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21 students share the most creative ways classmates have rebelled against school rules.

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Teens are extremely creative. And when they're not creating, directing, filming and editing their own elaborate music videos on TikTok, they are often putting their skills to use in another area: breaking the rules.

As a former high schooler myself (brag), I know that rebelling against school regulations is an art form that, when done clumsily, can result in detention. But when done well, it can earn you the respect and admiration of your peers—maybe forever.

Someone asked Reddit: "what's the best way you've seen someone rebel against school rules?" These 21 stories of teens who bent or broke the rules in imaginative ways are nothing short of historic.

All hail the diabolical minds of teens.

1.) From -eDgAR-:

Halloween costumes were banned at my high school because of some idiots like 10 years before that dressed up and used it as an excuse to hide their face while they vandalized the school.

My senior year more than half of the class decided that we would still dress up and march into the school together in the morning. We all knew we would be punished right away, but it didn't matter. I stayed up all night making a suit of armor out of metallic duct tape and carboard, along with a broomstick horse to ride. Here is a picture that ended up in the yearbook

The next day we all gathered in the parking and waited for everone to show up. People went all out and there were a lot of amazing costumes, and after about 20 minutes of waiting we started our march in. The deans had learned of our plan and were waiting for us right as we entered. They started pulling people aside in groups and taking student IDs to hand out detentions.

In my group there was one guy dressed up as an ATM and when the dean asked for his ID he started making ATM noises and then slipped the ID out through the slot where you would put your debit card in. It was one of the funniest things and I was so jealous that my costume was not as clever as his. Even though having so many of us participate was pretty awesome, his costume just made that whole event for me.

2.) From mama_oooo:

guy was wearing shoes against the uniform policy and was ask to put on shoes from lost property, he went around school barefoot all day.

3.) From Link-to-the-Pastiche:

I was at a private school that had rules about the length of boys hair. One guy in particular always ignored the rule and the administration would tell him to get a hair cut every so often, but he never did. Eventually when his hair got about down to his shoulders the principal pulled him aside and told him his hair was twice the allowed length and by next week it needed to be shortened by half.

Monday rolls around and he comes in with half his head shaved, and the other side as long as ever. We were impressed by literal interpretation of the principal's request, but it still ended up with him getting a suspension for a week and he had to shave the other side before he could come back.

4.) From biggins9227:

After 9/11 my school made a rule where we had to wear our school ids. They went overboard quick handing out detention to anyone who didn't wear one. One kid had his ID blown up and put on a shirt. On the back it said "yes I'm wearing my f*cking ID". He got detention for not wearing it with the shirt.

5.) From 6lesbianlover9:

No hats in school.

In high school junior year,, There was this one kid in my grade that was allowed to due to him having Alopecia Universalis, which is basically having rapid baldness.

A new teacher wasn’t aware that he was allowed to and asked him to take it off. The kid explained why he was able to, but the sub didn’t believe him, forced him to take it off, and was being very cruel to him for wearing the hat/his lack of hair.

The next day, everyone wore hats to school as a sort of rebellion against the teacher. She got really mad and started yelling at the students and said some nasty things.

She got fired

6.) From NeedsMoreTuba

After the columbine shooting, our school banned black trench coats.

For the most part, nobody cared, except the mysteriously gothic "trench coat kid." He had worn a trademark black trench coat every single day because it made him different, and then all of a sudden the school tells him he can't do that anymore.

So the kid went out of his way to find (or make) different colored trench coats and wore those instead. My favorite one was covered in duct tape.

TLDR; Gothic Joseph and the technicolor trench coat.

7.) From mercyphoenix:

When I was in grade 7, our last class of the day, students would always bring in snacks. Our lunch shift was way too early in the day, so by the end of the school day we’d all be feeling hungry. And we were all told by our teacher that if we didn’t have enough to share we couldn’t eat in the classroom.

One day, almost all of us brought in enough food to share, even with the students that didn’t bring anything in. We even synchronised the times that we pulled all our food out. Our teacher was clueless. She had no idea what to tell us. There wasn’t any school-wide “no food in classrooms rule, so she couldn’t run to the principal.”

Finally she gave into our malicious compliance and allowed us to share food for the rest of the period.

8.) From ThadisJones:

We had an awful Spanish teacher in middle school who collectively punished the class by making us write the same sentence a hundred times over in detention. On one of these occasions my friend and I asked her if we could type our detention in the computer lab (this was when computers in schools were a New Thing) so we could improve our "typing speed", and she said yes.

Anyway we didn't do much typing but did learn how to write a BASIC program that printed the same line a hundred times over.

9.) From Smallwater:

A buddy of mine was caught messing with his phone during class. Back then, the school rules were that if you were caught, your phone was confiscated for an entire day, and you couldn't get it back until the next day (this was before smartphones, and the rules have changes since the ten years that I graduated there).

So, buddy hands in his phone, but doesn't seem too worries about it. He waits a couple of classes until lunch break, and asks me to come with him. He's gonna get his phone back.

We go to the staff room (where the confiscated phones were held), and asks a teacher there if he could copy down a phone number into my phone, so he could call his dad later that day. Teacher agrees, and gives him the phone. I hand him mine, and we wait for him to copy the number. When he's done, he gives me mine back, and sticks his own phone in his pocket.

He was known as a bit of a joker, so when he jokingly said, "Welp, thanks a lot, seeya!" the teacher immediately laughs, tells him to stop messing about, and to give the phone back. Laughing and joking about "being caught", he does.

But not really. See, he had a second phone, exact same model, except this one was broken. Wouldn't charge anymore, he said. So, when he stuck his "good" phone in his pocket, it was right next to the broken one. When the teacher made him give back the phone, he just gave back the broken one.

It was the best switcheroo I have ever seen in my time at that school. He was so fluent, so nonchalant about the whole thing. It was amazing to see.

10.) From the-bryman:

Last day of senior year, we started a food fight at lunch. And by food fight, I mean we drew angry faces on an orange and an apple, then faced them toward each other, made a big circle around them, and we all reacted like we were watching a fight. All the security guards ran to break up the fight, only to make their way to the middle of the circle to find two pieces of fruit sitting in the ground.

11.) From dirtybirds233:

Friend was told in high school by his guidance counselor not to waste his time applying to his dream school because he wouldn't get in. He got pissed off and went to the principal, who told him it was the counselor's job to give her best opinion, so he trusts whatever she says. He applied anyways, and got in. He took the acceptance letter, made a copy, and taped them to both the principal and counselor's door with "thanks for nothing!" written on both. He didn't even go to that school, he couldn't afford it, but it was the principle of the matter.

12.) From Mostlyaverageish:

One of my class mates got sent to the office for wearing "gang" colors. Because he has a red marine corp bandana tied to his back pack. The rest of the year he wore a pin stripe suite with vest and carried a fedora.

13.) From Mr_Mori:

Had vending machines outside the buildings, but due to some asshat vandalizing them, this, understandably pissed the schoolboard off. The machines were put off-limits, but could not be powered down due to some kind of contractual obligation of constant availability.

In an effort to combat that faculty were posted at the machines during class changes to prevent purchases. But, thankfully, no one was posted at the machines during class time (mind you this is '97-'99 era). We weren't happy as that was our sole source of caffeine on campus. We decided to heck with that and made purchases during class.

Me, being the lithe, tiny guy I was, was conscripted to be the buyer. While the teacher was either out of the room or indisposed (or lets be honest, intentionally distracted) I would collect cash and requests, 4 at a time, and hop out the 'emergency escape window' that they had opted to not have an alarm on and walk 20' to the soda machine and make my purchase.

This went on for some time until the drink companies lambasted the school board for not restocking their dwindling supplies, (allegedly as per contract.) They put two and two together and realized that purchases were still being made (apparently I was not the only gopher) and lifted the ban on my last year.

14.) ​​From ToastedMaple:

A kid was passing notes, and the teacher caught him and insisted he had to give the note so she could read it outloud.

He ate the note.

15.) From Acceptable-Living:

Last year our school fetched in a ban on backpacks and bags in general since they were apparently a "safety hazard" two days later some guy in my yeargroup comes in carrying his books and pencil case in a microwave... Dude made national news

16.) From PanickedPoodle:

My high school was always issuing new dress code rules for the girls. Mini skirts had to be longer than your arm, no tube tops, etc.

One day, all the boys dressed in drag, breaking all the rules. No violation because the dress code specified only girls.

17.) From RoyEsnarom:

It's not really a rebellion against the rules, but a good friend of mine had a special talent to make teachers like him despite having no respect for the actual school system. He used to study on his own to ace the tests, rarely showed up to classes he didn't like, and still got perfect report cards with high praises from all the teachers. The height of it was where he convinced his homeroom teacher to come pick him up from the beach before an important test. He eventually went on to have a great military career, but if he ever gets into politics, I wouldn't be surprised if he somehow managed to convince everyone that world domination under his rule was their idea.

18.) From hey_there_delilahh:

So we had this dude Kyle. His name is not Kyle but he absolutely had Kyle Energy™. He looked like a typical low income stoner kid, long hair, ripped clothes/jeans, beat up shoes, beanies and socks with weed stuff on em.

Now Kyle was a peculiar kid who spent half his time in detention, rarely ever showed up to tests, and when he did, would just straight sleep through them. He was pretty rambuctious, kinda funny, but ultimately was one of the trouble children. He was a "low flyer" as the assistant principal called him when we talked since I was also a low flyer. It meant he got in trouble but nothing serious like drugs or fighting (though everyone thought/knew he was a pothead).

