r/MaliciousCompliance - Smug 'Karen' Lawyer Makes Me Obey DUMB Orders! Regrets It lol

[@DarkEinherjar]

Story 4: It turns out the husband had a point, and she needed to lose weight... so she let go of the dead weight that the husband was.

[@tmntfangirl4700]

LOL, that’s so true

[@carolineben-ari2798]

Exactly. She needed to lose about 300 pounds of unnecessary fat. So happy for her that she did just that.

[@mjjoe76]

I shook my head at the guy in Story 2. If your partner is getting an advanced degree, you should be lifting them up (and maybe telling others how awesome they are). Not getting jealous and needlessly competitive.

[@LoveOnTheInsidex3]

💯

[@silvercade2184]

My father was not a good person in a lot of ways, but when my mom, while I was in college, got her Bachelors (and later got her Masters) my father sat in the audience both times with a proud smile on his face you couldn't stop.

[@sarumano884]

Just proves what I always say. You do not need a degree to show you are intelligent. One of the stupidest people I know has a double degree in a medically related discipline, but thought the capital of China was Berlin, and once ended up in London on a train, because she just got on the first train she saw at (x) railway station. She thought all trains stopped at her home town.

[@minnarosenqvistmr]

​@@sarumano884 some people aren't "streets smarta", just in one area of their schooling/job . But when you listen to them, they're truly amazing to listen to, like in a morbid way 😂

[@sakatababa]

why do you think it was needless? exhibited behaviour clearly invites the presumption of some inadequacy complex that drives the need to prove himself.

[@LoveOnTheInsidex3]

Story 3: I’d be surprised if he gets married again with that family, Good for OP !

[@meh2510]

Story 3: Her relationship didn't last to a third christmas? She should have been generous with herself and gifted herself a divorce before the second. At least she got to make him look like a fool on their last christmas together.

[@MarioKaiba]

The last story: Dude, chill. OP was putting it in order to look professional. It made it look further like he was complying. And the labeling only made that fax machine use more ink. To be honest, it was the perfect malicious compliance to do against a lawyer. What OP of the last story did was art.

[@thomasmacdiarmid8251]

The legal rules are that while you do not have to sort through and organize things, you may not shuffle, disguise, or otherwise make the records worse than as you yourself have them. However, discovery rules also allow a 'reasonable charge' for the costs of producing documents. Between law firms it is usually waived, but it would have been fair to bill for something like 10 cents per page - I have seen as much as 25 cents per page, but since OP was not doing the printing, the lesser amount seems more reasonable.

[@marshawargo7238]

It's obvious how dumb her lawyer is, he Still threatened OP at the end😂!!! A box of rocks?

[@Lunalightqueen]

Story 4 I am so glad op sister got out of that typically when one person is claiming the other party is cheating means that they are cheating themselves

[@scribblerstudios9895]

I will say that isn’t always the case. Could just be paranoia or some sort of trauma/anxiety. However yeah. *Most* of the time it’s the case of the pot calling the kettle black

[@marshawargo7238]

Yah what woman would want that for her prize? She could see beforehand what kind of husband he'd be! He probably didn't want his coworkers to see the wife because he'd have to listen to jibes about, why would she marry/stay with/have kids with, him😂!!!

[@PatCummings_aka_DrPat_Reads]

That last story: Including "3-mile-long CVS receipt" - Savage!

[@marshawargo7238]

It didn't teach that lawyer not to threaten OP though😂!!!

[@alantran4901]

Story 1: Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

[@Jet_K]

story 2: Play smart games, also win stupid prizes?

[@SexyJutsuLover]

If OP wanted to play games, he could literally get games downloaded on his phone. It's obvious he didn't want to play.😂😂😂

[@jacknoe4024]

@@Jet_K It must just be stupid prize season! :D

[@liamlockheartart7560]

S3: My family likes to use bags whenever possible. They can be a little more expensive up front but for exchanging between family it works out. We all just save and reuse the same bags every year. Kids get wrapping though so they can rip their stuff open.

[@silverflight01]

Story 3: Honestly, it was for the best, that family's behavior is not healthy. Like who cares how a gift is wrapped?

[@Mikustan39]

People like them, apparently.

[@sakurakittynoir1400]

​​@@Mikustan39or people who wrap the gifts and take great pride in their skills. Gift wrapping is a form of art, after all.

