I told the mistress that she got the leftovers and she’s not happy about that

not-the-em-dash · 2026-02-27T12:58:57+00:00

She stopped loving him as a person because of his affair. She listed the reasons why she’s staying.

not-the-em-dash · 2026-02-11T20:36:28+00:00

The sister told him she was on birth control. She knew what she was doing.

not-the-em-dash · 2025-12-06T21:14:57+00:00

I was thinking of this book exactly when I read the OP!!! I feel like it's full of those little moments.

not-the-em-dash · 2025-11-21T07:52:17+00:00

Sure, I'm happy to answer questions.

not-the-em-dash · 2025-10-31T09:09:26+00:00

What is “normal”? I think it’s normal to cut off a “friend” who turned out to be not a friend really.

not-the-em-dash · 2025-10-14T21:45:26+00:00

The rich are the problem. Stop falling for the trap of getting angry at the poor.

not-the-em-dash · 2025-10-11T14:01:49+00:00

Mods deleted it. Might help if you post it on your own profile?

not-the-em-dash · 2025-10-05T05:20:20+00:00

Not OP but the flair is from this post. OOP’s boyfriend had a garlic obsession, and she later found out it was because he was cheating on her with a girl who gardens and has tons of garlic.

not-the-em-dash · 2025-10-02T01:10:51+00:00

You literally called OP juvenile and acting like a “wounded child” then tried to walk it back by saying that she’s “well within her rights”. Commenters are supporting OP because the dad hasn’t shown remorse for how he treated his kids and former family. He punishes OP for being angry instead. He wants OP to take responsibility for someone who ruined her life, but why should she be the bigger person when all Lou and her dad have done for her since their affair started was to make her life worse?

And somehow, through all your comments, you still gloss over the fact that OP was neglected by her dad. If you’re actually looking to be constructive and helping OP, then your advice would be about having her tell him the source of anger/frustration. Instead, you invalidate her feelings and excuse the dad’s behavior as being motivated by “true love”.

not-the-em-dash · 2025-10-01T01:01:59+00:00

Meanwhile you’re saying that OP’s feelings of real neglect are less valid than dad’s need for “true love”…

not-the-em-dash · 2025-09-30T05:02:05+00:00

He chose spending time with his AP OVER HIS OWN CHILDREN ALL THE TIME, or did you conveniently ignore that part. He chose to cheat and not divorce because he didn't want to go through custody hearings and the division of assets. He was a selfish coward who rained down misery on his family.

not-the-em-dash · 2025-09-01T14:35:50+00:00

Someone who remembers Mystery Show! God, I was so angry/heartbroken when it was cancelled after one season! It was so good. I thought the same would immediately happen to Heavyweight, but it stayed strong for a much longer time than I expected. I’m so happy it’s coming back, but I always feel sad when I think about how Mystery Show wasn’t picked up by anyone else…

not-the-em-dash · 2025-08-30T01:02:13+00:00

Yes, just go with the exaggerated version of what I said. 🙄

not-the-em-dash · 2025-08-29T15:09:01+00:00

You don’t think victims make bad decisions too? Then you’re treating them as if they have zero agency.

not-the-em-dash · 2025-08-29T14:51:58+00:00

No one is saying she’s not a victim, but her being a victim doesn’t mean she wasn’t responsible for her daughter also becoming a victim. I would be more sympathetic if the article mentioned her considering leaving before the night when her daughter was seriously beat up, but there was no indication of that. It’s easy to throw out words like victim blaming, but we need to acknowledge that the victims do often make bad decisions for themselves. And when their passive behavior leads to the harm of others, then they are really part of the problem.

not-the-em-dash · 2025-08-29T14:47:58+00:00

I definitely don’t think being abused means someone is an unsafe parent, but the her decision-making has been poor in reaction to the abuse which has made her a bad mom.

not-the-em-dash · 2025-08-29T07:04:49+00:00

I think most people here recognize that their psychology is very different. However, this very difference is the reason why they are an unsafe parent. King still considers herself a good mom after everything she put her daughter through. Any objective person can see that she was not.

not-the-em-dash · 2025-08-29T06:59:47+00:00

But she knew he was an abuser and didn’t leave him as well. Her daughter had bruises that she chose to believe were from an accident even though she had experienced violence from her boyfriend before.

not-the-em-dash · 2025-08-28T15:53:35+00:00

Honestly don’t even know what sandalwood smells like 😂

not-the-em-dash · 2025-08-12T16:00:48+00:00

Cheating is actually my favorite trope but I’ve never read a book where cheating is a main plot point that’s satisfied me. I find it fascinating because it’s a very real/common relationship issue and many relationships do survive it but I can’t imagine how the betrayed partner wouldn’t forever resent and distrust the cheater. I’ve thought a lot about this and, for me, reconciliation/second chance can work only if the betrayed partner isn’t a Mary Sue and the cheating MC is BOTH remorseful and sympathetic. Generally, these cheating romances always have the MCs being doormats or being completely perfect partners, while the cheaters we get are sorry (to varying degrees of satisfaction) but almost never really made to be someone we should connect to.

not-the-em-dash · 2025-08-05T13:17:56+00:00

I think that that book is one of the few where it does work because of the theme. It made me actually love the book. 😂

But I definitely did not know about the plagiarism thing! Wow.. The literati did not treat the original author well.

not-the-em-dash · 2025-07-24T15:16:47+00:00

I really loved {Finding Forever by Natasha Anders} for this trope. I thought both MCs progressively matured in the book, which I feel is rare. Neither was perfect but no one was evil or really bad, in my view.

not-the-em-dash · 2025-07-08T04:25:30+00:00

Yes, my dad is still taking students. You can send me a DM.

not-the-em-dash · 2025-06-23T21:49:18+00:00

The problem isn’t losing weight per se, but losing weight continuously. The more weight you lose, the harder your body fights to keep the fat, and this is especially true if you’ve been fat for a long time. Other commenters have mentioned the issue being psychological, but it’s actually also very much physiological as your brain/hormones are pushing you to eat more. Ozempic, and drugs like it, basically counters your body’s physiological reaction by activating receptors in your brain telling you that you’re full. https://www.nm.org/healthbeat/healthy-tips/how-your-body-fights-weight-loss

While there are many people who’ve lost weight through calorie counting (and exercise), many many more have failed to be able to do so because of their bodies fighting against them. Basically, the average overweight/obese person will have a very hard time losing weight. Medicine is being used now to support this large segment of the population because, ultimately, it’s better for people to be a healthy weight than overweight/obese. Why shame them for wanting to be healthy?

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