My BF of 7 years has disappeared, well today he came back and things got ugly...

[@bekleedee]

So....when i was younger, i had a bf for like....maybe 2 months max. He took off one weekend to drink and do drugs with his mates in the middle of nowhere. 'Didnt have his phone' so i had no clue where he went or what he did. He came back single.

[@wiresculptor5951]

Sounds like the guys who dump there gf for having a girls night out 😂

[@bekleedee]

@@wiresculptor5951 let me be clear, he left for a long weekend, didn't say anything about where he was going or what he was doing and ignored my message when he got back asking what happened. I couldn't reach him at all, none of his friends that stayed behind wouldn't say anything about wtf he was doing. Oh damn. We'd been together 12 months. Not 2.

[@heathermcintosh1579]

@@wiresculptor5951oki I get it, but there’s a difference when ur partner bf/gf watever disappears for a few days or a week,without giving u a heads up or anything, vs a night out(which isn’t even a whole 24 hours just a few hours for 1 night) n if u don’t care that ur partner can disappear for DAYS then u most likely don’t care, n if u don’t set those boundaries in the beginning n they don’t respect ur boundaries or just even that their going to worry about u, that’s selfish n selfish doesn’t work in relationships n they don’t deserve ur time or attention if they don’t care n think u are even worth the time to take 10 seconds to send a simple txt so that person doesn’t end up filing a missing persons report for being uncontactable for over 48 hours n think the worst has happened

[@Kermit_E_Frog]

I was inclined to say you're overreacting but if he was gone a whole weekend and not just a night out, that's obviously suspect

[@bekleedee]

@@Kermit_E_Frog when he did finally call me to tell me about his weekend, he admitted to banging one of the women that went with

[@MissLeigh232]

In my elementary school, our lunches were vile. One time, half the kids got food poisoning (everyone who ate one entree was out sick the next day). Plus, the lunch ladies were mean. So, a group of us 6th graders decided to all bring cold lunch one day. All except for 15 or so kids did. (Props to my mom for supporting my civil disobedience.) And, it turned out, around half of the kids in 5th grade did the same. Oh boy the admin were PISSED. They gathered everyone in our grade into a room and chewed us out, threatening detention, if I remember correctly. Whoever was in charge of responding for the class pretty much laughed because they knew the principal couldn't give us ALL detention without causing a major problem. (I can't even imagine how many parents would have called, furious, that their kid got detention for bringing lunch from home.) The principal then tried to say we should have just brought our concerns to them first, they would have fixed it. (Yeah, right. They would have gone after anyone who complained.) We didn't get served rotten food the rest of the year, and the lunch ladies quit being so mean, so it all worked out.

[@avynena6151]

I just wanna understand how the higher ups even had an inkling of a thought that they could give ALL these kids DETENTION for bringing lunch from home at the same time .. like HOW TF does that even make sense ?? Where are the sensicals ?! LMFAOO adults get soo fkn mad when kids exercise their BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS !! like wtf bsffr 🤧🤣🤣 Gon try to give all these kids detention for bringing actual edible / safe food from home for lunch .. but gon jus walk right past the fact that the school could very well have caught a LAWSUIT for poisoning a MASS of children with spoiled / ill-prepared food 🤔🤧 Good for y’all for takin action against those sh!tty school staff members !!

[@HippieInHeart]

Regarding the tourettes story, that's a really great one, absolutely love it. Perfect example of how sometimes things can be fixed by just enduring the bad times and waiting for a little bit.

[@xx-qv9tp]

The boyfriend is a coward. Use "BIG": Block Ignore Ghost. Dump him, ignore him, and move on from his antics

[@mog-gyveroneill2500]

What's with the f*cking BS comments on the last story about food insecurities??? Accusing OP and her son of lying to the school, etc, and also about the embarrassment if she goes to the news. The fact that the sweet child has free meals already indicates his family has little money, and if it was a tossup between the possibility of getting flack, after going to press, because they're poor, or a full stomach if rules get changed for the better, I know what I would be doing. The son would only see his mum fighting hard for him and the family, not be embarrassed if she went to the news. I literally feel sick for OP and her kids, I hope the outcome was a positive one.❤

[@kaidenskibidiarc]

and how goofy is the commenter who assumed that lunch is one hour

[@kevinj1855]

It pissed me off when she said people would probably view her as a pos, no, she is doing the best she can. There is NO shame in that. I'm proud of what kind of person her son is, trying to look after the rest of the family. He's a good kid, she's a good mom, and the school is a bunch of bureaucratic, officious assholes

