I've read some pretty gnarly bridezilla stories but this one takes the cake, smashes it on the floor, and throws pieces of it at her guests.

A photographer who goes by Breathofthemild420 on Reddit shared a story about how a bride "friend" attempted to get them to pay $50 to photograph her wedding.

Yes, you read that right. This bridezilla demanded her friend pay her to photograph her wedding—and then sell the photos at the actual wedding in a twisted wedding pyramid scheme.

“You pay us $50 and then start taking photos that you can sell at the wedding to people who want them. That way we can use the money for the wedding and you still might get paid.”

The photographer explains that they initially turned down the extremely bizarre offer, and the bride proceeded to throw a tantrum.

I said no obviously. But nicely. She was very upset with this and started to cry when I said I'd do the wedding for just $50 which is way below my rate. She started with the bridezilla anger stuff, which I had to deflect for an hour until she called me a ‘bad friend’ and said she'd do the same for me.”

After refusing the offer, bridezilla and her friends and family started harassing the photographer with threatening phone calls, messages, and even visits to their house.

Phone calls and messages persisted, getting all scorched-earth. Several dozen calls in the same day, and several HUNDRED texts. We would get a ‘stop in’ at least once per day which became increasingly threatening. It was turning into a s--- show. So I finally [I] just told her I'd do it and pay her on the wedding day. I never had [the] intention of showing up at this point. Because they just wouldn't fuck off no matter how many times I told them to. This was about 3 weeks before the wedding.

When the photographer did not show up on the day of the wedding, they were bombarded with calls and accused of "ruining" the wedding. The bride's dad even showed up and pounded on their door. The next day they found out they were "called out" in the best man's speech.

Silence, beautiful silence. Not another word of contact. Then the wedding day arrives. I made sure to sleep in and have a real nice, lazy day off. Around noon the calls start rolling in.

"Where the fuck are you?", "Wheres my money?", "I can't believe you ruined blah blah blah"

I got literally a hundred or more texts in 30 minutes and a half a dozen phone calls complete with angry voicemails. I didn't pick up. Around 3, I see a car roll up to my place and it's her dad. He starts beating on my door and yelling after I wont answer. After a few minutes he fucks off, and the text messages stopped later in the evening.

The next day I start getting even more texts and calls. People saying I really fucked everyone over, the bride needed $50 to pay her officiant which they had to then crowdsource. There were no pictures other than cell phone shots from guests. Apparently I was "called out" in the best man's speech.

My wife in on my side, but the story is all over all my social media and everyone is mad at me. My Mom even gave me shit. I see no need to defend my actions to anyone. My wife and I are cool and that's all I really need.

The photographer, who continued to update Reddit as the story unfolded, said that they finally contacted law enforcement because of the "ongoing harassment" from bridezilla and her family.

Thanks for your opinions, I accept them all and my wife is "providing context" to some of the ruder comments. We contacted law enforcement because of the ongoing harrassment from bridezilla. If mods need to close this down because of that, it's fine. I will update later with what comes of the legal action. Definitely learned my lesson not to entertain the demands of assholes. Have a great day, threats in my inbox were a bit much fyi.

In their final edit, they revealed that both the bride and her dad were arrested thanks to the evidence of their harassment collected from social media.

Got a call from an officer, my wife and I went down and did one more statement. Bridezilla and her Dad were both arrested last night after I called it in. They had all the evidence they needed from social media and the messages I submitted. I'm not sure what happens next but I'm glad action is being taken and the state is taking the case. The phone calls and stop ins have muted and I'll likely be subpoenaed to testify I think. My main takeaway is to never placate an asshole and to call the cops and then ask questions later when you're being criminally harassed. Thank you all so much for your opinions, this post lightened the mood for me a bit and I feel validated knowing according to most of you I'm NTA. Have a great day. I will update if any more fun happens.

This story has been straight-up bananas from start-to-finish. We'll definitely be staying tuned for more updates.

It's hard to believe there was a time when we actually wished we were adults. Growing older is not at all what I thought it would be. I was picturing spending my days drinking martinis and flirting with my pool boy. Instead, I'm constantly paying bills and complaining about random aches and pains. This is not what I signed up for. If you feel the same, it's time to take a break from adulting and start laughing at some hilarious memes.

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The latest commercial for Peloton has sent the internet into a roasting frenzy.

There are a lot of things wrong with this commercial, so if you haven't seen it yet do yourself a favor and join the discussion:

You know, a totally normal Christmas morning where a young, thin, gorgeous model-looking woman (and very young mom?) gets a $2200 Peloton bike from her husband and then spends the next year making her already perfect body an even more perfect body. Why is she nervous to exercise alone in her own home? Why did this "change" her so much? Why couldn't they have picked a woman who didn't look like her favorite story is how she " just can't seem to gain any weight regardless of how much I eat!" Then, of course, there's the fact that her Christmas gift to her husband next year is...showing him a series of videos of her using the gift he got her last year?

Needless to say, this commercial has been roasted to an absolute crisp. Feel the burn in your hamstrings AND sales, Peloton.

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The roasting was so intense that Twitter dropped the stock:

Peloton, allow me to write you a new holiday commercial: a mother who is miraculously over 25 and 120 pounds is so tired from commuting to her loud, crowded early morning Groupon spin class (shots of her struggling) so her husband gets her a Peloton bike for their house (shots of Christmas joy). Then he says, "I love you the way you are" and she only uses the bike when she really wants to. Next Christmas, she gives him a fun home video of their family and it's not exercise related. What a journey!

Keep roasting, Twitter! This is what the holidays are really about!

An anti-vaxxer group aptly named "Crazymothers" is raising awareness about the true victims of widespread measles outbreaks: people who are called "anti-vaxxers."

The anti-vaccine, anti-science squad wrote an open letter the media asking them to retire the term, calling it "derogatory, inflammatory, and marginalizes women and their experience."

They call it "highly offensive and largely false," pitching the term "vaccine risk aware" as a replacement.

Twitter, in all of its dark, twisted glory, pitched some hilarious alternatives, from "pro-plague" to "Hate-Driven Anti-Science Regressives."

Given the alternatives, the "crazymothers" likely want to stick with anti-vax.

If you've ever worked with a personal trainer, then you already know that trainers who are the best at their job often make you daydream of revenge. Just when you've reached your utmost limit of breathlessness, they will without fail demand you do 15 more reps of some god awful strength building exercise, or you'll be watched like a dog while sweating it out on the treadmill.

Sure, the whole point of having a personal trainer is hiring someone to push you beyond your comfort zone and maximize your workout, but that doesn't make their role feel less sadistic when your whole body feels like a tower of misery.

In the months following her c-section birth and herniated discs, comedian Amy Schumer's workouts have felt more intense due to the recovery aspect. On the days when exercising felt like a personal affront to her psyche, Schumer joked that she'd send a "cease and desist" letter to her trainer AJ.

Well, on a recent episode of 3 Girls, 1 Keith Amy shared how she eventually looped her lawyer in and went through with the prank.

In the letter, Schumer's lawyer claimed that the workouts were too hard and a "deliberate effort to cause Ms. Schumer emotional distress, potential physical injury and lost revenue."

After sharing the prank on the podcast, Schumer shared a full copy of the letter on Instagram, in all its trolling legalese glory.

In the caption Schumer assured her followers that she joked about the letter for months beforehand (so there was no true fear instilled in AJ), and that AJ was a great trainer.

She also went on to praise her lawyer and shared a photo of the time she pranked him with his own bench adspace.

She wrote:

"On @3girls1keith this week I mentioned that as a joke I had my lawyer and who I love, draft a cease and desist to my trainer @ajcorectology because i thought the workouts were so hard. I jokingly threatened to do it during our workouts for months. This is it! I love my lawyer and I once, without his permission bought him bench ad space on his route to work. He had a good reaction to it and wasn’t mad and sent this picture. Aj is an amazing trainer and is the reason I feel strong and good and have recovered from my herniated discs and c section. Was this is a wasteful use of resources? Very very much so but it brought me so much joy."

