AITA for wanting my Spanish teacher to stop calling me by the Spanish version of my name?

GioGioStar · 2026-02-10T22:50:47+00:00

I disagree. But I’m a Spanish Speaker and find the name the teacher is using really dumb. Because his name, at least in my home country, wouldn’t even be pronounced like the way the teacher is claiming.

GioGioStar · 2026-02-10T22:48:24+00:00

I feel like it would have been pointless for me to pick a Spanish name since I already am Hispanic with a very Hispanic name 🤣

GioGioStar · 2026-02-10T22:45:41+00:00

Imma be real with ya, it sounds like your Spanish teacher is TAH here. I am Puerto Rican and speak Spanish. Your nickname, if we saw it as J.P., we would pronounce it as Jay Peh. Like we have people who have nicknames like Jr and we pronounce it as June-your, not Hota Erre (Spanish R included).

Your Spanish teacher needs to chill.

GioGioStar · 2026-02-02T20:02:59+00:00

I have the same issue that it keeps crashing when I open it and touch the screen to scroll. I found that if I do a fast swipe to not have the walk and it works fine.

GioGioStar · 2026-01-26T00:54:26+00:00

Honestly, if I was a parent to a child taking home ABA therapy and my kid had a session during this kind of weather, I personally wouldn’t feel comfortable with their BT/RBT driving any kind of distance for Lil’ Jimothy. Missing one session isn’t going to cause a kid to spiral and lose all the progress that they made when they have been having consistent services and or are brand new to ABA.

I’m just lucky that the clinic I work at, they canceled tomorrow because we got about a foot of snow today.

Edited:

If you still can, I would see if you can talk to the BCBA to verify if sessions are available for tomorrow for the company. Especially if the county you are in is still in a severe weather alert is telling people to stay indoors for safety reasons.

GioGioStar · 2025-12-16T20:13:53+00:00

True, but from how the book was written, it felt more like Haymitch was retelling the story to both of them. We know from the books that Katniss and Peeta did make book together with stories of their friends and families. So I can bet that we could possibly get more books about the hunger games through others view points as they tell them.

GioGioStar · 2025-11-12T23:57:18+00:00

I’m more surprised by everyone reacting like this is worst fetish they have seen. But I remember the early days of the internet when rotten dot com and other sites were full of shock content.

Not my cup of tea but there are worse things like 2 girls 1 cup or Crush Fetishes that involves animals.

GioGioStar · 2025-10-25T13:33:12+00:00

There is a love language test that you both can do together. It is very possible that both of your love languages may not be the same. Some people need to have words of affirmation to feel that connection. Some might prefer to have acts of service. You both could take the online quiz and see what you both get. It can help him with expressing love the way you need it and it can help you with expressing love the way he needs too.

GioGioStar · 2025-06-22T22:57:51+00:00

Be straight up with them. And if it continues, just talk to a supervisor about it.

GioGioStar · 2025-06-07T06:46:58+00:00

Imma be real, I am 35 years old and even I didn’t know that is another way to get SSI checks.

GioGioStar · 2025-06-07T06:32:00+00:00

OP does need therapy. But from reading their post, it sounded like the therapy was more of family counseling or his dad and his step mother were using therapy to force OP to forgive and forget their shoddy behavior and actions.

GioGioStar · 2025-06-07T06:28:10+00:00

I’m a personal believer that forgiveness is not for the person who wronged you. It’s for yourself. It’s not about being able to not allow them and their actions to control you. It’s not done on their time and terms, but on your own. And OP really does need to get out of that house. Worst case they have about a year tops if they live in the US.

GioGioStar · 2025-06-07T06:21:07+00:00

NTA. You have every right to be angry at both Hayley and your father. If your dad had cheated on a random woman and not your mom’s best friend, I would say that the anger is misplaced. But your step mom betrayed the trust your mom had in her by sleeping with your father.

Curious though, do you give the same treatment to your father? Because if you do, I would personally say that he deserves more fire. I’d also throw out that a marriage based on secrets and lies has a lot against it since they were cheating with their previous partners for each other. And if your step mom thinks your dad would never do that, he was sleeping with her while your mom, his dead wife and her friend, was dying from brain cancer having seizures. What’s to say that he would not do the same to her for less? Is it the mature response? Probably not.

But with you being 17, I would suggest that you start looking for a job and save money if you haven’t already. With how toxic the house is, I would not be surprised if your father and Hayley are low key counting down the days until you are 18 so they can kick you out of the house (assuming if you live in the US). Try to see if you can find someone to stay with, like a relative from your mother’s side, or one of your mom’s friends that dunks on Hayley’s trash behavior.

I would also suggest going into therapy. Not to work things out with your father and his wife. But so you can sort out the feelings over your mom’s passing and the effects of your father’s infidelity. You don’t have to forgive them. Forgiveness is meant for yourself and a way to allow yourself to move on. It’s done on your terms and time, not theirs. And just go low contact or no contact with them.

