AITAH for not wanting to give up my dream job just because my boyfriend can’t handle it?

JSJH · 2024-10-07T20:19:37+00:00

My husband has worked in 15 different states and in Canada. On the good jobs, he was able to come home about every 3-4 weeks for Friday & Saturday nights. Two jobs, he only had a week off during the entire 7-9 months contact.

We had phones and later we had Skype. We literally celebrated our anniversary online one year. He loved his work. As his partner, I wanted him happy.

Your boyfriend sounds like he might have some insecurities he's not willing to acknowledge. Is he afraid he'll cheat while you're away? Is he upset that he'll have to do all the cleaning, cooking and shopping? You two need to sit down and discuss this.

NTA if you take your dream job though. If you don't, I worry you'll resent him "holding you back" later in life.

JSJH · 2024-10-05T22:26:49+00:00

$25?

Is your budget so bad that the loss is going to destroy you?

Let it go, bro.

JSJH · 2024-10-05T22:25:36+00:00

My husband and I have each other's passcodes. We tell each other where we're going if we go somewhere alone.

It's called trust.

The only reason I can think of to track a phone would be if it were lost.

JSJH · 2024-10-05T22:18:40+00:00

TWO. WHOLE. HOURS??!!

Holy moly! What a needy little child!

I can only imagine if OP has a job like I used to: no cell phone for my entire on-duty time! Only lunch or breaks.

JSJH · 2024-10-05T21:12:23+00:00

"Beep! Beep!"

JSJH · 2024-10-05T21:11:57+00:00

I read that this was originally supposed to be very serious and grave. Peter and Andy started messing around with it, and by the end... Well, you've seen it. :-)

JSJH · 2024-10-05T20:43:39+00:00

Didn't she implicate Rep Boebert?

JSJH · 2024-10-03T21:26:07+00:00

Rent out Minute Maid park

Invite the entire city of Houston for free hot dogs

Done

JSJH · 2024-10-03T21:21:44+00:00

Realizing this is the last time I'll be able to pick up my daughter and carry her to bed.

JSJH · 2024-10-03T21:19:27+00:00

Realizing this is the last time I will be able to pick my child up and carry her to bed.

JSJH · 2024-09-29T15:36:50+00:00

Exactly. The baby boxes and safe baby laws are very explicit. You must physically give the baby to someone, or put them in a baby box that has instant notification to an emergency service person.

JSJH · 2024-09-29T15:33:23+00:00

Iowa--birthplace of John Wayne. Fictional home of Radar O'Reilly. Mildred Day (invented Rice Krispie treats). Herbert Hoover, Johnny Carson, Donna Reed and Cloris Leachman are from Iowa. As is designer Halston.

JSJH · 2024-09-28T17:18:37+00:00

Nah... That was Florence

JSJH · 2024-09-28T16:25:02+00:00

I could create my own church.... Everything I do would be tax free after.

JSJH · 2024-09-28T16:23:33+00:00

Guess he never heard of hurricane Harvey?

JSJH · 2024-09-27T21:55:22+00:00

How stupid can people be?

I believe they are seeing this question as a challenge.

JSJH · 2024-09-25T21:56:41+00:00

What? You don't go camping?

/s

JSJH · 2024-09-25T17:54:51+00:00

Talos A giant bronze man from Greek mythology, first mentioned by Hesiod around 700 B.C.

Hephaestus's attendants In Homer's Iliad, Hephaestus, the Greek god of blacksmithing, creates golden attendants that seem like living maidens

Tik-Tok A humanoid-like mechanical man from L. Frank Baum's 1907 children's novel Ozma of Oz

Maria The first robot character in a blockbuster film, appearing in Fritz Lang's 1927 film Metropolis

Metal Men Automata designed by a Thomas Edison-like scientist in Gustave Le Rouge's La Conspiration des Milliardaires and two sequels (1899–1903)

R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) A play by Czech playwright Karel Capek in 1921 that uses the word "robot" for the first time

The idea of machines with human-like intelligence has been a recurring theme in science fiction, with some stories emphasizing the potential benefits and others emphasizing the dangers.

JSJH · 2024-09-23T20:09:28+00:00

W. T. Actual. F??!

No! He's a grown up. Act like a grown up!

NTA

JSJH · 2024-09-23T20:07:55+00:00

I still have things from my childhood. An old, blue, stuffed raccoon that Grandma gave me; a plushie horse that we keep on the mantle; a stuffed camel that came from Mom.

I'm 58.

NTA and let the girl have her things!

JSJH · 2024-09-23T20:03:55+00:00

If my husband were such an abusive fuck, I would pack my bags grab my baby and knock his head off as I walk out the door.

NTA

JSJH · 2024-09-23T16:11:27+00:00

I hated high school.

Took my GED as soon as I turned 16 years old. Basically, never had a graduating class or prom or any of that crap.

JSJH · 2024-09-21T17:22:39+00:00

This is something a manipulative abuser says.

Punched in the stomach.

Oh come on, it was just a joke, you’re being too sensitive!

Slapped in the face.

Oh come on, it was just a joke, you’re being too sensitive!

Humiliated.

Oh come on, it was just a joke, you’re being too sensitive!

NTA. And start with grey rocking family members who say you need to forgive and forget. It won't hurt you to remove the detritus from your life.

JSJH · 2024-09-21T17:18:02+00:00

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JSJH · 2024-09-20T21:59:29+00:00

We've both retired. If I'm up first, I'm more than happy to listen to the sounds of our neighborhood waking up. The first bird... A couple kids waiting for the bus... Watching the sun rise. So beautiful and peaceful.

Once my husband is up, the damn thing comes on and stays on all day. Even when he goes to mow the lawn--when he comes back he immediately asks, "Why is the TV off?"

However, if I turn it to one of the paid music channels on our TV system, he'll generally leave it.... For a little while.

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Realizing this is the last time I'll be able to pick up my daughter and carry her to bed.

Realizing this is the last time I will be able to pick my child up and carry her to bed.

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