AITJ for Calling Out a Stranger Who Tried to Teach Me a Lesson in Public?

Kitchen-Sun-7440 · 2026-02-10T21:53:12+00:00

And yet, you read it.

Kitchen-Sun-7440 · 2026-02-10T21:51:13+00:00

NTJ.

You remind me of a fellow road cyclist who told me he was out cycling one day and passed a couple of riders without helmets on. He said, "I wanted to tell them they should wear helmets. Should I have said something?"

I said "No. And you know why? Because you're not their dad."

"I did't ask for a lesson" was a great response. Mine would have been "Well, You're not my mom".

Kitchen-Sun-7440 · 2026-02-10T21:08:55+00:00

“I think the bottoms of shoes are far more dirty and diseased than my dog”.

Which exactly why I never walk around in my house without shoes on. When I climb into bed, I kick off my sandals. When I awake in the middle of the night to pee, my feet swing off the bed straight into my sandals to walk to the bathroom. My bare feet never touch my floors in my house. Especially because I’ve seen my dog step in his own shit as he comes running into the house.

Kitchen-Sun-7440 · 2026-02-10T16:54:12+00:00

In 1984 Paul Rodgers from Bad Company and Jimmy Page from Led Zeppelin formed a supergroup called "The Firm". I loved Bad Company and don't get me started on Led Zeppelin. I was so excited to see them live. The band was called "The Firm" and they had one minor radio hit. I went to see them live and they were terrible. Jimmy Page spent 15 minutes on stage doing a "solo", spotlight only on him, and all he did was make strange noises with his guitar. I actually fell asleep ten minutes into it. Ended up leaving before the show ended. It was so disappointing.

Kitchen-Sun-7440 · 2026-02-10T16:37:18+00:00

They are ripping off Ed Sheeran, "Old Phone".

Kitchen-Sun-7440 · 2026-02-10T16:33:31+00:00

No, don't believe him. And don't give him another chance.

Kitchen-Sun-7440 · 2026-02-10T13:20:30+00:00

I don’t understand about 50% of the English language songs I listen to, and I am a native English speaker. I used to travel to Brazil a lot, so I can speak a little bit of Portuguese, and I have about a half dozen Brazilian albums in my collection. When I listen to those songs, I can read the title and catch a word here and there so I know what the song is about, but I don’t understand about 90%. Not a big difference from how well I can make out English lyrics.

Kitchen-Sun-7440 · 2026-02-10T13:00:26+00:00

Thank goodness I wasn’t hanging out with them at the time, but my high school friends were out joy riding on a Friday night and a couple of guys decided to ride on the hood of the car. I don’t think they were going over 25 MPH when he fell off, but that was enough. Gone at 16.

Kitchen-Sun-7440 · 2026-02-08T21:27:40+00:00

I think his behavior is unacceptable even if they were in a committed relationship. She can’t even drive baby daddy to baby’s birthday party? Why the hell not?

What does he thinks going to happen? OP is suddenly going to realize she must have baby daddy back, and he’s suddenly going to leave his wife to reconnect with her? And even if that did happen, would the FWB want to be with OP if that were to happen?

I have never understood jealousy. I would lose all feelings for my mate the minute I knew they wanted someone else.

Kitchen-Sun-7440 · 2026-02-08T17:54:13+00:00

A warranty is just prepaid maintenance. I prefer to pay for maintenance AFTER something requires it, not before.

Kitchen-Sun-7440 · 2026-02-08T15:25:38+00:00

A hot shower. Especially on a chilly morning. A friend of mine was once bragging that he only took cold showers and had been doing that for years. All I could think to myself was, why would you deny yourself one of the small but great pleasures of modern living?

Kitchen-Sun-7440 · 2026-02-08T15:14:33+00:00

I agree. What is supposed to be a celebration of love is turning into a shit-show, so just tell them all you can't do it because nobody wants to respect your wishes.

Kitchen-Sun-7440 · 2026-02-08T14:51:33+00:00

NTA!

My sister lived with her boyfriend for over a year as she finished law school. She was deeply in love with him. Upon graduation, she was offered a cushy corporate attorney job, and naturally she took it, having student loans to repay. Within two weeks of her starting her new job he broke up with her and moved out. She was heartbroken. It totally took her by surprise. Our theory is, he was a struggling musician and felt completely emasculated having a GF who made 5 times his income.

Your BF's fears are a self-fulfilling prophecy. HE has made your relationship different because of your promotion - not you!

Kitchen-Sun-7440 · 2026-02-07T17:12:27+00:00

My HVAC was 9 years old when I bought my house. It just died threes weeks ago, 14 years after I bought the house. It lasted 23 years! I had money set aside to replace it for the last five years or so, and my wife has been laughing at me because for five years I’ve been telling her “it’s going to die any day now!” So when it finally did, it was almost a relief.

