r/Entitledparents "Women Are Too Hot to Teach!"

[@lynneconklin917]

I once knew a woman who had had a double mastectomy for cancer. She had prosthetic breasts until she healed enough for reconstruction. If a guy stared far too long at her breasts, she’d pop the prosthetic out of her bra and tell him to “have at it”. She was just that kind of person. 😂

[@cantpickauser]

Oh my god she’s an Icon

[@AFKei]

The pettiness of that response is delicious.

[@mcgaggie1442]

I love her. Yes.

[@winniethepooht5776]

I love her.😂 Side note, I didn't know prosthetic breasts were a thing?

[@howiecatslab4684]

Huh, never knew there was such a thing as a prosthetic breast.

[@zacharyfigge8786]

The fact that there are parents think that this is an acceptable way to handle autism, and can try to call it "High-Functioning" is just disgusting.

[@zacharyfigge8786]

@Purple Citrine Exactly, its so sad.

[@sassbrat]

That would SO not fly in my house and I have a form of Autism and other issues however my mom would not treat me any different than a so called 'normal' kid. My mom would go up to those parents and let them have it. she does that when the kids are old enough to behave and know better. They pull the 'you don't have a child with special needs so you don't know what we feel like' card. My mom just gives this shark smile that I think would scare a great white away. She always points to me and tells then 'Yes i do know what it is like to raise a special needs child and she is right there but do you see her acting like a brat," Shuts the parents up right then a there. She also will not put up with the whole issue of the autism being an excuse to cause someone harm no matter the age. They can get away with it because they have always have but not with my mom at all. Mom will give the brats as she calls them a taste of their own medicine while telling them how did is feel as tell the parents to teach their kids some manner and make them behave as there may be someone else that will do much worse not giving a flip that the kid is special needs. She is not a mean woman she just doesn't put up with BS no matter what.

[@kanebernier7692]

Exactly! I made a comment to someone who wrote that about themselves. That term goes back to the fucking nazis doing experiments on autistic people, to put them in groups... When people use that term, especially another autistic person, it makes me feel sick. I have Asperger's btw

[@tekcomputers]

Well, the thing is perhaps the kid is high functioning autistic. This seems more of parenting issue than an autism issue as they do absolutely nothing but maintain the kid as the center of attention. The parents seem to reward the kid everytime he wants attention, so it is no wonder that he keeps doing it and it escalates so quickly.

[@GhostHunterDipperPines]

@@sassbrat do we have the same mother? My Mom is almost exactly like that too. I’m also considered “high functioning autistic”.

[@Vearru]

I’d refuse the hell out of any benefits for the father or son in the surfboard story, and threaten them with a sexual harassment charge. Wtaf

[@winterdemon1]

I'm high functioning autistic and I was still taught manners and how to take no for an answer. Those parents in the first story have no defense.

[@chriscarpenter3370]

same here, how's life?

[@winterdemon1]

@@chriscarpenter3370 it has its good days and bad days.

[@chriscarpenter3370]

@@winterdemon1 well keep your head up high!

[@starwood.]

Same here on the spectrum im basically the final boss of it given how high it is how high you asked i was basically on medication for my whole life up until middle school cause i no longer needed it and was able to control it but then but the story makes me feel bad for op given its must have been living hell for him everyday knowing he had awful parents and a worse siblings what a lot of people don’t know is that us on the spectrum can actually live a mostly normal life and be like everyone else it just up to the parent if they want to help the child in the long run i know cause my mother got help for me after i was told what i had since she didn’t want me to end up like op sibling and im glad my mother did just at least it backfired on op parents and they deserve it since thats basically karma and if i have to give advice is that karma is a b word and that what you said or did will come back bite you in the butt sooner or later

[@DarcOne13]

My brother's autistic and all we have to tell him is "wait your turn," and he calms down. He might be upset for a minute, but we don't have meltdowns. Actually, I think his last meltdown was when I tried to explain to him that he was out of money.

[@sydneyyoung7352]

It would make sense that the reason we don't know of any non-entitled single moms, Christians, vegans, or military wives, is because the non-entitled ones don't _tell you_ they're single moms, Christians, vegans, or military wives because they know it doesn't entitle them to anything in most cases.

[@adreannasears994]

As a Christian i can confirm the Christian part😂 my aunt was one of those that would treat a waitress horribly after spending and hour and a half in service about loving your neighbor. 🤣🤣

[@DeidresStuff]

@@adreannasears994 lol I'm a Christian but I hated Sundays working at McDonald's because the Lord's Day makes a lot of people cranky. My mother and I managed to go out to lunch without tormenting people. I have to wonder which church the crazy people went to lol

[@SilverIchimaru]

@@adreannasears994 I always want to tell those people that the ones they're berating are only working because the berating people want food.

[@Biggsman_IV]

@@adreannasears994 I can slightly relate, but my mom would do it less, "and God made the heavens and said, 'it was good'". She just made sure at least they heard something that could lead them to being a Christian. And never too long, just a nice small chat, and let em know something. But, still, I wouldn't put it past her to do it if she got the chance.

[@MythicBeanProductions]

@@Biggsman_IV As A christian I can say that A lot of Christians who grew up christian will act as if they're better than everyone because their parents forgot to explain to them the most important aspect of salvation which is, realizing that you are are a sinner, (doing things that God does not want you to do. Cheating, lying. stealing, disrespecting parents, etc.) and that you, like literally every other person who exists, are so far gone to sin from the moment you're born that you can not possibly do anything to save yourself and stop sinning, and asking God to save you from your sin. When you do that, you're admitting to yourself and to God that you need God to save you from your sin, and from hell which is where everything evil must go because it cannot be allowed to exist in a perfect place like heaven. because you can't do it yourself, he will do it. for you if you ask him. That first moment of humbling yourself and trusting a higher power than yourself to save you is something that so many people forget. We aren't perfect after we get saved, we only notice what we're doing wrong more clearly which should be even more humbling, but instead causes some to fight themselves internally and decide that they are better than everyone and that being a christian means they can do no wrong when that can't be further from the truth

[@Pflippie]

To the surf story: That doesn't even make sense, op wasn't on duty so as far she's concerned she's just some random woman at the beach, any other random woman could've "distracted" him

[@jellofish1455]

Anyone else say "He was distracting himself"?

[@chrislanglois8275]

kinda wish she said sorry i wasnt working and he left the class area. how bout u control ur child, oh right, u cant control ur eyes let alone ur child. besides ur too distracted by everything nevermind me to raise him right. father like son, i wonder what the grandfather and his father would say about this whole shit storm uve created. >:D lol

[@bladerunner3314]

Welcome to entitled parents, where logic silently left the room, took a train to nowhere and shot itself.

[@chrislanglois8275]

@@bladerunner3314 entitlement is just a bag full of logic fallacies turning on itself and blasting others 🤦‍♂️😂

[@blitzwolfmon8297]

Shame that female surfing instructor couldn't have just punched the father and son and put a proper fear of women in those pervs.

[@pangaeawriter8766]

My godson is a high-functioning autistic, but his mother (single parent, engaged) has never coddled him the way these entitled parents did. He has some issues being bullied, and can be pushed into meltdowns. Instead of letting him get away with it, his mother taught him how to manage and cope with his issues. He can still be pushed into meltdowns, but last week, he actually contained an imminent explosion instead of having a meltdown. I was very proud of him.

