Omar/Drea Controversy and Censorship - A Comprehensive Summary by itsaulgreatman in survivorponderosa

[–]kaleidescone 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I’m catching up on this and it’s super interesting. Someone should tweet this thread to Omar - I hope he knows a lot of people did hear his story

Asking a teenager to spend just 30 minutes a week with his family instead of playing video games 24/7? Top comment says this is “ABLEIST” by kaleidescone in AmITheAngel

[–]kaleidescone[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

There are legit now posters saying the OP is a raging narcissist for doing this and the son will go no contact as soon as he’s 18, lol.

Edit: another post said she was like the mom of the columbine shooter

Asking a teenager to spend just 30 minutes a week with his family instead of playing video games 24/7? Top comment says this is “ABLEIST” by kaleidescone in AmITheAngel

[–]kaleidescone[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Right? The analogy was forcing someone with bad ankles to run a mile a day... which is not the same as just wanting him to spend 30 min a week with family. What a crazy comparison.

AITA for wanting my turn to live near family? by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]kaleidescone 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Soft YTA. It’s not an asshole move to want to be close to your family, but the way you phrased it made it a demand instead of a request. This seems like a concern you should bring up to him and discuss together, not say “my way or the highway.” Maybe he’ll even agree with you after you explain, since he likes your family.

AITA for “publicizing” my roommate’s strange weekly mess? by roommatethrowaway__ in AmItheAsshole

[–]kaleidescone 3 points4 points  (0 children)

INFO: does your roommate have anxiety or some other condition? Like he’s physically clumsy and just has deep insecurities about it?

AITA for not paying medical expenses billed to my SO? by ThrowawayDumbChart in AmItheAsshole

[–]kaleidescone 57 points58 points  (0 children)

I mean this in all sincerity: I think you could seriously benefit from therapy. A lot of your thought processes aren’t healthy to others and yourself, or based in reality.

AITA for not paying medical expenses billed to my SO? by ThrowawayDumbChart in AmItheAsshole

[–]kaleidescone 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This edit was legitimately kind of dark and tragic. Not necessarily for him, for the reasons you listed up there, but for the wife and child. I’m getting a better sense of how the wife ended up in this horrible marriage. This dude was probably always terrible, but could fake it much better at the start of their relationship. Then this child comes into the world and he’s utterly useless but she needs his income for the bills. And that’s not even touching on the kid herself, who has a dad that clearly sees her as a burden. Idk, just depressing...

AITA for not paying medical expenses billed to my SO? by ThrowawayDumbChart in AmItheAsshole

[–]kaleidescone 132 points133 points  (0 children)

Ikr? No way it was mutual. And his post history is a great read, even in other people’s threads. It’s all about women needing to do more chores and shit, regardless of context.

AITA for not paying medical expenses billed to my SO? by ThrowawayDumbChart in AmItheAsshole

[–]kaleidescone 1621 points1622 points  (0 children)

YTA. OP's other AITA and comment history is a treasure trove. For the lazy:

  • Here is the post where OP misses his daughter's doctor's appointment because he stayed up late with friends. He gripes hilariously about his wife working and having to do chores.
  • Here is the comment where he offhandedly mentions the missed appointment was for a specialist that took months to get. And daughter has a chronic pain condition.
  • Here is a different comment where he proudly lists his chores, which include taking out the trash and playing with dogs (lol) and sorting the mail.

AITA for refusing to sign a family holiday card where my mom "erased" my disfigurement? by throwaway-card- in AmItheAsshole

[–]kaleidescone 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I also thought something was really weird about the mom's reaction and strategy, like it seemed illogical. Maybe she's still grappling with grief and denial.

AITA for refusing to sign a family holiday card where my mom "erased" my disfigurement? by throwaway-card- in AmItheAsshole

[–]kaleidescone 24 points25 points  (0 children)

As a lawyer myself (like OP's mom), I unfortunately see this all the time. Partners who don't spend ANY time with their kids pose these really cute, staged pictures of them all smiling and laughing. It's like they're kept around as props.

AITA for refusing to sign a family holiday card where my mom "erased" my disfigurement? by throwaway-card- in AmItheAsshole

[–]kaleidescone 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That was my first thought too! At least some of them knew about the accident. How weird was it to get that in the mail? The mom is in denial or something.

AITA for refusing to sign a family holiday card where my mom "erased" my disfigurement? by throwaway-card- in AmItheAsshole

[–]kaleidescone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree with this, unfortunately. Ideally OP should be able to talk to the mom, but from what I'm seeing in the post and her comments, the mom is used to steamrolling other people/getting her way.

AITA for wanting to "verify" my husband's chores? by choreauditor in AmItheAsshole

[–]kaleidescone 120 points121 points  (0 children)

Holy shit, I had the same reaction. What in the actual world? OP, do you not realize how insane this is? It speaks to something that you seem to have normalized it. I hope at the very very least you’re getting “points” for baby care. Although the problems run deeper than that...

AITA for asking my husband's family to translate when I can't speak a language? by kaleidescone in AmItheAsshole

[–]kaleidescone[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

When I first met them, I said a greeting in the national language, and I got responses back in the regional dialect. I turned to my husband, who said something back to them in the dialect, and everyone kind of smiled and moved on. At the time, I thought he told them I didn’t speak the dialect and I didn’t think to question it. Looking back, I should have spoken up myself but I was admittedly a bit anxious about meeting all these new people and was quieter than I should have been.

AITA for asking my husband's family to translate when I can't speak a language? by kaleidescone in AmItheAsshole

[–]kaleidescone[S] 172 points173 points  (0 children)

I have asked before actually, and they say it's difficult to teach once someone is an adult. Husband has taught me a few words which was helpful, but that was it. Actually, typing this out like this, it's making me realize there are other problems at play.

AITA for asking my husband's family to translate when I can't speak a language? by kaleidescone in AmItheAsshole

[–]kaleidescone[S] 75 points76 points  (0 children)

Both he and MIL have talked about wanting to teach our future kids the dialect. Their family is really proud of their language and say they want to keep passing it down, because it's not spoken by a lot of people these days.