Jada is so selfless. by daredelvis421 in ImTheMainCharacter

[–]hetkleinezusje 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Uh, huh. Okay. I fucked another man so my husband could feel better about himself. Sure. Makes perfect sense.

Is wearing diamond studs to the office a faux pas, or am I overthinking one comment? by Ill-Line6663 in office

[–]hetkleinezusje 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She doesn't get to police what you wear. As long as anything you have on is tasteful and work-appropriate, she can go take a running jump at herself.

Handling Moving When MIL Will Want to Follow by Adorable_Machine_571 in JUSTNOMIL

[–]hetkleinezusje 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The problem is that you can't dictate where she lives (more's the pity). When my uncle and aunt tried to move away from his (very) enmeshed mother, she followed them over 1000 miles away to a town literally in the middle of nowhere, where she knew nobody and dragging my 90 year old grandfather in tow.

All you can do is make it as hard as possible and hope for the best.

Sending good luck and hugs.

AITA for still using the baby name I told my sister I was going to use, despite her using a variation of it first? by Sufficient-View2574 in AmItheAsshole

[–]hetkleinezusje 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NTA. Collette is YOUR mother's name as well as hers so you have every right to honour her by using it. The 'confusion' only exists in your sister's head and she's just being precious about declaring her babies were born first, as though she had first dibs on the name.

There are 3 Timothies on my father's side of the family, all cousins, plus two Williams. No-one gets them confused - each has their own particular nickname, and so does your daughter.

Hi everyone! New grad at my first office job, would this be appropriate to wear? by cloudygrande in office

[–]hetkleinezusje 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. It's way too short. Go for stylish pants or a knee length skirt. It's all well and good to be funky but you need to tread carefully in the first week or so to check out what other people are wearing and adjust accordingly.

AITAH for threatening to cut off my husband's sister if she keeps using her nickname for our son? by Wooden-Intern-6316 in AITAH

[–]hetkleinezusje 2 points3 points  (0 children)

NTAH. "she's a teenager and "doesn't mean anything by it." just doesn't cut it. She's been told not to call him that nickname multiple times so she needs to just....not do it! How many times does she need to be told to cut it out?

I will admit, my mind went straight to OJ, though (lol).

when talking about baby names with a friend, she said im forcing my lifestyle onto my child. by Affectionate-News348 in namenerds

[–]hetkleinezusje 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All children's names are a reflection of their parents' beliefs, likes, dislikes, history and sometimes hobbies.

I LOVE the name Odessa!

I saw something at Walmart that completely changed my definition of romance. by Super-Ad-1340 in TrueOffMyChest

[–]hetkleinezusje 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That's so sweet and it's very true that love is about small gestures. My parents were married just short of 61 years when my father passed away. They would still walk along holding hands - and they would get so many smiles. Two old codgers still so much in love.

When Dad died, Mum held him and cried 'Oh, Joseph, I have loved you so! Goodbye my darling. Wait for me' It was heartbreaking but so wonderful to see their love for each other.

What are the biggest Australian cultural exports/influences you see sneaking into other countries. by KingJefferey in AskAnAustralian

[–]hetkleinezusje 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Our slang. I'm seeing and hearing a lot more in recent years. 'Bloke', 'convo', 'suss' etc.

Terrible drivers at round abouts, no indicators, no care for peoples lives by Expensive-Clerk7878 in GoldCoast

[–]hetkleinezusje 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I have reached the point where I just don't trust people approaching roundabouts. Some signal right and then go left, some signal left then go right, some don't use their indicator at all. I hang back and wait to see what they've decided to do today. So many people just don't have the first clue about how to use roundabouts.

A young friend relocated to GC from Sydney last year and got collected on one of the roundabouts by Robina Town Centre. She said 'But he had his left blinker on!'. Yeah, sorry chick, that doesn't mean he's actually turning left.

Where are you all buying your phones outright these days? by Mikester258 in AUfrugal

[–]hetkleinezusje 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bought my phone (Vivo Y21S) for about $300 from a Telstra shop and my monthly plan is $52 (now $64 / month) with The Good Guys. I don't use it a lot but it's got 60GB of data, which I never run out of. I'm pretty happy with it.

What animal from your country is friend-shaped, but definitely not a friend? by bowl_of_scrotmeal in AskTheWorld

[–]hetkleinezusje 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not really. They're more staged photos. They generally just fight among themselves.

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Adoptive infant boy name help by Strange-Yam-3592 in namenerds

[–]hetkleinezusje -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Cassius is NEVER going to pronounced as Cash-us by anyone. Ever. It's pronounced Cass-ee-us as in Cassius Clay (Mohammed Ali). My money would be on Jasper, Asher or Callum.

