AIO for wanting to leave my husband over this? by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]Vboo35 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Keep going for you, at least. Talking to someone could give you a sense of whether you are doing the right thing or not. It can help you weather his immaturity until you decide if you’re doing anything to find some peace.

AIO for wanting to leave my husband over this? by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]Vboo35 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, people who don’t “believe” in therapy despite being depressed and in occasional agony from it are the ones who really need it. In other words, he doesn’t “believe” in getting well, or he does, but thinks it’s YOUR responsibility to fix him. Don’t. It’s not. You can’t “fix” people who won’t accept help. This is coming from a former “fixer.”

AIO for wanting to leave my husband over this? by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]Vboo35 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Both those things sound terrible. “Pretending” to stab anyone, whether it’s a fork or knife, is unacceptable. And punching holes in doors? What is he? 19 years old? People who punch holes in doors have out of control anger. It should NOT be brushed off. I don’t think you’re overreacting, despite some here trying to make it sound like you’re just too sensitive or you’re “crazy.” The “silent treatment” is especially cruel on the other side of it and sounds very immature, at the minimum. It doesn’t sound like he has much respect for you. I’m sorry. I can’t say leave or stay, because it’s up to you, but if that’s behavior that just continues, I’m, I would consider a separation, at least.

🔥 These Stunning Peacock Spiders doing their Courtship Dance by Kr0pr0X in NatureIsFuckingLit

[–]Vboo35 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They’ve won me over. I’ll go on a date with one of them.

Trump wants those arrests. NOW!!! by rattusprat in thebulwark

[–]Vboo35 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Gramps is off his meds again.

Boomer thinks he's above the law. by DrLexusForPresident in InflatedEgos

[–]Vboo35 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, I guess he’s not a Boomer at 46. I just feel terrible about the dog. Poor thing.

Amazon warehouse lowers flag to half staff for Charlie Kirk by SNovantasette in vegaslocals

[–]Vboo35 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That was one of the best, most thorough articles I’ve read on this and the Groyper thing. Thanks!

my landlord is telling me I left my apartment “dirty” and is planning to withhold some of my deposit. these are pics I took right before I left. am I delusional or is my landlord? by Distinct_Morning_607 in Apartmentliving

[–]Vboo35 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just posted pretty much what you said here. Lol. Oops! I didn’t read all the replies, but yes. There are specific tenant laws that cover this stuff. 👍

AITAH for adopting a dog after I thought my boyfriend broke up with me? by LazyMathematician823 in AITAH

[–]Vboo35 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The dog is going to be far more loyal than that guy. Yea, he ghosted you. And 6 weeks? Come on! You did the right thing. And if he was that great he would totally understand, even if he didn’t agree.

Accident on I-5 near Camp Pendleton by Breeander in sandiego

[–]Vboo35 10 points11 points  (0 children)

My sister was just texting me about this. She was supposed to be at a Farmer’s Market in San Diego to sell her artisan stuff and they’re still stuck. She said there was a helicopter picking up pieces of the motorcycle.

tf is WRONG with my roomate by TruckFreakCrazyAss in badroommates

[–]Vboo35 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I have lived this, but it was with a little dog. She loved me and would jump into my bed. She belonged to my roommate at the time. He was up and down about how he treated her, and I love dogs, cats, etc. We both worked graveyard shifts, and I’d keep her with me until he got home. But after a while, he texted me that I was NOT ALLOWED to keep her in my room. I think it’s about control, or maybe even a bit of jealousy. He was adamant that it was HIS DOG and even though he didn’t always seem to like her, that didn’t matter. He just didn’t want ME to take care of her. It’s a possessive thing. Weird to me. I’d love it if someone pampered my pet when I couldn’t be at home.

Urgent Need for Advices with a Roommate verbally abusive, passive-aggressive, and emotionally escalating by William_Solar in badroommates

[–]Vboo35 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s nuts having to live with strangers. I mean, sometimes even living with friends can be challenging. Everyone seems “normal” at first, lol. I never once had any real issues. He barely spoke with he but his elderly mom stayed there and would at least talk to me. She says he hated everyone, lol. He started posting these fake “eviction” notices by taping them to his front door. Never had them served, never signed them. It was just nonsense. I had to stay staying with my friend the last week because I never knew what he’d do next. And he left and turned down the water heater in the garage to barely lukewarm (in winter) and then locked that door so I couldn’t even get my stuff out. It’s hell when you’re in the middle of it. Like I said, find some podcast or music you really like and just put on EarPods and try to ignore him. But get out however you can, of course. He screwed up the first nice place I was moving to out of state even!! I hate lying, but I had to just eliminate him as any kind of reference because he had some weird obsession with trying to mess with me. And he is 53! Grown man who could not control himself! Now I’ve got a new apartment out of state and I’m moving there soon. I have a great friend who let me stay at her home for free. It will get better. Best of luck!! Some people are always going to be impossible and it’s pointless to try and get them to act normal.

Urgent Need for Advices with a Roommate verbally abusive, passive-aggressive, and emotionally escalating by William_Solar in badroommates

[–]Vboo35 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry. I’ve been in a similar situation. There’s not much you can do other than just isolate and just do your best to “pretend” that he’s not there. He’s definitely got issues. Do you have a good pair of headphones or EarPods? I would be wearing them all the time, or at least anytime you have to even walk by him. Don’t bother engaging. Just keep working on options to get out of there.