One of my all time favorite stories of Kyle was in our World History class, the teacher absolutely hated him. They always got into it, and honestly, the man would talk very patronizingly to Kyle and the dude snapped back. Our teacher said "get out. Now" and Kyle proceeded to go to the other side of the room from the door. When the teacher asked him what he was doing he yelled "getting my back pack and getting out!". There were kinda like cubbies for our bags by the windows, so Kyle grabs his shit, packs it up, then straight YEETS IT out the window.

What follows is the teacher yelling "WHAT ARE YOU DOING" and Kyle screaming out "I'M GETTING OUT!", followed by him fucking dolphin diving out the fucking window. It was surreal.

Kyle was suspended, came back a few weeks later, did some more shit, suspended again, came back, was finally expelled. The dude is seemingly doing okay last time I Facebooked stalked him. Works at a chili's now aha.

19.) From Parallel37:

Our school collectively hijacked an assembly by singing along to Journey's don't stop believing after the teachers forgot to turn off autoplay on Youtube.

20.) ​​​​​​​From shiggieb00:

This Josh kid I knew had to take a shit, asked if he could go to the bathroom, and the teacher wouldnt allow him a "hall pass" in high school.. Which is the dumbest fucking thing ever invented anyway.. So he got up, walked to the front of the room and shit his pants in front of the class, then blamed the teacher for it.

21.) From xXPeterPatterXx:

I had a teacher who got into a power struggle with every reasonably smart kid, so we tended not to try in her class. As a result, she began to grade the progress monitoring tool we used. This proved to me that the tool didn't matter; if it did, she would have graded it from the start instead of waiting until she realized she looked bad. So I began to fail every test I took on the platform. She was really angry at me and told me to call my parents, but my parents backed me because choosing to fail is not a violation of any rule.


A concierge to the uber-rich shares 11 secrets of the wealthy he's learned on the job.

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We all know the rich are different. And non-wealthy people with a front-row seat to the most loaded people alive see some pretty crazy things.

A man who works as a condo concierge to the super-wealthy decided to share some juicy stories on Reddit, from infidelity to whether the rich really are happier.

1. First of all, what's the largest tip he's received?

$1000

Not bad.

2. How many clients have mistresses?

A few seem to. You don't shit where you eat though so most don't have their side pieces around the building. A few trainers and housekeepers that I suspect are getting boned.

Maybe a lady with a closeted hubby.

3. Are the rich happier than the rest of us? Um, obviously. But there's a drawback...

Yes they are. But they seem more likely than we are to have a flaming s***bag for a kid, so that can be painful and cause a lot of sadness. When you have money and power, a flaming shitbag can do a lot of damage.

4. He also has a theory for why rich kids are the worst.

Well I wasn't there when they were raised so I can't say.

I think the main thing is that they can't cut their kid off. For me, if my kid was making risky choices and getting addicted to heavy drugs, I'd prob have to cut her off financially pretty early on to keep from sinking the household financially. She's stronger with us strong and cut off from $ than she is with us all broke and f*****.

But when you're wealthy, you aren't really risking that. So it becomes a more emotional decision to cut your kid off even if it's what's best for them. I think we all have rough kids but middle-class people might allows theirs to hit rock-bottom faster.

So the rich probably have a lower chance of their kids turning out to be shitbags but their shitbags turn into flaming shitbags at a much higher rate.

5. Do the rich people ever hit on him?

No but there’s an old lady that likes to take her loopy pills and call up the front desk to tell us she’s naked. Eww

She sounds like a blast.

6. He hasn't encountered many stalkers, but he does have one interesting anecdote:

We did have an ex girlfriend of a pretty eligible doctor bachelor though. She would show up and start asking questions about her ex that were out of line.

She wasn't completely mental though. I think once the doc found out what was going on, he had a talk with her and it ended. I think some people don't realize that something that's cute in a romantic comedy is stalker behavior in real life.

7. His salary is surprisingly low — except tips.

I get about $17 an hour plus tips. Tips are about 5-6k a year and come mostly in the holiday season. During the year, side jobs get me prob 100 a month.

8. But what he lacks in cash, he makes up for in extra-elite networking.

Mentorship is the best fringe benefit this job allows. I've met some of the greatest minds of their generation here. Some people who really shaped our lives.

One of the worst tippers here will sit and chew the fat for a couple hours a week. I learn so much from him that I don't care how cheap he is. His conversations are worth the price of admission.

Also, letters of recommendation are a great idea. I'll have to remember that one.

9. He doesn't sell clients drugs, but he does stay on nostril duty.

No, [selling drugs is] not something I'd know how to do if they asked. Most are older and probably past their coke days but I've had to let some people know they had something on their nose before.

The guests that I suspect are dealers are weird man. Different from the types that I think of traditionally.

10. His clients actually don't spend their money that flagrantly.

I'm surprised by how sane most are with their money but this is a class building with a lot of doctors, lawyers and professors mixed in. Conspicuous consumership is not vogue here because old money frowns on most flaunting but that means sometimes they aren't aware of how their habits look to the uninitiated.

For example, some probably spend as much as I earn (or more) on flower arrangements. Some order $200 meals every night from fine dining restaurants on grubhub. Most though, find a way to turn their lifestyle into an investment. They'll spend a few million on an investment property just standing at the desk talking to someone else on a handshake deal. They'll buy the top of the line Mercedes and then drive it 500 miles a year, then drive it for 10 years before trading it in. I know a dude that bought a marina because he was spending too much to moor his boat. $1000+ shoes on everyone though.

11. When asked about the biggest secret he's kept for a client, here's what he had to say:

To not tell their parents about the [transgender] sex parties they have in their condo on the weekends while they're away. I wouldn't anyways, it's against our ethos.

Or maybe it's just escorting the dead bodies out of units with the funeral workers when someone perishes.

Sounds fun!

Woman asks if it was wrong to catfish her sister's fiancé after it backfired.

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It's never fun to find out someone you know is being cheated on — especially when you have to decide whether to get involved or not.

One woman asked for advice on Reddit after her plan to expose her sister's potentially cheating fiancé backfired horribly. Now that her sister's turning on her, she's wondering: was it an a**hole move to get involved in the first place?

It all started when the woman was swiping on a dating app and found a profile of her sister's fiancé under a fake name:

I was a bit taken aback at first because they’ve been together for 8 years. I didn’t want to mention anything to her straight away and start a ‘storm in a teacup’ as they say, and I thought maybe it was an old account that he had forgotten to delete, or maybe not even him at all and just a striking look a like.

She decided to channel her inner Nancy Drew.

So I made a fake account using a random womans photo and fake name. I matched with my sisters fiance and sent him a message to see if he’d respond. Surprisingly he responded within 30 minutes. He said he’s single, I didn’t want to waste time so I sent some pretty flirty and suggestive messages which he also did in return. I asked him if he’d like to meet up someday for a coffee and ‘fun’ after if the coffee date went well and he agreed.

They agreed to a date, and she hid out to see if her sister's fiancé would really show up:

Our coffee date was yesterday and sure enough, my sisters fiancé did indeed show up. I didn’t actually meet him, just told him a meeting point then cancelled at the very last minute as he got there. I felt as though I had enough proof to show my sister.

Armed with receipts, she confronted her sis:

This morning I asked her to come over and I told her everything. She was upset and didn’t believe me at first so I showed her his profile and the messages. Well, this is where all hell broke loose.

Her sister decided that she must be in love with the fiancé:

She saw my sexually suggestive messages to him and the flirting and accused me of trying to steal him away from her. I told her I wasn’t interested in him in that way, I was just trying to see if it WAS him and if he IS actively using the app. I was just trying to catch him out. She said with the stuff I was saying, of course any guy is going to respond if a girl is throwing herself at them like that. She completely missed the point of him even being on the dating app to begin with.

Now the sisters aren't speaking and she's wondering if she messed up:

She ended up calling me a homewrecking whore and stormed out of my house. I was only trying to help.. now I haven’t heard from her since. Should I have gone about it a different way or not even gotten involved? AITA?

Most agree that while the woman's methods were un-Orthodox, and possible a little extra, her heart was in the right place.

Nobeanzspilled thinks her sister will get over it in time:

your sister is in denial. Honestly, she will probably thank you eventually. Good luck to you both.

Cocophanical says the engaged sister is definitely in the wrong:

i’d seriously question your sisters conduct on this one... if you wanted to steal him away, you would’ve met him and stolen him as he’s clearly up for that! Her reaction could’ve been out of shock, embarrassment or even jealousy though so I’d forgive her immediate reaction, maybe give her some time to let it soak in and she’ll come back from the ledge. Maybe sending a text with all of the detail prefaced with an apology that you didn’t bring her in earlier on this but you didn’t want to cause any drama if it was a storm in a teacup.

But unlikelyguacamole thinks everyone should cut the sister some slack:

You are obviously very caring. If they've been dating for 8 years it must have been shocking and excruciating and humiliating for your sister though. She must feel just sick. The way she reacted was inappropriate, but understandable given the circumstances.

Sorry for your sisters loss.

And bionicfeetgrl floats a persuasive theory: maybe the sister knew the truth all along.

