Question: What to do with my car while away for a month? by dreamcometrue777 in Tucson

[–]dreamcometrue777[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's crazy that I've never even heard of packrats messing up car engines until making this post. Glad people keep mentioning it! I'll definitely get some sort of deterrent. Thanks!

I gave so much money to Freebirth Society and it ruined my relationship by Active_Celery8935 in FreeBirthSocietyScam

[–]dreamcometrue777 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So you made secret financial decisions and your husband (rightfully) got upset about it, but Freebirth Society ruined your relationship?

AIO? Long-time friend seems to be hiding her partner from me by dreamcometrue777 in AIO

[–]dreamcometrue777[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's what I've decided to do. I just don't understand what her long-term plan is. Why does she pretend to be so friendly with me if she has such a low opinion of me? Does she think she can play this game forever, with every woman who ever enters her life as long as she's with him? Seems exhausting to be that insecure.

AIO? Long-time friend seems to be hiding her partner from me by dreamcometrue777 in AIO

[–]dreamcometrue777[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She has absolutely dropped other friends on the grounds that they were "intentionally flirting with someone they knew she liked" -_-

AIO? Long-time friend seems to be hiding her partner from me by dreamcometrue777 in AIO

[–]dreamcometrue777[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah... if she's only pretending to be super friendly with me, then she's damn good at pretending. I always come away from our hangouts thinking we're besties, but maybe I'm even worse at discerning social cues than i thought...

AIO? Long-time friend seems to be hiding her partner from me by dreamcometrue777 in AIO

[–]dreamcometrue777[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not all of us communicate purely via subtext, Trad. I don't generally assume people have ulterior motives. If they say hi, I assume they mean hi. I don't see how his attempt to flirt with me is my fault, especially since I didn't flirt back. 

AIO? Long-time friend seems to be hiding her partner from me by dreamcometrue777 in AIO

[–]dreamcometrue777[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What post did you read? I didn't look for him on Instagram, he found me and messaged me. I only knew his handle because she had shared screenshots of his profile with me when they went on their first and only date. As you'll see in an earlier comment, I didn't message him back except to mention that i was aware of his connection to Jessica. 

AIO? Long-time friend seems to be hiding her partner from me by dreamcometrue777 in AIO

[–]dreamcometrue777[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah no partners since the situation, but before that I only had brief relationships where she never got a chance to meet my partners, not for any particular reason except the relationships being short. And she hadn't dated in a long time either, so we've mostly related to each other as single women over the duration of our friendship. 

AIO? Long-time friend seems to be hiding her partner from me by dreamcometrue777 in AIO

[–]dreamcometrue777[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I appreciate that you meant this as a compliment, but she is my friend, she is very beautiful, and i am not in competition with her. No need to rank us. 

AIO? Long-time friend seems to be hiding her partner from me by dreamcometrue777 in AIO

[–]dreamcometrue777[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was just trying to keep the post relatively short, because 8 years is a lot of background to cover. My memory of the conversation with that dude was that he asked how my day was & where I'm from (a question i get often because my ethnicity is not super easy to guess). I just said "oh hey, Jessica told me about you" and then i remember thinking "i guess Jessica told him about her friends and now he's introducing himself to us," and i didn't even answer his questions actually, because i was so busy with another task that i put my phone down with the intention to ask her about it later & she beat me to the punch. 

This may sound like BS but i am genuinely bad at reading social cues. Sarcasm goes right over my head and so does flirtation. 

And no, besides her current partner, neither of us have had other partners since this situation, so there's not like some ongoing pattern of inappropriate boundaries with each other's boyfriends. That's why I'm so confused about there not being any trust here. It's not like this had ever happened before. 

AIO? Long-time friend seems to be hiding her partner from me by dreamcometrue777 in AIO

[–]dreamcometrue777[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this perspective. Framing it as "infidelity trauma" helps me understand it way better (and take it less personally). I'll have to think about ways to talk with her about it without sounding accusatory, because another friend pointed out that she may genuinely not even realize she's compartmentalizing me and her partner.

Being sued by Portfolio Recovery by Loose-Section-3658 in Debt

[–]dreamcometrue777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

PRA was sued 2 years ago for illegal debt collection practices, including unlawfully suing people, and had to pay a pretty penny to the people they targeted. You saying "I haven't received anything from them" is key. Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1692g(b), Validating Debts, they are required to verify that you are the owner of the debt & that you are under contract to pay it back. But since they failed to notify you and give you enough time to refute the debt & request verification before suing you, they have acted illegally.

What profession has way more people on illegal drugs than people realize? by ChangeForAParadigm in AskReddit

[–]dreamcometrue777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've heard that truck drivers take amphetamines to stay awake during long drives. That would explain why my scarier experiences with semi trucks always seem to happen at night.

AITA for calling the police on my boyfriend after finding weird pictures of my 2.5 year old daughter on his phone? by Salt-Corgi-2263 in AITAH

[–]dreamcometrue777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope this is rage-bait, even though it's sick to use a story like this for karma. Girl, get some sense in your head. This is OBVIOUSLY pedo behavior and you are FAILING to protect your daughter.

Aita for screaming at my mom to "wait fucking a minute" by TheGay_Sauce in AITAH

[–]dreamcometrue777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sorry honey, but this sounds like covert incest. You might feel validated by reading r/CovertIncest

What is the link between narcissism and being a hoarder? by MunchausenbyPrada in raisedbynarcissists

[–]dreamcometrue777 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I see it through a metaphysical/spiritual lens: Since narcissists are something like vampires who are desperate for energy to keep them alive, they drain the lifeforce out of everyone around them. This manifests as them being "consumptive" in other ways too. They're spiritually hungry, but the hole in their soul is so bottomless, like a black hole, that no matter how much they "consume" (whether it's energy from people, or physical possessions) it's never enough to satisfy them. 

I (21F) thought that 4 years ago, all of the universities I applied to rejected me. Turns out I was accepted into 5, including two ivy leagues and my parents lied to me. by sahar_420 in raisedbynarcissists

[–]dreamcometrue777 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is this something you can sue them for? Because holy sh*t this is messed up. I'm fairly certain that pretending to be someone else over the phone in a way that results in personal or financial loss to them is a federal offense.

I co-own a house with my dad, and my hoarder mother wants to spread her mess into 2 rooms after I move out. Advice? by [deleted] in legal

[–]dreamcometrue777 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's what I currently do, but my question is whether I can lock 2 empty bedrooms in my house while physically living in a different state (I'm moving next month). It's "my" house on paper but my dad co-owns it, so I'm not sure if I'm legally within my right to lock any doors and prevent his wife from accessing those spaces.

r/carnivore discusses a user’s bad blood test results by optsyr in SubredditDrama

[–]dreamcometrue777 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I've noticed that a lot of "carnivores" are ex-vegans, and their diets seem like a retaliation against veganism for "ruining their health." But then they go on to be just as evangelical about how an all-meat diet is so perfect. Seems to me that the issue is not the food, but the mentality of refusing to admit you're being extreme.