[@Mikustan39]

@@sakurakittynoir1400 And that is exactly why I suck at it.

[@JohnDlugosz]

@@sakurakittynoir1400 It's also a skill. You can pick the most basic paper or have it pre-chosen, and you still have to cut it to size, and fold it neatly. That's something I'm good at.

[@sarumano884]

I think OP got a bit sensitive over her first Christmas with the in-laws. Absolute certainly in my family, if you had to be given hints on how to open a pretty parcel, the next one handed to you, no matter how well wrapped, by 'Santa' would be accompanied by variations of "Would you like someone to open it for you?" or "Do you need instructions?" On the other hand, there would have been NONE of the kitchen backstabbing afterwards. That WAS a reason to be steaming.

[@cparle87]

Story 5 was one of the most magnificent malicious compliances I have ever heard!

[@spykewyn8395]

Story 4: Chris was SUPER cheating, or at least angling to. No matter how much weight Jen lost, he was always going to be the biggest loser in that relationship.

[@nicholasiverson9784]

"She never got out of the car again." Legends say, she's living in her car to this day.

[@sandrasmith2912]

😅😅😂😂🤣🤣

[@larrywest42]

Story 3: Opie (@seriouslampshade) didn't have a husband, she had a leech and a whiny one at that. The odds he'll ever become a man are slim to none, though _sometimes_ a divorce gives people the kick in the head they sorely need.

[@Dommiechan]

Story 4: I was waiting for OP to pull the exact same line on her husband, but that was good too.

[@greymalkin9228]

Story 1: That was a lesson both of them needed to learn. He put up with that BS for FAR too long.

[@PeachHerkimer]

Story 3: That family has obviously lost touch with what the whole point of gift giving and spending holidays with family is. They turned it into a competition and test. It makes me think they see themselves as Christmas royalty. The whole thing is toxic.

[@jaimejones3177]

1: I have a quick story from the other side. Years ago I was in a very abusive relationship... like EVERY kind of abuse. One night we're driving back from his parents place (about an hour ride) and we stopped in a town about 40 min from our place to hit the gas station. I cant remember what started the fight (usually it was me breathing) and I got out and told him I needed 5 min to cool off. I got out and started walking to the otherside of the parkinglot. He followed me in the car screaming that I'd better get in now. I told him to leave me alone for 5 MINUTES. He left. Middle of the night...40 min drive home. So I started walking the highway. I know that's not legal but I didn't have a choice. Couple ppl tried to get me in their cars...really sketchy stuff. Finally a concerned person called the police and they found me walking. He offered to drive me to a town 15 min from my house. Thankfully I had a friend there. She woke her poor bf up at 1am and they drove me home. He was very kind about it. When I got back...he was in bed, sound asleep without a care in the world. Stayed with him way too long... even his parents said they didn't understand why I stayed. The funny part? When I finally broke it off..he told his family it was because I cheated. (So I broke up with HIM because I cheated?)😳 😂 ... and they believed him! (Except his sister) Good God... they were all crazy. Like genuinely.

[@marshawargo7238]

Cheating him out of a large payout life insurance policy he had, that hadn't yet been mature enough to put into action😮!

[@jaimejones3177]

@marshawargo7238 Huh?

[@Thecommentator-hc1fz]

@@marshawargo7238You won’t be able to take an insurance policy on your girlfriend.

[@jonmendelson1104]

I just use aluminum foil to wrap gifts. It takes about 30 seconds, doesn't even require tape or scissors.

[@chelseas3885]

We use newspaper, going for comics or full page ads where possible. Saves trees and money and looks pretty good in my opinion.

[@gwendolynross1674]

Seriously, I love that idea. And I can use the aluminum foil again. 😁

[@paul16451]

A neat idea in theory but I can't wrap my head around a Christmas present that looks like leftovers in the freezer...😂😂😂

[@DelinquentChibi]

I buy standard holiday wrap and tape it closed. It always looks rough and messy, but all I care about is that the gift inside is hidden

[@SuperSpecies]

Wow never go through the airport with your gifts

[@PuppyKatt]

Story 3: My kids and I used the Sunday colored comics for wrapping paper. Reuse, recycle. I am in my late 60's, and my kids are in their 40's, so we had been doing this for at least 40 years.

