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  1. 4 hours ago, SquishMitten said:

    I assume you’re saying “he didn’t really mean that he would smash his kid’s face for not eating” and not “he didn’t mean to give the kid the impression that’s what would happen.” Because he obviously meant to give the impression. There’s no other explanation for the video or the actions.

    Correct, that is what I was trying to say.

  2. 4 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

    .My briefcase just happened to have $1,200 in cash and my passport in it.  FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK .

    Since you were clearly on your way to Bogota to pick up another key of Colombian dancing dust, it's understandable why your BP was so damn high.

  3. 11 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

    because the father beat a mickey mouse doll?

    Yep. That kid was clearly able to understand the implication: "If I refuse to eat again I'm going to get beaten like Mickey did."

    Even if the dad didn't mean it (and I'm sure he didn't), that's extremely negative psychological conditioning, and terrorizing of the kid.

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  4. 8 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

    Wife was toddling around the house last weekend looking for things to do when I was trying to watch football.

    Me: Why don't you hang up all these pictures that have been sitting on the couch since we moved in 5 months ago?

    Her: OK, but I'm going to need some help.

    Me: How?

    Her: I'm going to need your opinion on where to hang them.

    Me: Literally anywhere you hang them will be better than having them on the couch.  That's my opinion.  Hang them wherever you want.

    So she hangs the pictures, and then she pulls out this iron thing that used to be on the wall in the old house.  Something like this:

    Wrought-Iron-Wall-Decor-Ideas.jpg

    Her:  Where do you think I should hang this?  [My sister-in-law] says it should be hung over a door...

    Me: Then hang it over the door. You know damn she has a better eye for that stuff than I do.

    Her: Well I just really want your opinion, because I was thinking about hanging it to the side of the door.  [Holds it up above the door] Does this look better [holds it up beside the door] than this?

    Me: It definitely looks better above the door.

    Her: Why?

    Me: Because I think it does, and that's my fucking opinion, which is what you asked for. 

     

    Later that afternoon, I find that thing hanging in the middle of the wall in the guest bedroom. 

     

    You know damn good and well, or you ought to after 162 pages of this thread, that she doesn't give 2 shits about your opinion,  and she sure as hell doesn't want your opinion.  She wants to hear HER opinion.....coming from YOUR mouth. 

    You fucked up, and wasted precious seconds of football watching time,  the moment you engaged in that conversation with her. 

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  5. 8 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

    "I'm the only one who does anything around the house to keep this place straight."

    I got this once.  'Cept it was a bit more direct:
    "You need to start pulling your weight around here."
    After the shock subsided, I reminded her of that mortgage.  And the Electric bill.  The Gas bill.  The Water bill, the sewer bill, the grocery bill, the car payment, the car insurance, the cable bill, and a few other things.  Asked her to start pulling her weight there.  Got the "well, we'd need to get child care".  Fine, we'll split that 50/50 as well.  I knew I'd STILL end up $500-$600 per month ahead.
    Never heard anything after that.

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  6. 7 hours ago, AM Wood said:

    I don’t get this. Why doesn’t she ask your daughter if the panties belong to her?  Or better yet, wasn’t she the one that bought them in the first place? Or does your 7 year old daughter go around buying her own underwear?

    You, uh....You're aware what thread you're on, right?

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  7. 8 minutes ago, Rougarou said:

    I'm trying not to be self conscious about flying in a plane today to the middle east (Dubai).

    I was in Frankfurt last week. Taxiing up to our gate, I saw an El Al plane parked at its gate. The plane itself was marked off with tape and had a heavy police presence surrounding it. But there was nothing wrong with the plane itself. The police weren't investigating anything, they were simply guarding the plane. I found that rather striking.

  8. 16 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

    Thank you for being there that day.

    I appreciate it.  And thank you for the thoughts.  I've gotten similar sentiments from many others over the years. 

    The funny thing (to me) is: I literally did nothing interesting, and absolutely nothing heroic that day.  I, a young and stupid First Lieutenant, in the RESERVES of all damn things, sat on my ass or wandered around my little corner of the planet, fighting as hard as I could to stay alert and stave off the numbness and surrealness of the situation and to keep from pissing myself with fear about what I never knew was coming (and what ultimately never came). I did nothing that day.  I was prepared, or trying to be prepared, to do whatever I had to do.  But really, I did nothing.

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