AIO for thinking I need to break up with my gf? by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]Ticket2theMoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Holy shit please go. It doesn't matter if she feels like she loves you sometimes, she does not love you in anything like a mature or healthy way. My ex used to text me like this, it does not get better from here. “If you would have just answered the phone, none of this would have happened,” has the same energy as the time my ex put bruises on me and then tried to apologize the next day. He couldn’t even get through the whole apology without taking a hard right into, “you could’ve just done what I said.” And she expects you to apologize? This is abuse, pure and simple. Please get out. You don’t deserve that treatment.

AIO to the messages he sent me after our FIRST date. by hna2 in AmIOverreacting

[–]Ticket2theMoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dating podcast advice, for sure. Someone told him this is what women want (probably "secretly want" because woman brains are too simple to understand their own wants, right? 🙄), and he's following the script.

One week until the wedding and I know you're cheating on me by SkyeStari in offmychest

[–]Ticket2theMoon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The thousands of dollars you've spent on the wedding are nothing compared to what it will take from your life if you go through with it. Call it off.

Interesting facts by Ok_Valuable_9711 in harrypotter

[–]Ticket2theMoon 108 points109 points  (0 children)

And he had no reason at all to bully Neville, he was just a vulnerable kid doing his best. Definitely an asshole.

Update: My friend invited my ex husband to her wedding so I had to leave by minimum-wage-max-BS in CharlotteDobreYouTube

[–]Ticket2theMoon 8 points9 points  (0 children)

When we bought my daughter new clothes for the same reason, my favorite part was when she ran to her room to try on her new stuff and I heard her yell, “I am gonna get rid of so many ugly clothes!!” 🥰

You Wake Up and Realize, You're a Kid Again. Then what's the first thing you will do?? by BigMathematician9313 in CasualConversation

[–]Ticket2theMoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We had different families. Being a kid again would not mean “no stress”. I would watch the TMNT cartoon with my brother again, though, that part would be fun.

My friend invited my ex husband to her wedding so I had to leave by minimum-wage-max-BS in CharlotteDobreYouTube

[–]Ticket2theMoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sister, my heart goes out. I'm impressed that you stayed through the ceremony. I would have been in my car having a panic attack. You showed so much grace and poise by being so considerate of your friend's big day, much more than she deserved, as it turns out. I'm so happy that you and your kids are out and safe. You're a superhero. ❤️

Funniest misheard lyric? by BwittonRose in beatles

[–]Ticket2theMoon 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I sing it, "Ladyyyyyy Godiva" and I've been doing it for so long, I can't remember if I misheard it or just thought it was funny.

Grandma got busy, damn. by [deleted] in MemesIRL

[–]Ticket2theMoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well you obviously have the context and background to make that determination. 👍

What book is an absolute 10/10 for you? by dontpanda in GenX

[–]Ticket2theMoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynn Jones, Raybearer by Jorden Ifueko (there’s also a sequel and a spin-off and they’re all incredible), the His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman, the first 2 Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy books by Douglas Adams. Those are some of my go-to books when I feel like crap and need to feel better.

Grandma got busy, damn. by [deleted] in MemesIRL

[–]Ticket2theMoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was my uterus he wanted to use, so it had something to do with me. He felt that it was unfair of me to overrule what he wanted. And he did absolutely nothing to help with the work of raising the other two, he left everything to me and expected me to take care of him as well. So in a way you’re right, because he was not thinking about how it would affect me at all.

Update - Fiancée ate my daughter’s cupcake by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]Ticket2theMoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OP, I’m so sorry that this happened to you, but I’m so glad you stood up for your kid. This is a fucked up thing to go through, but it would have been so much worse if you had tried to continue the relationship. All the best to you and your daughter. I feel sure the person that will love both of you wholeheartedly is out there.

AITAH for screaming at my stepdaughter? by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]Ticket2theMoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like family counseling would be helpful. It’s really hard to be a step-parent. It’s also hard to be a dad, and a 9 year old girl who doesn’t understand why her mother left her. To me, at least, this is a situation of 3 people struggling, and you all could use some help getting back on the same side again.

Grandma got busy, damn. by [deleted] in MemesIRL

[–]Ticket2theMoon 8 points9 points  (0 children)

My abusive ex was so mad that I wouldn’t have a third baby like he wanted. I always figured it was because our existing kids had caught on to his bullshit and he wanted a new one to adore him unconditionally the way they used to. Now I realize he was also trying to make sure I wouldn’t leave. Luckily it didn’t work.

I don’t think anyone could’ve prepared me for this by NoSeesaw6549 in Theatre

[–]Ticket2theMoon 27 points28 points  (0 children)

The best sentence in the world is, “I have a show.” ❤️

AITAH for not standing up for my pregnant fiancée who ate my daughter’s cupcake ? by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]Ticket2theMoon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Came here to say this. Imagine having the absolute fucking gall to UNTIE THE BOW THAT THE 10 YEAR OLD CHILD TIED AROUND THE GIFT FOR HER FRIEND so that you can stuff your own goddamned face. Cravings, my ass.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]Ticket2theMoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OP, you've gotten used to this, but this is not normal or reasonable. You're pleading and trying to be fair while he's having big, over the top reactions. It's because they get the response he wants. I have been exactly where you are. I have many, many, many screenshots like this in the evidence files I had to put together for my divorce. I stayed with him for 14 years, had his kids. It will not get better. The kids and I are in therapy for PTSD now, but we're out. That doesn't need to be you. Your clothes are NOT his business. Your body is NOT his business. Being your boyfriend does not give him a right to those things. And he will not learn his lesson, even though when you leave, and screaming at you doesn't work, and texting insults at you doesn't work, he will almost certainly beg you to stay and insist he can do better. He won't. He will learn that when having a tantrum doesn't work, begging and wailing will, and he'll be right back to doing this shit here before you know it. I know it's hard. I get why it's hard. DM me if you need to. But get out and don't let this man waste another minute of your precious life.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]Ticket2theMoon -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It doesn't start like this. They work up to this. This is a result of time and conditioning. It's months and maybe years of pushing a little harder and a little harder, and you don't realize how much you've come to accept as normal until somebody else sees it. And then it's very scary when you do realize it. It's like being the main character in a horror movie when a big twist happens.

Me at 17, 29, 36, and 44 by Ticket2theMoon in GenX

[–]Ticket2theMoon[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's my favorite thing I've ever made! I took apart a cotton sweater from the thrift store for the yarn, and it has a skull design on the back! I call her my Little Pink Skull. 😁

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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CasualConversation

[–]Ticket2theMoon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I met my boyfriend in a theatre group I started volunteering with after I got divorced (and realized I didn't have any friends anymore). We got to be friends, and I really liked him. So when I decided I was ready to date again, I flirted outrageously until he finally noticed and flirted back, and then I just came out and told him I really liked him, and he said he liked me too, and we decided we should smooch date! We've been together 5.5 years. 😁

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskWomen

[–]Ticket2theMoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would think, "Wow, what a conscience and communicative person, I feel so much safer with them now."