r/PettyRevenge - Vengeance is best served Petty 💅 

And that indeed was his goal.

I feel sorry for the hypothetical future Clicklings already. 😂

​@@Narangarath Clickling sounds like a fae folk nightmare monster. I love it.

i love it

woah we both used i love it@@beardedbear9901

I know it‘s the case in germany and am pretty shocked it‘s not the norm? People could die of an allergic shock, that‘s not just a quirky prank ….

It really shouldn’t be legal anywhere. If you put any form of poison in others food, that is definitely illegal most places. If someone is allergic and you do it anyway, it can be pretty much the same. Yeah, sometimes it may just lead to some scratching or an unpleasant toilet visit, but other times people may need to call an ambulance to save someone’s life. Anyone who doesn’t understand and respect this, should have a giant sign above their head, with the statement “I don’t respect allergies” written on it. That way, people with allergies know never to accept food from them.

It's the opposite with a friend of mine. She has a ton of food allergies and I have awful memory. But, this dumbbutt, will eat things she knows she's mildly allergic to because she doesn't want to inconvenience me! I now double/triple-check anything I give to her to try in case I missed an allergy even when she keeps claiming it's fine....

I had no idea something like that was legal to begin with. I feel like that would fall under a category like assault or something.

​@@ProbsNotABotmaybe when they come around your house you could have a list on the side of the kitchen or something by the stove that just says their allergies

...That's, just, how common did she think pink hair is?

@@Shalakor I think she just figured we wouldn’t question or notice and just accept fault.

Poor dear, her hair was brighter than she was.

Yeah, they'd have to think in order to think of that. I saw something similar at [insert generic fast food restaurant here]. It was a small place and only one employee was there, who was wearing a beanie. Customer tried to claim it was the employees hair in their food. Employee kept trying to say it couldn't be their hair until they eventually gave up, took off their gloves, and removed their hat to show a bald head. The customer didn't get free food. 😂

​@@eyesofthecervino3366LMFAO

I am so glad you put that person in their place. Strangers should not be commenting on your body ever. ❤

I'm confused... You'd rather be thought of as fat instead of mistaken as pregnant? Weird flex, but okay.

​@@chatboulon743but what if she *had* miscarried? then the questioner would have ruined a stranger's day even more than it already was by rubbing her face in her loss. why risk that, just to satisfy intrusive curiosity about a stranger?

@@chatboulon743 Any comments by a stranger on your body size are inappropriate. I hope after that interaction that lady doesn’t make that same asshole move again.

@@chatboulon743 My opinion isn't the point. Imagine if I *had* miscarried and someone just reminded me of one of my worst losses in the middle of the grocery store in a way that reaffirms I won't be a mother. Critical thinking is a skill - look up courses to improve yours.

Agreed

It wouldn't surprise me if bully is amongst the people that believe certain allergies are fake. Thats a pretty common belief with dairy and gluten allergies and intolerance, that people fake it for attention for some reason.

​@kaylawoodbury2308 as someone whose got diagnosed with a gluten allergy this year after suffering several years and mostly being bed ridden for the last 1-2 years (and still can't consume any milk, dairy products and eggs eithee), why would anyone want to fake it? The pain is the worst I've ever had. And I only recently managed to gett less really bad period pains. Dafuq?! Why are some people this insane?

​@@DragonriderEponaunfortunately, there are people that will fake it for attention. Maybe they think it's a silly quirky thing to have food allergies when in reality it sucks

@@DragonriderEpona And yet, people DO fake allergies (and other disabilities) all the time, which makes life harder for those of us with REAL conditions.

Yeah, but if they have even one or two people who will nod and go along like the parents in this case clearly are, it's not that likely to work. Also some people out there have a very high tolerance against judgemental stares and deathly silence.

I dunno, I think those could be teachable moments. For example, Todd could have been taught what it feels like to be dragged face down out of a wedding hall by his ankles.

​@@lnsflare1 Op literally destroyed his brother s'life and all for what? "Waaah he interrupted my wedding party so unfair I wanted my day all for myself" I can't believe such childish people can just do that and not feel bad These are grown ass adults

​@@Onlynubfound the "Todd"

@@Onlynub "destroyed his brother life" they just played his game. Too bad it's not as fun when we turn tables.

Thank you, she will remember that kindness until she is in the grandma age herself. Source: me

That's awesome! Dear goodness me, I hate it to no ends if adults tell children what to do with their gifts / their stuff. I get that in some cases it's well-meant, but for F's sake, how is anybody to learn responsibility if they aren't allowed to make their own decisions? Children have few enough freedoms, don't mess with the few that they have. That Grandma sounds like the incarnation of Aunt Norris.