NTA but if they’ve been together for 8 years, you didn’t tell your sister anything she didn’t know. She’s just super embarrassed cuz now you know. It’s HIGHLY likely he’s cheated before, she’s forgiven him and she kept it quiet.

At some point they’ll break up. Be cool and don’t “I told you so...”. It’s gonna be hard enough for her.

Either way, most people agree OP shouldn't feel bad — and the sister will be back someday.

23 Memes To Help You Start Your Day Off With A Laugh.

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Everyone deserves at least one laugh a day. Lucky you, you get 23 right now. These utterly random memes will definitely bring a little silly to your morning routine.

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26 Memes To Help You Start Your Morning Off With A Giggle.

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Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have the possibility of being great. "

-Cher

You really have to have a sense of humor to get through this crazy life. These memes are silly and random, but they will definitely put a smile on your face today.

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Woman babysitting for her sister says she shouldn't have used free time to have sex.

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Being alone as a couple is critical to any romantic relationship.

Between hectic work schedules and children, finding the time for romance can be a challenge that often gets overlooked. However, prioritizing nights to simply have fun with your partner without the stress of your routine is the foundation for a healthy relationship.

Many people, particularly mothers, can often feel guilty about asking for time away from their children. Being a good mother means taking care of yourself, though! Take the night off and remember it's ok to take your parents or friends up on that offer to watch your kids for awhile.

When a recent reddit user shared a story in the "Am I the As*hole?" section about a weekend she spent having quality time with her boyfriend, it opened up a discussion about the value of adult time. Praise be, the moral compass of the internet!

AITA for asking my sister to babysit my kid so I could have sex?

I (20s, f) have a 3 year old daughter with my boyfriend. We both work full time, so when our daughter gets back from daycare we tend to spend all of our time with her, which we both love. We have a pretty active sex life (I think this is relevant to why my sister thinks I am TA), we do it probably four times a week. However, we haven't had a whole day to ourselves in a long time. My sister has been asking if she can have my daughter for a sleepover for ages, but we've never got round to it, because we always agreed that if we were having a weekend without our kid, we should plan something interesting to do that we wouldn't be able to do with her. This was something I'd told my sister, but she didn't say we have to do something cool for her to agree to have her niece.

So, recently my boyfriend and I found a show we both wanted to go to. I asked my sister if she still wanted to have my daughter for a night, and she said yes. I didn't mention the show because it was just one of our favourite bands performing in a local bar so it wasn't that big of a deal. My bf and I have both had stressful weeks at work, so we decided we would just chill out the next day. The show was on Friday, we got our daughter at around 7pm Saturday. We got her so late because my sister booked them tickets to go to the zoo, and then they went out for dinner, and then they had to drop my mom home, because she went with them. I didn't really mind when we got her, my sister said she had plans for the whole day.

We spent the Saturday just chilling out, watching our favorite show, and having sex, to be honest. It had been a while since we last got the chance to just spent a lot of time having fun in that way; because of the work stress we've been just having quickies. When I went to pick up my daughter, my sister asked what we'd been up to. I told her that we went to a show on Friday, and we basically just chilled today. She asked if we'd been having sex because I looked 'messy', and I told her yes. We're close with things like this, so I laughed a little. She immediately soured, and when I got home I got a message from her saying it's wrong of me to palm my kid on her because I wanted to fuck, and she said that she thought if I was giving her my kid I would be out doing something beneficial and memorable. I said that we did do something memorable Friday, and it's not my fault she booked up the next day, but she still thinks we should have taken better advantage of the time. I feel like I'm right but can't find any way of justifying my point without sounding shallow. AITA?

This one is tough. To me, it sounds like this woman's sister is angry about something other than her sister's sex life. Perhaps watching her niece for the weekend was a bigger task than she expected and now she's trying to justify it by shaming her sister? Otherwise, it sounds like this couple deserved a night to themselves!

"bic_flicker" wrote:

A day full of quality time with your partner (including sex) can absolutely be "beneficial and memorable." Your sister doesn't get to judge you based on how you spend your free time. However, you should prepare for the fact that she may refuse to babysit after this.

"SakuraFerretTrainer" wrote:

What kind of crap sex is the sister having where she thinks two working adults with a young child who get a short break and decide to have sex and relax/see a concert to not be a worthwhile allocation of time off? Oh sorry, she didn't think their activities were "beneficial and memorable." Sorry honey, you don't get to decide how people spend their free time and if you approve of said activities.

Normal adults in a healthy and loving relationship enjoy physical intimacy with each other. Sister is not obligated to babysit anymore, but she can't stipulate their activities while she does.

"notastepfordwife" wrote:

Absolutely this! So many people forget their relationship when they have kids, and it kills the relationship in the future because of lost intimacy. OP is absolutely doing the right thing! And it's not the sister's decision to determine what's worthy of babysitting and what isn't.

"SandersorNothing" wrote:

Your sister is a idiot.

"mm172" wrote:

Normally I hate when parents say "you'll understand when/if you have kids," but in this case, it's entirely justified. The opportunity to just sit around and chill is immeasurably precious when you have a toddler, and I can only wonder if your sister's salty because her time with the kiddo was actual work and not the fun bonding experience she anticipated. If she really won't let it go, then quit trying to explain it to her and tell her to just let you know when and if she's interested in babysitting again without needing to approve your agenda first.

"Remembory" wrote:

It's completely normal to ask for help from your family when you need to relax. She sounds like she might be mildly jealous or something.

But be the bigger person. Just thank her for having such a great time with your kid.

"Abovedyou" wrote:

Sex just rubs others the wrong way. No one wants to hear others doing it in the other room. I understand this is a bit different, but I think a similar principle applies. NTA (Not the As*hole) though. Just keep your sex stuff private from now on. Glad you enjoyed your day.

So, there you have it! This sister needs to chill out. Moms are human too!

Australian company receives backlash for making bushfire-themed sex toy to raise money for relief.

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Do you come from a land down under? Well you can now!

An Australian sex toy company is raising money to for bushfire relief efforts with a special dildo, and yes, the crisis is called the "bushfire crisis" and they didn't just coin that name to boost sales.

For $69 (nice!), Geeky Sex Toys, the company that brought us the iconic Aquaman dildo, is doing their part to help relief efforts for the disaster plaguing the country by producing a toy equipped with a map of Australia and an engraved koala.

It might not be inspiring sexual fantasies, but it's certainly inspiring jokes.

People are calling it both tone-deaf and counter-productive, as the plastic is certainly to end up in a landfill for the rest of time, which might be sooner rather than later.

What stage of the apocalypse is this?

What stage capitalism is this?

There are also people who approve, and are excited to do their part in five-to-seven business days!

If you want to donate without having to explain the giant prosthetic penis, check out the Australian Red Cross or the New South Wales Fire Service.

People are answering the question: 'What, if anything, gives you hope?'

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Considering the fact that our planet is melting, it's ok if you aren't feeling particularly hopeful right now.

Even when your life feels like it crashed, burned and flipped face-forward into a garbage truck of moldy towels, having hope that your situation can change is a very helpful and powerful force. Hope for a better future is the foundation for human development and believing in positive change has been necessary since the first human invented the wheel.

While getting enough sleep, drinking water, eating vegetables and running can all help your mood, sometimes the feeling of defeat is just too strong. So, when Brooklyn public defender @ScottHench asked the internet what gives them hope, people were ready to share the little things in life that get them out of bed in the morning.

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Keep going, everyone! You're doing great!


33 people share the most annoying responses people have to their name.

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If, like me, your parents decided to give you a name that isn't on the list of common baby names where you come from, your life becomes an obstacle course of weird questions and constant explanations. My name is May, so when introducing myself I will either say "MAYYYYYY like the month" or else just accept that my name is Meg (which I often do, to save time and trouble). I also get asked these questions at least once a week: 1) Were you born in May? (No.) and 2) does everyone always ask you that? (Yes.)

But I'm definitely not the only person to deal with first-name problems. Someone named Marcus posted this very popular tweet about the way people often respond to his name:

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What's the biggest problem you have with your name? My biggest problem? Me: "Hi, I'm Marcus. Nice to meet you." Business people: "Hi, Marcus. Do you go by Mark?" Me: "No. If I did then don't you think I'd introduce myself as that?"

Clearly his tweet resonated with a lot of people.

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Guy asks if he's wrong for telling friend she's 'not that pretty' after she claimed she's out of his league.

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Getting in a friend fight is a horrible feeling no matter the circumstances, but it feels far worse when you've exchange cutting words that are stilling ringing in your ears. Still, there are times when a friend pushes our buttons and the only natural response is to clap back and drive the nail into the coffin of hostility.

These fractured friendship dynamics can feel even dicier if the friendship has any looming sexual tension or attraction, which sadly, is the case in many friendships between straight people of the opposite gender.

In a recent post on the Am I The A*shole subreddit, a guy asked if he was wrong for telling off his friend after she claimed he was way below his league.

AITA for telling my friend that she isn't as attractive as she thinks?

A few nights back, OP ordered Door Dash with his friend and quickly noted how avoidant she was of the delivery guy.

A few nights ago I was hanging out with one of my friends, and we decided to order food through Door Dash. About 30 minutes later, I get a notification that the delivery guy is approaching with our order. Without a word she dashes out of the front room, I'm confused, but the doorbell rings, so I go answer it.

When OP asked about her cagey behavior, she shared a bank of screenshots of delivery drivers hitting on her via text.