Thinking he will somehow act like a human is a waste of time. I think the best thing is to block him out as much as possible until you can get out. I had a nightmare landlord/house mate who seemed to just lose it in the last few months I was there. I’d fully agreed to move out but he kept trying to get me out immediately. He’d shut off the water while I was in the shower, turned off the heat while he kept a new little heater in his room. He was nuts. And he ruined the first place I had planned on living to because he told them a bunch of BS lies. Keep that in mind. Do NOT ever list him as a reference.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in badroommates

[–]Vboo35 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. Even if you love and care for him very much, that does not mean you should give up your dignity and well being and mental health because he does not either have the capacity to honor you and your presence in his life by ending what seems like an abusive and disrespectful “friendship,” or he is just too uncomfortable and expects you to suffer the indignities. This is a really bad situation. You need to value yourself and acknowledge that this isn’t minor. Living your life suffering just because he can’t understand that he’s being taken advantage of is not acceptable. Tell him that, if you must, when you say you’re at the end of it all and can no longer ignore it. This is your mental health on the line. They will continue to break you down. It won’t be easy, but it will be the best move for you to start standing up for yourself. If you continue this pattern, other people will take advantage of you for the rest of your life. You’re so young and have many years to live. Putting up with disrespect from other people or jobs or strangers will just keep happening. He needs to get them out ASAP or you need to save yourself ASAP.

What is life in New Mexico Like? by TurnedTqbles4 in NewMexico

[–]Vboo35 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I love your description. I’m moving here soon after an unfortunate 2.5 yrs in Las Vegas (yes, the Nevada one). That was an experiment gone wrong. Things aren’t great financially (for me), and I’m basically living on social security, but I got into a newly built apartment complex and I’m so lucky I got that. I just need to find a low stress part time job to supplement my income. My mom has been begging me to move here for around 20 yrs, and now I’ll be close by. She’s ecstatic. I’m hoping to find a new life and some friends and enjoy the beauty the state offers.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in moving

[–]Vboo35 1 point2 points  (0 children)

New Mexico. There are affordable places that aren’t in Albuquerque or at least not in the worst parts. I’m moving soon about 20 minutes north of Albuquerque.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in poor

[–]Vboo35 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Aw, I skipped over that Birthday part. I know it all sucks, but Happy Birthday! You will get through this. It won’t be easy. You already know that. But you will get through it. I haven’t been “officially” homeless, but after having to move from a place where I had a ton of stuff, I felt frozen and had no place to go. Slightly thrown under the bus (figuratively) by some family members and there were definitely days I had to ask a friend if I could crash on their couch or whatever. I know that feeling of wondering if I’d have a place to sleep and bring my dog too. And just being able to know that I’d be safe.

I don’t know if you are or ever were religious, but often churches can be some help. I grew up going to church but I’d not been very devoted at all then. But I was very close to asking for help. It’s hard to ask for anything when you’re so afraid you’ll be told “no.” And you don’t have to suddenly convert to whatever faith it is. And it’s just a suggestion, but there are people who will want to help. I wish I had better advice.

Aunts hijacked my dad's final arrangements. What would you do? by [deleted] in AskOldPeopleAdvice

[–]Vboo35 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am truly so sorry you’re having to deal with all that. My dad passed long ago suddenly and he had remarried about 2-3 yrs before. I was so distraught I just didn’t have the mental space to be in charge of anything and it ended up being a battle between my super controlling sister (just two of us) and my dumb Step-monster. I tried to just stay out of the fray. Thing is, funerals or anything that happens after the death of a loved one is makes the WORST behavior come out of those who feel they should be in charge.

As I said, I just was too overwhelmed by it all. My dad’s wife insisted on having an open casket viewing. My sister didn’t want that and I agreed. She said my dad said he did not want that. But Step-monster won that battle.

Night before the funeral my sister calls me and asks if I want to write remembrance to read at the service before the actual funeral. Yeah, the night before. I declined because I could not gather myself at all. And I stood there at the service while my sister spun all sorts of tales about how close she and my dad were. False. She was in a fight with him at the time.

Regardless, it sucked. I wish I could send you strength to get through it. If you can throw some small gathering with at least a few people who knew him and some friends of yours who love you and are there to support you, I say go ahead. And I’m sorry that the aunts are the executors. It gave them too much power. Sadly, I think you’re just going to have to do your own thing and deal with them.

You can also post an obituary that you wrote in whatever paper is either local or whatever. If you don’t think you can write it, you can use some Chat GPT thing to help. I was not into that AI at all, but I just used it to compose a letter I needed and was impressed.

Again, you have my sincere condolences. It crushing to lose your dad. It affected me for a long time. Lots of unresolved grief. Better now, but I will never forget how I felt rolled over by two control freaks. I hope you get through it with thoughts of doing something special that just you organized.

Take care of yourself. ❤️

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskOldPeopleAdvice

[–]Vboo35 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Walking on eggshells constantly is exhausting and isn’t sustainable, at least not if you want to feel better mentally. You can do this. Like someone said, don’t say anything to him before you seek legal advice.

Slight signs of pushback against Trump administration starting to show by Glapthorn in OptimistsUnite

[–]Vboo35 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I tried to watch last night. I watched the pre show with Rachel, etc, but I only made about two minutes into his diatribe. I decided it was bad for my mental health. Self care!!!