[@christahorsford5629]

Good job of him❤ I'm sure she is proud and he is proud of himself

[@chickadeestevenson5440]

yup. People who care about him should notice that a melt-down is iminint and get him outta there. As an ASD person we can't control meltdowns well, things shut down. And then it's often crying and curling up and trying to get away.

[@someguy7629]

That's the difference between good parenting and bad parenting.

[@kanebernier7692]

(I have Asperger's) Saying "high functioning autistic" is offensive and it goes back to when the nazis would experiment on autistic people. They put them in groups where they determined which were right for which tests, depending on "what degree of autism they have". I know that wasn't your point with your comment, but I just thought I'd tell you that it isn't okay to use that term. Also, saying "a(an) autistic", is super offensive. You wouldn't say my friend is an ADHD, right?

[@tekcomputers]

And that's the problem with these parents, the kids actions are attention seeking. And the mother constantly rewards him for his attention seeing behaviors. He basically has no check and nothing is being done to steer him correctly. Her way of addressing his acting out for attention is to immediately gratify that attention seeking.

[@PaddySnuffles]

As an autie, I'd just like to make it clear that the brother's behaviour isn't because that's "just how autistics handle stress" or something. If he were a _toddler_ then maaaaybe. But by the age described here this is either a kid who has never had any boundaries/consequences for his actions or who has severe unadressed anger management issues. Possibly both.

[@yazajag]

Thank you for this comment, his behavior has nothing to do with being autistic he just has behavior issues because his parents didn't discipline him. They keep letting their son act however he wants and disrespect other children or parents.

[@evangaming7447]

as a fellow autistic i also agree

[@agoddamnferret]

5:57 autism isn't an excuse for that behavior, there's explaining a behavior and excusing it, autism explains the behavior, it doesn't excuse it, you still have to discipline someone who has autism. I'm on the high functioning end of the spectrum myself and know that had I behaved like an ass, even if it'd been diagnosed at a young age, my family would've shut it down without fucking notice. They'd have removed me from the situation, and then I'd have faced some kind of consequence for my actions.

[@lelamartin6678]

For the story about the surfer instructor, she handled this much nicer than I would have. If that had been me, I would have called the police and informed them of two perverts sexually harassing me and trying to steal my board. That would have knocked the ED and ES down a few pegs, especially with so many witnesses. The fact that they were that misogynist makes me sick...

[@shadow4you]

Active Military here (also a wife): I have never encountered a Dependa but I can assure you that other setvice members, especially higher ranking, do not take this lightly. As all Military folks know, anything your spouse does is a reflection of you. If your wife is acting entitled waving your name and rank around, you're lucky to just get a stern talking to. It could escalate to losing rank and pay or extra duty.

[@xlifexwithxlithiumx]

I think you mean dependapotamous ! Dependents in general aren’t bad per say ! This lady was tho !

[@Torsin2000]

Usually I saw this from the trash mid-range NCOs, by trash I mean you can't take the trailer park out of them.

[@tekcomputers]

@@xlifexwithxlithiumx "dependa" is short for dependapotamous

[@alphabravo424]

First of all thanks for your service, second sorry for having that shadow.

[@reicant6806]

i really feel bad for any guy or woman that didnt deserve that

[@Tips4TravelingWithDisabilities]

I feel for the first op. Those parents are super toxic. Having Aspergers I understand where his brothers coming from but I never behaved like that. I was excited just to get a party invitation only once did i have a melt down at a party and that was because I was overwhelmed but I just cried and wanted to go home it was hard for me. I picture poor OP and feel sorry for him and think someone give this guy a missive birthday bash he deserves it

[@GAMEPRODELTA]

It gets better; op's parents tried to cancel his 14th birthday party, but he told everyone he knew about it, got them shamed publicly for it and got his party back.

[@mickymcbryan4814]

Idk if you know this, but Aspergers was a nazi scientist who helped kill autistic people in concentration camps, mostly children. The use of the word Aspergers to describe verbal autism fell out of fashion because Aspergers was the name of the syndrome for the children the nazi’s decided “deserved to live” which has really hateful implications for the rest of the autistic community. I’m not saying don’t use the word, I just wasn’t sure if you were aware what you were identifying yourself with. I used to use the same word for myself before I learned, and I wish I knew sooner so I could make my own informed decision. Regardless, I hope you have a nice day.

[@sytherwusky]

Honestly he should do himself a favour and go no contact

[@Tips4TravelingWithDisabilities]

@@mickymcbryan4814 I did not know that thanks

[@chickadeestevenson5440]

@@Tips4TravelingWithDisabilities yup most people use the term ASD now

[@kristashafer93098]

I remember OP from the first post. I recall he hinted at his brother and parents causing problems at non relatives’ birthday parties that led to the 3 of them no longer being invited. I was SO hoping he would share some of the crazy and here my wish is granted!!

[@Luesatora]

The reason why all the army wives in reddit stories often seem self entitled and unhinged is because is because they are the ones most likely to be doing ridiculous shit worth writing about. A kind, rational and well adjusted army wife is rarely going to be causing the kind of drama that is worth posting on reddit about.

[@aesiro1336]

I mean, it's completely fine to celebrate your spouse and be proud of him, but throwing around your weight because your husband knows how to shoot doesn't mean he'll defend you when you inevitably get told to fuck off.

[@JBonkerz96]

Military wife here: in Canada, we call those women Dependas. Meaning, they depend on their spouse for EVERYTHING. Their income, their pension, their rank, etc. I have never encountered one in the wild, but they are usually rempant on social media. It's disgusting. I've never heard of wives getting all weird about the different elements though. My husband is airforce but there are also army and a few navy members on this base. Its never been an issue. 🤷‍♀️

[@Kelaiah01]

I heard them called "Dependapotamuses."

[@ficialintelligence1869]

@@Kelaiah01 I heard them called "Dependapotamuses" on a previous r/slash about a year or two ago.

[@hollyhayes9640]

Hi! I'm Canadian, too (Ottawa). ☺️ 🇨🇦

[@c.b.barlow]

In the US we have Marines and Navy. Most people think they're two separate branches, but really they're not. -honor, courage commitment is the motto for both (even though the Marines also use siempre fie). I should also note Im a navy veteran. "Don't mix branches" my ass.

[@apurva616]

They’re called Dependas or Dependapotamus in America too :)

[@lcdignited]

I'm willing to bet my life savings that if they got to the opening of the presents. They definitely would've asked for some presents.

[@mattwise8597]

They're called dependopotamus, has nothing to do with military branch. Branch. A dependa is a military spouse, someone who receives benefits from a family member who is in the armed forces. Usually a spouse most of the time, dependuponomous is a trashy military wife who has let herself go and is entitled

[@Torsin2000]

Usually with an E-6 or E-7 military member, although they have been known to occur in the E-8 and E-9 ranks but are a tad rarer.

[@elza_jay]

@@Torsin2000 e means enlisted right? My father retired at o4, I think? Is that the right way to phrase it? Either way my parents taught my sister and I NOT to do that lol

[@Torsin2000]

@@elza_jay yea, the E ranks are enlisted, the W are the Warrant Officer/Chief Warrant Officer, and the O are for Officers. An O-4 in the Army/Marines/Air Force/Space Force would be a Major, in the Navy it's a Lieutenant Commander. The E/W/O are pay rates, so all O-4's across all the different services make the same amount of money. Usually when talking about retirement/former, it's the 'Rank' that we left the service.