[@AnthonyPinkerton-d7p]

Story 5: I wanted to write about my financial situation. I live in California and I currently reside in Section 8 housing and every year like clockwork, I have to prepare for my housing recertification process. Invariably I will receive a document stating which financials I’m required to send. Think 6 months of bank statements, four months of Direct Express statements, etc. Well last year I nearly had a conniption. Every time I thought that I had finished complying with the document, a week later I’d receive a statement claiming that I still owed more documents (this went on for four months). Finally, I sent a message that if the housing authority needed any more documents, they’d have to contact my landlord as I gave everything required and I was tired of being asked to resubmit the same crap! Recertification is supposed to take at most a month’s time; last year it took four months of my life, that I’ll never get back! Hopefully this year’s recertification won’t require that I have a nervous breakdown in order to comply with the stupidity that the housing authority?

[@SebastianDPunkt]

I didn't know if its possible to do in the us, in my country i can wrap all documents together and send via certified mail with receipt for sending and receiving. And when they send a letter they want something what was send certified i only reply that i have the receipt they got what they wanted per certified mail and therefor they had it, if not that is there mistake and they had to search inhouse. Here it stops this crap very easy and fast and every judge would laugh at them when it comes to court, cause certified mail with receipt of receiving counts as they had all what they wanted. If lost, thats on them. And best have someone with you who sees and can testify that you take all documents in an envelope and send it all together. And if make it paranoid secure, let this person write a testimony that he saw you pack all in an envelope and send it via certified mail. In most cases this would be overkill, but better safe then sorry. ;) But, this would it be i handle it. After having a similar event with state bureaucracy.

[@Gwennedd]

@@SebastianDPunkt , yes, documents can be easily sent certified mail in the US. It will cost a bit, but at least you have the receipt that stuff was sent. Also, document by taking pics or video of the docs before putting them in envelope and after.

[@TheAttacker732]

​@@SebastianDPunkt By the letter of the law, the confirmation requirement from certified mail counts as bulletproof evidence of receipt. That's not to say that state pencil-pushers can't deny it regardless of the law, but the resulting court case against them should be an eventual win in your favor. Unfortunately, those jobs attract a disproportionate number of people who think that their very existence is a gift unto humanity granted by every single diety simultaneously.

[@Brickzot]

I’m glad you still think we are wonderful and beautiful. Sometimes we forget.

[@meadowsong8560]

He told her “he’d rather go alone because she had put on some weight…” Damn. I have been married 17 years and if my hubby ever said anything like that to me he would be buried in the back garden!

[@nancyomalley6286]

In the meantime, he's obese? He's an abusive, controlling hypocrite!

[@kpfields7130]

I'm honestly surprised that Christmas post marriage lasted two Christmases

[@danstephens9500]

Story 1: I had it happen in reverse. My SO got mad at me and drove off and left me at Walmart. We were about 2 miles from our house. I walked home taking residential back streets so she wouldn't see me on the highway that was the most direct route home. She had gone home, then came back and looked for me for over an hour. I ended up getting back home before she got back. Stupid me, I ended up marrying her. Took me almost 10 years to give up and get a divorce. Note: This was in the late 80's so we didn't have cell phones.

[@gregorythomas333]

Story 1: That little manipulation ploy only works...until it doesn't. Then they get the shocked Pikachu face as you're driving away :) Story 3: Sorry to OP that she had to endure that kind of shitty treatment from the ex & former in-laws but it was good to hear that you got away from the crazy. Story 5: When the lawyer wanted to fax it to OP he should have stated "Sorry, but I am going to have to require a WET INK signature on that release letter."

[@testfire3000]

100% agree with the demand for a wet ink signature! The lawyer wanted him to deliver everything, let's put that shoe on the other foot.

[@sergiom3988]

Story 1: she had the habit of getting out of the car. OP left her and went home ONE TIME, and she stopped doing it. People act the way you ALLOW them to act.

[@sidrat2009]

Gift unwrapping in our house isn't a Ceremony and silence sounds like a great idea but would never, EVER happen. I'm surprised they didn't chose to have their own Christmas with their own family in the second year, let alone the third.

[@Orxenhorf]

Story 5 - That divorce attorney needed a trip before the case judge and the bar association ethics review board for using threats.

[@marshawargo7238]

OP's fax didn't even cure him of it😮! Probably one of those fly by night lawyers who will take any claim at all! I think they're called ambulance chasers?

