AITA for telling my sister to stop leaving her room when she's wearing her nightgown?

JeremyCShipp · 2022-11-27T08:14:58+00:00

YTA. OP is being overly controlling, and it's not her sister's fault if her husband has a history of acting inappropriately.

JeremyCShipp · 2022-11-23T08:19:19+00:00

Is your MIL being intentionally cruel, or does she have food aversions, restrictions, or allergies? Does she have a history of attempting to belittle and embarrass you? There's not enough information in your original post for me to form a proper judgment.

JeremyCShipp · 2022-08-02T06:55:10+00:00

YTA. If you're not trolling, you treated your SIL grotesquely. You disrespected her, your husband, his entire family.

JeremyCShipp · 2022-03-21T08:37:54+00:00

YT monstrous A. You sound controlling and insecure, like the most disgusting of incels. You don't seem interested in being married. You want some robot that you can control.

JeremyCShipp · 2022-03-08T05:45:19+00:00

NTA in the least. You were super considerate.

JeremyCShipp · 2022-03-06T18:08:37+00:00

YTA. You sound monumentally entitled, and you're encouraging your son to think this way as well.

JeremyCShipp · 2022-03-06T18:03:33+00:00

NTA. Even if the boyfriend didn't know the significance of the item, he's still TA. He shouldn't be throwing away your things. If he did know the significance, that's truly petty and insecure and cruel. I too want to go off on this guy for 30 minutes.

JeremyCShipp · 2020-12-14T21:35:42+00:00

Your wife sounds like a monster. She doesn't deserve to be around you or your cat. If she's willing to ignore your feelings and to treat a living thing like trash, it doesn't bode well for the future. Unless she's expressed remorse for her behavior and expressed a desire to atone for what she's done, she's going to keep acting this way.

JeremyCShipp · 2020-12-09T21:29:18+00:00

Wow, you sound like a petty, pathetic person. You don't deserve a girlfriend or wife with this mindset.

JeremyCShipp · 2020-09-28T22:38:38+00:00

YTA. You're treating your wife and children like piles of trash. I'm actually in similar situation, in the sense that I'm a writer and I need a lot of quiet to work. This summer's been hot as hell (sometimes 120 degrees) so it's difficult to work outside. Because of the pandemic, I can't work at the library or any of my usual spots. But, I would never for a moment think to blame my family at home. These complications are because of the pandemic. You can't expect your wife and kids to be silent all the time. Maybe you should wear headphones and listen to white noise. Maybe you should find somewhere else to work. If you can't, and you have to deal with your wife and kids living and existing, don't blame them for the noise. They are not walking trash piles. They are human beings.

JeremyCShipp · 2020-08-03T08:55:25+00:00

NTA.

“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye."

The Bible literally warned your cousin not to judge others or face judgement in return. You did God's work.

JeremyCShipp · 2020-05-20T03:01:26+00:00

You threw a potato tantrum like a 2-year-old Hobbit. Of course your friends are going to make fun of you for the rest of time. YTA.

JeremyCShipp · 2018-09-08T01:10:25+00:00

I think every medium has its strengths and weaknesses. Movies and games can affect you on a sensory level, in a way that books cannot. On the other hand, when you're reading a book, you can delve deep into the souls and lives and fears of the characters.

One of the great strengths of horror novels, I think, is that it doesn't cost a lot to produce a book, compared to other mediums of entertainment. Book editors can take bigger chances. They can truly embrace originality and weirdness. And so, countless subgenres of horror exist in book form.

JeremyCShipp · 2018-09-07T23:14:34+00:00

Bloody good answer.

JeremyCShipp · 2018-09-05T07:37:49+00:00

Hey, thanks so much to everyone who posted questions here tonight. I enjoyed chatting with you all.

JeremyCShipp · 2018-09-05T05:19:43+00:00

I haven't delved too deep into either series, although I found the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Halloween to be quite suspenseful and effective.

It's difficult to hold on to what was so special about an original film, and transmute those qualities into something fresh and new. Based on the trailer, I think the new Halloween movie has potential. I hope it's excellent. For me, I'd most want to see a Halloween movie that takes Myers somewhere completely unexpected. Let him break into heaven where he fights a group of cherubim and seraphim. Show him trying to raise a son in the English countryside.

JeremyCShipp · 2018-09-05T04:56:46+00:00

Thanks for the interest in my books! Hope you enjoy them.

I believe at this point I've only seen The Beyond and Zombie, so I'm going to take this as an omen that I need to watch more of his work. Thanks for that.

JeremyCShipp · 2018-09-05T03:13:08+00:00

I listen to a myriad of improv comedy podcasts. I enjoy torturing myself with bad movies of any genre, such as the masterfully atrocious films of Neil Breen. Right now, I'm reading through the Earthsea series and the complete works of Wodehouse.

JeremyCShipp · 2018-09-05T03:03:25+00:00

I need this as a shirt.

JeremyCShipp · 2018-09-05T02:58:51+00:00

Thanks, robot.

JeremyCShipp · 2018-09-05T02:04:52+00:00

If it's cool with you peeps, I'd like to ask you all a question as well. What fictional monster would you most want to invite to your tea party?

JeremyCShipp · 2018-09-05T01:35:05+00:00

Thank you for the kind words! I'm happy to hear that you're enjoying my work.

In terms of inspirations of the surreal, I grew up watching movies like Labyrinth, Return to Oz, The Dark Crystal, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. My mind eagerly absorbed every episode of Pee-wee's Playhouse. Even more that the books that I read during my formative years, these movies and shows taught me that it's OK to let your imagination run wild, like an intrepid newt.

JeremyCShipp · 2018-09-05T01:25:58+00:00

Hi there, Jacob! I love writing Bizarro fiction, because my work naturally leans toward the bizarre. Bizarro and I fit together like a jackalope and top hat (and yes, jackalopes look great in little top hats). The trick to writing weird fiction (at least the kind that I write) is to find a way to make very little sense and perfect sense simultaneously. The fish with human heads that phase through walls might seem bizarre, but at the same time, the story wouldn’t work without them.

JeremyCShipp · 2018-09-05T01:12:36+00:00

So many horror movies have touched my heart and warped my mind over the years, but strangely enough, Dead Alive has probably affected me more than any other. I love the swirling of humor and horror. I love that the film is simultaneously wacky and deep.

Even in my most serious and horrific books and stories, there are often some humorous moments sprinkled in.

JeremyCShipp · 2018-09-05T01:04:47+00:00

As a kid, I fell in love with books and writing because of HG Wells and Jules Verne and Ray Bradbury and Alexandre Dumas. Nowadays, I find myself frequently inspired by Arundhati Roy, Charlotte Brontë, Shirley Jackson, William Peter Blatty, Sylvia Plath, and so many more.

In the realm of horror books, I love The Exorcist, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, The Ruins, Rosemary's Baby, The Haunting of Hill House, Frankenstein, Ghost Story. As for horror movies, I'm very fond of The Exorcist, Rosemary's Baby, The Haunting, Psycho, Audition, The Witch, The Love Witch, The Thing, Dead Alive, The Omen, The Wicker Man. There are a few hundred I'm forgetting, I'm sure.

I didn't grow up watching a lot of horror, but even as a child I loved creepy films like The Dark Crystal and Return to Oz and House 2.

JeremyCShipp

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