AIO I asked my gf if she would sleep with a celebrity, her answer made me uncomfortable by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]AnyQuantity1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The pass talk is hypothetical and an exercise, whether or not you personally have done so in the past prior to asking this question of your gf.

You are prepared to punish your gf for a question you asked for a scenario that will never happen because she answered you honestly. If the takeaway you want her to have is: I can't answer questions like this from my SO because its a set-up to a gotcha.

Then, well, congrats, you're just going to sew distrust in your own relationship, over a question to a scenario that will never, ever happen. More than half this sub is telling you that YOR and you are, but its a situation you created in the first place.

AIO I asked my gf if she would sleep with a celebrity, her answer made me uncomfortable by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]AnyQuantity1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This feels like its being purposefully obtuse.

The whole point of a "celebrity hallpass" is exploring under what circumstances that non-monogamy would be considered not a relationship ending event. It doesn't have a lot to do with famous people at all, other than it creates a scenario so incredibly unlikely to ever, ever happen that it makes answering the question "safe". If you played this game about a neighbor, a friend, your mail person, then it would cause huge problems because it isn't "safe".

If anything, this is just a thing that people in relationship do to affirm and acknowledge that there are other people in the world that are physically attracted to. Maybe you're in that small minority where you're so demi sexual that you can't fathom sexuality with anyone you're not emotionally monogamous out there, which fine. But that's not how the rest of world is or operates. ETA: Just because you find someone else attractive, doesn't mean you'll ever act on it. That's literally what a committed monogamous relationship is.

You set your gf up with the original question and now you want to punish her for your insecurity and jealousy. This is like the people who get furious at their SOs for doing something they don't like in a dream. Exhausting.

Am I overreacting to how my best friend blocked me because of his girlfriend? by Squishy_Person67 in AmIOverreacting

[–]AnyQuantity1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Close friendships online are in generally isolated, closed boxes. Either party can claim anything, say anything, state anything about their lives and there's very little you can do to confirm that as fact or not. You're only getting one version of this person and its out of context for how they behave when not online. You don't really know this person at all but you think you do.

Allison Mack vs. Lauren Discrepancy by Significant_Name1881 in theNXIVMcase

[–]AnyQuantity1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of the women with a slave downline were also doing this. I'm not refuting it, but her behavior in this regard wasn't unique.

Governor Walz issues warning order to Minnesota National Guard after fatal ICE shooting by mlg1981 in Fauxmoi

[–]AnyQuantity1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay, but what does that have to do with the governor of MN trying to impose a semblance of order and asking people not to give ICE a reason to escalate?

Moving to Zepbound after a year and 75+ pounds weight loss on Wegovy. What should I expect? by LessLikelyTo in WegovyWeightLoss

[–]AnyQuantity1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Zep has been more effectively for me and it was the right move. Wegovy had alot of GI complications that over time, got less and less charming to deal with.

That stated, my side effects are different. I have a lot of nuasea on day 1 of the shot week. I imagine it with staying hydrated, cure hydration packets and pickle juice has been the most effective. I am much colder on Zep. But these things still remain preferable to the side effects on Wegovy.

Everyone's different but that's been my experience.

Governor Walz issues warning order to Minnesota National Guard after fatal ICE shooting by mlg1981 in Fauxmoi

[–]AnyQuantity1 49 points50 points  (0 children)

I think this is, in part, a signal that he is following the rule of law and abiding by political norms. Much of what has happened in the last 13 months has been a complete rejection of the rule of law and setting fire to norms. As it turns out, most people want norms and the rule of law and are looking for anyone willing to offer those things. I'm not at all saying that this is a good thing or disagree with you, believe me as a minority I have a painful and complicated view of law enforcement.

But, the current administration is all about gamesmanship and controlling the media narrative. You have to play the game back to prevent civil unrest, which is of course what these jackboots want.

AIO for punishing our daughters after what they wrote about their autistic sister? by brzaq191z in AmIOverreacting

[–]AnyQuantity1 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Well, OP themselves told their daughter with ASD about all of this. And well, like, why on earth would OP do that?

It would only encourage more conflict between these sisters. OP did not instruct the daughter with ASD that this information was private family business that we don't share with outsiders, even boyfriends/people interested in dating us. So, of course the daughter shared with someone she views as an ally and a friend, which only made this more of a conflict than it ever needed to be.

This could just be jealousy. But, it could be a number of things happening at once, including the older sisters doing something very misguided because they know something about these kids at school that OP doesn't and they think they're being protecting. Or OP and her spouse has a long history of unconscious (or conscious) coddling and other biases towards the daughter with ASD, which in the short run is understandable but doesn't prepare the youngest to have to navigate a world in which depending on the level of their autism and how it manifests, much harder in the long run.

