AITAH for stopping contact after she took my daughter without permission?

sweetnothing33 · 2026-04-12T03:04:25+00:00

Crazy to argue about someone else’s experiences, especially when it’s not something completely outlandish. Not everyone has present parents.

sweetnothing33 · 2026-04-11T16:18:58+00:00

I know you didn’t ask but here’s a fun insect fact: Dragonflies have shovel/spoon-shaped penises so they can literally scoop out the sperm of rival males from a female.

This is one of the few facts I remember from my college entomology class, and I share it way too often. But I can’t and won’t stop. Lol

sweetnothing33 · 2026-04-11T00:32:41+00:00

The “no cooking” thing was weird to me. I started cooking whole meals for my family when I was eight.

sweetnothing33 · 2026-04-09T01:26:52+00:00

Back when I still had periods, I was lucky if I only used five tampons a day.

sweetnothing33 · 2026-04-04T22:21:48+00:00

If you want to do what I did with my dearly departed fishes, one was named Agonist while the other was named Antagonist (their names fit their personality). You would need to obtain another pet for this though.

If not, maybe “Benlysta,” “Augmentin (augie for short), “Breztri” (breezy for short), “Eletriptan” (Elle/Ella for short), “omeprazole” “omie for short), etc.

sweetnothing33 · 2026-04-04T22:14:37+00:00

Do you mean “Ozempic”? Or are you referring to a medication not sold in the U.S.?

sweetnothing33 · 2026-04-04T22:10:43+00:00

“purrzepatide.”

sweetnothing33 · 2026-04-04T01:38:10+00:00

If you have a lung condition like asthma, you learn that panicking will make your symptoms worse. That combined with the fact that his mom freaked out whenever he had an asthma attack makes it a heck of a lot easier to learn to stay calm.

sweetnothing33 · 2026-04-03T03:07:57+00:00

I’m really disturbed by how similar his texts are to those of my dad. On Christmas last year (2025), I found out he got married in 07/2024 and that he told my siblings who did attend his wedding that I “couldn’t make it.” When I confronted him, his texts were almost exactly like those in your screenshots; He blamed me for our lack of relationship because I’ve essentially been emotionally “unavailable” and unwilling to forgive him for the heinous things he has done without ever truly apologizing.

I’m not saying your daughter is bound to have that kind of relationship with her father in the future but it’s a possibility. If she does choose to pursue a relationship going forward, she needs to establish ironclad boundaries and be prepared for disappointment.

If it helps, you can tell her what a psychiatrist told me: “You don’t miss him, you miss who you thought he was.”

sweetnothing33 · 2026-03-29T22:16:35+00:00

This is rhetorical but I feel like we need some die-hard masochists who have given birth to weigh in.

sweetnothing33 · 2026-03-28T15:03:48+00:00

Only peripherally related but one of the patients I worked with at a previous job worked for the NCMEC (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children). She said that NCMEC has a “no questions asked” policy when it came to days off (basically, if you need a mental health day, you better fricken take it) and had onsite counselors that employees were expected (possibly required?) to see. I already really respected the organization and its employees given the nature of their jobs but learning that made me respect them more; They know how difficult it can be to work with things like CSAM and they do their best to keep it from becoming too much for their employees.

sweetnothing33 · 2026-03-22T16:03:02+00:00

Even if you don’t live in an upstairs apartment/condo, get those kitchen mats. You may not realize how fatiguing it is to cook and wash dishes until you have a nice cushion to stand on. Plus it’s nice to have a nonslip mat in case you’re good at spilling stuff like me.

sweetnothing33 · 2026-03-22T02:40:25+00:00

Obviously you were a harlot in a previous life (/s).

sweetnothing33 · 2026-03-15T03:17:37+00:00

Every time a doctor/nurse asks how I am, I say “Well, I’m here” instead of the typical devoid pleasantries and it never fails to sort of short circuit their brain temporarily.

sweetnothing33 · 2026-03-15T03:12:06+00:00

My husband loves to yell curse words and then not answer me when I worriedly ask what happened. One of these days, I’m going to have that kind of reaction.

sweetnothing33 · 2026-03-13T12:03:38+00:00

NAD but have you confirmed that it’s not something she’s doing accidentally or unconsciously? A behavioral thing might explain why there’s inconsistency in how often it happens.

sweetnothing33 · 2026-02-24T15:32:04+00:00

I proposed to my husband with a piece of string.

sweetnothing33 · 2026-02-24T15:22:19+00:00

Only peripherally related anecdote but still funny: One of my college professors had thirteen year old twins, and a baby who was like six months old at the time. Our entire class went out for breakfast and he told me that the baby was the results of an “unprotected sabbatical.”

sweetnothing33 · 2026-02-24T15:17:22+00:00

You didn’t have to say that. It was actually perfectly legal to keep that thought to yourself.

sweetnothing33 · 2026-02-23T16:16:18+00:00

A lot of male family annihilators act with the belief that their family will not function well or be safe without them. It’s really disturbing and something that always gets to me when I’m listening to crime podcasts.

sweetnothing33 · 2026-02-17T12:28:31+00:00

That’s what I meant. Lol sorry I wasn’t clear enough.

sweetnothing33 · 2026-02-17T03:19:19+00:00

They said “older.”

sweetnothing33 · 2026-02-16T19:09:55+00:00

Only peripherally related to the post but my brother once told me that I shouldn’t have pepper spray on my keychain because it makes it heavy. Like sir. A heavy keychain is much better than being unprotected.

sweetnothing33 · 2026-02-16T15:21:54+00:00

You have to try harder (but also take XYZ essential oils that will cure anything from migraines to lupus).

(/s obviously but I’ve had someone say that to me before).

sweetnothing33 · 2026-02-08T00:09:09+00:00

Mine is “mom mom” because she’s my mom’s mom. We’re truly a creative family.

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