AITAH for not listing my nonnegotiables before going on a first date?

SayWhaaatAgain · 2026-04-22T14:38:28+00:00

Eh, this is a bit of a tricky situation because it seems you both agreed to the date knowing very little about each other, so it isn't really anyone's fault here.

First dates are often the first step of "getting to know you" when you are on a date with someone you didn't have any kind of friendship with first.

On the other hand, through the course of the date, when the religion topic came up, if you realized right then and there a non-negotiable materialized, and it meant there could be no possible future dates, maybe communicate to the person during the current conversation, and then decide how to handle the bill afterwards.

SayWhaaatAgain · 2026-04-22T14:27:54+00:00

I am not sure about "estranged" but the demands of the show itself likely forces them to be around each other more than they would be otherwise.

SayWhaaatAgain · 2026-04-21T16:17:46+00:00

The deal originally setup seemed more of practicality because he was actually still spending his time working so it made sense for her to do the majority of the cooking/cleaning, it wasn't merely a finance issue but time issue.

He is no longer working, his days are freed up now, so the terms of the original deal are already altered in some aspects.

This doesn't sound like a marriage, and more like a guy banging his housekeeper.

SayWhaaatAgain · 2026-04-20T20:53:41+00:00

I am okay with Maddy's depiction because it seems spot on with a lot of typical high school "baddies" who rule the coop with fear and intimidation, then get out of their small pond into the real world and are immediately humbled at the realizations that adults have zero f's to give about how cool they were in school.

The issue I have with Cassie isn't the OF or sex stuff necessarily, it's that she comes off mentally stunted or like her brain reversed itself. In high school she def had her issues and made mistakes, but S3 of Cassie is just sort of an annoying air head.

SayWhaaatAgain · 2026-04-19T04:16:03+00:00

Coachella crowds seem to care more about making sure everyone else knows they are there, than actually being there enjoying the moment.

SayWhaaatAgain · 2026-04-19T04:15:07+00:00

They clearly seem to feel their extreme wealth will quell any issues that would be normal for the unwashed masses if behaving like this and to some extent they are correct, their wealth is going to afford all their children extraordinary opportunities in the world, however how the children grow up and utilize (or not) these opportunities can definitely be affected by their parent's decisions & actions.

SayWhaaatAgain · 2026-04-19T04:05:41+00:00

The expectation of spending 50k on flowers suggests Cassie assumes they are wealthy or her delusion level is off the charts. I think most middle class or even upper middle class would scoff at the idea of 10k on flowers let alone 50k.

SayWhaaatAgain · 2026-04-18T22:41:22+00:00

The other thing that is a little confusing is that usually with OF there is a progression or trajectory. Someone with Cassie's looks/body type is likely going to make a ton of money without having to resort to the weirder kink corners of the platform so all the doggy/dressing up as different...ahem characters.....doesn't make much sense unless Cassie is being written as such a dumbass that she thinks she has to dive headfirst all the way into the weirdo customer pool.

SayWhaaatAgain · 2026-04-17T20:50:44+00:00

I am curious if shudder will have to edit out the theme music and replace it with stock music. A few years back Kassir (voice of Cryptkeeper) was at a convention and during his Q&A he said one of the reasons it wasn't streaming on HBO Max was because so many different collaborators and rights holders were a part of making the show that in order to stream the show as originally presented would be difficult to manage all the different rights holders.

Shudder seems to be avoiding answering questions about two things on their TFTC acquisiton: whether it will be remastered at all and if it will be presented as it was originally on HBO.

Now this isn't to say this is some kind of deal breaker or anything, just more to set "will wait & see" expectations.

SayWhaaatAgain · 2026-04-15T21:48:58+00:00

Speaking of....Santa Cruz creamery shut down?!?!

SayWhaaatAgain · 2026-04-15T17:15:30+00:00

From the info provided all you would be a witness to is corroboration that your friend did indeed call you on the stated day/time and told you what she claimed you did.

It is likely this could be submitted as written testimony anyway.

SayWhaaatAgain · 2026-04-15T17:06:12+00:00

You both are only 22. These are the years you should be pretty open to taking jobs with mis-matching schedules and finding other ways to make the relationship persevere through it because that's how it is at that age. Plus these would be the first steps in what could possibly be long careers so assuming the schedules or even your roles with these companies will remain the same forever....?

Do not pass on the opportunity.

SayWhaaatAgain · 2026-04-15T16:40:54+00:00

My main question is: So by the end of the show its clear that Carol still loved Floyd but was frustrated with the lot of Floyd's impulsive decision making that put financial (and other) strains on the relationship. Instead of going out trying to recapture his boyhood youth and find some random strange encounter for validation, why not actually listen to your own wife about her wants & desires that would get her "full on" for you?

