused Trump of rape and nobody seems to care.

Just because it's not surprising doesn't mean it isn't shocking.

Columnist E. Jean Carroll accused President Donald Trump of raping her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room 23 years ago. The details are graphic and harrowing, and Trump insists that they have never met, though there is a picture of them laughing it up in 1987, years before the alleged attack.

According toVox,Carroll is the 22nd woman to publicly accuse the president of sexual misconduct, which both indicates that this is a pattern of behavior from a man who publicly brags of grabbing women by the pussy, and that the media is totally bored of this by now.

The New York Times covered the accusation in the books section, because accusing the president of rape isn't political news, it's tea for the publishing industry.

The story went viral on Twitter on Friday, and by the end of the weekend, most news networks didn't bother bringing it up. The Sunday morning talk shows—everyone's parents' favorite brunch ritual—largely ignored the story, and Carroll is sick of it.

This morning, Carroll told CNN that she is sick of this vicious cycle of women coming forward, and then being ignored and insulted by the fanboys who think that a president grabbing women by the pussy makes him Alpha.

"With all the 16 women who have come forward, it's the same -- he denies he, he turns it around, he attacks, & he threatens. Then everybody forgets it, & then the next woman comes along. And I am sick of it," she said.

"Think how many women have come forward, nothing happens. The only thing we can do is sit with you, and tell our stories, so that we empower other women to come forward and tell their stories because we have to change this culture of sexual violence."


4.Cardi B, because she was indicted by a grand jury for felony charges during a strip club brawl.

That feeling when you were indicted by a grand jury for felony charges during a strip club brawl.

Cardi B and her beau Offset slayed their sexy performance at the BET Awards last night, which will be a great memory for both of them to hold on to if Cardi gets sent to prison.

Speaking of lapdances, last summer, the rapper and FDR fan got in a huge bar fight (well, strip club fight) when she accused a bartender named Jade of sleeping with Offset. Her entourage started throwing bottles, chairs, and hookah pipes, causing minor injuries to Jade and another employee. The brawl allegedly started on Cardi's command, meaning that she has blood on her hands in addition to bloody shoes.

TMZ reports that the grand jury indicted Cardi"on 14 charges, including 2 counts of felony attempted assault with intent to cause serious physical injury. Other charges include misdemeanor reckless endangerment, assault, criminal solicitation, conspiracy and harassment."

After being offered a plea deal, Cardi went the Lori Loughlin rather than the Felicity Huffman route and rejected it. Had she accepted the plea deal, she could have avoided jail time, but now her fate is in the hands of a jury of her peers.

Cardi likely has a good and fancy lawyer on the case. She makes money moves.


3. Mike Pence, because rumor has it that Trump might replace him with a younger, hotter running mate.

"I will NOT be replaced by Nikki Haley, nor would I ever be alone in a room with her."

Donald Trump and Mike Pence's political marriage of convenience might go the way of Trump's actual marriages: with the president leaving his current partner for a younger woman.

A recent op-ed by Trump pal and felon Andrew Stein is floating the idea of replacing Pence on the 2020 ticket with former Trump UN ambassador Nikki Haley as an attempt to win over "moderate, suburban women."

Well-connected media types speculate that the op-ed likely ran at the behest of Trump as a trial-balloon, or at the very least, was approved by Trump pal Rupert Murdoch, who owns The Wall Street Journal.

Pence is responding to the scuttlebutt by further degrading himself and being as shamelessly sycophantic as possible, by refusing to say that climate change is a threat and laughed when asked why the Trump administration is saying in court that it's cool to deny toothbrushes and soap to the kids they kidnapped.

Ah, my favorite bible verse: "Thou shalt snicker when asked of humanitarian crises of your own making."


2. The Miss Hooters Tennessee finalist who was arrested for vandalizing her ex-boyfriend's apartment.

Finalist in Miss Hooters Tennessee pageant arrested for felony burglary and vandalism
The new Hot Felon.

Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

Madison Rogers, a 21-year-old almost-Miss Hooters Tennessee, was arrested and charged with burglary and vandalism when she sought revenge on a boyfriend who dumped her.

Scoop Nashville reports that Rogers "was caught on security video entering her boyfriend’s house and destroying the upstairs after he broke up with her earlier in the day":

Metro Police responded to the home of the victim on May 31st, on the report of a home invasion. Upon arrival, they met with the victim who had just gotten home. He told police that he had broken up with his girlfriend of two years, 21-year-old Madison Rogers, earlier in the day. He had just returned home when he heard pounding on the door, and when he went to the door, his ex-girlfriend kicked it open and began assaulting him.

These are NOT the values that the Miss Hooters Tennessee pageant stands for.

Miss Rogers is unworthy of the sash.


1. Dante de Blasio, because his dad Bill is sharing their "private conversations" on Twitter.

"Daaaaaaaad you're embarrassing me."

New York mayor Bill de Blasio is running for president, and he claims to be preparing for this week's debates by having this very real, very authentic WhatsApp conversation with his son Dante.

This is how young men talk to their dads.

You get the gist.

People on Twitter are questioning this conversation's authenticity, shivering with second-hand embarrassment for Dante and/or his ghostwriter.

Dante doesn't deserve this.

P.S.: It's too horrific to put in this listicle, but the people having the absolute worse Mondays (and Tuesdays and Wednesdays and Thursdays, etc.) are the kids concentrated in camps by the Trump administration. Consider making a donation to RAICES or calling your elected representatives.

Bride shares full story behind mother-in-law who attended her wedding in a wedding dress.

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In case you missed it, last week romance author Amy Pennza went viral after she posted a #weddingfail tweet that showed her mother-in-law wearing a wedding dress to Pennza's nuptials.

Needless to say, the image of the groom's mom wearing a straight-up wedding dress quickly spread across the internet and people had a multitude of questions, most of which were HOW and WHY did this happen?!

People were really taken with the mother-in-law's inclusion of an updo, which truly completes the WTF factor of the look.

As with most people who find themselves at the center of a viral tweet, Pennza didn't expect her tweet to take off in such a huge way.

Since the viral explosion of her #weddingfail, Pennza debriefed The Huffington Post about how the bridal gown debacle happened in the first place.

According to Pennza, it was a miraculous level of absent mindedness on the part of her mother-in-law, and there is no beef or malice there.

"She just remembers seeing it in Dillard’s and it fit and she felt good in it and it was on sale. I have a vivid memory of getting dressed, I’m like half naked with all these people around, and the photographer is taking photos. She came in fully dressed into the foyer and the sun was lit ― in my memory it was a blinding light ― and it couldn’t have been more of a pure, snow-white dress. And I go, ‘You... could be the bride!’ She had this look on her face ― I think someone had already gotten to her at that point and said, ‘What are you doing?’”

Pennza went on to clarify that the family had a few wedding adjacent events that summer, so her mother-in-law was deep in the throes of shopping for outfits, which may have contributed to the temporary lapse in a etiquette.

Pennza also went on to share that her mother-in-law is excitable and can lose sight of the bigger picture in a moment of excitement.

"If you know her, you’re like, ‘Yeah, that sounds about right, she definitely did that. A year ago IHOP did this marketing stunt where they said they were changing their name to IHOB. When the story broke, she went to IHOP, a place she never goes. She bought a gift card with $10 on it because she thought one day the old logo would be worth money.”

Pennza went on to clarify that her mother-in-law has profusely apologized since the incident and it is all viral water underneath the bridge now.

At the end of the day, Pennza believes it's her mother-in-law's love of a good deal that drove the ill informed shopping decision.

"I can’t wrap my mind around why she would think that, because she knows you don’t wear well, maybe she doesn’t know? I should ask ― you would never wear red to a funeral, you wouldn’t wear white to a wedding. The only possible explanation is that she just could not turn down a sale. She was like, ‘Well, I have a formal event to go to, so I’m wearing this dress."

