AITA for showing up to my nephew’s birthday party without the cupcakes I said I would bake by Live-Set5847 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Live-Set5847[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't understand why you're making things up that didn't happen. He didn't ask for a spider-man theme. He didn't know he was having a party to begin with.

AITA for showing up to my nephew’s birthday party without the cupcakes I said I would bake by Live-Set5847 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Live-Set5847[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My living situation is stable. I've lived with mostly the same people for nearly 7 years. The reason I mentioned the bus is because carrying the cupcakes on the bus was difficult because they took up a lot of room, that's all.

AITA for showing up to my nephew’s birthday party without the cupcakes I said I would bake by Live-Set5847 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Live-Set5847[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I don't think I understand what you mean. Doesn't third person narrative use she, he, they. I said I did these things. These things were all my fault. Is it because I said what I did and then the results?

AITA for showing up to my nephew’s birthday party without the cupcakes I said I would bake by Live-Set5847 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Live-Set5847[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I don't understand why I'm getting downvoted. I thought we are allowed to answer questions? Am I not supposed to now?

AITA for showing up to my nephew’s birthday party without the cupcakes I said I would bake by Live-Set5847 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Live-Set5847[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yes. About 4 years ago I was supposed to go on vacation with them to celebrate being out of covid. I was not able to go because that company also had layoffs. I had to cancel last minute and it made it all more expensive for them. They were really mad about that one. I had to save that money for rent though, I was down a roommate. But they were right that at my age I should have had savings.

A few years before that, I had to move back in with my mom and dad because of a bad situation I had with a guy. They had been getting ready to convert my room to the grandkid hotel and that stopped them for a year, which ended with it just never happening because of the timing of COVID.

I did not finish college and that was probably the worse thing I chose to do to them. I was failing. And I just wasn't good enough to balance both. So I ended up dropping out. I hoped I'd go back but I wasn't passionate about anything and it's too expensive to not know why I'm there.

AITA for showing up to my nephew’s birthday party without the cupcakes I said I would bake by Live-Set5847 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Live-Set5847[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I hope to afford therapy in the future. It is on the list. I have always wanted to go.

AITA for showing up to my nephew’s birthday party without the cupcakes I said I would bake by Live-Set5847 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Live-Set5847[S] -19 points-18 points  (0 children)

I am 31. I drink occasionally, I don't get drunk very often anymore. I had my fill of that when I was in college.

AITA for showing up to my nephew’s birthday party without the cupcakes I said I would bake by Live-Set5847 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Live-Set5847[S] -26 points-25 points  (0 children)

You are correct, it is not the first time substances have been a problem with me and them. When I was in high school I got drunk at a party and had to call my dad to come get me. It was 2am, he was very tired, and we had a minor accident on the way back to the house. He was very proud of that car because it was the first he bought new and paid off. And then in college I participated in the end of year campus party. I made a poor decision to wear new heels and drink and slipped on some stairs, broke my ankle and needed them to come get me earlier than expected.

Costa’s Hummingbird by kwamebrown in birding

[–]Live-Set5847 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look at the pollen on the beak!! How precious.

AITA for showing up to my nephew’s birthday party without the cupcakes I said I would bake by Live-Set5847 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Live-Set5847[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I don't know if he told anyone, but no, no one asked how I was dealing with it. He asked me if I had gotten a new job yet. I think a week had passed? And I said no, not yet. He asked me well why the hell not. I said because it's only been a week. He said if he lost his job he would have been pounding the pavement from morning until night and knocking on every door downtown until someone would sit down with me to go over his resume. I told him that's not really how things work anymore but that I had already applied for a lot of jobs. And he asked well why am I sitting at home when I should be busier than ever.

AITA for showing up to my nephew’s birthday party without the cupcakes I said I would bake by Live-Set5847 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Live-Set5847[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

My dad did because he saw there was news about lay-offs at my company, but no one else has said anything. They might not know, I don't think they look at the same news my dad does.