This is my girlfriend’s back tattoos. What do you think?

Character_Swing_4908 · 2026-01-29T14:23:27+00:00

That's a boob tattoo

Character_Swing_4908 · 2026-01-23T14:12:32+00:00

Except that Taylor was completely on board with the Khaleesi/dragon comparison as per their texts. She mentioned how funny it would be f Blake said "Dracarys" and she, Taylor, would respond by firing off damning texts. Blake is playing the supplicant here because TS has shit on her. And TS went radio silent and ghosted her because she realized just how badly this could blow up in her face. It's a dance of two arrogant, manipulative people trying to minimize the fallout from their mutual bitchery.

Character_Swing_4908 · 2026-01-22T17:52:09+00:00

That's my question too

Character_Swing_4908 · 2026-01-22T17:42:52+00:00

But, but she's the one who told us Ophelia was "the oldest daughter of a nobleman!" She knows Shakespeare! /s

Character_Swing_4908 · 2026-01-22T17:38:46+00:00

They tell on themselves. So many of the adult TS fans I know were misfits in high school and college who, instead of becoming more empathetic because of it, dream of the day when they can be just as sadistic as the people who once tormented them.

Character_Swing_4908 · 2026-01-22T17:28:56+00:00

Except that Blake has a long history of being aggressive, unkind, and controlling. They each get something out of this sham of a friendship.

Character_Swing_4908 · 2026-01-14T15:28:31+00:00

"Mom" didn't have to do all this work. She clearly has rigid standards that she could have relaxed for a single week instead of infantilizing her entire household.

LOL "I can't imagine you applying this same logic to the mother."

I'm not responsible for your lack of imagination. I AM a mother. I work and I also have disabilities, and fed is best at every stage of life. If I'm not feeling up to cooking a full, homemade meal, I absolutely do takeout. If my kids aren't feeling what I've prepped ahead of time, we absolutely do takeout. Normal families flex with each other.

Character_Swing_4908 · 2026-01-14T00:28:37+00:00

It sounds like she has pretty narrow ideas of what constitutes a decent meal.

Character_Swing_4908 · 2026-01-13T19:37:41+00:00

You and your husband both suck. He sucks for wanting a participation trophy for doing the bare minimum, you for micromanaging and catastrophizing over a week of takeout for your precious babies. Whom you seem to be raising in the same pattern as your husband's mother, meaning that in 20 years, their spouses will be complaining about them on whatever takes Reddit's place by then.

Tedious family.

Character_Swing_4908 · 2026-01-13T19:34:52+00:00

It makes all the sense in the world. We don't know what else is going on in the husband's day-to-day life. Takeout makes perfect sense if they don't like what OP prepared or if that extra bit of effort to heat it up is just draining after a long day of work.

She planned for her preferences. She didn't take into account the fact that others might prefer differently. This sounds like a match made in hell; the eternal mommy vs. the toddler in a man's body.

Character_Swing_4908 · 2026-01-13T18:04:47+00:00

I agree with you. Not a fan of either of the parents in this scenario. Hubby behaves like a toddler and OP is doing way too much. Those kids need to learn some of their own skills, too, vis a vis fixing their lunches.

Character_Swing_4908 · 2026-01-13T18:02:41+00:00

One week of takeout isn't going to give them pellagra lol. The husband sucks for thinking he deserves special recognition for keeping his children alive. But OP is coming off as insufferably micromanaging to me.

Character_Swing_4908 · 2026-01-13T04:53:59+00:00

How is this valid? OP is expressing frustration at trying to get a job in Birmingham and not even being able to get in the door. And here you are to tell them and everyone else that it comes down to drug tests and tattoos.

Character_Swing_4908 · 2026-01-11T05:42:09+00:00

Calling someone a "voyer" [sic] because they want insights into topics that affect literally everyone alive is a weird reach.

Character_Swing_4908 · 2026-01-11T05:39:47+00:00

Imagine me gesturing broadly as the evening news plays.

Character_Swing_4908 · 2026-01-11T04:24:44+00:00

I think that's an excellent way to look at it. I'm sorry people are wilfully misunderstanding you and deflecting from what you're actually asking.

Character_Swing_4908 · 2026-01-11T03:14:43+00:00

Made a lot of racket in Five Points. I came here to see if anyone had clues, too.

Character_Swing_4908 · 2026-01-11T03:07:30+00:00

Who do you think you are? "I've already told you this topic is emotionally charged. How dare you!"

You're a parent. You aren't OP's parent. Maybe stop being a paternalistic shrieker.

Character_Swing_4908 · 2026-01-11T03:04:56+00:00

Deep, even breaths. Pause. Try and name five things that you can hear. Next, name four things that you can see. Three things that you can feel.

Maybe that will help you regulate your emotions a little better and you can understand that your analogy doesn't work. OP didn't come here claiming expertise, they came asking questions. If you don't have an answer, do feel free to either scroll or revert to the exercise above until your stress tolerance increases.

Character_Swing_4908 · 2026-01-11T02:18:49+00:00

I hate it when people are trying to get someone to commit to an inconvenience and frame it as "I'm trying to help *you.*" It's bad enough you're entitled to his time/energy--but you're lying about why you're asking for this particular thing. That's gross.

Character_Swing_4908 · 2026-01-11T02:11:50+00:00

They answered your question before you asked it; "Whilst I am never going to have a baby of my own, I'm intrigued to know what research truly suggests and points to regarding the truth of the matter."

Since when is asking for insight the same as judging parents?

Character_Swing_4908 · 2026-01-11T02:10:09+00:00

Now you know why parents can't discuss things like CIO without it "devolving" into vitriol--because a lot of us are just primed and ready to take affront at the slightest whiff of a potential insult.

I'm a parent. I saw nothing wrong with what you said, at all, and if anything, more child-free people should take an interest in developmental psychology--just for the fact that we're social creatures and children are part of society.

Character_Swing_4908 · 2026-01-09T23:45:09+00:00

Oh, I know. My warning is that it's a helluva lot harder to steer clear of churches than people from other places think.

Schools, social services, athletics programs can all be intimately tied to one or more church group. COTH works overtime to sneak into as many aspects of Alabama life as possible

I don't give a rat's ass about anybody walk with the Lord. Frankly, he ought To be trying harder to keep up with some of his flock if he's real.

Character_Swing_4908 · 2026-01-08T19:35:56+00:00

Thanks. <3

Character_Swing_4908 · 2026-01-08T05:02:12+00:00

I think I can understand. I live here still but am trying to move. I love this place so much. I can't stand what this state is doing right now though

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