​@Julia-lk8jn you get extra points for the Jane Austen reference

Now, that is a fun fact!

This is also the mechanism by which penguins independently developed prostitution

@@DerplingKing yep

I want my future partner to do this. Give me all the shiny and smooth rocks please

@@MoonlitBookworm73 sameee

Absolutely, the forced positivity movement needs to slow the heck down. It's totally fine if you want to go into the world with a smile, but forcing all others to do that is just plain horrific

It's like the black dot in Yin of Yin and Yang. The evil of good intentions paves the way to hell.

Like the people who expect minimum wage workers to appear happy all the time and will actually complain about it

@@slayithathat’s not what yin and Yang are about at all. They’re about balance and unity, not good and evil. That’s a western misinterpretation

@kissit012 okay? And I have my views of it. That's why I said "it's like". Not "it's" or "this is the background." Are Westerners the only ones that just enjoy things? Or think about a subject matter beyond what is already perceived. Or are tho' a white knight, good sir??? I'm the bad intention that humbles you. It's like the white dot in yang, of Yin and Yang ☯️ 🤣 👍

I don't know, depends on how superficial the brother and his girlfriend's relationship was. People that are only together so they can make their relationship milestones into theater, as the post certainly seems to point to, really aren't losing that much with a messy breakup. Those kinds of people might even count that as validating, too.

@@Shalakor They had a kid. Regardless of how shallow the parents might be, they're what that kid's got.

@@eyesofthecervino3366 Having two bad caretakers can be exponentially worse than just one bad caretaker. Toxicity feeds toxicity. Really wish my mom didn't keep marrying new terrible people every time she got divorced.

@@Shalakor Fair point.

Yeah that seems like a lot. He should have just not invited his brother. This punishes Lucy and their kid, as well as Todd, and gives Todd a false label as a cheater that could affect him for a long time, when all he did was something childish that maybe took some attention off a bride for a couple minutes.

Why is no one pointing out that she went through his mails and tracked his LOCATION WITH GOOGLE?! They were clearly both just bad for each other.

@@bleehh were they not in a relationship? I've seen a lot of people in relationships track their partners with the life360 app and so on. It's not really insane tbh unless they had only been dating a short while.

​@bleehh Dude shut up

​@BarbieDreamDungeon why should they shut up?

I mean...she only tracked him after she discovered proof he was cheating. She did it only to make sure he was out of the house.

See that is 1) cute af, and 2) polite and respectful

I've been at a similar wedding, but instead of arranging for the couple to catch the things, the bride chose not to throw the bouquet, but instead pretended to get ready to throw it, only to turn and hand the bouquet to the woman being proposed to and tell her to turn around to face her fiancé-to-be, who was already on one knee behind her. It was lovely and sweet, and most importantly, NOT an attempt to steal anyone's thunder.

@@dahliablack1236 that's beautiful too.

That sounds adorable. Bet it was such a smooth as butter operation~

@@Roadent1241 it was.

Oh, i dont feel bad for Lucy. I feel bad for that kid whos innocent

Fatherless /j

One thing to have petty revenge another thing to be a complete bitch and ruin a relationship.

I was gonna say the same thing

@@lillianvioletrose9637 it was a joke, I don't think like that

Sounds like my parents. Always bragging about my sisters and I's accomplishments, but managing to make it about themselves. Like "Look what big thing our child just did, good thing we encouraged them to do it or they never would've made it this far". Gets home and it's "Why didn't you do better? Why are you such a failure? I should be bragging about perfect grades, do you even put effort into your schoolwork?"...... It sucks.

People would rave about my mother, how beautiful and charming she was in public. She was a selfish, narcissistic, sociopathic monster who did absolute garbage crap to anyone who was in close proximity to her. My sister, and pretty much all the female members of my family were similar. I fortunately took after my dad, and dodged the female horror show bullet.

I remember back when I wae like 15 going to school on a public bus, some random grown up lady started talking to me about another grown up passenger and complaining about how "she could at least put in the effort to smile". I am so proud of young me as I actually told her that "you have no idea whats going on in her life", which I honestly don't think I could handle confronting someone like that today.

I'm so going to use the "My child died" or something line the next time this happens. Shock them out of their patronizing.

