Families are all about sharing and caring, right?

Not when it comes to weddings.

One woman is asking Reddit for advice after her family went a little too heavy on the sharing and light on the caring in the wake of her broken engagement.

The woman recently ended her engagement at the 11th hour — and her sister wants to just slot herself into the existing wedding plans. The OG bride's now wondering if it would be rude to call around and cancel all the plans so that her sister can't do this.

The drama started when she caught her former fiancé cheating:

I was meant to get married on the 1st of February, which was mine and my ex-fiance's anniversary. We ended the engagement shortly after the new year because he cheated on me. The wedding was initially planned with just my money but was very low key, and my parents asked if they could put up some additional money to make the whole thing a bit bigger. By the end about 60% of the wedding was paid for by me and 40% my parent's contribution. My ex and I had agreed that I would pay for the wedding while he covered the honeymoon.

The ex decided to leave her in charge of canceling everything (real keeper, this guy):

My ex left me to deal with cancelling the wedding as his money wasn't involved, and I turned to my mother and sister for help because I didn't have the mental or emotional capacity to call vendors and venues and whatever else and cancel everything.

But before she could cancel, her mom and sister came up with their own scheme:

My sister is engaged, and helped me with a lot of wedding planning. Next thing I know, my mother and sister are asking me if I wouldn't mind my sister just.... taking my wedding. Every part of it, from the venue to the cake, and everything in between. The sole difference will be the wedding dress, and even then she's said if she can't buy off the rack she might have to get mine tailored to fit her instead.

The bride is not okay with this:

I called off my engagement less than 3 weeks ago. I am a f*cking mess. I reached out to my family to help me cancel the wedding, and my sister is planning to take it over instead.

My sister has rung round our family explaining that she's taking over before she told me this. They are all attending. Her fiance has contacted his family and given them the date he will be getting married. I found all this out TODAY. She asked me if I was okay with this, like she hadn't already arranged everything. I told her to go fuck herself.

The train is leaving the station — but the original bride is thinking of canceling everything:

I have until the 23rd to cancel things and get the money back. There's a couple of things where I won't get money back at this stage but over 2/3 of it is still refundable. The money will be refunded to the card it was paid by, so both me and my parents will get the correct amounts back. Everything is shut right now but it's the 21st tomorrow. As I've not been in contact with these companies and it's my name on all the contracts, I have full power over this wedding. My sister said she'd pay me back eventually but knowing her I'll never see that money again.

[Would I be the a-hole] if I rung round everything and cancelled?

To add insult to injury:

She wants me to be her maid of honour, so I'll be standing up front in the dress that was meant for her while she stands a few feet away in the dress that was meant for me.

Pretty much everyone agrees that this plan is cruel and unusual.

It's easy to see the logic of swapping one bride in for theo ther, as moongirl12 pointed out. But that doesn't make it right:

Wtf is wrong with them? I kind of understand the logic, but for f**** sake there was a way to do this without being a total a**hole to you.

Depending on your relationship with them I don’t know what your course of action should be, but you would be totally justified based purely on how insensitive they were about this whole mess.

But JetzinBerlin says it's not even that great of a solution, because the bride could otherwise get her money back:

Seriously, I assumed the only, ONLY reason would be if everything was completely nonrefundable and they'd be out tens of thousands of $/€/£. This - to make her sit through essentially her own wedding, hijacked only weeks after her engagement was destroyed, and when most costs can still be recouped - is just utterly heartless. OP, NTA. I'm sorry you're going through this.

Most agree that the sister is pushing it, as c-est-magnifique points out:

She has jumped on a free wedding. Tell them you can't handle it emotionally and need to cancel it.

But shtusernametaken cautioned that her family won't like the cancellation:

If you do this you WILL piss off everyone in your family and more. Just because you're NTA doesn't mean there will not be repercussions of your actions.

I think it's time for a sit down with Mom and let it all out. If it's about the money see if they'll front it to you. If it's about her stealing your day, tell Mom and hopefully she will understand and help you come to an agreement.

Either way, this entire situation is yikes! At least it makes everyone else's 2020 look positively sunny so far...

The internet is full of advice on how to become a millionaire. Who doesn't want to make more money?

A recent Reddit thread asked people who taught or went to school with millionaires to explain what they were like. Based on the wide variety of answers, we've compiled some of the advice.

1. This is not super useful intel for those of us who want to be millionaires but can't rap.

My mom went to school with Queen Latifah. She supposedly came into the gym and rapped some days - anti-peta-man

2. Being an annoying big mouth pays?!?

I am an economics teacher in high school and I've had two of which I know. One was always a computer data type of boy. Nerdy on one hand but he had quite a big mouth on him. Became some data expert at an investment bank.

The other boy was more of the entrepreneurial (no idea if that is an english word) type. He started a recruiting business for high tech companies which became pretty large. That boy as annoying as f*ck to deal with as a teacher. Way too smart for his class, therefore bored, therefore an absolute little monster. Not unfriendly though... - brahbrahJ

3. And so does being boring.

Jeff Bezos was in my mom's high school graduating class. He was valedictorian. She didn't really have anything else remarkable to say about him. - McMeowsALot

4. Sociopaths can definitely figure out how to make money.

A complete A-hole who actually was referred to school psychiatrist on suspicion of sociopathy.

Fast forward about seven years, and he has run what amounts to a pyramid scheme, scamming about $6 million of mostly elderly. Only had to repay some of it, including court expenses of his accusers, because he had "acted in good faith". Still cannot figure this out, but "good faith" is not a word I believe the student knows - Agandhjin

5. Bullies often make it big.

I went to school with a girl Who is now a multi millionaire with her own make up range. She was a bully, everyone hated her, she was so nasty to everyone around her, including teachers, but now everyones falling over themselves to tell her how amazing she is. I still don't like her, I refuse to buy her products, there's no way I'm putting my money in her pockets after everything she did to us all.

sorry I won't ever name who it is. She is a legit business woman who has worked her way up from the bottom. As much as I don't like her, I wouldn't do that to her. - Bseickomyn

6. Luck always helps.

Went to school with a guy who just seemed to be lucky at all the right times. Things just always went his way. He worked as hard as the rest of us, but none of us hit the same breaks. You know, he'd intern somewhere and end up getting a Lotus as a company car because it was the only thing left in the motor pool. We all knew something would bring him down to our level eventually.

Yep, now he's a millionaire who rescues startups in need of financial rediscovery.

Honestly, nice dude. Not the most down to earth, but he was trying. Really changed my perspective on success. - TheKlic

7. Some people are just totally normal, but freakishly good at sports.

I went to high school with a former Major League Baseball player and current manager. He was a senior when I was a freshman. He was a pretty cool guy and would sometimes play intramural softball with us on Fridays after school. Didn’t seem like an ass or anything. I saw him some years later at a local event and got his autograph, while briefly discussing our old high school. Still very down to earth and personable. My future college roommate also played little league with him I eventually came to find out. Small world. - RSA1984

8. "Typical of the redneck area" is not usually what one associates with millionaire status.

I went to school with a boy who was was typical of my redneck area. He was mouthy, bossy, couldn't sit still, talked constantly, liked trucks etc. He was quite disruptive in the classroom. He is now a very, very rich man. Still lives here part time. I never see him but I do hear his ridiculous car from time to time that he has to drive in low gear due to speed limits. That's how I know he is here for a visit. No one really knows how he got so rich, I expect he talked his way in to it somehow. - MizzAdapting

9. No surprise Heath Ledger was the best.

I am a teacher now but I went to high school with Heath Ledger, he was a few years above me. He was already in tv shows and commercials when we were at school so we as juniors already thought he was super cool. I remember he was charming, affable and popular but also a really lovely guy.

One time i was at an end of season rowing party held by the seniors. I was younger than all of them but rowed in our 2nd 8 so i scored an invite. I got far too drunk and ended up passed put under some bushes in the front yard. On his way out with his gf Heath stopped and checked on me. When he realised i was a boarder he knew id be toast if i didnt get back by morning so he and his gf took me in her car back to school.

Such a great bloke, so sad to hear how it all ended up. - plantedtank2019

10. Here's another piece of evidence for the "millionaires are nice" side.

I taught a future NFL player. He was built like a brick shithouse, was extraordinarily polite, kind, and thoughtful. He'd sit with the lonely kid at lunch. He was never late - in fact, he was always early. Straight A's. He was determined to be the best. Good-looking, well-spoken, every parent's dream. If anything, he was very cocky, but he could be, because he was the best at everything he did. It literally annoyed me that he was so perfect.

He went on to be drafted by the Patriots. He won two Super Bowls with them. He's still built like a brick shithouse. He married a gorgeous woman, has a beautiful family, made boatloads of cash, retired from the NFL, and now runs charities. He's one the kindest, sharpest guys I've ever met. Still annoys me. - CaptainWisconsin

11. This person couldn't help but take a swipe at the one female millionaire they grew up with!

I went to HS with a few that I know of that became millionaires. One started a tech startup that was basically a Kickstarter clone, he recently died and left his wife and family millions. Another guy from HS became a Hollywood Director. Very nice in HS and was dedicated to theater and performance. Strangely, the last person became one of the top dogs at Pixar. She used to sit in class all day and draw cartoons. To me, they were just copies of shit I had seen before, so I was very surprised to find out how well she is doing. - RussianBreadMaker

12. Finally, the best piece of advice for becoming a millionaire? Get a mullet and stick with it.

One of my math professors last year said that she went to high school with Billy Ray Cyrus. He would play in bars and invite kids from school to listen. Apparently he was a great dude and had the mullet even back then. - QueenTurk3y

First dates can definitely be interesting...

Blind dates are much more popular these days now that online dating is how the majority of couples meet. While dating apps can be pretty effective in finding potential partners with shared interests, you're still agreeing to share a night with a complete stranger. It's hard worrying about being safe on top of figuring out if the sparks are flying over happy hour cocktails.

If you do happen to have a truly terrible first date experience, the good news is you're definitely not alone. Have you been stranded with an expensive bill? Body shamed? Forced to listen to someone talk about the Earth is flat and vaccines are the devil? Run away and delete their number!

When Twitter user @postgrad_barty asked the internet about their weirdest first dates, people were definitely ready the share. Brace yourself for a cringe because these are going to bring you back to your most terrible Tinder tales.

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You can never fully know just how bonkers parenthood is until you have kids of your own, and witness the many ways they disassemble a house despite being only two feet tall. The childhood combination of unbridled energy, no inhibitions, and a general confusion over how the world "works" makes living with kids both charming and terrifying, depending on the day, and the observations and inventions they bring to a home truly run the gamut.

Luckily, no house of destruction stands alone, and parents who feel bewildered are always in good company if they seek out others online. If you follow the right accounts, Twitter is a goldmine of funny parenting tweets divulging all the weird things children do.