Here is her lawyer, sitting like a good sport on the prank adspace she bought him:

In the Instagram post, Schumer made it clear that she realizes pranks of this scale are a waste of resources, but incredibly worth it.

Giving and receiving gifts is part of what makes the holidays so fun, but sometimes things can get a little...weird.

If you've never had to open a gift that sent you into a confused panic while faking a "wow, thanks so much!" consider yourself lucky. Sometimes people with the best intentions can really miss the mark. It's never a bad idea to stick to socks, chocolate, gift cards, and cold hard cash. Everyone needs socks and money--skip the heart-shaped rhinestone necklace, please.

So, in light of the holiday season, a recent Reddit user asked, "What's the biggest 'WTF' gift you've ever received?" and disappointed parties everywhere were prepared to confess. Petty passive aggressive gifts, re-gifts, revenge gifts and just plain "What is happening gifts" unite! At least we can laugh about it.

1. Yikes, "artnerdhippie."

An Egyptian pharaoh pen when i was in middle school. It was all gold colored, and the pen barrel stuck out between his legs. Needless to say i was mocked mercilessly by my classmates for having this massive Egyptian dong pen.

2. Rats are not pets, "jchrysostom."

A pet rat, based on me having told the gifter that when I was in elementary school I liked the school's pet rat. I was 26 when I received this gift.

Rat turned out to be a very good rat-boi and we mourned his loss approximately 2 years later.

3. Ok this person hates you, "haggisforthesoul."

A cheese and champagne gift set that had the champagne and most of the other goodies taken out of it. So cheese in a mostly empty box.

4. What it...a scavenger hunt? "Sasklanding."

When I was accepted into my business college they sent me a single sock.

5. Did they want you to make pickled chocolate? "blipparipa."

I was once given some yeast, a cucumber and a pack of Toblerone for a secret Santa.

6. This is savage, "evieinthebath."

A lavender gift set (eye mask, cream, perfume) from my mother in law. I am severely allergic to lavender, and she knows this.

7. Grandmas! "CaptainWisconsin."

Christmas, 1993. I was eleven.

My grandma gave me one half of a pool cue.

She gifted the other half to my then-8-year-old brother.

Grandma: "See? You can only use it if you two cooperate and share!"

We did not own a pool table.

8. Wow, "TheDandyWarhol."

My little brother bought me a "How to become a Male Model" dvd. Got drunk with my buddy and his girlfriend. We were laughing the whole time. Then she wanted to watch it again and they had a fight over it.

9. Amazing, "PandaM5."

I got a can of shaving cream. I was 11 and couldn't grow a mustache to save my life. Still can't and I'm pretty sure the can is still under my bathroom sink. Edit: Guys, I'm 24 now

10. HA, "lola__bunny."

At my old company, we had a secret Santa gift exchange. The manager drew my name, and gifted me a very clearly used zoodler. He proceeded to explain, in front of everyone, that he thought I would have more use for it, as he only ate “real noodles”.

I don’t work there anymore.

11. Oh my god, "Infrequently-aware."

A pair of red crotchless g-string panties by my Portuguese mother-in-law. I opened the gift with all the family around me, and I was holding it in my hands trying to figure out what it was, because I couldnt reconcile the thought of a crotchless g-string wih my mother-in-law, while everyone else was laughing.

It was her subtle hint that she wanted to be a grandma, I guess. The thing is, it was 3 sizes too small so I couldn't put it on without snapping it in half.

12. WHAT, "cardboardpunk."

Not me but my sister. Her mother in law gave her a single Christmas chair cushion. They are pretty wealthy and gave her 1 cushion. Not even a set. My sister tied it to the chair she was sitting on and left it there when they got up to leave.

13. Wow, "Deseptikons."

For Christmas, my mom once gave me coupons to a restaurant that had recently went out of business

14. Classic re-gift, "Well_thatwas_random."

A pair of diabetic socks from my mother in law. I'm not diabetic.

I think she just thought they were warm socks for around the house and didn't read what they were really for.

15. Rude, "Wienerwrld."

certainly poor timing: my husband’s parents gifted him his cemetery plot on his 50th birthday. One for me, too!

16. Dinner? "uncamad."

My youth pastor showed up to my house on my birthday and made a big deal about the gift he brought me. I opened it and it was a dead squirrel he shot that day.

17. No thanks, "Kckc321."

A guinea pig. Just the guinea pig, no cage or anything.

If you 're one of the well-adjusted people who doesn't spend all day on the internet, then you've likely missed a serious of memes mocking people who conflate friendship with "emotional labor."

The term is So Hot Right Now, and was first used in 1983, when sociologist Arlie Hochschild described emotional labor as the need to "induce or suppress feeling in order to sustain the outward countenance that produces the proper state of mind in others." In other words, it's the need to pretend to be happy as not to piss anyone else off.

Just last week, a tweeter named @yana shared a screenshot of one of her texts, in which she prefaced a potentially stressful conversation with her friend with arguably the most stress-inducing text of all time.

Rather than starting a conversation by saying what you need to say—or asking to have a serious conversation in person—Yana wrote, "Are you in the right headspace to receive information that could possibly hurt you?"

The text inspired dozens of memes and likely a panic attack for its recipient.

Writer and consultant Suzannah Weiss took the principle of asking for consent to text to the next level, and it inspired mockery in its own right.

According to Weiss, before sending a sexual text (a sext, if you will), one should send a dry as hell warning that things are about to get hot and heavy.

People commented that this prologue is creepier than just straight-up sending a horny text.

It's funny in theory, and even funnier in practice.

Sorry, Weiss. Are you in the right headspace to read tweets that could possibly hurt you?

Ever been in a room full of happy people enjoying themselves, and suddenly things go quiet, in a bad way? Usually it's because I accidentally told an inappropriately dark joke at a birthday party. But there are all kinds of things that can instantly kill the mood at a party or social gathering.

People on Reddit are sharing the fastest way they've witnessed a room full of happy people turn sour. Here are 23 stories of moments that sucked the energy out of a room faster than you can say "womp womp!":

1.) From kateisit27:

Not my story, but a friend of mine was attending a Christian Pentecostal summer camp a few years ago with some high school students and other adult leaders. For anyone who is unfamiliar with Pentecostal youth camps, the evening church services can get pretty lively and charged with emotion. People being slain in the spirit, speaking in tongues, lots of worship and confessing sins. That sort of thing. There were probably a couple hundred students, so things may have gotten chaotic. Anyway, my friend and one of the other adult leaders get pulled on stage to confess sins to the audience. Not sure who thought this was a good idea, but maybe it wasn't planned. And the other adult leader, a nice guy in his 20s (newly married), confesses to the packed auditorium of high schoolers hyped up on Jesus that he used to have sex with his dog. The evening service pretty much ended after that.

2.) From FumbleMyEndzone:

When I was a kid, there were about 6/8 families in our area who were a good group of friends. Regular holidays together, kids all close friends too and in the same classes at school etc.

The backstory was that one of the families kept noticing money going missing from a drawer in the master bedroom. They had an older son who was getting the blame but was denying it.

Fast forward a few weeks and it’s their younger kid’s birthday, and everyone is at their house. Usual script was the kids party would be late afternoon, then in the evening the kids would end up playing games in some bedroom as the adults had a few drinks. Kids were happy because we got to stay up late with all our friends, parents got to have a few guilt free drinks. This night was going as normal until we’re all shuffled out and home earlier than usual. We got the full story the next day.

Once the kids were out of the way, the owners of the house had turned on their tv and pressed play on a video. On screen there was cctv of the bedroom where the money had been going missing. Clearly in the video you could see the wife of one of the other couples, sitting in that very room, going into the drawer and taking money. Apparently the switched off the video, said “what you saw is exactly what it looked like” and asked that couple to leave. Everyone else left shortly after.

