23:46 gf going through tough time, was cleaning own mess and is a guest. She offered to do another thing/day, she was not rude. Does the family situation mean she's out of pocket and can't afford the maid fee. I never made my own child do chores, nor her f&f staying with us. People offer or, if there was a big mess (made food or crafts) I'd ask them to help me (and I'd do at least half, most when they were younger). My daughter never had set chores and never earned her pocket money. She just learned to help/offer without being asked. She is now an adult who manages her own laundry /food (living with us still) and offers help, puts laundry on, manages her money well and appreciates when I do cook for her or offer to throw her clothes in the washer.

Glad you and jamie have had some awesome parts of 2024... mine sucked and good riddance to it. Yay for 2025 🎉

Chinese or indian

First story…firstly, how big are your cats, that they’re 1/3 the size of a 70lb golden??? My cats are less than 12lbs (or less than 5.4kg), and the vet says they would be healthier losing 1-1.5lbs, maybe my kitties are just extra smol? 🐱😜 I’m going to say everyone sucks here with the post. Service dogs on duty are supposed to be left alone, and are not supposed to approach others, they are there to do a job. The fact that the owner was letting his service dog approach a child (possibly not even noticing until his dog was “removed” by the mum) is just not okay/appropriate and neither was his response. Situations like that just make it worse for other (more responsible) people with service dogs. But the mum also shouldn’t have put her hands on the dog. A more appropriate response would have been to remove the child and ask the man to please not allow his dog to touch her child. I’m guessing the man’s response would have been the same, though, from the things he apparently said. Regardless of whether it was a service dog or not, people are allowed to shop at a dog-friendly store even if they are afraid of (or dislike) dogs, the important thing is for the humans to be respectful about it. I don’t let my dog approach people unless they express interest in saying hello to him. I’m aware not everyone likes dogs, some people are afraid of dogs, and even though my 16yo terrier is the least scary dog on the planet, I still feel that it’s my responsibility to keep watch on him and not allow him to approach people without making sure they are okay with it.

Yeah as a parent, my first thought would be to move the child. The only time I'd physically restrain or move the dog, is if its being dangerous

I remember the first time I ever traveled alone. My flight didn't go as planned... the wind was too strong in Nashville, Tennessee. And my plane was running out of fuel, so instead, we landed in New Orleans, and we were stuck there for the night. And I completely missed the event I was originally traveling to attend! The airport offered to pay for me to stay in a hotel but I decided to stay in the airport because I have a lot of anxiety and was afraid of missing the flight the next morning. I didn't sleep at all because I ABSOLUTELY refuse to sleep in public. (Again, anxiety, and I don't trust strangers), so yea, after all that, I am now a nervous flyer.

For the peach OP: (Obviously NTA) You should have boyfriend's mom over for a movie night and watch the 1938 movie Holiday, starring Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn. The whole plot revolves around if Grant can marry his girlfriend because she doesn't seem to understand why he wants to travel and not get rich. He has a line, "You know, retire young, work old, come back and work when I know what I'm working for." So yeah, watch it and the whole time just look at boyfriend's mom and be like, "wow, makes a lot of sense, I should totally be like that".

15:16 to 17:06 Shaaba, I want to say that I cannot BELIEVE that that has happened to you, but unfortunately I can because I know how rampant blatant racism still is. I wish, as an American, that other people of my nationality weren't like that because neither you nor any other BIPOC person should ever have to deal with something like that when you've done nothing wrong, other than exist. 😔

I want to eat that vegetarian Christmas dinner and I am not vegetarian! That sounds freakin' delicious. The family SHOULD have let the sister in law, who WANTED to host, to host, instead of forcing Rosie to. And on top of being so rude as to insist she host even though she didn't have room, they were ALSO so rude as to insult her cooking? They're all getting onions in their socks from me.

I’ve never traveled to the UK but I would think that an airport is a pretty safe place to be alone, all things considered. The lack of sleep sucks, but at least they have intense security measures and police around the whole time. If I was stuck someplace overnight the airport would be someplace I would feel relatively safe in (as long as I was able to give my friend my most valuable items or secure them in a locker). The friend should have bought an extra phone charger bare minimum but I think No Drama Here.