So, without further adieu, here are 22 tweets from parents who are fully submerged in the weird world of living with children.

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Truth or Dare is the fun game that has the unique ability to make things awkward in an infinite number of ways. Whether you're a middle schooler angling to find out if your crush likes you back, or a group of coworkers getting personal at happy hour, it's a game guaranteed to get personal.

People are sharing their juiciest Truth or Dare stories and yes, everybody has had threesomes except for you.

1. That stripper didn't support the troops, cannibal87.

Found out one of my guy friends genuinely proposed to a stripper directly after basic training. Ring and everything. She politely declined.

2. Marichat93 should call the cops on this teacher.

Once in University I was playing truth or dare with a group and this girl that had been my classmate from pre-school to university confessed that she had sex with a teacher in the school bathroom when we were in 7th grade.

That would make her around 13 and if I remember correctly the teacher was in his late 20s back then.

3. Lundria13 should also go to the police.

Think we were 15/16, played during a free period. One girl kept saying truth. Someone asked her what was the thing she was most ashamed of. She responded with "I drowned my brother because he wouldn't listen to me." She then said that she was just joking. But it's the smirk that she had and the fact that she got suspended for stabbing a teacher a few months after that still has me wondering if it wasn't a lie.

4. ThatOddBitch lives in a town with a magic man in the woods.

Was in a group of six. Four girls, two boys (him and myself are gay). Asked the other guy what his sexiest moment was. He had sucked off a guy in the woods, turns out it was in the same place where I nearly did the same thing to the same guy. As did two of the other girls in the room.

5. Stupid is as stupid does, carmelacorleone.

Rumor went around school about this kid, "Forrest" that he'd f*cked his grandma's dog. A few years later he was hanging out with us, we were all drinking, smoking, he picked Truth, someone asked if he had really f*cked his grandma's dog. He admitted to it. He was 13 and going through his horny phase.

6. MatrixGodfather0435's friends has an impressive Special Skills section on her resume.

A friend of mine participated in a giving a blowjob competition in college. Apparently she won.

7. Mcfuggery's friend could shock with both a Truth and a Dare.

When I asked my pal Truth, he confessed he was part of a crew involved in a string of robberies in ‘92.

Nobody believed him, but I did. We still forced him to get on the table, slowly strip and start Mongolian Throat Singing.

8. For real UwUSarah141? Not all dads have the same type.

I found out that my best friend had slept with everyone’s dad. Well everyone that was there. It was 5 of us 3 girls and 2 guys. She had slept with all of our dads.

9. Did karmapuhlease tell him to duck off?

When he was 12, one of my fraternity brothers microwaved a duck. (Well, technically his friend did, but he was a witness-participant.) It exploded. Nowadays he realizes it was horrific, of course, but this came up at like 4 AM when everyone was a little sleep deprived, and there was a mix of shock, horror, and uproarious laughter as he told the story.

10. On or with, notinthepinkmydear?

One of my classmates had sex on a bicycle. I still wonder how she did it. Or maybe I'm just stupid.

11. dumbandconcerned's friend has a genuinely inspiring story of resilience.

During a game of Never Have I Ever, a question came up about hard drugs. One friend who I'd only known for about a month (she was new to the restaurant I worked in and this was the first time I invited her out to dinner with some of my friends) confessed to having formerly been addicted to meth. This was especially shocking to me because she was only 20, which seems too young to be someone formally addicted to meth. Apparently she got started around 16 and turned to prostitution at 17 to pay for it. Lived that life for about 2 years before her parents moved her across the country to live with her brother and get clean. Away from the people who were influencing her, she was able to turn it around. I knew her to be a very hardworking, strong girl with a go-getter attitude (but admittedly a very short temper). Now she's a CNA and studying to be a nurse. I'm so very proud of her.

12. Don't yuck somebody's yum, imperialmoose.

Playing Never Have I Ever, he unleashed the very specific "never have I ever lost a felt pen lid in my a**". Long pause, then his MVP friend says "never have I ever put toothpaste on my d*ck."

13. Come for the scandalous stories, stay for Skeledenn's history facts.

It was more a game of trying to tell if the confession was true in that case but that day I learned that one of my friends was a descendant of Félix Faure, a French president of the end of the XIXth century. The story is at most mildly interesting at this point but it gets way wilder when you know that the main thing that makes him famous is the fact that he died at Élysée Palace during his term because of a stroke he had... while his mistress was giving him a blowjob in his office.

I know it's not the story of the century but this information left my mind... blown.

14. Breaking: Everybody has had threesomes except for you and NoahtheRed.

The number of them who have had threesomes. The shockwaves are still going through our group chats, long after the fact.

If you've ever worked in retail, you've been through a very special kind of war.

Usually retail employees are paid very little to do a whole lot of manual and emotional labor. Customers turn into toddlers, piles of clothes get toppled over to the floor, with reckless abandon, and power-trip managers will lose their sanity at any given moment.

If you made it out of retail hell, nobody really can relate to what you've seen if they've been lucky enough to avoid customer service entirely. Watching one entitled, angry person in a clothing store can send you right back to being berated for not having the right $200 wrinkle cream in stock. It's ok, you're safe now!

So, when a recent Reddit user asked, "Redditors who work or have worked in retail, what's your "I'm about to lose my sh*t" moment you had with a customer?" people were definitely ready to share their tales of the trenches.

1. Wow, "hhehhrrrrhhh."

This wasn't an incident that made me angry, but rather I was going to lose my shit in the sense this interaction made me feel like I was losing my mind.

I worked at a weird Starbucks that was drive thru and walk up only, there was no indoor seating. There were signs on either side of the walk up window displaying a menu with a photo of each product that was listed. If I was working at the walk up window I couldn't see the menu, even if I leaned out the window as much as I could.

One day a woman came to the store, asked me a question about parking or something, and then ordered. She pointed at the menu and said "Could I have that one?"

"I'm sorry, which drink are you pointing at?"

She points again, "That one."

"I can't see the menu from here, could you tell me what drink it is?"

"That one."

"I really can't see the menu, can you tell me what it says?"

"That one."

What the fuck? Maybe she doesn't speak English. No, she asked me something in perfect English earlier. Maybe she's embarrassed to pronounce the drink name wrong? Maybe she's illiterate?

"What color is it?"

"That one."

"Do you want a hot or cold drink?"

"That one."

"Do you want something with coffee, or maybe something sweet?"

"That one."

"Did you want a frapuccino?"

"That one."

It went on like this for a while until I gave up and just rang her up for a grande iced caramel machiatto. She seemed perfectly happy with it when I handed it to her.

2. Nope nope nope, "kaiterlyn."

I worked at Target in the clothing department for about 3 years. One night I was on the closing shift (6pm-11pm). If you work the closing shift, you spend pretty much the entire shift zoning your assigned area. For me, that meant folding clothes for 5 hours. This particular night I was assigned the women’s area, which is the largest. Around 8pm a woman, probably in her late 40s, approached me. She asked if I could help her find maxi skirts. I happily walked her to where they were. She then asks my opinion on which skirts I liked the best. Again, I happily told her. She grabs every single print we offer in the skirt. Then she asks me to come back to the fitting room with her. I obliged. When we get back to the fitting room she wants me to stand outside the dressing room as she tries the skirts on. She comes out after each one and spends about 5 minutes going back and forth on “does this look good?” “Is it the right size?” “I don’t like it.” “Actually I do like it.” She asked me to fetch different sizes for different prints. She also has an attitude while she’s doing all of this. Telling me that it’s my job to help her. This went on until about 9:30. Finally, I think she’s done. She now has about 20-25 skirts in her dressing room. She leaves them all sprawled out in the room and proceeds to tell me that she doesn’t want any of them. Then she tells me to have a good night and leaves, leaving her mess behind. It took everything in me to smile back and to say have a good night as well.

Also, about 2 years later, my cousin was working at an office and some lady came in there. When my cousin was telling me about the lady and how she was a pain in the ass who kept going back and forth on things and was being so rude... We discovered it was the same lady I had helped before. So apparently this is the norm for her.

3. Dear god, "byjimini."

Guy slammed a hot water bottle down on the counter and loudly exclaimed, with wife nodding in agreement behind him, that he’d put cold water in it 3 hours ago and it still wasn’t hot.

4. Sand snacks? "dangernoodles628."

Idk if this counts as retail, but I was an intern at an aquarium, and while working at the touch-tank, a kid swallowed a handful of sand, I told his mother, and she told me that he was only four. He proceeded to swallow another handful of sand.

5. R.I.P., Blockbuster, "CaptainWisconsin."

Former Blockbuster employee here.

There was a woman who not only absolutely refused to pay her late fees (which were legitimate), she became so enraged that she threw her stack of tapes at me, hitting me in the face. She then marched around the store and knocked every cassette, DVD, and coverbox that she could reach off of the shelves (some with her hands, some by swinging her purse), while shouting obscenities. My manager got on the phone and called the police. When Angry Lady finished trashing the store, she demanded to know which cars out on the parking lot my coworker and I drove. When we refused to say, she spit at us and knocked all of the candy/shelf talkers/etc. off of the counters, and began stomping on them.

I don't know if it was divine intervention, or luck, or what, but as Angry Lady was spitting and stomping on the candy, another woman walked into the store. This woman just happened to be my next-door neighbor...and a police officer.

Officer Neighbor Lady approached Angry Lady and identified herself as a police officer. As she attempted to ask what the problem was, Angry Lady shouted, "WHERE'S YOUR FUCKIN' BADGE, BITCH?!", spit at Officer Neighbor Lady, and attempted to flee. Officer Neighbor Lady grabbed Angry Lady before she could reach the door and a scuffle ensued. In a blink, Officer Neighbor Lady kicked Angry Lady's legs out from under her and she went down like a sack of bricks. I'll never forget the SMACK sound her face made when it hit the concrete floor (satisfying!). While she held Angry Lady down, Officer Neighbor Lady asked me to go get her purse, out of which she pulled a pair of handcuffs. As the cuffs locked around her wrists, it was then that Angry Lady finally realized what trouble she was in. She began to sob and wail loudly. She promised to make nice, pay her fee, and begged to be let go. Two uniformed officers arrived and hauled Angry Lady away, screaming and crying like a lunatic.

Turned out Angry Lady was actually the mother of a student at my school (I was in high school at the time). He avoided me for the rest of the year (felt terrible for the guy). We found out later that Angry Lady was not under the influence of any alcohol or drugs - she was just a volatile, childish asshole. She was banned from every corporate Blockbuster store.

Oh, and the late fee she owed? $12.

6. Perfect, "PB_PB."

Had a woman come in and request a large drink in a small cup. I asked her to repeat that. She reiterated she wanted a large drink, but in a small cup. I told her that wasn't possible. This went on and on, her yelling that it wasn't that difficult to understand, I'm trying to tell her that they're different volumes. Eventually I filled up a large, got a small cup and dead-eyed her while pouring the large in until it overflowed and went all over the counter.

