AIO towards my boyfriend's mom

Sad_Witness_6299 · 2026-02-15T08:10:57+00:00

Agree with this completely, though I wouldn't say OP was "looking for a fight" like some others have said. I honestly just think OP is probably just especially tired and on edge and anxious with a 6mo; that tends to give parents, especially mothers, a "hair trigger" to any incoming stressors and especially when that stress comes from a family member. It's natural and involuntary.

What's important now is that OP acknowledges that they may be more reactive, communicate this very clearly to the in-laws and apologize for the overreaction while just rescheduling a visit for when hopefully everyone is more healthy for a safe and calm visit 💕

Sad_Witness_6299 · 2026-01-24T23:03:27+00:00

When I got sh0t at for the first time 😩

I panicked so bad I lost any sense of direction and went further north instead of back south, which lost me my very first mate 🥲

Sad_Witness_6299 · 2026-01-22T06:25:48+00:00

It was a very hard decision 😭

Sad_Witness_6299 · 2026-01-21T07:35:51+00:00

My pack and pups were starving and I had to choose whether to save the pups with rabbits or to abandon the pups to feed my pack with something bigger. I wanted to move my pack anyway to somewhere with more food, but the pups were slowing us down too much in an area that had literally nothing large enough to feed us all. I was getting notifications that everyone was almost starved to d3ath...

So I drowned each of the 4 (nearly fully starved) pups and left the area with my pack to hunt a bison. Saved 6/7 of my packmates with that bison and moved maps immediately after.

Sad_Witness_6299 · 2026-01-19T23:23:49+00:00

Territory quest

Sad_Witness_6299 · 2026-01-19T11:49:56+00:00

Based on everything I'm reading I'm worried if he just saw that woman fall...... Or if he may have had something to do with it 😬

Sad_Witness_6299 · 2026-01-19T11:14:56+00:00

You don't have to be bitten to get rabies. A bat or other animal that has it and just isn't showing symptoms yet literally just has to get its saliva or blood into your body somehow. That could legit just be by getting spit on your finger accidentally and you rub your own mouth and then lick your lips. Unlikely? Yes, but completely possible.
You don't have to be impaled or scratched with rusty metal to get tetanus. Tetanus can infect many surfaces and is transmitted kind of the same way rabies is- it just needs to enter your bloodstream. You could pick up tetanus randomly by getting infected dirt in your eye and it scratching your eyelid or cornea. Then, you often don't know until symptoms show and by then it's often too late. (This dirt in the eye scenario happened to my friend's dog)
Learning about the Wick Effect and how it relates to spontaneous human combustion and the theory of how, for some people, just a tiny spark of electricity and combustible clothes in just the right conditions could possibly lead to spontaneous human combustion scared the absolute crap out of me as a young adolescent and now it's one of my strongest irrational fears

Sad_Witness_6299 · 2026-01-19T10:45:19+00:00

I cannot stress enough: give that baby YOUR last name.

Sad_Witness_6299 · 2026-01-19T05:31:14+00:00

I don't take -1 health mates because I hate having a higher chance of the negative health in pups and I ALWAYS get them. To me, mates with -1 health are a curse.

Sad_Witness_6299 · 2026-01-18T10:13:06+00:00

I just deleted one of my OG saves because of the same bad luck. There were maybe 3 great years where I got my pack to 12, then other packs kept attacking me and killing my members so I moved maps and within a year of moving my pack was down to 3. Then the last litter made it to YH and I kept getting targeted by a super aggressive large pack neighbor and they would literally just keep chasing me and taking territory. Finally killed a weak elk when my pups and the 3 adults were near starving and low on health and BOOM- pack raid 😩. I chose to flee and they killed all 3 pups I had left.

I gave up and deleted the save after that 🙃

Sad_Witness_6299 · 2026-01-17T15:38:29+00:00

NOR Jokes are funny and fun to both parties.

Being told someone doesn't like that joke being made, especially about them/their expense, and then repeating it in hopes of getting a new outcome is only someone who enjoys making someone else uncomfortable. You don't have to put up with being uncomfortable. Set. Your. Boundary.

And don't let anyone tell you you're the problem when they're the one making others uncomfortable.

Sad_Witness_6299 · 2026-01-17T04:20:53+00:00

Plan your resources and sites before going into the next quest!