[@elza_jay]

@@Torsin2000 oh okay that makes sense, thanks! My dad doesn't really like talking about it to people besides his counselor so I didn't know 🤷‍♀️

[@Torsin2000]

@@elza_jay understandable. Sometimes it's hard to talk about things like that. I know I haven't shared much about my time in with most of my friends and family and I've been out for 15 years.

[@ahstiasummers5583]

This is why you teach kids about boundaries and respecting others when they're toddlers! When they inevitably throw tantrums, it'll be easier to control them and teach them that that's not acceptable. When said kid is a teenager or older, they will not only be harder to control due to physical size they'll have the power to generally disregard their parents' attempts at discipline. There will come a day their tantrums will have consequences far more severe than a few weeks of no TV/computer or social ostracization

[@sytherwusky]

Honestly these two stories belongs in r/raised by narcissist

[@thegrimharvest]

Chris chan.

[@zekeprower1]

I'm ex army...my now ex wife ended up becoming like the lady in the last story. Obsessed with my rank (I was only a lowest level sergeant by the end of my enlistment) and she tried pulling things like this. I divorced her before leaving the military.

[@theickster3008]

I'm a former Marine, and I think of all the wives I personally new while I was in only 2 of them were decent people. Although the highest level of entitlement I ever encountered in the marines was from a SStg, not a dependa, fuckin crazy.

[@pharynx007]

Last story: it isn't just an army wife thing, there are those like that in every branch. You just only hear stories about the ones trying to use their husbands rank, because every other military spouse is just a normal person.

[@GeekBot404]

there is no other description of stealing a boy's/girl's birthday like "Stealing Candy From A Baby"

[@adamuffoletto7869]

Army spouse here. Interacting with other Army spouses is SUCH a roll of the dice. They're either the kindest people you'll ever meet and will be ride or die for you within ten minutes of meeting, OR they're absolute rabid Karens who think their spouse's rank or job description entitles them to special treatment. It's wild. Also, inter-branch conflict is usually just friendly shit talk. At the end of the day, no one actually thinks one branch is better than the others and understands that they're all hard-working and necessary. This lady is off the charts batshit

[@xlifexwithxlithiumx]

Air Force wife here! I’m lucky enough to have only met amazing people on base all the wives around my age are hard working and nice ! I’m so happy I never met anyone like that girl in the post

[@adamuffoletto7869]

@@xlifexwithxlithiumx The thing that doesn't make sense to me about her is that... while it's a rather unfair standard imo, a spouse's actions reflect back onto the service member. HE could get in trouble if OP wanted to take this up with his command

[@AjaySharma-tg1jc]

I have a big extended family, and whenever it's an adults birthday (over 18 where a birthday party isn't a real big deal) we'll let the little kids blow out the candles. My elder cousins did it for me and the cousins around my age when we were 3-7. I do it now for my cousin's kids who are 6 and under. I loved it cuz it made the little kids happy and we were all at an age where blowing out birthday candles didn't mean as much as it did when we were little. I say this because I still had the sense to never do that stuff at a friend's birthday party when I was little. My parents literally told me not at friend's parties, only family. I was like ok, as long as I get cake!

[@KouenTenshi]

Every time I hear "the customer is always right", I want reach through the screen and just say "No."

[@tazhienunurbusinezz1703]

That was a stupid slogan. Idk how they thought it would work out, if they thought about it at all, but it was always going to go this way where people would scam & behave terribly to try get everything they can.

[@hilaryhongkong]

I would've said, you would've been a customer if you take £1000 and buy my board, but you wouldn't do it so you're not a customer.

[@cynister7384]

@@tazhienunurbusinezz1703 The full one is actually "The customer is always right in matters of taste."

[@ScyBlade]

My mind goes to an example of the Law saying the customer is wrong. Customers pays for one thing, and says they don't have to pay for the rest of what they're taking from the store.

[@maieen2665]

*First OP:* oh, this happened at other people’s birthday party!? Oh, dear… That poor birthday kid and his parents. It’s sad that OP, who was a kid at the time, had to apologize for his parents and brother to the birthday boy’s mom. AND that his parents left without OP, even if it was his choice. You know what people say about karma… *Second OP:* I don’t know big OP’s girls are, but I’m confident they’re not as big as the b00b5 she had to deal with in that story *Third OP:* I don’t know much about army wives, either, but navy wives are cool. Navy _kids_ on the other hand … 😛. Source: I was a navy kid.

[@marjoriejohnston4905]

Air Force you have a mixed bag. Some parents are crazy and at least borderline alcoholic, some kids are brats. Not just the dependent spouse either in at least one case of crazy. Even their dog was nuts!

[@FaerieAmira]

As a sister of someone who’s both low and high function (twins) neither acted like this and my mom never enabled them, she enabled me in our own house but never would ANY of us act like that outside the house nor towards each other, the low function steals food but to that extent as long as we watch him, he’s well behaved and loved and never acts out if watched

[@symple7036]

As a Marine vet, I can tell you that entitled dependents are in all branches, not just Army. For some reason, dependents think they deserve the same respect as their spouses

[@elza_jay]

The army wives that are obsessed with their husband's rank are the ones who live in army housing on base. My dad is a retired army veteran and served overseas and my mom is NOTHING like that.

[@geraldposter1496]

Right? I'm in the army and I love the marines. I'll talk shit about them nonstop cause, well, interservice rivalry but they are the one other branch I always respect. And if I found out my nonexistent wife did that, well we probably wouldn't be married for much longer.

[@johncasteel1780]

Not true. A family with school age children will try to live in housing, especially overseas. Overseas, the economy just doesn't have the family support structure a family needs. In general in the US, military DoDS schools are better than all but the best civilian schools. One reason is the DoDS schools are run by the DoD not the DoEd.

[@elza_jay]

@@johncasteel1780 My mother raised my sister (in elementary to middle school) and I (starting when i was in kindergarten) as a single parent for years while my dad served in active duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. I've met other people who were in my situation and some who lived in military housing on base. It was only ever the wives that lived on base that tried to pull their husband's rank.

[@johncasteel1780]

@@elza_jay Ma'am, you have my sympathy and, more importantly, respect. I retired after Iraq I (Desert Storm), but before the shit storm that was Iraq II and Afghanistan.

[@Tantejay]

Surfboard-Story: "Is she supposed to wear a winter coat?" Nope. A Burkini.

[@Snivy_Films]

Nice pun

[@maieen2665]

Get out 😛 /j

[@fdm2155]

So if ES can't learn to surf because breasts are too distracting, is he expecting a males only beach? 🤣🤣

[@North_annex]

take my like and leave

[@Tantejay]

@@North_annex Why should I? ^^

[@shadowclaw8607]

Story 1: I am a man living with Asperger's. I am high functioning because of my mom. She didn't coddle me. She helped set me up. This kid will never be able to live a fulfilling life. May God have mercy on everyone

[@GameAlicornLuna]

I am as well. My parents were divorced while I was young but I was raised by both. My mother still spoils me (and my brother) but my father molded me well. I love both of them equally and with my mother spoiling me, I tend to spoil the rest of my family with gifts for their birthday celebrations.

[@ahstiasummers5583]

Most recent reddit updates said that the parents tried disciplining the little brat with groundings and sticking to their guns when he throws tantrums, but the mom was sneaking things behind dad's back to the brat. It came to a boiling point the brat was making unreasonable demands of and mistreating his mom so badly she slapped him before breaking down to self-harm and needed hospitalization. The dad 'wailed' on the brat, unknown if this meant actual belt beating or just verbal. OP came to watch the brat while his parents were in the hospital, and it seemed this finally knocked sense into the brat as he realized how horrible he was behaving

[@TheBlackWolf17]

I will soon be a military wife and my soon to be husbands rank is something I'm proud he achieved. But using his rank would just be so ignorant and just all around dumb. I would never do that and it makes me sick to see women doing that. Like your spouse worked hard for where they are at. Using their rank gets them in trouble so all that hard work goes down the shitter.