7. Ha, "not-as-green."

Worked part time retail whilst at university, one night we'd closed the shop but there was still a customer shopping round so we went and asked her if she could leave as it was now about 10 minutes after close and she had shown no intent of buying anything.

The woman then proceeded to look down her nose at all of us and states that she's a doctor and so she should be allowed to continue.

Frankly, I don't really care what a person's job is as it doesn't entitle them to shit, and looking down on every member of staff in the store when most of us were all students studying pretty solid degrees. She definitely needed some basic skills in respect more then she needed some new clothes.

8. Well done, "kemrt23."

Years and years ago I worked as a waiter in a upscale restaurant. I always provided the same service, attentive and non-intrusive. I was leaving this job on this particular night as I had found another job. Most of the night went smoothly until one couple, no matter what I did, seemed to be pleased... the salad came too late, there wasn’t enough dressing, the wine was off.. you name it they complained.. I worked to fix everything (despite little was wrong)... and was apologetic as I always was when the situation warranted. When they were finished and I provided their check, they told me “You know, you have to be the rudest waiter we have ever encountered”. Did I mention this was my last night here? I replied... “Like I give a fuck, blow it out your ass”... I left my shift a bit earlier that night but felt on top of the world.

9. Yikes, "MossySloth."

I work as a customer service agent for Amazon. It's more shocking to go a day without a customer freak out.

One of the newest reasons for a freakout I got recently. Their package was being shipped by USPS. There was a scan on the tracking number that said something along the lines of "as per the agreement between the customer and carrier, this package has been redirected to a new address"

Then theres about 10 minutes of yelling about how this is our fault, she set it to this address because that's where she wanted it delivered, that we did something, that we're going to fix it, etc.

Then the magic words come out of her mouth, which I had been trying to tell her the whole time but kept getting cut off to get yelled at "well I have my mail forwarded to another address, but that shouldn't happen with packages"

10. This is next level crazy, "Rorstaway."

Old lady poked a hole in the last six or seven green peppers we had left. They were already on sale, but she knew we sold damaged/past its prime produce for a big discount.

I just threw them away and said we can't sell them. It made me so mad. She was a pain in my ass at that store all the time.

11. Pizza problems, "darko2309."

While attending college i used to work at pizza hut as a "cook". I got this one order that got me banned from leaving the kitchen.

I made the pizza etc, waitress came back and said she forgot they wanted tomatoes, so i re-made it with tomatoes, no biggie. Waitress comes back and says they meant uncooked tomatoes, so i had to remake it and then add fresh tomatoes to it, now im starting to fall behind on other orders.

Waitress comes back and says that they want whole wheat crust not reg. At this point im getting really frustrated but i re-make the pizza for the 1000th time. Thinking ah this finally must be it. Nope, waitress comes back and says they want whole wheat flat. I take the damn pizza and bring it to the table and put it down and say "eat your damn pizza".

The lady says "you can't talk to me like that im the customer you're just a cook", i walk away and say "bitch just eat the pizza", my manager (one of my best friends), tells me i can't leave the kitchen anymore lol.

12. What? "Emmmm1795."

I used to work at American Eagle. I was ringing out a customer and realized he stuffed every pocket of cargo shorts with boxers. I asked him what he thought he was doing and he just said “it’s a bogo deal”.

13. People are nuts, "Rihsastra."

I used to work at a GameStop at a mall when both were still a thing. Christmas season is always the worst.

One night we were closing up and had our gates lowered halfway so the last person checking out could still leave the store. A lady lifts up our gate and comes in and starts browsing. I ask if she needed any help which she declined. I let her know we're closed and that's why the gates were down but she brushed that off too saying she wouldn't be long. I can't imagine giving that little of a shit about other people.

14. Did she work for Meryl in "Devil Wears Prada?" "what_the_a."

I was 17 and on this particular night, I was the only person covering a huge section of the floor at the clothing store I worked at. I had completely refolded and stacked a HUGE table of shirts. Like, 10-15 shirts per stack, probably 15 shirts on the whole table, and they had to be absolutely perfectly folded. The table was a disaster, literally in complete disarray, because people are horrible. Anyway, it took me a long time but i finally go it all sorted out. It's ten minute to closing, so I'm thinking, okay, this is great, it probably won't get horribly messed up again.

In comes Frantic Lady. Several times a week this lady showed up ten minutes to closing, frantically needing shirts and pants, always talking into her bluetooth ear piece that you couldn't see through her crazy hair. (Numerous times I thought she was talking to me so I responded and she snapped at me that she was on the phone.)

Anyway, I saw her come in but I stepped into the fitting room for like 3 minutes to get a rack of go-backs, and I come out to find she has DEMOLISHED the table I just folded. Like, went to every shirt, grabbed the one on the bottom and yanked it up and out, sending all the shirts above it toppling into piles. I just stood there, jaw on the floor, eyes wide watching her. She sees my face and scurries away. She only bought like 1 thing in the end.

I oscillated between wanting to cry and seething rage. She was so rude. I still feel enraged when i think about it.

15. Madness, "L1am814."

I assisted a woman for 20 minutes because she insisted on not touching any 'Asian based' objects. According to her the Chinese put poison in their dye so our body heat let's the poison melt to our skin and kills us. She was convinced that anything made in China was toxic and deadly...even glass. She was not aware my father is white but my mother is Chinese.

Jimmy Fallon has a knack for tapping in to subject matter that resonates with the masses with his #hashtag challenges. And his latest hashtag, #dumbestfamilyfight, was no exception. Pretty much everyone with a family can relate to getting into an emotional and heated argument over something petty like whether cats have lips (absolutely not) or whether Ross and Rachel were on a break (they were!!!!!!!). This is the stuff that drives families apart.

Last week, the Tonight Show host asked followers to describe the "most ridiculous argument" their family has gotten in to.

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In theory, all-you-can-eat buffets are utter heaven. You get to waltz in, pay very little money and then eat to your heart's content?! Who among us isn't here for that!

However, like most things that sound heavenly in theory, the behind-the-scenes reality of buffets are often far more hellish than we'd like to imagine. People who work at all-you-can-eat joints are privy to some horrific food practices, and entitled customers who desperately need an intervention.

In a popular Reddit thread, people who worked at buffets shared their horror stories, and these will make you want to prepare all your own meals.

1. which_spartacus will never miss cleaning up

Years ago, I worked at an all-you-can-eat country buffet in South Carolina. I was a busboy.

One day, I went to a table. It was a mess, as per usual. It looked to be a large family/group of families of around 12 people or so.

The thing that stuck it in my memory is that whenever they had finished with what they were going to eat, they would scrape their plate and use it again.

Scrape their plates... onto the floor next to their chairs.

So next to each chair, there was a 6inch to 18 inch pile of chicken bones, crab legs, mashed potatoes, remnants of backed potatoes, etc.

Just disgusting.

2. ASuitofT51PowerArmor will never see crab legs the same.

I bus at a slightly nicer restauraunt. On Fridays and Sundays we offer a prime rib and crab leg buffet, among a salad bar, hot and cold entrées, and a desert bar. It's honestly pretty nice and our buffet runner keeps anyone from doing ungodly things to the buffet.

But the one incident that will always stand out to me was when this family of five came in. From the moment they came in to the moment they left, they ate as many crab legs as they possibly could. Their server and I were clearing plates off as fast as we could. But every time we would return it seemed like another mountain of crab leg shells would appear in front of each member of that family. I know not how they ate so much and I honestly can't recall if they are anything besides the crab. Piles upon piles of shells were left upon the table after they left. It was truly a sight to behold.

What's more is after I wiped down the table and came back with settings, I had to get another rag to wipe down the table again because something in the crab leg juice combined with our sanitizer and left a nice milky residue upon the table. Delicious.

When I leave this job I'll never be able to look at crab legs the same way.

3. Gosupanda's friend had a winning night.

Not mine but I had a buddy who was 400+ lbs. and the dude could put away some food. He went to a casino buffet that was one of the higher end ones that had crab legs and steak. On about his 4th or 5th plate stacked full of crab legs the manager came out and gave him $250 in free slot play to leave the buffet.

Edit: so I linked this to my buddy who pointed out that there were two other dudes there and none of them was under 300lbs. They killed a metric fuck ton of food between them and he was putting them to shame. The buffet was higher end so it was $50 a person, but they easily all ate probably 3-4 times that and he ate probably 8-10 times that worth in food. He then went on win just over a hundred dollars with that free slot play as well. If you can’t beat the casinos at the games beat em at the bar or buffet.

4. Valkrine10 had a customer who got the cops involved.

A woman came in with two of her kids, and had a pretty regular meal. You pay when you leave at our place, and she decided to sneak out with her younger daughter before paying, leaving her underage son alone at the table. We caught on pretty quick and sent someone after her, who found her in her car in the parking garage, waiting for her son to come as well. She refused to come back in and pay, so we had to keep her son 'hostage' until the police came to handle the situation. What some people will do to their kids, I swear.

Edit: forgot to mention we also found out from her son that she stole one of the managers' key cards and they would regularly come into the hotel and use the card to go swimming in the top floor pool. Smart, I'll give her that, but still.

5. sixpackshaker can never look at ketchup the same.

My first job was as a dishwasher in an all you can eat fried catfish buffet.

People are animals. Especially the ones that get far more food off the buffet than they can eat. Then they take the left overs and pile them on a plate or tray, cover in ketchup and tartar sauce, then pour their iced tea over the top of all that.

A lot of people did that got at least two plates like that a night.

6. lovelyyyrose1993 lost their appetite for the chocolate fountain.

Went as a customer to a golden corral. Im walking to the chocolate fountain and 3 little girls step in front of me, and all 3 of them just go hands deep in the fountain. The family was the first table by the fountain and all they did was laugh about how cute it was.. Employees turned it off immediately.

7. Vismungcg doesn't trust mystery meat for good reason.

Buffet where I live got shut down for serving coyote meat and labeling it as other meats.

8. natlach can never eat at Golden Corral.

At one point myself and 2 other family members worked at a Golden Corral (each in different sections) because small towns don't have a lot of job options for high school/college kids.

I worked in the bakery which was surprisingly low in horror stories other than the chaos the remained after a large group of children came through.

My brother worked the steak station. He got these regulars that would tip him pretty well if he would prepare blue steaks for them. The very idea of ordering blue steaks from a buffet makes me gag.

My cousin worked the salad bar. Management would require her to keep seafood items on the bar for long after the point where they'd be safe to consume. I think the record was chilled shrimp from Mother's day that stayed for over a week and a half. They finally caved and let her toss them when a customer complained about the smell.