While the internet now has answers, it's abundantly clear that Pennza handled the situation with far more class and grace than most of us would.


25 Hilarious Memes Anyone Going On A Family Vacation Needs To See.

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"Being on vacation with my children remains the most exhausting thing I've ever done in my life."

-Jim Gaffigan

If you're going on a family vacation, prepare to be exhausted. The memories you make will last a lifetime, but the joy you feel laughing at these memes will last even longer.

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Ivanka Trump was at a party with Katy Perry and Mila Kunis and I need to know how it went.

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Ivanka Trump partied with Katy Perry and Mila Kunis this weekend, and by "partied with," I mean "attended the same party."

Karlie Kloss and Josh Kushner hosted a three-day wedding party in Wyoming, and it was attended by celebrities from the worlds of both fashion and fascism.

Josh Kushner is Jared Kushner's younger brother and business partner, making the happy couple Trumps-in-law.

Humanity has been part of Klossy's #brand, and it doesn't gel well with being Ivanka's sister. No Trump administration officials appear on Karlie's Instagram slideshow, but Ivanka made sure that you know she was there.

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Ivanka didn't explicitly mention the wedding on social media, but she posted a photo of her and Jared looking happy in Wyoming, smiling as if they see a kid in a cage off on the horizon.

The Daily Mail made it their top story on Monday that the other Kushners were at the party, alongside A-listers who have spoken publicly against the Trump administration.

The British tabloid has a cozy relationship with Ivanka. They've had a camera crew stationed outside her DC mansion and have been writing flattering headlines about her and her outfits every day since 2017.

Here's how they describe the wedding:

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner were among the guests at Karlie Kloss and Joshua Kushner's star-studded Western-themed second wedding in Wyoming over the weekend.

Karlie and Joshua first said 'I do' back in October in a small, intimate wedding ceremony in upstate New York — which counted Joshua's brother Jared and his wife Ivanka among the guests — but this weekend they invited many more friends along to celebrate their nuptials, including Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom, Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher, and Diane con Furstenberg.

That means that Ivanka, 37, and Jared, 38, rubbed elbows with a host of Hollywood celebrities, including many who campaigned for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election and have been openly and repeatedly critical of Donald Trump.

For what it's worth (which is not a lot), Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry looked very happy, undisturbed by the presence of Donald Trump's footsoldiers.

I need the gossip and I need it now.

Khloé Kardashian STILL can't stop blaming women for Tristan Thompson's cheating. Fans are finally fed up.

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Are you ready for some messy, messy Kardashian behavior? Strap in.

The latest episode of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" (season 16, episode 11, to be exact) shows the entire family reacting to the Cheating Scandal Heard 'Round the World: Tristan Thompson's oddly well-documented one-night smoochathon with Jordyn Woods. The episode is named "Treachery," which kind of sounds like "Tristan!"

This was not Thompson's first cheating scandal. Far from it. Back in spring 2018, Tristan was caught on camera flirting with women and leaving public places with them. It was pretty much confirmed that he'd cheated on Khloé with multiple women. Meanwhile, Khloé was about to give birth to their child.

The Kardashians wrung that situation out for as much drama as they could, because that's what we pay them for. And Khloé ended up giving Thompson another chance, to the disappointment of everyone. He got booed at a basketball game and that was pretty much the extent of his public punishment for cheating on his pregnant girlfriend.

Then, earlier this year, he got caught cheating on Khloé with Jordyn Woods, Kylie Jenner's best friend. Kardashian and Thompson have been fully broken up ever since. And Khloé ended upblaming Jordyn Woods for literally breaking up her family, which didn't go over super well. But people seemed to get over it and chalked it up to Khloé being hurt. I mean, we all tweet crazy things in the moment.

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But then, this week, E! finally aired the episode of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" in which Khloé learns about the scandal. And in the ep, Khloé just can't stop blaming other women for her partner's roving eye (and mouth... and... other things).

It looks like fans have finally had enough.

This might be because Tristan was already a confirmed cheater and Khloé gave him another chance against the advice of literally everyone. It might also be because — fun fact — Khloé started dating Tristan while he already had a different pregnant girlfriend, Jordan Craig! No one seems to be able to agree on whether he and the ex were broken up at the time.

Khloé claims Tristan's lawyers, mom and friends all swore to her that he and Craig were broken up. It's always a good sign when your new boyfriend has to call in character witnesses to prove he's not a complete POS.

But even if they were broken up, it's pretty poor taste to be photographed on a jet ski with a Kardashian when someone else is literally carrying your spawn inside their body. Like, wait a couple months, Tristan. The jet ski will still be there!

But back to the new episode. Of course, it's pretty universally agreed on that in any infidelity situation, the cheater is the one we should all be mad at. But Khloé doesn't seem to be living by that ethos. Instead, she can. not. stop. calling out Jordyn Woods. To make things more hypocritical, Khloé herself has been "the other woman" many times.

Also, as fans keep pointing out, Khloé knew Tristan was a cheater over a year ago.

And for some, Khloé insisting she's "not a mean girl" is rich considering what she tweeted after Jordyn and Tristan got caught in flagrante.

Also... screaming "f*ck these h*es" sure seems like mean girl behavior.

Fans are also pointing out that the Kardashian-Jenner women don't have a great track record for hooking up with people who are already partnered up. Again, this is something that should be blamed squarely on the men with partners — but the Ks seemingly never follow that rule when it happens to them. Their hypocrisy seems to be what's rubbing people the wrong way.

One fan couldn't help but point out the irony of Tristan's apparent love for anyone named Jordyn/Jordan. The woman he dated before (or maybe while...) he met Khloé was named Jordan Craig, and one of the several women he's cheated on her with was Jordyn Woods.

And the Khloé-Tristan-Jordan-Craig-Jordyn-Woods drama isn't the only messy love rhombus the Kardashian-Jenners have stumbled into. Other fans are pointing out that Khloé hooked up with Trey Songz despite the fact that he had a past with her (now former) bestie Lauren London. She also started hooking up with French Montana while he was allegedly still with rapper Trina.

"Stealing" people's partners isn't a thing, but you get the jist.

Anyway... hope Khloé's migraines clear up!

25 Memes Everyone Should Laugh At On A Tuesday Morning.

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I regret to inform you that it's only Tuesday. The good news is, these memes are funny as hell. That should hopefully take the sting out of things.

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John Stamos weighs in on how 'Fuller House' will handle Aunt Becky leaving for prison.

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The cast of "Fuller House" have mostly been keeping their feelings about the Lori Loughlin to themselves so far.

Considering both "Full House" and its Netflix sequel, "Fuller House" are arguably the most wholesome family sitcoms in history, a scandal is a particularly bad look.

When Loughlin and her husband (along with countless other celebrities and wealthy parents) were arrested for cheating their way into a spot for their daughter at University of Southern California, it severely tarnished Lori Loughlin's innocent Aunt Becky image. As details of the case emerged, it became more and more ridiculous to know that the woman Uncle Jesse has been singing to all these years was so committed to getting her academically embarrassing Instagram influencer daughter into college that she paid for photo-shopped crew team images. Can't wait for the twins to apply to college...

So far, Netflix and the cast have been cautious.

In the cast's first appear since the incident, they accepted an award at the Kids' Choice Awards and slyly alluded to the scandal by saying that a family sticks together "no matter what."

However, in a recent interview, John Stamos (Lori Loughlin's longtime TV husband) took a swing at a sly shout out of his own. First, he alludes to a possible "Full House" prequel series, but then it becomes clear he doesn't carry any ill will toward his co-star. Even if she did lie, cheat, photo-shop and use her wealth to give her unqualified daughter an unfair advantage...They're family! (Sort of).

