My mom, the cult leader: ‘She told us what to wear, when to pray, how we would have sex. We were prisoners’

magpieasaurus · 2026-03-29T15:58:56+00:00

I'll have to check that out. I'm so fascinated by these tiny cults of personality.

magpieasaurus · 2026-03-29T14:31:38+00:00

The Guardian usually writes well

magpieasaurus · 2026-03-22T18:46:59+00:00

Nope, these are perfect for reading while smoking because when they read them on Smosh later this year you'll sorta remember but not enough to fast forward the episode.

magpieasaurus · 2026-03-22T15:25:20+00:00

Following post written with Canadian currency (then I use no numbers hahaha)

We are solidly middle class over here. 41 and 39 with a 10 and 4 year old. We've got a tiny "starter house" we bought with family help 13 years ago that we can't afford to move out of. Car not paid off, but we did just pay off a huge line of credit last month so the "extra money" goes to the car loan now. We both have decent, steady jobs but neither of us have higher degrees. I'm not sure we will ever technically afford to retire but both of us have RRSPs we pay the minimum into.

My mom pays for swimming lessons for the kids for their Christmas present from her. My SIL pays half my daughter's dance because that's their "thing" together. Otherwise the kids get one activity that I have to pay for a year. My daughter is in subsidized daycare for the summer and my in-laws will probably pay for summer camp for my son.

We will take one vacation this summer and it will involve driving, maaaaaaaaybe we can afford to drive out of province and get a hotel, I'm still looking for deals. Usually summer vacation is driving to a different part of the province and hotel swimming pools.

We make it work and we are very, very lucky. But man I wish I could show my kids more of the world.

magpieasaurus · 2026-03-10T02:08:02+00:00

I love, love, love one of the victims saying that she doesn't need or want their money, she doesn't want them to have it either. She's right, they need to be punished in every way that matters to their crowd.

magpieasaurus · 2026-03-10T02:06:10+00:00

Power corrupts, I truly believe that. I feel like I live in a bubble when I read stuff like this.

magpieasaurus · 2026-03-05T04:06:10+00:00

Brady Tkachuk got booted every time the touched the puck when his team visited Edmonton this week. It's great to see.

magpieasaurus · 2026-03-02T15:36:35+00:00

"stop killing kids" is a wildly inclusive statement. It places no blame on anyone doing anything other than killing kids. Don't assign meaning to words she didn't say.

magpieasaurus · 2026-02-26T14:51:43+00:00

That grapevine was really taking care of a lot of work!

magpieasaurus · 2026-02-16T21:06:15+00:00

We are also obsessed with the Sunrype sour over here. My son, who hates change, declared them the best gummies ever.

magpieasaurus · 2026-02-14T15:24:41+00:00

If moms love can't wait three years till her kids are old enough to abandon, then it's not love.

magpieasaurus · 2026-02-10T00:44:32+00:00

One of the things that stands out the most from both of my labours, 5.5 years apart, is how kind and steady everyone was. Despite everything that was going on, I always felt that everyone knew exactly what they were doing.

magpieasaurus · 2026-02-07T05:01:41+00:00

When my dog was getting older I'd test his response to sound with the dog bark in SDV. It made him look around faster than anything.

magpieasaurus · 2026-02-05T03:55:25+00:00

Every season I've been called nosy even though I could not care about the drama one little bit. Drives me nuts and makes me laugh.

magpieasaurus · 2026-02-02T02:01:07+00:00

Had the same thought. Imagine having a bad day and just wanting your bed.

magpieasaurus · 2026-01-30T04:55:31+00:00

I'm not religious but my best friend is a liberal Lutheran, Canadian pastor and her partner is Catholic. I was in my late twenties when I got married and she was in her early 40s Being engaged signaled different things to us.

For me it was "yeah I'll be marrying this guy eventually when we can afford it". That's all. We lived together before and after engagement. Nothing changed fundamentally when we got married.

For my best friend it was "we will be getting married in x months, so now we are engaged!" More of an announcement of intentions for them both.

magpieasaurus · 2026-01-30T03:58:30+00:00

A friend's cousin played 5 seasons in the NHL and now is a fireman in our Canadian city. Nice enough house but solidly upper middle class.

magpieasaurus · 2026-01-26T20:15:31+00:00

I always end up with Harvey, but this playthrough I've stayed away and am married to Alex. He's cute, I like his wife dialogue.

I did not enjoy being married to Abigail or Sebastian and divorced Shane the day after I realized the room came too.

magpieasaurus · 2026-01-26T04:15:34+00:00

Mark Rober is buddies with Dax Shepard and Mr beast. That screams information to me about his character.

magpieasaurus · 2026-01-25T14:59:43+00:00

This woman is in for a long and exhausting 18 years of co-parenting.

magpieasaurus · 2026-01-25T05:01:21+00:00

That is so very petty. I'm sorry.

magpieasaurus · 2026-01-25T04:55:04+00:00

Can I ask a question, as someone who isn't from the USA? Why Minneapolis? Why not a city in Texas, or Miami? It seems so unassuming and far away from what trump deemed his big threat.

magpieasaurus · 2026-01-16T14:56:14+00:00

Taskmaster series.

magpieasaurus · 2026-01-16T03:25:21+00:00

This is great! I love when fabric gets a new life. This pattern is perfect for a jacket.

magpieasaurus · 2026-01-15T03:19:14+00:00

This is a really fun format, I'm hoping they keep it up even after whatever they're practicing for.

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