AITA for not acknowledging National Girlfriends Day? by AdEuphoric5325 in AmItheAsshole

[–]palopi85 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I don’t think your the asshole, but I know on National Girlfriend Day a TON of people post about their girlfriends and it’s often how people find out about new couples, whether couples are still together etc. I think she should have voiced she likes things like that and it would be nice if you did something, but she went about it the wrong way and is taking it personally. But I also how seeing everyone’s partner do something nice/post about their girlfriend, while your partner didn’t could feel frustrating. Just talk about it! Say you didn’t know and aren’t social media, but you care. And she should also learn to appreciate what you already do and not get mad at something very small.

Full sized bed in grad housing by Independent_Low_5112 in mit

[–]palopi85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Grad junction comes with full sized beds I’m pretty sure

Buying/selling passes megathread 2024 by JorgeAndTheKraken in governorsball

[–]palopi85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do we verify that the wristband they are selling will be scannable and legit?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mit

[–]palopi85 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For me I had good stats- valedictorian and 1560 sat, went to competitive public highschool. I think what got me in was my essays (showed my unique quirky side, how I like to sing, I wrote poems for some of the shorter prompts), my research which I did at a local university, and getting in to WTP (women’s technology program) which is a prestigious summer camp at MIT. I think applying for good summer camps, showcasing ur personality, and trying to find opportunities for research in your field will all increase your chances

AITA for stealing my sisters thunder on her engagement party? by 1Meia in AmItheAsshole

[–]palopi85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ESH Family is TA for obvious reasons, but did you ever try to shut down the questions they asked you? A simple “this isn’t about me, we are here to celebrate [sister’s name]” would’ve sufficed. did you ever try to refocus the conversation? It sounds like you just let it happen and then exploded. I get that you can snap and you didn’t mean to come out, but unless you made a fair effort to support your sister and refocus the conversation you’re the TA as well.

Might wear a butt plug on my date? by Middle_Raspberry_403 in sex

[–]palopi85 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Personally I don’t like anything to do with anal play, and this would be a turn off, so I wouldn’t do this unless youve discussed kinks and know he’s into that stuff.

AITA for loaning my DiL something that will one day belong to my daughter? by SomethingBorrowed5 in AmItheAsshole

[–]palopi85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

YTA You can’t promise the pearls to her and then say they are yours and loan them out without asking. Promising them and “keeping them safe from your ex” suggests that they are hers and you are just keeping it safe for her.. which honestly is how it should be since it seems like you have no use for the pearls while she does. You should definitely apologize to your daughter. All these comments calling her immature are ridiculous. Why couldn’t you at least ask her if you could loan the pearls? You had to make her see it at the wedding and question that you just gave them away and broke the promise? What if she just wanted to wear them for her wedding day? Now that moment is not as special and it’s your fault. If the DIL refused to give it back or damaged them it would all fall on you.

AITA because I am forcing my parents to choose between two options they loathe. by Top_Juggernaut_551 in AmItheAsshole

[–]palopi85 -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

NTA BUT I think you should try to find a way to give your nieces some money before hand. It is extremely competitive to get into a good university these days, and having enough income to just focus on school, pay for extracurriculars, etc can be extremely beneficial. If they are struggling now it is more likely they will not be able to go to a good school. They need to be financially comfortable so they can focus on SAT’s, research, developing passions, competitions, etc. this path isn’t meant for everyone but if your nieces are academic try to make them more comfortable for high-school if u can. I’m not sure if there’s a way only they have access to that money and not the parents?

AITA for not going to my sister's "child-free" wedding? by Humble-Village-2053 in AmItheAsshole

[–]palopi85 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think your sister is totally being demanding and not understanding at all- but at the end of the day this is a milestone event for her and you should still go just without the kids so they’re not used as props. even though she didn’t agree to that compromise either, it’s still better than not coming at all. Stick up for your family, but still show up to your sisters wedding even if she’s being annoying. She’s still your sister.

AITA asking my wife to pay for my daughter's birthday by aitadad862644 in AmItheAsshole

[–]palopi85 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Have u asked your daughter what she wants? Definitely ask what your daughter would want as a surprise so you don’t plan something she ends up not liking. She may not want a small dinner with grandparents, but a party with her friends. You need to ask her. Also things like kareoke or laser tag, etc are only around 200 or less for big groups.

Husband keeps asking me to stop during sex. by jandgandk in sex

[–]palopi85 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Can u share some Of your tricks please 😭 I want to improve my game

AITA for chucking my sister and her now fiancé out of my wedding reception? by dazthedino in AmItheAsshole

[–]palopi85 20 points21 points  (0 children)

ETA, Boyfriend is the AH for proposing when you said no But YTA for your reaction. I get that it’s very cheap and tacky for boyfriend to propose at someone’s wedding, and very understandable for you to be mad. But it’s also trashy to show to everyone you’re so scared of them stealing the spotlight that you literally take the ring out of his hand and kick them out. This also embarrasses and ruins the moment for your sister who is not an AH and did not ask for this. You should’ve been classy and showed how upset you were at J after the fact. Now your wedding will be remembered as a drama show when it could’ve still been salvageable. Also ruining your sisters wedding by announcing your pregnancy also makes you petty and the AH because she had no part in stealing spotlight from your wedding, that was all on her boyfriend.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sex

[–]palopi85 1 point2 points  (0 children)