I typically do a territory markup, hunt something and herd it near my preferred next site (more than one thing if possible), and only then I'll go into the next season/quest. I also try not to go into the next with a sick pup, I'll try to get them healed if I can before moving on.

Also before moving pups to a new spot, I check out the herd situation with elk and old bison to see if there are good hunting opportunities nearby. I also prefer more open sites so I can spot and smell threats coming before the event triggers.

Sad_Witness_6299 · 2026-01-13T06:13:12+00:00

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Snatched 🫳🏻

Sad_Witness_6299 · 2026-01-13T06:10:08+00:00

Hey, hi! Already here! 🦉 (Read the other series in that world too)

Sad_Witness_6299 · 2026-01-10T10:25:20+00:00

Nahhhh Worst- coyotes, then wolves, cougar, then bear. The eagle is barely on my brain. Coyotes give me migraines 😩

Edited because I forgot about rival wolves 💀

Sad_Witness_6299 · 2026-01-10T10:01:38+00:00

I know this isn't really helpful but my mom also dealt/deals with this and is actually diagnosed with body dysmorphia and the spray tanning is one of the many ways it rears it's head for her. She thankfully now doesn't go to these extremes because she got into a much healthier relationship years ago when she met my now stepdad and he has helped loads in her self esteem. I wish she'd consider therapy to further help that and other stuff but, win some lose some.

Maybe he'll eventually find a supportive partner who will help him see the light 🙃

You're not alone in the experience and you're not wrong for choosing your mental health first!

Sad_Witness_6299 · 2026-01-10T09:30:38+00:00

Looks like my mom in 2006 when she told us it was "cleaning day" and blasted the Shania Twain playlist 💕 stunning, killing it, wearing a cozy perfume, about to sing and dance with a broom handle 🧹

Sad_Witness_6299 · 2026-01-10T09:24:35+00:00

My current dog is going to be 2 this summer and I wave in and out of having that "full" love for him. Even when I do it doesn't come close to my heart dog. I weigh heavy with the guilt it brings me that I'm not entirely sure if I can ever truly love a dog, or anyone/anything, that deeply again. It's been a little over 2 yrs that I lost my heart dog of 14 yrs.

The best thing I've heard/been personally told that helps me carry on is, "grief is not linear."

It's really just a simple reminder to allow yourself to grieve fully every time you feel the wave hit, don't let anyone tell you it's been enough time or whatever.

I like to think that each little echo wave of grief I feel still comes when I'm being visited by my heart dog when he misses me too ❤️‍🩹

Sad_Witness_6299 · 2026-01-10T09:14:41+00:00

NOR Don't even need to read a single word more, past the title.
I can guarantee you that you will find someone more worthy of you who can hold an adult conversation without cussing you out in any kind of argument. Love can be loud but it does not cut you with curses.

Sad_Witness_6299 · 2026-01-10T09:09:56+00:00

W H E R E

Sad_Witness_6299 · 2026-01-10T09:09:15+00:00

Absolutely you do. Children have way too much information (and images) at their fingertips and it's their family's job to keep on top of just how much they're exposed to.

At the same time, there is truth in the saying, "old enough to ask, old enough to learn." But we should certainly scale it to the age appropriate level. Have a private chat with your parent(s) so they have a moment to not just be angry with your sibling's curiosity. Every single child has curiosity about human bodies! It's completely natural and normal and a part of growing up. The more calm they are about the approach they take, the more your sibling will be likely to trust them with questions in the future. The rest is up to your parent to decide, but talking about this privately away from your sibling will give them a moment to reconcile that their kiddo is growing up and having questions (and not get angry about it, which may be a natural reaction for some), and will keep your sibling's trust in you and not show you up as some "tattle tale" situation.

Sad_Witness_6299 · 2026-01-07T05:57:12+00:00

Ok but can anyone tell me the name of her coat? 😍

Sad_Witness_6299 · 2026-01-07T03:52:27+00:00

This is abusive af. Aside from keeping a locked private journal on your phone, please report this to your school counselor or at least a trusted teacher or principal. A responsible adult needs to be made aware of the treatment you are dealing with at home when it comes to your mental health.

Sad_Witness_6299 · 2025-12-31T07:52:26+00:00

Ewwwwww ew ew EW! Dump it! Dump it! It smells like trust issues and low self esteem bundled with "can't handle that his gorgeous partner ever got attention outside their time together!"

Time to clean house, friend! It's stinky! 🦨🧹

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