Stamos referenced how much energy is still involved with the show, how much happiness is still attached with it and how he's "not going to let it down easy."

When the interviewer addressed the Lori situation, Stamos said it was a "difficult situation for everyone involved. I don't just mean on our side."

Whose side are you on, though?

Considering Lori's daughter found out her mom was arrested while on a USC board member's yacht, I think it's probably a little more difficult for everyone else...

Keep it classy, Daddy Stamos.

And please consider this my official application to write for the final season of "Fuller House: Aunt Becky goes to prison."

Jameela Jamil called out the problem with Kim Kardashian's new body makeup line.

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In case you've missed all of the past call-outs, The Good Place actress Jameela Jamil doesn't take kindly to the Kardashian beauty empire, and how many of the products and promotions capitalize on deep-seeded body shame.

In the past, Jamil has called out the Kardashian family for promoting diet shakes and teas that function as dangerous laxatives, and of course, don't magically make anyone look like a moneyed movie star.

She has consistently urged the Kardashians and other stars to get transparent about their actual beauty routines - which require plastic surgery, personalized dieticians, professional makeup teams and often airbrushing.

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Needless to say, Jamil is consistently on the tear against body-shaming and the promotion of oppressive beauty standards, partially because of her own experiences with self-harm and eating disorders as a young woman.

Now, she's coming for Kim Kardashian's body makeup line, and calling out the subtext of promoting foundation for your entire body.

Jamil called out just how much work it would be to apply foundation to your entire body, not to mention the process of washing it off. If you don't properly remove all of it, you're then left with stained sheets and yet another chore. In this case, Jamil wrote, it seems much easier to make peace with stretch marks and the blemishes present on normal human skin.

Other people on Jamil's thread echoed her critiques and concerns, point out how uncomfortable body makeup sounds to wear.

A few women were quick to point out how absurd it is to expect women to wear full-body makeup when men barely wash their face.

One woman tried to pick a fight with Jamil, claiming body makeup is only as absurd as regular makeup.

Jamil was quick to point out how much more expensive full body makeup application would be for heavier, and how but foundation all over your body could cause an array of rashes and reactions.

To Kim's credit, the existence of this body makeup line has gifted us with a lot of top-shelf GIF usage.

The concept of body makeup makes complete sense when you think about certain acting or modeling gigs, performance art or costuming, but if this thread serves as any indication, it's a bit of a tall order for every day people.

Trump responds to the latest rape allegation like only a rapist would.

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The President of the United States responded to a woman accusing him of rape not by denouncing the severity of sexual violence and insisting that it is something that he would never do but by criticizing the accuser's looks and implying that rape is about attraction.

Advice columnist E. Jean Carroll described her alleged attack by President Trump in harrowing detail. In an interview with The Hill, Trump said that Carroll is too ugly to rape:

“I’ll say it with great respect: Number one, she’s not my type. Number two, it never happened. It never happened, OK?” the president said while seated behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office.

When Carroll's story went public on Friday, the White House insisted that the two had never even met, even though there is evidence to the contrary.

Responding to rape allegations by citing his lack of boner for the victim is a common refrain of Trump's.

In 2016, Jessica Leeds accused then-candidate Trump of groping her when they were seated next to each other on an airplane in the 1970s. Trump did his roast comic bit at a rally, insisting that she was also too unattractive to assault.

"Yeah, I’m gonna go after her,” he said sarcastically. "Believe me, she would not be my first choice. That I can tell you. You don’t know. That would not be my first choice.”

Very comforting to hear that the president's defense isn't "I would never rape anybody," just "I would never rape her."

"I'm glad I'm not his type," Carroll said on CNN, before proceeding to describe the attack once again in great detail.

At least 21 other women have publicly accused Trump of sexual misconduct or assault. Maybe the preponderence of data will help shed light on what "type" of woman Trump likes to exercise his power over.


Christian man gets a Bible lesson after trying to exclude his kids from his gay sister's wedding.

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Not all religions are homophobic, but a sizable number of religious people still abide by homophobic interpretations of their text of choice. Having a devotion to that text, while still navigating a world full of diverse people you love can create some fairly clear contradictions. For example, if you love her sister and she's gay, then the logical step for most people would be to support that relationship and stand up for your sister's rights.

However, for someone who genuinely believes the Bible prohibits and discourages LGBTQ relationships, then a certain level of cognitive dissonance arises.

In a recent post on the subreddit Am I The Asshole a man asked if he's an asshole for not wanting his daughters to be in his sister's "gay wedding."

"AITA for not wanting my young daughters in my sister’s gay wedding?"

"Throwaway for pretty clear reason.
I am a brother to a pretty awesome little sister (24) and also a dad of three beautiful little girls (2, 5, 9). My sister dated men throughout her teenage years and I’d always assumed that’s how it’d stay. However she is now engaged to be married to a woman. Her soon to be wife is a really cool person and my own wife and I have enjoyed having her over and the kids enjoy her company. We haven’t told them they are dating."

OP kicked off the post by clarifying that him and his wife really do enjoy his sister's fiance, but they haven't told the kids the women are romantically involved.

"My sister came to me recently as the wedding planning has begun and she wants my wife and I in the wedding party and also wants our oldest daughter as a bridesmaid with the two younger ones as flower girls."

OP's sister recently told him she wants him and his wife in the wedding party, as well as their three daughters.


"Here is my dilemma.. I have a very Christian family. My wife and I take our girls to church every Sunday and to me, homosexuality isn’t in gods word. I feel that having my daughters go to church and then be a part of a gay wedding is only going to create confusion and questions for them. I have yet to discuss this with my wife. It’s not that I intended for any of our family to miss my sisters wedding, but I hadn’t even thought that far up until she told me she wants us to be a part of it."

While he fully intends on attending the wedding, OP wrote that he feels uncomfortable having the kids in the wedding since he hasn't told them their aunt is gay yet, and "homosexuality isn't in God's word."

"I spoke with our mother who is completely against the wedding happening at all. She says I should tell her no, in hopes she won’t go through with the wedding. That’s fucked up and I told her absolutely not. Like I said previously, I never made plans to not attend the wedding. I was hoping to maybe have the girls be babysat but I also struggle with that as they adore their aunt. Now that she wants them in the wedding, I can’t get a babysitter and decline her offer. That would break her heart."

OP's mom doesn't support the wedding at all, and thinks he should tell her no in hopes it'll cause her to cancel the wedding.

While OP has no plans on doing that, he still doesn't want to have a conversation about gay marriage with his children.


"But again this wasn’t a conversation I wanted to have with my girls. I don’t want to give them the wrong idea.
I’m so torn here. WIBTA to tell my sister I don’t want the trouble of small kids at her wedding even though it’s a lie?"

Now, OP is considering avoiding telling the truth to both his sister and daughters by creating a lie about not wanting small children at the wedding.

"TLDR: sister is marrying a woman and wants my whole family involved in the wedding but I don’t want to have the conversation about homosexuality with the daughters I’ve raised Christian. I want to tell her that I planned on having them babysat as I don’t like bringing them to weddings despite it being a lie."

Since he feels generally conflicted all around, OP brought the situation to people on the internet, most of whom think he's an asshole for lying about his sister's sexuality.

Rabid-Sqrl got straight to the point with their assessment of the situation.

"YTA. Don't teach your kids to treat gays differently, no matter how your pastor interprets the Bible.

"Be careful who you hate, it could turn out to be someone you love"

Wuellig pointed out how the bible itself doesn't actually condemn LGBTQ relationships, so OP's supposed excuse of faith doesn't even properly apply.