3.) From vtncsc:

Back when I waited tables, guy walking to his table, had a massive heart attack, and hit the floor.

EMT's said he was dead before he hit the floor. I've never seen a restaurant go so silent so quickly.

4.) From Contivity:

My friend used to work for a company that has always promised out IT department a trip to Hawaii for working through a couple of rough years without pay raise and on the flip side we won't get any personnel cut. It was a verbal promise that once we are back to profitable, the IT department would get all expense paid trip. Back around October of 2015, they were gathered in the largest meeting room for a meeting with the president. There were snacks, drinks, pizza, etc. It was assumed that it was a celebration for a good year and they'd get the promised trip. It was a mass layoff since IT has been outsourced. All credentials were locked during the meeting and everyone was asked to leave the premise right after the meeting.

5.) From Pakeeda:

I was on a Chicago to NY flight. We all get on the plane, but were delayed taking off due to a heavy storm going on. About 20 minutes in, everybody was still pretty calm until the pilot announces they're working on getting our baggage loaded, because it's been sitting on the tarmac this entire time. The entire plane looks out, and sees all our luggage just sitting there in the pouring rain uncovered, and starts freaking out.

6.) From ApolloniaTheGreat:

The President of our company got completely plastered at our Christmas party. His speech started off funny because he was slurring hard and he was playing on it. Then he started talking about how he came from nothing and became something. Then he proceeded to tell us how if it wasn't for us working so hard and keeping our clients happy, he wouldn't have been able to accomplish building his mega mansion for him and his family, nor would he have been able to afford his new benz. Awkward muttering, followed by him directing us to "drink up & enjoy, because due to budget cuts, the future Christmas party/bonus budget is cancelled from here on out." Many of my coworkers relied on that bonus. No one was impressed. Except for 1 person, the rest of us quit within the first few months into the new year.

7.) From thematgreen:

I made the mistake of playing Scattergories with my mother. She said "No Foreign words, you have to use English words". Fine, fair enough. She then called out someone for using a foreign word (I can't remember, it's been 10 years). He took off the points. The next fucking round she used three foreign words. I called her out on it and she said it was no big deal, it was just a game. I argued that not only had SHE set the rule, but that she already called someone out for doing it.

She called me a fucking asshole and left the room. The Thanksgiving family time was over as pretty much everyone decided that was the time to leave.

Total time from game start to end of the family time? 6 minutes.

8.) From itsKaaaaaayshuh:

The other day, on Thanksgiving, my brother cracked a cold beer right as we were about to eat. Problem was, we were at my mom's and she's super anti alcohol (unless she wants some) Well, since my brother cracked one, my dad did too and my mom turned into some shit from the exorcist. Screaming, cussing my dad and brother, hurling personal insults, looking for keys so she could threaten to leave, the whole nine yards. The worst part is i havent been up to see them in months so I had just driven 3+ hours with my kids and my husband and we had just gotten there 30 mins prior. I just sat there awkwardly staring at my husband while the brawl took place until we could sneak out on the porch to hide. Then we all ate in silence. How was y'alls holiday??

9.) From jackrafter88:

Whole company (60+ people) gathered at a product unveiling/cheer leading event where we were expecting "surprising" news (bonuses?). Instead we were informed that the least senior and biggest dickhead was promoted to partner. All downhill from there.

10.) From OGFahker:

800 guys in a grocery warehouse being told it was going to be automated in 5 years. One fella yelled out asking if we fought the robots and won could we keep our jobs lol.

11.) From Back2Bach:

At a small gathering, as the lid was lifted on an extra large pizza, a guy with a miserable cold sneezed directly onto it.

12.) From Bluegirl1965:

My company had a pizza party meeting for a particular department. The scuttlebutt was it was a thank you for a 3rd quarter project completion.

The department of 35 people were excited for the atta-boys and the pizza. After the lunch the shoe dropped. They were all being laid off because even though they finished the project on time (for this long time customer), the customer had signed a contract with another company and were leaving.

Unbelievable crap move by management. Reading these other comments, pizza seems to be the common way to give bad news to employees.

13.) From Hotel_Arrakis:

I was watching Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon" in a movie theater when it came out in the early 1970's. The projector died during a fight scene.

14.) From SoggyShake3:

Was on a team (about 15 people) for a special project for a regional Internet Service Provider. During the bi-weekly team meeting the manager was super pumped about how far ahead of schedule we were due to some new processes we came up with.

After about 20 minutes of atta-boys, the manager concluded with telling us all we were being laid off in the same tone of voice she used for the whole meeting issuing a bunch of praise.

Most of us awkwardly laughed for a couple seconds thinking she was joking. She was not.

15.) From csudebate:

Drinking with colleagues from work. A guy was needling me and a friend about how out of shape we are (it was fair and light-hearted). Suddenly my friend blurts out ‘yeah, at least we have attractive wives.’ Needling guy’s wife was standing right there.

16.) From boblechock:

In Portugal during the world cup. Get there early to find a street bar in the center with a big screen. Place is soon packed. England start really well and everyone is singing and laughing. All of a sudden the bar up the road erupts into massive cheers. Lots of people go out into the road to see. Apparently someone just dropped an entire tray of drinks? We all laugh and go back to watching the game. 10 seconds later England score. Our bar erupts and we spill into the street. The bar up the road is deadly silent now. Weird.

The game starts again and the bar up the road starts shouting again. Nothing in the game. Whats going on? People look up the road again. Cant quite work it out.

Then a really bad tackle goes in and the penny finally drops: Our bar's TV is the only one using satellite and all the other bars have cable. Our feed is about 20 seconds behind everywhere else. Every exciting moment is audible about 20 seconds before we get to see it.

Have never seen a bar empty so fast in all my life.

17.) From engineenginebeepbeep:

Every family reunion when my one aunt gets drunk and brings up my other aunt that died. Happens every time.

18.) From OtherPassage:

Bad snowstorm started about 4am a few years ago. My co-workers and I were texting each other thinking no way would they make us come into our job today (we are non-essential workers). We're all home waiting for the email to go out regarding whether or not our boss would give us the day off. Email finally goes out around 7:30am saying that we would have a shorter day but everyone must show up for work by 9. So I layered up, cleaned off my car, shoveled out of my parking spot and headed to work on VERY precarious roads. I got to work on time and was greeted by my co-workers who were all pretty happy just to not have gotten into an accident on the way over. All of the clients and meetings had been cancelled so there was a party like atmosphere. Just as we were talking about playing charades, we get another email from the boss saying because road conditions were so bad they were closing the agency after all and everyone had to go home. This was 20 minutes after we had all gotten there.

I have never seen 20+ people all scream ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME at the same time before. It was absurd and everyone was pissed.

19.) From SKDJhfsdjk:

One day at work we had an hour meeting followed by a planned pizza party as a reward for meeting some safety goal. They'd been telling us all week not to worry about food because they were getting pizza. Well after the meeting were sitting around waiting for the pizza to get there when out boss comes in and tells us there was a failure of communication and no one actually ordered the pizza. If you want to see 50 factory workers go from excited to murder ready in less than a second that's what you tell them.

20.) ​​​​​​​From Lytnin:

I worked at a casino for a couple of years and the joke is totally true:

How do you piss off 500 old people?

Yell "BINGO!"

21.) From meta_uprising:

Was bartending on one of our restaurants busiest days. Place was packed and man and a boy of about 9 couldn't stop wrestling and giggling. The man about 30 years old started repeatedly yelling "I'm gonna grab your penis!" yeah the whole place dropped dead silent. Mother grabs the kid and says they need to chill out.

22.) From TooOld2DieYoung:

In grad school we were gathered in a room to hear about how the last term of classes in the program was going to be cut due to a new law regarding educator requirements for the state. Everyone was stoked because it was gonna save us like 5-8 thousand dollars.

Then they told us that due to “state budget cuts,” our total tuition was going to double...