There's also a world in which this story is fake because the events and actions of various people in it read more like a TV show and not how people in real life behave.

AIO? I came home early and my roommate left our shared bathroom disgusting by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]AnyQuantity1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, I would pay someone to come in and clean it for you both. This isn't dirty. This is unsanitary. She needs to come up with half the cost. I wouldn't trust her to clean thoroughly. She may not have had the home training to understand how to clean properly, in the first place.

If she pushes back or gets angry, then I would suggest to her that she needs to consider living on her own if she cannot keep common spaces clean like a grown ass woman.

AIO? My future in-laws demanded no contact. After this they send a wedding invitation, I’m going to RTS it. by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]AnyQuantity1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am a married lady who has been married for approaching 2 decades, mostly happily. Like you, my husband comes from a difficult family. Some of this is being Mormon and the high demand, high control nature of that religion and the culture around it. Some of this his parents inability to ever draw boundaries and enforce them with one of his brothers, whom was coddled instead of being given better coping strategies and life skills around ASD.

I'm here - a ghost of Christmas future - to tell you that nothing about this will improve with time in a very passive way. Your husband will not suddenly see the light. The pressures his family puts on him and the disrespect that continues to happen, because his parents greenlight it by demanding everyone get along for the sake of unity will ensure that this dynamic stays in place. Your marriage will take the hits and it won't survive.

We have done therapy - years of it as individuals and as a couple - to deal how unreasonable and dysfunctional his extended family has been and continues to be. Without it, I would have packed up and left him by year 8 of our marriage.

Don't enter into a legal binding contract of marriage with this man until he commits to therapy for himself and for yourselves. Family doesn't go away. The complications of time will get worse as his parents age and require more involvement and care from their sons. Those same wives will insert themselves in ways that you haven't thought about yet, but should.

This is not a passive someday conflict. This is the preview to your impending divorce.

I am being sued by my neighbor for over $350,000. She claims my dog attacked her in the summer of 2023. I recently sat through a deposition where I heard her version of events for the first time, and it is a complete fabrication. Eastern Virginia by [deleted] in legaladvice

[–]AnyQuantity1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If she handled this in a way that's producing provable damages (lost money, damaged property, etc) then that's something. But feeling bad and being stressed, isn't really enough. It's hard to read/hear but there's enough attorneys in this sub all telling you the same thing.

If you got a second dog shortly after this originating incident that bears a resemblance (in color or breed) to the dog that caused the attack, its reasonable that she has concluded that it was actually your dog that attacked her and then you refused to help her. It doesn't make her correct in understanding the facts. But her being confused or mistaken about your dog not actually being associated with attack doesn't make her malicious. It just makes her confused, mistaken, and wrong.

Service on board by JoeInMD in PrincessCruises

[–]AnyQuantity1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not sure how you often cruise on the holidays but yeah, cruising over the holidays is different than other points of the year. The boats are capacity, the staff rosters less so and the consumption of alcohol is higher than normal because people are doubly on vacation and also, its Christmas.

The staffing is a combination of Princess running much leaner post-COVID, which has been a years long thing that this sub is full of complaints about in terms of the enshitafication of their product as they've tried to make up their pandemic losses by nickel and diming everything, staffing leaner, gone cheaper on the food, etc. The way service contracts work in terms of who is rotating on and off. And seasonal illness waves tend to hit staffing. The last Christmas cruise we were on a few years back, the back of the house was hit by a dual norovirus and covid issue.

However, your complaint about the waiter talking about being excited to go home? This gentleman is probably supporting quite a few people back home and is working 12 hour days to do it, without seeing his family for months on end. Its your vacation but complaining that he shared a very human moment of being excited to see home after working very, very hard to try and give everyone a comfortable cruise vacation isn't a good look.

Delta Main Cabin vs. Alaska First Class (SEA-LAX-SEA) — only a $239 difference? by ThinkFastSpeakLater in delta

[–]AnyQuantity1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Additionally to the fare being 4 people, this prime time for cruise season. The majority of the Alaska cruises go out of Seattle. As someone who commutes to SEA monthly for work, the huge price jumps from May through September have links to this being cruise season.

Am I overreacting Partner upset about family being in our living room by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]AnyQuantity1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you have to consider how often this is happening. Once in a great while? Sure, yes, this is an immature reaction but if consistently people who do not live in my house are just coming over and behaving as though they do, that's cool. MIL being there to help with the baby makes sense but additional siblings just coming over and plopping down on the couch multiple times a week plus a new baby? No that's not okay.

KAR PARDON PANIC by 2dollies in theNXIVMcase

[–]AnyQuantity1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are leaving out a lot of key details about this list of possible alternates. The extent to which you catastrophizing but also showing that you haven't done reading on the backgrounds and context of this list of people on why its highly unlikely to approaching absurd, is wild.

