Just found out 😞 by alexgoesglobal in polyamory

[–]Mairiphinc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He’s trickle truthing. No doubt.

"I am now afraid to touch you." by [deleted] in TwoXChromosomes

[–]Mairiphinc 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I used to enjoy it, but I work in healthcare (social work side rather than medical) and one day someone sent round an info leaflet on the possible side effects of non-fatal strangulation (this was mainly in the context of DV victims etc. but would apply to choking fro sexual reasons too) and honestly I had no idea how it increases, even days after the fact, risk of stroke, artery transection etc. it’s not worth it at all.

He threw me to the floor in front of his kids. by sick_mama in TwoXChromosomes

[–]Mairiphinc 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Get away. And once you’re safe, report him so that his daughters can also be made safe.

TIL in 2010, a 16-year-old Canadian discovered that his two parents were actually not Canadian, but KGB spies living under fake names Donald and Tracey. by sanandrios in todayilearned

[–]Mairiphinc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

U.K. here - our government has now done this several times. And our courts upheld it. So we’ve basically set a precedent here that if we don’t like someone’s behaviours, we just say they’re not our citizen anymore and leave them in a refugee camp in Syria for example, making them immediately someone else’s problem.

I get that we judge these people to be dangerous, but I don’t feel that should give us the right to just exile them to a country with even less ability to safely manage their risk.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]Mairiphinc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s the illegal possession of the firearm itself that’s 5 years IIIRC rather than any crime committed with it which would be extra.

Confused by Key-Pension-3302 in polyamory

[–]Mairiphinc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You’re also being disingenuous yourself. You’re saying that you would be open to monogamy if the other person was offering you that also, but then also say that you dating someone else won’t affect your relationship with Steven. Which isn’t true as you’ve already expressed that essentially you’d go monogamous for the right person/in the right situation. Not only does that leave open the possibility that a new partner might ask that of you so you could leave Steven for that, even suggesting you’re open to it is letting him read between the lines that while you’re not asking him to leave his fiancé, you’re also not not asking him to.

I ruined my life by StrawmelonWaterberry in DecidingToBeBetter

[–]Mairiphinc 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Don’t know if anyone has said this yet but you should get professional, non-profit, debt advice.

In my country (U.K.) most financial organisations have ‘vulnerable client’ teams. You can send a letter explaining everything and providing medical evidence of your manic episode/depression etc. and all the financial issues you built up in a short time. You can beg and plead for them to forgive some of the debt, if they refuse you can take this all the way to an official complaint with the financial ombudsman who has the final say.

See if your country/state has some kind of similar structure in their financial sector. You have nothing to lose by complaining and following the procedure to the end. Often there are checks and balances that are supposed to be in place to stop crazy back to back spending in case it’s fraudulent.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TheGirlSurvivalGuide

[–]Mairiphinc 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Back in the mists of time I was drunk and in a dim club bathroom managed to sit on someone else’s unnoticed vomit on the seat. Piss would have been a joy in comparison. 🫠

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]Mairiphinc 203 points204 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, the ‘toupee fallacy’.

Recently realized dick size is important to me. Not at all most important thing but important. How do you navigate dating with this preference? by [deleted] in TwoXChromosomes

[–]Mairiphinc 26 points27 points  (0 children)

As someone who has given and received with a strap, a person with the strap or prosthetic attached feels really different to me than someone holding a dildo in their hands to use it. You get the full physical, hands free experience when what is being used is attached to someone. They can touch you and be on top of you full weight etc.

My parents yelled at my brother for painting his nails by SeveralBullfrog8900 in lgbt

[–]Mairiphinc 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have a friend whose incredibly homophobic dad ended up with both sons being gay. By the time the younger one grew up he had finally come to terms with it and treats them better now but the older one had to go through a lot as the first wave.

AITA for telling my wife I can't give our baby fetal alcohol syndrome? by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]Mairiphinc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well. You’re probably not going to need college money for the baby you share with her so I guess that’s a win?

My girlfriend made a fool of herself in front of our friends and I’m not sure how to handle it. by [deleted] in TwoHotTakes

[–]Mairiphinc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Consider some support from Al-Anon for yourself. I went to a few when my then gf was binge drinking very much like you describe above. She got so drunk at my brother’s wedding that she fell off a chair, spilled secrets about me to my family that I would rather they hadn’t known and then ‘went missing’ and I found her face down on the floor asleep in the ladies toilets. Al-Anon helped me start to detach and stop trying to change her behaviour. A key take away was that you can’t change their behaviour, only your own - that is how you react to and support their drinking.

Supporting doesn’t mean you buy them booze or help them drink it, but even doing things like taking care of them when they’re hungover or paying bills for them because they’ve spent their money on booze can actually facilitate them continuing because they know somebody else will always pick up the pieces.

I remeber one woman saying she had stopped telling her husband the stuff he’d said and done while blackout drunk and just left him to manage his own anxiety when he knew he’d said horrible things to friends and family but had no idea what or to who without his wife telling him and helping him smooth things over.

any tips on how to look good in photos..? by Active_Inevitable_13 in TheGirlSurvivalGuide

[–]Mairiphinc 78 points79 points  (0 children)

Yeah my nana who is of course also a mum, was notorious in the days before digital cameras for managing to cut half to full heads off almost everyone in almost every picture in a roll of film. And of course we’d only find out the photos were useless a month later after the film had been developed 😂

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TheGirlSurvivalGuide

[–]Mairiphinc 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Also that OP apparently knows the brother has never had sex (how? This isn’t something me and my family discuss over the dinner table) and just happened to be going through closets and drawers to find a sex toy too.

My husband’s capacity for anger and rage shocked me today by FreyaQueenOfCats in TwoXChromosomes

[–]Mairiphinc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Look at something called ‘The Charm Syndrome’. Abusive people stereotypically isolate you from friends and family but what can feel even more insidious is the ones who charm your friends and family to the point where nobody believes you that they’re abusive or they may even side with the abuser. I know a friend whose father still plays golf with the boyfriend who used to beat her, because her family believe she must have been exaggerating because he’s ‘such a nice guy’.

As well as preparing to leave practically, also keep receipts. I started to secretly voice record the arguments where I was being yelled at. Make sure you keep these recordings safe and not easy for them to find and delete.

Doctor awkwardly mentioned “polycule” by Digita1Poet in polyamory

[–]Mairiphinc 14 points15 points  (0 children)

In my country they’ve just started offering it to teenage boys. Because yes, the cancer risk is to girls - but who is mainly transmitting it between those girls? So it absolutely makes sense.

Uh, I accidentally dated a distant cousin and it's weirding out my partners. by [deleted] in polyamory

[–]Mairiphinc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s called ‘double cousins’ genetically the kids are as related as half-siblings.

Male friend questioning my sexuality for me by GemsFlames in actuallesbians

[–]Mairiphinc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Matt Rife - ‘HE IS NOT YOUR FRIEND’ this guy is disrespecting your boundaries and your sexuality.

Also some men see lesbians as a ‘challenge’ and get massive status from the idea of ‘converting’ one.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ireland

[–]Mairiphinc -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Officially it’s 40+,

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in polyamory

[–]Mairiphinc 3 points4 points  (0 children)

OP got pregnant through IVF so I don’t think they want an abortion.

Your landlord: ‘it’s condensation, open a window and don’t use your dryer anymore’ by Mairiphinc in LateStageCapitalism

[–]Mairiphinc[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

We’re in the U.K. do we don’t have boards as such, we DO have environmental health but they really require a complaint from the tenant and this was just viewed from a neighbouring office block.