23.) ​​​​​​​From illogicalfuturity:

Family members waiting outside the a baby ward, the husband comes out with a shocked expressions, sits down and says "the kid's not mine", everyone becomes confused but then are horrified.

A day later, I could see the husband talking to who is presume are his in-laws, begging him not to leave tmtheir daughter and saying they'll do something about the baby.

Working as a server is a true deep dive into the dredges of human nature. How people act when they're hungry says a lot about their personality, and the conversations that unfold during an intimate meal are often better suited for a therapy session or confession booth than a Buffalo Wild Wings.

Anyone who has worked as a server undoubtedly has a story or two about awkward customers or weird table dynamics. But there are some moments that transcend the rest and enter a hall of fame of "WTF is happening."

In a popular Reddit thread, waiters and waitresses share the most memorable times they checked on the table at the wrong moment, and the cringe seeps through the entire world wide web.

1. jetsjane saw a throuple explode.

As I approached the table, a lady brushed me out of the way and sat down next to the couple there. The couple were obviously on a date. The lady turns to the woman on the date and said, "So, I'm his wife. Who the f*ck are you?"

2. faster_than_sound noped the hell out of there.

Guy and girlfriend come into our restaurant for dinner. Guy then secretly tells me he has a ring and wants to propose to her and wants it to be all special. I was to wait until a specific time and come and ask if the table "needed anything else" and them he would say "I do. I need her." And then get down on his knee, etc. etc.

I thought it was cheesy, but hey I wanted to help the guy out and be a part of something like that, so I said I'd do it.

I get to the table and ask the question, he then pops THE question and she burst into tears. But not good happy tears. She then blurts out that she wants to break up and that she was in love another guy, apparently a friend of his.

I just slowly backed away from the table as his entire world came crashing down on him.

3. YouCompreteMe's roommate split the bill.

My roommate is a bartender and he came up to a couple seated at the bar right when the man handed his wife divorce papers.

4. roseanna777 hopes the garlic bread helped.

I set down a plate of garlic bread as a girl was turning down a marriage proposal.

"I... I... I'm sorry. I just can't marry you. Its-"

"Alright! Who's ready for some breadsticks!?"

5. Chewforwarda walked in on some mama's boy issues.

Early 2000, I served a couple, as soon as they were seated the guy got a phone call, and proceeded to take the call - it lasted the entire meal. His wife/girlfriend was furious by the time I brought out the dessert, which was when he finally hung up the phone and she said "f*ck you and f*ck your mum, we can't even have one night out!"

6. Colton_B still wants to know what the full scope of the vasectomy drama.

I served a few years back as a first job. One time, going to the table to ask them a question, I hear, "well you got a vasectomy for HER..."

As soon as the lady saw me, she stopped. I've always wondered what the extent of that conversation was.

7. sligmasta has been on all ends of the divorce conversation.

I've been on both sides of this one.

When I was 12 my mom took me and my two younger brothers (7&8) to chili's for dinner. After we ordered our food she started telling us that her and our father had been having a lot of problems, and would be getting a divorce. Just about the time she finishes her spiel about both of them still loving us the food comes to the table and all three of us start crying, my youngest brother bawling his eyes out.

Fast forward 15ish years. I'm waiting tables at your local crab hut, and as I walk out of the kitchen towards my table I see the 4 children at the table start to tear up and cry and the parents avoid eye contact as I set the food down. Really wanted to tell those kids that things would still be ok.

8. Vikings4Breakfast helped a regular grieve.

Not as awkward as it is sad. I've been a server for a while, and one of my regulars was a older couple. They hadn't been to the restaurant for a few months, but the menu changed and we had lost a bunch of regulars. -I'm clueless- About a month ago the husband comes in alone, and I ask him about his wife.

He started crying and told me she died and he was afraid to come in alone. I sat down and hugged him for a while, then grabbed the owner who talked with him over dinner. He stayed 5 hours.

Note to all servers, you don't know what kind of day your customer is having. Be a good human.

9. carmabound tried to perform damage control.

A couple came in and they were arguing already, but once they sat down it got progressively worse and louder.

I felt embarrassed because the table right across from them was celebrating a Birthday.

I rounded up everyone I could find....about 7 of us, and we sang the Happy Birthday song as loud as we all could.

The arguing couple left shortly thereafter...

10. TheUninspiredArtist hopes to never see that man again.

Had an older single guy getting ready to leave so I go up and and cash him out. He was a nice guy and didn't give me any problems but as soon as I got back to his table, he was sitting on the edge of his seat, legs spread with his balls hanging out of his shorts all over the booth, all with a toothy grin while saying "it feels good to finally air out". I dropped the change on his table without saying a word and went back into the kitchen to dry heave in shock.

I bleached and unleashed an entire can of Lysol on that seat after he vacated the premises.

11. joelomite11's manager played a questionable prank on a coworker.

At a restaurant where I used to bartend we had jokester manager. One day she said to a server; "Sarah, I just sat you a table, you'll need a high-chair." So sarah goes to greet her table with a high-chair assuming her party has a small child. When she gets there, she finds three adults, one of whom is a midget.

edit: I guess I should have added that the manager and the waitress were very close friends.

12. I_DUCK_SICK couldn't return to the table.

At 18, having just found my first real job whilst supporting myself through uni, I walked over to a table to ask them if everything was okay with their meals...

As soon as I asked I noticed that one of the guys was wiping away tears, the other had a look on his face I had never encountered before...

"So what you're saying is you thought there was a chance you had HIV but you still fucked me?!"

I didn't know what to do. Backed off, didn't go back.

13. Esleeezy watched the arc of a dysfunctional relationship show itself throughout a single meal.

I walk up to my table, a mom, dad, and son (8yrs old probably). The mom is going nuts. I guess another waiter was walking by with a pepper mill and it fell out of his hand and hit her on the head. Not hard but its not a small thing. Well she's going crazy, I'm trying to figure out whats going on, and the table next to them is laughing at her freaking out. She keeps yelling, 'He hit me! I want to call the cops! He hit me!'.

The waiter is apologizing a shit load but she's not having it. She yells, 'THATS ASSAULT!' and the table next to her that's laughing yells 'No miss that's A PEPPER!'. I lose it! Have to run to the back. I finally get my shit together and come back and the little kid is in hysterics now. The dad has had enough of his wife's sh*t and is threatening to leave if she doesn't calm down. Starts telling his wife 'Do you want me to leave again? Do you want me to go?'

The kid starts bawling and yelling 'No daddy please don't leave again. Mommy act normal! Please stay daddy!'. The lady finally drops the psychotics and finishes her food. We comp everything and they don't leave me sh*t. I really don't blame them cause after they incident I was a ghost. I avoided them like the plague. Poor kid.

14. Smellbag saw a whole drama play out.

I had a table come in for this guys birthday. It was a surprise birthday dinner hosted by his girlfriend, although she didn't realize that 2 of his female 'friends' she had invited were also sleeping with him.

I came over to the table just as one girl stood up and yelled "you bitch" to another and stormed out. The second one threw a drink on the guy and walked out. The girlfriend with tears running down of her face asked of the bill and then exits. I come back to the table with the bill with the guy drenched in wine and 5 of his remaining friends still there in hysterics.

15. OhShtItsMatt watched a man divorce his wife on her birthday.

Outback Steakhouse. Walked up to great the table "Hi folks, how are you?" Guy asks wife for divorce right there. My jaw drops, I walk away from the table. She is sobbing, loud. I go back eventually and they order a full meal. Bloomin' Onion included.

They have a full meal, she sobs then entire time. She has difficulty eating. I sh*t you not, he says its her birthday and wants a dessert for her with a candle. So I had to bring out a Thunder from Down Under with a candle while she's crying uncontrollably.

16. Madbait1 still doesn't know what the fight was about.

I was taking the breakfast order from a couple staying at the hotel, The lady ordered a full English breakfast and I asked how she would like her eggs, her reply "fertilised" she then scowled at her husband, I backed away and ordered her fried eggs.

17. lllola never called the number.