My father is very much an "a meal without meat is not a meal"-kinda guy. (Doesn't eat cereal, so that's not a valid argument here.) We usually have a meat-heavy meal on Christmas Eve (which is when Christmas is celebrated big in Germany). My sister doesn't want to miss out on that dish, which becMe a bit of a problem when I became a vegetarian. But we talked about that ahead of time and found a compromise (basically making two different things). That having been said - I'd LOVE to eat at the 2nd (?) OP's house. Her Christmas meal plan sounds amazing! And I'm also really happy that her in-laws saw the post, did the reflecting, and then not only apologized on the phone but even offered to do so in person at a vegetarian restaurant. And also that her husband is on her side through all of this

First story everyone sucks - I completely agree with you about op however with the amount of fake service animals lately I can see how op has that mindset but if it’s a real one and by the type of service animal gear that was mentioned it sounds like the handler isn’t blind so my question is why wouldn’t they try to redirect their dog when the dog started to sniff at op and his son? For your information - in North America technically a service animal doesn’t have to have a vest that has service animal on it to be one. A lot of the fakes have more noticeable gear to seem more legitimate

So about the santa thing.. btw the way i jumped to pause the video made me die laughing. Anyway, so my now 9yo asked me a few years ago if Santa was real. I asked her if she wanted the real answer or the magic answer. She chose magic. When she asks again I will ask her the same question.

Was not expecting to snort water out of my nose and then that cause me to cough water all over the edge of my countertop and flood and the edge of my bar stool as I was trying to back away to prevent more mess. Warning for next time: some of these videos may abruptly and unexpectedly cause a mess that you will then have to soak up with paper towels. Therefore don’t drink & watch videos. (Like “don’t drink and drive” minus the alcohol and for a different reason) I also probably shouldn’t eat while watching anything, because that could turn into a choking hazard or at least a more chunky mess.

He is doing all the chores in the household and is paying his part, what else does she want from him?

Some people are allergic to dogs and some people are afraid of dogs and other people have past trauma issues with dogs. As the dog owner you are responsible to keep a safe distance from people (especially young children). Your service dog shouldn’t touch people without permission.

Parmesan is veggie? It's just not vegan.

2k GBP a month?? My rent is around 4k SEK (288.80GBP) here in Sweden and I feel that's a lot for a 60 square meters 2 rooms flat O_O

Wonder what the service dog is trained for.. imagine it was smelling something it was trained to detect..

Have a blessed New Year!

Girl… that wasn’t a metaphor. Again. It was a juxtaposition. Let me explain. If Jamie had said the gift giver is a rotten watermelon. That’s a metaphor. It would have explained without saying so that she looks normal and attractive and like something you want but the insides actually suck. But he said “this situation is like this other situation”… that’s a juxtaposition. The funniest bit about this is that you correctly use metaphors frequently… but you’re crediting Jamie with metaphors he’s not making XD girl, I love Jamie but he does not traffic in metaphors

Story 1. Home Depot does allow pet dogs. Thats why the dog owner was upset and said that the guy shouldn't go to pet friendly places(other than his dog being shoved). I think people have missed this part. So yes, the OP is definitely the drama here if the dog was just sniffing. Shoving any dog could have scared it enough to bite or snap. Unless the dog was barking or growling then don't mess with someone else's dog!

The 3rd cleaning fee story is so irritating. Theyre not doing a cleaning service for her, theyre cleaning up their mess (and i assume the mens mess). Id get if theyd want to eventually charge a utilities or groceries fee if she uses their food, but it doesnt make any sense to expect her to clean up other peoples mess or to pay to clean up other peoples messes

Jamie looking very Jesus-y in this video

For the situation with the dog: If the roles were reversed and a child was touching something it shouldn't, it would never be ok, for a stranger to touch the child. Why should this be different?

The last story is really awful. Not just the blatant sexism but also that the boyfriends mother even thinks she has any business with what her son's partner is doing with their own life. The boyfriend should be very clear and set a boundary there and if she doesn't stop calling OP a loser, OP has every right to cease communication with her. It's sad to see that she's getting to him

The "some places" might be liminal spaces - because they are designed for people to move through, not to properly inhabit. They're where you pass through to actually get somewhere, not a destination. Airports and hospitals both qualify and alleyways are the definition of liminal.