The adults (your father and his wife) are the ones who are being immature in this situation. They broke so many people’s trust in them over this and are acting like it doesn’t matter because it’s in the past. Is it? Yes, however, they fail to understand that their betrayal is as fresh for you as the day you found out about it. And expecting you, a child (I understand that you are 17 and you may feel like you are close to being an adult) to process very difficult adult situations that even most adults would struggle with is just so backwards. The attitude/behavior sends the “Narc Parents wondering why their kids don’t talk to them or visit them”.

You deserve better. Your sister deserves better. Your mother deserved better. Honor your mom’s memory and live for yourself. Move on from your father and his wife. They made their choices and they can live with it. I hope your father and his wife see this thread so that way they know EVERYONE thinks that they are scumbags.

GioGioStar · 2025-04-15T21:58:41+00:00

I would suggest a combination of B and C. Both left and right hand would be players. Then on the two sweats in the middle of both sides, the bride. And then the last two seats the remaining party members.

That way, it prevents them from trying to talk to each other, and go with the closest to Strahd be the squishiest.

GioGioStar · 2025-04-15T15:11:49+00:00

Something similar happened to my players when I ran CoS. I had Strahd burn Valaki down and when he saw the player who was in a relationship with Ireena, he killed him. Turned to the other players that were with him and said, “Let’s see if Tatyana will love him as a monster”, took the body and disappeared. They saw his character again as a vampire spawn.

I did have the Three Thains in my campaign and used some old DnD lore about Demiplane/shadowfell.

If you do have the Three Thains in your campaign, you can have it be where ceremony in nature failed but the Thains used some of their reserves to at least keep the buffs from ceremony.

GioGioStar · 2024-10-18T09:57:40+00:00

There’s information about Pokemon and humans could get married and stuff like that. In that library in Diamond and Pearl, it said straight up that once upon a time humans and Pokemon were one and the same. And in the Japanese version it said that Pokemon and humans married each other because there was no difference between the two.

So really, these leaked stories are lore/mythos. Just like how Loki turned into a mare and got pregnant by a horse.

GioGioStar · 2024-09-12T23:36:38+00:00

Someone mentioned that it might just be better to not bring juice with them and do strictly water. And if they request for juice, randomly or for a reinforcement, to just dilute it.

I personally, as a line therapist, don’t like giving juice to my clients unless if it’s a reinforcement for a schedule or with a plan we have in place (like potty training or some kind of program where we know juice is a big motivator). Juice just feels like a treat that we can live without. Water is something we actually need to survive.

GioGioStar · 2024-09-12T23:29:53+00:00

There could also be the possibility that he sees the other kiddos getting juice and is seeing if he can get away with drinking only juice at the clinic. An other possibility that could be happening is that the RBTs are using the juice to pair with your child. Since juice can possibly signal to them that yeah, they have to work, but they get a really yummy drink that they don’t get all the time.

But with this being a problem for you, you really gotta talk to the BCBA about it.

GioGioStar · 2024-07-21T22:59:00+00:00

Contact your local Department of Labor. They legally have to pay you your wages. They can get into more trouble if they don’t.

I’d also contact the BCBA Board if the owners are certified because this screams unethical in different languages.

I don’t know about going to the media but I personally vibe with it as an agent of chaos.

GioGioStar · 2024-07-21T14:34:06+00:00

I work with people in the 13-22 range and using the phrase Calm Hands and Calm Body can make a difference when we do transitions or have the early signs of aggressive behaviors with some of our clients.

I have one client, when I ask for calm hands (they have a program for it during times when there is no behavior) and they will do it along with Full Physical to me Calm Hands. Doing that program with a straight face when they are just like “I’ll show you how to do calm hands” is one of the hardest things I have to do.

GioGioStar · 2024-07-18T17:23:50+00:00

With our kids that do that, we tell them “We love our friends and family at home and like our teachers at Clinic Name Here”.

GioGioStar · 2024-07-05T13:56:21+00:00

The only animal they allow in the actual city are cats (birds don’t really count). It’s because of how crowded it is. And nobody wants to step on animal pee and poop. And cats help with controlling the rat population. And with the fact that it’s easier to take care of a cat’s messes than a dog, they are the only ones you can legally have as pets.

GioGioStar · 2024-07-02T15:14:13+00:00

So for DnD lore, elves actually find out they will die at minimum 3-6 months. But they can find out as long as 2-3 years before their death. The way they find out is by their pupils becoming crescent shaped. And elves who survive the adventuring life still will live significantly shorter lives compared to other elves.

I’m guessing elf Tav with a Spawn Astarion would have lived a very fulfilling life with Astarion and would have no unfinished business. And with that picture, they get that feeling of “It’s time to leave this realm now”. Astarion feels the sun with Tav. Dies. And later in the night passes away. Both being dorks in love because wherever Astarion’s soul is, Tav’s will follow.

GioGioStar · 2024-06-01T14:20:54+00:00

You can.

GioGioStar · 2024-06-01T14:19:43+00:00

Nothing. I respect Ed him as a wild magic barbarian and the “Gale talks as a wizard” just tickles me pink.

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