@@WelcomeApathycrying on command could be a helpful tool. Hear the words “you could smile more” then start ugly crying and sob out something about getting diagnosed with cancer or whatnot. I may or may not be learning how to cry on command for situations like this 👀

@BisexualCatWithPizza, or if you can't open those tear canals and convincingly weep on demand, just let the anger grow and shout at them like: "good sir/lady, I've just been to the doctor and got diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. My uncle got that same diagnosis eight years ago and a year later he was DEAD! Only 1% of patients survive for three years or more after diagnosis, so shut the f@ck up you, [insert your worst curse words]. I have to come to terms with the fact I'm gonna die soon and you're giving me this stupid, ignorant crap?!" I mean, you ARE angry when someone does this to you, so you can always harness that anger and exaggerate it for a good shocking effect. (The thing about my uncle is true, btw. As is the 10% survival rate one year after diagnosis and 1% survival rate three years later. It's among the worst types of cancer and basically a death sentence.)

@@BisexualCatWithPizzaOh definitely. It doesn’t take much for me to get myself to cry and if a stranger ever says that to me, I’m so gonna weaponize it

well.. it definetly would have happened for a reason.😄

My dad does that "everything happens for a reason" thing too sometimes, but he's also the person who makes me and my mom made at him then thinks it happens for no reason. It's become one of those phrases that while it technically doesn't naturally connect to being an @ss, that's the only thing I can connect it to.

Yeah, it's the best kind of revenge, because it's something you can totally laugh off! I'm sure he thinks it's fair enough :p

I'm so sorry for your loss I'd just respond with 'ma'am you do not know me, you don't know what I've been through or currently going through, next time you approach a crying stranger it better be to ask them whats wrong' Did she respond to your question? My cat had some medical issues that required some very expensive treatments and if we decided not to pay we'd have to put him down, hes only 5. It would basically be up to me to pay because my family is skint, it wasn't about the money because I could afford it but whether we should do it and having to be the one to make that decision was tearing me apart. I was stood at the bus stop sobbing and trying and failing to stop, a kind stranger asked me what was wrong and tried to console me, it didn't work but I appreciated the attempt. Being kind shouldn't be hard. Cats fine now btw

It bothers me to no end when people I don’t even know do that and I’m sorry for your loss

I am sorry for your loss

damn, I'd have been a good bit less polite in that circumstance, she's lucky you didn't ask her if she'd never had any friends to mourn of her own, considering that at her age it's improbable that she wouldn't have lost some too, if she ever had any.

I would’ve just started having a breakdown honestly. Making a whole scene, but not on purpose, just because I would’ve felt so sad. I’m sorry for your loss.

I once did that sort of thing accedentally. it was back in the day when I was very worn out and had come back from yet an other resultless doctor's apointment when a very religious, "jesus loves you" kind of man aproached me. tried to explain to me how everything will be all right. I was so worn out that I just burst out crying.. seeing him slowly back away was almost worth it.

I have been alive 65 years and no one has ever done that to me. Yep, I'm male. Fight back, Penelope. BTW, I just learned a new favorite line: "Never say anything to a woman on the street that you wouldn't want a man to say to you in prison." Cheers.😄

spice it up a little~ my ex burned my house down and murdered my dog, the landlord filed a lawsuit against me because I accidentally did ____ to the apartment and now I have to pay $$$, my ketchup came out watery today😢

​@@intercat4907that's such a funny line lmao!! I'm definitely using that later 🤣

It’s especially awful when you have customers try to say it to you while you’re at work and you’re tired from a ten hour shift. Like you’re not frowning, you’re not constantly smiling, you’re mostly neutral because you’re tired. “You should smile more, it’s good service.” I used to hear it almost every single day. One day, I was sick and had to go in anyways, so I was more neutral than usual. A guy said the usual “You should smile!” I got fed up and just said “I’ll smile when there’s something worth being happy about.” And he didn’t know how to respond so he just walked away awkwardly.

As a fellow wheelchair driver, I'm so sorry, man. People seem to forget what personal space and boundaries and basically human decency is, once you sit down in a chair. I hope you still got to enjoy your trip!

Get comfortable telling people like that to fuck off. You’re not a better person for allowing others to make you uncomfortable while trying to be polite

@@Jana-fc4gl I did, it just started out on a very weird note

may i add, dont touch people in general if you dont know them. thats rude af

@@hegamona2864 Very true, especially near their more intimate areas

Lmao! I would definitely get on the speaker and announce that they were told not to do that and it was incredibly rude of them to do it after promising not to. I would make it everybody's business to shame them. I'd stop everything and kick them both out, parents too if they knew. Then restart the father/daughter dance.