2nd Story: This isn’t about the actual post, but this is why I travel with an eye mask in my carry-on at all times.

For the first story: YTA. It's not just the overreaction and touching a dog that isn't yours. It's also the aggressive behavior towards the dog handler without there being and actual wrongdoing. Like if it's a dogfriendly store there could also be non service dogs that walk around and sniff things and people. It's not a dangerous or rude behavior but a friendly one. If he doesn't want his child to have contact to an unknown dog in a dog friendly story he has to keep his child away. The dog didn't do anything wrong. And the handler didn't do anything wrong. It may not be a dog park but it also isn't a playground. And he didn't have to be so rude calling the other person rude names. He's teaching his child asshole behavior.

First story. I’m saying NTA. No dog, service or not should be getting close enough to a stranger to sniff them. They should be on lead and held close enough or they should be so well trained a voice command is enough. The owner should be in full control of the dog at all times. They should not be distracted from ensuring their dog does not disturb anyone. Not everyone likes dogs, some people are actively terrified of them. I love dogs but I am really not keen on a lot of their owners.

For the first story. I am suspicious of the whole thing. The dog wearing a vest, a vest that at least in the US you can just buy and put on any dog. The dog approaching and touching the child. All that makes me suspiscious of whether or not its a real service dog. The way OP was saying they hip-bumped the dog away. I can imagine a, well a dog, being all energetic, and someone using their body to shield the child and also to get the dog away, at the same time as they pick up the child. So I can see this being a situation where the dog and owner was in the wrong. However! The way OP quotes the owner, that also makes me suspicious of how they actually removed the dog. So I need more information. I need all sides to properly make a judgement. But I do know there are a lot of fake service dogs, that do not behave well, and ruin it for the real ones. So suspicious of the whole interaction 😅

Lols, this was magical ❤

Airport story: I honestly didn't realise how bad the discrimination was until I saw it. I asked my friend, "How long does it take to get through the local airport?" And he said, "It depends if you're brown or not." I laughed it off. Until we had to go through the airport together for work, and out of 30 of us, he was the only one stopped and searched, and it took ages. "Random" my arse.

Can't decide on the first one but one very important aspect is while a service dog is not to be pet while working, however a service dog may not bother and be in the face of others. The dog invaded where you where, not the other way around. It is totally wrong for the dog to invade you like that. Sounds like there is some issue with either te dogowner or the dogs training. Your kid could have been severe allergic. The dog has its nose on the ground and then puts it is your child's face with all the ground germs the dogs nose just picked up.

The veggie Christmas one made me so mad. I am omnivore but honestly, the only annoying people I have met are always other omnivores. Especially in my home country, Italy, people are so damn ignorant about food and they get all worked up when it comes to eating meat, as if there is something unnatural about being vegetarian or vegan AND as if we didn’t have PLENTY OF TRADITIONAL FOOD which is vegetarian and even vegan. One of our most traditional pizzas is fully vegan! Historically eating meat used to be a luxury, which is why lots of old recipes are vegetarian. Lots of Italians regularly eat vegetarian dishes without even realising it, the most common go-to dish to make at home is pasta with tomato sauce, A VEGAN RECIPE. We are blessed with one of the largest variety of plants in our country, our veggies and fruits are famose all around the world, and somehow Italian people seem to think meat is the only real food. Hope we will collectively move on from this silly phase 😶

Sushi 😅 And Indian food is my favourite food 😭

Not just to open up her gifts early but ALSO rip open other children's toys just to break them?? What a vile child.

Everything is a gotcha to bullies who don't outright bully. They intentionally set up scenarios to make You the bad guy. 100% the in laws set up the vegetarian family for failure with the full knowledge that would happen... And, had they cooked meat, they would have gone on and on about how they handled and cooked meat and that's not very vegetarian of them 😞

Happy New Year to both of you and all the pets out there as well!

Don't touch service dogs.

I think the biggest asshole in the second story is definitely the airport/airline! I do wonder if it would have been possible for OP to get anything (sleeping bag, phone charger, etc) to their friend depending on what part of the airport they were in, because of security etc. but either way she shouldn't have abandoned her (as tempting as a hotel bed might have been!)