Not in a restaurant, but I used to do weekend gigs catering private parties. We were at a very, very rich guy's house serving drinks and small bites. The men in attendance were all wealthy and middle-aged. The women were all barely legal and many Playboy girls.

I'm actually working my butt off, walking back and forth, back and forth throughout the house, pool area, bar, kitchen. Someone somewhere grabs me by the arm and says "Mr. ___ [the host] needs something. He's in there," and they point at a room down the hall with closed doors. So I walk down, knock, no answer. It's loud outside with music playing and tons of drunk people talking. I knock again. No answer. So I open the doors.

There's Mr. ___ with 3 women in varying degrees of nudeness and fellatio. Coke abounds. Mr. ___ just looks up at me and goes "Hey toots, can you get me another vodka Redbull?" The girls give me this evil look and I say "Okay" and haul a*s back to the bar.

Mr. ___ gave me a $100 tip but made me let him slip it in my skirt's waistband. Later that night while counting my tips, I also found his phone # jotted on it.

Did not call.

18. Mediocre-raptor has a litany of stories.

I used to work at a chain restaurant in my province that was marketing towards being very family friendly; but we were located near the local University, so we got a lot of students from there as well.

One time I caught a guy watching (sound off thank god) furry porn.... (Why?! THERES CHILDREN NEARBY!)

High school kids on a date where it's obvious that it's a fairly new relationship. Walked up as the girl was discussing what their future babies would look like...

Some elderly ladies didn't hear me coming as they were discussing the difference between blowjobs with or without dentures..

That awkward moment when you realize that your regulars are NOT Father & Daughter, but actually boyfriend & girlfriend where Boyfriend insists on being "Daddy".

Edit: Just checked this since last night. Didn't realize people would be interested...

First, I have nothing against furry porn, everyone has different tastes. What I don't like is this situation where little kids can clearly see it.

Second, the dentures thing was just TMI. They don't want to know about my sex life, and I don't want to know about theirs.

Third, I don't care about if she calls him Daddy or the age gap (I'm guessing he's in his 50's, she looked under 25). It was just the "Oh..." moment when I put two and two together when they were being touchy feely.

Fourth, for all the people PMing me about the restaurant and location. I won't divulge that kinda info.

19. billabong2630 ruined the moment.

Not a waiter, but a busser. It was Fathers Day and a new table of two had just sat down. The guy was facing away from me so he couldn't see when I would be coming.

Anyway, I was about to reach their table and fill their glasses with some water (remember, this guy still can't see me) when he suddenly says to his girlfriend, "You ready to make me a daddy tonight?"

Yeah, the look on his face once he realized I was right there was priceless.

20. Bad-Selection has a new greeting with their regulars.

I once approached a couple of our regulars and saw the wife making a hole with her left thumb and pointer (like the "a-okay gesture), then taking her fist and pushing it into that hole and twisting her arm as she opened up her fingers around her arm then violently pushing her fist forward and back.

I showed up to their table, completely stunned, and the wife saw me then quickly covered her face in embarrassment. After a couple moments of awkward silence, she just looked at me and said "That was exactly what you think it was." The two of them and I started laughing and the awkwardness was gone.

The next time they came in the wife held up her fist and cocked and eyebrow at me, and that became how we greeted each other any time we saw each other. It stayed this way until I left that restaurant.

Edit: ...aaand now my highest voted comment on reddit is about fisting

21. KoalaKid101 witnessed a ganja exchange.

Went up to a table of a few younger guys (probably 17) and one older guy (probably 30). I got them their drinks, came back with food and the older guy was handing a giant f*cking bag of weed to these kids underneath the table. Edit: changed a word.

22. nativelementx noped pretty quickly.

walks up to a table to check on them

"...and thats the first time i saw a dead body."

The saying "eye for an eye leaves the world blind" is good in theory—but sometimes victims of violence are left with no choice but to fight back. A mom named Allison Arnal Davis thinks in the case of her bullied son, violence was the answer.

Davis took to Facebook to share a post in support of her son, Drew, who received 5-days out-of-school suspension for punching the kid who has been bullying him.

In the now-viral post, the mom defends her son's actions on the grounds that the school "failed" her son by doing nothing to address the bully's relentless, ongoing behavior towards him—despite multiple complaints.

Five days of OSS for beating up the kid that has been tormenting and bullying him since middle school.

I know as a parent I’m suppose to be upset with him for resorting to violence or getting suspended, but I’m not. Not even a little bit.

Davis explains that the school "did nothing" to discipline the bully for his behaviors, which included threatening to beat up Drew and his friends, making fun of him, filming him, and sharing threats via text, voicemails and on social media.

For years the school has failed Drew.

When this kid has constantly threatened to beat Drew up along with several of his friends, the school did nothing.

When this kid followed Drew down the hall threatening him and making fun of him AND it was all captured on video, the school did nothing.

When other kids told teachers and administrators that this kid was threatening Drew, the school did nothing.

When this kid took to social media, voicemails, and texting threats, the school did nothing.

When this kid threatened Drew over and over in every class they have together. The school did nothing.

Davis says after she emailed the school "begging" them to do something because her son had become afraid to walk down the halls at school, there only solution was to have Drew and his bully sign a "no contact contract."

Eventually both Davis and her son were frustrated at the school's inaction that they "gave up" trying to do something about it.

Not once has the school ever punished the kid that has threatened and bullied Drew over and over. In middle school Drew was afraid to walk down the halls because a swarm of this kid and his minions would make fun of and threaten Drew. He quit talking to the adults about it because they never disciplined the bully and it just made the situation worse.

I sent the school a lengthy email at the beginning of the year begging them to do something because Drew refused to talk to adults at school about it because he knew it would do him no good. Drew had four classes with this kid and he would not leave Drew alone. Their solution and response was to have him and his bully sign a no contact contract.

Seriously?

I’m pretty sure I rolled my eyes. And, like Drew I gave up on trying to get the school to actually do something that would stop this kid from bullying Drew.

So…

Then Drew and his 11-year-old brother were threatened on the bus, so Drew took matters into his own hands. He punched his bully three times until he "screamed like a baby."

When this kid threatened Drew (while on the bus) and then moved on to making fun of his Dad and then threatening Jackson, his 11-year-old brother, Drew decided that he would quit relying on the school and the adults who are suppose to protect him and HE would do something. Three punches and his bully screamed like a baby, his minion friends shut up, and this morning the bully wouldn’t even look at him.

Problem solved.

Davis says after this, the bullying immediately stopped, writing "problem solved."

She shared the whole story on social media along with a photo of her son.

It might seem controversial for a mom to support her son resorting to physical violence, but the majority of commenters are on Davis and Drew's side. Many are praising him for sticking up for himself.

Clearly Drew didn't have much of a choice here—but no kid should be put in a situation where they are forced to defend themselves with physical violence. The school administration, the bully, and the bully's parents, are the ones who should really be suspeneded.

It is with a heavy heart that I inform you that television shows and movies tend to represent life inaccurately.

Redditor ahtemsah asked people to correct the record and share how their careers are inaccurately portrayed in pop culture, and being an engineer is harder than it looks.

1. Lawyer

If you yell at a witness in a courtroom, you will be thrown out.

There are far more objections than ever shown in media, and also, judges ask a lot of questions.

-oneofyrfencegrls

2. Medical researcher

Any portrayal of medical research inevitably shows some crusading doctor pulling strings to get someone into a trial (which always results in a 100% cure rate).

That's not how any of this works!

Also, labs never have the equivalent of "mood lighting" and most lab reagents look like water (not like a rainbow puked all over the place).

-bubbabearzle

3. Psychiatric hospital worker

Psychiatric hospitals [in media] show patients just sitting and laughing hysterically or doing any sort of stereotypically 'crazy' behavior. People with mental illness are usually fairly normal in behavior — they're just going through a tough time. I've worked in a psych ward for two years.