Or: "WHAT IS HAPPENING TO YOU?! YOU'D NEVER DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IS SHE KEEPING YOU HOSTAGE? I'M CALLING THE POLICE TO FREE YOU, DEAR BROTHER!" And then watch the sheer confusion on his face.

Exactly! That, and you risk enabling a toxic burnout work culture where everyone feels like they have to do unpaid labor to not get singled out. Do your work well, have people's backs, but don't create a precedent of workers being exploited at your workplace.

Yeah like do you want me to look like 😃 while walking towards you? Tf?

@@BisexualCatWithPizza yes. yes, that is what they want you to do. they want to be able to look at you and enjoy looking at you (often in a sexual way) and if you aren't smiling it makes you look less appealing.

I don’t understand why her family didn’t do anything. I would be livid if I were them.

I remember seeing a different story of a similar situation, but in this one, the woman just had dental surgery. The random creepy guy asked her to smile, and she obliged, smiling so he could see everything, and she went so far as to let some blood drip down her chin. Safe to say the man instantly regretted saying anything.

british “person”

fr! im trying to come up with fun responses for that because ppl are stupid

Smiling should BE an Expression of Genuine Joy or affection . . .Not the Default you force yourself to AS Long as you are Not at your absolut worst . . . .expecting people to Smile for No reason actually devalues smiling!

did u miss something here?

@shadowwolf7880 Yep. Throw them all into a sack together and let them claw each other to death ...

Omg thats beautiful

Just imagine “You’ll never be a man!” “Well you’re never gonna be one either!” “I’m a man, you idiot!” ” I’m not gonna support your delusions, *slur!”* “You fcking *slur!* Stop spreading propaganda to our children!” And it goes on and on and on lol

@@Vampress09 Huh?

Strangers have very rarely any reason to lie, but people close to you do. You're way too trusty.

@@lyondragons8898 but to extend that logic, someone close to your significant other also has plenty of reasons to lie, no?

it's also possible that she has done some shady stuff too. not likely, but still possible-- it's been said that cheaters are more likely to be paranoid that their SO is also cheating. bit of a different circumstance, given that she wasn't the accuser in this case, but who knows?

Some people are very distrusting, regardless of whether people give them a reason to be.

Oooh! This is a Very Good Point. There were likely some strains in the relationship already, since _both_ Lucy and Todd seem to have a bad case of Main Character Syndrome.

I think women take it the wrong way... granted, men are terrible at communication so the misunderstanding is understandable.

True, so very true. I hadn't actually thought of it in that way.

Women tell me that at work all the time

It's even worse when they say "smile. It's the second best thing you can do with your lips." as a freaking opener.

I just threw up in my mouth, thanks for that. @@ThePopo543

As especially the cop story 😂

@@blessedsinner8686 had that happen to me once. He blocked my 4 car driver way. So instead of taking my Corolla I hopped into my truck and laid on the air horn. He tried to threaten me but I kept hitting the horn every time he tried. He moved out of my way. I received a ticket in the mail so I had fun with it. I went in and waited to see if the officer showed up. He didn’t and I paid nothing. The next time I saw him with someone pulled over I laid on my air horn again which gave him quite a fright.

Hmmm... Maybe we should ask Christian Solmecke (German version of "LegalEagle" Devin Stone) about that...

In which parts of Germany? I only know that a gift is a gift and taking it back is called stealing.

@@molybdaen11 BGB § 530 (1) in this case: "Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (BGB) § 530 Widerruf der Schenkung (1) Eine Schenkung kann widerrufen werden, wenn sich der Beschenkte durch eine schwere Verfehlung gegen den Schenker oder einen nahen Angehörigen des Schenkers groben Undanks schuldig macht. (2) Dem Erben des Schenkers steht das Recht des Widerrufs nur zu, wenn der Beschenkte vorsätzlich und widerrechtlich den Schenker getötet oder am Widerruf gehindert hat." Roughly Translated: "Citizens Book of Law" Recall a Gift (1) A Gift may be recalled, when the gifted commits a great misdemeanour(schwere Verfehlung) or rough unthankfullness (grober Undank) against the gifter or one of its relatives. (2) An heir has the right to recall the gift in case the gifted either killed the gifter or hinderd the gifter unlawfully to recall the gift

​​@@molybdaen11 (iirc) In PH, gifts where the receipt is from the giver (not the taker) has to be notarized. If it is not notarized, it can be un-given lmao

I‘ve been living in Germany for about 15 years. Never heard about this.