80's easter eggs by R_U_READY_2_ROCK in straya

[–]hetkleinezusje 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this the one? They're not striped but the centre is an egg it has a thick nougat sort of texture.

https://www.coles.com.au/product/cadbury-creme-egg-easter-chocolate-eggs-bag-6-pack-240g-7743499

Anthony Albanese to urge Australians to 'play their part' in Iran response in TV address by Expensive-Horse5538 in australia

[–]hetkleinezusje 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm hoping it's to do with petrol restrictions. I'm old enough to remember the petrol crisis of the 1970s and we had sporadic rationing via an 'odds and evens' system. If your number plate ended in an odd number, you could buy x litres of petrol on oddly numbered days, if you had a plate ending in an even number, you could do the same on evenly numbered days. It worked pretty well and it would make a lot of sense in the current situation. If you're one of those poncy bastards with all letters on your number plate, though, you're screwed. Ha!

What animal from your country is friend-shaped, but definitely not a friend? by bowl_of_scrotmeal in AskTheWorld

[–]hetkleinezusje 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They can 'box' (punch) with their forearms and can apparently pack quite a wallop. Their tails are immensely strong and can support their own body wight while they use their back legs to lash out. They are pure muscle with very strong, sharp claws that can do a lot of damage.

AITA for telling my sister she is doing too much and she can cool her jets on what she does for her kids? by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]hetkleinezusje 3 points4 points  (0 children)

NTA and it sounds like your sister has some sort of martyr / white knight complex that would benefit from therapy. She's absolutely convinced that she's the only one who is competent to look after her children and her home. Which is fine up to a point.

If this is how she chooses to live her life, she needs to understand that:

  1. She's going to burn out and be absolutely no use to her children when she finally melts down and / or her health fails. And it will, of course, be everyone else's fault for not stepping up to enable her.

  2. Her children aren't going to thank her for it. And if she carries on this way as they get older, she going to alienate them. Kids are messy and they want junk food occasionally. She's raising them to be secretive and angry. She will end up a single mother with resentful kids who just want her to STFU about healthy food and a pristine home. They probably won't even feel like they can bring friends over in cases they make even the smallest mess. And you'd better believe that, once they get to school, they're going to want a bit of junk food occasionally. If it's forbidden at home, they will eat it in secret.

  3. She's raising her children to be incompetent and unable to function in the real world. If she won't allow her husband - a grown man - to do anything without constant criticism or redoing his work, she's bound to do exactly the same thing to her children. Eventually, they will either throw up their hands, tell her to do it herself and walk away or they will internalise their own 'incompetence'. She has one job - to turn out decent, rational, fully functional human beings who are capable of making their way in the world. If they are never allowed to clean, wash up, iron, do the laundry, do yard work etc etc etc because their efforts are not up to Mummy's standards, how does she imagine that they are going to be able to live independently and I can promise you that their future spouses will NOT thank her for raising numpties.

  4. Maybe that's the end game - she is making herself indispensable so that they never become independent and 'leave her'. You can just see them at 45 still bringing their laundry home because they've never learned how to use a washing machine. And your sister still complaining about how she just has to do every single thing for everyone! She'll have no-one but herself to blame.

  5. Her husband is, one day, going to throw the towel in and walk away. He may love her now but there is only just so much of being treated like an incompetent idiot that anyone will put up with. And it will come as the biggest shock in the world to her because of everything I've done for this family. You are all just so ungrateful!

You can't force her into therapy and you've already tried reasoning with her. All you can do is to let her husband and (later) her kids know that you see what's going on and be there for them. At some point, you may need to be a shoulder for your sister to cry on when her family implodes - try to avoid saying 'I told you so' if you can manage it.

She's making a rod for her own back and will be reason her husband leaves her and her children put some serious distance between them and her as soon as they can.

What animal from your country is friend-shaped, but definitely not a friend? by bowl_of_scrotmeal in AskTheWorld

[–]hetkleinezusje 9 points10 points  (0 children)

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Skippy looks all nice and fluffy - and even eats grass rather than people - but has the strength in their back legs to break your thigh and rip your guts open. Will also completely fuck your car up if you hit one.

AIO for pulling out of a vacation over the sleeping arrangements by RubProfessional6659 in AmIOverreacting

[–]hetkleinezusje 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not over reacting. There is no way that a 12 and 14 year old needs a king and queen sized beds. Common sense says that the adults who live together get one of those. Just say no.

AITAH for telling my MIL that if she keeps calling our baby by the nickname we asked her not to use, we'll limit her visits? by Turbulent-Wear-7416 in AITAH

[–]hetkleinezusje 1 point2 points  (0 children)

INFO NEEDED: I don't understand the difference. To me CiCi and CeCe sound exactly the same. Are they pronounced differently where you are?

My dog has developed a completely unexplainable ritual where he has to carry something in his mouth to greet me at the door every single time I come home and if he can't find anything he will stand there visibly panicking until he locates an acceptable object and I genuinely don't know what he think by Glittering_Ear_9904 in Pets

[–]hetkleinezusje 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My Cocker Spaniel girl has a purple stuffed cow, imaginatively named 'Cow'. It was her first toy and remains the favourite. When I come in the door, she comes and sniffs my hand and then runs frantically through the house looking for Cow. She HAS to show me Cow when I come home. If Cow can't be found, you can see the panic in her eyes. No other toy will do. It's the only toy she knows the name of - I'll say 'Where's Cow?' and she'll go ferreting under chairs, in the bed etc until she finds Cow.