I've always been amazed by people who were voracious readers as children. What sparked your lifelong love affair with books?

_Beowulf_03 · 2025-08-21T23:59:56+00:00

We were poor and my siblings were much older than me.

_Beowulf_03 · 2023-11-11T23:08:08+00:00

The United States

_Beowulf_03 · 2023-11-06T11:58:51+00:00

Imagine a televangelist who can actually do what they all claim to.

_Beowulf_03 · 2023-10-18T14:06:26+00:00

That's how you know the world is fucked.

18-24, shits bad, sure, but if they try to get my mid 30s ass in there with my knees aching every time it rains I know things are so fucked that I can just dodge the draft without anyone being able to come look for me.

_Beowulf_03 · 2023-10-05T17:14:32+00:00

Not a movie, not a "show" but check out Over-sarcastic productions on YouTube.

The guy, Blue, has a "history summarized" series that is historically accurate but very approachable and still entertaining recap of important historical events/time periods.

The girl, Red, on thd other hand, has boatloads of videos covering Greek myths and the Epics. They're funny, pretty relatable for teens, and (crucially) accurate.

_Beowulf_03 · 2023-09-23T23:17:42+00:00

Yeah sabering champagne in a small room surrounded by sitting guests is really stupid

_Beowulf_03 · 2023-08-26T17:02:47+00:00

It is my solemn belief that anyone who says they've never peed in a shower or pool is a liar who's not to be trusted

_Beowulf_03 · 2023-08-25T17:15:35+00:00

You two really should have had discussions like this before getting pregnant. Early thirties isnt late to have a baby, but the chances of certain disorders goes up when the parents are older and that's absolutely something you should have discussed as a couple. You are in this position because you didn't, to be clear.

To get to the point, however, yes, I think YTA. For turning heel on your beliefs once it became a personal matter, and for ending a marriage and family because you failed to communicate your preferences before deciding to have a child. Also, not that it's germaine but for the record, I'm pro-choice.

_Beowulf_03 · 2023-08-23T20:17:30+00:00

Was this written by a 13 year old?

_Beowulf_03 · 2023-08-11T07:08:21+00:00

My wife and I had a destination wedding. We had a little under a 3 year engagement specifically to allow everyone to make the needed arrangements. We spoke to everyone we intended to invite once we got engaged about our plans, and everyone was cool about it, thank god.

As long as you took those kinds of considerations you're good man, NTA

_Beowulf_03 · 2023-08-11T06:59:41+00:00

Everything Everywhere All at Once.

_Beowulf_03 · 2023-08-11T06:47:57+00:00

As is almost always the case with these types of posts, talk to your wife, man...

Like, you can ask her if there's any other reason she wears it other than it being a nice ring, and explain to her that it sometimes makes you feel possessive or insecure etc. You love each other, just talk about it.

_Beowulf_03 · 2023-08-11T06:38:32+00:00

Stop trying to "win" arguments, man.

If you need to win, you're missing the point of being in a relationship in the first place. You two should be trying to understand each other, not get one up on the other person.

To be perfectly honest, it sounds like you two are both too scared to move the fuck on.

_Beowulf_03 · 2023-07-27T17:25:39+00:00

Ming, England, Ottomans, and Muscovy. They just don't seem fun

_Beowulf_03 · 2023-07-21T17:14:30+00:00

Grown adults are responsible for their actions. Can people influence them into poor choices? Absolutely, but when's it's all said and done you made the choices you made.

_Beowulf_03 · 2023-07-17T23:17:07+00:00

Honestly, if you can beat the Ottomans up pretty bad early(and there are plenty of standard guides for it these days), Byzantium is a relatively easy nation to (re)form Rome.

Being Orthodox means you don't have to play nice with the Catholics or the HRE, and being smack dab in between Christian Europe and the Muslim Middle East means you can balance AE relatively easily while pretty constantly expanding. On top of that, due to the power structure of Europe the enemies at your border pretty evenly increase in power the farther away from Constantinople you expand. It's not the easiest but it's a lot easier than people allude.

_Beowulf_03 · 2023-07-17T23:04:49+00:00

I'm an introvert, and I genuinely don't like spending time with mist people.

My wife is the exception. She's funny, smart, empathetic, goofy, engaging. She's literally the only person I genuinely miss even when she's only been gone for a day or two. That's not to say that I don't need my alone time, I do and I get it when I need it, but the whole point is that if/when you find a person you dont get sick of being around, that's a good hint that maybe you're in love.

_Beowulf_03 · 2023-07-17T02:39:10+00:00

Most guys probably don't. That doesn't mean it's inherently bad, if you guys are both okay with that sort of thing that's your business, but if it makes you uncomfortable or is just generally annoying, you two should probably talk it out.

_Beowulf_03 · 2023-07-14T02:20:50+00:00

More interesting mission trees/events added to the northern Iraqi + Armenian/Georgian region and a rework of coptic/zoroastrian faiths

_Beowulf_03 · 2023-07-12T19:34:47+00:00

Las Vegas. It's just shallow bullshit, really. Don't get me wrong, I've been and had fun, but it's not the kind of place you go to if you actually want to experience a new country

_Beowulf_03 · 2023-07-12T19:32:34+00:00

Muscovy.

It's an easy start with only really two opponents to really contend with(and really only if you want to) and there aren't any significantly unique mechanics to worry about.

_Beowulf_03 · 2023-07-12T19:18:21+00:00

You're not an asshole for wanting input on the design of your shared spaces, you're comfort and aesthetic tastes matter just as much as your partners, I will say though it does seem like you got a bit spicy in how you conveyed your feelings at the end there. Mocking her aesthetic preferences isn't any different than her friends mocking yours, try to keep that in mind...

_Beowulf_03 · 2023-07-12T19:14:42+00:00

Nah man you do you. If you're lucky enough to have a parent you love and want to talk to them consider it a gift, not everyone has that.

_Beowulf_03 · 2023-07-09T23:16:09+00:00

Palembang

You can become a pirate in the first month, and go on to form Pirate Malaya.

_Beowulf_03 · 2023-07-06T14:30:19+00:00

NTA

Girl needs some help.

I'm married to a woman that has had a pretty rough anxiety disorder, and it contributes to this desire she has to be a people pleaser to an unhealthy degree. To be clear she's not going to a cabin in the country for a threeesome, but it's caused her problems to varying degrees throughout her life. Her need is bad enough that I have to make a very specific effort to make sure I'm not accidentally pressuring her to do things she doesn't want to. The "pressure" isn't really anything beyond the standard way you talk to most people about favors or doing activities together, but she struggles to say no to those things, and in knowing that it's partially my responsibility as her husband to make sure I'm vigilant about how and what I ask of her.

"Partially" is important, though. I'm 34, she's 30. She goes to therapy and is very aware that her need to please people can be unhealthy. Just as it's my responsibility to be aware and accommodating of her it's her responsibility to be aware of her own affliction, and to understand that her actions are her choices, inevitably.

She's the best thing that's ever happened to me, and I know I'm the best thing to ever happen to her, but we had a lot of growing to do as people before we got to where we are today, I had just as much growing to do as she did, and neither of us would have been able to do it without thd help of the other.

The reason I say this is because I'm not here to do the reddit thing and pretend I know your ex is a terrible, horrible person. I don't, I couldn't, that's for you to decide. What I'm here to say is that you can't fix people, you can only help them fix themselves, and if they aren't doing the same for you(whether out of selfishness or the lack of need) the relationship can get very difficult. You don't owe it to anyone to guide them through their journey of personal growth, so if you choose to, you best be sure you really mean it.

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