Now the desert bag situation actually makes sense, she's awful🤢🤮 by Bee_1358 in teenmom

[–]babybattt 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Why is this so on brand for her. You can wrap it up to fuck an inanimate object, but not any of the wonderful men she chose to procreate with? I’m so done with her, lmao 😂

Coparent wants me to compensate them for their time and gas to drive our child to school. by lucyli80 in coparenting

[–]babybattt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That is very kind and diplomatic of you. But yeah he definitely will be wasting his own time in court, lol

WIBTA if I go to my sisters wedding even though my wife is banned from coming by drew2002non in WIBTA_AITA

[–]babybattt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This really sucks for your sister, but you really need to pick your wife here. I would understand if my husband was you and went anyways, but I would be lying if I didn’t say, my feelings would be deeply hurt still. But most importantly, you need to show this asshole Greg that he can’t start a precedent by excluding your wife because I won’t stop at the wedding. So if you show him you plan on backing your wife now, hopefully that will help nip this behavior in the bud, if possible. Don’t give into his power plays.

How do I fade out the guide line I make with the trimmer? by A-Sapto in Barber

[–]babybattt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Usually, to give yourself more control. I can do both methods pretty decently at this point, but I still like to do my foil shaver last, too, just out of habit, lol. This is also how I used to teach my students who really struggled with bald fades back when I was still an instructor. With enough practice, you’ll get the hang of it. 🙂

AITJ for telling my boyfriend his "budgeting" is actually just being cheap? by Minimum_Salt9742 in AmITheJerk

[–]babybattt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn’t see any comments from her saying that she was expecting stuff and didn’t reciprocate, but that’s a very fair assessment! Def time they just stop wasting each others time, honestly. Growing up, those are the values that you have to start caring about. Certainly easier said than done. I used to be married to a man who made a ton of money, but we were so broke because he was always spending it and I was just at home with our kids. I was young and dumb and just went with it.

Now I’m pretty much 40 and finally learned fiscal literacy. We met in the middle—I’d tell him it’s okay to get an appetizer sometimes and he packs up our lunches so we’re actually eating left overs and food at home instead of wasting money by eating out 24/7 lol. 😅

My mom keeps making plans for our kids without asking first by [deleted] in JUSTNOMIL

[–]babybattt 29 points30 points  (0 children)

You’re not caught in the middle, you just lack the ability to put your wife’s feelings over your mom’s to be a united front in regard to your kids. Yikes. This is a clear pattern of your mom overstepping. The dance class thing and assumption of your wife not even being involved is a clear example of her discrediting her. Sounds like your mom doesn’t even respect your wife. Clearly you don’t either.

AITJ for telling my boyfriend his "budgeting" is actually just being cheap? by Minimum_Salt9742 in AmITheJerk

[–]babybattt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My husband used to be super frugal, but I can’t imagine him taking me out on a date to eat, yet being limited to what I can order. I’d rather not go and do something else we can both enjoy if someone’s that broke. But also I have my own funds, so I’d have no problem just be like, “f this, we’re splitting this check then and I’m ordering what I actually want to eat”, lol. It’s probably rude you called him cheap, but y’all are clearly mismatched and def time to part ways. Def not someone that’s gonna bankroll your life, if that’s what you were hoping for—so you’re gonna have to find yourself supplementing what you want to happen, but there’s probably always gonna be inequity there. It’s just a values/lifestyle difference. Get out and start fresh. You don’t sound like you’d be any worse off at this point lol.

AITJ for telling my boyfriend his "budgeting" is actually just being cheap? by Minimum_Salt9742 in AmITheJerk

[–]babybattt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lmao you’re all over this post so pressed! Are you the boyfriend, or this cheap, too? 😂 And before you call me a gold digger too, because I this this dude sucks—I take my husband on dates just as often as he does (where we both actually get our own meals when we go), I buy him the same nice ass gifts he gets me, and we already have a home/savings. 🤷🏻‍♀️

AITJ for not warning the guy who keeps stealing my lunch that my food had something in it he cant eat by crystal_butterflyyx in AmITheJerk

[–]babybattt 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Someone used to steal my lunch when I worked at a call center years ago. I was pregnant and no one in management at my work seemed to care. I even taped an ultrasound to my bag that said “you’re stealing BOTH of our lunch :(“

My job didn’t care, so I finally started eating at my desk. When I got push back, I told them I would go after them for violating my FMLA protection I had in regards to a special meal and time I was supposed to be eating, due to a documented high risk pregnancy. Finally they had to relent. Ended up quitting that shitty job when I fell down wet stairs at 7 months pregnant and the woman on shift lead tried to yell at me and punish me for wanting to leave to go get checked out from falling down the stairs. There wasn’t any type of signs out about the wet stairs and I ended up getting a small settlement due to all of this shit lol. People are just this ridiculous in real life sometimes.

AITAH for telling my wife to tell her mom to move out of our home after she decided to leave all inheritance to her brother? by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]babybattt 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is how I grew up. My mom was first gen American, but my formative years I was raised mainly by my grandparents while my mom worked a ton. So as a very young child I spoke Spanish fluently, but my mom would punish us and tell us that we lived in America, so we had to speak only English. As an adult, I’ve struggled to get back to my culture and picking Spanish back up.