-thebeastwhatsqueaks

4. Reporter

Reporters in TV shows always have unlimited time and resources to devote to one big story that would never be assigned, like working undercover at a store in December to write about Christmas shopping. In reality, a reporter is juggling a dozen stories and a dozen deadlines at once at all times.

-DenL4242

5. Fire alarm installer

The way fire alarm systems and fire suppression sprinkler systems work. Pulling a fire alarm pull-station will not set off the sprinklers in a building. Starting a fire under a single sprinkler head will not set off any head other than the one activated.

Source: I install fire alarm systems for a living.

Caveat: There are certain types of fire suppression systems which are designed to go off when a pull-station is activated. They are generally used in rooms with extremely sensitive equipment, such as server rooms, file storage, etc. They use a dry powder or foam, rather than water, though.

-VVillyD

6. Engineer

Iron Man, making me think that I will be Tony Stark in a couple of years because I'm an engineer. He's a master electrician, programmer, electronics engineer, mechanical engineer, HVAC engineer, simulation expert, military technology expert, aerospace engineer, welding expert, and can basically do all of those tasks himself, without any other help.

-private_unlimited

7. Software developer

I'm a software developer. Every time there's coding in movies, they write code with ridiculous speeds and without the assistance of google. And when they run the code, it has no errors and works perfectly.

I wish it was like that.

-Frogrobelaw

8. Forensic scientist

Almost anything forensically related

No, you can’t enhance crappy surveillance video

No, DNA tests don’t take 30 minutes

No, DNA tests don’t magically “ding” and display a name, home address, phone number, etc.

I could go on and on, the effect of the way tv shows/movies effect everyone’s perception of forensic science is staggering and can cause significant problems when courtroom testimony/evidence doesn’t line up with a juries perception of how it should work.

-Maximilian156

9. Makeup artist

Anything beauty related: if an actress is “doing her makeup”, she is brushing her face randomly with a clean brush. If someone is being waxed, its extremely painful and they don’t get vaselined nipples (looking at you 40 y/o Virgin) and aloe vera afterwards, which is cruel.

-definitelymy1account

10. Nurse

Well most TV shows fail to even show nurses so basically there is no representation. I'm not even sure I ever saw a nurse on Grey's Anatomy and doctors seem to do just about everything or they're sleeping with nurses in call rooms.

-ChazRPay

11. Copywriter

Any time a movie is about advertising, everyone has a giant office and no one has a specific job role - everyone does everything, they only have one account, they brainstorm for five minutes and then they swan off for long dinners or lunches. IRL you have a desk in an open plan office, about 75 deadlines at once, a very specific role and you work your backside off seven days a week. Nowhere near as glamorous as the movies would have you think. It is hard graft.

-wineandhugs

12. Chemist

I work in a chem lab.

Every time a TV/movie lab is shown, they have unlabeled and unsealed beakers or Erlenmeyer flasks filled with random clear colored fluids.

No. Just, no. It's my fucking pet peeve and it pisses me off every time I see it.

-Damn_Dog_Inappropes

13. Air Force member

The military is waaay more boring than what shows and movies depict. The Air Force is less "Top Gun" and more "Office Space."

-Cheesy_Bobs

14. Writer

Writers are almost always depicted as alcoholics/depressed/otherwise have some psychological issue, though I guess that could be said of any artistic profession on TV/in movies.

-MysteryGirlWhite

15. Therapist

Therapy in movies/TV is almost never accurate. The therapist either just sits there listening and not saying anything, OR they ask some question that spontaneously creates an instant breakthrough that changes the patient's life.

One reason is that most people's experience of therapy is as a client, and if your therapist is a good therapist then the skills they're using are transparent to you; so in a way the media portrayal is semi-accurate from the client perspective.

The reality is that it's a skilled profession - that's why it requires 6-7 years of school plus 2-4 years of supervised postgraduate internship to get licensed (varies by state).

Baby Yoda is the cutest thing to happen to the internet in a while. Even if you're not a fan of the Star Wars universe you just can't help but say "aww" at the hilariously adorable Baby Yoda memes flooding social media right now.

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A question from a mom about whether she should meet the daughter she gave up as an infant is dividing Reddit.

The woman shared her story with Reddit's "Am I the A-hole?" forum, seeking advice. The jist is that she gave up her daughter to her cheating husband and another woman (who was also pregnant with his child) 14 years ago. Now the daughter wants to meet her — and she's not into it.

The whole thing started with a cheating scandal:

Many years ago, I was married to man named Mark. 2 years into the marriage, I found out he was cheating on me and got the other woman pregnant. It was a huge blow because I too was pregnant with his child. I was only 9 weeks pregnant and was determined to abort the child and divorce him. He begged me to reconsider, and insisted I give our relationship a second chance, and so I did, albeit reluctantly.

And it turned out his affair wasn't a one-time thing.

I had a very unhappy pregnancy and when I was 6 months pregnant, I learned that he never stopped seeing the other woman. He told me that he was torn and that he was in love with both of us. I wasn't willing to tolerate any of that bullshit, so I moved out and filed for divorce. I wanted him to disappear from my life, but being pregnant with his child made things difficult.

I never bonded with the baby , and the baby being his offspring contributed to the negative emotions that I felt.

So she gave up the baby to her now-ex and his new partner.

I told him that I didn't want this baby. So when he got together with the other woman, I gave her the choice to adopt the baby, which she did. With that, I officially signed over my parental rights as soon as the girl turned 6 months old (I left the day she was born). When I left, I told Mark that I didn't want anything to do with the girl and the other woman was free to be her mother.

Now, her life is completely different.

I moved to another country and tried to leave that part of my life behind. I met a wonderful man and we got married. He knew all about my past and now we have 3 wonderful kids who are 9, 5 and 2 years old.

But her ex seems unwilling to let sleeping dogs lie.

Recently, my ex Mark contacted me out of the blue and told me that my biological daughter, who is 14 now, wants to meet me. Apparently, his wife had passed away and before she died, she confessed that she wasn't her biological mother.

I'm torn. I don't want to meet this kid. It was very difficult for me to leave that part of my life behind. I was depressed for years. I reminded him that I gave up my parental rights years ago and that I wanted nothing to do with both of them. I planned on telling my kids about their half sibling once they were grown and mentally mature, not right now when they are still so little. I told him to never contact me again and hanged up.

So is she in the wrong for refusing to see the kid?

No one can seem to agree on the answer. On the "not the a-hole" side, some are saying she has every right to box the child out of her life.

One user, indianatarheel, suggested ensuring the daughter has her medical history and that's it:

It's clear you will not be pursuing a significant relationship with this kid, and I think it would be more cruel to meet her once, possibly giving her hope that you guys will continue to communicate, than to just continue being absent.

And SimplyBewildered agreed, saying a meeting could do more harm than good:

That girl (the one you gave birth to 14 years ago) lost her REAL mother. She doesn't need the trauma of meeting you. You were just a host for 9 months. Please, for her sake, never change your mind.

Many, like thatcrazyplantgirl, blamed her ex for being the a-hole. Some suggested it was not cool for the girl's late mother to spill the beans on her death bed.

He should be the one to explain to his daughter why his biological mom is not in the picture and why you want nothing to do with her. It’s sad but I totally understand where you’re coming from. That’s just a lot of pain you don’t want to relive, nor should you.

But a sizable contingent think the biological mom owes her daughter at least one meeting.

Primertime says the daughter's life might never feel complete without the meeting.

At the end of the day you made and gave birth to a child. The LEAST you owe to her is a conversation. Why do people think you can sign your parental rights over and that gives you the right to have nothing to do with them? You created a human being. I seriously cannot believe that you aren't even willing to have a conservation and give her the answers that she will NEED.

Children growing up without a biological parent has a serious impact on them, whether they have a good substitute or not. People like you make me so angry. You wanted nothing to do with her cause it was a tough time for you? Well guess what, life ain't fucking fair, and she will have questions and doubts herself- for her WHOLE LIFE!!!