[@Spacemanct]

The first story sucks for the little kids who's birthday it was, but I can't stop laughing while thinking about a little kid hitting a cake with a clothesline.

[@alexisgrunden1556]

Clothesline is a wrestling move, where you catch your opponent across the throat with an extended, stiff forearm, and their own inertia does most of the work of taking them down. Pretty sure in this context, OP means that his brat brother used his arm in a similar movement to launch the cake at the poor birthday boy.

[@jacklamborn8810]

@@alexisgrunden1556 That's equally as funny

[@Kelaiah01]

At least the kid's mom got another cake for her son. From what I remember when I read the original post, the kids were laughing and having fun after the entitled family left.

[@2009SONICFAN]

@@alexisgrunden1556 idk.. I have autism, not very severe but I’m on the lowest tier in the spectrum. I used to think people who were super severe with autism were bad people mostly because of their reactions to stuff not going their way. But honestly… I can’t really blame the brother for this… he could’ve been an alright person if the parents weren’t shit heads.

[@polygonally_dunce7813]

Did he release the bogus?

[@rhijones382]

Story one: like i said the last time I read OPS story, autistic or not the EK needs to learn boundaries and his parents needed to not coddle him (again I'm autistic and even though I had problems, I was never spoiled as a kid) Story 2: ED and ES are both perverts. Plain and simple Story 3: OP can actually report EM for flaunting if I'm not mistaken.

[@joshlithuania508]

That last story about the army wife reminds me of my step bros wife. Easily one of the most indignant rude self-absorbed entitled ignorant know-it-all's I've ever met. And I work customer service.

[@jongump4129]

@rSlash, as a veteran (air force) who worked closely with all branches overseas, there's always interservice rivalry, kinda like siblings teasing each other. When a civilian tried it though, we banded together as brothers. There are some dependent spouses who felt they could take on the persona of the service and rank of their service member, and felt they could demand their respect of rank. They also felt they had to hold all other branches in disdain. Thankfully, those spouses were very few, as a percentage. But as they were louder, typically, and more "memorable," they seemed to stand out, making them appear more normal than they are. Keep up your work, it is appreciated for the stories you choose, and for the vocal tones you apply to the various bad characters in them. You stand out in the crowd of similar content makers on here. It was your voice choices that got me into this kind of content. Cheers!

[@finnmchugh99]

The 2nd story... Yikes! Even if I am socially anxious and my eyes wander from time to time when going to point A to B either in college or in the town I get super self-conscious of where I'm looking, that story creeped me out cuz it's like the "It's your fault you left the steak on the table and that made my dog jump on the table and eat it" analogy. To clarify I mean you can have dogs trained not to do that exact thing and saying the food distracted em is a poor excuse for lack of training.

[@puffanimates]

I have high functioning autism myself and I'm so SO happy my parents never enabled bad or antisocial behavior for me because then I could've ended up exactly like some of the kids in these posts I see where the parents do just for the sake of it bring "easier" to deal with. Especially since by not enabling the bad behavior it's made it so I'm personally able to deal with it easier and have become alot more independent as a young adult, it can still be hard but luckily I didn't end up like some other kids with worse parents. With the way this kid is going these parents are gonna have a spoiled, bratty, and completely dependent child that can't think for themselves because they never got told no or taught how to behave properly while they were still young.

[@tekcomputers]

Yep, that's why that kid is as bad as he is. The parents basically reward his attention seeking behaviour all the time. If he indeed is on the autism spectrum he already has social issues that would require some extra help with, and rather than help him learn how to self-filter and deal with it, they just reward his bad behaviour.

[@strikeforce1500]

2nd story: Ah, a match made in hell. How dare a girl wear a bikini, in a BEACH. At least nobody had to deal with the child and the man child again. Also, lmao. "The customer is always right", so, OP is also right, since she was a customer too.

[@LaineMann]

The funny thing I THINK this is the same surf teacher who was asked to cover up by an entitled mom and then accused of having an orgy.

[@Sanodi21]

Considering how much of a hurricane of destruction first story OP's little brother became after they left? Stuff like this story is *precisely* why that isn't going to stop any time soon and the parents deserve all they get.

[@Persholm1]

"The customer is always right" is the mentality of a person who don't think they *can* be wrong.

[@simong9067]

I was disappointed that ED was offered a free session he really had no right to. It might have been easier in the moment, but not only is it wrong to reward what looks like habitual bullying, it isn't in the interests of the company to have such a disruptive customer. His son will absorb excessive staff time, is likely to do something stupid and dangerous and will spoil the experience of other students. He should have been directed to the car park and invited not to come back.

[@chezsnailez]

Customer is always right in terms of what they purchase and nothing more. They can't just go around making demands...

[@sourisvoleur4854]

@@chezsnailez Exactly. The full quote is, "The customer is always right in matters of taste."

[@dracko158]

ED: *"Put your breasts away!!"* Also ED: **Stares at said breasts** Also also ED: *"It's your fault aNyWaY."*

[@landmine121]

ED: "It's YOUR fault that I'm staring at your breasts even though I can choose to look away, I want you FIRED because you're distracting me" Oh no a Woman wearing a bikini at the beach. What a nightmare. God forbid he finds certain websites.

[@nicoleb695]

Ugh, someone's a creepy perv. It's men like him that keep victim blaming for s/a going

[@mani-ei5kq]

@@landmine121 Can't wait till he finds out that nude beaches exist

[@landmine121]

@@mani-ei5kq lmao. I would pay to see that reaction.

[@landmine121]

@@nicoleb695 I know. Its sad when we ha e disgusting creeps like him in this world. One of the many reasons I hate being male myself is people like him giving those of us who actually respect Females a bad name.

[@hypersonic2828]

As an autistic person who has been surrounded by several people who have much worse autism than me, I can confirm people can be this insane.

[@johnlozowsky4732]

Last story: everyone gets into the army, they just want a “special rank.” The type of people to never leave high school in the past. Edit: The Army wanted me colorblind, horseshoe kidney, and missing finger when most of the other branches, minus the Marines and the Army, told me I could have a limited number of roles.

[@Right-Is-Right]

To be fair your roles would still be limited in the army or marines with those problems, if you even made it through MAPS, the world notorious asshole starers. Your statement of everyone gets in the army is untrue.

[@blackcreators]

Some people actually join as a service to our country. I'm not sure what a "special rank" even is but if you're talking about advancing in rank why is that a bad thing? Maybe you're happy with your paper hat as you're working the fryer but some people want to improve themselves.

[@johnlozowsky4732]

@@blackcreators Being told I cannot work on a nuclear reactor because of my missing pinky finger is a load of horseshit, not from the army but the navy. I wanted to serve in the Navy, doing what I wanted to do like the recruitment team was hinting at. I am working on a biomechanics degree to create more affordable prosthetics. You may look down at someone for working in the service industry for a little, but they’re the ones making your food. Maybe instead of being filled with malice you take the old advice of if you have nothing nice/constructive to say dont say it at all. By special rank I mean a private, as in E-1 and E-2, with the E-2 thinking they dont have to take into account ideas from “lower ranking” people. You see time and time again why the military sometimes is a bureaucratic mess.