Do you at least look fabulous?

You cannot escape the gay xD

Giving "stealth" a whole new meaning lmao

I think "to kill someone with their own humor" is a phrase I have heard in a shakespear play....

Mf just went ‘no u’, absolutely insane and I love it.

not only a great story, but so cool to hear stories about trans people who have been out for _decades_

@@Misstborn yes!!! i was instantly happy hearing that it was the posters father who was trans, because sadly we don’t have as many trans adults/elders as we should :(

Now I have the Oppa Gangnam style song in my head while your grandpa with sunglasses is throwing off towels with gusto

Pretty accurate

lmao wtf who eats fresh durian in a cinema

She also announced her pregnancy at someone else's baby shower, so I'm thinking she partly deserved it.

@@bshap495 I keep wondering if that was her idea or his.. and if it was her's, if the two of them would not have been a perfect match... maybe not.

They're likely cut from the same cloth considering the baby shower announcement, but hopefully them being apart gives her more opportunity to reflect and change for the better.

​@@karowolkenschaufler7659either way, she did it

Is chaotic wholesome a thing on the wholesome alignment chart? It gives Click vibes.

​@@laurifexit is now (:

Mostly

@@laurifexI was gonna say "Chaotic wholesome" too!

Oh damn. That's brilliant.

the long con

Your brother is certainly going places, that is a brilliant plan.

I just love that theyre in a relationship where that kind of thing is taken so well, you just know that in another situation it would definitely end in a break up

I love how he didn't let out the spoiler despite being so frustrated. Props to him.

Yeah, like they had clearly had a conversation about the spoiler problem and came to an agreement, but on that occasion he got too frustrated and looked it up. But still tried to keep it to himself to respect their agreement, and thought the poster’s revenge was a funny comeuppance for his misstep. Meanwhile the poster wasn’t like actually mad or holding it against him, just a bit salty in a goodhumored way. Didn’t berate him or get huffy/passive aggressive or anything, just pranked him and laughed with him afterwards. Sounds like a really strong relationship

This kind of pettiness is what I wish to have with my future man - who ever it might be

Yeah, that one is the right kind of "we do a little trolling" that a relationship should have

"What a splendid idea; don't know why I didn't think of that myself!" Reminds me of the time some obnoxious 'therapist' told me that my partner's snoring was only an issue because I didn't 'accept it and let it wash over me'.

Yep, like unless that "cheer up" is followed up with "I brought cookies", I don't want to hear it. I will not cheer up because some random stranger who knows nothing about my life told me to. Nope nope nope.

It seems like they tried their best to stop them from going. Family can be hard to deal with. I feel bad for the kid... The cople deserved it thought

It wasn't even r/pettyrevenge that was r/nuclearrevenge

@@StopSign692 yeah, whatever your personal opinion of whether or not it was justified, it definitely should have been posted in a different sub. losing access to ones child isn't a petty-level consequence.

It was also a nuclear assault by Todd, ao they're fully justified imo.

​@@LRM12o8Nuclear assault??? "I proposed in someone else's wedding im such a baddie" This is too goofy

I cannot think of a reason, and I'm perfectly okay with not knowing what one would look like 😊

My parents used to battle over how much it cost for my sibling and I pretty much from my age 6/7 until they split, and what my mother was using the money my father made on. Oh and my mother cheated and couldn't keep her business under wraps, so I knew about it, caught a lot of blame 'tattling' to my father. Not the reason OP you were thinking I'm about 90% positive, and hopefully not too scary reason for the other commenter.

But wasn't it like the kid's big sister's divorce, that the mom blamed them for? 😬

Yepppp. Fingers crossed it was for something like innocently mentioning big sister’s secret lover etc (ex. “Ken, why does Joe only come over to wrestle upstairs with Barbie when you’re at work? I like Joe, he brings me candy. When Barbie’s babysitting me and Joe comes over, I get to watch all the cartoons I want!”) versus something much darker

@@elieli2893 That's why it's not good. Means that 1. the kid is the big sisters kid, not the mothers. Likely taken in by the mother as the big sister was way too young to raise their own 2. it was had in an affair. Reason it could be "blamed" for a divorce (is proof of said affair - potentially from a test) 3. if the big sister was too young at the moment she had an affair, it means her partner was her partner back then too. Meaning certain things (not generally considered socially acceptable) were going on. There is an alternative, but that's only ***worse:*** The sisters partner (or the sister herself) was predating on the kid, this was found out, and the kid (hopefully) remained oblivious that anything bad was happening and likely not far from going so much worse (to the point it would have been impossible to remain oblivious) That point 3 isn't mutually exclusive to the alternative, and in fact only makes it _more_ likely, makes things worse yet again D:

We used to have a time that you could call "fivesies" on your chair, which meant you could leave for 5 minutes and people still had to give it back when you got back.

