Americans and their stupid 4wd amirite?I'm still a little annoyed about the way you park.
The RM AITA thread...
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are you already making the mashed potatoes?So it's gonna be that kind of party?
I mean, this is a fashion faux pas apparently, but it doesn’t make me an asshole, I don’t think
We should take the toshi complaints to the toshi thread where my first complaint will be about toshi's thread being mostly filled with complaints about toshi
Nice, dude. I clearly don't know the entire story, only what you've explained here, but this does seem like a wise choice. I gathered from your explanation that both you and her are kinda grumpy about the whole thing and neither feels like things were 'fair' so talking about it is probably the way to go. Equitable distribution of household labor and responsibilities isn't an easy thing to sort out.
Unsolicited advice: in my opinion you'd do well to keep in mind that her part-time job at the school isn't the only job she has, nor is being a doc your only job. It's the non-paying jobs that are more difficult to quantify. And as others have said prior, the real value to her in the school job is likely not financial—and teasing out what that value is to her won't hurt.
Seriously, good luck.
I like how many childless people are giving better family/kid advice to the doctor 
It's amazing what a life devoid of crotch fruit does for ones sanity.
It's amazing what a life devoid of crotch fruit does for ones sanity.
blame canada
I’d like to know how much @Toshi contributes to laundry, cooking, cleaning, life admin in general before having this conversation with her.
toshi still has me blocked
Laundry - mainly wife as far as the kids’ clothes are concerned. I do my own as a big boy.
Cooking - I do maybe 20% but am the dish master whenever she cooks.
Cleaning - I hire the cleaning lady and she doesn’t really
outside buying organizing bins seemingly constantly.Life admin - I handle all the finances, the lawns, the cars, etc. She organizes kid activity schedules. We both shuttle them everywhere for their myriad activities.
To answer the question posed in the op I need to know how many inches of fresh powder there was
And I actually think your kid is the asshole for being sick on the day you were supposed to be skiing.
And I actually think your kid is the asshole for being sick on the day you were supposed to be skiing.
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I'll do my best to find some time for this. I already started a PM.
These are precisely the "non-job jobs" that can be so difficult to quantify and ensure equity of, in my experience. Even for folks who have chosen to not procreate.Laundry - mainly wife as far as the kids’ clothes are concerned. I do my own as a big boy.
Cooking - I do maybe 20% but am the dish master whenever she cooks.
Cleaning - I hire the cleaning lady and she doesn’t really
Life admin - I handle all the finances, the lawns, the cars, etc. She organizes kid activity schedules. We both shuttle them everywhere for their myriad activities.
The talk was had, and our consensus is to have a strict alternating of sick days to care for le kid. I will call in formally and make others cover on my days, and won’t take regard of whether it’s a “special” day, like where I have pancreatic conference on Tuesdays. When she’s not working (over summer) then it’ll fall to her by default. If I have an academic day that can be converted to sick then I’ll take it.
Perhaps having a formal rotation like this will lead to both of us being less grumpy.
2” over 48, trace over 24. So none really…
I won't say who, but a dude who used to post on here once said that he wasn't sure if he was going to get to do shuttle runs since his wife was having hand surgery that afternoon. He thought she could drive herself home just fine.
wait til you see what westy is mailing me
My son is visiting...he has grown into a person that I really dont like being around anymore. It breaks my heart, because as a single father for him for years, he was my world. Now I really just dont care for him. He is loud, smokes (You can smell it on him...) and swears too much, disrespects my wife (Who WAS his mother for years until he freaked out during his teens and forced his way out of my house.). His girlfriend is an obnoxious attention grabber who obviously kowtows to his every whim, he is a know it all who lives in a trailer in central Illinois and I cant wait until he leaves.
AITA for feeling this way? This is driving me back into therapy.
AITA for feeling this way? This is driving me back into therapy.
Nope.
You can love someone, but still think they are an asshole or dumbass.
You're under no obligation to be forced to enjoy someone's presence, even if they are your kid, parent, family member, stranger....whoever.
I struggle with this too. I tell myself it's because he's a teenager (13), but he's been this way since he started daycare at 1.5 years old... I keep telling myself we did the hard work early and he'll get better, and I really hope that turns out to be true, but I'm not holding my breath. And it sucks to feel that way every day.
I have spoken to my sister once in 20 years. I have always gotten along with her, she has always been nice to me but she has always been extremely financially irresponsible and her husband is a con artist. Once she realized I had money every interaction has turned a sob story and request for cash. I had enough after she and her husband plus 4 kids showed up at my house for my mother's funeral and after a week wouldn't leave. They claimed they couldn't afford to drive home so I had to pay her off to get my house back. She then went on a 6 week cross country vacation and once returning home said they didn't have money for rent. And that was the end of our relationship.
Two years ago at my father's funeral I reconnected with her and her 6 kids who seemed to want to get to know their uncle. And then quickly the requests for money rolled in. One niece asked if I would help with her college expenses, I said maybe and she then sent me info for her $10k student loan debt, further digging showed it was for one semester of Community College where she failed every class.
Needless to say I once again cut myself off from that side of the family. It isn't about the money, it is about trust, I don't deal with people I don't trust.
Two years ago at my father's funeral I reconnected with her and her 6 kids who seemed to want to get to know their uncle. And then quickly the requests for money rolled in. One niece asked if I would help with her college expenses, I said maybe and she then sent me info for her $10k student loan debt, further digging showed it was for one semester of Community College where she failed every class.
Needless to say I once again cut myself off from that side of the family. It isn't about the money, it is about trust, I don't deal with people I don't trust.
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Thanks guys...I appreciated your inputs. I was (And still am...) stressing over this pretty hard. Your inputs definitely help my mental state...
#wisemonkeys
#wisemonkeys
Dude, that fully sucks. I can’t imagine. Sorry you have to deal with that.
my SIL is notoriously bad with money. she has some mental health issues that compound the situation. one of many reasons my wife and I keep our finances to ourselves and our CFP.