[@shadowasant4533]

Yeah honestly got me pretty riled I mean I get it's the internet and they can hide behind there keyboard to be a cuntbag but instead of being a cuntbag why not help the women and child.... like you know for a fact if that person's kid was getting felt up by an adult they would of gone scorched earth..... if I was the mother (OP) scorched earth would be the only option... she tried to do it the gentle and lov8ng way not she just needs to start her villan arc and go full scorched earth

[@lindah3803]

That commenter is ignorant. Embarrassed, the lunch monitor already embarrassed OP's boy. Not to mention the News coverage would help OP and her family. When stories like OP's is aired, people, organizations and companies will step forward to help OP and her family. OP didn't state here why they are in their situation. The News channel will ask about all of that.

[@deusex4905]

I strongly believe that all schools should propose one free meal per day for the kids. Not all of them get enough food at home for various reasons (it can be poverty to abuse) and throwing away good food is infuriating. Let the damn kid eats, he's not robbing anyone.

[@mog-gyveroneill2500]

I literally feel sick to my stomach listening to their story. I mean, why can't they take food home, it's their meal, and chucking away perfectly edible food boils my blood.

[@heathermcintosh1579]

I really wish they did something like that, my dad refused to fill out the paperwork saying he made too much money n that I wouldn’t qualify, my senior year I found out that all these I could’ve gotten FREE lunch, I found out I was the poorest female senior cus they started a program that year they gathered a bunch of donated prom dresses n the most finically unfortunate female student won, n that was me,but I turned the offer down saying “thanks but I don’t plan on going to prom so I think u guys should pick a girl who would really appreciate” the school staff there looked at each other confused lol

[@firetiger582]

The last story hits hard. I wasn't one of the people who couldn't afford lunch but that's because we were so poor I got free lunch from the school. Most of the people in the school did so. There were a few who's parents made to much to qualify for the free lunch but couldn't afford to buy food for their kids. We were allowed and encouraged to take our leftovers and a ton of people would leave the leftovers on the tables for others to grab or would bring a few for the people they new who could use it. I had quite a few classes with many of those kids so I would pack my bag with snacks and milks (milk only for a short while in the morning) I would offer any time I opened my bag if someone wanted a snack. It got to a point where I was known as the loud mouth snack kid. I didn't mind. It was a way to help out while not seeming to intrude. Everyone at least once took me up on the offer and I would never say no to giving out snacks.many people feel uncomfortable just grabbing the leftovers in the lunchroom or asking their friends to share.

[@achliscantplay4202]

How can anyone take food out of a child's hands, and thow it away in front of them?! WTF?! Please, stop this planet, I need to disembark...

[@water2621112]

Listening to the tourette's story really hit home. Also have a lot of very obvious face and vocal tics that have only gotten more severe as I age. Glad they got their dream job!

[@dmikewilcox]

T. Syndrome: I related to this story so much! I am dyslexic and autistic. I also have ticks that mostly manifest in my legs and hands. I am 55. I spent the first 3 decades of myn life with every authority person I ever interacted with talking telling me to practice smiling. I have been told by many employeers, even into my 40s, that I have resting bitch face. It is exhausting. I can consciously think about my social interactions and facial expressions enough to be one on one with clients and to have them like me, but it is completely a performance. It drains me. Now I just bluntly tell new filk (not in work environments). "Just so you know, I am autistic. I rarely laugh at jokes, take most jokes literally, don't smile when I am happy, and often say what is on my tongue before my brain can filter it." I also ask that they tell me if I offend them, and I really try not to, but I am to old and to tired to put on a smiling poker face.

[@Justin-A-Carter]

Story one: so let's get this straight he's got no education can't keep a job and his parents are his income? RUNNNNN

[@ladyv5655]

To be clear, anybody who ghosts you for 3 weeks is an ex. Move on. He isn't worth it. The sunk cost fallacy is strong in this one.

[@HippieInHeart]

Bruuh, wtf is up with that dude? Like, he "panicked"? Really, that's his excuse to just fuck off to god knows where without even so much as a goodbye? Yeah, nah, if he's willing to do something like that just because he's "panicking" about her questions regarding marriage, children, and so on, that in my opinion clearly shows how little he actually values her.

[@G3RARDB3AR]

For me it is that he met someone online and things got heated up, he traveled to meet that person and it didn't work out, that's why he blocked her in everything bc I don't believe that if you got a job that need you to move to another state for a couple of weeks you can block your gf in everything...

