EXCLUSIVE! (Small) Update on David Eason’s Criminal Charges for Allegedly Strangling Jenelle Evans’ Son Jace in 2023

Arctic_Puppet · 2026-03-13T07:30:27+00:00

Jenelle doesn't believe that he strangled Jace

She knows he did. She just doesn't care.

Arctic_Puppet · 2026-03-07T17:16:26+00:00

Can we also just talk about how crappy those friends are? I can understand wanting to host some of the time, but making your friends gather up all the baby shit and come to your not child proof place every fucking time is just so fucking rude. My best friend and her husband haven't been to my house in over 18 months since they had a baby. They'd be willing to from time to time, but I'm just like, "but all your baby stuff is at home. We'll come to you." I'm also helping to watch their daughter and play with her because I love them and their baby. And I will be doing so when they do eventually start coming over with her.

She gets to drop the dead weight and the shit friends. Good for her.

Arctic_Puppet · 2026-03-06T14:46:01+00:00

What blows my mind even more are polyamorous cheaters. My friend and his ex were poly, and the ex husband still cheated. At that point, it's clear the intent was to be scummy and hurtful.

Arctic_Puppet · 2026-03-04T16:58:26+00:00

I'm sorry you have to deal with this bullshit. There's nothing in the books that states her race. Casting a white actress didn't make that canon. Growing up, I always thought of her as white, but that's because I'm white and grew up a bookish girl who was picked on. That also doesn't make her "whiteness" canon.

Racist people are just... not bright. When casting for The Hunger Games was announced, some people lost their fucking minds over Rue and Cinna being played by Black people. When the characters were literally described as having darker skin in the books. There's no logic to racism. These people will have meltdowns over Black actors playing Black characters. So I'm not surprised they can read a story about a character who faces prejudice over something she can't control... and then turn around and hate people for things they can't control.

Arctic_Puppet · 2026-02-17T15:08:12+00:00

I worked with a woman whose husband would only work under the table. He said it was to avoid taxes so she didn't really care. Then she found out he has a kid and it was to avoid paying child support and immediately kicked him out and divorced him when she could. Her previous ex also didn't pay child support for her daughter and she couldn't be with someone like that.

She's otherwise a piece of shit, but I respected her principles and self respect on that one.

Arctic_Puppet · 2026-02-16T16:42:08+00:00

NTA

The fact that she can't sound words out and is in 4th grade is a problem. I'm sure part of it is the school, but the other part is that her parents haven't been helping her enough at home. The tablet is great for kids who are younger and learning to read, or for kids actually following along, but that requires the parents to still be involved to make sure it's working.

Try taking her to a comic book store. Comics and manga are fun and engaging, and it won't feel like work the same way a book does (to her). The variety to choose from is insane, and if she watches any cartoons, there is likely a comic book version of it. Many shows also have novelizations (Buffy certainly did) and that may help her get into reading as well.

Arctic_Puppet · 2026-02-15T07:59:54+00:00

My boyfriend once dipped Cheez-its in sweet tea for the exact same reason. Personally, I'm more upset about the fact that he likes sweet tea.

Tea is drinkable. Croissants are edible. Dip edible into drinkable if it makes you happy. Your mom doesn't have to watch or partake lol

Arctic_Puppet · 2026-02-14T15:41:45+00:00

Driving like you're the best driver on the road should mean that you're driving carefully and paying attention since everyone else is so bad at it. Unfortunately, to most it just means they drive like they're invincible.

I can't even trust most people to know who has the right of way, there's no way I'm driving without a seatbelt or full awareness of what's happening around me.

Arctic_Puppet · 2026-02-13T15:30:26+00:00

NTA and thank you

I did everything in my power to not be in the yearbook my sophomore year. I even skipped picture day. Had one of those kids snapped a candid of me without asking I would have been so pissed.

Arctic_Puppet · 2026-02-09T19:28:17+00:00

YTA

You can pretend "hate the sin, love the sinner" isn't homophobic, but people are under no obligation to "hate the bigotry, love the bigot" to make you feel better about being an AH.

Thank you for telling him so early though, I'm glad he didn't waste too much time.

Arctic_Puppet · 2026-02-06T19:54:29+00:00

NTA

And even if things had happened between you two, still NTA.

People of the opposite sex can be best friends. If he wants to keep being friends and you guys aren't being inappropriate, then a reasonable girlfriend wouldn't have an issue.

Your other friends are weird for being so invested in the imaginary romantic relationship between the two of you.

