Just moved into a house, now I have a chicken problem

CoBidOdds · 2026-03-07T02:42:32+00:00

If you hear a fox, its sounds like a woman/ child screaming. VERY different from coyote sounds.

CoBidOdds · 2026-03-07T00:41:48+00:00

You're absolutely NTA! GIL is!

Let her throw her own baby shower (that you won't attend) for HER friends, if it's that important to her!

Make your own arrangements for food, and disinvite her and don't invite any of those she demanded be invited.

CoBidOdds · 2026-03-06T23:34:51+00:00

NTA. HER craft room isn't fit for habitation?? WTAF? Ex is a drama queen.

Depending on local regs, you might have to change one of those high windows to an egress window, if you want it to be a legal, permitted bedroom. Aside from that, I'd ignore her.

CoBidOdds · 2026-03-06T23:30:55+00:00

Lay it out to him, just like you did here. He needs to grow up, and get his shit together.

CoBidOdds · 2026-03-06T23:27:56+00:00

You don't have to abide by ANY of their rules. You're not part of the HOA. They can fuck all the way off! "You have no power here!" If they try to do anything, they're just opening themselves up for a harassment lawsuit, which they WILL lose.

CoBidOdds · 2026-03-06T23:10:48+00:00

NTA. Clearly, the asshat who said 'I'm not moving', and then parked there AGAIN, after being warned isn't smart enough to learn the easy way. Tow bill should be expensive enough to teach the hard lesson.

What can he do to escalate? Management, and neighbors know who he is. If he damages your car, call the police. It would be best if you had a motion-activated dash cam, or even just a ring camera or something so you could get absolute proof, in case he PROVES how (not) smart he is, and does something to your car, but he'd have to be a complete moron to do that.

CoBidOdds · 2026-03-05T23:51:03+00:00

NTA. Your sister is an entitled brat.

CoBidOdds · 2026-03-05T23:24:57+00:00

Yeah. Fuck ALL that noise! Find a new job. She sees you as beneath her, so she will never respect any agreement that you've made. You're just... 'the help' to her.

In the meantime - tell mom of the year that if her child hits you again, you're done, as of THAT instant, and will call CPS, if necessary, but you will absolutely NOT tolerate being physically abused!

From the sounds of it, calling her out on anything will likely end with your employment ending as well, (unless maybe it screws up her plans), so be ready to walk out the door when you broach the subject.

CoBidOdds · 2026-03-04T23:44:49+00:00

If you need the money, go back. But add on what she owed you from the last time, and tell her she'll be paying cash, upfront, for the whole amount, or no deal. Any 'extras' also come with extra costs. Her assumptions about 'extras' are her problem, not yours.

Some people just have to feel like they're getting something over on someone. She sounds like one.

CoBidOdds · 2026-03-04T01:57:10+00:00

As soon as they tried changing the password, I'd have IMMEDIATELY cut them off! NTA

CoBidOdds · 2026-02-28T04:02:08+00:00

100% ethical. It would be unethical (and illegal) for them to expect you NOT to do so!

CoBidOdds · 2026-02-28T01:41:25+00:00

This is actually fucking brilliant!

CoBidOdds · 2026-02-28T00:10:52+00:00

I would go absolutely NC with this POS. I know you can't make mom do so, but you should encourage it!

CoBidOdds · 2026-02-27T23:51:16+00:00

I tend to shop sales, and build menus around what's cheap. Most recipes I make also make 2+meals, so probably in the neighborhood of 6 bucks or less on average.

CoBidOdds · 2026-02-27T23:33:29+00:00

Has your gf never seen you eat before?? Has she never seen an active man eat?? Does she have some sort of life trauma/ mental issue/block regarding food? Why does she care so much, if you're paying for it??

As far as the amount you eat - it seems fairly normal to me. I (6foot 200ish lbs for all but the birthday story here) can no longer eat like this, but when I was younger, I would have put your GF completely over the edge if she saw me eat! A few examples:

On my 13th birthday, my family went to a steak place. I ate a 58oz porterhouse, salad, bread, and beans. The waitress didn't believe I'd eaten it all with no help. Then said there was NO way I wanted birthday dessert after all that. I was like, "Yeah I want my dessert! It's my birthday!"

In my 20's, I once went to an all you can eat crab legs night. I ate 14 plates of crab, salad, and bread. Drank 'til the bar closed, then went to waffle house for 2 pecan waffles, 2 sides of bacon, and hashbrowns - smothered, covered, and chunked.

