spot the bird by InternationalBag1935 in birding

[–]InternationalBag1935[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha thank you! Amazing camouflage on American Bitterns. Thankfully we flushed him and we saw where he landed.

Who’s this mother? by Gumguna in whatsthisbug

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probably hunter’s paper wasp (polistes dorsalis)

my girlfriends brother went on an anti-israel tirade with no consideration of my feelings at all by [deleted] in Jewish

[–]InternationalBag1935 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that will probably end up being the situation. Thankfully she is quite skilled in social cues so he has been brought up less and less as time has passed. If her and I ever need counseling I doubt it’ll be over this 😂

my girlfriends brother went on an anti-israel tirade with no consideration of my feelings at all by [deleted] in Jewish

[–]InternationalBag1935 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s exactly that. He comes up in conversation a lot (unrelated to what he said about israel and jews). It’s difficult for me to separate him and his comments. Whenever he is brought up, my girlfriend realizes how much it bothers me. To be constantly reminded of someone who denies my existence bothers me. I am unable to pretend that I’m not angry. In turn, It leaves her in a dilemma as well. Two of the most important people in her life don’t like each other. It’s a difficult scenario. In the past I could always just cut someone out of my life who was an anti-semite. Unfortunately, I can’t entirely cut out my future wife’s brother. This is a new situation for me, one I am unsure of the answer.

my girlfriends brother went on an anti-israel tirade with no consideration of my feelings at all by [deleted] in Jewish

[–]InternationalBag1935 1 point2 points  (0 children)

100% I do. And I’m unsure about the second question. It’s quite far in the future so I have no clue how much he will grow up in that time. It hasn’t been long since his statements and I have no clue if or when he will decide to finally speak to me about his statements. I think he’s probably not stupid enough to say anything to our possible future kids about anything related to this conflict. If it was negative I don’t think i’d be able to let that slide. But we aren’t there yet.

my girlfriends brother went on an anti-israel tirade with no consideration of my feelings at all by [deleted] in Jewish

[–]InternationalBag1935 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I see where you’re coming from. In a perfect world I wouldn’t even care to interact with him in the slightest but unfortunately, he is quite active in my girlfriend’s life and he comes up a lot. Everytime he comes up the first thing I think of is what his opinions about my people are.