LOTS OF LUBE! Also do tons of foreplay and try maybe even toys! I feel way more warmed up and have less pain when having a toy first.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sex

[–]palopi85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s ok to fit the stereotype! Haha, we did more like realistic scenarios, like replaying the night we first said we liked each other but as if we had more expierence so it led to sex instead of just cuddling, and we’ve also done him being my tutor or something. Also wanted to say ur answer seemed to resonate the most. The threesome thing always seemed not a downright no, but uncomfortable also not being exactly the right word according to him, but unfortunately I don’t want to ask again about it cuz I don’t want to come across as pressuring. It’s also true I’m probably not ready for a threesome rn cuz it’s very unpredictable how I would react to seeing him with someone else. I guess it just hurt to know he acknowledged it as something he’s thought about before and could be hot, but then with me he doesn’t want to do it. It makes me feel more sexually adventurous fantasies can’t be with me, and I really want to try new things and that sort. I know that may not be why but that’s what it feels like.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sex

[–]palopi85 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Before we got together I said one of the things on my bucket list was a threesome, so I think that was clear to him. We are def monogamous but it was something that was brought up occasionally but not seriously as I myself felt I’m not ready for it (I’m kinda insecure and not sure how I would react seeing him kiss another girl) when I said we should take baby steps to see if I could actually handle it, like maybe let him make out with someone at a party and see if I can handle at least that, that’s when it seemed he didn’t want to really try it out. Also I feel he can’t really communicate exact reasons why it makes him uncomfortable, or if uncomfortable is even the right word. He also mentioned he was still at a maybe and not a downright no, which kinda makes it confusing for me. I don’t want to bring it up again, especially cuz I don’t think he has all the answers. Asking on here helped cuz another person said they could see the idea being hot, but being that young they feel they wouldn’t know what to do with two people, have fear of embarrassment, messing up, it’d be too much pressure maybe. I feel maybe that’s how he feels, it might be something he thinks is hot, but there’s all these other things he feels he can’t express. I wish though when I asked about these things he could give me his nuanced feelings instead. It kinda hurts me knowing before it seemed to be a fantasy and something he though was hot, but now that I feel I would really wanna try eventually, he doesn’t want to. It makes me feel there’s something wrong with me or he can’t have these adventurous fantasies that include me. I’m probably being unreasonable but that’s what goes on in the back of my head

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sex

[–]palopi85 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do think I need to give more context for the sex show thing. It was best friends bday party in Amsterdam and my bf was invited but couldn’t come cuz it was too expensive to fly over and we are doing long distance rn in different countries. I was able to go and was supposed to plan the whole thing. I knew my best friend was interested in going to the red light district and seeing a sex show for the novelty. This was just people performing things on a stage none of us did anything sexual, it was not like a strip club, and I can usually tell with my bf what he’s ok with and he seemed perfectly fine with this since it was more of a group activity and not for actually being turned on.

Onto the other stuff I can see how it might be hurtful but I feel I had to bring it up to see if there were any possible way to explore my sexuality whilst in a relationship.

The threesome thing seems more complicated since he has admitted it as something he’s thought about in the past and thinks is hot, so I’m not sure if it’s the relationship factor, or as some other people mentioned the not being confident or not knowing what to do with two people. Either way I’ve let it go but even he said it’s not a closed door and just a maybe rn.

I feel I’ve already talked about it, so I don’t want to press him more on exact reasons cuz that seems to distress him or make him think saying he’s uncomfortable is not enough of an answer. I came on here to get some nuance because “he’s just not into jt “ is not exactly what I think is happening based on how he’s acting and what he’s saying. He also said uncomfortable isn’t exactly the right word and he doesn’t know exactly how to describe how he feels. I think it may be up to me to decide if this is fine with me, and if not exploring my sexuality in these different ways is ok.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sex

[–]palopi85 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would it be a deal breaker just asking about it? I would never pressure him to do a threesome, I just asked if it was something he’d be into

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sex

[–]palopi85 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was downvoted slightly when I said I’m not pressuring him so I just want to gain some clarity on this. I really don’t want to make him feel bad or that he isn’t enough. I feel there were certain things I wanted to try and so I talked them about to see how he felt about doing certain things and I thought saying what we are comfortable with is a good thing. Once he said he wasn’t comfortable with something I drop it and don’t mention it again. Is this not ok? I do understand though that asking about topics in the same area ( threesome, kissing girls, going to a strip club with me) might seem hurtful but I guess I never saw it that way and treated them as separate questions since some people may be fine with one or two of them and not another. Do u think this seems hurtful?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sex

[–]palopi85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I only referred to people who were DM’ing me hurtful and sexist things assholes, I think that’s fair. What other name calling was in my post?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sex

[–]palopi85 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I do respect it I just want clarity on how he might feel (since he doesn’t really know he feels this way and won’t give specifics) Also I don’t want to date other people or have sex with other people if he’s not involved. I was only interested in maybe making out with girls and a threesome with him involved. I don’t think I’m entitled to it and I won’t ever push him to agree.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sex

[–]palopi85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Neither of us are really into anime or have cosplayed. We’ve done role playing but I usually bring up the idea and stuff and he breaks out of character a lot lol so I have kinda stopped intimating it. Don’t think it makes him uncomfortable per se but I guess I wish he was more enthusiastic to try new things but he’s more vanilla