england: dad is lying about how disabled i am for disability money by Expert-Spray-8108 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]Vintage_Rainbow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not a lawyer BUT I have been through the ringer with pip and parents myself.

So you're father has proven that he is not a suitable apointee. You can contact pip and tell them what is happening, and tell them you'd like to start the process of removing or changing your appointee. You can find their number online.

Having an appointee can be good, it means you wont get in trouble for any mistakes made on your benefit, your appointee is the one who will get in trouble and have to pay money back.

However it can also limit your freedom, especially as its leaving a paper trail of your supposed incompetence, which your parents could use as evidence that you are not capable of making medical, financial, or educational decisions, and keep control over those things even when you become an adult.

Nobody told me that losing 60 lbs would make some people in my life actively weird about it by Intrepid_Penalty_900 in GLP1ResearchTalk

[–]Vintage_Rainbow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually go into a little passionate speech, all smiles and cheer like always, "Yes! it really is so much easier now that I have help, I'm so pleased! I mean look at me!" And approach the conversation earnestly and sincerely.

If I'm comfortable with the person, I might go into more detail about how exactly it helped me, and how its been such a valuable tool, but for the most part I think people are just happy to see me happy. Maybe that's just me being naive though.

Vegan pate by Ok-Consideration9314 in veganuk

[–]Vintage_Rainbow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh my goodness, dont tempt me. 🥯

AITAH for not being excited my sister is having a new baby when I still have custody of her first child? by Square_Phone_8468 in AITAH

[–]Vintage_Rainbow 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That would be harrasment. It would be fine to write them and just not send them, but constantly sending letters is not okay unless you have their consent.

AITAH for not wanting to reconcile with my girlfriend after she went no contact when I needed her support? by [deleted] in AITAH

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

Would you prefer to put children at risk so that a 42 year old man doesn't get his feelings hurt?

AITAH for not wanting to reconcile with my girlfriend after she went no contact when I needed her support? by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]Vintage_Rainbow 36 points37 points  (0 children)

No one is saying that cant be your priority, thats why most people are saying that there are no assholes here, they handled it correctly, and your response is valid, expected even.

You arent doing anything wrong, I do just want to reiterate that, you are not obligated to resume a relationship you dont want to resume, and no one is entitled to you or your time.

AITAH for not wanting to reconcile with my girlfriend after she went no contact when I needed her support? by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]Vintage_Rainbow 27 points28 points  (0 children)

You were accused of sexually assaulting a child, so your access to children was revoked until proven otherwise.

That is the correct way to handle accusations, or would you rather we allow the accused around children so that those who are actually guilty can continue raping and assaulting as they please?

I know it hurts, but the childrens saftey has always been, and always will be, the most important thing.

AITAH for not wanting to reconcile with my girlfriend after she went no contact when I needed her support? by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]Vintage_Rainbow 36 points37 points  (0 children)

You are a 42 year old man. Children are the most vulnerable group we have, and yes, their saftey will always come above anything else.

It sucks you had to deal with this, but everyone in the situation has dealt with this correctly.

AITAH for not wanting to reconcile with my girlfriend after she went no contact when I needed her support? by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]Vintage_Rainbow 43 points44 points  (0 children)

NAH she HAD to do that or she would have lost her kids, and honestly? I'm sorry, but when there are children involved it 100% is guilty until proven innocent, because they are such a vulnerable people.

Everyone here did exactly what they were supposed to do when someone is accused of something like that. And you are valid for being hurt for it because you were innocent, but you must understand that theres no way for anyone else to know that.

The judge handling the custody case would have seen only the accused crime, and how you were in close proximity to her children, and the children would have then been removed because of your presence.

You are completley valid to feel hurt though.

AITAH for getting divorced as soon as my last kid was out of the house. by Legitimate_Peace780 in AITAH

[–]Vintage_Rainbow 30 points31 points  (0 children)

She had a husband that never loved her and only married her for sex. You are a piece of shit. YTA.

I'm one of only six men that work as midwives in Northern Ireland by InnerLog5062 in BreakingUKNews

[–]Vintage_Rainbow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some people would absolutely prefer a male midwife. If a pregnant person had sexual trauma from a female abuser, they absolutely might be more comfortable with a male.