[@tmntfangirl4700]

Story 3 - I’m usually the one who wraps the gifts in my house because my mom hates wrapping them, though she has to wrap mine, or we use gift bags and no one really cares.

[@Tomcatt817]

#1 was exactly the right thing to do. I did it with my children and it got them out of the tantrum phase really quickly. I would just walk away and not give them the attention they wanted, and they learned really quickly that it did no good and the behavior stopped.

[@Gwennedd]

Yup. Same. My daughter was one to throw the "throw herself on the floor, drum her heels and scream" tantrums. I'd simply pick her up and put her down on her bedroom carpet and walk away, closing the door. It didn't take her long to realize that her tantrums got her nowhere.

[@Tomcatt817]

@@Gwennedd We called that fishing, because they flopped like a fish out of water 🙂

[@LoveOnTheInsidex3]

Story 4: What a pathetic man and terrible father too. Wish I could have seen his face at that event where she embarrassed him.

[@condorboss3339]

" _What kind of person wants a husband like that_ ?" Gold diggers can spot them a mile away.

[@tmntfangirl4700]

Story 3 - I would’ve put the gifts in grocery bags and said here you go.

[@marshawargo7238]

And, no trouble with getting tricky ribbon off of the package😂!!!

[@cherisef5524]

My gifts sometimes get patches of this and paper. My in-laws loved it. Jeans got put in shoe boxes and shirts would be put in whatever boxes I had in the house. No one knew what they were getting till the boxes were open. It became a joke we all laughed about. I miss them. Christmas was always fun with them.

[@Procrastinator1948]

My mother, being an artist, was very precise about wrapping gifts, ribbon, bows and all. Then, after the gifts were (carefully) unwrapped, and all the hoopla was over, she would proceed to collect up all of the wrapping paper, ribbon, and bows, flatten and carefully fold the paper, and then stow it all away for the next Christmas. And no, were weren't poor. Just an average middle class family.

[@JSage90]

First Story: "Why didn't you come back for me!?" Me: "Because you're not worth coming back for." Fourth Story: Hot damn! Good on you girl!

[@phoebegreig6523]

Story 1: 🤣 I would have driven home and not bothered from the first time she got out

[@FirstIsa]

Had an ex I was seeing semi-long distance (half a days drive) who pulled a similar stunt during an argument "Well if that's how you feel take me home in the morning." I got up and started getting dressed, she asked what I was doing and just told her she should probably get her stuff packed. If she didn't want to be an adult and talk (think the argument was about me going to my sister's the next day due to a prior commitment) the. I wasn't going to sleep next to an angry woman so I'd take her back right away. She backtracked real fast and never tried pulling guilt trips like that again.

[@tmntfangirl4700]

Story 1 - Hey she told him to ‘Go home and leave’ and OP did what she ordered him to do.

[@stephaniefarley1236]

For the Christmas wrapping story, when I first got out on my own when I had gifts that didn't have a box I could wrap or if it was a loose gift I would find a food box and then wrap it. Like a macaroni and cheese box could hold a few bracelets or a stuffed animal 🤣 now over 20yrs later not only my family does this but my inlaws do it too. All because I had something I couldn't wrap.

[@Peajay007]

My birthday is December 7 (yes next eeek) now some people think it’s ok to wrap my gifts in Christmas wrapping paper. Ummm. Everyone else gets their own day. December babies deserve that as well. One of my really close guy friends went the middle ground and started one of the nicest birthday traditions I’ve ever had. He presented me with a gift of bath salt wrapped in news paper. He said ‘ no Christmas wrapping no cheesy birthday wrapping’ and that was it. For years he wrapped my gift in newspaper. It turned into a birthday highlight ❤

[@minnarosenqvistmr]

My son is born on the 19th of December&my husband on the 8th,and they always get their own days! I could never let either down like that! And my two youngest has their bday at the same month, just 3weeks apart(2yrs&3weeks) and my mother in-law has her birthday one day after my youngest,but we celebrate all of them on their day still . We never force them to have their birthdays together or something.. I never got to celebrate my birthdays, because my mom didn't care for those, so I try my best to celebrate mine.

[@Peajay007]

@ my middle child is the 6th

[@catherinep2034]

Happy Birthday for the 7th!

[@Peajay007]

@ thanks!!!

