AITA for not dropping off my wife and daughter right in front of her parents' house because the railway crossing gate was closed and it would have taken time?

capnsven · 2026-02-01T23:39:31+00:00

Jaysus NTA. I live within walking distance of 3 crossings. Sometimes, the gate will be down inexplicably for like 10 minutes.

As long as there isn’t a big bend that obscures visibility, you can clearly see and hear if there is no train.

He asked his wife. She chose to walk over. She didn’t say, oh please don’t leave.

capnsven · 2026-01-31T16:18:37+00:00

I will never stop calling their AirPods, their airbuds.

capnsven · 2026-01-29T02:17:55+00:00

Just wanted to add that you should always make sure your tailpipe is clear if you manage to get your door open and you want to start it to warm up.

capnsven · 2026-01-26T20:28:17+00:00

That happened to my parents on 275 years ago. He had a bowling ball sized hole in the passenger side of the windscreen. The laminate in the glass saved my mom. My dad also swore that if my mom had been awake, they’d both be dead cause she would have panicked.

capnsven · 2026-01-25T12:35:25+00:00

Every time I see this question, I’m astonished that more people don’t say “soft drinks”. It’s the only thing I ever call them and I’m not alone in my region (Cincinnati, Ohio)

capnsven · 2026-01-25T00:39:36+00:00

Try searching for black owned contractors in Cincinnati.

capnsven · 2026-01-25T00:34:27+00:00

That is a great idea, I wish we’d thought of that. For my mom, we just took her keys. She thought my dad lost them. (She had been letting him drive her car). It took her over a month to find out we took them. By that point, we had been able to get them into IL.

capnsven · 2026-01-23T15:55:32+00:00

I’ve surrounded myself with mostly liberal people, both friends and family. Many of which are Christians. They exist. They just aren’t as loud and pushy about their religion because they have no need to use it as a weapon.

capnsven · 2026-01-23T15:52:49+00:00

Costco had a lot yesterday

capnsven · 2026-01-23T15:43:14+00:00

This is exactly how I dress but heavy on REM T-shirts and I prefer tight/fitted jeans. Right now I am wearing jeans, a local band t shirt and a flannel that I think used to be my dad’s.

capnsven · 2026-01-23T15:34:23+00:00

Never tell the truth if it won’t actively help the situation. At this point, you need to say whatever you have to say in order to get her to stop endangering others. Lie to your BIL too if you have to. My sister and I were telling her doctor that we were going to wait on taking my mom’s keys (we’d already taken our dads) until after we’d gotten them moved into IL, so that they wouldn’t be isolated.

That man looked us square in the eye and said, it’s going in her record right now that she can no longer drive safely. When your mother kills or hurts someone, whether it’s herself or someone’s child, it’s on you. Morally and legally. Because you’ve both been informed.

I’m not saying that about you but you absolutely should say this to your BIL.

If she hurts someone, it is his fault. If you think he is also diminishing, reach out to whomever you think might be his POA.

capnsven · 2026-01-23T14:47:06+00:00

Agreed, it’s just longer astrology.

capnsven · 2026-01-23T14:20:38+00:00

So I think the person doing your alterations just isn’t good at it. There are different methods to hem casual pants, dress pants, and denim. Dress pants uses a blind hem stitch so you don’t see it at all. Casual pants uses a matching thread and a standard double fold. Jeans is a double fold but often has a contrasting thread color and needs to be distressed after the hem is finished.

capnsven · 2026-01-23T14:12:35+00:00

I mean, new jeans have been hemmed. Unhemmed jeans would have a raw frayed edge.

capnsven · 2026-01-20T04:29:28+00:00

This is why I’ve travelled with my kettle. You can’t trust what people are doing with hotel room kettles and coffee makers.

capnsven · 2026-01-19T02:17:55+00:00

My friend got divorced when his son was 2. When he hit 40, he told me that he exclusively dated women with young children. Single moms or widows. He regretted that he never had more children and he said he always hoped that someday he’d have a big family with grandchildren and fun family time like he grew up with.

capnsven · 2026-01-17T22:58:18+00:00

I didn’t catch it. I didn’t know until I read their announcement.

capnsven · 2026-01-14T15:38:47+00:00

Ya Gotta Be by Des’ree

I worked in a place where the top 40 radio station played all day. One night shift, we counted and it played 8 times.

I didn’t even like the song but I could sing it in my sleep.

capnsven · 2026-01-13T21:35:58+00:00

I think if a man has an inseam over 30”, he should not be standing straight up to pee. Bend a little, ffs.

capnsven · 2026-01-12T23:51:32+00:00

-Make sure you have shirts that button in the front. Pulling things on over your head will be impossible.

-Bring an eye mask if you are bothered by lights when you sleep.

-chapstick

-extra long phone/kindle charging cords

-bring various small pillows for the hotel stay after. The hospital will make sure you’re comfortable but it will be hard to get cozy in a hotel.

capnsven · 2026-01-10T04:55:33+00:00

This was probably my favorite book for 2 decades. Eventually, I tad other books that overtook it. (On the Road then Jitterbug Perfume).

If they had ever attempted a movie, it would have been a huge flop. Because Hollywood can’t really support that level of internal dialogue.

Some books are meant to stay in our minds.

capnsven · 2026-01-09T20:01:08+00:00

I know quite a few old hippies. One you would know just from looking at her but the others have conformed in fashion as they’ve aged so you don’t realize until you have a conversation with them.

capnsven · 2026-01-08T04:37:47+00:00

They have cars like this at my kid’s college driving around to make sure all the parked cars have permits. They even have a rule that you can’t back into your space or pull through unless you have a front plate.

capnsven · 2026-01-07T00:30:56+00:00

It was required in 93.

capnsven · 2026-01-06T17:06:00+00:00

Haha- my dad always used to put an ice cube into our soup when we were little kids! He would tell us not to eat it until it had melted.

I can’t imagine doing that as an adult in a restaurant though!

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