9. RoxyFurious watched a man use his shirt as a plate.

I watched a man at the ponderosa walk up to the buffet without a plate, untuck his t-shirt, pull the hem up to form a basket, reach into the steam tray of chicken wings with his bare hand and just load up on hot wings in his makeshift shirt-bucket. The woman in the kitchen was like "please sir, could you use a plate. Or just tongs?"

Guy scoffed and looked at her like she'd asked him to don a tuxedo.

10. Odogogod learned just how gross people can be.

Picked up some fish and chips recently. Saw they had “all you can eat” on Wednesdays.

So I asked “What is the most that someone....”

“18 pieces of fish and 3 plates (she held up this huge platter) of fries......every....single.....Wednesday.”

“So he eats that exact order every week?”

“Yes, and he goes to a different ‘all you can eat’ every day of the week. He got banned from the Chinese place down the road.”

11. AnonymousCrime2 refused to clean up after the sh*t trail.

Not a buffet, but I worked at a pizza parlor that offered a lunch buffet of endless pizza. The lunch ran from 11am - 3pm. This gentlemen comes in (I think he was homeless), he serves up a sky high plate of pizza and just goes to town. He stayed from the beginning to the very end to make sure he got his money's worth.

Well, his body didn't appreciate being stuffed like a pinata of pizza. He got up waddled fast to the bathroom and next thing I know I'm being told he had liquid shit trailing behind him to the bathroom and inside the bathroom. I was informed by my boss about the incident, I told him I was just heading out for a break. I was not about to clean that up.

12. blooberries1 saw a couple freak out about crab legs.

My parents owned an all you can eat buffet and I was there every day of my life from 4-14. My favorite horror story is when a couple came in to eat (obviously). They loveeed the crab legs and every time my mom put some out, they took it ALL. Also, just a reminder, crab legs are expensive! Forget the other customers, they just took it and ate it all. So they’re there for maybe 2 hours now and it’s getting dark. They’ve eaten through at least a week’s stock of crab legs and my mom finally decides it’s enough. She stops putting it out in the buffet and brings individual plates to the customers who wanted it but couldn’t get any due to this couple.

Understandably, the couple is angry. They literally flipped the chairs at their table, flipped their plates, bowls, cups, etc and completely trashed their area. Food was all over the floor, table, chairs. Sticky soda was dripping into the carpet. They left in a hurry, but someone caught their license plate. We called the cops and I think they said they charged them with something? I can’t remember the aftermath details clearly, because I was probably 8 or 9 years old (20 now). I just remember looking at the mess and feeling really angry that my sister and I had to clean it up with our mom. It was a family run business, so we didn’t have much help.

Anyways, that’s my horror story. The end.

EDIT: typos cause I was on mobile!

13. A_Wild_Taka_Appears's mom had a very unkempt friend.

Not an employee, but a customer.

A long time ago, my mom and I picked up a friend of hers and we went to a local Chinese food buffet. This place had a thing where you could get a pound of food for $5 in a takeout container instead of sitting and eating at the restaurant if you want, so that was our plan.

The three of us were browsing around the buffet line with our takeout containers, adding what we wanted to them... and then I noticed my mom's friend doing something f*cking disgusting.

He was eating a chicken wing. Like, right in front of the buffet line, hiding his face behind his takeout container. And then he took the chicken bone and put it back in the buffet tray.

I walked over to my mom and told her what he was doing, and at first she thought I was joking. So she walked over towards him and now he was standing there eating a slice of watermelon right off the buffet, and then putting the rind back in the tray.

So my mom is like "What the f*ck are you doing!?" and he's like "Don't worry, I do this all the time! They never notice!".

So of course both me and mom are panicking, worried that they're gonna call the cops or something because of this dipsh*t. We basically pretended to not know him and continued to fill up our containers the right way.

After a couple minutes, one of the employees walks up to my mom and tells her that they noticed what the guy was doing, and they noticed that we were also uncomfortable about it and didn't intend to blame us. But they warned her that if she doesn't get him to pay for the food in his container and leave immediately, they'll be calling the police.

So of course mom tells him that we need to go. Now. And he just brushes it off like "I don't care. They're not gonna do anything!"

Well, me and mom walked up to the front, paid for our containers, apologized, and walked out and left him in there. A minute later, you can see and hear him shouting with the staff. He throws his container on the ground and food splatters everywhere. He storms out, shouting insults as he leaves, and of course gives them a "I'm never coming back!", to which they reply "You're not allowed in here no more! We'll call the cops!"

So we're standing out by the car, waiting for him. Of course, we yell at him for being a piece of sh*t. We get in the car and the next thing you know, this motherfucker starts pulling chicken wings and Chinese donuts out of his f*cking pockets and eating them.

We dropped him off at home and never spoke to him again.

14. darkagl1's local Chinese buffet shut down because a dude took a sh*t while cutting vegetables.

Not an employee or a customer, but we had a Chinese buffet shut down for a health code violation, which was employee was cutting veggies while taking a shit. To this day I still wonder if that means dude brought a bucket into the kitchen or veggies into the sh*tter and I honestly don't know which is worse.

15. EmmyTheSweet can't eat jello now.

Not a worker - but I went to HomeTown Buffet and the kid in front of me was slightly shorter than the buffet bar but had his hands in the yellow jello - just massaging it. Then his mom came by and snatched him away but didn't say anything while a guy came and made himself a bowl of jello. 10 yr-old me was too appalled to say anything. I haven't eaten jello since then...

16. jessperk didn't know how to stop enabling the bulimic couple.

I worked at a Ruby Tuesday in center city Philly (first floor of the Liberty Place building). I had a couple that would come in about twice a week that requested me. They would gorge themselves at the salad bar for about an hour, ask for large glasses of water with no ice, then both would take the water into the bathroom.

They would come out a few minutes later with empty glasses, ask for the check and leave. I finally put it together that they were bulimic after I walked in the women's bathroom and it smelled like vomit. Very polite folks and tipped well though.

17. allhailkircules doesn't eat mac n cheese out anymore.

I was once at an Old Country Buffet, waiting patiently to get some Mac & Cheese. The kid in front of me plied his plate high, and then started tapping the serving spoon to get all of the cheesy goodness free from the confines of the spoon. Once he was satisfied with his handiwork, he licked the spoon clean. I didn't have any Mac & Cheese, and haven't been back since.

18. InfiniteLap's sister was unfortunately right.

I didn't work at an All You can eat, but my sister did.

The buffet itself was on the first floor, so you had to take either the stairs or the elevator to your seat.

Once there was a lady who was carrying a tray with a whole lot of stuff on it down. Glasses, plates and a whole lot more of junk. My sister asked the lady if she needed any assistance, to which the lady replied 'You assume because I'm fat, I need help?' My sister didn't react. A few seconds later the lady fell down the stairs. There was blood and food everywhere.

19. obeyyourbrain's coworker saw it all.

I had a co-worker that briefly managed a Ryan's buffet. He said that it was fairly common for people to gorge themselves, then purge in the restroom and start eating again so that they could "get their money's worth".

20. DemocraticDoge has seen a pretty bad side of people.

So I work in an ‘all you can eat’ using tablets. This is (according to my boss) based on a Japanese kind of restaurant. We serve (mostly) Asian food, from Chinese to Japanese and even some Korean.

The premise is that people order their food in rounds and we then bring the food to their table when it is ready. We always warn customers before hand that, if they leave food behind, because they ordered too much, they will have to pay extra. Depending on what they left behind.

We have seen people try the weirdest stuff if it comes to not paying extra; people dumping food in their handbags, to people shoving it in their mouths then go to the toilet and flush it, to putting hair on it and blaming us for it (we see them pull this stuff), etc.

And when we actually catch them doing it, they blame us for it and refuse to pay. Some people let it come down to the police to sort it out sometimes, there have been multiple occasions on which they were involved to solve the problem for just €5,-. I guess some people’s greed has no extend.

Adorable, wholesome love stories can be found in the most unlikely places. A thread on Reddit asking people to dish on the secret routines they have with their partners turned into a celebration of the cute, couple-y things that can inspire your next romantic gesture.

1. Eye love this, hermiomew.

Whenever he wears his eye drops it would look as though he’d been tearing up, and so I would always ask him why he’s crying and he’d dramatically reply with “because I love you so much” it sounds cringe but I would always feel so happy afterwards.

2. mayo_jr is Joaquin Phoenix in Joker.

Sometimes when we both start laughing, one of us will open their mouth as wide as possible, and then the other will follow suit. So we’re basically just sitting there with our mouths as big as they’ll go, yelling "HA HA HA HA."

3. Everything is Awesome at thekingadrock123's place.

My husband likes to hide Lego mini figs in our home decor to see how long it takes for me to notice. Most recently, I was gifted an old dollhouse that my grandmother and I made as a child. The other day I just happened to walk by it, and out of the corner of my eye, I see a Stormshadow GI Joe sitting in a rocking chair in the dollhouse. Apparently he's leveling up and I had no idea.

4. wayfinder111 got a taste of their own medicine.

I used to stick my finger in his mouth when he was yawning. Then he did it to me once and made me realize I hated it and stopped altogether.

5. BigPapaFish17

After we hug and kiss goodbye we high five.

[I don't know] why or when it started. But it’s just "our thing"

6. IainSwims's story is even more romantic than "I love you"/"I know."

My wife and I met when we were 12. We played tag at church one time and I was it when the game was finished. I went up to her a few days later (I was wearing a Lego Star Wars shirt and she was in a lime green tank top which becomes important later) I just yell at her that I was still it and start chasing her down the church hallways ending with a flying tackle in to a pile of snow outside. So after that for a while every day we played tag whenever we saw each other. As we grew up the rules evolved a bit so who is “it” can only be transferred once per day and to signal that your “it” I need to be wearing a star wars tee shirt and she wears a lime green tank top. We still play all the time I’m currently separated from her by the military but when I go back home I’m going to wear a Star Wars tee shirt and chase her through the airport like a idiot.

7. Can I get a woop woop, EtherGorilla?

We have a noise that we make when moving things around the house. It's a low pitched "woooooooooop" that started out as a joke and now we do it subconsciously. Taking in groceries? "Woooooooooop!" Moving food from the pan to the plate? "Wooooooooooop!" At this point it's become a problem but we joke that we don't want to call an ambulance because it might trigger us.

8. yoshioshilol still says "Damn Daniel."

Years ago there was a viral video of a kid barely awake saying “murnin’” instead of good morning, and ever since, that’s how my husband and I greet each other every morning.

9. Louise_Feist is not afraid to fight.

My partner and I have this weird joke where if one of us jokingly challenges the other to a fight we respond with "take your pants off". It is a variation of taking your shirt off to fight.

10. SissiWasabi leaves a tip.

We shower together and he washes my hair. After we‘re done, I firmly shake his c**k and say „nice doing business with you, sir."

11. shootemupy2k is the most hakachaing hakacha.

For some reason, I like to make up nonsense words at random to make my wife giggle. One of the earliest ones was “hakacha”. She reacted to this one particularly strongly for some reason.