[@minnarosenqvistmr]

@@Peajay007 oh sorry, happy birthday too! Forgot to say it, I didn't even notice that I forgot to write it!

[@cheekymoe629]

Story 3: I was going to say on my second tour in Afghanistan, we did a secret Santa in our unit. It's not easy finding wrapping paper in a remote military base halfway around the world where it's usually the necessities that are brought in and the other things go in about 20 seconds flat. Part of the fun of this particular exchange was that there was also a rating on wrapping. We got creative. I used old tin foil from the grits served that morning, old newspaper, and toilet paper. I didn't have any tape.

[@tmntfangirl4700]

Story 1 - I would’ve done the same thing in OP’s shoes.

[@paul16451]

I have a feeling you could say the same thing about nearly every story on this channel...

[@Warriormon87]

Story 1. I agree. She needed to be taught that lesson.

[@HappilyHomicidalHooligan]

Fax Story: I doubt that poor Secretary has problems with printing, I bet she has Nightmares and PTSD when she hears the sound of an Incoming Fax... It was an Incoming Fax after all that caused the non-stop problems bringing the Business to a screaming halt... 😄😁😆😅😂🤣

[@Parknest]

Story 1: Be careful what you ask for because you will get it. Story 2: The ex was an ex for a reason. He was clearly a narcissist. Story 3: What horrible in-laws. OP was better off wthout that toxic family. Stpry 4: Jen was better off without Chris. Story 5: The one thing worse than somebody who hides assets is somebody who falesly accuses somebody of the same. That attorney was a complete tosser.

[@sakatababa]

can you stop using words when you don't know what they do mean?

[@Parknest]

@sakatababa I understood EVERY word I wrote. It is probably YOU who doesn't know what they mean.

[@sakatababa]

@@Parknest if you understand it, why did you misuse it? inferiority complex is not narcissism personality disorder. that is like calling watermelon an apple.

[@michaeloshaughnessy9718]

Last guy, you are a god!! Excellent job! 😂

[@felisaandross4624]

Story 3: my step mother is Christmas obsessed but its out of fun. I'm the type who does the extra over the top ribbon, currlies, my son hust pulled out a pocket knife and told them he's used to it. Everyone laughed. And every year during dinner before presents they make sure he has the knife in him 😂😂

[@randycarter2001]

"needed some to cool off." My response would've been "Just following your orders dear." You said to go home, so I did.

[@cherokeeirishman9612]

I have warned all of the girls I dated “I do NOT play those stupid games that seem to be so popular nowadays. If you say pull over and leave me here…oh I’m gonna….if you try to manipulate me, buh bye…if you try to isolate me from my family or friends, buh bye…I just don’t do it and I don’t do that to you or anyone else.” I hate those BS games ppl play in a relationship. No power plays needed

[@kathybrandon4203]

Story 4 was hilarious. Betcha he never learned his lesson. HE was the dead weight, glad she finally lost him!

[@johndeltuvia7892]

Story 3: I bet the in-laws have a "Keep Christ in Christmas" magnet on their car, too. 🙂

[@timisme8360]

And about the sudoku husband. Every generation in my family has done better than the generation before them. I'm better educated than my dad and he HATED it. He got in a screaming match with me because I simply said that humans and dinosaurs didn't live at the same time. It was that exact moment when I told myself I was going to be different with my kids. I stressed education to them and they grew up smarter than I am. Do I get an upset? Of course not! Do I ask advice when I don't know something? Hell yeah!. And my grandchildren are much, much smarter than I am. My oldest granddaughter asked for help with her math homework one day. The last three problems. I'm a pretty smart guy. My IQ is 148. Even though I never went to college, I have a college level education. That being said, the only problems she got wrong on her homework were the three that I helped her with. I was properly humbled and told her right then and there how proud I was of her and how much smarter she was than I will ever be. If more people spent less time competing over stuff that doesn't matter and instead built each other up, maybe this world would be a better place .

[@BPJD2004]

That’s great for you, but humans and dinosaurs did live at the same time. They were made in the same day.

[@jeanshermanglover4160]

Story 1. My husband use to do this all the time. I finally warned him one last time about what was going to happened if he did it again. He did it and earned the right to walk around 10 miles in the middle of the night. He never did again!!😂

[@KrakenIsland64]

Last story is either a repeat or just evidence that the situation is common. If you're talking to an attorney for free, always record it. The rebuttal and research it requires will never be free - but self incrimination is.