"YTA Not ignoring the irony of "should I bear false witness because I'm too Christian to be okay with the gays?" to begin with. Secondly, lots of passages in the bible often used to justify the viewpoint you espouse here don't hold up to scrutiny when considered in the larger context of the stories they are within. If you're on a journey of discovery, please take time to consider the points raised in the article and video here. https://www.upworthy.com/homosexuality-in-the-bible-here-s-what-six-passages-say-and-how-to-interpret-them"

Songofwaterandheat pointed out that no Christian follows the Bible perfectly, so why pretend to now?

"YWBTA. Let’s not pretend you follow every one of “God’s” words. You can ignore this one for one evening too.

You may want to find a more tolerant church."

AnimalLover38 gave OP advice on how to have the talk with his daughters.

"When ever I see people asking for advice on how to tell their young children about the LGBT+ and such it reminds me of what my parents said I asked about after they gave lil' ol' 5 yr old me that talk."

"They explained how sometimes a man loves a man and a woman loves a woman just like they love each other, and that's ok, there's nothing wrong with that."

"And that sometimes little boys are born little boys, but they feel like they should have been born as little girls and when they grown up the can get surgery to become girls . And vise versa.

Apperantly I sat there thinking long and hard and finally asked "so does that mean if I feel like I shouldn't have been born as a little girl... I can get surgery?"

My parents had "oh fuck she's only 5" moment and panicked because they thought I was too young to have those thoughts, but being the awesome parents they are they just went "yes, of course you can"

"Then I elaborated, "cause sometimes I feel like I sh-shouldnt (starts crying) have been born a little girl. Sometimes I feel like I should have been born a baby bunny" cue my parents holding in laughter and thinking on their feet."

"Um sweetheart, I'm so sorry but doctors can't do that yet, but maybe when you're older they will have the technology to be able to do that! Or maybe you can become a doctor and figure out how to do that yourself!"

I stopped crying and said ok. 12 yrs later and I have no desire to convert to a bunny"

fruskydekke pointed out that children have far less hangups than adults in general, so it shouldn't be that complicated.

"Unless you've already taught your daughters that homosexuality is wrong, which I sincerely hope you have not, they have no preconceived notions. Just dress them up nicely, take them to the wedding, and if they have questions, just tell them that your sister and her girlfriend love each other and are getting married."

"Present it as natural and unremarkable, because, you know, it actually is. Humans can love each other in all gender constellations, and the sooner your daughters learn that, the sooner they can learn to be loving and accepting towards all people. I'm not a Christian, but isn't charity the greatest of all virtues among you lot?"

19 people share the creepiest things they've seen while hiking or walking late at night.

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Hiking is scary enough during the day-time, what with all the physical exertion, possible encounters with wildlife, and the fear that your granola bar stash will run out and you'll be forced to eat your own arm. So I can't even begin to imagine how scary it is at NIGHT. Someone recently asked Reddit, "Late night hikers what is the creepiest thing you have seen while hiking?" And these responses ensure that I will never ever go hiking at night, or during the day, or leave my apartment, ever again. Here's the 20 creepiest:

1) I noticed a black van meander down the street.

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I go out for walks very late at night fairly often, so I've seen a few things.

The creepiest though, happened about two months ago. I left the house around 1:30am, and it started off as a normal walk. I wandered around the town till about 2:00am, when I decided to go home. I was walking back the route I had came when I noticed a black van meander down the street. Didn't really pay to much attention to it though, at first. I did pay attention though when I saw it slowly drive by me for a second time. I wasn't entirely sure it was the same van though, so I just continued walking. But this time I kept an eye out. And low and fucking behold, about ten minutes later, the same damn black van came down the street again. This time I knew for sure because it didn't have license plates. Now I was fairly scared, so I picked my pace up a little bit. When the van came around again this time, it stopped in the middle of the road a few houses in front of me. I stopped, turned around, and booked it back in the other direction. I made a few turns onto different roads, and then ran right into someone's yard. I waited behind their fence, and the same fucking van came down the street. I assume that when they couldn't find me, they finally decided to fuck off. But I waited in that yard for about 20 minutes before I ran back to my house and practically threw myself through my bedroom window.

2) Somebody had slashed the front right tire.

From tall__guy

Not hiking so much as car camping, but we were way the fuck out there in the middle of nowhere on BLM land in Colorado. We drove for an hour and a half down a forest service road and didn’t see another soul. You could see headlights and hear cars from miles away from our campsite - it’s not like somebody could have snuck up unnoticed.

We had 3 cars with us and 8 people. Just got done eating dinner, cleaned up, it was getting dark so we went back to the cars real quick before hitting our tents for the night. Somebody had slashed the front right tire on each of the 3 cars with what appeared to be a box cutter. Everyone thought it was a prank but it become very apparent, very quickly that it wasn’t. All of us were beyond spooked, like panicking, scary to watch spooked. We all had spares, and one dude had a gun, so we threw on our donuts while that guy literally guarded us and got the hell out of there.

I still have nightmares about it sometimes. Just knowing there was some person, probably watching us, maybe wanting to harm us, makes me feel physically ill to this day.

Edit: Well this blew up. To answer some questions:

This was south of Gypsum. And it was 100% not private land, this was a marked forest service road in an area with dispersed camping I had visited several times before.

There were 3 guys and 5 girls, the guys were all together cooking the whole time leading up to us discovering the tires being slashed. These people are my best friends and this would be wildly uncharacteristic of any of them.

For those wondering how we didn’t hear it, our cars were parked ~30 yards away from our fire/tents. And a car coming down a road is easy to pick out from the sounds of nature. A gentle hissing gets lost in the wind. We heard it as soon as we started walking up.

The tires were slashed on the exact same spot on the sidewall. It would be almost impossible for something on the road to puncture the tires like that.

Also, there was no cell service. We called the cops and ranger as soon as we got back to the highway, told them exactly what FS road we were on and gave them coordinates, but there isn’t a lot for them to do. Cop told us it was good we were packing and to be careful out there.

3) I didn’t hear her walk up, I just see her standing there super still.

From smashew:

Not on a trail but walking my dog late at night...

It was about 1:00 in the morning, my dog rang her bell and I begrudgingly got up to take her outside. When she wants to pee in the middle of the night I don’t take her very far, just in our side yard. I took a flashlight with me Incase she decided to poo so I could pick it up.

I’m standing there waiting for her to do her thing, she is doing the doggie walk in a circle thing. Then all of the sudden the dog gets spooked and whips around. Out of the corner of my eye I see this chick just standing there. I didn’t see her walk up, I didn’t hear her walk up, I just see her standing there super still. Based on her position, She had to have come from between my house and my neighbors house. Which is odd, because behind our houses back up to a green belt.

It is probably 40 degrees outside and this lady, about 20, is in super short shorts and a t-shirt. I looked at her, told her she scared me, and she mumbled something like, “nice night, what are you up to?” Standing there holding the leash with my dog, I said, “I’m walking my dog...” then she said, “cool, cool... do you know how to get into my house, I locked myself out.” Pointing to my neighbors house...

Now, I’m a good American, I know my neighbors, and this wasn’t my neighbor, who is a single 30 year old female. She hangs out with my wife, so I know her really well. So I asked her, “that house?” Pointing directly at my neighbors house. She nodded. I said, “you don’t live there... I know who lives there.” She just scoffed and wandered her way into MY back yard. I followed her said, “what the hell are you doing?” She them took off running, scaled my fence... which item of note, it isn’t an easy fence to scale. It is a deer fence. It is a see through fence that goes up 3 feet with cattle gate, then the top of the fence is stainless steel wire that runs horizontally. It is the type of thing that, if you weren’t expecting it, you’d easily trip over as it is extremely hard to see and not Very common. Any ways, she scales the fence and ran away into the green belt.

I always have a pocket knife on me and was fortunate enough to have my, unfortunately, useless dog.... so I looked around my house, neighbors house for other people... shined my light in the green belt... and nothing.