I'm so sorry you've had such bad experiences in airports Shaaba. I'm shocked that it's still that bad. (White European privilege to be so blissfully unaware). I have done a fair bit of solo travel and frequently get pulled aside for extra checks, but the experiences have been fairly pleasant and barely an inconvenience. I'm so sorry you've had such awful encounters 😢

So, this is a very different answer now to what it would have been when I was growing up. Growing up "Asian" absolutely meant Chinese or Japanese food. As an adult that has expanded for me into a default of what is, in my area, a pretty standard "pan-Asian" which includes Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Lao, Vietnamese, and possibly Filipino. Occasionally that includes Indian food, but usually "Indian" is a separate cuisine category here. Usually restaurants of any of those cuisines listed above have their sort of core ethnic foods and then most will have at least -chicken teriyaki -Pad Thai -bahn -bulgogi -Curry (usually not Indian style) And most have some additional selection of foods from the others as well. My perception is this has led to there being less clear differentiation here between the food origins of different cuisines. But either way to the point I sense you are going to make (I have NOT listened yet), Asian food definitely does not encompass the breadth of foods found in Asia! (FWIW demographically in our very unscientific poll, I am in the US, live in a more diverse region, and am college educated.) (Aaaaand I'm back here eating crow for assuming you were Indian, sorry.)

First story was a YTA. If the person with a service dog was standing looking at the shelves next to you, then obviously the dog would be close to your child. Service dogs are supposed to ignore other people but if a quick turn of the head puts it in sniffing range of your kid then that's a very easy and small slip up to make. Are you also sure that your child didn't interact with the dog first? Have you taught them to leave dogs alone when they see them? Hip checking the dog was an overreaction when you could have picked up your child or swapped places with them. Maybe next time put your kid in a trolley with a child seat if you don't want dogs approaching them in a dog friendly space.

I think it is very difficult when you are in someone elses home, because if you are being expected to go around their home cleaning and tidying up, it means you are having to go around touching and moving other peoples, that you barely know's belongings. Some people can feel really uncomfotable and feel like they are prying into others personal things.

From the dog sniffing the kid and the owners only answer being "what do you expect in a dog friendly shop" and not that their dog is leagally allowed in every shop, I dont feel like it was a service dog. I think the OP was assuming. If it wasnt a service dog what he did could have been really antagonising to the dog to push it away and put your hand on them. He could have caused more issues and a bite by doing that. Owner shouldnt have let the dog up to a kid at all, because you have no idea how the kid or dog will react in that situation. However the OP should have just moved him and the kid away and spoken to the owner, rather than going straight to a physical approach out of nowhere

Sorry, but that first story op is 100% right. As a kid that was bitten by a “friendly” dog and as a mom of 4, no way would I ever call op the ahole. I loved all the pets I’ve ever had, but my kids are first. And some stranger’s dog? That they’re neglecting? And it’s op’s fault?! How is that service dog owner not responsible?! Letting his dog just walk away and up to random kids? And a 2 year old? Maybe the dog was just sniffing, but I’m not gonna risk it. And lift my kid away? Startle them and maybe have the dog bite me? When I could just brush the dog away and show it that I mean to protect myself and my kid? Nah. Op is NTA. And people need to stop putting animals at the same level as kids. That’s disgusting

Just started this video, and I'm ready to expose my ignorance. Is it ignorance if I'm aware that I'm lacking education and/or life experience? Anyhow, what comes to mind when you say, "Let's go get some Asian food"? My knee-jerk thought is Chinese. I grew up going up a family owned, small town restaurant called the Royal Unicorn (if it's still open [haven't lived in the area for decades], I highly recommend anyone visiting Seattle to make the detour up to Edmonds / Shoreline for this wonderful family). Beyond that, I had little experience with Asian food outside of random Teriyaki shops, I had literally NO other Asian cuisine until a Mongolian Grill opened up nearby, though I questioned the authenticity. After that it wasn't until college that a friend took me to try pho, and then COVID gave me the opportunity to try an Indian buffet, which was freaking amazing. With these experiences, I'll always think Chinese first, then ask for specification because I had no idea my world had so much to offer, and I want to try EVERYTHING, even if I know I'll hate it. My pallet is still extremely limited, but I've now tried a fair selection of mostly east Asian dishes, and I'm very eager to find local sources of other regional delicacies should the opportunity arise.

depot = dee-poe for me

I love the glowing peach 🩵