[@morallyambiguousnet]

Story #3 - That bit about saying OP paid to have the gifts wrapped really annoyed me, as I've had similar happen. Just because I'm a guy people think that I don't know how to wrap a gift, so I have frequently been asked who I got to wrap them for me. I do leatherwork, woodworking, chainmailing, and a lot of other crafting, which they know about. Why would putting a little bit of coloured paper around something give me any trouble?

[@merlinathrawes746]

Get in the car story: OP, you let that bs go on far too long. Look what happened when you finally called her bluff. She stopped using that particular technique. "Too fat" story: Well done Jen!!! And you shamed him in front of his coworkers and bosses. Bet that made for some interesting work conversations afterwards. Fax story: Go ahead and complain to the judge. I'll bet he'd laugh you out of court.

[@kurojester4513]

Story 3. That Christmas is decorated with nithing but red flags. Never chalj anything down to "tradition". That family is all kinds of crazy. Story 4: I saw red flags the moment 5 kids in 8 years.

[@kayvaanmcsharrowkyn6901]

Third story..... During the Christmas ceremony you're not supposed to talk and you're just supposed to sit there and creepily observe people??? Did she marry into an effing cult because that sounds terrible... That would just destroy any happiness about Christmas that I ever had. And as for that comment I wouldn't have waited I would have walked right in the kitchen and just dropped it I would have been like really working? Considering you're on holiday and you haven't been doing anything at all and I specifically asked you to help me get gifts that were appropriate for your family and you basically blew me off and then I would have looked at the women and said oh and I wrapped all those by hand by the way sorry that you suck so much at rapping that I can understand how you wouldn't be able to discern a store-bought wrap gift or someone who actually knows what they're doing and actually took the time and effort to put in because I wanted to be engaged for this stupid ceremony of yours. I would have been said speaking of this stupid ceremony are we going to slaughter a lamb or have a human sacrifice next? Then I would have taken the car home or gotten an Uber because yeah no I wouldn't put up with that disrespect hell no

[@kiguren4655]

Fluff! You are one of the reasons i wake up to work every morning. The second one is coffee.

[@Loki-and-Thor]

This made me curious as to where you are in the world to be listening in the morning? It’s currently 9:23pm and the video was uploaded at 8:30pm for me. I’m in the UK so always get to listen to Fluff in the evening.

[@kiguren4655]

@Loki-and-Thor i'm from México, it was like 2:40 pm but i love to put one in the morning while taking breakfast

[@Loki-and-Thor]

@ I would love to visit Mexico! It’s very wet and cold at this time of year in Scotland. Listening at breakfast sounds like fun, I think I will try it. Hope you have a fabulous Friday and wonderful weekend ahead.

[@kiguren4655]

@@Loki-and-Thor thanks man! Hey! If You come, i'd recomend a high touristic place like Cancún, los cabos, or city of México, i'm sure you'll love it!

[@denisetarabori553]

Story 1. My husband was being a huge angry jerk (not unusual for him) at a gathering for great food, swimming in their pool, and playing games with HIS family. He said to me,” Get the kids we’re going home!!” I said, “I drove us here in my car. The kids are having a wonderful time and so am I. WE are not going anywhere but you can if you want”. He yelled, “What? Am I supposed to walk the 25 miles home??” I replied, “That’s up to you!” He took off on foot. We stayed a good long time with his always lovely family. When we got home, he was there still ticked off. He said, “I kept looking back to see if you were coming to get me and each time, you didn’t and I got madder with every step! And I’m hurting.” My response to him was,”Well if you’re going to be dumb, you better be tough!” End of conversation.

[@Appolyon]

Story 4: so he accused his wife of cheating, but at the same time said nobody could ever want her. The conclusion: he's not only a total a*hole, but but a stupid total a*hole.

[@Tsufash]

Regarding the second story, I do agree Sudoku is a very relaxing game, mainly because you have to identify patterns. It tells nothing about intelligence. and as someone who experiences anxiety attacks it saves me many time

[@rochelleesser7961]

Ah, man! That last story gave me flashbacks to 2016 when I was trying to comply with social security document faxing requirements, using a landline (that I had specifically for sending documents to government agencies), and my HP multifunction printer 😖

[@kenshinflyer]

Story 4: Good luck with hugging a blanket this Christmas and FOREVER, Chris!

