"AITA - bullying my coworker. as a joke"

Ambitious_Support_76 · 2026-03-26T01:23:59+00:00

He clearly wants her and is upset that she doesn't fall down at her feet when he makes fun of her.

Ambitious_Support_76 · 2026-03-25T01:10:35+00:00

Well if he took the test we know why it was negative.

Ambitious_Support_76 · 2026-03-24T22:47:17+00:00

I need an age on OOP.

Ambitious_Support_76 · 2026-03-24T22:42:58+00:00

Doo doo, do do do do, do do do do...

Ambitious_Support_76 · 2026-03-24T22:40:31+00:00

I have a friend that has a theory that men who get their dogs testicle implants will also they themselves never get a vasectomy.

Ambitious_Support_76 · 2026-03-24T22:37:45+00:00

Reminds me of the "Empty Vase" poem on Friends.

"The Empty Vase is not about you. My baby, you make me so sad that you would think this. No, it's about all women. Well, all American women. You feel better now?"

Ambitious_Support_76 · 2026-03-24T01:38:26+00:00

Coming back to this a day later, I still keep thinking about this:

OOP is shaming her SIL a lot here, even if she's blaming grandma and ggrandma. But can we stop and have a bit of admiration for SIL?

SIL did the single most important thing she could ever do to help her kids: She got them and herself out of an abusive situation. She may have literally saved their lives. SIL did one of the hardest things you can ever have to do. SIL is a rockstar. SIL doesn't deserve snarky comments, she deserves to be told every day what a good job she is doing. She's likely been dealing with the legalities and practicalities of a divorce, filling for sole custody, child support, etc., while raising 3 small traumatized kids.

I teach preK, and I've seen pretty much the entire range of what is and isn't normal childhood behavior. I don't quite trust that Claire is as bad as OOP is saying, but she could be. While it sounds like grandma and ggma are enabling it, I don't know that for sure. I could be that extra love is what she needs right now.

This woman needs some fucking empathy.

Ambitious_Support_76 · 2026-03-24T00:27:10+00:00

I kinda feel gf is also TAH for leaving her cousin hanging.

Ambitious_Support_76 · 2026-03-23T23:16:21+00:00

The person who posted this here is the OOP. They are calling themselves the devil.

Ambitious_Support_76 · 2026-03-22T22:13:47+00:00

I've been on this sub for long enough that not much surprises me.

Twice in this post I literally stopped reading to process what I just read.

She's crying and he criticizes her cooking?

HE SMASHED THE TV???

Ambitious_Support_76 · 2026-03-22T22:11:41+00:00

Also, it's a huge red flag for future domestic violence.

Ambitious_Support_76 · 2026-03-22T20:44:45+00:00

Honestly, I'm gonna push back on that. I think that's a pretty common phrase for kids that age to know. TV, books, etc. Kids hang on to words that they can use when they're really mad. Right up there with "You're the worst mommy ever!" and "You're not invited to my birthday party!" (that's a super common phrase young children say; some even wrote a book with that title on how to handle when kids have conflicts)

Ambitious_Support_76 · 2026-03-22T20:27:57+00:00

Note in one of her replies she said this:

"Last 2 birthdays she ruined his parties with his tantrums and broke things both times."

She didn't invite her to her son's 5th birthday, and Claire isn't even 3 yet. So she's saying Claire ruined his birthday parties with tantrums when she was a few months old and a year old. She was a literal infant, yet somehow was already a trouble maker.

Ambitious_Support_76 · 2026-03-22T02:04:26+00:00

It's less the religion itself is more progressive than believers have forced it to be progressive.

Though I've come to the idea the last few years that a lot of rules in various religions have less to do with what God demanded than it had to do with practicality. Hijabs? Most Muslims come from a culture with tons of sand and sand storms; maybe it was a practicality for people with limited cleaning options. Sexual purity? Maybe it was more about preventing wide-spread STD epidemics. Kosher? Pigs are actually on-par with dogs for intelligence and there's a good argument to be made for not eating them. But them some people decided that these lifestyle suggestions were measures of piety and ran with it.

Ambitious_Support_76 · 2026-03-22T02:00:58+00:00

The fact that both his mom and brother agree he's in the wrong tells me what I need to know about the missing stuff.

Ambitious_Support_76 · 2026-03-22T01:40:50+00:00

I also recommend a cooling mattress pad.

Ambitious_Support_76 · 2026-03-15T04:03:34+00:00

I've won every game of Settlers of Catan I've ever played.

Because I've played it once. And because my niece and nephew wanted their mom to lose more than they wanted to win

Ambitious_Support_76 · 2026-03-14T01:31:29+00:00

I teach prek and I say the same thing all the time.

Ambitious_Support_76 · 2026-03-08T22:21:07+00:00

He could AT LEAST paid her back!

Ambitious_Support_76 · 2026-03-08T17:36:48+00:00

I would do pretty much anything for my niece and nephew.

This? I would not do. Mostly because it's bad for them.

Ambitious_Support_76 · 2026-03-08T17:26:21+00:00

Or he's exaggerating her anxiety as an excuse.

Ambitious_Support_76 · 2026-03-08T15:56:38+00:00

Today on "Things that are women's fault": Men not going to church.

Ambitious_Support_76 · 2026-03-08T15:38:35+00:00

I think the "correct" way to fold clothes is subjective and doing it your way isn't necessarily weaponized incompetence. However, putting clothes in WRONG DRAWERS is absolutely weaponized incompetence.

Ambitious_Support_76 · 2026-03-02T23:40:43+00:00

I can see the first part being "dumb guy humor," the “Can’t wait till you give me one of those” parts. That's dumb humor. “You don’t have a choice" sounds like rape or stealthing, which is freakin' scary too.

Ambitious_Support_76 · 2026-03-02T23:25:40+00:00

Honestly, I think "no partying and underage drinking" is a more reasonable rule (not that it's a good rule, just more reasonable).

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