[@johnlozowsky4732]

@@Right-Is-Right the Army recruiters were telling me i would get through meps with them but I wanted the Navy, who couldn’t even guarantee me passing.

[@tekcomputers]

​@@johnlozowsky4732 Colorblind knocks you out of pretty much the entirety of the ATS/AES Navy rates, which includes the EM, MM and ET nuclear rates.

[@Eagercheetah20]

Ok with story 1 I hope the parents are happy with the spoiled child they raised as they’re gonna be stuck with him forever

[@JohnSmith-xq1pz]

Yeah I can't see OP after EPs are in the ground looking after his brother

[@MEWMEWDENSETSU]

Amen to that

[@DarkEinherjar]

That's exactly what happened in the previous story: they were finally forced to discipline him after he went on a rampage and wrecked the house for not getting a PS5.

[@fdm2155]

Had a cousin in a similar situation. His parents refsed to allow anyoe to properly train him and certainly not to discipline him or expect normal chores and behavior from him. He was able to live in his parents' home until his mother died. Then in his late 40s he was placed in a care home because no one could manage him so none of his siblings were willing to take him in.

[@chevgage6210]

I'm mad no one called CPS cause refusing to treat autism is qualified neglect.

[@360entertainment2]

Kind of related to the surfing story: when I was deployed to Iraq in 2006 my platoon was doing some random tasks and we were allowed to “downgrade” our uniforms, meaning remove the button up top. As we’re doing this another platoon arrived to do the same thing and also downgraded. As we were working a Sergeant from the other platoon approached one of our females and ordered her to put her top back on, she asked why and he wouldn’t give a response other than “that’s an order”. Our platoon sergeant, someone you didn’t want to mess with (I know from personal experience 😂), walked up and asked what the issue was. The sergeant explained himself and my platoon sergeant asked him “did you tell all of my Troops to put their tops back on?” The other sergeant kind of stammered before my platoon sergeant continued “what about your troops? Did you tell them to put their tops back on too?” Again the other sergeant didn’t have an answer until my platoon sergeant finally said,” how about you stop paying attention to my soldier’s tits before we have a platoon brawl!” He was the kind of guy who was always down for a fight, before deployment we’d regularly do a 5 mile run and then return to do an impromptu combatives session and within our platoon only one guy ever beat him. The other sergeant just kind of got wide eyed for a minute before dismissing himself and going back to where his troops were. My platoon sergeant just went back to where he was working and we all just chuckled.

[@Aurora-fi5gx]

I was JUST talking to my neighbor about her son (who is high needs/low functioning autistic), and he still gets invited for birthdays. He doesn’t always understand, but they do a work around for him. Before they go out, he gets to blow out once candle for “birthday luck” so the birthday kids wish comes true! He doesn’t make a wish, he just blows out a candle. It works wonders for them who had something similar happen as the first story. He had blown out some candles at someone else’s birthday party. So, they asked for one candle and took him outside, did his own “blowing out candle” thing, and it’s been fine ever since!

[@silverflight01]

Story 1: I get that it's hard to deal with someone with High-Function Autism, but you don't deal with it by just enabling their behavior. I don't remember the ending of the past story, but I think OP mentioned that after OP left, things became hell for the parents

[@icetweiz]

like the certain blue arm hating sonic fan

[@morgandouglas6014]

Exactly. Even people with high functioning autism need to be taught right from wrong. If you go too long without ever telling your kid no, they grow up to be menaces to society.

[@privateeyety5735]

Yeah he threw a huge fit and started breaking thousands of dollars worth of stuff with a chair

[@sailorathena17]

As someone who is autistic at least I had a lot of manners at events as a teenager unlike Op’s brother who has no qualms whatsoever ever

[@puffanimates]

I have high functioning autism myself and I'm so SO happy my parents never enabled bad or antisocial behavior for me because then I could've ended up exactly like some of the kids in these posts I see where the parents do just for the sake of it bring "easier" to deal with. Especially since by not enabling the bad behavior it's made it so I'm personally able to deal with it easier and have become alot more independent as a young adult, it can still be hard but luckily I didn't end up like some other kids with worse parents.

[@iceflar]

in regards to the surfer story: i absolutely hate when people try that" the customer is always right" thing. i work in retail and i can assure you the customer is NOT always right. theres any number of things that have to be taken into consideration first, one major thing i used to run into a lot is having to show a valid form of identification for tobacco and alcohol in addition to scanning a barcode on the back of it(second is store policy). a number of people are convinced the government is watching what they buy through that barcode and left pissed off because i wouldn't let them have their way

[@gundampharmacist7348]

Story 1: Oh no. Oh heeeeeell naw. I’m autistic, and yeah I had meltdowns and tempertanturms when I was a kid from time to time, but not only was I taught to try and control them, I was explicitly taught that dragging others down with me was way, way, WAY worse. My parents and I are no contact, but even with that in mind, they were way better than THESE parents. This kind of enabling behavior is as bad if not worse than discipline bordering on abuse; the latter is horrible but at least you have a CHANCE of learning to adapt to the outside world and functioning on your own. The way this kid is going, he’s never gonna learn those essential skills.

[@fanfictiondreamer7836]

I can't wait to hear about when he's an adult and commit some horrible crimes with the parents justifying his behavior saying "He'S oNlY aUtIsTiC!! yOu ShOuLd CuT hIm SoMe SlAcK!!" Not if his horrible behavior puts someone else's child in danger. They shouldn't be surprised if they were sued by another family after he comes on to their daughter. Disgusting people.

[@animeotaku307]

Same, though my meltdowns were more to do with overstimulation than being spoiled. My parents just helped me learn to deal with it or pull back somewhere to calm down.

[@phoenixgirl94]

As an autistic adult I agree

[@rhijones382]

THIS. I was the exact same as a kid I'm not high functioning but I was treated poorly at school. Other kids were the reason I acted the way I did. Wasn't my mother who raised me after my real dad walked out on us. She never spoiled me

[@An0nymous_L0gic]

You are very correct. In his previous post, OP talked about how after he left home and his parents couldn't use him to babysit or help manage his brother, the brother went off the deep end and made his parents' life miserable. They had to live with the monster they created, and it wasn't fun.

[@finalfantasylord1]

Story 1: basically, what those parents have done is create a child who has special needs and made it into a "get away with shit" card as all he needs to do is have a meltdown and mommy comes to his rescue and attempts to give him whatever he wanted in the first place. the world doesn't need more brats like that. i mean if OP hasn't cut them off by then what will happen if he has a meltdown at OP's wedding about him wanting to marry her are those enabling parents going to try to say the younger brother is now her fiancée and that the wedding is off with OP because good luck with that.

[@hollyhayes9640]

Women: *Exist.* This guy: Sorry, but women aren't allowed to go outside being attractive like that. Did... did we go back to 1950? What??? 🙃

[@Groza_Dallocort]

Middle-east

[@dracko158]

This guy is stuck in an era where bikinis aren't as skimpy as the ones today.

[@ramenbomberdeluxe4958]

I hate to be pedantic, but people really short-sell how far back the oppression of women ACTUALLY goes. 1950's? Try literally most of human history and in most societies, where men barbarically locked women down into being baby factories and submissives to the men.

[@Right-Is-Right]

Surfer rejects story where alleged surfer refers constantly to their board as "surfy", that is a nickname for a surfer, not a f'ng board. why would you even make up or use a nickname with the same amount of letters in it anyway?