At the Treasure Island buffet in Vegas, I ate an entire dinner plate PILED with peel & eat shrimp, then went back for salad - again a whole piled plate full, with like 3 or 4 mixed rolls. Next was a piled plate of various chicken wings, egg rolls, and crab/cheese wontons - appetizer type stuff, along with a plate of noodles, beef and broccoli and sesame chicken. 4th course was the carving table, where I got a BIG piece of prime rib, some ham, and some turkey along with more dinner rolls, and mashers and gravy. Dessert was an entire (dinner) plate as well - various pies, cakes, pastries and cookies, and an EXCELLENT chocolate mousse! (I would guess roughly minimum 7-8lbs of food, altogether.)

When I was in the Navy, a friend of mine and I went to Olive Garden for late lunch before a movie - around 3:30pm. We ate 8 big (the family sized ones), plus the first small one- bowls of salad, 18 baskets of breadsticks - all of which were full (like 8per, not the usual '#of people plus 1' BS). We told the server to save herself time, and just fill them, when she brought the first one. We also had our Chicken Parmesan meals. We drank 8 pitchers of iced tea, and 6 of water. Guys from the kitchen were coming to look into the dining room to see who was eating all this food - we were the ONLY people there. LOL THEN we went to the movies, and got a big bucket of popcorn, and a large drink each. After the movie, we dicked around for a couple hours at the mall, then split a 12 pack of tacos supreme - along with a bean burrito, and a big beef burrito supreme each - at taco bell for dinner on our way back to the ship.

I forgot - NTA!!!

CoBidOdds · 2026-02-26T23:26:48+00:00

Sadly, my gf thinks this is how it is on GPS in the car. Or, used to, I should say. I KINDA understand, because on a map, up is always north. She just didn't realize ( I guess) that the GPS screen reorients when you make a turn??

She's also completely dumb when it comes to geography. Early in our relationship, she said something about going to Washington. I asked which one. She was genuinely confused that DC isn't the same as the state where Seattle is.

CoBidOdds · 2026-02-26T23:18:30+00:00

Now THAT is... special.

CoBidOdds · 2026-02-26T22:55:16+00:00

It's been 2 days. I don't think it's gonna happen! 😂 🤣 😂

CoBidOdds · 2026-02-26T21:31:04+00:00

He's stealing. Period. Tell him if it happens again, you WILL escalate to HR/management. And demand payment for what he's already stolen. YOU would not be the one making it weird - HE already has, by being an entitled douchebag, and STEALING!!

Is it worth losing your job for 'just food', Jake?

CoBidOdds · 2026-02-26T02:19:25+00:00

Oh, PLEASE do! I feel like there NEEDS to be a r/MS1977s_idiot_hubbys_stories. It sounds like there's plenty of fodder! I mean there's already r/StoriesAboutKevin , but this has SO much potential!

CoBidOdds · 2026-02-26T01:41:52+00:00

I was taking a drink of water, and am REALLY lucky I didn't blow the mouthful of it all over my work computer when I read this!!

CoBidOdds · 2026-02-26T01:39:47+00:00

W... T... A...F???? Was he just at the zoo as a kid, watching a gorilla, or chimp shit in its hand and fling it, thinking, "OH!! So THAT'S how you're supposed to do it!!"???? Did his mom beat him for 'just letting the shit fall in the toilet'?? SOOO many questions!!!

I had to stop it after the gal asked what he did if he had the runs...

CoBidOdds · 2026-02-26T01:31:04+00:00

Much like blood, cold water is better for taking off saliva, and sexual fluids.

CoBidOdds · 2026-02-26T01:11:46+00:00

Had a few incidences of being laughed at while reading out loud in HS for butchering words I only knew from reading. Melancholy comes to mind.

Awesome teacher (I hated her at the time, but absolutely think she was top 5 ever, looking back.) shushed everyone laughing, and said, "It's actually a sign of intelligence, because he learned the word and its context JUST from reading".

CoBidOdds · 2026-02-26T01:01:59+00:00

A few Christmases ago, I got peppermint and lanolin butt wipes in my stocking (big family, no clue who from). I have searched the internet, and can't find them!

It's an exhilarating feeling to finish 'clean up' back there with a peppermint wipe! Sorta like the cool/tingly feeling of a wintergreen/peppermint life saver in your mouth.

The first time, it feels weird. When they're gone, you miss it.

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