I have no idea how she wound up back there. What she was doing. What she intended to do... but she scared the ever living shit out of me.

Edit: Green Belt - unincorporated land, zoned to never have anything built on it. IE: backing up to the edge of a forest, cliff, etc...

In my case it was a wooded area for about 1/2 a mile of nothing. Rattle snakes, deer, mongooses, etc live in that green belt.

4) We both clearly heard a child say "I'm over here"

From PlantBasedSpaghetti:

It was in the summer around dusk and I was camping at a remote campground with my dad. There was a lake right next to the grounds and my dad and I would trail blase through the forest right next to the lake because if you went far enough there was a really pretty waterfall. A few strange things happed on this hike. We found a slash pile that had a little kids shoe on top. When we came to a small clearing, my dad had to take a leak to he faced one side of the clearing and I faced the other and we both clearly heard a child say "I'm over here". My dad thought it was me, and when he realized it wasn't, we spent half an hour looking for someone, but we found nobody. After that, we gave up on going to the waterfall and started to make our way back to camp, but there were clear sounds of something following us (twigs snapping, bushes shaking). We haven't been camping there sence.

5) Out for a pooper.

From joebot777:

I once shined my headlamp on a man masturbating next to a juniper tree when I was going out for a pooper by the juniper tree

6) But then we realized they too, were sprinting at us.

From PrimordialEntropy:

I had a group of friends who used to get together and play Manhunt in a local park at night. Just a different way of saying a big game of hide and seek tag where 3 people start off "It" and everyone else goes and hides in the park. As they find and tag people, they become "It" as well until eventually there is only 1 - 3 people left then we start again, and play into early morning. Well one night I was it with my friend and his younger brother. We were heading to the middle of the park, to a hotspot for hiding places. There is a long stairwell that leads up a huge hill to a pavillion and field. We were slowly walking down those stairs, maybe half way down when we notice two folks way below us. Thinking it was one of our friends, we tell out: "HEY, WHO'S THAT?' Instead of the normal reaction, which is to call out your name then Sprint away trying to avoid getting tagged, a strange voice responds "Who the FUCK ARE YOU?" We at first started sprinting down at them, like we normally would. But then we realized they too, were sprinting at us. We don't even hesitate, we turn around and Sprint up the stairs, as fast as we can, adrenaline kicking it, hairs sticking up on the back of my neck. We make it up on top of the hill and pause, when I look back and they are RIGHT behind us, not more than ten feet away, which is absurdly fast because of how much distance we had had between us. We lose our shit and start sprinting as fast as possible to the park trail, that wraps around the entire park and leads to a road where one of our friend's live and that we use as a meet up spot between games. It's a two mile run back from where we are so we book it, sprinting as if our lives depended on it. Occasionally looking back and seeing the two people following behind. As we get nearer our energy is spent but we push on and make it to the street, looking back and there is no sign of the two strangers. All of our group is back at the house, lounging on the driveway, having decided to prank us that night, and while we were off in the park searching for them, they would meet back at the house until we gave up. We shared our story with them and some laughed in disbelief, others wanted to search the park for those two randoms, but we never discovered who they were. All I know is that they were incredibly fast, and shady as fuck.

7) "I'm gonna kill you, motherfucker!"

From AGalaxyOfMyOwn:

Not so much hiking as walking home after work one night a lot of years ago.

I normally got off around 7pm and my walks home were uneventful. However this night I covered a half shift for someone and worked until 11pm. There was a trail behind some train tracks I would take home to avoid walking beside traffic and whatnot.

I came to realize that night those trails were a lot different at 11pm than they were at 7pm. I happened across a guy who was laying by his bike moaning in pain. It didn't sound like real moaning, more like a kid's fake "I have a tummyache and can't go to school" moan.

I also noticed his bike was standing up on it's kickstand. It didn't make sense to me he would set his bike up properly only to fall to the ground in pain. He saw me and called out to me for help but I kept walking and turned to make my way back up towards the street.

As I turn, I suddenly hear some shuffling around and the previously "hurt" gentleman yells at me: "I'm gonna kill you, motherfucker!"

He hops on his bike and starts rushing towards me. At this point, I'm most of the way up the incline going towards the railroad tracks that ran parallel to the street. I haul ass up there and as I get over the tracks, my would-be assailant proceeds to hit the tracks with his front tire and flips over his handlebars, hitting the ground hard.

He is now moaning in pain for real and makes genuine calls for help. I used a pay phone at a gas station to call the cops and explain what happened. They get there and the officer explains to me this guy's a village idiot who does this shit to rob people, and it's not the first time they had to pick his ass up after he biffed on a bike trying to rob someone.

I told the officer he threatened to kill me and he laughed. Dude wasn't even armed, and apparently has had his ass kicked more times than he can count using that little line of his

8) My heart was beating so fast and i could taste blood.

From strawberry_myork:

my repost from a different r/askreddit post a while ago. wasn't so much "hiking," but it was late at night.

i was walking around my neighborhood alone once, enjoying the night air and watching the stars. there was this little pond near my house, with a wooded area that had trees, a bench and a rope swing that went out over the water. i sat down on the bench to look at the stars and i heard some rustling off to my right, towards the trees. bears were not uncommon where i'm from, so i took out my flashlight and shone it around over there. i didn't see anything. it freaked me out, so i kept my flashlight on and my senses aware, but i stayed on the bench to mull over my thoughts and watch the sky some more. i don't know why i did that, cause that's typical horror movie shit.

anyway, a few minutes pass and i near nothing more, so i lean back into the bench and start to relax a bit. i'm staring up at the sky with my flashlight pointed downwards, so as not to create any light pollution, when i notice something in the tree in my peripheral vision. i couldn't tell what it was but the branch was swaying slightly, and the rustling noise was back too. i immediately sat up and stared at it, but hadn't shone my flashlight at it yet in case of pissing off some huge bird or something else. i don't think i've ever been that scared. i remember my heart was beating so fast and i could taste blood. i stared at it for what seemed like forever, and it slowly stopped moving. but the shape was still there. bears do climb trees sometimes, so i was hesitant to run away in case that's what it was. so i just kept staring at it.

after a while i mustered up the little raisin-esque kahooneys to shine my goddamned light at the tree. it was a man. a fucking man. in the tree. crouched in the tree like some silent, naked monkey. he had no expression on his face but his eyes were open really, really wide. when my light landed on him he started to move like he was going to come down, but i didn't stick around to see if he did, i jumped the bench and ran for the fucking hills. i ran to my house and around to the back door and locked myself in without looking back once. i went around and made sure every window and door was locked, i even checked the attic.

I never go out alone anymore.

Edit: i did call the cops but they didn't find him and nothing came from it. I was hella paranoid for months after that, and started carrying pocketknives and/or pepper spray whenever i went out at night, even if i wasn't alone. Be safe, my dudes.

Edit 2: fixed opposing tenses

Edit 3: Thanks to all the lovely lads in the comments, I've concluded that this was, in fact, a crackhead and I happened to just be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Still don't recommend going out alone or unarmed at night, though. Be safe, please.

9) No animal did it.

From bandanajack:

Usually, it's what I hear. Large (fallen) branches snapping just out of sight of my head lamp. Or waking up an hour later and hearing steps and leaves rustling, but too exhausted and fearful to inspect or want to know (probably nothing important anyway).

One time I returned to my car after a late night hike with friends and my SUV was covered in... foot/hand/paw prints. They were just sooo large and even dragged a little in the dust. It was on/near a large military base in the mountains. I think some local enlisted may have made them to scare us. But it was just so well done. Pretty scary for all of us because it's what you'd imagine the Blair witch would do. No animal did it.

10) It was quiet as a grave.

From Cyanora:

I go hiking in the woods that permeate my town, sometimes so late that i get to see the sun rise out there.