My ex partner grew up with a fantastic step dad from the first day he was born and not his real dad. But he would still always question, why didn't he real dad want him? Why did he not even reach out once? It NEVER goes away. You are a serious AH

Some adoptees, like BacksideBugle, weighed in to say this meeting could be more important to the daughter than she realizes.

I understand your pain but as a kid who was in her shoes and who will never know who I truly am or ever be fully complete I'd say you absolutely owe her at least a single conversation. She didn't ask to be born and adopted any more than you asked to be pregnant. But it happened. The reality is and will always be that you are her birth mother. Now you need to be an adult and take one for the team. Your pain is not the only pain here. Stop being so selfish. Call me biased or call me experienced but that's how I feel.

If you want better advice I suggest you re-post this in r/Adopted.

And Cocotte3333 pointed out that while she has every right to refuse the meeting, that might be an a-hole thing to do.

Honestly, people won't agree but YTA. You could meet them at least once instead of making them wonder and be thorn for the rest of her life. Don't be a selifsh a**hole. You can't understand the deep, violent desire to know your roots. If you deprive her of that she's going to suffer all her life and you're setting her up to be f*cked up.

Seriously, this sub is weird sometimes. '' YoU HaVe The RiGhT To....'' Having a right doesn't make you NOT an a**hole.

After seeing this wide variety of responses, it's clear stevenbass14 probably gets it right:

Definitely think this is above the [Reddit Am I the A-hole?] pay grade.

Talk to your husband and maybe a counselor.

“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.”
― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

Sometimes all you need is a laugh. Lucky for you, this post has 27 of them. Prepare to chuckle, giggle, laugh, and maybe even snort at these utterly random and funny memes.

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Justin Timberlake decided to drag his alleged inappropriate behavior back into the spotlight again with an apology — but people aren't buying it.

In case you missed the first round of news, Justin was caught holding hands with his co-star, Alisha Wainwright, on Nov. 21. Photos of the two apparently canoodling in at a New Orleans party went viral as people assumed JT had cheated on his wife, Jessica Biel.

The furor had mostly died down by this week — but for some reason, Justin decided to release an apology on Instagram:

In the apology, he wrote:

A few weeks ago I displayed a strong lapse in judgement — but let me be clear — nothing happened between me and my costar. I drank way too much that night and I regret my behavior . I should have known better. This is not the example I want to set for my son. I apologize to my amazing wife and family for putting them through such an embarrassing situation, and I am focused on being the best husband and father I can be. This was not that. I am incredibly proud to be working on Palmer. Looking forward to continuing to make this movie and excited for people to see it.

Some celebrities left messages of support under the post.

But fans and followers are ripping the statement to shreds.

Some called him out for blaming the "rumors" and not his own actions.

Others are baffled as to why he'd bring this story back out into the spotlight when it seemed to be over and done.

And many are taking issue with a man who's nearly 40 years old blaming alcohol for his actions.

Britney Spears fans are having a field day.

After all, Justin waged a years-long campaign against Britney because she allegedly cheated on him back in the day.

The songs "Cry Me a River" and "What Goes Around" were allegedly about our girl.

But the cherry on top of this bull sh*t sundae has to be the fact that Justin plugged his upcoming movie at the end of the apology.

So will Justin bounce back from this?

It's tough to tell. But judging from the way he slithered out of the Super Bowl nipple-gate drama unscathed, we'd say he'll manage.

What happens in a taxi stays in a taxi? Not exactly...

Remember that while you're drunk-airing out all your dirty laundry in the back of a car at 3 AM, there is about two feet separating you and the stranger driving. Until driver-less cars take over the world and replace us, human beings are still responsible for getting you to your destination in a cab and that means they're also human beings with ears.They can hear you! Remember to always be polite, tip, clean up after yourself, don't eat nasty food and save the hook up for the bedroom.

When a recent Reddit user asked, "Taxi drivers, what's the deepest secret you've overheard in your cab?" drivers everywhere were ready to share the things they couldn't help but listen to.

1. Wow, "fesxvx."

That he was cheating on his wife with his cocaine dealer, who came from the same country as I did (which is how the conversation got started) and it had been going on for 25 years.

I dont know what impresses me more, a 25 year affair or a 25 year cocaine habit.

2. Sex work is work! "Spooky_Keller."

We used to have this customer, super nice lady, taking care of 5 of her grand kids because her own kids are no good and she stepped in to take care of them. We took her shopping, to the bank, took the kids to school. Did all kinds of stuff for her. But when I started driving nights...Prostitute.

3. Girls gone wild! "Shtoups."

As a limo driver I heard an older (55ish) bachelorette party discussing the liberator pad and how it makes their husbands tiny dick feel much larger. They were pretend moaning in the back while I had the divider down. I got my ass grabbed by one of the bridesmaids at the end of the night while she slipped me a C note.

4. This is a bummer, "tddr121."

Short stint driving cab in Boston area. 2 very attractive passengers come in, I assume they are a couple, even though the man is clearly far older than the woman. Talking loudly about getting away from Boston and going to Paris. I try to strike up some conversation and ask them how long they are going for, and they say they are moving there the next day.

Turns out the dude was married. Like, to another woman. His wife was out for the night, and he was just packing up some stuff and moving without telling her, or his 3 kids, until he was there.

Asked me if I could give them a ride to the airport in the morning, and I'd have to meet them around the block. I said no. I got no tip.

5. Good tip! "lloopy."

I had three girls spend the cab ride talking about the fake boobs of the middle one. Apparently the best place to get a boob job is Beverly Hills. They're cheap there, because there's such competition for the business, and they are very good, because they deal with a lot of volume.

6. This is dark, "dyadtriad."

Drove a cab for awhile on weekends while in college. I had dated this girl for about a month when she confessed she had a boyfriend in Germany. She told me all about him and that he was going to be moving in with her. Stopped seeing her. A few months later I pickup a drunk couple at a bar.
They're all over each other, making out in the back. The guy is German. We drop off the girl, then he has me take him home. He starts telling me how he just moved here to be with his girlfriend, but she's out of town for the weekend. He says American girls are easy cause they're suckers for guys with accents and he cheats on his oblivious girlfriend all the time. Yep, it was the guy. I said nothing as I dropped him at Keri's place. Always wondered what happened with them.

7. Aw, "pixievomit."

I picked up an older gentlemen from a local discrete all male brothel. He was articulate, sweet, funny, and also male prostitute. He was on his way to see his mother at the nursing home. He told me his mother does not know what he does and thinks he is just a teacher. He wants to quit working in the brothel but he cannot afford to keep his house and pay for his mother's care on teaching wages. He was very forthcoming with all this and became a regular client. He tipped very well also.

8. HA, "Solna."

I worked taking calls for a cab company, not as a driver but I had a fairly interesting call once. It was late at night and this girl was ordering her cab like this: so umm, oh, oooh, yeah could you... ooh... yeah I'd like a cab to... Hey! Would you mind not licking my pussy when I'm talking to the taxi guy? Thanks! ...well sorry about that, anyway... goes on to complete the order.

9. Oops, "cam18_2000."

Not a cab driver but I am a very white guy that due to my military time can speak a fair amount of Urdu, I got to listen to my Pakistani cab driver in Vegas answer his phone and start talking about my newly wedded wife's tits.

10. RUN, "datflashguy."

Not 100% sure, but I'm fairly certain I heard two guys planning a murder...

11. Ok! "Lorazapam."

Out of college I drove cab for a summer. And one night I was driving a older couple to the airport. Turns out the wife was flying out the husband was staying. The husband was a older gentleman in a nice suit. After he said his goodbyes he had me drive across town where we picked up a much younger man. Who I originally took to be his son. That is until they started making out in the backseat. They had me take them to a club. Gave me a nice tip. Which helped alleviate the mind fuck I got that night heh.

12. Scandal! "BlakeofhouseRain."

As a cabbie in a small city I have had this happen a few times: I give a married couple a ride home a week after I gave the husband (or sometimes wife) a ride to a different place, with a different person. It's uncomfortable. I've thought about being a white hat and telling the SO, but who knows what their situation actually is.