[@toshiroyamada2443]

According to the BMI chart hahahahhaha... the BMI is absolutely useless at telling you if you are an unhealthy weight or not.

[@dealwithit9772]

First year with my bf. We started dating before Christmas last year so this is technically our second Christmas together but we didn't celebrate and agreed not to get gifts last year because it was very early in the relationship and didn't know eachother well enough to get gifts. Our first anniversary past and we got eachother gifts. He found out that I am the type to wrap gifts needlessly decorative. I'm talking origami flowers and curled bows. Even the box is wrapped in a way that creates a pattern on the box. He is the type to put it in a gift bag and maybe put tissue paper in it. Its very cute, he hand made me a card that I'm planning on keeping. He's just not crafty like I am but his gifts are very thoughtful and his message in the card was beautiful.

[@austinriley8410]

My grandmother taped the hell out of every box, and I think she enjoyed watching us struggle. Unfortunately my mom learned how to tape gifts from her mother😂

[@tranquility_8793]

Last story: he's organised that document the way he did on purpose. That made it larger in size 😂😈

[@CMage101]

Story 1: CLASSIC case of FAFO. Story 2: OP sure had HIS number(s)... Story 3: Sometimes, the best gifts are the ones you give yourself. In OP's case, it was a divorce.

[@NemoNemuNeme]

First time I see the autumn back ground. Love it.

[@debtompkins5363]

I wouldn't have made it to a 2nd Xmas with that idiot. by the way last years calendars mare great wrapping paper I always am amazed that women put up with as much as they do before leaving....

[@leslieortenzi8875]

Wait... Gift "ceremony" sounds too controlling, but also no talking while gifts are unwrapped? Sounds horrible!

[@TheJudiBambiPurrsParadox]

I happen to enjoy making elaborate wrapping with ribbons, bows, trinkets attached to the tags, and not just always pre-made bows, either. I use wire ribbons sometimes, a snowflake ornament between the curled ribbons, mixed with sparkle things or yarn..all sorts of things. But that is me, and I love wrapping stuff. If everyone did so, mine would be like everyone else's, so who wants that?My sis put lottery cards and $100 bill in oven mitts one year! I LOVED that....she is a basic wrap gal, but I look forward to seeing what she comes up with this time. I also make sure my wrapping things can be reused in one way or another.

[@andreehobrak1425]

1. Story. Been there, done that.

[@computernerd1101]

0:13 Don't you mean "nasty Karen ex-wife?" You said "nasty ex-Karen wife." That means the exact opposite, except for the "nasty" part.

[@norarivkis2513]

Story 1: My abusive ex used to pull the "get out of the car and insist on walking" thing. Except that several times, she did it *when she was the one behind the wheel.* I had to scramble frantically across to get into the driver's seat so that I could get the car out of the middle of the busy road where she'd left it, with me and the kids inside. I was terrified that somebody would rear-end us before I could get the car into gear and pull over to the side. So glad I've put several years and an ocean between myself and that partner by now.

[@timisme8360]

About the Christmas story. My family doesn't worry about ceremony or wrapping paper. We do have someone play Santa Claus to hand out gifts. But we don't wait to watch as each person unwraps their gift. It's pretty much an organized free for all. And who really cares about how it's wrapped? The wrapping paper is just gonna be shredded and put in the garbage. I do wrap things neatly but there have been times when I've run out of wrapping paper and I've ended up using aluminum foil or newspaper Sunday comics pages. My tradition is, every year, I pick someone at random to completely envelope their gift in clear packing tape. They've come to expect it and will only waste about a minute looking for an opening and then just use scissors. And my whole family is good about giving gifts but if you do happen to get a gift that you're less than enthusiastic about you still make a big fuss and thank the person for it. It's not really about the gift anyway. It's about the fact that this person spent time to get you something and you should be thankful. People that get Christmas crazy drive me up a wall. Lol

[@fred_derf]

This wasn't planned, but ended up awesome... One year when wrapping christmas presents I had bought some kind of plasticised wrapping paper and used this really good scotch tape. I was enjoying the process of wrapping and for no real reason I taped down all the seams on all the gifts. Turns out that no only can't you rip the "paper", but because I'd taped down all the seams there was no way to get your fingers in under a seam -- cue my dad reaching in his pocket, pulling out his jack knife and cutting his present open. Everyone else had to use a pair of scissors that were passed around. I've never found that type of paper again, or that type of tape...