The strangest thing i ever saw was what I could only describe as a shanty town was built up seemingly overnight deep into the woods. Simple little hovels made of scrap metal and bed sheets and a small firepit that someone had made out of an old tire, with the fire still burning. But that wasn't the weird part.

The weird part was that this was well passed midnight when i found this place and it was quiet as a grave. There was no one there. Someone made the trouble of getting a fire going and then left it. From the look of it this place could hold about a dozen or so people and yet there was nothing there but the fire they abandoned and whatever possessions they had left in the shanties.

11) Seeing your Dad look frightened is scarier than anything your own mind can come up with.

From -zombae-:

when i was very little, like five or six, my dad used to take me on all sorts of adventures through nature, especially when we owned a little cottage up in the scottish highlands. now, my dad is sort of a combo irish bloke + yorkshire laddy type of fellow and very spry (despite his being about 55 at the time), and on this particular occasion had decided we were going to go hiking way up into the cliffs (i was quite happy with this development as it meant a piggy back ride for at least 90% of the difficult bits.)

this was a proper, proper trek, he wanted to get to one of the highest bluffs so we could have an amazing 360 degree view of the gorgeous meadows and some sparkling sea, but after we reached the top plains, where it's all short, windwhipped grass and you can see for miles, he suddenly turned very still and very quiet.

when you're small, your parents are God so seeing your Dad look frightened is scarier than anything you own mind can come up with, so i was pulling on his arm and going, "what, what?" - my mum is epileptic and i saw her fits when i was a kid so i thought it was happening to him too, or something similar, and i wouldn't know what to do because we're up on this huge cliff and no one is around, when just as fast as he started it, he snapped out of it, fireman lifted me right up and just started striding away without a word.

over his shoulder, i could see a big, pale yellow object stuck into the ground like an obelisk. i know now that it was a refrigerator.

when i was older and i asked my Dad about it, he stiffened up and told me that when he was a boy in the 50s, he and his little friends had found an old style fridge in the woods, and being little boys, they opened it. well, of course, they had found a body - another child, who by whichever means had found themselves in the fridge and unable to get out. my Dad has never mentioned a gender which leads me to believe he either witnessed a very decomposed or skeletonised individual, but i can't ask him. remember that episode of the Simpsons where they unlock Homer's PTSD and it turns out he found a dead body when he was a teenager? my dad grew increasingly uncomfortable the first time we saw that episode and had excused himself to the kitchen before the ending. my Dad has seen some gnarly shit but for wherever reason he will not discuss anything further about this dead child in the fridge, only that it happened.

so when he explained, i assumed it was the trauma and i said something like, "oh, that's awful - so when you saw the fridge up there, it brang up the old memories?" and he honestly looked at me like i was an idiot, i'll never forget it.

"no, Amy," he said in a very low tone, "it was because it was the same fridge."

clarification edit: i was a little girl, so there was no chance my Dad was going to open the fridge while i was right there and also possibly relive the experience of seeing whatever a mummified corpse inside a fridge looks like. no, i don't believe it was the same fridge (it literally would have had to traverse an ocean), but i believe my Dad believes that it was. someone pointed out it should have been reported just in case - i have absolutely no doubts that he did, but he's in his 70's now so i don't intend on asking. i guess if you're ever up in the cliffs of the Isle of Skye, just keep your eyes peeled for a big beige fridge?

12) I stayed up all night with bear spray and a hatchet

From Yukon__C14:

While it did not happen during the hike, rather the camping, it was still the creepiest thing I’ve experienced out there.

Was working at a summer camp for kids and we went on an overnight outing. Had a cougar circle our camp from around 11pm to roughly 5am. It was crying out, hoping one of us would separate from the group. I stayed up all night with bear spray and a hatchet keeping an eye on it with the other staff.

13) I don't go hiking at night in that particular park anymore.

From Bored_Science:

I drove to a park to go hiking at night in the mountains (so safe I know) And I hadn't even turned off my car and I already feel like I'm being watched. There weren't any cars around so I thought maybe it was just me being paranoid for some reason. But for some reason I looked to my right and I see this weird looking humanoid shape on top of the little bump hill about 50 feet away. At first I though it was a weirdly shaped tree until I saw the arms move (no wind at all). So now I know there's a person staring at my car trying not to move, for what I assume is for me to get out of my car and leave to a more secluded area as we were next to the road.

Of course I left, I don't go hiking at night in that particular park anymore.

14) "There’s a man coming towards us"

From malibubuddtattoos-:

It was around midnight in a clearing for picnics in a large park that lots of people hike through, pitch black, no one around, i was with my boyfriend at the time, we got pretty frisky at one of the picnic tables, and I’m facing a river which is sort of illuminated from the moonlight, he’s facing the solid black tree line, we’re trying to have a good time and he becomes completely still and in a low voice says ‘there’s a man coming towards us’ I turn my head, see only a white T-shirt approaching us at a brisk walking pace from the trees, and that’s all I needed to see, I ran, knowing my bf would catch up. He did. I was never down for midnight forest stuff again. Haha

Edit - The man in the white shirt probably got within 25 feet of us by the time I had my shit together enough to bolt. Still freaks me out. He said nothing just walked very fast towards us. Neither of us looked back.

15) Human remains were found.

From wee_g:

Not super scary but was camping with a few buddies once pretty far out in a sort of sand dune type terrain in Australia. The plan was to just hike to a good spot we knew well and get drunk. We got to the spot and pitched tents and were chilling, our spot is on top of a really high dune because the view from the top was just mesmerizing with the ocean and wilderness.

Anyway's we just got the campfire started and out of no where this Jeep just comes flying over the lip of this hill right next to us and almost crushes a few friends of mine and one of the tents, like I said this sand dune is really high up so I have no idea how they managed to get up it at the speed they did. They slammed the brakes and no one can get a look at them as the windows were tinted and sped off over the dunes. That was more chaotic and random but the creepy part was about an hour later I went off to do a piss in a bush near by and was looking down the hill and just saw a figure staring up at me, friend of mine came behind me to piss in a bush next to me and scared the shit out of me.

When I pointed the figure out to my mate it just took off over a lip of a hill. Definitely a night I won't forget and I don't think I've returned to that spot since.

EDIT: I should have added all this was at night time. EDIT 2: Cannot believe I missed out this part, but this occurred around 3 years ago and about two months ago human remains were found right next to our spot, scary shit goes on in those dunes I tell you.

16) The dog she was walking started to growl.

From UWCG:

Back in our old place, one night my girlfriend and I were walking our dogs around the neighborhood; she's a lot smaller, so I was walking two of the dogs and she was walking one, who was a former service dog. He was a real gentle dog, albeit a bit older. Other than snatching the ball away from the others during fetch, he'd never shown a bit of aggression.

I walk a bit ahead of my girlfriend because of the two dogs pulling pretty hard on me, but not too far, maybe ten or fifteen feet ahead, but around a corner.

As I found out later, she'd slowed down in part because she'd noticed someone nearby acting strangely, scoping out a house I think; when he spotted her, he said hi and she responded in kind, asked how he was. Before he could answer, the dog she was walking started to growl and she apologized, commenting that he was a guard dog. The guy looked at her and said, "Well, he's doing a good job tonight." She was pretty spooked and hurried to catch up to me; we were more careful on night time walks from then on.

17) Two cubs and no mother.

From preserved_fish:

Two cubs and no mother. In other words, I had probably come between them.

18) Nothing good would happen if he realized I was listening.

From walkingmonster:

When I was younger and stupider and going to college in the north Georgia mountains, my friends and I would go night hiking a lot on the trails near campus. I got pretty familiar with the area, and being out in the wilderness at night in general, which probably made me too confident.