She revealed that her past experiences with delivery drivers who lack boundaries has made her wary of answering the door, particularly if there's a male friend who can greet them for her.

Once she hears the door close, she saunters back into the room, grabs the food from me and starts pulling out items. Still confused, I ask;

"What was that all about."

She then tells me that she doesn't like to be seen when delivery guys are at the door, because "they always hit on her." She then shows me a group of saved messages from delivery drivers/service workers asking her out. Apparently it's a common occurrence for her.

As their conversation progressed OP's friend claimed these experiences were a drawback of being pretty, and if OP was in her league she had no doubt he'd also hit on her.

I was shocked, and we get into a conversation about how inappropriate it is for them to do that. At some point in the conversation she says;

"That's one of the drawbacks to being really pretty. I mean if I wasn't so obviously out of your league, then I'm sure you would hit on me all the time"

At first OP laughed at the comment directed towards him, assuming it was a joke. But when he realized it was serious he got upset and told her she's not that pretty, men are just "desperate."

I laughed, because I thought she was joking. But she kept pushing this point, so I responded with;

"Honestly, you're not that attractive, a lot of guys are just desperate, and they probably think they have a chance with a girl who looks like you."

They both unsuccessfully tried to laugh off the tense interaction, but it effectively ruined their night, and neither of them have spoken since.

She tried to laugh it off as well, but the rest of the night was pretty awkward, and we haven't really spoken to each other since.

TL;DR - My friend who is constantly being hit on told me I was out of her league. I told her she wasn't as attractive as she thought she was. We haven't spoken since.

teke367 thinks OP took it too far.

ESH

Her comment was shitty, your comment was shitty. Even though you were pushed into giving it I think you went into asshole territory with "a lot of guys are just desperate, and they probably think they have a chance with a girl who looks like you."

Icy_Platypus9 thinks both OP and his "friend" suck.

ESH. What you said was rude, and she honestly sounds intolerable. But you didn't need to respond in kind.

Living_Kumquat thinks they deserve each other.

ESH. I would have gone with N-T-A but. . .

"a lot of guys are just desperate, and they probably think they have a chance with a girl who looks like you."

made you as big of an AH as her for saying she's out of your league. You both insulted each other, both AHs.

k2dadub thinks both of them were acting immature.

ESH- your friend was obviously fishing for compliments, which is obnoxious, but you took it upon yourself to knock her down a peg. Some people have really inflated ideas about their own attractiveness. It’s strange, but it’s really not your job to put her in her place.

sour_lemons thinks OP is in the clear since his friend started it.

NTA. Was all fun and games until she turned it into a personal attack on you by saying she’s so much out of your league, completely unnecessary on her part.

AFull_Commitment thinks OP's friend was trying to flirt, but in the worst way possible.

ESH. Pretty sure your friend was trying to flirt with you, teasing/negging while also looking for some validation herself. It was shitty of her, and your response, even if "proportional" in nature doesn't make you not an AH.

Even if nothing is going to happen friends of the opposite sex often engage in flirting/teasing/validation behavior when both are single. Y'all took it someplace mean.

SincerelyCynical thinks OP missed a chance to flirt, but doesn't blame him.

The fact that she has saved all of those old messages makes it clear she was going for an ego boost here.

ESH, but I probably would have responded like the OP.

At the end of the day, it seems clear both OP and his friend crossed lines and went for the gutteral emotionally. The best course of action would be to sit down, shake hands and apologize for the mutual hurt so they can clear the air.

23 Workplace Memes To Help You Make It To 5pm.

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"No man goes before his time - unless the boss leaves early."

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No one wants to work, but until we win the lottery we're all stuck here. Make the time go by faster by laughing at these hilarious memes. They perfectly nail how everyone feels about their job.

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People share stories of bar fights, skydiving accidents, and other wild things they've witnessed.

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We all have those unbelievable stories we always want to tell but barely ever come up in conversation. Thankfully, a Reddit thread asked the internet to share the stories of the craziest, most hard-to-believe things they ever bore witness to, and we wish they came with pictures. Well, mostly just the one of the squirrel eating a burger.

1. Jackpot777 is one for a History of Time.

I saw Stephen Hawking at a Depeche Mode concert. Wembley Arena in London. 1998.


2. Nobody believes that DownvoteDaemon actually saw a cop face consequences.

I saw a cop pull over and arrest another cop but nobody believes me.


3. It sounds like the set up to a joke, PMMeYourButtonPlease, but we believe you.

I saw a conservative Christian, liberal Buddhist, and a libertarian atheist have a civil discussion about the differences in their worldviews, and why they see things differently. it was interesting to see how people who had such different lines of reasoning found themselves agreeing on a lot of ideals.

Rational discussion between people who disagree is a rare and beautiful thing in this age.


4. archlaw007 witnessed a skydiving miracle.

While about to get on the plane to do my first solo skydiving jump I was watching the experienced people jump. One of the parachutes failed so she tried to break away to her reserve chute, but it failed too. The reserve was partially open but she was still coming down out of control and at about 50 mph. She came down in a farm field next to the drop zone. When she hit the ground she did the parachute landing fall, a roll that helps protect from broken ankles, legs, and wrists. Between that and landing in the softer dirt of a freshly plowed field, she walked away without any major injuries. Though she protested, they took her to the hospital anyway. Nope, nothing. No injuries at all beyond whiplash like body soreness. She was back jumping the next weekend. I still jumped after helping get her main chute out of a nearby pond.


5. What the f*ck, wadafuqqq?

This chick threw her drink at my friend, missed, and then proceeded to throw a punch at her. My friend literally just moved 3 inches to the side, and this girl slips on the drink she threw, and I kid you not, threw herself 4 feet (apparently she was throwing her entire body weight into this punch), hit the bathroom wall, and ricocheted her body 180 degrees. She landed flat on the broken glass, completely straight on her stomach with her arms by her sides. Bitch knocked herself out. Was a pretty amazing sight to see. She was so embarrassed that she told her friends that my friend knocked her out. Karma served on the rocks haha. (Btw, she was ok although she landed on glass. My friend and I mobbed out of that bar quickly though and it immediately went on lockdown afterwards.)


6. This is why Canada is building that wall, seniorscubasquid.

I was on vacation maybe 20 miles from the Canada/US border, on the Canadian side. Fishing from some random stream, a guy comes hiking out of the bush and asks me if I knew where some town is. I say no, I'm just here on vacation. He laughs and asks me why the hell I'd go on vacation in the edge of Montana. I stared at him for a second and told him he was in Alberta. He didn't believe me until I showed him on my phone, and then he got very pale and asked for directions to the camp office.


7. -eDgAR- could have gone viral like Pizza Rat.

One day, I was heading back to my dorm after class and heard a noise up a tree. I looked up and saw this squirrel holding 3/4 of a very big hamburger. My college campus had its share of fat squirrels, appropriate because it was in Wisconsin, but I had never seen one with such a huge amount of food. I stopped in my tracks and just watched as this squirrel proceeded to scarf down the burger. A friend of mine that was leaving the dorm approached me and asked what was up. I just pointed up and we both stood there watching this squirrel devour this burger. It was such a strange thing to witness and I really wish I had video of it.


8. Oh say can you see, MJReddisearcher.

The first time I saw a bald eagle in nature, no joke.

I was counseling at a camp, and it was the Fourth of July. This dude counselor is up on the stage wearing the tightest flag shorts I have ever seen on a man singing, and when he hits the word free?

A. BALD. EAGLE.

It flies over, hovers, all the kids are shrieking, and then it flies away, and fireworks start going off across the lake.

It was the most 'Murica thing to ever America.


9. BountyHunter177 was the one hunted that day.

I got chased by a large group of sheep (30-40) on a mountain in Switzerland.

No one believes me. I was with a friend.


10. L'chaim, savsmith825!

My drunk best friend dropped her wine glass while dancing and managed to catch it a moment later about two feet from the floor without spilling a drop on the carpet. It was magical.


11. Pluckymermaid is watching for idioms.

I watched a blind lady leading another blind lady across the street. Literally the blind leading the blind.


12. NitronRob has a guardian balloon.

When I was a little kid I got this SpongeBob balloon while I was on vacation in Italy. I remember we tied this little block to it to prevent it from flying away. Well the main doors were open and a gust of wind swept it out from inside the house along with the tied on brick. I watched it as it gradually floated away into horizon. Less than year later I was in Ireland driving with my family on the highway only to catch sight of a sponge bob balloon floating in the distance with a little block tied to the bottom. I kind of freaked out, it was the exact same balloon with something tied to bottom. Flash forward 2 years and I was now driving along the highway in the US and I saw a SpongeBob balloon floating with something tied to bottom. Of course no one really believes me and I can't prove it but, it truly confused and amazed me as a kid.


13. Life is a circus, 00dawn.

I once saw a man on an unicycle juggling three tennis balls when he got hit by an ice cream truck.

Bride calls bridesmaid 'terrible friend' for not wanting to chip in $1K for wedding shower.

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So your best friend is getting married?! Congrats, sweetie, you're about to go broke! Being "always a bridesmaid, never the bride!" is not only a sad rom com plot that many of us have experienced firsthand—it can also get really, really expensive.

It's pretty commonplace for a bride to expect her closest friends to fork over loads of cash for a dress, shoes, hair and makeup—and gifts. But one bride took things a step too far by actually sending her bridesmaid an invoice of $1000 for her wedding shower.