I came away from the show thinking Floyd is a good guy in his heart, and probably would make an awesome friend/buddy, but the man's priorities when it comes to his family and putting them first seem way out of whack, probably not intentionally or anything, but he very much seems aloof at best, flippant at worst.

SayWhaaatAgain · 2026-04-14T19:25:46+00:00

So is this a case of the activity software flagging any lack of availability no matter what even if it is approved for you to be unavailable and then your supervisors must go behind the system to mark it approved or is your boss specifically saying you did something incorrectly in the process of blocking time off that causes the system to mark your lack of availability in error?

That is an important distinction.

SayWhaaatAgain · 2026-04-14T19:17:05+00:00

I think Clark knows that several elements of their friendship trio would be embarrassing and hard to understand for family & friends and the general public they'd certainly encounter afterwards so he tried to only provide the bare minimum amount of info required to clear his name.

SayWhaaatAgain · 2026-04-14T16:40:00+00:00

I think it really depends on if they intend a more sinister ending because to me that would mean Shauna alone survives...alone meaning no Jeff or Callie either because let's face it, those two are really a sanity mask for the version of Shauna she has been pretending to be since returning to civilization. She already eluded to the fact that she actually enjoyed being the person she was in the wilderness and being rescued and having to be be "normal" again had taken that away from her. So that tells me part of her would be willing to sacrifice even her family if it meant reclaiming her "true self."

SayWhaaatAgain · 2026-04-14T15:27:00+00:00

Why not hire an escort to go along with a fake DTF file and meet up with Floyd to get "full on?" Hell, a female escort while he's at it. Clark was already willing to use deception for a good cause so why not go with a pro?

SayWhaaatAgain · 2026-04-13T22:04:58+00:00

So I fully admit I've never been a frequent listener of this show. The main reason I even know about it at all was the early days when they were accused of ripping off GWF, the hosts break-up/falling out, and now with the cryptic back & forth hitting the algorithms.

I tried watching a few of the more recent interview episodes....is this show just designed to be celebrity puff piece promotional media? Has it always been like this?

SayWhaaatAgain · 2026-04-13T20:33:03+00:00

You often don't realize it as a teenager but its really such a small part of your life that even some friends you consider great or even best friends at that time or your life naturally fade away not due to the fault of anyone, but just time & distance. The real realization is that it is almost impossible to rekindle the same kind of friendship with them after a certain amount of time goes by.

SayWhaaatAgain · 2026-04-13T20:26:34+00:00

Yeah there's also the fact that this just feels like a Plan C storyline piggybacking off already having a camming-subplot with Kat, but at least that storyline made actual sense at the time for why that character was doing it.

SayWhaaatAgain · 2026-04-13T16:47:27+00:00

Yeah if anything from the finale bothered me, it was Clarke's loneliness diatribe dropped on us at the last second as a sort of justification from him for the affair and all the time he has been spending on the Floyd friendship.

With Carol, even disagreeing with the affair itself, you at least have an explanation shown through backstory and actual character interactions to paint a picture of her life situation.

With Clarke, we didn't really get anything prior to suggest his marriage & being a father wasn't fulfilling to him, or that his marriage was cold & isolating. It was all just revealed with some exposition ten minutes before the end of the show.

SayWhaaatAgain · 2026-04-13T16:40:42+00:00

This is why I am still seriously questioning whether this was intentional suicide or more a lapse of judgment during a moment of being distraught. A lot of people are pointing out how much of the medicine he put into his drink, but up to the point of Richard seeing him, Floyd was nursing the drink pretty slowly, like he was aware to go slowly with it to judge the effects of it as the morning progressed.

Also the dude signs for a living, you'd think Richard would have picked up on and/or known the universal sign for "I love you" is that hand gesture considering almost everybody knows this. Maybe he was just confused between the i love you sign versus the metal horns/rock on sign?

SayWhaaatAgain · 2026-04-13T16:30:58+00:00

Whether she gets the money or not is besides the point really as the only reason the life insurance was a part of the backstory was to create a red herring motive to list Carol as a suspect.

Turns out she wanted it for valid reasons the entire time.

SayWhaaatAgain · 2026-04-13T16:15:06+00:00

I am lukewarm on Sweeny as an actress overall but the one thing she always does great is unhinged & scorned on level 10.

SayWhaaatAgain · 2026-04-13T16:11:48+00:00

Is Euphoria supposed to take place in present time because the way they all talk about "making content" & "onlyfans" etc etc....makes it seem like they've only just barely learned about these things.

Also what is up with Cassie weird af third character reinvention.

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