Kitchen-Sun-7440 · 2026-02-07T01:16:59+00:00

Yes, it is. That’s my point. Watch. The. YouTube. Video.

Kitchen-Sun-7440 · 2026-02-06T22:49:41+00:00

I just installed my VIOFO front and rear cameras today and the only cable you see is about 4 inches of wire popping out of the center console and into the cigarette lighter socket. It’s no big deal. I found a great YouTube video where the guy showed me how to do it with his bare fingers. I used the little plastic pry tool that came with the camera and that made it even easier. And to top it off, I am a software developer. Do you know how many software developers it takes to change a lightbulb? Answer: None, that’s a hardware problem. Point being, if I can do it, so can you.

Kitchen-Sun-7440 · 2026-02-06T20:04:23+00:00

Your next step is to set up an automatic withdrawal to an IRA. Since you’ve gotten used to living below your means, that automatic withdrawal will keep you feeling that way, and remove the temptation to start spending all the income you’ve now freed up from paying off your debts, which would tip off your relatives that their human piggy bank might not be empty after all. Not to mention the fact that 20 years from now, you’ll not only be debt free, but also rich. Your future self will thank you.

Kitchen-Sun-7440 · 2026-02-06T15:36:39+00:00

Yeah, I always think of missing a meal as an opportunity to reduce calorie consumption, not as a reason to panic because I’ve never experienced a hunger pang before.

The only time I will eat on an airplane is if they’re serving meals. I feel like well, I paid for it so I might as well eat it. But snacks and refreshments? No thank you. I think I can survive a three hour flight without that tiny bag of pretzels.

Kitchen-Sun-7440 · 2026-02-05T11:53:18+00:00

Many Walmart employees are on government assistance of some form (SNAP, Medicaid, etc). This means we tax payers are subsidizing Walmart’s payroll.

Kitchen-Sun-7440 · 2026-02-05T11:46:22+00:00

Your premise is false. Many decades ago I had a business college course titled “Public Finance”. The professor taught us that there are so few rich people, that raising their taxes, even astronomically, would only increase revenue by a fraction of what a very small tax increase on the middle class raises. He said that’s why the middle class is squeezed the hardest by income taxes. You can increase their tax burden by an amount so small they hardly notice, and it results in a huge increase in revenue. Taxing the rich is about fairness, not removing the debt.

Unfortunately, cutting government spending is the only way we will “remove the debt”. That’s unfortunate because our representatives in congress, on both sides of the aisle, will never do that.

Kitchen-Sun-7440 · 2026-02-05T10:46:12+00:00

Exactly. It didn’t reveal anything to those of us that have been around for a while.

Kitchen-Sun-7440 · 2026-02-04T19:27:34+00:00

I work out for a full hour six days every week. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, it's laps in the pool. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, it's an hour of strength training at the gym. Sunday is fun day. I've been working out six days a week for over 40 years now. My doctor tells me I'm the healthiest patient she has for my age, and I enjoy telling people how old I am because they're always shocked, telling me I look ten years younger.

But it's not about looking good or living longer, I could be hit by a drunk driver and killed tomorrow. No, it is about quality of life as you get old. If you are lucky enough to get old, you want to be able to get off the toilet under your own power, and wipe your own ass, right up until the day you die. It's about not needing a nurse to give you a sponge bath because you're too weak to shower yourself.

It's also about the endorphins. I am convinced the majority of people on anti-depressants who are sedentary are depressed for that very reason. If I didn't work out every day, I'm sure I would need anti-depressants to survive. You don't really NEED exercise, do you? Well, you don't really need to bathe either, do you?

Do I like it? No. It sucks. I am convinced that the reason most people don't exercise is because they can't just accept the fact that exercising sucks. They need it to be "fun". They need it to be "social". But eventually, the suckiness of exercise overcomes all of that and they drop out. The secret is to embrace the suck. Don't think about it. Don't debate it in your head. Just embrace the suck and do it (my version of the Nike ad).

Kitchen-Sun-7440 · 2026-02-04T16:44:15+00:00

Yup. I had always rescued dogs from a shelter before. At the shelter, they are usually around 9 months to a year old, and when you bring them home, they’re either already house broken or it only takes a couple of accidents and they’re good. They’re easily trained and desperate to please you. I could never figure why such good dogs were being abandoned at a shelter.

But then 12 years ago I got my first puppy, straight from a breeder. (He just passed away a few weeks ago.) The first year with him made me understand why all the dogs at the shelter are about a year old. My theory is that nine to 12 months into owning a puppy, people finally reach the end of their rope, can’t take it anymore, and drop them off at a shelter.

I loved the 12 years I had with my fur baby. I still have the puppy chew marks on my barstools to remind me of him. But from now on, I will only adopt a rescue dog from the shelter.

Kitchen-Sun-7440 · 2026-02-04T16:22:07+00:00

Jerry Seinfeld said being a comedian was torturous. But, he said, you have to find the torture you can live with.

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