IN WHAT WORLD is this acceptable?!!!???? Sadly, this one, kind of. To top things off, the bride called the bridesmaid a "horrible friend" when she said she couldn't afford this added expense.

This was her first time being in a wedding and she wasn't sure if this was typical behavior, so the bridesmaid went to Reddit to ask for advice after her bride "friend" tried to milk her for everything she's worth.

She wrote:

Hi everyone, I'm 30F and my best friend that I've known since high school (29F) is having a wedding in September. She's asked me to be a bridesmaid. I'm excited to be included, but I don't know what to do about recent events. Any advice is appreciated.

The bridesmaid explained that, as a grad student, she's already having trouble making ends meet and simply couldn't afford the bride's demands. Despite this, she said she was willing to spend $350 on an "ugly AF" bridesmaid dress, $450 on makeup, hair and nails, and over $500 on a gift.

Lately, she has asked way too much of me for this wedding financially. I don't mind spending a lot of time planning and working to make things special for her, but I am a graduate student paying my own tuition on top of my rent/bills etc. and I cannot afford all of her demands. I spent $350 on the bridesmaid dress (which is ugly AF) and have been asked to spend $450 for makeup, hair, and nails. Fine. She also has stated to me explicitly that she expects a gift to be $500 or more. That's a lot, but doesn't push me over the edge just yet.

This already adds up to over $1,000, which is a lot for a grad student—and even most fully employed non-students. But wait, there's more.

Without consulting her, the bride booked a country club for her wedding shower and sent her an invoice for over $1000 for her "share," which doesn't even cover her room rental and other costs. When the bridesmaid explained to her friend that she can't afford this, the bride sent her a "very nasty reply" calling her a "terrible friend."

Yeeeesh.

But here is what does. In addition to what I just discussed, my friend also wants us to throw her a wedding shower and a bachelorette party, and she has a list of incredibly expensive demands for them. Without asking me, she booked a country club for the wedding shower and then sent me an invoice for over $1000 for my share, which just covers the food and not the room rental, tips, decorations, prizes for games, and other costs. I cannot afford that in addition to the dress/hair, makeup, nails/expensive gifts/bachelorette party and told her as such. I got a very nasty reply about being a terrible friend, and I am very upset and sad.

The bridesmaid said that her friend, who has celiac disease, is using her gluten allergy as an "excuse" for the exorbitant costs of the food—even though she chose to have her party at a country club instead of at someone's home, or even a gluten-free restaurant.

She has celiac disease and needs a gluten free menu, which I am happy to go above and beyond to accommodate, but I also feel like she's using her celiac as an excuse for me to pay for something more expensive. I have suggested catering and a cake from an all gluten free restaurant and having a nice party at someone's house. My mom has offered to host, and so have two other people. She refuses a wedding shower at someone's house because it's "not enough for her special day." Same with having it at a restaurant that has a specifically gluten free kitchen or at an all gluten free restaurant. It has to be at a country club. She says the "risk of celiac contamination is too much" but I don't understand how it's more risky at an all gluten free restaurant than at a country club that also makes non-gluten free food.

The bridesmaid said she "doesn't know what to do" because even though she wants to "make things special" for her friend, money is "really tight" for her right now. So she asked Reddit if she's being "unreasonable."

Overall I really just don't know what to do. I have tried telling her that money is really tight for me right now and that I love her and am so happy to go above and beyond to make things special for her, but that I can't do it for that amount of money. Am I being unreasonable?

She added that she wants to "preserve the friendship" while also not putting herself into "financial ruin." Also, she said this is her first time being in a wedding, so she's "unfamiliar" with wedding customs.

I am beyond sad and am getting angry at this point. How do I act rationally and try to preserve the friendship while also setting a clear boundary and not put myself into financial ruin to be a bridesmaid? I don't want to threaten to drop out of the wedding, but I am honestly there at this point. I am also unfamiliar with wedding customs, as this is my first wedding I'm in, so any advice on that would be appreciated. Potentially I am just unfamiliar with being in weddings and should have just had thousands put aside for it, but I didn't know. Anyway. Thanks Reddit.

Tl;dr Bride sent me an invoice for a country club booking for her wedding shower food without asking me. I can't afford that in addition to everything else and told her as such, and she got angry with me. What do I do?”

IMHO the only thing unreasonable is how generous she's being with her unreasonably bratty friend. And it would appear Reddit, strongly, agrees.

Commenters are making their feelings loud and clear: this bride's expenses and sense of entitlement are off-the-charts. And even if it's not uncommon to extort bridesmaids like this, it's not the bridesmaid's fault she can't afford it. So no, she is not being unreasonable.

imnewhere19 writes:

a wedding shower at a country club?!? $1000

A gift at least $500?

ON TOP OF $800 for the dress, hair, and makeup?

I live in an expensive part of the US, and $1000 + $500 + $800 is more than my rent...That bridezilla is insane! Who wants people to cough up $2300 to be in someone's wedding.

As I'm typing this, I know that sadly this isn't that uncommon. I too have been in a wedding of a bridezilla, with very particular demands, including her telling us how long we have to get in shape for her wedding...I begrudgingly stayed in the wedding, and have barely spoken to the bride since. So, sadly, I know this is not uncommon...

But that OP seriously needs to recognize that she shouldn't have thousands put aside for someone else's wedding. And if that person is giving her a guilt trip for not coughing up this $, she's not much of a friend, and the friendship will likely not survive post wedding...which is a good thing.

sparksfIy writes:

That’s half the cost of my entire wedding. And we fed 135 people.

tphatmcgee writes:

When did it become normal for brides to expect bridesmaids to fund their weddings? It was bad enough when the expectation was for a gift to at minimum pay for your plate(s). But $500 for a gift? And having to put hundreds, thousands into the brides parties? I really, really wish that this was a work of fiction..............................

You had to be a certain shape! Recently someone's sister was insisting that she cut her hair! Demands that people not get pregnant! My head, she explodes.............................

Many commenters are pointing out that this bride is not the kind of "friend" anyone should want to fight to hold on to.

lemetellyousomething writes:

Why would OP want to preserve this friendship?? The audacity of this bride is beyond outrageous.

And AFVet05 says:

You have already told her this is a financial burden on you because of school, rent etc. If she cannot understand this and expects you to go in debt for her "special day" then she is not a friend worth keeping. Time to tell her you can no longer afford to be in her wedding and send her a gift card to Walmart for $50.

BibbityBobby did not hold back:

Sadly, you are being used by an entitled, shallow and greedy person to fulfill her pathetic dream of being a princess for a day. I would quietly back out, say you cannot afford it, return the ugly bridesmaid's dress and not spend one more dime for this ridiculous person. Maybe she's in the grips of some kind of bridal psychosis but I doubt it. Good luck. And with the money you save go on a mini-holiday the weekend of her wedding.

Hopefully this poor emotionally abused bridesmaid takes BibbityBobby's advice and treats herself to a $1,000 spa weekend instead. Clearly, she's earned it.

20 truckers share the weirdest things they've seen people do in their cars.

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Few people know the road as intimately as career truckers. They spend countless hours cruising the open highway, and for better or worse, their height advantage allows them to witness the secret habits of other drivers.

While most drivers have caught someone singing along with the radio loudly, or texting when they should be paying attention to the road, truckers have a whole different level of stories.

In a popular Reddit thread, truckers shared the most memorable things they've seen people do in their cars, and it proves humanity is consistently gross.

1. IDontWantToArgueOK saw a guy going for the green.

I saw a guy ripping a 4 foot bong that was in the passenger seat with one foot on his driver side mirror.

2. stuckit has a whole list.

I saw three unwarranted dicks in one month. All in pickups, two of the dudes making active eye contact.

2 active road head situations.

1 woman completely naked on her back laying across the center console of a pickup truck (man was driving).

1 clothed woman in a similar position with the mans hand under her tank top playing with her boobs.

2 women making out in the back seat while guy drove.

I took an informal visual survey and discovered women in cars by themselves really tend to let their legs spread out.

Oh and one woman with her hand under her skirt looking like she was trying to knock out Mike Tyson.

3. Sgt_cheese wishes the man hadn't seen him back.

I once saw a guy with his leg propped on the dash, vigorously masturbating. He actually gave me a god damned thumbs up. Why me.

4. BIG_GAPING_CUNT was the one who got caught.

On the flipside of this, when I was 5 I was eating liquorice in the back seat of the car and a truck driver witnessed me put both sticks up my nose.

5. Zeptart has had a window into the psyche of others.

As a trucker, I've seen stuff that can't be unseen. Some of the things I've witnessed:

A guy ramming his fingers into his forehead repeatedly while driving.

A guy playing a fiddle while driving.

Two women making out in the passenger seat while the man driving copped a feel.

A guy playing on a laptop while driving.

A cop, as well as countless others, texting and driving.

A fellow trucker reading a book while driving.

A fellow trucker driving with a sandwich in one hand, cell phone in the other while driving with his elbows.

6. dontbgross still doesn't know how the man managed to multitask his music and driving.

Saw a guy playing a trumpet.

7. the__storm admired the knitting woman on the bus.

I was on a bus once and saw a woman finger knitting while driving.

8. JashanTheCreator was impressed by the hookah set up.

Not a trucker but I saw some guy smoking a hookah on the highway. It was fully set up on the passenger side. Left hand on the steering wheel, right hand on the tongs flipping those little pieces of coal.