One night the full moon was out, and the weather was perfect, so visibility was crazy good (everything was basically washed in dim blue light). I was slightly stoned, and feeling adventurous, and I love doing fun stuff alone, so I decided to go enjoy a night hike by myself. I took a flashlight, but this was around 2002 so no cell phone. I chose a super easy trail that was mostly flat/ maybe a mile loop, in pretty secluded area, but not exactly a national park or anything (very rural area). I didn't even need my flashlight for most of it, and just hiked in the moonlight; it was actually a really cool/ beautiful experience at first.

At some point I started feeling uneasy, and maybe a millisecond later I heard a man's voice. It was coming from a good distance ahead of me, somewhere off in the woods, maybe from the right side of the trail. He was crying.

I'm honestly an empathetic person, and 99.9% of the time I hear someone crying I want to comfort/ help them in some way, but this time I felt sick in the stomach, like a dry panic attack, if that makes sense. I remember coming very close to calling out to him, because my brain was trying to tell me he might be hurt, which was the only reason I hesitated - but it was like my body shut my voice down before I could say anything, and I knew I had to stay very quiet. He was sobbing like he'd just found out a loved one had died, but also gibbering, and almost-babbling, like he was less than a person. There was a shrillness to it, under his crying, like he was holding back a scream - but perpetually, on and on, as if he'd been doing it all night. I remember it vividly, and my spine is tingling like crazy even as I write this. It's hard to explain, but I knew deep down he wasn't right in the head, and nothing good would happen if he realized I was listening.

I went back the way I came; it was like I had tunnel-hearing, and the only sound in the world was that crying. I was hyper-aware of everything else around me, and beyond paranoid that I would snap a branch, or snag my boot on something. I worried the man's crying would get louder if I wasn't paying razor sharp attention, getting closer, or turn into an outraged crazy-person scream.

Thankfully it just faded the further I got from it, and I made it back to my car. Still, I was convinced some wild-eyed hermit was going to rush out of the forest and bite me to death, right up to the second I locked my doors and got the fuck out of there. I finally had the rest of my panic attack on the drive back. I managed to park back at campus, and I just sat in the car and collected myself. Adrenaline is fucking powerful.

I have never felt a shred of guilt about leaving that guy crying out in the woods in the dark. I know I was slightly stoned, but slightly is the key word there. I'm convinced to this day I was in very real danger that night. Definitely not as insane as most of the stories in threads like this - but sometimes I get that same sick feeling deep down, whenever I wonder what might have happened if the moon been less bright, or if I'd been more responsible, and I'd decided to use my flashlight even once. He'd have seen me for sure.

19) I heard little girl laughter, high pitched and maniacal.

From DyingLion:

I walk at night in my rural area regularly. I’ve encountered black bears, coyotes, bobcats, angry deer, and everything on down, with no real concern. But the creepiest encounter, was a little black pickup truck with rainbow and unicorn stickers. Bubblegum pop music blaring, and it smelled like cottencandy when it passed me. First time it passed me it swerved to hit me. I jumped out of the way easily. I thought nothing of it really, just figured they were startled by seeing me at night with my reflective gear. The truck circled back and comes at me again. I saw it coming this time and grabbed my dog up just in time to jump into a ditch. I heard little girl laughter, high pitched and maniacal. The tiny truck circled back for a third go at me, but by then I was hiding in my neighbors shrubbery. I watched it slowly drive down the road, hearing giggling as it passed me. Fortunately it kept on going and I made it home just fine.

And that's why I'm never leaving my house again!!!!

Woman asks if she can stop paying for her pregnant stepdaughter's education. The internet weighs in.

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Being a mom is difficult enough, but being a teen mom is a whole different challenge.

While we're hopefully done with the MTV "Teen Mom" pregnancy pact craze of teenagers wanting and actively trying to become pregnant, accidents still happen even when teenagers think they're being safe. Birth control isn't 100% effective and as science and movies have supported for years, teens tend to be more reckless than adults.

Should you punish your teenager if she becomes pregnant?

Can you encourage an abortion without forcing it? These are the questions a mom took to Reddit's AITA (Am I the Asshole?) when her stepdaughter, whose private education she personally funded, became pregnant.

AITA for refusing to pay for my step-daughter's expenses after she got pregnant?

My husband was a teen dad, we will refer to his daughter as An. An's mom, grandma and ggrandma were all teen moms. An is now 16 years old, and pregnant.

An stays mostly with us because I am the one who pays (most of– 75%) her private high school tuition. It had always been my husband who pays for An's expenses.

When An turned 14 she wanted to move in with us to start her high school(HS) in the big city we live in. We checked on HS and since public school is terrible here, we decided to enroll her in a fancy private HS. She has always been set that she wanted to be an economist, and that she wanted to move to another country to pursue her dream. I have been separating some money for this purpose, too.

My husband and I came to an agreement that I would also help her dream to come true, but I would cease any economic help towards her tuition if she became a teen mom (An did NOT know this) and he agreed. This conversation took place two years ago... And now, An is pregnant as soon as she finished her first year.

I laid some facts down to An, gave her some articles and statistics about how teen moms are one of the most vulnerable groups of people, that this will hinder her dream of going to another country to study and that she knows the stigma it comes with. I recommended she terminated the pregnancy.

An's mom is ECSTATIC and so is her grandma. They have this weird belief where they think they can make it for so much better for her than it was for them because of "all the experience". I think they're absolute loonies; I bet they don't even have the money to pay for the hospital when the time comes. I believe they think we will pay for all of the unborn child's costs.

I am dead serious about stopping tuition and using the money I've been saving in other stuff if An decides to carry on with the pregnancy. I have NOT and will NOT make the ultimatum of "terminate or I'll stop paying your tuition", but I will tell her that I won't pay for her nice school and her child's expenses if she decides she wants to keep it. I don't even want to become one of those grandmas who take care of the child. I firmly believe a normal teen life has to be child-free. Money will go to some of the child's expenses and I will give no more. An can either enroll in a public high school (or one within her dad's budget) and set herself for a uni scholarship under dad's budget.

My husband is telling me I need to understand the situation. I do not and will not endorse this teen mom dynasty in any way, this is the hill I will die on. I can actually continue paying for her fancy high school, saving (a lot less) for the uni, and some of the future child's expenses too, but I feel like I'll be rewarding her for being irresponsible and fucking myself over something I shouldn't. Husband firmly believes I am doing this to punish An and I am being an ass for compromising her future over this matter. AITA?

Damn, this is complicated. While I don't necessarily think it's fair to tarnish the quality of your stepdaughter's education just because she got pregnant, it is an added layer that the agreement with her father was broken.

Later, she added some edits:

Edit/Commonly asked questions: Ann will NOT stop attending high school- she will just stop attending the fancy private school. I will use that same money to finance some of the child's caring, but I also feel this is not my baggage and has to be something bio mom and dad have to solve themselves (I still need to make a budget, but I don't think I will pay the full $1000 equivalent of tuition a month on child support, bio mom has to pay at least something once in her life).

No, I will NOT make an ultimatum. I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO ANN ABOUT THIS SITUATION. I plan on telling her I can't support fancy high school + child support, but not both. She STILL will be able to attend a less prestigious school, not a bad one but not the best, that her father would finance. If father and bio mom want fancy high school, they should pay them themselves.

I will definitely NOT pay for the private university. The country's private universities tend to give scholarships, she could apply for one. I AM NOT CLOSING HER EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS. I may not be giving her the best (the money for her to go to LSE, for example) but I am not giving her the worst.

Finally, the father of the upcoming child is a young man she met in some of her extra activities outside of school. Parents said they would pay for child support, but unless this teen gets a part time job (part time jobs here to high school students pay around 200 a month), the parents will only be able to give $300 a month. That would cover a month of 5hour/5days a week daycare.