[@slvttysmile]

@@Right-Is-Right can you stfu? you're in every comment with this. you say you didn't even read the story so don't comment. you don't even know what's going on anyways.

[@WereRea3807]

Story 2: My mother had a double mastectomies from Breast Cancer, she wears a prosthetic bra. So funnily enough, she can take her boobs off and put them away.

[@talphazero1036]

Now the situation he talked about could actually happen😭😭😂🤣🤣

[@dracko158]

ED: *"Take your breasts off!!!"* Your mom: "Okay." **Takes breasts/bra off** ED: **Confused Screaming**

[@meaghanfoley4818]

That’s not funny but also funny as hell.

[@jenniferbure5182]

Military spouse here: my husband is in the Air Force and, yes, these people do exist. Its even more disgusting to other spouses of service members than anything. I personally dont associate with anyone who wears the rank of their spouse as if it is their own. I dont care if your husband is E-1 or O-9, have some class!

[@austinfranklin417]

You hit the nail on the head. Being not only an AF veteran, but also a former spouse, we can't stand the entitled ones. They don't seem to understand that the actual rank holding spouse can get in trouble for their shitty behavior. It is truly disgusting how some of them act. Like no sweetie. Your partner earned the rank, you aren't special, get to the back of the line.

[@iysistaylor9542]

Navy Brat to Air Force Spouse here: Can confirm that there is a spouse like this in every branch. 🤦🏾‍♀️I can't stand when they try to wear their partner's rank and say "you have to salute me too," or "that's right, you should be thanking me for my service," it drives me insane.😒 I also work at a commissary and see this everyday. When you check out, the cashiers (in our store) are required to say "thank you for your service," to everyone! I always tell them "I don't serve, I serve him dinner," it less awkward and gives the workers a good laugh. 💜

[@GhostRider-sc9vu]

@@iysistaylor9542 This there are probably more "Karens" in @rSlashes neighborhood than on any military base. I mean there are the Politicians spouses, the LEOs spouses, the Lawyers spouses, so many spouses whose heads are stuck so far up their fourth point of contact that they can inspect their navel from the inside. The ones that usually cop this attitude are young officer wives 1st or 2nd Lt. or Junior NCO wives E-5 or E6 ones who just got into the service or leadership roles. The best example of a typical group of military wives is the ones in "We Were Soldiers". With Hal Moore's wife being an example of what all of them aspire to become.

[@missmutt3741]

I’m an Army brat and nether me or my mom would act like that no matter what rank my dad was.

[@MimikyuCookie]

I feel like those spouses have nothing else in their lives to be proud of, so they use their partner’s rank to get some any amount of worth in their lives.

[@iankiser]

Not all Army wives are that way. The ones that are we call Dependas, short for Dependapotomus I think there is a whole sub reddit for them.

[@ahstiasummers5583]

The misogyny is strong in the surfboard story. What an interesting way for the ED to say "I blame women for my own inability to control my emotions"

[@clairethompson5549]

I feel like we should put this on t-shirts and just hand them out to men who throw tantrums over women having bodies. How dare we. 🙄😆

[@LaineMann]

The funny thing is I’m 90% this is the same girl who was accused by an entitled mom of having an orgy. I SWEAR it’s the same woman.

[@jasminelambert3753]

It really makes me feel bad for the mother of that kid. We obviously don’t know if she and the dad are together, but they at least interacted at some point and I’m sure he was just as bad to her

[@dposcuro]

Man......Someone should really print out some cards for people: "And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for. thee that one of thy members should perish, and. not that thy whole body should be cast into hell." Or just put "Matthew 5:29" on them, and hand them out to misogynistic pricks when they start demanding women to be more modest.

[@utej.k.bemsel4777]

@@dposcuro surely not the eye but another "member" LOLOLOL

[@kristenhetrick]

As an autistic young lady with a younger autistic brother, that boy absolutely knew that the party wasn't for him. There isn't any excuse for him or the parents, they spoiled him and let him get away with too much. Has nothing to do with being autistic and the fact they use that as an excuse for his behavior is so unbelievably disgusting. My brother, who was diagnosed young while I still haven't been, is one of the most caring and understanding people I know and has gone out of his way to make people feel special at parties and such. It was how he and I were raised, how all three of my mother's kids were raised. Those parents don't know how to raise a child, especially one with autism.

[@Phantom.Gaming64]

I really feel bad to those who had deal with the crazy brother in the first story. This puts to show that the parents of the Crazy Brother were lazy and didn't want to put in the effort to keep him in control. Serves him right that no-one wanted to invite him to birthday parties after word spread around about him. If you can't act right and accept the fact that not everything is about you, you have failed as a person and deserve to be alone.

[@MariuigiKhed]

I swear this story (the first) was also on "Am I the Jerk". Favoured younger child, parents shamelessly ask if he can blow the candle at not his birthday, second part of a story told in a previous video...

[@asterross]

As someone who married a blockhead army soldier, I couldn't help but laugh at the last post. My dad served in the marines, and my spouse has made countless jokes that he should restock his food supplies before handing him boxes of crayola crayons. (Marines are jokingly called crayon eaters lol). There is no, "Don't mix the branches." That's all military wife BS that I can't stand.

[@depressedsushiroll1804]

"The army has standerds!" The army is the easiest to get into lady! You have to take a bunch of test to get into the service. I don't know the higharcy of testing, I just know the coast gaurd is hardest and the army will take about anyone

[@lieutenantdan8541]

The lack of standards, more-so the lack of enforcement, absolutely pisses me off. Last year I got a new medic in my platoon, straight out of AIT he cannot do a trauma assessment which is the most basic thing a medic can do. A year later he still sucks at his job and sucks at being a soldier but leadership won't do anything about it except for baby him around, I'm afraid it might get someone killed one day.

[@florian8599]

She's obviously salty because the Marines have a more badass reputation than the Army...

[@xlifexwithxlithiumx]

I was thinking the same ! Air Force is the hardest ! Coast guard and army the easiest ! Then navy and Marines

[@lieutenantdan8541]

@@xlifexwithxlithiumx Nice joke

[@markcollins2666]

@@xlifexwithxlithiumx, Nothing easy about the Coast Guard, it is very specialized, and mentally, the toughest. They are seagoing cops, or working in support of seagoing cops. They defend the country by enforcing maritime law.

[@justicedunham4088]

“The Army has standards” Yeah, standards far below every other branch. There’s a reason they say you only need a pulse to join the army.

[@dracko158]

The wife saying "The army has standards" even if she isn't a soldier herself. If that isn't the definition of "wearing her husband's stripes", I don't know what the f*ck else is.

[@missmutt3741]

Not all ARMY wives act like that, my mom didn’t.

[@richardweighill8556]

Army Wives - as with any social group there’s a full spectrum of people from wonderful, generous, and friendly to miserable, cheap and obnoxious. I was in the military for 4 years and from personal observation and reflection I believe that the ones who adopt their husbands ranks are often people who have never felt like they had any power or respect given to them and now they think they can demand it. This is reinforced by the fact that 99% of the time the soldiers, of any rank, will show politeness and deference to any woman on base as a standard courtesy and these women begin to believe that they DESERVE it for some reason.

[@GnomeYoutube]

The birthday person from both stories I feel very bad for and hope that they are doing much better!

[@Sanodi21]

They bailed after turning 18 and left his storm of a little brother with his terrible parents

[@Yumi_Jay]

Yea in an update post, their parents regretted it. Awful parents. I have autism and my family especially my dad took no flack from me. They knew I had my moments, but it was more about learning how to work my emotions in a safe setting and not acting entitled.