9. SoldMySoulForHairDye has been caught freeing herself of the constricts of her bra multiple times.

I've been caught more than once taking my bra off at a stoplight.

But the need to release the beasts significantly outweighs my crushing self consciousness.

10. ThisHandIsMyHand was tailed by a creepy car.

I'm not a trucker but once on the motorway a car kept hanging back from me and then overtaking and each time it overtook, the person in the passenger seat was wearing a different mask and staring at me. Masks that I remember include:

  • Anonymous Guy Fawkes style;

  • Clown complete with rainbow Afro;

  • Horror bunny;

  • Scream whilst holding a knife (unsure if real or fake);

  • Inbred Hillbilly style horror mask and

  • Some sort of chubby baby.

11. wa0tda had a few guesses about an injury they encountered on the job.

When I was working as a cop, I investigated a minor accident where the guy who was driving was not hurt, but his GF had bumped the back of her head on the steering wheel.

12. 2beagles saw a guy taking guitar requests in stopped traffic.

(Obligatory not a trucker) Dead stopped in traffic one night on the BQE (Brooklyn-Queens Expressway), there was a guy in the center land with his feet out the window, playing a guitar. He was taking requests from the cars around him. Made an annoying situation fun and memorable.

13. PaulTurkk respects the DVD player game.

Sigh...not a trucker but

once watched a livery driver pass me one night on the NJ turnpike, watching a small dvd player attached to the steering wheel.

14. crystaldisco has seen it all from their horse.

I'm not a trucker but I have seen some 'stuff ' when out riding (horses) as you are able to look down into the cars. The most memorable was when I was out riding down the lanes (narrow, single track road with passing places which you should drive more slowly and cautiously down as you don't know what is around the corner) with a friend.

A car drove past and the driver had his trousers pulled down to his knees and was very busy 'pleasuring ' himself. He drove back past us five minutes later, this time dressed. Never understood why he pulled his trousers to his knees instead of just unzipping.

15. PushingYourButtons saw someone who was really lovin' it.

Someone doing a McDonalds burger.

16. thebradman has seen more than they'd like.

In Pittsburgh, right next to wear the Pens play, I saw a dude just cruising naked as his name say.

Also, down in Kentucky, I was pulling out of a truck stop with an attached McDonald's and saw a guy driving and finger blasting his old lady in the passenger seat. They were pulling into the McDonald's.

17. Hereibe watched a trucker get their LeVar Burton on.

In true reddit tradition, I am not a trucker and am on the flip side of this. I once looked up into a trucker's cab and saw him reading a full on book. I was the passenger so I watched him for three songs on the radio and never once saw him look up.

18. hammer166 saw a woman have fun with herself.

30 year driver, and two stick out.

First was a lady whose shape is best described as round. Except her titties, those were pancakes. She had her shirt pulled up and was rolling her nipples between her fingers.

Then there's the Canadian in the jeep. I'm still not sure where the rest of the mule was hidden, but it must have been in there somewhere. His hand almost hit his chin on the upstroke.

19. Braddigan89 still has no idea why that woman drove that way.

Not a trucker, but driving on the highway, saw a woman driving with both her hands under the top bar of the steering wheel (above the center where the horn is). Her elbows bent up and gripping the steering wheel this way.

Essentially, imagine yourself driving while trying to do a pull-up with the top of the steering wheel. Less than 45 degrees to give if you need to make a turn.

20. SmitedAsh witnessed some stuff with their dad.

I'm not a trucker, but my dad was for 20 years. On summer break from school, before a lot of the OTR (over the road) laws changed, I used to ride with him.

At 12 years old, on a single trip through the SW US, I witnessed a few things.

First, I saw my first bit of road head being performed in Arizona. Couple driving an early 90s Camaro with open T-tops. Dude was driving, just looked up as we passed and smiled one of the biggest grins I've ever seen.

A little farther down the road, in Nevada, I witnessed a 20 something woman in a Miata convertible wearing a very loose summer dress... with an (I'm guessing on size here) at least two foot long double ended dildo between her legs going to town on herself.

Finally, after leaving the SW and approaching the final destination in Seattle, WA we pulled in to a truck stop to eat. Upon leaving the diner of the truck stop we went back to the rig to get on the road. We may have sat there for 5 or so minutes before pulling off. Mind you, it was around 10pm, about 50 degrees Fahrenheit and pouring down buckets of rain. A few miles down the road we both hear knocking coming from the outer wall of the sleeper. My dad and I both look out the passenger side mirror, but see nothing.

And my dad assumes he forgot to link one of his brake cables for the trailer. Fast forward another 10 or so miles and the knocking becomes frantic so my dad makes the decision to stop and check it out. To avoid getting hit by traffic, dad instructs me to move from the passenger seat in to the sleeper so he could climb out from my side. 1845 Colt Navy in hand he hops down from the rig and we both hear a shrieking scream.

Turns out, as we were leaving the truck stop, a lot lizard (nickname for prostitutes that service truck stops) had climbed on to the passenger side and was clinging to (straddling) the smoke stack. She was now very scared due to having a gun pulled on her, soaking wet due to the rain, shivering from the cold... and I imagine the fear... and she was 10-15 miles from where she had left her car.

My dad got her off his truck, and that's pretty much it. We left her on the side of the highway in the middle of the night, standing in the pouring rain, wearing the trashiest mini skirt and ripped fishnets.

That day I learned my dad was savage AF.

20 people who clean up after music festivals share the weirdest things they've found left behind.

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Music festivals are goldmines for debauchery and memorable stories. People often attend festivals to shed their professional exteriors and let loose to their favorite musicians, and with this comes a lot of intoxication and unbridled mess.

While braving Coachella can be a blast if you're rolling through to get messy with your pals, the staff cleaning up have a completely different experience. In many cases, their job entails tidying a hectic crime scene (literally), which of course leads to another brand of festival story.

In a popular Reddit thread, people who clean up festivals shared some of the weirdest stuff they've found, and the necessity of gloves cannot be underestimated.

1. enelprinceofthemoon found their pet fish at work.

I'm an usher at my neighbourhood movie theatre so idk if this counts but I found a plastic bag under a seat with 6 guppies swimming around inside so I kept the guppies for myself lol. I had to Google how to take care of fish but it was fun and I still have them today.

2. Beth-a-knee made a handful of cash.

I was down in Galveston, Texas for Mardi Gras as float security for the parade. Thought I saw a strand of nice beads on the ground, when I bent to pick them up I noticed they were pearls with a golden clasp. Turned out to be worth over $300.

3. lazytranch has a coworker who found $5000.

Ha! I actually oversee the trash/sanitation contract for a large music festival. Luckily, I don't do the sorting, but I do know some of the outliers people have found in the aftermath:

-so much poop

-1000s of perfectly good floaties

-a rock of cocaine the size of a golf ball

-once, a backpack with $5000 in it and nothing else.

4. meh89 found a whole stash.

$300 in all ten dollar bills and a sandwich sized bag with 23 MDMA caps leftover. It was a good night.

5. nfkk knows how to find the goldmine.

I work recycling for a few music festivals and have seen some good ones. At Bonnaroo 07 I found a tent full of burnt spoons, needles and blood all over the place (Glad no one was sleeping in it, as per an earlier comment). Another good one was a dirty, dirty jock strap pounded into the ground, no one wanted to pick it up. But finally someone broke down and picked it up, had a roll of money in it. Like $1500. Saw another guy find a backpack in the dumpster with almost an ounce of cocaine and a couple hundred dollars.

Back when I was 19-20 I used to just gather up as much good shit as I could find and take it to the next festival and sell it at the gate to afford my ticket. Things like a generator, wheelbarrows, drugs and boring things like tents, chairs, coolers, easy-ups and tarps. Once I found a fork that was just one thick tine (like if you just didn't cut out the tines), never seen anything like it to this day.

Edit: there is no spoon! It's true! http://imgur.com/r9UkALA (not the best pictures but you get the idea)

6. chickachickayeah1776 has two memorable Burning Man stories.

I've worked on the production crew for Burning Man. Two stories:

Came across an abandoned "art project" named the "Temple of Piss". It was a seven-foot long vertical clear tube filled with sample jars of human waste. The idea was that event participants on a spiritual quest that managed to find this tube and the pile of sample jars next to it could take one of the jars, piss in it, seal it, and drop it in the tube. Of course whoever owned the thing left it there for us to find after the event. Yes, one of the jars had poop in it.

During the post-event cleanup process, when the desert is nearly empty of anything or anyone at all, a guy on our crew finds an abandoned tent, which he determined after checking inside to be chock-full of garbage and piss bottles. He was preparing the tent to be lifted up by a forklift into a dumpster, when the tent started THRASHING. A very dazed individual pokes his head out and remarks, "Oh shit, sorry dude - is this your tent?"

Turns out he had found himself without an exit strategy after the event ended, and some folks had offered him a ride and told him to wait at a red tent they'd set up for him, with fresh sleeping bags, pillows, water, and food. Well, he overshot that red tent's location by a quarter mile, found an entirely different red tent full of garbage and piss bottles, assumed that was the tent they set up for him, proceeded to try to sleep off his bender within the pile of trash and urine, and nearly got forked into a dumpster.

7. Dear_Occupant got the best gig.

Late to this thread, but I volunteered to help clean up after the one and only Grateful Dead show in our town after the time they came in the 1960s. There's this thing at Dead shows called Shakedown Street, where vendors set up and pitch their wares.

