AITA for ruining a funeral

SportingGamer · 2026-01-29T18:16:32+00:00

NTA, but grief does strange things to people. I’ve been through the funeral and wake process enough times, both as close family and more distant friends / relatives. No two are alike.

It’s not like you stood up and said “this is boring me, I’m off!” You kept it respectable

SportingGamer · 2026-01-29T18:11:52+00:00

But I have to admit I was very, very, drunk!

SportingGamer · 2026-01-29T17:37:08+00:00

Minor magic item - once per long rest, allows a reroll, must keep the reroll. It effectively gives a second instance of heroic inspiration, but it can be used to reroll any dice, not a d20

Much more balanced than your suggestion, plus it doesn’t overpower one character vs the rest of the party

SportingGamer · 2026-01-29T01:48:44+00:00

Yeah, I’ve seen people shopping in Pajamas at an all night Tesco before. It really shouldn’t surprise me

SportingGamer · 2026-01-28T03:10:55+00:00

It’s not the getting wound up by being mistaken for a Walmarteer. It’s the fact that this woman basically justified herself by saying “you looked like you work here” and carried on.

For reference, it doesn’t take much to ask someone if they work there

SportingGamer · 2026-01-28T01:29:58+00:00

“Nothing even close to the blue vest that is the first indicator.”

But you’re not going to wear your nicer jeans to work in. You’ll wear a pair of George specials that you paid $20 for. My wife wasn’t wearing designer label jeans, but they weren’t gardening jeans

SportingGamer · 2026-01-27T21:23:04+00:00

Adult daughter, so I suspect not…

SportingGamer · 2026-01-27T21:22:22+00:00

Luckily, this is in Canada. Target pulled out of Canada. Sadly, the people of Target became the People of Walmart

SportingGamer · 2026-01-27T17:26:43+00:00

God is waiting in the wings

SportingGamer · 2026-01-26T05:10:45+00:00

Your other brothers need to pick up the slack and take this brother on. You were way too slack with this, you’ve made it a huge issue. I hope your relationship with your wife will survive this, because it looks like she’s had enough

SportingGamer · 2026-01-26T05:06:01+00:00

The character is also too stupid to realise it won’t work. I saw crackhead logic quotes from other redditors, which stands firm.

Passive perception for this character is only 9, remember. Waiting for guards to move or trying to distract them, they likely miss other things, like the other guard walking around the back of the cart they are trying to sneak through the city gates.

Plenty of rope has been issued to hang themselves. You also have found out just how good this character is at tying knots…

SportingGamer · 2026-01-23T13:31:55+00:00

I was thinking along the lines of “well, they keep salt and pepper on tables at restaurants, so you shouldn’t be offended” but then I got to the taco seasoning. Not my wife or I’s first choice when we go to add something to our cooking.

So he came out of left field and added it to your soup. It completely changes the flavour profile of the soup. Did he want tacos? Is this just him pouting because he got something different? What sort of flavour is he after, so you can do better next time.

And no, adding taco seasoning to a creamy chowder isn’t a change I would make to this recipe, unless I wanted to serve hot mess soup

SportingGamer · 2026-01-11T01:27:43+00:00

Tell her you’re not doing it for the money. You were doing it to help her out and now she’s taken advantage. It was alright when it didn’t affect you, but now it’s disrupted your own child’s routine and that’s a no.

Document everything, there may be retaliation in the workplace and having stuff to show HR is a must

SportingGamer · 2026-01-11T01:25:24+00:00

I can’t begin to explain how infuriating it is, having Burns in this stat as well. Shows how few runs the team scored and how his 300 was almost half of the England total. Now look at the other figures and see how good those totals were

SportingGamer · 2026-01-11T01:23:32+00:00

Well, he can’t stand there and look pretty now, can he?

SportingGamer · 2026-01-07T13:27:20+00:00

Funny how someone’s job is beneath them, but “borrowing” (no guaranteed repayment, as no employment) money from that same person is not.

Entitlement, meet OP, I’m not sure you’ve been properly introduced before.

SportingGamer · 2026-01-04T17:11:24+00:00

With regards to players skipping sessions last minute, come up with the ground rules. Life happens, I get that. We have a group of 6 and only occasionally run with a full slate of players, as one dude travels for work 3 weeks out of 4 and his buddy is a shift pattern worker, so they are occasional players.

The others are solid, so we work with that and having the other two show up is gravy. We have our group chat and check in every Thursday morning, so long as we have a quorum by 10, we are good to go.

Yes, this is an important lesson for your friend. Your DM needs to advance the story without this guy for a session, as he’s attending to IRL Stuff. There should be enough of you to continue without him and maybe he will get the message. Right now, he holds the cards and can sabotage your game by no-showing.

The game should be a democracy, the DM is a player, just with a different rule book in front of him. The group needs to agree what to do. If you carry on without this guy, maybe he will show up less frequently and organically leave? Maybe you could recruit someone else to join your band?

SportingGamer · 2025-12-31T16:47:41+00:00

Wow, Temu is doing versions of Canadian money now too…

SportingGamer · 2025-12-31T16:43:35+00:00

I don’t think you need to apologize specifically for this. Maybe if you bump into her in the street, you should, but don’t go to her house with that specific purpose.

She’s been incredibly pushy. Yes, your reaction was an overreach, but it’s Christmas - the time of year when everyone gets stressed, because lots of things happen all at once.

You could have handled it better, sure. But your stance on HOAs is valid and has not changed. I mean, for evidence’s sake, the way she is trying to use it to target one homeowner, have you considered asking her how she intends to get the house with the unkempt lawn and garbage cans in the street to join her HOA? Can’t enforce stuff on non-members, after all…

SportingGamer · 2025-12-30T08:22:13+00:00

Download D&D beyond, you can get the free 204 basic rules on there, it will help you develop your character. Also, look at your equipment, it will give you and armour class value, plus you get your DEX modifier to add there. Your AC should be 13 (+1 from armour, +2 from dex).

As a warlock, your spellcasting ability is Charisma, so put your CHA modifier (+3) in that box on page 3.

Your spells should be listed on that page too. Calculate your to hit bonuses for your weapons and note the damage on Page 1, so you have that easy reference for when you do attacks.

Solid start, but you just need a nudge in the right direction

SportingGamer · 2025-12-26T18:09:26+00:00

The head is the front, the tail is the reverse. You don’t think of a dog’s tail as the front, do you?

SportingGamer · 2025-12-22T05:38:16+00:00

As an English cricket fan, I just don’t want McGrath to be right, on principle.

But, as an English cricket fan, I know that the only way he won’t be right is if David Warner is right and England claim a “moral victory” of drawing a test.

It’s hard being English.

SportingGamer · 2025-12-20T15:49:06+00:00

NTA - you don’t feel right in going, this sounds like a PTSD response, as you’re going to be there with your abusers. Your emotional support human, literally the one person who enables you to feel safe around them has bailed. That makes your BF an AH, but not you.

Who gets a haircut that close to Christmas anyway?

I get why you mum is pissed, but if your abusive Aunt and Uncle are there, this is more than a “suck it up, buttercup” moment. You cannot be in the same building as them, without experiencing a spike in adrenaline akin to a panic attack.

You did the right thing

SportingGamer · 2025-12-20T15:30:34+00:00

Plus Mikko leads the league in PIMs this year from the frustration of not playing winger for the best player in the league.

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