[@isopodsouptemp]

As an autistic person, YES sometimes our meltdowns - if he really was having a meltdown there and wasn’t just in an entitled rage - can come in the form of aggression and violence. Since the forms of how our meltdowns can present themselves are kinda related to the fight, flight or freeze reflex, if that helps any allistic people understand. Some people may get aggressive in the panic and pain, some people might try to escape and some just shut down (that’s how it is for me, personally) The key thing is WHY he had a meltdown. For me, if a room is too loud, bright and crowded for too long it can cause meltdowns. If a schedule I had well planned and was very determined to achieve gets thrown off course because of someone else it can cause a meltdown. Etc, etc. Having a meltdown because you’re not the centre of attention is NOT a common cause of a meltdown. If anything, it’s far more usual for someone to have a meltdown BECAUSE they’re the centre of attention. It really just sounds like he got angry and threw a tantrum, not a meltdown. And if he did have a meltdown it’s because of his parents. They’ve conditioned him to be the centre of attention. It’s a very, very consistent routine in his life. And his meltdowns coming out in aggression is never properly dealt with (usually it’s misdirected at something else that’s safe like tearing up spare paper, chewing something like chewable fidget necklaces and the person is moved somewhere for the peak of the meltdown to pass in a quieter, more private room where somewhere can still supervise them, etc. So they don’t start skin picking, biting themselves, hair pulling, etc which are pain seeking stems turning into self harm) His parents have just been pushing everyone else so they don’t have to properly deal with it. They’re selfish and your brother is as well but probably has more of an explanation (NOT an excuse) being his parents directly helped cause this and enabled his behaviour. Autistic people require some accommodations to deal with meltdowns and behaviour that allistic people might not such as more quiet space, regular reminders, etc. But it is NOT impossible and it’s usually not much harder than changing an allistic persons negative behaviour. TLDR: I’m an autistic and while angry meltdowns aren’t weird, having a meltdown because you’re not the centre of attention at someone else’s birthday is caused by selfishness. Your parents raised him to be this way and all three of them need therapy ASAP

[@frith.calluna]

That little brother from the first story is gonna have a VERY hard time as an adult if this behavior doesn't change DRASTICALLY in the next few years. Judging by the parents' behavior, there's no hope for this kid since they not only enable it, they encourage it.

[@dracko158]

The story after that shows that OP moved out and took the PS4 with him, and the brat didn't like that, so the parents bought him one too. Later down the line, that kid destroyed what I assume is the house for not getting another gaming system that he wanted. By then, the parents just couldn't tolerate their behavior and was thinking about sending him to military school or something, but OP knows damn well they couldn't afford it.

[@frith.calluna]

@@dracko158 Yup I heard about that as well on a different channel. Sounds like the parents are now realizing they created a monster, but would rather ship the kid off to be someone else's problem. Maybe that's for the best, since these parents are obviously incapable of raising this child.

[@astronautraddude1962]

The Birthday story sadly mimics my life too closely. I have a developmentally delayed brother and until I was 16 my birthday had to be about both of us even though he already had a birthday party in April (I was born in September). My brother always got a gift ON MY BIRTHDAY and it always had to be about him. This caused a lot of resentment between my brother and I which I have worked on in therapy. If you do this to your children I can say from personal experience they will resent you and their sibling.

[@devinw6332]

The lady in that last text exchange is probably a “tag chaser.” and is “wearing her husbands stripes.”

[@shadowa1ien473]

"you will refer to me by my husbands rank!" easily the best joke i've ever heard

[@rachelgarber1423]

I’ve heard that first story before, if it’s the same one I’ve heard, the spoiled brat brother started stealing from his brother one time ransacking his room to get money he had to hide, and spending the night he stole on some kind of electronics. Parents blamed the brother saying, that wouldn’t have happened if he had just give his brother the money

[@DisneyFanatic2364]

My dad worked for the state department, and we'd spend a lot of time with diplomat and military families. I don't know anyone who acted like they did in the last story. That army wife gives military families a bad name.

[@everitthesketh3856]

Sometimes people are like that because the army is fucking hard (pardon my language) and so the army wife thinks that she has the right to shove that in others faces

[@mindyschocolate]

That’s a dependa for you.

[@BeeWhistler]

There are people in this world who don’t know how to feel included unless someone else is excluded. They’ll exploit whatever mean girl crap it takes to get their superiority boner.

[@brutalfashion]

In my experience, yes, dependents (usually wives, sometimes kids) are very entitled. I like in a military city (lots of bases), and they ALL EXPECT a discount, wherever they shop or eat. It’s like, you just married him, girl. I get moving is hard, but you signed up for that life, just like he did. Live with it.

[@Jedi_Spartan]

9:57 As a long time fan of the Clarkson era of Top Gear, whenever anyone says "Watch this!", it means that something's about to go wrong.

[@terribleeditor4556]

The audacity of walking up to the parents at your kid's birthday party. "Can our kid blow out your kids birthday candles and open your kid's birthday presents."

[@inquisition3173]

The last story: So there is rivalry between branches, sure, but depend-apotamuses are the only ones I see truly get like this for whatever reason. Some idiots might try to blindly listen to their spouses, but in reality the main motto is "1 Team, 1 Fight". Being competitive is just supposed to drive performance. If you are actually hostile, or discriminatory because of someones branch of service, oh you can bet your chain of command will come after you for it. Also theres no rule of thumb you cant "mingle" between the branches. In fact for dating and making friendships, it ends up being easier because your rank and affiliation doesnt pose a risk to your career. This will sound a little weird, but I ended up pretty isolated at one of my duty stations, ended up making a really amazing friend who had about an extra year of service on me. We were both the rank of E-4 (Specialist) but he was promotable to E-5 (Sergeant). I told him I was happy for him that he had the opportunity, but I told him too, we cant hang out if he gets promoted. I ultimately think he turned it down because he realized that while he had more friends than I in the unit, none of us were promotable or had aspirations to become promotable so hed virtually be completely alone. Theres ways around it, weird other scenarios, but if we were any combination of any other two branches it wouldnt be nearly as scrutinized.

[@GhostRider-sc9vu]

This is true just watch after the end of the Army-Navy Football Game when the Cadets and Midshipmen come together and sing their school's respective Alma Maters.

[@BrittKGM]

I looked up the OP from the first story on Reddit and there’s a new story from about 5 days ago; the parents FINALLY see the light and the little bro gets what he deserves

[@clevergray8754]

"The customer is always right" doesn't mean what entitled people think it means.

[@karanhdream]

A friend of mine has among her step siblings (children of her mother's second husband) someone on the autism spectrum. That person sticks to their routine and habits and it matters a lot to them as it makes them feel safe, which is quite okay no problems here. However, when my friend's mother tried to suggest that maybe they do one thing slightly different during Christmas Eve, they threatened to kill her and tried to hit her. Worse, their siblings defended that behaviour like it's acceptable to tell some you're going to kill them. They told her that she was the one out of line and that she should apologize. That person is considered high functioning but they were coddled their entire life to a point that they're not really high functioning anymore since they think they can get away with anything. My friend's mother refused to apologize and just chose to leave the party since she didn't feel safe. That person, like the boy of the first story... it's not entirely their fault. They were led to believe they can get away with anything because they're on the spectrum and never learned any self-control because their behaviours were always enabled not matter how disrespectful, harmful or rude they are. That is not how you handle autisme in a responsible manner.