[@HippieInHeart]

@@G3RARDB3AR Maybe, maybe not. Regardless of whether or not he lied about his reasons, he's still a dick for doing it.

[@indigowulf]

She basically asked him "what do you wanna be when you grow up" and he yelled NO and stamped his feet and pouted. Then dumped his best friend because he needed a scape goat, because he can't admit his mistakes like an adult.

[@richardherndon451]

51:15 as someone who worked in a middle school I agree with the school for enforcing this rule. The lunch monitor did go way too far. But I can't tell you how many times I've seen bits of food thrown onto the windows, left in lockers to mold, or just thrown about in the halls because kids are just karens who like to make messes.

[@panmajin6895]

"I panicked" LOL

[@bethmoran6190]

If this is in the United States, the free lunch program is a federal program. I would contact your local congressman or senator and tell them about the abuse to your child. . There is something seriously wrong with those people trying to not allow the child to have the full lunch regardless of when he eats it.

[@233kosta]

Alcohol isn't what made her abusive.

[@mog-gyveroneill2500]

No, it just amplifies the narcissism.

[@233kosta]

@@mog-gyveroneill2500 Takes away her mask, that's all.

[@hanyo1o132]

The food insecurity hit home for me. I still remember the day my mom told me to keep eating food even though I was full because she didnt know when the next time I would have been able to eat would be.

[@SisberaEntertainment]

Op's son has every right to refuse to be patted down! The ONLY reason the school may search his person without parental consent or a member of law enforcement present, LEGALLY, is they have reasonable cause your child is breaking a law or may be an imminent danger to themselves or others. Don't quote me on that, tho, I've been out of school for awhile and I know things have DEFINATELY changed drastically since then.

[@ismae-rienne4991]

Even a Dear Jane letter would have been better.

[@AtotehZ]

His biggest mistake when coming back was trying to play it down and making excuses. If he had taken responsibility 100% and given OP free reign to make her choices there's small chance it could've worked out.. but he had to make it sound like a speed bump and pressure her to get back together.

[@9351jb]

I find it hilarious that people will make life changing decisions based off strangers that know nothing about them.

[@indigowulf]

Title story: mommy and daddy pay all his bills. OP asked him essentially "what do you wanna be when you grow up?" and he threw a tantrum and ran away. He wasn't afraid his "life was over" he was afraid his CHILDHOOD was over. Then he blamed the friend because his not a big boy and can't accept responsibility for his own mistakes.

[@shadowasant4533]

If a school was doing that shit to my kid... scorched earth

[@Xand3rCha0s360]

second story - I too have facial touretes, while it affects the sounds I make and the pitch of my voice and my arms and hands- it's extreme in my face compared to everything else- and it's quite mild now. Secondly it's worse in my hands/fingers as I slam my keys all the time lol, but in public no one would ever know I have the condition- I'm so proud of that person for getting their dream job!! I'm so proud of them for managing their touretes!!!

[@HippieInHeart]

Regarding the story with the abusive "mother" yeah, had one just like that. She's literally the only person I honestly genuinely hate. I would absolutely refuse to go to any event where she would be invited. Doesn't even matter if she's still drinking or not, back when I was still talking to her, I already gave her quite a few chances to show real remorse. She didn't take any, so I moved on and left her behind. It's what she deserves. No event, family or otherwise, would be important enough for me to ever accept the possibility of myself being in the same room as her. Ignore whatever your siblings say, they're being manipulated. Stay as far away from her as possible, it's the only way to keep yourself mentally healthy. The brother who keeps telling you to just forgive her is pretty much just as bad as her, because what he's essentially saying is that whatever she did it wasn't really that bad, you should just get over it. Hell nah, anyone talking to me like that, no matter who they are, does not deserve a place in my life. Go NC with him as well and be done with the whole thing. Additionally, you should stop being paranoid about her manipulations on social media. She can only hurt you by manipulating those you care about. But ask yourself this: If someone believes her over you and takes her side without even really listening to what you have to say, are they worth caring about? I don't think so. If my sister or any of the few friends I still keep started taking her side, I would just immediately block them without a second thought. It's the only way to handle such things safely. Glad that things turned out rather well for OP, but I still think it was an unneccessary risk to even go there in the first place.