So for the past decade, I will bust it out randomly. I’ll get close in bed like we’re going to cuddle and softly whisper “hakacha” in her ear. Or I’ll look deep inter her eyes and say “hey............hakacha”. This usually results in a prolonged period of laughter for the both of us.

I even forgot about it for awhile after a particularly stressful period in our lives. She comes up to me one day and says “hey, you haven’t hakacha’d me for a while” and gave me the pouty lip.

12. JayNovae and their partner are adorable dolphins.

We make these stupid high pitch noises as if to "Marco ... Polo" eachother. It's become this sign of affection to say "are you okay?" And if he does it back, then were both okay. If it's a lower pitch, we know something's up.

13. brighton-man56 is a great choreographer.

Every time the timer goes off on her iPhone we do this dance, no matter where we are in the flat we’ll find each other and do the dance. Honestly it’s become like muscle memory now, this one time it went off at work without her around and I subconsciously started dancing. For those who are wondering the timer tune we have set is ‘by the seaside’

14. Meow, lolathe.

I want a cat but my boyfriend doesn't, so now he pretends his hand is a cat as a substitute.

His name is hand cat and has a Texas accent (we're English)

15. If only The Beatles had a song about feet holding, voltagescribe45.

Sometimes when brushing our teeth, we rest one foot on top of the other's foot. Like we're holding feet.

16. jakeSimpai is nuts for Squirrel.

She calls me toad, and I call her squirrel. Originally she called me a “horny toad” so I called her a squirrel because she was always after my nuts. Now it’s just gone beyond the original meanings and is just our names for each other.

17. yas9in gives next-level raspberries.

Kiss each other on the cheeks trying to deliberately make a loud noise. We compete over whose is louder.

Facebook is a place where people often go seeking validation for their feelings and opinions. But posting your dirty laundry on a public forum can—and often does—backfire. For delusional people who always think they're the victim, a Facebook post can quickly turn into a reality check in the comments section.

A woman took to Facebook to post a rant about her underpaid babysitter leaving her to work at Walmart. In the post, she calls the babysitter an "ungrateful bitch," claims she'll make less money at Walmart, and blames her for leaving her without childcare.

The post, and the drama that unfolded in the comments, were bonkers enough that screenshots were posted on Reddit.

One commenter took the babysitter's side, pointing out that $100 a week is $2.50 an hour, which is well below minimum wage. So she'll definitely make more at Walmart. The mom argued that it will still be less because of "taxes" and that she'll "regret" her decision.

Unlikely.

Then someone tagged the babysitter, and that's when things got messy. The mom claimed she had "blocked" the babysitter—turns out, she hadn't.

The babysitter then shared her side of the story, revealing that she worked for this woman for 9 months (including 2 which were unpaid). But when she asked for a raise the woman claimed she couldn't afford it, even though she had just purchased a Lexus. She also said the kids "scream HALF THE DAY" (not surprising given who their mom is), and that she was being "used for cheap labour" because she "WAS" a friend.

YIKES.

One might hope that the mom would take a seat at this point, log out of Facebook and take a moment to breathe and recognize she's in the wrong. But nope. Of course not.

She continued to defend herself, arguing that the Lexus is a "rental" and that the babysitter used her WiFi and occasionally got free dinners, which should somehow make up for her being underpaid.

The babysitter still got the last word.

Good luck to this (ex) babysitter on her future employment and friendships. Never has a job at Walmart looked so good.

The dynamics of divorce are incredibly painful and create a lot of emotional landmines for all involved, particularly the children. Whether fair or not, it's often natural for children of divorce to act suspicious or shady towards their parents new romantic partners. While they're young, it's understandable and often a reflection of their trauma and fear of abandonment.

However, as they grow into adults, divorced parents sometimes find themselves in painful situations where they have to emotionally choose between a partner and a child. As with most matters of the heart, it's never as simple as it seems.

In a recent post on the Am I The A*shole subreddit, a divorced dad asked if he was wrong for kicking his teenage son out of the car after he hurled misogynistic insults at OP's pregnant wife.

AITA for ‘stranding’ my son after he kept insulting my wife’s body?

My son is 17. I have shared custody with my ex wife, and I live around a half hour away from her.

OP opened the post by sharing that he loves his teenage son very much, but he's grown openly hostile in the six years since the divorce.

I love my son very much but since I divorced his mom around 6 years ago, he has become impossible to deal with. I never even knew my now wife when I divorced my ex, but that doesn’t stop my son being disrespectful and rude to her and essentially blaming her for our family breaking up.

While OP didn't meet or marry his current wife until over a year after the divorce, his son has always treated her with disdain and acted as if she is the reason for the divorce.

OP has tried sitting down and talking, putting his son in therapy, and letting time do its work, but the emotional dynamic has only grown worse.

I have put him in therapy, had many heart to heart talks, etc. Nothing seems to work. Not only does he resent seeing me, he only wants to spend time with me because I am physically closer to where his grandparents live, and most times when I have him he will abscond to go and visit them.

OP's son has been extra cruel to his wife now that she's pregnant, and he likely feels threatened by the prospect of a step-sibling.

I was in the car with my 8 months pregnant wife, it’s her first pregnancy and obviously my second child. My son has downright hated every second of my wife being pregnant and has amped up being an a*shole to her.

OP's wife has implants that have grown noticeably during her pregnancy, and his son Jaden spent a recent car ride staring at them disdainfully.

When OP's wife gently confronted him, Jaden started yelling misogynist slurs at hr.

My wife has implants, and her breasts have additionally grown a huge deal since she was pregnant. In the car on the way over to getting him, he wasn’t hiding his disgusted looks with her. So my wife said ‘Jaden, it’s not polite to stare at me like that. What have I done to you?’ He immediately became angry and said she looked like a bimbo, etc, really words I’m too disgusted to repeat but are demeaning to her.

OP reached his limit, and told Jaden if he didn't stop mistreating his step-mom, he would get kicked out of the car.

I was so furious I immediately told him to get out the f*cking car or behave himself. At the next red he jumped out the car and took the light rail back to his moms place.

Now, in the aftermath of the confrontation, OP is facing a lot of backlash from his ex-wife, ex-in-laws, and other "friends" and family members who got dragged into the situation on Facebook.

Now my parents are blowing up at me, my ex in laws are blowing up at me, my ex WIFE is blowing up at me, and has told me she will take Jaden with her to court to revisit the custody agreement etc.

My ex wife’s grandma put it on Facebook that I ‘stranded’ Jaden and now I’m getting messages from friends and family members telling me I’m a bad father.

I’m heartbroken and frustrated because I just want my son back. He was my best friend but I just can’t have him actively disrespect my wife like that.

typicalaquarius thinks it's bonkers people are mad at OP when his son is basically an adult.

NTA - you didn’t “strand” him, you told him to be polite or get out, and he got out and left on his own accord. I would imagine in this day and age, any 17 year old has a cell phone and could’ve called mom or an uber to come get him if the light rail was “too traumatizing”. On top of that, he’s practically an adult and has no excuse for being such a dick.

IridianRaingem thinks OP was completely reasonable and that his ex-wife and son are manipulators.

NTA

You didn’t strand him. He had two options and parents never expect the kid to take the get out option. And he wasn’t stranded if he had money to take the bus / train back home.

He is very, very disrespectful to a woman who hasn’t done anything to him.

He’s almost an adult. Let mom revisit the custody agreement. The kid clearly doesn’t want to spend time with you anyway. I think you’ve done all you can here. Therapy, heart to heart talks... you’ve definitely tried much more than many parents have.

Onikage-shin asked OP for more information about why the first marriage ended.

I feel like there is a lot more too this. So a lot more info would be needed. You say your ex and your son both resent you for the reason you broke up your family so that seems like a good place to start, his long before you met your new wife, what's the age difference etc.

And OP delivered, giving far more context to the original post.

The age difference, my wife is 32 (33 in March) and I’m 39.

My ex wife and son resent me because I didn’t stay married after an affair came to light.

I met my wife over a year after my divorce was finalized.

xoxomy thinks OP was totally in the right, but also thinks OP and his ex-wife shouldn't make the decision about custody, Jaden should.

NTA your son is out of line and disrespectful but your son clearly has problems he’s dealing with and if he doesn’t want to have a relationship with you then he shouldn’t. It should be his choice and not a custody forced agreement.

Ginga_Designs pointed out the fact that Jaden technically made the choice to get "stranded" since he was given a warning.

NTA. He's 17, he made the decision to get out of the car rather than just shut up. Of course he's going to tell a different story because he is mad. I don't think they would change much as far as your custody agreement, mostly because of little time is left.

s-mores thinks OP's ex-wife has been actively poisoning Jaden against him, and truly feels for the pain of the situation.

NTA. From your comments elsewhere it seems pretty likely that your ex-wife poisoned your son's mind against you, and your wife specifically. If your son is so far gone he thinks you should just have forgiven your ex for cheating, that's... insane. It might make sense when he's 11, but now? Yeah, you don't fix that. Not with a 17-year-old angry boy.

Your go-to question to when you are being bombarded by relatives and friends is to ask "What did she tell you?" If someone refuses to listen, just hang up. There is no point in trying to fight the narrative.

"I’m heartbroken and frustrated because I just want my son back. He was my best friend but I just can’t have him actively disrespect my wife like that."

I honestly have no idea, he's 17 and in a bad place so anything rational isn't going to work. Your ex-wife is openly feeding this, but I'd ignore the court threat. He's 17 so at most it would change a few months here or there. Besides, with how he's commented and acted you can also make the reverse case of parental alienation.

You're in a bad place right now, what you can do is focus on your wife and baby and give your son some time and space. If you haven't raised him all wrong, he will be ashamed of what he said and things might work out. If not, well, at least you know the depths of what your ex-wife has caused.

I feel for you, but you can pull through.

At the end of the day, OP is between a rock and a hard place emotionally. It sounds like he is dealing with a lot of manipulation and gaslighting, but genuinely wants to find a way to keep Jaden in his life (without allowing verbal abuse towards his wife). Hopefully, with time, this will be possible.

Although "happy ending" massages are a real thing that some massage places offer "under-the-table," most massage therapists keep it purely professional. They know that crossing a sexual line with client can result in them losing their job and/or license. The majority of massage clients know this as well. But there are still some clients who cross the line, making things very uncomfortable for the person who's just trying to make a living smoothing out muscle pain.

Someone asked Reddit this two-part question: "Massage Therapists of Reddit, have you ever had a sexual experience while giving a client a massage? Or, what is the creepiest thing to ever happen to you while giving a client a massage?"

Many massage therapists have responded to question number one by explaining that no, they would never risk their jobs by engaging in a sexual activity with a client. But that doesn't mean creepy things don't happen when clients—illegally—try to cross that line.

