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My mother's response to intentionally shocking announcements to her by her daughters:
"That's nice. Set the table."
Linkmadre
My mother's response to intentionally shocking announcements to her by her daughters:
"That's nice. Set the table."
When my sister and I would threaten to run away from home in response to some perceived unfairness in her parenting, my mother's response was to ask if we wanted help packing. We eventually learned that running away was not an effective threat to her.
Conan the Grammarian at August 31, 2020 7:02 AM
This is pretty advanced stuff:
> [Y]ou couldn't find a fact if you
> smeared yourself with fact musk
> and wandered naked through the fact
> forest during fact mating season.
Crid at August 31, 2020 8:13 AM
Rules for thee but not for meeeeeeeeeeee:
https://mobile.twitter.com/TWilder86/status/1300161818803933184
Sixclaws at August 31, 2020 10:03 AM
Turns out the insurance on those Twin Cities businesses destroyed ty the riots (er, peaceful protests) is not going to cover the full rebuilding costs. How much you wanna bet those guys are gonna take the money and run, leaving the shells of their burnt out businesses to blister in the sun?
Andrea Jenkins, vice president of the Minneapolis City Council, suggested the business owners call the state attorney general about price gouging. She called the high prices being charged for building demolition, "a symbol of capitalism run amok."
What isn't "a symbol of capitalism run amok" to these guys?
Don't forget Kamala Harris helped raise money to pay the bail of the rioters (er, peaceful protestors). Wonder if she'll do the same for burned out (er, peacefully protested out) business owners.
Conan the Grammarian at August 31, 2020 11:30 AM
https://twitter.com/brianlfrye/status/1299984351342612481
I R A Darth Aggie at August 31, 2020 11:52 AM
Don't forget Kamala Harris helped raise money to pay the bail of the rioters
Nor is she the only one involved with the Biden campaign to do so. Too bad for them, they didn't listen to this guy, but this tweet instead got him cancelled.
https://twitter.com/davidshor/status/1265998625836019712
Washington Examiner brought that tweet back into notice.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/a-democratic-cassandra-gets-canceled-for-telling-the-truth
I R A Darth Aggie at August 31, 2020 12:06 PM
This, Yonder.
Crid at August 31, 2020 1:26 PM
Factoid…
…Illustrated.
Crid at August 31, 2020 1:36 PM
Strangely, while the top commentator is sympathetic, there doesn't seem to be much of a consensus.
https://old.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/ijmfwc/aita_for_not_wanting_to_be_a_parent_to_two/
The OP deleted her post, so here's a description from elsewhere:
"...Short version is the guy's sister and husband died in a fire, but their two kids (toddler and infant) weren't home, so they were orphaned. The OP said her and the guy's relationship had previously been understood to be childfree: they had discussed it, they were agreed. So this terrible thing happens and the boyfriend sits her down afterward and tells her-- TELLS her-- that the kids will be moving in with them on Friday. He tells her they need to figure out converting her home office, finances, etc. So she breaks up with him BECAUSE MY GOD OF COURSE SHE DID....
"The post has been taken down and locked already (because people were getting so vicious in the comments, presumably). A lot of debate back and forth, some reasoned, a lot NOT, but what got me was the number of people defending the boyfriend by saying he had no choice in the matter. A few people tried to point out that he absolutely had a choice, a number of choices in fact, some of which involved actually consulting with his partner before deciding she was going to be a mother...
"I find it so interesting that these 'You have to put family first!' and 'Children override everything!' types swear that they're the only ones who have the children's best interests at heart, but also think that a woman who never wanted kids should suck it up and be a mother because her man said so. Not just a horrible thing to do to her, but a truly awful thing to do to those kids.
"(I also liked one of the comments that basically asked, "If he had known she was going to leave and he'd have to raise the kids by himself, would he still have thought he had no choice but to take them?" but it got buried fast. Of course.)
"...I bet if he knew he was signing up for single father duty, he'd have realized he suddenly had all KINDS of choices at his disposal. And none of them would have included taking the kids.
"I don't know what the reddit rules are after a post gets removed, but I'd love to see an update from the OP at some point, if she finds out how it all plays out...because once The Woman Who Was Supposed To Do All The Work For Him So He Could Be A Hero was out of the picture, I'm guessing he immediately started trying to figure out how to back out of all of it. Because, you know...choices..."
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I realize, of course, there are those who would read that, and then bring up couples who are facing unwanted pregnancies and who don't agree on what to do. Again, the thing to remember is that whether you're male or female, if YOU'RE the one who doesn't want a pregnancy, it's YOUR job to make sure two or three contraceptives are being used every time. If, that is, you're old enough to understand the words "long-term consequences."
Lenona at August 31, 2020 9:06 PM
I saw this happen a week ago, with details I don't want to describe, and perhaps a better outcome to a horrible event. As mentioned on this blog several times, few things are as gratifying in human nature as the capacity to lovingly adopt a young child.
Crid at August 31, 2020 9:18 PM
> insurance on those Twin Cities
> businesses destroyed ty the riots
> (er, peaceful protests) is not going
> to cover the full rebuilding costs
McArdle got after this yesterday, too.
Crid at August 31, 2020 9:42 PM
Found the original post. Scroll down about 3/4, to "dating for 3 years."
https://old.reddit.com/r/AmITheAngel/comments/ijs9ql/no_one_who_frequents_aita_should_ever_have_a/
What some commentators can't seem to grasp is that there's a big difference between taking care of (but slowly breaking up with) an ADULT significant other for six months after, say, the s.o. gets hit by a car, and taking care of two small children in such a tragic situation only to abandon them just when they've come to think of you as a parent. How would that be better for the kids?
Lenona at September 1, 2020 12:24 AM
I imagine most guys would take their sister's orphaned kids, even if they didn't have a girlfriend.
I think it's good she left before getting in deeper, they weren't actually married yet or anything, and it makes sense for her to bail. Since she doesn't want kids she can wait as long as she likes to find The One.
NicoleK at September 2, 2020 10:44 AM
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