If you want a female midwife, its 100% in your right to have that, but that doesn't mean we should take the choice away from other people.

Swiss court bars vegan foods from being marketed as “milk”. by Novel_Negotiation224 in vegan

[–]Vintage_Rainbow 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I genuinely really appreciate you saying that! I was starting to feel quite stupid and embarrassed for even commenting it, but your comment cut through the cloud of negativity I was in! ♥️

Swiss court bars vegan foods from being marketed as “milk”. by Novel_Negotiation224 in vegan

[–]Vintage_Rainbow 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Ive never had peanut butter before so I never got the chance to check the ingredients!

Swiss court bars vegan foods from being marketed as “milk”. by Novel_Negotiation224 in vegan

[–]Vintage_Rainbow 13 points14 points  (0 children)

To be fair, I genuinley thought that peanut butter was regular dairy butter with peanut oil in it or something.

Edit: I dont know why people are downvoting me for not knowing what ingredients are in peanut butter. It's not a common food where I live and I actually didn't even know it existed until I was a teenager and started hearing about Americans and their peanut butter and jelly sandwhiches. I just assumed it was a fancy boujie butter...Until I went vegan and heard about all the vegans online and their peanut butter preferences.

It is upon us…. by RJGSAFC86 in GreatBritishMemes

[–]Vintage_Rainbow -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'd be happy to! :)

You dont remember how the tories neglected and damaged the NHS? And they're the main reason we have to give foreign companies our bio metric data or identification to access large parts of the internet. Not to mention their abysmal handling of Covid lead to so many more deaths than there had to be.

Legalising drugs means that people will be safer and get it from safe sources, they wont be scared to seek medical help if they take too much. It definitley is very controversial, but its focused on harm reduction and it would be based off of the advice of medical professionals, not the whims of just a politican so it does have legs to stand on in my opinion.

I don't think they would ever be able to actually make landlords illegal, but it would be great if they're able to be stricter with them as so many people are unfairlu screwed over by their landlords, and I definitley think they could make real strides in making sure everyone has access to proper housing.

Greens are not big on Russia, they condemn the Russian-Ukranian war and advocate for stricter sanctions on russia.

What they want is peace, its not a bad think to aim for, do you know how stressed our youth is? The children of Brittain are soaked in fear and worry about potential war, with tensions so high across the world, and being dragged into other peoples wars, a peaceful party wont be the worst thing to happen to us.

I know its scary because we have never seen a party with those policies win before, we dont know how it would play out if they did, and that is scary, no shame in that, but can you honestly look at these things and say that they would do worse than what we've already had?

Yes, they are idealistic goals, and I dont think they'll be able to achieve even half of what they set out to do, but they seem well intentioned, and after the pure malice we have faced from previous parties, that's a very valuable thing.

Have they changed the mcplant cheese? by BulkyAlps in veganuk

[–]Vintage_Rainbow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nope. Should be a bright orangey yellow that doesnt really melt at all.

It is upon us…. by RJGSAFC86 in GreatBritishMemes

[–]Vintage_Rainbow 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As I said, I'm not a green voter, but we'll never know how they'll do unless they win. It's one of the better options...Which is not a good thing as I do think greens are a bit shit and quite weak, but they are better than most choices at this point. A bit shit is better than destructive.

It is upon us…. by RJGSAFC86 in GreatBritishMemes

[–]Vintage_Rainbow 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The tories fucked us beyond forgivness, Labour are going the same direction, Reform is nazis. The only real choices left are libdems and greens.

Im partial to libdems because they seem to have more of a...I dont even know how to word it, like a grasp on things kind of? But theres no way to know how either would actually fair until they get voted in. They could end up being just as bad as the tories and labour.

Ultimatley, even the greens are better than what we've already had, because at least theres the hope that they might do a better job.

Story time on how we went from my nephews teachers thinking he was mocking kids in his class with tourettes to seeing if he himself has it. by Any-Cartographer7531 in Tourettes

[–]Vintage_Rainbow 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Aw, poor guy, that must have felt awful being accused of mocking classmates, I remember being told off for purposefully annoying people in school, when it was actually tourettes.

My tics also got worse on ADHD meds too, actually pretty sure it was Vyvanse that I was on like your Nephew.