Here are 18 stories of massage therapists who had to deal with creepy, inappropriate, and criminal behavior from clients.

1.) From kingnixon:

I do home visits (I'm male). Had a particular client 3 times. usually I have clients strip down to their underwear, the second session he got nude but i didn't think much of it as he seemed ok. At the end of the third session as I was massaging his neck while hes on his back he just started jerking off. I was kind of shocked in the moment and didn't know what to do. He reached for my hand as if to get me to finish him off and at that point i stood up and said I have to go. Was fairly awkward waiting for him to get dressed so i could pack my table and get my money and leave.

I've had a couple of incidents in my 5 years, female therapists would have it much worse. Sucks that massage is associated with the sensual/sexual because i really like helping people overcome aches and mobility issues but it's hard to advertise without getting calls from guys wanting their dick tugged.

2.) From Thotalian:

I had a guy tell me " stop teasing , you know exactly what you're doing...don't start me up and not finish!"

Studying to be licensed but I volunteer my services at a harm reduction clinic

3.) From scampede:

My parents own a spa I used to work at. I have a shit ton of stories, but here’s a goodie.

At one point we had 2 male massage therapists. Now, I worked in the call center, and before booking a massage, we would always clarify if the client was comfortable seeing a male massage therapist as we had a majority female clientele. But one day this male client books a massage for himself with our male therapist, Ed. He was a new client, and actually requested a male, whatever.

Guy goes in for his appointment, and the first half is normal. Dude’s naked on the massage table with a blanket covering his lower half. First half of the massage he’s on his stomach, then Ed tells him to go ahead and flip over to his back to continue. This fucker flips over, hands Ed a wad a cash from who knows where saying “That’s for you,” and starts to jerk himself off. Ed promptly said “Alright your appointment is done they’ll take care of you at the front desk” and books it out of there. Dude pays leaves with no problem.

Here’s the kicker. Ed never told my parents, a manager, nothing! We only found out through work gossip. But, because we didn’t know about this creep, the guy ended up calling and scheduling another appointment with Ed!!! We found out shortly after booking the scoop, and the guy was asked to not come back.

The spa’s a pretty upscale place in the triple digit price range, so not sure if the guy just thought we were an expensive spa with a side hustle or a really cheap brothel.

4.) From Mindless-Document:

My wife is an RMT (Registered Massage Therapist). A lot of trades people go out west to work/be over payed, but return to visit family or inevitably return. She had one such client who had just gotten back from the oil rigs and assured her that “if she did a real good job” he’d tip her well (In more than one way...). She said she’ll make sure she does a good job and to apply deep pressure if that’s what he wanted, but he just kept suggesting a “real good job” and “lots of money”. She’s not a prude, and she doesn’t take shit from anyone, however, wasn’t sure if his dick was moving involuntarily or if he was actually wagging it at her. I chimed in and let her know that the dude was definitely dick wagging, hoping she’d take notice. Obviously she didn’t do anything, got a mediocre tip and saw the guy maybe once or twice after with similar, if not less subdued interactions. That’s probably the worst thing to happen to her, however, a male colleague of hers had been charged with sexual assault and causing physical harm to a couple clients. Shit does happen. More than one might think.

5.) From PristineBean:

Someone I know (they are female) said that while doing a Brazilian wax on a male he precame. She just wiped it up and remained professional. Idk how

6.) From Typical_Viking:

In my late 20s I used to work as a technician in a local spa in my medium sized town. I specialized in Swedish massage and mostly saw clients who were there for one-off sessions. I did, however, have a few consistent clients whom I saw once or twice a month. One in particular, an incredibly fit man in his early 40s (the spa was in the same building complex as a nice gym) would come to me pretty regularly for a 90 minute session. He was always really nice, we'd chat as he settled in, and then he would get on the table and simply enjoy the massages. I would be lying if I said I didn't enjoy them too. He wasn't an incredibly buff man, but his muscle tone was amazing and I just... really enjoyed touching his body.

About the 5th or 6th time he came in, something quite interesting happened. About 60 minutes in, after he had turned over and I had begun working on his front, I notice a very obvious erection beginning to tent up. I tried as hard as I could to ignore it and simply continue on with his massage in as professional a way as I could manage (hey, it happens right?). After about 3 minutes, he seemed to become aware as well. He sat up slowly and removed his towel completely. I took a step back and as much as I wanted to tell him to please cover up, I was totally in awe of his member. He apologized to me, and grasped his penis with his right hand at the base and began to twist. I heard a hissing sound and steam began emitting from the base of his penis as he removed it. He walked over to his jacket and pulled out a small box lined with soft felt and placed his detached penis inside and closed the lid. He walked back over to the table, put his towel back on and god damn you guys, all of these stories will be just as 'real' as this one.

7.) From kestrelrogue:

My massage therapist once asked “are you satisfied” toward the end of the session and something about his tone felt very... suggestive and i don’t know maybe I was just projecting but I said that yes I was and he finished the massage normally and I went on my way and I never book him anymore.

8.) From hangoutincemeteries:

i work part-time as a receptionist at a professional massage studio. so, i have never experienced this directly as i'm not a licensed massage therapist, but i do hear the stories afterwards and have to play gatekeeper to the creeps who keep trying to book appointments with us after they've already been kicked out.

the most intense story: there's a guy who would come to our studio every few months to see a specific therapist. he would constantly move the sheets and his body around the table, getting very close to exposing himself. the behavior started escalating - second to last time he was in the studio, he "accidentally" exposed himself to his therapist, and she redraped him and finished out the session. last time he was here, he pulled the sheets off himself, pointed to his penis, and says "this is where i hurt." she left the session and hid in the breakroom until he left the premises and was told to not return.

now, he keeps creating new google phone numbers and pseudonyms to try to get back in our studio for a session with her. so we need to be extra vigilant in booking this therapist's clients because some people are just very, very determined.

other than that, we do have people call ask if we offer happy endings or if we have any asian/ethnic therapists, which is usually pretty ridiculous but funny. as long as nobody comes in the studio to try to act on it, there's not much we can do.

9.) From louiestarrz:

My wife and I were at a small resort in Costa Rica. When we go on vacations she always gets massages, but I never do. This time we decided to get a couple's massage. We get in the room, and the two are waiting for us each by a table. She had this Latin love god, and I a cute girl in her early 30s. They tell us to take off our clothes and gave us these little paper undies, then left the room. The room was nice it had a little fountain with some foliage and some soothing sounds from speakers. We each looked at the paper undies laughed and decided to forgo them, it just seemed to silly. They started the massage, and it felt good. She would strech my arm then start working it first going over it lightly then gradually getting harder. The time came to do my butt, she moved the towel down and started working my cheeks. Then the inside of my cheeks, wich I thought was odd, but I'm new to this massage world and maybe that's what a deep tissue was. At this time I'm starting to feel, not relaxed but insecure. I suddenly become aware of my wife next to me who sounds more then relaxed. Mean while back at my butt, she was really doing the inside of the cheeks well. I had hoped this was the last spot she would do, the last thing I want is butt cheek sweat rubbed all over my body. Then started to press down on my actual anus. I felt pressure building up behind her thumb. I clench, and I clench like I never have before. I spin around and say very politely thank you for the massage. My wife:"our time isnt up yet" i told her we have to go now. I told my wife what happened and she laughed at me and said "only to you". And now this is her favourite story to tell.

10.) From kinkyshibby:

I get a call from my friend one night, her boss wants a massage and she recommended me. Since he is my friends boss, I don't really worry much, and head over to this dudes place with my gear.

When I first come in and have everything set up, the dude offers me a vegas bomb. I pass, and the massage starts as normal.

Everything is going normal, the dude was Indian I think and was saying how this is great, he would recommend me to all his friends, etc.

But about half way through I hear,"You do happy ending?"

My hands just froze. No one had ever asked me that before- my friends make jokes and all, but I'd never before had to deal with a client seriously asking this.

The conversation goes like this:

Creepy dude: "You do happy ending?"

Me: "No."

CD: "Why not?"

Me: "Because that's disgusting and unprofessional."

CD: "I pay extra"

Me: "We're done here."

I stopped the massage, packed up my gear, told him to pay the full price and left. Once I was home I called up my friend, to tell her what a creep her boss was. She started laughing her ass off- apparently he had asked her if I did happy endings and she thought he was joking and joked back yes.

11.) From simplerthings:

I was previously a certified massage therapist and nothing creepy or sexual. I've been physically attracted to clients before but it is drilled into your head that this is absolutely not the setting to pursue this.

There was maybe one... "odd" thing that isn't all that odd but was distracting to me. I always drape the client so the top of the sheet is up to their armpits. So guys (and girls, obviously) always have their nipples covered. This one dude though kept folding the sheet down to just under his nipples. I would keep moving him and adjusting the sheet but he would eventually fold it back down. The edge of the sheet perfectly underlined his nipples and I just kept getting distracted by them... they were like 2 eyes staring at me.

12.) From linkhandford:

Second hand story as I was told it, so take it for how you will. This is what I believe to be true.

So my sister’s best friend is a RMT and another one is a shift manager at the biggest hotel in town. Typically Cory the manager will recommend Dave the RMT to guests looking for something better than the in-house masseuse. Dave is essentially the unofficial staff memeber. Everyone knows him, he does in-room visits regularly and gets invites to the staff parties.

Being the biggest hotel in a tourist and convention town there are lots of movie stars and high roller buisness folk who stay here, Dave has seen many in his day.

One day a pretty big male movie star requests Dave for a massage. No problem, the movie Star in the king suite with the fake name, this is all the normal stuff. Table is ready to go, massage is going fine, nothing out of the ordinary... then out of nowhere the movie Star flips over fully erect and says “ok now work on this”

Dave is as gay as they come as he is most professional. He explained that’s not what he does and if he expects a happy ending then he’ll stop right there. Apologetically the movie star played it off as a joke and asked him to continue.

Massage over, huge tip was left and asked not to mention his “joke” to anyone, ‘the tabloids getting a hold of this, am I right?!’

Dave explained the situation to Cory, whom apologized, but really they both laughed about it later.

Years later Dave and Cory told me the story and I was skeptical, then when the allegations of the movie Star came out as being gay everything clicked and suddenly I realized I should have believed it from the start.

13.) From aut0matix:

My girlfriend is an LAc and this dude used to come in and get acupuncture and masturbate during the session. It never had anything to do with her and he never asked her to help or anything. He just needed to be getting needled while he was doing it. He paid her a lot more than her usual sessions and apparently had trouble getting off otherwise. He is almost 40 years her senior and I've heard their sessions before; he truly just needed acupuncture to get off. She was never super comfortable with it, but it was good money. Eventually we didn't need the money and she had to put a stop to it. He was totally respectful about that too. He never made a move and always communicated very openly and honestly about what he needed. Pretty nice guy, if not a bit strange.