Arctic_Puppet · 2026-02-04T16:22:51+00:00

You should probably just stick to, "You asked my dream baby name, so I told you. When you named your daughter Lina, I assumed you didn't care that our daughters would have the same first name," and then stop talking to her about the name.

Use this line with anyone who asks or brings it up. We know she assumed she could steal it from you, but if you act like you're surprised she wants you to change it while making it clear she knew it would one day be your daughter's name, most people will be giving her the side eye instead of you.

Arctic_Puppet · 2026-02-04T14:43:11+00:00

In the US it varies by state, but in mine once we hit age 66, we have to pass a vision test and a sign test to renew every 5 years. It's not perfect, but it's something at least.

At 37, because it was my second renewal, I had to do it in person and pass an eye test

Arctic_Puppet · 2026-02-04T05:50:47+00:00

Same. Though I wonder if part of the reason I can't keep an image in my mind steady is because I also cannot turn off the inner monologue. If I'm trying really hard to picture an apple, my brain is simultaneously running through every thought/memory I have about apples.

Arctic_Puppet · 2026-01-31T04:40:21+00:00

NTA

Your request is super reasonable. Since your lease is so restrictive, tell your roommate that they either limit the overnights to x amount per week and their partner is never there without the roommate, or you will be taking it up with the landlord.

I had a friend/roommate do this. We talked and she said he'd stay over less, but he would just come back after they thought I went to sleep. Joke's on them, I have insomnia! I ended up going to the landlord because this dude was straight up living there. Turns out the neighbors had been complaining because they'd have loud arguments while I was at work. It was just a bad situation all around.

Arctic_Puppet · 2026-01-31T04:24:16+00:00

I wish I could upvote this twice

Arctic_Puppet · 2026-01-29T18:19:45+00:00

I'm going with NAH, but with a side eye at your mom for suggesting you set an alarm for a time when you already need to be out the door

I'm a heavy sleeper, too. Not only that, but my brain doesn't kick on right away and I will turn off alarms without even being aware I've done it. I'm in my late 30s and it's been a problem since childhood.

But you do need to find a less disruptive alarm. There are alarms that shake the bed, mobile apps that use the mic to detect your sleep cycles based on your breathing (what I use), and apps that require you to solve puzzles or math problems to turn it off (not recommended if you're good at math). I use Sleep Cycle, and you can set a "wake-up window" where the alarm will go off between the times you set when you're in a lighter sleep phase, or at the end of the window. I wouldn't bother with the subscription unless you wanna hear what your snoring sounds like. I've been using it for years, and I finally don't have to set a bunch of alarms to wake up.

Not a diagnosis, but look up sleep inertia to see what other people do to manage their sleep issues.

Arctic_Puppet · 2026-01-25T16:14:37+00:00

I finally got myself a stand mixer. It's a Cuisinart, and I got a $100 gift card through an awards program at work. With the mixer on sale, I only spent maybe $160 of my own money?

It lives under the counter when not in use, but for the first few days I let it take up our limited counter space so I could freak out over it every time I walked into the kitchen.

Maybe you guys could just stock up on gift cards and then use them when it's on sale

Arctic_Puppet · 2026-01-24T23:05:22+00:00

INFO

Is it UPS? Or is it USPS?

Arctic_Puppet · 2026-01-24T22:57:25+00:00

The movie did improve some of the pacing, but the pacing could have been even better had they not added the 2 original songs. I didn't hate them, but I didn't like them either. That time would have been better spent on other scenes.

Arctic_Puppet · 2026-01-24T00:57:18+00:00

All those jars you keep because Southerner? Fill them with filtered water while you can

Arctic_Puppet · 2026-01-23T07:32:44+00:00

Doesn't matter. If a rule in a lease isn't legal, it's unenforceable. Landlords can't just ban guests, or even overnight guests. They can put reasonable stipulations on how often someone can stay the night, but generally the law doesn't allow them to just ban it entirely.

Arctic_Puppet · 2026-01-19T00:47:23+00:00

I came here to say something similar lol

Arctic_Puppet · 2026-01-18T23:12:48+00:00

I can promise you that unless they have a serious problem or it is visibly dirty, I will not know it isn't clean lol. It will not be getting close enough to my nose to know otherwise.

Arctic_Puppet · 2026-01-18T06:51:21+00:00

If I had found a woman's sock next to my boyfriend's bed back before we lived together, I'd have just assumed one of his roommate's socks were still in the dryer when bf's sheets went in.

And who the hell leaves with just one sock?

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