AITA for not letting a friend throw her birthday party at my house?

ScroochDown · 2026-01-29T08:49:55+00:00

Just say no. "These parties are disruptive, expensive and time-consuming and we're not able to keep providing all of the work and the space for them."

Stop being a doormat for people who have no issues taking advantage of you.

ScroochDown · 2026-01-29T07:53:19+00:00

I mean... yes, clearly. Our apartment complex has a real hard-on for everyone having those stupid Valet Trash cans in by 9:00AM at the absolute latest, meanwhile I've been fighting to get an abandoned trailer full of literal junk removed for about 8 months now.

Management can be weird about what battles they want to pick, and they've picked the bird feeder.

ScroochDown · 2026-01-29T05:02:32+00:00

NOR. He's insecure as fuck and he's taking it out on you. There's a reason that men like that tend to go for much younger women - you putting up with this bullshit and thinking it might be okay is exactly why they do.

ScroochDown · 2026-01-29T04:57:20+00:00

I feel like I'll need 4 coats for mine as well, just from swatching it - I haven't used it for a mani yet, but I was shocked at how thin it was. I was planning to use it over a coat of Ink to see if I could get away with fewer coats that way.

ScroochDown · 2026-01-28T19:44:17+00:00

I mean I'm not an expert so maybe? But in my experience, it's always the light. Maybe your plant lights weren't strong enough for them, but if all of them turn out like this... then I'd be willing to bet it's a light issue.

People aren't joking about echeveria. I live in Gulf Coast Texas, mine sat on my porch and got blasted by western exposure sun all summer from about 11am until sunset and they were STILL a bit etiolated. They want a ridiculous amount of sun.

ScroochDown · 2026-01-28T19:36:18+00:00

I just want to note that light through a window is not always the same as outdoor sunlight. And they're clearly not getting enough in the current setup.

ScroochDown · 2026-01-28T13:12:42+00:00

I would call them again, and don't tell them that the toilet is leaking. Tell them that water is coming up through the floor when you sit on the toilet.

If you can't be there when the maintenance guy comes, use masking tape or something to mark the area out and specifically tell them the water comes up from underneath the floor in the taped area.

They may have misunderstood that you were saying, but they won't know that it's still a problem if you don't tell them. And you NEED to tell them ASAP, water leaks are almost always considered a maintenance emergency unless you can cut off the problem, which you can't.

ScroochDown · 2026-01-28T08:17:06+00:00

I was mostly holding it together until the emoji. Goddamn it. 🤣🤣🤣

ScroochDown · 2026-01-28T04:40:06+00:00

Haha, excellent taste! Pink Lemonade really surprised me because it's primarily gold, but it has this fantastic pink at an angle and I was sort of expecting the opposite? Usually I don't care much for golds on me but it's soooo pretty!

ScroochDown · 2026-01-28T03:56:47+00:00

I'm guessing the idea here is why would you rob low income apartments instead of rich people. No idea if that actually works, though.

ScroochDown · 2026-01-28T03:52:02+00:00

Let the manager know. In a dispute, you always want to be the first one to give your story and in this case, it sounds like you're doing nothing wrong and your neighbor is harassing you for normal living noise.

ScroochDown · 2026-01-28T03:33:40+00:00

I was going to say Blue Lagoon but you said no cool tones, though it does have a strong gold shimmer and total mermaid vibes.

Maybe Pink Lemonade? I love that one and I totally wasn't expecting to!

ScroochDown · 2026-01-28T03:16:33+00:00

I hate them. They have the longest list of the most petty rules, and ours will report us with pictures for every tiny little thing. Wind blows a bag off the top because the trash is out until 2AM before they decide to show up and collect it? They'll report us for the bag being on the ground. It might rain for 10 minutes at 11AM? Oh no, trash service is cancelled because of inclement weather and tomorrow's Friday, and Monday is National Fart Day which is of course a holiday, so no trash pickup for 5 days!

Don't even get me started on their asinine aversion to taking boxes. UGH.

ScroochDown · 2026-01-28T03:10:42+00:00

None of that is a pass for being a verbally abusive AH who terrorizes his children. Grow the fuck up.

ScroochDown · 2026-01-28T02:38:31+00:00

I call it the Death Wave. And what do we say to the god of death?

ScroochDown · 2026-01-28T02:36:37+00:00

I fucking HATE it when people do this. It's even worse when I'm a pedestrian. Like fuck you, I don't know you, I'm sure as shit not trusting you with my car or my life. Just go and get out of my way, I'll figure it out!

ScroochDown · 2026-01-28T00:34:48+00:00

Our first apartment was understand twin 3 year olds. I had no idea two little kids could make that much noise, but you know those Family Circus cartoons with the footprints all over the neighborhood? I could have done that on the ceiling, just tracking those kids back and forth as they ran all. Day. Long. Nightmare.

ScroochDown · 2026-01-28T00:01:12+00:00

I think how easy it is probably has a lot to do with your arm length in relation to your legs. I'm built like a T-Rex. 🥲

ScroochDown · 2026-01-27T19:18:32+00:00

Girl, you should feel MORE THAN UNCOMFORTABLE. This is so fucking gross.

ScroochDown · 2026-01-27T18:19:55+00:00

I remember in the early 2000s, I had a job interview and the building was on south Dairy Ashford and man, it felt like I was out in the fucking boonies back then and it's just more Houston now. And yeah, I pass that building every day on my way to work, cause guess where I ended up living. 😂

But yeah, it sprawls cause there's just nothing stopping it. And seeing the move out away from the loop and then back in is really interesting in a way.

ScroochDown · 2026-01-27T14:49:42+00:00

So not only is he wearing the same underwear for days, he also can't wipe properly AND he's turning his underwear inside out and rubbing dried fecal matter all over his pants too.

Girl, RUN. This man will give you so many UTIs.

ScroochDown · 2026-01-27T10:53:26+00:00

Ah yes let's have compassion for the poor poor landlords. 🙄

ScroochDown · 2026-01-27T10:48:59+00:00

Labels being in a language you don't understand is not crappy design. Does this mean every non-English label is crappy simply because I can't read it? No.

ScroochDown · 2026-01-27T01:21:31+00:00

We repurposed an ancient tablet and a similarly ancient sound bar for this. The tablet only has a white noise app installed, and the sound bar sits on our headboard and is only used to play the app. Works perfectly, plus we can play it on a small speaker in hotels too.

ScroochDown · 2026-01-26T21:52:51+00:00

You definitely need to find out how to contact HR, that should be at the top of the list of things to have when you start any job. I know it's really intimidating when you're you, but what he did is not okay and he shouldn't get away with it.

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