[@michellewest4796]

See, the only time I ever got out of the car to walk I meant to walk the three miles home. I needed the fresh air and to calm down. I didn't do it for manipulation purposes. I felt better with the time to think and the walk, and could calmly discuss what bothered me when I got home.

[@carriebryan1211]

One year I wrapped my gifts in newspaper with colorful stickers to doll them up.

[@zahwa242]

Story 1, i saw some video where the lady was mad and stood in front of the guy's car making traffic jam. Some random passerby throwed a traffic cone straight to her head 😂

[@samauraipc16]

If my in laws ever complain a year I make sure to add gorilla glue duck tape the next year making them mad. Don't appreciate we cant just drop thousands instead made gifts well duck tape it is for wrapping paper XD

[@SquirrelGamez]

That sudoku inferiority complex though... oof...

[@magicbeefy85]

Story 3: My family started using plastic bag wrapping before we just stopped all together due to age and money issues

[@gorilladisco9108]

5:10 Pattern recognition is part of IQ test.

[@efad3215]

For as good as the IQ test is ovrrall.....

[@lilbeanme]

Thank you boys ❤

[@ryotedeschi6626]

Why do people keep marrying people they have problems with.

[@jameswade2613]

Story 2 I can relate to this story, some people have fragile egos when they play games & get beaten. I been playing chess since i was 7 so i naturally got very good at it, as you do when you play something for a long time. I had friend who could not beat me at chess & it used to drive him nuts & get him chucking tantrums like a 2yr old, which used to make me laugh & him getting angrier. But he still wouldn't give up. He had something to ptove by beating me & his ego couldn't stand it. I would even be gracious and make it easier by removing my queen from the board & still beat him, sending him into another tantrum. To me & others around it was to funny to watch. We had a great friendship except for the chess part. Poor fellow ended up passing away & i was allowed to leave chess board on his coffin & it still makes me smile to this day.

[@monicajohnson7534]

Story 4- I really have to wonder why he didn’t want her at his company party! Either he was having an affair with someone at work or he’d been telling lies about her to his coworkers. What was he hiding?

[@garysakamoto4007]

Story 3: I wrap gifts, my wife just uses a gift bag. Never had any complaints or comments other than a thank you for the gift from anyone.

[@kayvaanmcsharrowkyn6901]

By the way Christmas cheating on her because when someone goes right to your cheating on me nine times out of 10 it's because they're cheating on their partner

[@stanleywiggins5047]

My niece would never purchase Christmas wrapping paper, because Christmas is way too commercialized.. so sh wrapped all the presents in old news paper 😊

[@firebirdpheonix3495]

I once had a present given to me which had like 75% of the mass just being wrapping paper it was so tedious to unwrap you could just see me younger self go from excited to confused to annoyed to bored

[@nakishodoglitterfox]

Story 3 I would have put layers upon layers upon layers of traps and puzzles and other crap in the damn box and when they finally succede in unwrapping it all just have it be a cheap novelty snow globe or something like that.

[@randycarter2001]

The thing is, when you use a computer to send a fax it doesn't resume from where it left off. If it's interrupted, it restarts from page one since it has no idea how much was successfully received.

[@josephreed5155]

In the early days of fax they were expensive to operate but we used ours for business purposes. During the night we began to get fax spam mails. We'd request that they stop and most did except for one persistent spammer. After a week of increasingly rude requests asking that they stop, I realized we only needed to send one very different fax. I carefully joined several pages together with the stop message and fed the paper in. As the paper began to feed I attached the first page to the last. Now this endless loop of paper began to run through the fax. I locked up and went home, leaving the fax to send our endless request to stop. They did.

[@VayaKahvi]

I'll admit to anger walking to end an argument, though I don't expect any attention for it, if I'm walking home I do mean to walk the whole way on my own. I do this to actually calm myself down, end up too tired after the walk to stay mad, or the solution to problem comes to me while I get my blood to flow in healthier ways.

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Thanks.

[@NessaEllenesse]

Story 3: I thought he was taking someone else as well.

[@Thanatofobia]

Unwrapping gifts in total silence? Sounds like a psycho family right there!

[@tmntfangirl4700]

Story 2 - Nicely done OP.