13. Gross, "COMMON_C3NTS."

Each night when I return the cab to the garage, I have to clean the cum off the back seat. Some nights, I clean off the blood.

14. Did they deserve it? "Taxi_Time."

A woman drunkenly confessed to pooping in her SO's shoe.

15. Damn, "aabbccbb."

I drove cab for a year in a smallish city. One time, a young couple claimed to know who was responsible for an unsolved murder. They went about disclosing it in a way that made me think it wasn't just bluster...lots of hesitation, her saying to him that they shouldn't be telling me, etc. They gave me enough info identify the person, and I thought they were telling me so that they didn't have to be the ones to actually turn him in.

I called the cops after the fare and a detective came to talk to me about it. Funnily enough, they didn't seem that interested in the lead. It was a bit surreal, but who knows what other details they knew about the case.

I don't think the murder was ever solved.

16. I hope his music worked out, "frapawhack."

Picked up a guy who had wrapped a large- 4lbs+ amount of weed in USPS packaging, then wrapped it in plastic. This is in Hawaii. Asked me to drive him out to a rich neighborhood, somewhat isolated. Pulled up a garage with an Escalade and a corvette parked out front. The dude was on his phone the whole ride, 25 mins+ talking about how he wanted to promote his music. It was obvious he was a mule, didn't seem happy. Stared at me the whole time because I look like a cop. Thought about calling the cops after- it was pretty obvious what was happening. Asked another cabbie about it- the other cabbie shook his head. "Nah, this stuff happens all the time."

17. It brings them closer? "SonofCheckerFred."

I have been driving a cab around my college for the last two years. The first week I worked I had two drunk sorority sisters who had apparently never hung out before. They were talking all about past sex partners and in the span of 5 minutes they realized they had both gotten herpes from the same guy within a month of each other freshmen year. One at a camping trip and one at a social later.

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Last time I was in Vegas, I asked our cabdriver the same question. His response: "Well, earlier this week I had a couple ask if I would take pictures of them fucking". "They said it was a one time thing and that they were just doing it for fun". Evidently the cabby drove them to three different destinations so that they could bump uglies. At each location the driver took photos. And when all was finished, the couple told the driver to keep the photos on his phone. He showed them to me and the couple was quite attractive.

One of the hardest parts about online dating is spotting the red flags while still remaining open to connection. It feels simpler to give up on dating completely, or completely throw caution to the wind, because sorting through deal-breakers while still remaining open to emotional connection is a lot of work.

When you're in the thick of the dating world, it can be easy to second guess your own judgment, especially if you're dealing with someone trying to convince you to give them a chance. It's always easier to see red flags from the outside, which is why it can be helpful to compare notes with other people out in the trenches.

In a recent Twitter thread the writer Beth McColl listed off a few dating red flags, and it opened up the door for many other women to share what makes them run.

While the thread is still growing, thanks to the abyss of horrible people on apps, these tk tweets help sum up what you have to look out for while online dating.

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A hot new meme format is dominating the internet, and it's all about things you can say during sex—like "hot" and "dominating." The game is to say to match things you say in everyday situations that can also double as dirty talk, and Twitter definitely delivered.

There's a meme for everyone:

Starbucks Drinkers

Star Wars Fans

Hockey Fans

Chuck E. Cheese Attendees

Baseball Fans

The Irishman Watchers

C-SPAN Watchers

Succession Fans

Toyota Drivers

Founding Fathers

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Families are complicated enough, but being a mother when you hate the father of your child and sign away your parental rights definitely adds a few twists...

Motherhood isn't for everyone, and if you choose to give your child up for adoption and want a truly closed adoption, all parties involved should respect that. Of course, it's only natural for children to want to meet their biological parents, but if it's not going to be the running and hugging, drinking hot tea on a porch with a scrapbook Hollywood reunion of their dreams, maybe it's best to avoid it.

When a recent Reddit user consulted the moral compass of the internet (Reddit's "Am I the As*hole?") about a heavy dilemma involving a daughter she chose to release parental rights to, people were ready to help her. This is a pretty loaded question so prepare yourselves:

AITA for refusing to meet my biological daughter ? (I gave up my parental rights years ago)

Many years ago, I was married to man named Mark. 2 years into the marriage, I found out he was cheating on me and got the other woman pregnant. It was a huge blow because I too was pregnant with his child. I was only 9 weeks pregnant and was determined to abort the child and divorce him. He begged me to reconsider, and insisted I give our relationship a second chance, and so I did, albeit reluctantly.

I had a very unhappy pregnancy and when I was 6 months pregnant, I learned that he never stopped seeing the other woman. He told me that he was torn and that he was in love with both of us. I wasn't willing to tolerate any of that bullshit, so I moved out and filed for divorce. I wanted him to disappear from my life, but being pregnant with his child made things difficult.

I never bonded with the baby , and the baby being his offspring contributed to the negative emotions that I felt.

I told him that I didn't want this baby. So when he got together with the other woman, I gave her the choice to adopt the baby, which she did. With that, I officially signed over my parental rights as soon as the girl turned 6 months old (I left the day she was born). When I left, I told Mark that I didn't want anything to do with the girl and the other woman was free to be her mother.

I moved to another country and tried to leave that part of my life behind. I met a wonderful man and we got married. He knew all about my past and now we have 3 wonderful kids who are 9, 5 and 2 years old.

Recently, my ex Mark contacted me out of the blue and told me that my biological daughter, who is 14 now, wants to meet me. Apparently, his wife had passed away and before she died, she confessed that she wasn't her biological mother.

I'm torn. I don't want to meet this kid. It was very difficult for me to leave that part of my life behind. I was depressed for years. I reminded him that I gave up my parental rights years ago and that I wanted nothing to do with both of them. I planned on telling my kids about their half sibling once they were grown and mentally mature, not right now when they are still so little. I told him to never contact me again and hung up.

Wow. While I don't think it's fair to blame the child for the crimes of the father, if this woman truly didn't want to be involved in her daughter's life, she shouldn't have to be.

"indianatarheel" wrote:

NT (Not the As*hole). I would recommend sending your medical history to her if she doesn't already have it. It's clear you will not be pursuing a significant relationship with this kid, and I think it would be more cruel to meet her once, possibly giving her hope that you guys will continue to communicate, than to just continue being absent.

"SimplyBewildered" wrote:

That girl (the one you gave birth to 14 years ago) lost her REAL mother. She doesn't need the trauma of meeting you. You were just a host for 9 months. Please, for her sake, never change your mind.

"sqitten" wrote:

It's unfortunate for the child, but understandable. He was obviously an asshole, but that was a long time ago. He wasn't an asshole for letting you know the child wanted to contact you.

"thepatriarchsmurf" wrote:

One suggestion is that you could write her a letter outlining the facts, that the woman that raised her is her mom, and for all intents and purposes, you were more of a surrogate bringing her into the world...and perhaps as one commenter said add any relevant medical information. Later in life, your kids may choose differently, so be sure you cover that with them... Glad you put him in the rearview mirror...

"puzzlingampersand" wrote:

You are entitled to your feelings and to prioritizing your own mental health. Your biological child is also not an asshole for wanting to meet you - that's a very normal desire, and you may want to prepare yourself for the possibility that she may try to seek you out when she is an adult. If she does so, please keep in mind that she is not at fault for what happened between you and your ex. Though that still doesn't obligate you to meet her, it is worth remembering in how you would frame a response to her. Your ex was obviously an asshole for what he did to you when you were married. But as regards the present situation, reaching out to you because of the interest his daughter expressed in meeting you was a responsible choice for him to make as a parent trying to help his daughter process her own feelings about who she is and where she came from.

The general consensus here is that this woman is not in the wrong or sticking to her original plan, but she shouldn't blame her biological daughter for what her father did years ago. Good luck to everyone involved!