14.) From Theendisnearornot:

I’ve had a client jerk off while on the table. Thankfully I was in the office. But I went home and cried. I ended that massage as soon as he started being very obvious about his intentions (it started off like he was just “shifting” since he was on his stomach). Then it became clear he was trying to jerk off as he asked me “am I allowed to do this here”.

Oh that pissed me off to no end. 4 years in and that’s the worst of it for me (I’m a female MT).

15.) From PatchNStitch:

I don't do massages, but I used to do body wraps for detox and "inch loss". A regular customer came in for a half body wrap before going on a cruise. I knew her, knew she did them completely nude, and she was very nice. Her husband called me that evening and said her vaginal lips were no longer symmetrical and I had to redo the wrap and make them match. Obviously I have zero control over how the body will react to the wrap, but knowing she was a good client, I'd be more than happy to try. I figure wrapping that area a little tighter might help, so I did. After the wrap, he came in to the room and told me to stay in case I needed to do anything. He got down on his knees and she spread her legs. He started "inspecting" her. I stayed a few minutes not wanting to leave since he had told me to stay, but when the inspection turned sexual and they clearly just wanted an audience, I got the hell out of dodge. He said I would've gotten a fat tip if I stayed and I said yeah, I bet it would've been more than the tip and told them never to return.

16.) From alstraka:

I had a very eccentric (read: creepy as fuck) client who came into our clinic one day wanting a Tui Na massage (Type of Chinese Massage).

We usually leave the room to let the clients strip down into underwear before we commence, but with this guy I had no chance to get away. Before I had time to give him a towel he dropped his pants to reveal a sparkling blue G-string that barely kept everything in place. The guy was about 58, huge beer gut, grey hair, gold earring, and hairy like Robin Williams.

As I started the massage, the guy started to tell me that he worked as an erotic masseuse specialising in body slide massage. This is where the masseuse gets oiled up and rubs his body and genitals all over before fucking the client at the end.

The whole time I was massaging him he kept telling me that i was "really good with my hands". He also repeatedly told me how good he was at his job and plugging his business with a hinting tone. A very awkward session.

17.) From WhichWayzUp:

Licensed massage therapist here. It is illegal for me to cross into sexual boundaries giving a massage to paying clients. The consequence is losing my massage license. I have spent years in training and spent thousands of dollars to keep this license so I will not do anything to jeopardize my license. No matter how much a client may beg for me to cross the boundaries. And they have begged.

But that's not what you want to hear. So I HAVE had massage-related relationships with massage colleagues. That's hot because it's consensual, we're not paying each other, and we're both professional massage therapists, so everything feels REALLY good.

But the fear of death has been instilled in my mind to never cross that boundary with paying clients.

18.) From Jiggly_Love:

I used to be an LMT, a few incidents led me to quit the profession because it wasn't profitable or I had creepy old dudes trying to get me to do discreet shit with them. I'm a male btw.

I did sports massage and this old tennis coach from a prestigious private school comes in needing a full body deep tissue. Ok cool, he might be able to hook me up with the school to do their pre and post during tennis sessions. Halfway through the session, he asks if I could focus more on his glutes. Okay, it's a common thing, tennis requires a lot of running and hamstrings and glutes go together. He then asks if I could go deeper, "could you massage my prostate". record screech Um what the fuck...no, I'm not going to massage your prostate, but your Urologist can check that for you. His hand tries to feel up my leg when I worked on his shoulders and the further he moved up, I brush his hand off. Next thing you know he's grabbing my thighs hard, and I grab his clavicle hard in response and told him, if he doesn't let go, he won't be teaching tennis anymore, then told him to GTFO. He still paid me, and told me he was going to come back cause he liked "a fighter".

Did a search on him and he's still teaching at that school. I'm thinking there's going to be a news buzz one day of sexual kind at that school surrounding that coach. Fuck him.

"Until you've learned to drive, you've never really learned how to swear."

Robert Paul

If you have a car, you know the struggle is real. Traffic, gas prices, maniacs who don't use their blinker, it's enough to give even the most patient person road rage. These memes will totally crack you up, just don't read them while driving.

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Chrissy Teigen's charm is that she's the most relatable of the gorgeous celebrity millionairres whose partners have EGOTs, but sometimes she tweets something that the internet can't relate to. No, it's not about going to the Oscars (and Emmys and Grammys and Tonys) but...eggs.

The unofficial Mayor of Twitter tweeted about her bedtime ritual, casually dropping the phrase "night eggs."

While 30 Rock fans likely caught on to "night eggs" on a riff on Liz Lemon's iconic single, "Night Cheese," non-comedy nerds were understandably very confused.

Chrissy explained that it's hard for her to sleep with a less-than-full stomach, so throughout the night, she satiates herself with hardboiled eggs.

If you didn't already think John Legend was an angel of a man, knowing that he sleeps next to hardboiled eggs prove that he is a true trooper.

They're not breakfast eggs, they're NIGHT EGGS, and they deserve your respect.

She brings them to bed pre-peeled, and they are not a joke. Chrissy has tweeted about them before.

John Legend was out of town EGOTing when she introduced the world to the eggs, so they were Chrissy's companion.

Because the internet loves to give unsolicited advice, people started pitching Chrissy egg-free alternatives.

One guy even assumed that Night Eggs might be a symptom of a sleep disorder.

But you know what they say: If you can't handle me at my Night Eggs...you don't deserve me at my best.

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."

-C.S. Lewis

Like a fine wine, we are all getting better with age. Sure, you might be sore from sleeping weird and your knees may have started making some kind of popping sound, but you're still just as fierce as you were in your 20s. These memes make getting older funny AF. (Am I too old to say that?)

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Learning how the world works is a long process. Some might even say lifelong.

Kids are at the very beginning of that process, so it's no surprise that they have a few gaps in their knowledge.

People on Reddit are sharing the dumbest things they thought were true as kids, and boy, will it take you back to the days when you thought ice cream grew on trees, or whatever.

1. Leprechauns only live in Ireland, duh.

That the Lucky Charms leprechaun was inside my TV and someday I would break the TV and we would run away together and he would give me unlimited gold and wishes. - y0r0bin

2. Actually, pregnant women eat clothes for the fiber.

When I was about 6 years old I thought that shortly before giving birth a mom ate baby clothes so the baby wouldn't come out naked because that's embarrassing - 1000mousefarts

3. I'm sure he appreciated the pep talk.

When I was a little kid I thought we still had slavery. My parents took me to an Underground Railroad museum but I must've missed the part about it ending because after that I got away from my mom at a grocery store and tried to tell a black dude that I knew how he could be free lol. - QFanon

4. That'll show 'em.

My cousin used to tell me the doors to his closet were big white chocolate bars and i believed him but he said i could never try to eat them but one day i snuck into his room and tried to bite the doors and it wasnt working and i got so f***ing mad i just s**t in his closet - gormangirl

5. A true chicken-or-the-egg scenario.

That the TV guide is what controlled what was going to be on TV. I just couldn't figure out how to write cartoons in neat enough to get it to work. - AskMeAboutMyCoffee

6. This would be pretty cool.

i'm from a spanish speaking country and we use the same word for the country Ecuador and the Equator. So when i was like 6, my uncle moved to Ecuador and while i understood perfectly well what a country and an "imaginary" (to call it something) line were, sometimes i had this very strange mental image that somehow my uncle was constantly walking in a tightrope and that such was life over there - amenbreakfast

7. Ugh, I totally thought this.

That people who didn't speak English had something in their ears that translated whatever language they were speaking to English - dirtybirds233

8. Turns out it's only to the brain damage.

I thought boxing was to the death. - obi-curious

9. What's so bad about turning into a chicken nugget?

Ok, so one day my mom caught me and my brother eating a ton of leftover marshmallows, and told us this fake story about a kid named Sebastian, who ate ONLY chicken nuggets. One day Sebastian’s mom walked into his room and apparently he had TURNED into a chicken nugget. I was petrified. So then literally every time that I ate too much of anything, my mom would say, “you’ll end up like Sebastian nugget boy if you don’t stop.” - S-a-L-a-D

10. There have to be a few turtles living in sewers, though.

I thought turtles legit lived in sewers like ninja turtles. Got in so much trouble sneaking out of my grandparents house with a ball of yarn and peanuts so I could catch a turtle in a sewer a few blocks away. - RK8604

11. This theory has legs.

I thought that snakes were grown up caterpillars. - 1352crimes

12. If only!

I was in the third grade and I thought that if you cover both of your ears people won’t be able to hear you. So I went around the house saying dumb s**t thinking that nobody would hear me. - Scarlett8000

13. Can we "The Man in the High Castle" this onto TV somehow?

I thought England was fake and that we just made up the entire story about the Revolutionary War to inspire Americans to be patriotic. I thought the only countries that existed were the USA, Mexico, Germany, China, and Poland.

And I thought kids only lived in the USA and Mexico, and everywhere else the population was 100% old people. - OneTooManyRabbits

14. Aaaaand I just realized garbage men pick up garbage every day.

I always wanted to be a garbage man because I thought they only worked 1 day a week - bloody_drongo

Wedding etiquette is complex and ever-changing, but there are some things we can all agree are tacky.

At least, you might think that's the case — until one of your friends goes completely off the rails. One woman is asking Reddit for advice about a friend's déclassé wedding behavior, after the friend talked about hassling people for gifts when she didn't even invite them to her nuptials.

It starts innocently enough, with the bride's small, 12-person wedding:

A friend (29F) of mine (26F) got married last fall, the wedding was tiny, only 12 people, mostly their parents and siblings, so I was not at the wedding. She sent out an engagement announcement/save the date thing.

It gets a little weird when the bride sends out "save the date" cards to people who aren't going to be invited — along with a registry link:

I'm not sure how to describe it since it was kind of a hybrid of the two, with a link to their registry, which was just a honeymoon donation fund, she's also posted links to the registry several times on her social media and IG stories.

Guests who weren't invited unsurprisingly decided to pass on donating to the couple:

We got drinks last week and she was complaining that almost no one had donated to the fund and they were having to scale their planned trip to Europe back. At first I sympathized, but then she said she wanted to send out an email to the friends and family that she had sent the announcement to, but not invited to the wedding, that the registry was still up.

Scaling back their Europe trip? Say it ain't so! The friend told the bride that sending an email with another link to the registry would be pretty uncouth:

I told her I thought that sounded kind of tacky, and that she shouldn't expect gifts from people she hadn't invited to her wedding. She got offended and said that she shouldn't have to invite people to her wedding is she didn't want to, which I agree with... but I still think it's tacky to expect them to give you money for a trip to Europe.

Now they're not speaking and the friend wonders if she's in the wrong:

Anyway, we haven't spoken since last week and I'm beginning to wonder if I was the [a**hole]?

It's pretty unanimous that the friend was being gross.

Current bride onelonelystringbean is gobsmacked by the gall:

As someone who is currently planning their wedding this blew my mind.