Holy sh*t I found so much stuff that day. I thought I was just signing up for a cleanup job. There was so much of it that I was giving it away. Bags of weed, wads of money (one of which we found the owner of, he correctly identified the exact value and quantity of the bills), pipes, endless packs of cigarettes, baggies full of pills, I mean you name it. It was as if my city had played host to the annual convention of the International Federation of Clumsy Leprechauns. There was literally just money and drugs lying on the ground everywhere that next morning.

8. ThePublikon found the trinity of swag.

Approximately £3000 in crumpled bills in a bumbag, along with some wraps of unidentified white powder and one of those troll toys with crazy hair from the 90s.

9. irish91 was almost victimized by a Haribo explosion.

Oxegen 2006. Everyone who went decided to leave their tent at the campsite. Some decided to set theirs on fire. This meant there was random fires in a field that did hold 80,000 people.

Full cans of deodorant that were probably bought just for the weekend left in most tents. This meant there was loud explosions every couple of seconds.

I had to try wake up my drunk friend because there was a row of fire getting closer to our tents. Even after telling him "the tents next to us are on fire" he was asking for a few more minutes of sleep!

When I finally got my friend out of the soon to be inflamed tent we walked through the campsite trying to avoid fire and explosions. My friend saw a couple full (share size) bags of Haribo in the porch of a burning tent. He thought it would only take 2 seconds to grab them but as he went to pick one up an aerosol can exploded in they sleeping part of the tent and I thought I just witnessed my drunk friend get blown up over Haribo.

My friend turned out to be fine but regretted almost dying for a bag of semi-melted jellys.

The festival learned from their mistakes, so now in Ireland after a music festival you can leave your tent and they have teams if people who disassemble them and send them to people who need them.

10. wewladdyboi found the remains of a heroin session at a children's concert.

Heroin needles after a Yo Gabba Gabba concert.

11. bellyfold wishes they could unsee that mess.

A babydoll with a condom sticking out of a hole in the crotch.

12. Supercaptaincat found misplaced human ashes.

I was working an info booth as a large music festival when I caught radio chatter about "patrons turning what they believe to be human remains in the misting tent". Turns out someone had died and requested their ashes scattered at said festival and their friends lost them. They ended up in the lost and found before getting claimed only a few hours later.

13. lordperiwinkle saw a woman who has found her favorite hobby.

I actually do festivals...I sell art at things like renn fairs, comic cons, & music fests. After breaking down a show the last thing I do is head back to where my booth is and make sure I got all my stuff. After one show there was a woman scooting through the hall. She was muttering in a sing song voice, "scavenge, scrounge, find, scavenge, scrounge, find!!" over and over as she picked stuff up.

14. punkwalrus still doesn't know where that kid's mom was.

30+ years in the sci-fi/anime/comic convention biz.

Prosthetic arm. Did you know you can't just throw it away? It's deemed medical waste.

A sled. An expensive one.

A nice, handmade cane made of some kind of black, thorned wood, with a Sterling silver skull with ruby (probably fake) eyes as a pommel. Not the cheap costume stuff.

A set of police car lights.

A nice set of first edition books of various classic sci-fi. We knew the owner, but despite repeated promises to pick them up, he never showed.

Someone's 4 year old kid wearing a velvet party dress was left in our video room with a can of Dr. Pepper and instructions not to speak to strangers. We were showing adult anime (not hentai, though, thank god, but Arcadia My Youth). Minutes before we decided to call social services, "grandmama" showed up to claim her. She got chewed out by our division head, but she blew him off. Later that night, at about 11pm at a gay-themed Woldcon bid party, same kid was left there with another can of Dr. Pepper.

15. pm-me-puppypics's friend found a prosthetic leg.

A friend of mine runs a campground and always has interesting stories and pictures after the big camping holidays (4th of July, Memorial day, etc). Once, she posted a photo of an overflowing dumpster, which had a prosthetic leg laying in front of it. I mean...how? I know there's a lot of alcohol involved in those weekends, but it's not exactly something you can walk away without! I think my response was something along the lines of "the guy who lost that isn't in the dumpster, is he?"

16. Jsdestroy found trash from some condom culprits.

There is a small carnival that happens once a year and I would volunteer with my church to clean it up. I found three used condoms in the same pathway, not hidden or covered just three used condoms that people had to walk over, and also a needle in some bushes. As a 11 year old I picked them up as normal trash but older me is a little grossed out now.

17. newguyneal fell upon the spirit of ICP.

More empty whipit cartridges than you could ever imagine.

18. AWrenchAndTwoNuts scored some good swag.

We used to help with the nightly clean up at a 4 day country music festival years ago.

From reading the rest of the tread it seems like I was pretty lucky. The grossest thing we usually cleaned up were beer cans or pop bottles full of chew spit.

I have a whole list of things I have brought home with me though.

Coolers, many many coolers in every shape and size. From cheap ones to $200 top of the line jobs.

Folding/Camp chairs, same as the coolers. Probably gave away 50 or 75 to friends and family, most were brand new.

In lesser amounts I have found tarps, sunglasses, hats, keys, cash, a few pipes, a bong, umbrellas, wagons, mobility scooters, a coffin, oh and we once found a portable oxygen thing.

Most of those items I turned into the office. Any unclaimed items and cash were split up among the cleaning crews at the end of the show usually.

Except coolers and chairs, we got so many of those we could take what we wanted when we found them, they were too big to store at the lost and found and there were just too many.

19. Sickmknasty cleaned up the ashes of someone's friend.

I work cleaning a large music venue. A fan had brought a vial of his friends ashes to a Papa Roach show, and subsequently lost it in the mosh pit. When I came in for my shift he was looking for it with security and was very distraught. We told him we'd let him know if we found it. We didn't have the heart to tell him, but later I found his friend. He was all over the dance floor. I cleaned up a mans friend that night, but his friend used to be a Papa Roach fan so maybe he wanted it that way.

20. ignoramusaurus almost scored an Ipod.

At Leeds and Reading festivals a lot of people like to take shits in their tents before they leave, not sure why but it's disgusting. Once found one of those big 16 man tents with a room in the middle, that middle room had been used as a bathroom. There was a canvas chair in the middle with a hole cut out, a pile of shit underneath and a stack of porn magazines.

Tend to find a LOT of drugs, booze and clothes at any festival as you'll imagine, one girl made a beeline for this tent just as we were about to pack up and found a brand new, working iPod (this was a while ago). When I was younger I would see it as a second hand shop for clothes and still have a couple of bits I found like this awesome shirt thing that looks like a parker coat.


23 Memes For Anyone Who's Waiting For A Text Back.

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"How much of human life is lost in waiting."

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Waiting, waiting, waiting for someone to text you back. Is there any worse feeling? Instead of staring at your phone praying it will buzz, why not distract yourself with these hilarious memes? They prove the struggle of waiting for a text back is real.

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Cardi B responds to MAGA bikini model who mocked her grammar and education.

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Cardi B getting down and dirty with a conservative who mocked her is good practice for her possible run for Congress.

The rapper, having already reached the top of the music industry by the age 27, mused about what could possibly be her next money move: going back to school and into politics.

One of the country's many blonde ladies who make a career out of supporting President Donald Trump mocked Cardi by editing her grammar. Mindy Robinson, a MAGA personality and bikini model who appears to have gone to the same plastic surgeon as Ivanka Trump, fired off a screenshot of Cardi's tweet, with edits.

Not only was the tweet hypocritical, it was also incorrect.

Cardi fired off two hilarious tweets, commenting on knockoff Tomi Lahren's lips (or lack thereof) and then used the same phrase she used on the OG Tomi: "don't want to dog walk you."

She also shared one of Robinson's many bikini photos, joking that the MAGAster is just mad because they have yet to capture Trump's attention.

Robinson's not mad, as she insists in her response to the response, and is probably grateful for the attention.

She got death threats, which isn't cool.

The whole exchange has inspired more discussions in the replies, including this guy saying that we're all doomed.

Let's leave Cardi vs. Mindy up to the voters.

Parents react to mom's post about not punishing daughter so she can learn from her mistakes.

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Rosie Lamphere is a mom-of-three from Raleigh, North Carolina, who co-runs the popular parenting blog "Play at Home Mom."

YES, I will surprise you, and take you out of school for your birthday. 😍 #8years

Posted by Play at Home Mom on Monday, February 19, 2018

Recently, she shared a post that resonated with a lot of parents. She told a story about how her daughter, who is 9, came to her in tears after accidentally putting a hole in the wall while playing with her siblings.

Our girls were messing around yesterday. One of them happened to put their body through the drywall. My nine year old...

Posted by Play at Home Mom on Tuesday, December 24, 2019

The mom recognized that her daughter already felt ashamed and remorseful. She explains that she did not need to make "an already crappy situation worse" by yelling or punishing her.

Our girls were messing around yesterday. One of them happened to put their body through the drywall. My nine year old came downstairs crying and frantic saying she had to show me something. I walked upstairs to the damaged wall. The remorse was already displayed all over her body.

She didn’t need me to make her feel guilty.

She didn’t need me to shame her.

She didn’t need me to make an already crappy situation worse.

The daughter was scared to tell her dad, who is the person who would have to take care of the aftermath of the accident. So the mom told her she can tell him when she is ready.

