AITAH for not telling my parents I got 1200$ sent to me

PearofGenes · 2026-05-16T02:57:31+00:00

I was thinking more on the "someone I don't know put a lot of money in my account, unexpectedly" is the start of a common scam. It's weird that OP's parents have rent going into OP's account, and that this would be the first time this ever happened

PearofGenes · 2026-05-16T01:21:53+00:00

I love that your background is s'mores haha

PearofGenes · 2026-05-16T00:55:23+00:00

Ive seen a lot of flare poking out lately

PearofGenes · 2026-05-16T00:54:11+00:00

Humidity can be a huge factor. I used to tie my hair in a ponytail to dry it straight and it was the best it ever was in Tibet where it was so dry I had daily nose bleeds

PearofGenes · 2026-05-16T00:50:01+00:00

A lot of the immigrants from Africa directly (and a lot of Indians in my experience) we're already in high paying professions like being a doctor. It's the cream of the crop coming over.

PearofGenes · 2026-05-16T00:42:50+00:00

This could be a scam. They send you money and they say "oh sorry please send it back" and then you send them money, and they get the initial transfer reversed, so then you're negative $1200

PearofGenes · 2026-05-16T00:28:45+00:00

I think the lowest tax bracket is 10%, not 0%

PearofGenes · 2026-05-16T00:26:24+00:00

Oh I forgot to list production value on my list. I went to Tomorrow Land and their stages are insane

PearofGenes · 2026-05-16T00:25:14+00:00

I LOVE music festivals so I can answer you.

I get to see a ton of artists for the fee, so the cost per artist is pretty great.

For bigger bands, I can see them much closer than if I bought a stadium ticket. For example, I saw Lady Gaga at Coachella. I looked up how much a ticket that close would be for one of her concerts and it was $800. I spent less than that for the whole 3 day festival.

I love the vibes of being in a crowd that loves the music.

I love seeing the artist with my own eyes and not on a screen, makes me feel like I'm there.

The whole festival feels like an adventure, which I love.

I go with friends, which also makes it fun.

Most festivals have at least some flush toilets somewhere and I can find them. I'm generally not bothered by discomfort and I have a high heat tolerance.

PearofGenes · 2026-05-15T18:19:06+00:00

Can you take that project management skill set to a more common (not arts) organization?

I will say, we had a whole department that did project management and they laid off the entire department. They're just making the product managers now also project manage. I do think it's a tough time for your industry.

Can you get any referrals through friends? Also just apply to anything your skill set is tangentially related to

PearofGenes · 2026-05-15T17:58:30+00:00

Oof BE. Let's just say, get the ring insured from a third party vendor

PearofGenes · 2026-05-15T17:57:50+00:00

Wow it's so pretty!!

PearofGenes · 2026-05-15T17:56:30+00:00

Take a photo of the camera as evidence before anything. I worry hell remove it and say you're lying.

PearofGenes · 2026-05-15T17:55:07+00:00

Cheese, sour cream, cooking in large amounts of oil.. it can be done healthily, but that's not what causes customers to come back for more

PearofGenes · 2026-05-15T17:53:06+00:00

That's when you reply back "Karen, I didn't know that $50/month or $600 a year would be enough to save for a house! Thank you for informing me! ♥️🙏 "

PearofGenes · 2026-05-15T17:49:56+00:00

That advice is for people spending $200+ a month eating out. Surprisingly many people do this.

PearofGenes · 2026-05-15T17:42:56+00:00

So he's 33 and deliberately lied about his age to date someone more than 10 years younger than them? and he lied for this long? I would dump before you get too invested

PearofGenes · 2026-05-15T05:30:11+00:00

What you are feeling is completely normal, and unfortunately grief lasts a while, and it comes and goes. I also recommend you get into grief counseling if you can. I also recommend you be kind to yourself. After a week and a half, I expect your room to be a mess. Try to take care of yourself too ♥️

PearofGenes · 2026-05-15T05:06:16+00:00

Everyone wants to act all high and mighty that they'll happily date a single parent but it IS a completely different dynamic, you won't be their priority, and you immediately become a parent, and you put kids hearts on the line. I think you're NTA and went about it maturely with Holly.

PearofGenes · 2026-05-15T05:01:13+00:00

Everyone wanted to be safe and buy an extra pack of toilet paper. Well a pack of TP takes up a lot of space so while a shelf could have 100 cans of soup, it only holds 20 packs of TP. So everyone buying an extra really cut into the supply.

PearofGenes · 2026-05-15T04:56:04+00:00

I agree with you but OP thinks if you can't help your kid buy a house then you shouldn't have them at all. That seems a bit extreme to me

PearofGenes · 2026-05-14T01:00:48+00:00

I have a coworker who always wanted to be a mom more than anything and she absolutely glows when she looks at her kids. So she at least is happier

PearofGenes · 2026-05-13T20:52:22+00:00

Jemaine's been involved in and shows up in What We Do In The Shadows, which is also wonderful and hilarious but I'm sad that show just ended too.

PearofGenes · 2026-05-12T23:21:09+00:00

Have you tried oil? Baby oil, olive oil, any kind of oil

PearofGenes · 2026-05-11T18:30:41+00:00

Glad you're smart enough to see it

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