"We aren't close enough to invite you to our wedding, but we're definitely close enough to ask you for money for our wedding/honeymoon."

You don't get to have it both ways. Tacky AF.

Sh3kk_Wpg agreed that you don't get the ease of a small wedding with the payday of a big one:

No one should expect to throw an extremely small wedding but expect gifts and money from people who were not invited. That is very tacky. You may have hurt your friend's feelings but it was the truth.

LucyWritesSmut put it succinctly:

At least feed me rubbery chicken if you’re gonna mug me.

I_like_it_yo thinks the friend could've confronted the bride even earlier than she did:

Lollll what was tacky was sending a link to the registry / donate to the fund to people who aren't even invited!! Who does that?! NTA

Still, even though OP is right in this situation, that doesn't mean the bride will change her tune — or ever speak to her again.

“Laughter is timeless, imagination has no age, dreams are forever.”

-Walt Disney

Laughter is timeless, but mornings are a rush. You can get your laugh on right now with these memes, and it only takes a minute of your precious time.

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As we rapidly approach the 2020 election, memories of the 2016 political circus are rushing back in full force.

More specifically, comparisons and tensions between supporters of Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton have been resurfacing as he's risen in the polls in recent weeks.

On Tuesday night, The Hollywood Reporter published an article profiling Clinton's upcoming Hulu documentary "Hillary" which will dive into everything from the Monica Lewinsky scandal to the 2016 election.

While the article spanned a lot of different subjects covered in the documentary, a disparaging quote from Clinton about Sanders has caused a lot of discussion online.

In the documentary, Clinton claims no one likes working with Sanders and that he hasn't done much in his 30 years of politics.

"He was in Congress for years. He had one senator support him. Nobody likes him, nobody wants to work with him, he got nothing done. He was a career politician. It's all just baloney and I feel so bad that people got sucked into it."

In the soundbite, it was also unclear whether Clinton would endorse him if he was given the nomination. This, of course, resparked a war between Sanders supporters and former Clinton supporters.

A lot of people have pointed out how harmful it is to have Clinton espousing negative views about Sanders so soon before the primary.

While Clinton is facing backlash and criticism for disparaging a well-polling Democratic nominee right before an existentially crucial election, her supporters were quick to point out the fact that she was asked to be honest.

In the past, Clinton faced criticism for being too formal and coded in her speech, but now that she's laying it straight, people are still upset.

While many people across the political spectrum rushed to their keyboards to defend Clinton and Sanders respectively, the most bizarre among them was Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway, who, blinded by her pure hatred of Clinton, defended Sanders in a tweet.

There are too many layers of brain melting to unpack here and now, but one of the most salient points to consider while reading this tweet from Conway, is the fact that Trump won't be facing off against Clinton.

So, defending Sanders against Clinton is essentially propping up Trump's potential opponent.

People were quick to revel in the upside-down nature of Conway claiming Sanders is more likable than Clinton.

Many were quick to point out the fact that Clinton won the popular vote over Trump, so insulting her popularity while supporting Trump is a practice in cognitive dissonance.

After the wave of backlash hit the internet, Clinton posted a tweet clarifying that she will in fact endorse Sanders if he's the nominee.

Sanders responded by joking that on a good day his wife likes him, and went on to recenter focus on the current impeachment trial.

2020 just started three weeks ago and it's already been a long year politically, and we've all got to strap in for all the rest that's yet to come.

Rules are meant to be broken!

Most of us usually just follow the rules of our schools and jobs without ever truly thinking about why they were ever put in place. While most rules are usually for safety and security purposes, every once in awhile someone tells you a rule that makes you wonder...how did this ever become an issue?

When a recent Reddit user asked, "What rule was implemented because of you?" rule breakers and rule innovators were definitely ready to share. Did you cheat the system so hard that someone had to change the structure of the game? Relish in your legacy, rebels!

1. Uh oh, "Chem-Freak."

Bus drivers should check the seats on the bus for sleeping children before locking them and leaving them in the parking garage.

2. Avoid big flames, "psilome."

At Boy Scout Summer Camp, as a Scoutmaster. "No campfire flames higher than 24 inches." Turns out that if you make a five foot tower out of ONLY the 1/4" dowels from small American flags, you get a straight and narrow column of flame about 30 ft high. I was the Clark Griswold of scoutmasters.

3. Marbles are dangerous, "stoic_mintoaur."

Marbles being banned at my elementary school.

I vaguely remember the convoluted rules we had for playing marbles in 3rd grade, but one that was written in stone was that if you lost a game, you had to throw away a marble of your own. This often drew a crowd of participants eager to get their tiny hands on a free marble.

One day, I lost a game and was forced to throw a marble away (we called it "scrambling"). I had stupidly agreed to offer up as ante for the game my prized "boulder", a heavy marble with intricately woven colours that was about the size of a golf ball.

When it was time to throw it away, a large crowd of kids had gathered, impatiently jeering me to toss it and start the melee. I took one last look at my boulder and, in a surge of 8 year old rage, launched it with all my strength.

I still remember it gleaming against the deep blue sky as it left my hand. It sailed. Flew over the group's head, their mouths agape in amazement. It flew until it struck some poor blond kid in the head, who was just walking along kicking dandelions, totally oblivious to the incoming projectile.

It hit him hard. To this day I still recall the way his head snapped back in Zapruder-like fashion. He dropped instantly, like a bag of old socks.

We all scattered to the four corners of the playground as teachers ran to his side. The following day a letter was sent home to every parent, banning all marbles.

Poor Blondie McMarblehead (I forget his name, this was 32 years ago) was off school for about a week.

4. Oops, "APBanditsTN."

After having my two front teeth replaced...

Band director: "Okay. I never thought I'd have to say this, but wrestling is not allowed in the band room".

5. No trench busting, "Evilzonne."

In my sophomore year of high school during the short World War I unit, the sophomore history teachers had an event where we went out to the football field and played one flag capture the flag using dodgeball rules. One team had the flag and had "trenches" made of football training equipment and the other team had to charge across no man's land and touch the flag to win. Occasionally the teachers would call out a gas attack and everyone would have to don paper bag "gas masks" or they were out.

I had the genius plan of charging the main "trench" directly without a dodgeball to try to neutralize it to help my team. I handed my ball to a classmate and instead wielded a cardboard trench shovel I had made that morning, and then put on my "gas mask" ahead of time.

When it was time to go over the top, I barreled towards the main trench (think that one Battlefield 1 trailer where the British soldier does the same thing with a club, but this was two years before that game came out). I miraculously was never hit on my way to it and slammed into that thing with all of my might, taking it down, knocking a couple other kids over, and knocking myself out for a few seconds in the process.

The teachers thought it was hilarious but they quickly had to implement a "no trench busting" rule after someone else tried to replicate my antics during the next round. Unfortunately as far as I'm aware that was the last year they did that event.

6. Nice, "darybrain."

Used all of my annual leave in the summer in one block. A combination of public holidays and my annual leave allocation meant that I could take all of August off. More importantly, I switched off my phone. After two years of doing this the vacation rules were changed so that people could only take a maximum of two weeks in one block. My chiefs just didn’t want to deal with all the shit that would come my way for that long

7. Aw, "ben24campbell."

So my company pays for my food when I travel, which is awesome. I was fairly new to the job at the time, so I went to a lovely Nordic restaurant for brunch in Oregon. I ended up getting drunk on some delicious mimosas, (paid for on a separate tab), and $25 worth of food. I was drunk, and my server was awesome, and ended up tipping him 100%. A couple days later my boss calls me and asked me “why the FUCK did you tip $25?!?!” Shortly after that, the company sent out an email to everyone with a strict 20% tip policy.

8. Sad! "B4nn4B0y."

Not me but my mom. Back in the 80’s my mom was the definition of a coupon queen. She would browse every newspaper, pamphlet, etc to find grocery store coupons to this particular chain near her house. Back then, there was no “limit 1 per customer” rule for the coupons so my mom would chain together multiple coupons for practically everything. It got to the point where she would have so many discounts and cash back that she would get all her groceries for free, and the store would have to pay her money for the cash back rewards. After a few times doing this the store finally implemented a “limit 1 per customer” rule

9. This makes sense, "tent_mcgee."

No drinking before the company Christmas party. This was for a restaurant.

10. Church definitely needs more wine, "mr_sto0pid."

The church I used to go too now locks its wine bottles in a cabinet because I chugged a bottle.

11. Yoga can get scary, "allicatmarie."

Gave myself a concussion in a college yoga class by having my mat too close to the mirror/ballet bar. It’s now a department rule that you can’t be next to the mirror while stretching or doing yoga/Pilates. It’s been 7 years.

12. Amazing, "jesst."

Not me but my dad. My dad and his friend streaked through the school and then ran through a meeting. There apparently was not a "no streaking rule" so they only got in trouble for skipping class. When I went to school there 20 years later there was a no streaking rule.

13. Damn, "Strict-Pineapple."

In my first year of university I took philosophy as an elective and our professor said on the first day that he was easy going and didn't mind if assignments were late and wouldn't dock points. I turned all 8 papers he assigned in to him the day of our final exam. True to his word he graded them all fairly and didn't deduct points for lateness. I took a class with him the next year and on the first day he said that due to past events he'd accept a late assignment only with a note from a doctor or if someone died while making eye contact with me.

14. Bummer! "AreYouALavaBeaver."

Not me, but my dad. In 1967 he was hit by an ice cream truck in the small town he lived in and the mayor (a close family friend) made it illegal for ice cream trucks to operate in the town. It’s still illegal and I have friends that still live there that whine all summer about the lack of trucks. If they only knew...

15. Slacker's perks! "Slugtime."

Teachers should never have a final test worth almost all of your grade. I've had it happen twice in school that I never did any homework but aced the test and passed my class with a B, then next year teacher would update the syllabus to say "And if you do literally no homework you still don't pass".

Not recommended, does not work every time.

16. Sorry about those squirrels, "That_one_Ace."

If you happen to go to girl scout camp, the rule "if you shot it with your bow and arrow, you have to dispose of the body" is because of my horrible archery skills. Sorry in advance.

17. Show your soul, "velvety-tears."

-Coloured contact lenses were banned from my school because the teachers couldn’t see my soul. ( I have no idea what they meant and still don’t )

18. Bug spray also works, "undefined_protocol."

Girls were required to wear pants instead of shorts at girls camp.

...because my mom saw how many mosquito bites were on my legs after I got back from scout camp.

19. Genius, "JessRoyall."

Students are not allowed to throw money into the crowed as a part of their speech. Students are also not allowed to have someone else or a group of students throw the money for them.

I ran for treasurer of my student council when I was a JR. I threw money in the crowd. I won. They made the 2nd part of the rule. In my SR. year I ran again. Had my friends throw the money for me. I won. They added the second part of the rule.