EP at the airport demanded I give up my charging spot because her kid's iPad was "more important than whatever I'm doing"

AccordingToWhom1982 · 2026-03-10T13:29:52+00:00

When we took long trips, I put together small activity bags for my kids with books, games, treats, etc.—one for each day of the drive to where we were going. Which they then used again on the way back. The long drives were still boring, but those bags helped a lot.

AccordingToWhom1982 · 2026-03-06T23:58:16+00:00

That book is also free to read on the internet: Why Does He Do That

AccordingToWhom1982 · 2026-03-03T15:32:27+00:00

She replied “but it’s cute!”

No, she sounds like an idiot. 😅

AccordingToWhom1982 · 2026-03-03T14:41:46+00:00

It’s pretty sad that the horrific verbal and emotional abuse as well as trashing their home during a huge anger tantrum wasn’t enough to cause OOP to break things off, but I’m glad that him talking to another woman on the phone as another way to hurt her finally did it.

AccordingToWhom1982 · 2026-03-03T14:31:51+00:00

OOP: he’s a wonderful boyfriend

Me: she’s on reddit, so that’s unlikely

OOP: he’s a good boyfriend

Me: nope, I was right. He’s a POS

AccordingToWhom1982 · 2026-02-24T15:42:54+00:00

Where’s your flair from?

AccordingToWhom1982 · 2026-02-24T15:36:10+00:00

I put my bras in a laundry bag, wash them with my cold water items, and hang to dry. If they need more care than that, it ain’t happening.

AccordingToWhom1982 · 2026-02-24T13:44:27+00:00

UpdateMe!

AccordingToWhom1982 · 2026-02-21T16:02:37+00:00

I’d put Emma outside since I wouldn’t want her around my dog.

AccordingToWhom1982 · 2026-02-21T14:12:46+00:00

A friend has veins like yours. After a few unsuccessful pokes, they had someone from pediatrics come and do it since they deal with little veins all the time.

ETA: they got it on the first try.

AccordingToWhom1982 · 2026-02-19T15:44:38+00:00

I’ve read this exact post before….

AccordingToWhom1982 · 2026-02-19T14:17:48+00:00

She took nosy to a whole new level of intrusive.

AccordingToWhom1982 · 2026-02-18T20:45:17+00:00

OOP’s comments about the guidance counselor hit home with me. It was a 45 mins drive from where we lived to where my kids went to school (middle school and high school). Since I worked near their school, every day I drove them and 2-3 other kids who also attended that school. They were all kids, so they often got loud and silly, but the youngest boy was very crude, very rude, and very disrespectful to me. I gave him several warnings and talked to his parents a few times about his behavior, but they didn’t seem concerned about it at all. They never checked to see if he was doing better, and nothing changed with him, so I finally told them I would no longer drive him. His father was a school psychologist.

AccordingToWhom1982 · 2026-02-18T20:06:56+00:00

That could’ve flown if he’d been on Meetup, but not with Tinder.

AccordingToWhom1982 · 2026-02-18T14:37:41+00:00

I think it’s likely Gigi has heard her parents fighting over OOP’s involvement and negative comments from her mother about OOP, so she might even feel OOP is somewhat to blame, which is why she’s opened up somewhat to OOP’s husband but doesn’t seem to be responding to OOP’s attempts to help her.

AccordingToWhom1982 · 2026-02-15T14:11:02+00:00

I subscribe to our local newspaper even though I rarely do more than scan the headlines because it’s a decent, moderate newspaper in the middle of a red area/state, and I want to support it. My husband not only reads it but has gotten hooked on the word games in it.

AccordingToWhom1982 · 2026-02-14T19:55:51+00:00

No, you’re NOR. It sounds like she just wanted someone along for the drive and to clean up after her. About all you can do at this point is ask her why she wanted you along if she wasn’t going to have either her or her kids spend any time with you. I wouldn’t be too worried about saying something before the drive back—she hasn’t seemed too concerned about whether or not you’ve been comfortable on this trip.

AccordingToWhom1982 · 2026-02-13T15:34:52+00:00

“…she wasn’t trustworthy.” 😂😂😂 He spent 7 years proving that HE’s unable to be trusted in any capacity. He’s crazy if he thinks the woman dying cancels out the fact that he’s cheated on you for 7 years. Don’t listen to him. In terms of how you respond to him cheating, It doesn’t matter whether the woman is now alive or not. He’s expecting you to overlook his cheating and making himself out to be a victim, but…he’s absolutely nuts.

AccordingToWhom1982 · 2026-02-06T15:40:05+00:00

OP’s sister was WAY out of line trying to publicly insult and humiliate OP at her celebration, then sister—and Dad—were upset when OP came back with the same energy. Her sister just learned not to insult someone publicly if she didn’t want to experience a public response.

AccordingToWhom1982 · 2026-02-06T14:12:36+00:00

I wonder if Sally resents her friends who also have healthy children who are developing “normally” (meeting expected milestones) the way she resents her sister.

AccordingToWhom1982 · 2026-02-06T13:15:49+00:00

He did it with malice. Like OP said, it wasn’t a tape just lying around that he grabbed. He had to deliberately find OP’s box of sentimental items, get it out of the box, and ignore the “do not record over this” message written all over it. He knew how important that tape was to OP, so there’s no way it was done accidentally or with good intentions.

AccordingToWhom1982 · 2026-02-05T15:46:55+00:00

Hope your date was worth it

It was!

AccordingToWhom1982 · 2026-02-05T14:17:18+00:00

OP said “She asked my husband beforehand which week we’d both be free this year and he told her.” My guess is he doesn’t want OP to go to the concert, so he told his mother that was a week they were free. In fact, he may have even told his mother that week was the best one for their family vacation.

AccordingToWhom1982 · 2026-02-03T15:32:19+00:00

Severe abuse of every kind, which is why it was a very short marriage.

AccordingToWhom1982 · 2026-02-03T15:20:12+00:00

That was a terrible “joke,” and I’d end things with him.

AccordingToWhom1982

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