“I’m sorry!!!”

I know you are.

“Daddy is going to be so mad!!! I’m not ready to tell him yet.”

That is OK. When you are ready, you will tell him.

She knew. She knew that he was the one most impacted by this. He would be the one taking time from his day to fix this.

The mom told her husband herself, presenting the situation as a choice between making their daughter feel worse than she already does—or accept that she made a mistake and already learned her lesson.

I walked downstairs and told my husband.

The kids put a hole in the wall. A big one. M is really upset about it. She’s working up the courage to come and tell you about it.

We have two choices here.

1. Scream and yell and make her feel more awful than she already does.
2. Accept that little girl for each bit of awesome that she is... even in her mistakes. To realize that it was SO hard for her to come down and tell you how she made a mistake.

Our response will 100% determine how she comes to us with mistakes in the future.

How do you respond?

You can probably guess how they chose to respond.

As a result of not punishing their daughter for her mistake, the mom explains that her daughter now feels more comfortable knowing she can be honest with her parents.


Today, my daughter walks around with a little more trust. She walks around feeling loved and connected. She walks around knowing that she can tell her parents anything and that she is safe.

This was the best gift I could ever receive this Christmas.

And yes. She still feels sorry. She offered to not receive any Christmas presents this year, all her savings, and her time to help fix it. She didn’t need screaming parents to make her feel this. She did it all on her own.

#givelove#givegrace

In a follow-up comment, the mom explains that she likes to emphasize "fixing" problems caused by mistakes over punishment for making a mistake.

Whenever mistakes happen, “fixing it” naturally falls into the process. Our daughter WANTS to help fix the hole with her Daddy. If by some chance she didn’t, she wouldn’t be forced, but the WHY behind that would be discussed.

What are some possible reasons?

“I don’t know how to help.”

“I don’t want to stop playing.”

“Daddy doesn’t want my help.”

I’m sure there may be many other “whys” depending on the situation and relationship. It’s a great opportunity for us to dive deeper.

#givecommunication

Edited to add. As adults we can also model this for our children. There are plenty of times we’ve made mistakes or had accidents happen.

We’ve called the town park to let them know we accidentally broke a piece of equipment.

We left a note on a car when we accidentally dinged their door.

We knocked on a neighbors door when we accidentally rode a bike into their mailbox and broke it.

We’ve replaced a toy we accidentally broke at someone’s house.

#modelthebehaviorsyouwishtosee

Edited to add again.

No, Christmas was not taken away. Yes, her money was returned. Yes, we all laugh at the fact that her tiny body could make such a big hole.

Response to Lamphere's post has been overwhelmingly positive. Many moms are sharing similar stories of choosing not to punish their kids for mistakes.

Others are suggesting that having her daughter help fix the hole in the wall might be the best response.

And one woman's heart-wrenching story about growing up in foster care perfectly highlights why this is such an important parenting tactic for instilling trust in children.

Now if you'll excuse me I gotta go reapply mascara after that last comment left me weeping.

14 people share the 'dumbest' family fights their siblings still talk about.

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Ever notice that the more time you spend with someone, the dumber and more petty your squabbles become?

The trick is to laugh about dumb fights later on — and a prompt from Jimmy Fallon is proving that people are more than capable of doing just that.

The late-night host asked followers to spill their #DumbestFamilyFight using a hashtag, and boy did they deliver. Here are the biggest head-scratchers and most ridiculous arguments.

1. For this family, couch color is a touchy subject.

2. This family has a testy relationship with dishware.

3. Forced meditation is the opposite of relaxing.

4. Who even has this much time?!

5. Directions are hard.

6. They say car windows are a window to the soul.

7. The bizarro version of a wedding Pinterest board.

8. No offense, but... throw the whole man away.

9. Mom caught herself red-handed.

10. There's no drama like the drama we create in our heads.

11. Honestly, this seems worth it.

12. Uhhh... wow.

13. Despicable!

14. Ugly dogs matter.

Man asks if he was justified in kicking his own mom out of delivery room over baby name choice.

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Childbirth is one of the most stressful things, especially when it's a couple's first time having a kid. And one man is asking whether he went too far in protecting his wife from his mom's bad attitude.

The man kicked his mom out of the delivery room after she behaved inappropriately, and now she's furious and turning the rest of his family against him. He asked the people of Reddit whether his actions were justified, and over 1,000 people weighed in.

When describing the birth process, he wrote, "Unfortunately, the joy my wife & I felt in this scenario was temporarily halted by my mother's wholly inappropriate behavior that I'm just not ok with." Sounds serious.

His mom has a victim complex already, he wrote:

Some background: my mom has always been one of those people with a massive victim complex. People she knows go out to dinner & don't invite her? Must have been intentional. A decision is made without getting her input? Must have been done on purpose to spite her. You get the idea.

This behavior manifested heavily 5 years ago when we got married and became a sore point for a long time. Once she found out we were expecting, again the negative behaviors came out.

He anticipated trouble around the birth, so he talked to his mom ahead of time:

Tired of her leaving a stain on every moment that should be joyous, I finally had a sitdown with her. I told her in no uncertain terms that I wasn't going to raise my daughter in a negative environment like this, that we want her to be around and involved but her attitude needs to change. I was polite but firm about all of this. She resisted at first, resorting to her usual ways & thinking I was just plotting to get away from her completely, but in the end she claimed to have understood where I was coming from and promised to try and change her tone.

The day of the birth came, and they invited mom in to meet the babe:

Well, the big day arrives and everyone is at the hospital. Baby is born, we had some bonding time as a family, then invited the grandparents (both sides) up to meet her. On arrival we introduced her and shared her name (we'd elected to keep it a secret). My wife and I come from different religious backgrounds and thus different naming traditions. Mine is to name after a departed loved one, hers is to name after a living relative. So our compromise was to name her after my grandmother (mom's mom) who passed a while ago and make the middle name for her mom, our daughter's grand mother.

But when the mom found out the baby's middle name came from the maternal grandmother, she flipped:

After being in the room a bit and meeting her the question inevitably comes up of how we came up with her name. So I explain and at first she's beaming that her granddaughter is named for her mother, then when we get to the middle name her face changes to a look of pure anger and she says YOU DID WHAT?!? I calmly explain again, only to get OK, folded arms and a pouting demeanor clearly displaying her disapproval at this choice. This is supposed to be a happy occasion and I finally decided enough was enough and told her it was time to go.

He tried to boot her, but she didn't go quietly:

This lead to resistance from my dad, her going off the rails again about how everything is against her, and my wife hysterical that another even has been messed up. So I told my dad flat out that this behavior is the reason why and I won't have my kid around it, that when she's ready to behave like the grandmother we want our daughter around she can return but for today we're through. Apparently according to any and all in my family I'm the a**hole for stepping in this way.

Now he's wondering if his family's right or he is:

I don't think I did anything wrong here, but I leave that decision up to you guys.

And most people agree his mom was out of line.

User soundlikebutactually applauded the new dad:

I just want to say BRAVO TO YOU!!! I read stories like this so often about mother-in-laws ruining baby births and I am really impressed at you for not only recognizing the issues some time ago and having a serious talk with her, but also for stepping in and having her leave when she started throwing her tantrum.

CheyBridgeMan agreed — and suggested some reading:

finally, a man who will stand up to his nutjob mother instead of expecting the wife to just suck it up. Thank you.

You may enjoy the book “Facing Codependence” and also “stop walking on eggshells” I’m not a doctor and am not making any diagnosis of your mother but based on my experience, these two books may be useful.

Feegeegee also gave the dad kudos for stepping in before his stressed out and tired wife had to:

I work in maternity care. I've seen this kind of thing happen so many times. Everything is lovely, then the family arrive.

However. It is rare that I see the partner being the one putting their foot down. So Bravo to you, sir. Your wife was tired, emotional, and absolutely needed your support. You are already setting excellent boundaries to benefit your little one. I see so many people who just let 'toxic' family members walk all over them. Good for you.

AsthmaticHummingbird allowed that he might have handled it poorly, but the mom is still in the wrong:

without having been there it's possible that you didn't handle it as well as you say. If you caused a scene, or turned it into more of a scene than it was, you may be a little bit of [the a-hole].

The best situation would have been to say "May I speak with you in the hallway?" and take her out of the room to address the issue, then tell her to leave without having an audience.

But some questioned why he waited until such an important moment to tell his mom something that would obviously upset her.

MeltingMandarins recommends coming up with a better way of handling his mom:

But what were you thinking to let it get that far? You knew your mum was like this, and you named the baby after your wife’s mum, and had your mum find this out in the hospital room ... in front of your wife? [...]

I feel like you should’ve been able to anticipate your mum’s reaction and figure out something that didn’t end up with a confrontation in the hospital room and a hysterical wife.

I really do believe you should ask yourself what you were thinking.

RedditWhileWorking thinks any grandparent would be upset at clear preferential naming treatment:

[...] I think this gesture was sweet for OP and his wife to name their child the way they did. But it probably wasn't the best idea to give Grandma 2 the honor of being a namesake without honoring Grandma 1 in any way, it would make a lot of grandparents upset, much less one with such a history of always being the victim. I'm not saying OP and Wife made a bad choice and should feel bad, not at all.

But it should have been one of those things you saw coming a mile away. [...]

Either way, it sounds like this grandma probably won't get over it easily.

This dad probably has a long road ahead of him.

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