[@nahima]

As someone who is in a poly relationship, I want to say that man is a cheater PERIOD! He had an emotional affair and then he sexied her!? Exfuckingcuse me?! Nope. Divorce instantly. My wife figured out she was asexual, our bedroom life was dead, part of my love language is sex we needed to find me release. We ad long ard talks, she said what about tindr. I cried my eyes out nope. I cant that's cheating and I can't give myself to anyone. I'm demisexual so need to know them. So we decided to speak to a friend my wife has had since high school. And now I've been happily married to my wife for 21 years and 4 to my bf. We have rules, clear boundaries, always communicating. AGAIN RULES! IT CAN AND DOES WORK! My bfs famy is also good with it. Any questions please ask

[@chickensandwich8808]

I'm glad your situation worked out. There was another Reddit story about someone who married a woman that turned out to be Asexual, but it got ugly.

[@fixthethings8055]

Food insecurity story: OP should contact police, if they live in a place where that's feasible. Adult patting down child without parent permission or police involvement sounds like sexual harassment.

[@WillSolaceNeedsTherapy]

My school (middle school) caused the kids getting hot lunch to only have about 10-15 minutes at most to eat once we got our food. I also got in trouble in elementary for not eating the meat out of my lunchable (because I was picky) the lunch monitor told my teacher and I was forced to sit outside class and eat it, (I didn't because I was taught to stand up for myself) the teacher eventually told me to just throw it away and rejoin the class because she realized I wasn't going to eat it. Fuck the American school system.

[@DoesNotConcernYou]

The actions of a coward 😂

[@tazzercat969]

Thanks now I have to go look up about the frontal lobe

[@MizutamariVT]

On S1, boyfriend 100% had a manic episode and heres something everyone needs to hear. You are not required to forgive someone or put up with their manic episodes, not everyone it's equipped to handle that However If your response to a manic episode is "you should have just not had one" then you're equally immature and need to do some introspection yourself.

[@trymenow805]

This is the sassiest Ai Ive every heard

[@ABadPassword]

I'm the narrator. It's not AI. I'm just a sassy human.

[@linola644]

Still don't get why op went to that shower with her abusive mother

[@myhubbyislouisvuitton4218]

I don’t get it either. Most OP’s always want to go to the event. There is no event that could entice me to attend an event including a funeral of a loved one. This event was just a baby shower not even a funeral of a loved one and she felt she needed to attend. It makes not an ounce of sense.

[@mog-gyveroneill2500]

@linola644 I got the feeling that because there's a new child coming that OP was trying to make her brother realise that his mother is a POS. I think she's hoping that if she's in his life, and maybe got some influence, she can save her new nephew/niece from the awful abuse. I personally would have also gone to just rub it in/laugh in her face that I have survived her disgusting filthy behaviour, but by staying away it would make her think she's won. I think OP handled it perfectly. I'm surprised nobody suggested getting the authorities involved if they thought the POS's current husband is being maltreated, to be fair.

[@ОлегВысоков-л8й]

9:39 Huh?! What the hell is this, lmao?! XD

[@magardner9037]

Man bro one of my tearchers is so stupid she watched a kid for no reason CHOKE ME with a basketball and then yelled at me.for ands it's still happening all year

[@taylorburns3936]

Actually in my trade school the last two three years maybe after covid they had told us that we could not take food from our lunches outside the lunch room but I had work right after school and we usually have snack right before we go to work and unfortunately I don't have that much money so of course I would try sneaking it carefully the first time I was caught they talked to my teacher and my teacher came up to me and told me how I was not allowed to bring food from the lunch room into my locker 🙄

[@tofluffybunny6780]

If you don't like school rules like not being able to get hot lunch and if you don't like school rules about the lunch system then the mom should make a petition a petition should work incorrect you not all American school systems are trash it really just depends

[@codm22712]

Oh god this’ll be good

[@hewhoisnowhere]

57:30 wtf im so sorry

[@Jaxondart-z1u]

Hay how is your day

[@BambixLynn]

🖤🖤🖤

[@CyberianFaux]

To my knowledge, you can only "restrain" tics for a short amount of time before you have a massive episode where all your tics start to hit you because they were "controlled". I have also heard this is physically painful for the person according to a Sweet Anita livestream (she is a content creator with the condition) so I question just how legit/not legit that second story is. That could be an individualized experience but I just genuinely feel like that experience of controlling them everyday doesn't line up with how that condition behaves normally. I feel this self diagnosis is wrong at least if the story isn't fake.

[@Azulakayes]

I think no one should take high school or college relationships seriously.

[@MA-ti5eo]

Lol I kind of lost it at the "Ha you didn't say Uno we're still together" 😂😂🤌