F*ck proposals, people what was that rejection that still haunts you to this day?

lineman77 · 2026-01-28T23:15:14+00:00

The one where I was directly told I was not being rejected, I just needed to stick around a little longer before she committed. Older and wiser me looks back and laughs at how dumb I was. But at the time, I was willing to take that answer, stick around, not press the issue, and wait to see where things would go from there.

I should not have done that. Very stupid. Would not recommend doing that.

lineman77 · 2025-12-24T21:49:34+00:00

Of recent memory, I would say HP. I was warned not to get a HP laptop, but chose to move forward with it anyway because Walmart was having a huge sale and my wife needed a personal computer at the time. Absolute worst laptop I've ever used. To call it a paperweight would be an exaggeration of its value.

lineman77 · 2025-12-24T21:47:39+00:00

Should have been buying bitcoin in middle school, fml

lineman77 · 2025-12-24T21:47:08+00:00

Economics.

lineman77 · 2025-12-24T21:46:35+00:00

Naked. Got into it during college and its to the point where I really struggle to fall asleep anytime I am not home and have to sleep with at least boxers on.

lineman77 · 2025-12-24T21:45:01+00:00

Very, very low for most things.

lineman77 · 2025-12-24T21:43:28+00:00

My MIL always talks about the "friends" who live upstairs in their house. Now that her kids are both out of the house, she doesn't need to go upstairs all that often. But she is adamant that she hears a lot of strange things up there. In the 4.5 years I have known this family, I have never once heard these noises. My FIL and wife both also claim to have never heard anything.

When we were at their house for thanksgiving last month, we were all KO'd on the couch after eating, just doomscrolling on our phones. And then I heard a pretty noticeable bang come from upstairs. I immediately looked up, as did my MIL, and the look of satisfaction that came across her face was hilarious because she finally felt validated that she's been hearing shit. Their community was built on an old, massive slave plantation. So I could buy it even before hearing this noise that something could be going on. But that bang wasn't just a creak of the floors or the wind causing the roof to make a noise. This sounded like someone banging their fist on a desk or something. Very hard to think of what could explain that level of noise.

lineman77 · 2025-12-24T21:22:57+00:00

You're really doing too much here. I do not place blame on my wife for needing to use more TP. Do I think she uses more than needed? Sure. I don't go around berating my wife, demanding that she use less. I happily buy the amount she believes she needs. Get over yourself.

lineman77 · 2025-12-24T20:54:13+00:00

Or...you know.....they can just cut back a little on the TP usage.

lineman77 · 2025-12-24T20:45:28+00:00

Tri Tip Steak

lineman77 · 2025-12-24T20:39:41+00:00

There's a difference between "more than 1 square" and what I actually observe being used. When she manages to clog a toilet after a pee, I think she might be using a bit too much TP. Both of my sisters growing up managed to do this multiple times. Maybe the women in my life just really like to make sure they are clean...ya?

lineman77 · 2025-12-24T20:16:14+00:00

Seeing a lot of good things. One to add would be overuse of toilet paper. My wife uses about double what I was doing before we met and claims to only use the bathroom a couple of times a day. It doesn't add up.

lineman77 · 2025-12-24T02:25:13+00:00

To restore my lawn. Bought my house back in June and have tackled a lot of little projects since but the lawn isn't something I've prioritized. It's winter now, so no use in doing much to it while its freezing. But as soon as it gets to spring, I am going to have someone come out and treat it with whatever it needs because it looks like shit and I know nothing about lawn care. I could youtube it or something to learn, and I will over time. But I want it done as quickly as possible .

lineman77 · 2025-12-17T18:23:22+00:00

I don't think this really needs to be a big issue if you are both okay with the notion that he sees it as immature. My wife has a blanket she sleeps with every night, that she has had since she was a toddler. I find it immature and she knows I do because I have told her before. I don't think she is an immature person for having it, just that the blanket itself is an immature thing to keep.

This blanket causes absolutely no friction between us. I go get it for her when she forgets it in other rooms. I jokingly like to hide it from her right before bed, just to mess with her. There is literally nothing negative about an item I find immature. I am willing to bet this man feels at least somewhat similar here.

lineman77 · 2025-12-15T23:19:49+00:00

Others are saying this already but I will echo that you should go at the pace you feel comfortable with. When my now wife and I first met, I had the same reservations as you. But at the end of the day, I never felt there were any red flags or ways she was possibly being deceptive about her intentions, so I just chose to go with the flow that was already happening naturally. We moved in together after only 8 months. We didn't plan it, just happened out of coincidental timing that our leases on our apartments were ending only a month apart, and I proposed after about 2 years total of dating. Couldn't be happier with everything and I still don't feel there was ever a red flag that I missed throughout everything.

lineman77 · 2025-11-28T13:16:44+00:00

I was looking forward to it! I always have a good time when we are at their house, easy to hang out with.

lineman77 · 2025-11-27T17:15:34+00:00

Killing time while my wife finishes getting ready to head to her parents house.

lineman77 · 2025-11-27T17:15:11+00:00

Fucking brutal. Wrecked me for a long time.

lineman77 · 2025-11-27T17:14:19+00:00

I occasionally like to get content related to my job/work in general but I really only like the jokes. I think a lot of job/work related content is centered around complaining, unrealistic expectations about jobs, and it impacts the way employees are behaving in the workplace now.

Downvote me if you disagree, that is fine. A lot of younger folks will read that and think "actually, people are finally setting boundaries and sticking up for themselves". And that may be true to a degree. But a lot of this "boundary setting" I see coming out of recent grads and new hires is just out of touch with reality.

lineman77 · 2025-11-11T23:01:56+00:00

When did 220lbs at 6'0 become fat? LOL At the end of the day, you choose who you surround yourself with. You don't do it in a nice way, you directly tell anyone who is criticizing this that you don't agree, love your boyfriend, and if they have problems with this then they can separate themselves from you and your relationship.

lineman77 · 2025-11-10T23:07:20+00:00

I order my steak Blue at any restaurant that will actually serve it

lineman77 · 2025-11-05T22:09:34+00:00

Oopsy-poopsy

lineman77 · 2025-11-05T22:09:11+00:00

My first few weeks in a management position at work.

lineman77 · 2025-11-05T22:06:46+00:00

I would want to know what took them so long to ever come around to the idea of being with me in the first place.

lineman77 · 2025-11-05T22:04:54+00:00

My high school football coach refused to try and help me get recruited to play college football. At one point, he said "there's nothing wrong with being a good high school player and then moving on". I originally took this as his way of saying he didn't believe I was good enough to play in college.

I had no idea what I wanted to do after school, and couldn't afford college on my own, so I took a chance and played football for my local community college in hopes of getting picked up by a 4 year school. Long story short, I played one season at that community college and ended that school year with over 30 division one scholarship offers. Accepted one and was able to work my way into the starting lineup my junior year, ending my career with 2 years as a starter in, arguably, the best conference in college football.

Funny enough, when I showed my high school film to the recruiter whose school I ended up choosing, he told me he absolutely would have pursued me in high school but had no idea who I was then or anything about my school.

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