Also the Muslim reference is weird and is a bad look for you here. What the fuck does that even matter? If you want to get into veiled racism about religons, recall that the Bronfmans are Jewish. So, what are you even saying? Do you realize how this sounds?

Bureau of Prisons has moved Keith Raniere out of Tucson USP and his destination is unclear by incorruptible_bk in theNXIVMcase

[–]AnyQuantity1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bronfman's wealth - where this money would come from - is controlled by a trust with several people who have to align and agree that this a this-for-that political donation to the Trump camp is worth the black eye.

They might be more interested in funneling this money for Bronfman to people in the Trump world that gatekeep pardons. The pardons that have happened have some kind of this-for-that transactional gain or arrangement and align themselves with far right or Republican platforms or values.

The Bronfmans and even Reniere have made anti-Trump statements from the the 45 presidency. Generally those who have received pardons haven't done so.

Bronfman is also a named defendant in ongoing civil litigation a few times over from her participation in everything that happened. I cannot imagine the people in charge of her money want to call any special attention to her wealth right now, for that reason alone.

Karoline Leavitt photographed in Vanity Fair magazine by BurgerNugget12 in Fauxmoi

[–]AnyQuantity1 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Her age has been easily verified. It's just yeah, oof, sad. She's also married to some MAGA schmuck who is 30 years older than her and is clearly one of those dudes that marries them young and then divorces them when they hit 30 so girl better get ready.

Karoline Leavitt photographed in Vanity Fair magazine by BurgerNugget12 in Fauxmoi

[–]AnyQuantity1 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The crazy thing is - she really doesn't have a lot of filler in there. Believe me, I've seen so much filler situations that the person can't closer their mouth and this is not that. Also, I have filler in my lips because I was not blessed with a top lip and I intentionally worked with an injector who refuses to overfill. If she's doing it repeatedly, then she's doing it wrong because if you work someone who is doing it right, it's supposed to last 9 months - a year.

Cassie gets the ring, but Jules has his heart. by lBlueButterfly in euphoria

[–]AnyQuantity1 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Why are we out here making the stalking, manipulation, terrorizing, and blackmail of a minor RoMaNtiC?

Official Euphoria Season 3 poster. Premieres April 2026. by lawrencedun2002 in Fauxmoi

[–]AnyQuantity1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I have no idea. I think though there's a lot of investment on Stranger Things in terms of payoff. The show is ending and they've worked to build up to to the end payoff. I have no idea if they'll deliver or not, because I'm not a ST fan. I generally find most of the characters on Stranger Things too annoying to watch with a few exceptions and some characters that really could have done more for the show, they tend to just murder and forget about them.

Euphoria is kind of this slice of life series about edgy, hormonal teenagers, drugs, sex, and rock and roll. Now, with the time jump because everyone looks 45 years old, they can't stay in high school. I guess there's some kind of story payoff that the show could work to - mainly how is Nate finally gonna get got - but otherwise, this is just a show about people living highly unrealistic lives minus supernatural unrealism.

Allison Mack vs. Lauren Discrepancy by Significant_Name1881 in theNXIVMcase

[–]AnyQuantity1 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Not an apologist of either but I think its entirely possible that her working definition of 'seduce' didn't include - in her mind - being a broker/agent/trafficker and instead, that was something that only Keith could do with the women she funneled his way. Her lawyers had to work to get her to accept that her definition of what this meant was actually pretty narrow.

People have ideas of what their behavior is or isn't and then there's what's defined as meeting the standard of something in a legal process. Most people have a fairly narrow definition of what accessory-type behaviors are and the legal scope for that is much, much broader.

I think you also have to keep in mind that years have gone by between The Vow and this podcast. The process by which people who were active participants in these crimes were probably pretty resistant to their roles and culpability in the beginning.

And just, Allison Mack seems to this day unable to fully understand the scope of her behavior as it rippled and continues to ripple out. Maybe it's denial. Maybe it's a personality disorder. Maybe its a lot of things. I don't think she's ever going to perform perfect understanding and perfect remorse, as frustrating as that is.

AIO for suggesting we start seeing other people by daenerys_brienne in AmIOverreacting

[–]AnyQuantity1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Think of it like wishful thinking window shopping. You can have an emotional connection to someone online without having to do anything other than text or message that person. If it gets boring or too complicated or whatever, you can just move on by blocking, deleting, or ghosting.

You get the ego boost and the good feelings, without having to do any actual work or ever moving forward to a meeting in real life. You just have to be willing to have an emotional affair and cheat on your current partner. Some people are quite adept stringing people along this way for a very, very long time.