[@janputz4157]

Nice. Gave them a voucher showing them they can get through with stunts like that.

[@sheeptasticSeb]

Probably as a pacification to prevent escalation. Also the kid will probably give up 5 mins into the free lesson too 😂

[@janputz4157]

@@sheeptasticSeb Oh you're definitely right and I wouldn't blame them the slightest. Situations like these are so confusing and stressful and they might get an earful from managers o something like that. Still unfortunate that these people can get away with bs like that.

[@skullyrodger]

Autism runs in my family, I have a very minor case of it, my older sister does, her oldest daughter is in the spectrum and her second oldest son is full blown incognitive autistic and NOBODY uses that as an excuse. Even her son who is completely autistic has learned and accepted the word no, though it may need to be repeated and obviously he has to have a continuous eye on him. People that use disabilities as an excuse for just being generally shitty are disgusting.

[@PowerStruggle555]

I bet you...goodie bags were invented due to a Karen and a EK. Like the Karen demanded their angel get a present as well...someone gave in but made it candy and little trinkets to please them but also everyone else so the karen wouldnt she completely won

[@KingBronzeL]

I am a high functioning autistic adult...I would NEVER behave like that. As an autistic I find this enabling bad habits...not giving them the tools they need to succeed in life.

[@test-kf2zv]

Story 1: When parents do things like this, I always feel just a tiny bit bad for the kid, whether they have autism or not. They're being told their behavior is okay, maybe even goaded into it, so how are they going to learn? Andit does sound like it's not just enabling here, but the parents almost coaching the kid. Did OP ever post how their sibling is doing now that they're older? Or is the sibling still young? (I forget that some Redditors are still in high school.)

[@ammalyrical5646]

The younger was like 14 in that other story and OP went away for college, I think. When he left home the parents realized what they had done and begged OP for help, which he didn't want to give. IIRC they ended up low contact. But if you want to be sure you can look up his Reddit handle and check his stories.

[@CrescentAria02]

Even if the last girls logic stood up, an army soldier talking down to a marine? That's a quick way to get your ass handed to you

[@raleighdeluca5988]

LOLOL surfing story- dad asks for the board, snaps fingers and says, “this is a- GOOGLE PIXEL, THE ONLY PHONE MADE BY GOOGLE!” 😅😅😅😅

[@Frogmommyiester]

I heard the first guys story the first time and was super shocked. This one had me flabbergasted. I have several friends that have kids with autism, varying on the spectrum. First thing taught has always been rules and manners. Just because they CAN do that doesn't mean they are allowed too. I feel bad for the guy and those parents got their karma.

[@freezycastform]

Last story: As an Army Brat (kid of a person/people who served in the military, Army specifically in this case), the stories you hear about Army wives are just the loud, obnoxious ones. You won't hear stories about most military wives because they're, well, normal people.

[@Right-Is-Right]

Apart form the persistent problem of new privates marrying the first stripper they see after basic that is.

[@GhostRider-sc9vu]

@@Right-Is-Right In the 60s and 70s they were from Korea as in the late 40s and 50s from Europe mostly Germany.

[@rawchicken3463]

there was one where a woman said "NY HUSBAND IS AN E4" and the army recruiters for my school had just been in one.of my classes so I was like "that's what 2-4 years"

[@scottbecker4367]

"I don't want my son to be distracted during his lesson." The proper response is "sir, my eyes are up here."

[@chezsnailez]

"I've made my choice..."

[@heroangel98]

The thing about army spouses, is that they can actually get their significant other in serious trouble for the way they act. Like, fireable trouble.

[@leohunter801]

I hate the phrase "the customer is always right" cause no the customer is NOT always right reason why I believe in the phrase "the customer is most usually wrong, but can be right sometimes"

[@zekromtrainer1222]

I think it's more "the customer is always right about what they want" the situation where Karens says is not where it's appropriate 🤔

[@foxfireinferno197]

The universal code phrase for 'I'm about to do something stupid that's going to end in disaster': "Watch this!"

[@ZacharytheAustisicCat]

god the 1st story got me feeling bad for op and the parents saying they treat his brother is just lazy parenting yes raising a autism child is a bit or very hard base on the level of autism but they are lazy and had to deal with the lazy karma at them it not a reason to be lazy sorry for the long text

[@adorkablegina230]

That's how you end up with a certain sonic fan who cannot function in society in any way shape or form. Who ends up running over a manager because he was kicked out over being a smelly man child who harassed children or pepper spraying game stop employees over not liking a sonic boom display.

[@ZacharytheAustisicCat]

yep or a reddit mod living in a basement

[@jesss8980]

My sister is a high functioning autistic. She would never get away with this! Having a child with autism does not give that child a right to be a brat. Yes, some accommodations need to be made, but that is why things like behavior therapy and regular therapy exist.

[@qdllc]

Never learned to surf, but don’t they have boards on a balance mount so newbies can learn how to stand on the board? I’d suspect a poor sense of balance/coordination and low core strength would make it impossible to stand on the board.

[@ericcannady1587]

For the last story she should have said: "good choice, your husband would need Congressional approval to do anything anyways

[@snaildude268]

Story 1: when that spoiled brat start going through puberty you already know what kind of views he will have about people not wanting to date him.

[@adamguymon7096]

When I was a kid it would never get to the point of me pushing a cake into the birthday boy's face. I would have got my ass beat? To use Autism as an excuse is despicable!

[@Whiskeyactual9531]

There are two types of military wives. Dependents and dependappopotamus. This is an example of the latter of the two

[@samueleveleigh2767]

the probable reason for so many army wives acting entitled and obsessed with their partners rank is because while on an army base they have very little to do and like any group of humans that changes semi regularly there is no room for clique or social groups leading to feral wolf mentality where everyone tries to one up the others (in alot of cases). but obviously since army bases are often isolated that means the only things of worth you as a house wife would have is money and rank, both of which come from the husband and both are linked. but again thats just generally what happens and is not the rule.

[@Elhvir]

Story 2: I'm always hoping to get to witness this sort of scene, just to be able to tell person back "You should cover up, your naked neck is REALLY distracting and inappropriate!" And yes, for clarification, I am a white male but I am bi-sexual. Been lucky at home area never to get anyone flip out over it but once when I was US one parent *almost* had a tantrum with me because "they don't feel comfortable letting their child be with a sexual predator". Said child was 16...

[@ProjektTaku]

the real question is, wtf did they think you were a SP?

[@Elhvir]

@@ProjektTaku I was bisexual and open about it. To them that equaled that I'd be wanting to have sex with every under-16-years-old boy on the camp, somehow (which was just doubly-funny due to fact that most of time my preference in men at the time was those OLDER than me...)

[@liamblackman7215]

the clicking at 13.02 was satisfying, I like when you do the actions that are read in a story.

[@silverflight01]

Story 3: Probably for egotistical reasons. What the EM was doing was very disrespectful. My parents (My dad is in the Army) actually treat people of other branches like friends.

[@Sacaed13]

Friendly rivalries for sure, but at joint commands, you will see a lot of branch mixing, so this lady is in for a rude wake up call someday.

[@seabass819]

I can understand being proud of your SO who is serving the country, hell I can even understand being proud of his unit. But to disrespect someone else's SO because they enlisted into a different branch, is just plain asinine.

[@toomuchglitters7254]

Right like, she knows they're on the same team, right?

[@sopadumacacoumadelicia5]

Except Marines! Those dang Marines lol