Another edit because forgot to add: Ann was supposed to be on the pill. Gyn recommended the pill instead of an implant because of some reproductive issues bio mom has. She stopped taking the pill because mom told her she would get fat and then proceeded to educate her on the "natural" way, as in having sex before, during, and some days after her period. Husband and I have been teaching her sex-ed since she got her first period when she was 11, but I'm fearing of bio mom's teachings, and at this point I just want to fist fight bio mom.

Her biological mom encouraged her NOT to take birth control? WHAT? This is a Lifetime moving waiting to happen.

I support the stepmom's choice to not want to indulge this long line of teen pregnancies, but now that her stepdaughter is already pregnant, she has no choice but to deal with it.

Luckily, Reddit was here to help.

"Loneassassin1015" wrote:

Yeah the assholes in this situation are the father, mother , grandmother and the “teen mom” belief that the family has. OP and Ann are NTA at this time, though if Ann starts demanding that you pay for both her high priced schooling and supporting her childcare

"Judge Jury and Executioner 314" wrote:

It's your money; do with it what makes you feel comfortable. I think you're being very generous to pay for most of her schooling and I understand why you would feel uncomfortable continuing to support her after this. But have a discussion with An about it before announcing your decision.

I don't think the 16 year old is necessarily the asshole. I think the husband who is expecting his wife to continue to pay for her stepdaughter is TA; if he feels so strongly about it then maybe he should take over more of or at least an equal amount of the financial burden.

"Partassipant [1]" wrote:

NTA. You have been more than generous with this girl who you seemingly have no legal obligation towards. You set guidelines with her father, and he agreed to them. You are not the asshole for wanting to follow through with your word.

It's funny that your husband thinks that you are compromising her future. It seems to me that she compromised her own future.

"joannofarc22" went for logic:

you know what also makes you fat?? being pregnant!!

"pjbear2005" wrote:

The teen kind of is an asshole, she was the one that was irresponsible and got pregnant. She's not completely at fault since she grew up thinking it was okay but she's 16, she has to know she isn't supposed to do that.

Looks like the conclusion is that the stepmom is NOT to blame, after all. Good luck to everyone involved!

Woman wears daisy dukes to cousin's wedding and doesn't understand why she's in trouble.

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'Tis the season for wedding drama! Getting through someone else's special day without encountering some conflict is no easy feat. Tensions run high on a day that someone wants to be deemed the best of their entire life, so naturally feelings can get hurt pretty easily. A common cause for wedding drama is dress code. For example, if you make the mistake of wearing white on your friend's wedding day, prepare to no longer call that person your friend.

But not wearing white is a well-known no-no, and is pretty easy to avoid. Just...don't do it. However, there are times when issues involving attire can be tricky. Sometimes you may think your clothing won't offend the bride & groom, but unfortunately you will be dead wrong.

Such was the case for a woman who shared her story on the subreddit page 'Am I the Asshole?" This woman attended a wedding where there was a miss-understanding over the dress code, and now she is in hot water with her friends, even though she didn't do anything intentionally.

Here is a condensed version of her story:

Last fall, my husband and I went to my cousin's wedding in another state.

In the months leading up to the wedding, my aunt (cousin's mother) griped about how unconventional the wedding was going to be. She was happy for the couple of course but she didn't like that the wedding wasn't going to be in a church or banquet hall. She didn't tell the couple tho. Just complained about it to us behind their backs.

The day before the wedding, my aunt rounded up me and my family members and told us that she just found out that the dress code for the wedding was casual. Not gonna lie, many of us were stoked. I hate dressing up so I was all over the idea of a casual backyard bbq wedding.

My husband and I had already packed nice clothes so we wore them to the ceremony. A few of my family members showed up to the ceremony in t-shirts and baseball caps. Immediately after, we changed into comfortable clothes for the reception. I wore a hoodie, daisy Duke shorts and cute sandals.

I noticed that the bride's family members were still dressed up but I figured they didn't get the memo. The bride and groom and the wedding party were dressed to the nine's which I thought was weird for a casual wedding.

So we just found out that the bride and groom were very upset with us for wearing casual clothes to their wedding. They thought it was very disrespectful. Apparently my aunt lied to us because she wanted to sabotage their wedding and they were upset that no one checked with them about the dress code. This explains why my cousin and his wife have been standoffish toward us since the wedding.

TBH we think they're overreacting because we all had fun at their wedding and it's not our fault we got bad info about the dress code. And they never specified the dress code in the invitation. But I still have to ask. AITA?

A lot of people felt that this woman had wildly misinterpreted the concept of "casual."

CatpersonMax said:

Daisy dukes and a hoodie are not “casual”in terms of wedding attire. Casual would have been nice slacks and a pretty top or jacket. Your attire was more like Saturday night at the stock car races. I would have been upset with you too and the family members in tee shirts and ball caps were similarly underdressed.

VanellopeEatsSweets agreed that "casual" meant more sundresses and less daisy dukes:

I would have absolutely assumed casual for a wedding meant that I was wearing my sundress and nice sandals instead of a formal dress and heels. It also means different makeup and hairstyles, more natural/relaxed is appropriate for a casual attire event.

Somewhatajellybean raised an important question:

Yeah when i saw casual i was thinking like, a casual comfy summer dress or a fancy romper. Not jeans/hoodies/baseball caps. Also, who doesnt think to double check the moment they see other people dressed up fancy?

WebbieVanderquack saw the aunt as the real villain, but still didn't let this woman off the hook:

Your aunt is a horrible person. And I am pretty surprised that you fell for the lie. If someone other than the bride and groom told me the dress code was casual, as in Daisy-Dukes-and-a-hoodie casual, I'd be checking with the bride and groom. And if an unusual dress code wasn't specified in the invitation, I would assume I was meant to dress up, as is the norm for weddings.

Your cousin and his wife are not overreacting - it would have been viewed as very disrespectful to show up dressed as you did. They didn't know why you were all wearing casual clothes, and even if they now know your aunt was trying to sabotage their wedding, that's still going to cast a shadow over their memories of the day.

But the main takeaway here was that daisy dukes are not welcome at weddings, as per Xgirly789:

Daisy dukes are NEVER acceptable for a wedding. Ever.

The moral of the story here is if you have an evil aunt, make sure to question her motives when she tells you it's acceptable to wear daisy dukes to a wedding she isn't happy about.

Ivanka Trump got caught faking on Instagram that she was at Karlie Kloss's wedding.

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Jared Kushner is in Bahrain on Tuesday pitching the Trump administration's attempt to bring peace to the Middle East, and hopefully it goes better than his attempt to bring peace to his brother's wedding.

Peopleis reporting that when Josh Kushner and Karlie Kloss celebrated their wedding in Wyoming over the weekend, the couple's evil twins were not, in fact, there. Despite tabloid reports that the Kleptocratic Kushner Kouple was at the party with the Hollywood elite, Ivanka and Jared merely "stopped by" on Thursday before the real celebrities arrived.

Was the Concentration Camp Couple not invited, or did Ivanka voluntarily step aside to avoid a run-in in Hillary Clinton cosplayer Katy Perry?

Either way, Ivanka wanted people to *think* that she was there, and posted this lovey-dovey prairie pic to her story that mirrored that of the wedding party's, but it was apparently taken days before.

Per People's people:

On Sunday Ivanka, 37, posted a photo to her Instagram Story of her and Jared outdoors, in a setting similar to social media posts from other attendees at the Wyoming party.

But the photo was taken elsewhere, says the source in attendance.

When you see children being denied healthcare.

Who was the whisteblower? Was the "source" Karlie herself, trying to distance herself from the White House officials as not to compromise her benevolent brand?

Nice to know that it's possible to have a white wedding without white supremacists.

Okay now that we have that cleared up, where was Taylor Swift?

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