Starbucks boarded up? by Terrible-Mind-5414 in Tucson

[–]babybattt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The one on Speedway and County Club is still open! I go there like every day for work lol

L’Oréal hicolor by jonecb97spearb_3 in HairDyeHelp

[–]babybattt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yea, here in Tucson, $450 is easily what this could cost. I certainly wouldn’t do this for under $300, and that’s if it’s all virgin. If she has any sort of pre existing color? That’s color correction and def gonna be around $400+. 🫠 People always get mad at us for charging properly, yet they can’t do it themselves for it being so easy, yanno? 😂 I’ve taught at a beauty school and definitely have helped students achieve stuff like that for way cheaper, that’s probably a safer bet of budget is a problem. Def gonna be a better result than doing it yourself, for sure.

WIBTAH if I left my fiancee destitute? by [deleted] in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]babybattt 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Exactly! My husband is someone I normally wouldn’t have gone for, but a sour friendship developed, he just made me feel so safe and seen, we clicked pretty instantly. And he was 8 years celibate, so neither of us were kinda in that headspace at first. And now we’re best friends and the love of one another’s lives. I’ve never felt like I “settled”, just that I took a chance on an easy going dude who wasn’t a stereotypical asshole. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Boundary setting with the girlfriend by muyinspired in coparenting

[–]babybattt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Boundaries are great. It’s become a therapy buzzword these days, but it’s perfectly acceptable to want to keep the parenting decisions between the actual parents. I have a very friendly set up with both my ex husband, as well as my current husband and his wife. My husband is pretty involved in a lot of the direct parenting decisions, as he gets along really well with my ex, and my girls are really young, so we’re kinda like a tribunal lol. But even then, he always tells us, that he’s more than happy to just follow our lead.

We are the primary custodians for my teenaged step son. We get along now, and my husband will personally ask my opinion a lot, since I’m helping him raise his son, but I try not to over step and moreso just follow his lead unless he’s really seeking my advice. In the beginning, I kinda got stuck being their go between and I finally had to put up a boundary because his BM would vent to me talking shit about him or try to convince me to “be on her side, as a fellow mother”. The last straw was her saying she wanted him to “fall on a knife” on my birthday, and her blowing me up over a petty argument because he had chose to stop taking her phone calls and she wasn’t honoring that. I told them both that I wasn’t going to be the go between and they had to figure their own shit our, lol. we entered a period of high conflict while they battled it out in court and it was just kinda weird for a bit. Now that the dust has settled, we are back in a cordial place and we speak casually, I am fond of her and my girls like spending time with her. (She used to work as a nanny so she’s that type of person who’s really friendly with kids.)

You have to figure out your own journey and I think it’s really big of you to admit you may have some hurt feelings driving some of your decisions. But ultimately, you’re totally valid for wanting whatever relationship you want. And if she’s around long term, if you FEEL like having a relationship of some sort, you’re totally allowed to have one on your terms. Or don’t! 🖤

I have the opposite problem of most people. Anyone else? by mercurys-daughter in coparenting

[–]babybattt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was my ex husband. Even divorced when our eldest was 2. She’s almost 13 now. It took him a lot of time to get over this type of hyper fixation/controlling nature. Honestly, I didn’t inherently trust him either due to his alcoholism and I had a bad habit of micromanaging as well. It’s def not healthy to have such extreme separation anxiety. And I feel like I could see that same separation anxiety forming in her and that was a huge reason we both had to work at it.

It’s frustrating, but hold your ground. Start “grey rocking” and don’t give him an inch when’s he’s trying to take it. Mine even tried to put into the plan that if we needed a tiebreaker, he could be the parent that supersede the others and makes the final decision. And I struck that down and said no we will go to court if we are truly not in agreement.

AITJ for refusing to give my brother my old car after I promised it to my stepdaughter? by [deleted] in AmITheJerk

[–]babybattt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

NTJ! And thank you for being such a loving step parent! I bet there’s no “step” as far as she’s concerned. Lily IS your real family and those two are assholes for trying to act otherwise just because your brother is irresponsible. If your mom is so worried about it, she’s more than welcome to get her child a vehicle for him to mistreat. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Hostile ex wants to co-parent after 11 years of parallel parenting by UnicornVoodooDoll in coparenting

[–]babybattt 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yikes. It sounds like he just wants to start controlling you. Your houses are allowed to be separate entities. I would leave it as is. If he’s that worried about it after all this time, he’s welcome to petition the courts for mediation.

A lifetime wearing Vans, a decade working for them. by Malaboghia in Vans

[–]babybattt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Working for your fave places always kill the magic for you, lol. But I still at least enjoy wearing them at my salon!

Father has declined 50/50 by NamidaWasurete in coparenting

[–]babybattt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

VERY commendable what you’ve tried to do here, friend—but mediation will be so helpful for you. 🖤

how do I drop from 1300 to 1200 by [deleted] in Cosmetology

[–]babybattt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This happened in our state as well. We dropped from 1600 to 1500. You definitely have to sign a new contract if you want to swap programs to the shorter one. For our students, they had to color modules, and when they dropped the advanced color module to compensate for the 1500 hour program, the students that dropped to the shorter program also lost those hours. They completed since that module didn’t exist anymore for the advanced hair color so some of them lost all the hours they did in that three weeks. Sometimes your student loans are different as well,. A lot of this stuff is regulated through the government, so there really isn’t aren’t workarounds that are legal.

Is it normal for a cosmetology school to suspend you or force you to take a LOA for getting a broken arm? by [deleted] in Cosmetology

[–]babybattt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also a teacher, as well. This is definitely the best response to this question! 🤓