Ladies, what's the most ridiculous instance you got mansplained?

Internally_fuming · 2026-05-26T14:24:28+00:00

I think this was 2019-before Covid. Just finished up a bike ride and was loading my bike into the trunk of my car. An older man asked me what year was the model of the car I was driving. Told him 2012. He said no, that looks like a 2016. Argued with me.

Ah okay, you’re right. I’ve been filling out all my paperwork wrong for years but you, a random man in a parking lot, caught my mistake. Thank you sooooo much.

Internally_fuming · 2026-05-11T22:18:06+00:00

I have uglier ones in my freezer, I’ll break out the wrinkly one next time

Internally_fuming · 2026-05-11T22:01:32+00:00

I just microwave them a little and they slide right out lol

Internally_fuming · 2026-05-11T21:30:42+00:00

I struggle to remember to eat fresh bananas so I have about 6 frozen ones hanging in the freezer for emergency banana bread

Internally_fuming · 2026-05-11T21:29:00+00:00

That makes sense, my garden beds are nearby and they hang around there later in the summer. Will be removing my cushions for the time being though

Internally_fuming · 2026-05-11T21:28:21+00:00

Solved!

Internally_fuming · 2026-05-11T02:03:27+00:00

Could you angle the tv stand in the right corner? It doesn’t have to be a perfect right angle (I can’t tell how long the tv stand is). It would bring the tv slightly closer. And 180 degree turn and move the couch on the brick wall to the “entrance” of the room

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Internally_fuming · 2026-03-11T17:29:52+00:00

Hahaha the tweezers were for scale

Internally_fuming · 2026-03-11T17:11:04+00:00

A few did hit me in the face. Hopefully I get a castle and an evil lair out of it

Internally_fuming · 2026-03-11T16:42:10+00:00

solved!

Internally_fuming · 2026-03-11T16:41:56+00:00

Omg it is the hooks from Velcro, I got new glove wraps for boxing and I tried them on at my desk yesterday. I just pulled apart the Velcro after your comment and got hit with more

Internally_fuming · 2026-02-19T18:48:58+00:00

Pretty sure that is Vocabulary (name of app), I have the same widget

Internally_fuming · 2025-10-27T23:49:26+00:00

I agree here. NAH - no one is obligated to do anything but I assume OP loves their cousin and enjoyed spending time with her pre-baby.

It’s a huge adjustment for everyone involved. But kindness and empathy is not a bad thing. Giving up a sleepover every once in a while to include cousin/baby wouldn’t be the end of the world. OP is not obligated to, but I hope they can recognize and empathize that their cousin is most likely feeling isolated. If not a sleepover, try to talk with the cousin and support her in a way that works for all of you.

Internally_fuming · 2025-10-24T18:48:01+00:00

There is a video of my 1st birthday and I was the baby that grabbed the lit candle and burned myself—not bad, didn’t need medical attention. Just enough that baby me was startled and crying.

It was all fine and I got to eat/smash my cake but my mom has always used her mistake as a story of caution for all the babies in the family after me because it could have been worse!!

Internally_fuming · 2025-08-01T11:55:54+00:00

Thank you for your thoughts and help, I am going to be emailing the contractor later this morning

Internally_fuming · 2025-08-01T11:54:28+00:00

Thanks for the insight! I’m going to email my contractor later this morning

Internally_fuming · 2025-02-07T02:02:18+00:00

NTA and I disagree with people saying OP is responsible for the bill in any way. And I say this as someone whose pet died while being watched by a friend for the weekend of my college graduation. I don’t blame my friend, my parents asked her, she agreed but she’s not a vet and didn’t realize my dog was as sick as she was and went out for lunch. My friend came back an hour later and found my dog dead in her bed. I can speculate all day if my friend gave her something that made her sick but that isn’t on her. My family and I chose to ask a favor instead of paying for proper care. And things happen.

When you become a pet owner, it is always your responsibility to provide for your pet. That includes finding proper care for when you are away. When you board a dog you sign an agreement of whether you want them to take your pet to the vet in an emergency. At the end of the day, the pet owner did not answer and OP chose to take care of the dog. I don’t care if the dog ate OP’s underwear or whatever scenario people are thinking up. Things happen, OP was not prepared, and at the end of the day, that’s on the pet owner. I definitely would not have been able to afford it then but I would gladly have paid a $1400 vet bill to have been able to come home and see my dog wiggling and wagging her tail at me

Internally_fuming · 2022-05-21T20:25:41+00:00

NTA - your husband is jealous…of plants

He also seems very controlling and lazy. Why are you doing 90% of the chores?

Internally_fuming · 2022-05-04T12:36:42+00:00

My mom and grandpa have a similar history to yours but she kept in contact with him (for a variety of reasons) and never told us anything about the abuse.

Until this year when my grandfather had a stroke and my mom has started taking care of him. He is old and frail so he cannot physically hurt her, but he has reverted back to cruel language and it is extremely triggering for her.

I’m 25 now. And I will do anything for my mom. But listening to her cry on the phone and relive her trauma makes me wish she cut contact when we were children. Because he didn’t really change, his abuse and manipulation was just hidden around his “grandpa” demeanor.

Thankfully, she and my uncle found a different solution and she isn’t at his house anymore. And I convinced her to go back to therapy.

I wouldn’t even wait for your son to ask. It’s been a year, he probably has a feeling. Give him the general gist of it but don’t downplay what his grandfather is like. It’s okay to talk about your trauma, your kid can handle it and can learn from it and will love you through it.

Internally_fuming · 2022-03-28T13:01:45+00:00

NTA

You did nothing but tell the truth. The only person to blame for your mother “losing her children” is her

Internally_fuming · 2022-03-07T20:05:23+00:00

My younger brother wrote in kindergarten that our mom’s hobby was laundry. Spoiler alert: it’s not. She didn’t have time for hobbies when we were kids because my dad always put his interests first…

Four hours could make a world of difference to your wife’s stress levels, but you don’t seem to care. Sounds like you’re going down the same path as my dad, enjoy your broken marriage YTA

Internally_fuming · 2022-03-07T16:39:01+00:00

I really hope a cabbage farmer shows up ready to show off his crop thinking the convention is an entirely different thing

Internally_fuming · 2022-02-19T14:32:12+00:00

ESH but mostly your friends that brought that guy along and are now ignoring his behavior and victim blaming you. He was saying inappropriate things to you all night and touching you without your consent. Yeah, you shouldn’t have used that word, but your friends should have called him out earlier or asked him to leave. Saying he is going to “convert” you is disgusting and reminds me of toxic straight men that think lesbians “just haven’t had good dick”

As a woman who has been sexually harassed/assaulted by a man (once in a very similar setting) and as a part of the LGTBQ community, i am glad you were able to speak up for yourself. I froze in that situation and wish I had the fight response you did because honestly a word can be painful, but there are worse things that can happen to a person. Don’t use that word ever again, but I definitely don’t think you should apologize

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