Depends on context imo. At a house party, shuffling seats as ppl leave theirs is acceptable. If it is something more like a movie-night or they are seated next to their partner, and all they did was get up to take out some drink from the fridge or quickly go to toilet, it is _not_ acceptable. If the reason they left was to help someone stuck further into the couch get _their_ drink, or worse, to help _you_ with something, stealing their seat is _unacceptable._ As for other contexts it all changes. They are a stranger at a restaurant going for a toilet break? Obviously unacceptable. and so on. The context in question though, public chairs & benches at a beach? You are obviously losing the seat if you leave it, and, in fact, if you leave things on the bench to keep it as you swim _you_ are being the jerk. Or, well, it is sort of fine if that's _all_ you do - just expect your stuff to be moved somewhere when you come back, and don't dare complain someone touched your stuff (to move it) or deigned to move it at all. Though it could be fair to complain about stuff having been moved haphazardly to the ground. At least if there are cleaner places like rocks or roots or hanging stuff on branches is easy. That someone left something on a bench, is clearly an indication that they were hoping to keep the ground off of it if at all possible.

That her daughter, his wife, was mad at him as well after that is crazy. I guess she's just like her mom. But, like, she was ok with her daughter not getting anything from grandma just so she wouldn't have "too many" presents? Makes me wonder if the child was her step-kid and that's why MIL and her were being so petty.

@@WelcomeApathy Well the story doesn't tell us if the wife was ok with that. Maybe OP already reacted before the wife could. She might have just been wanting to keep the peace. Though I think what OP did was good to teach the MIL a lesson.

@soulangela7154 The story says the wife told him to let it go and it was her mom's right to not give the gift. And then the wife was pissed at the end.

@@WelcomeApathy I completely missed that then, my bad. I like to give people the benefit of the doubt. Thanks for pointing it out though.

It would be cool if it were like those insert coin shopping carts, so you reserve a chair and and pay for it, then if you don’t use it in X amount of time, you won’t get the money back- it would stop people reserving chairs the whole day and people won’t have to spend extra money on that. There are still a few possible flaws but just an idea

I dunno where people get the idea that "He bullies you 'cause he likes you". Wouldn't you want them to like you back and not be possibly traumatised????

Thx for marking where the Story is in the Video I searched for it😂

I just don't get this mindset. I could even understand the first part. You're in a tight spot. Stressful, lots of pressure. Easy to snap, to break the lines, to say some words you might come to regret. We're all humans. Happens to the best of us. But then to double down on that, try to make it official and blame the wronged person for your failure... you deserve every bit of petty revenge you get!

More confused why he resigned then and there, instead of taking a long paid vacation followed by having the baby and taking the majority of the parental leave (still paid), and then resigning _after_ all that.

@@feha92From what I understood, he had already taken the vacation, he was technically on paid leave, and still came a bit to help. So when he resigned, the "2 weeks notice" was actually his paid leave, meaning that he would stop being employed at the end of his vacation and not have to actually come back to work. It was very clever.

@@foxsmovienight9696 Long since I watched this, but wasn't the story that the baby wasn't born yet? Meaning he was on paid vacation and not paid parental leave. In which case he could have timed end of vacation to start of parental leave, followed by resignation. Which was the point I brought up to begin with.

smile an insane sociopath-type smile next time, and when they complain, you say "You asked for this, right?" while maintaining your absolutely mouth-breaking smile.

That might be true but then again, we don't know for certain whether she was a willing accomplice in Todd's shenanigans or was pressured into going along with it.

@@BlueTressym Either she is like him, then she deserved it, or she was pressured, and in that case this break-up is the best that could happen to her.

@@AmarisFrede agreed.

Your pfp is literally scary

@@NoodleIDK13 I'm very curious to know how it's scary?

The baby will be happier without an over-entitled narcissist dad like that. I just wish the kid's mother looked better than she does - but she went along with his bs. I hope she learns decent behaviour in time.

I'm sure I saw a response to this before pointing out that it takes even fewer muscles to extend an arm and give someone a punch in the face.

The amazing thing is that most southern people (especially ex conservatives) can channel their ancestors so well that you'd swear you time traveled, I'd know because that's me

I'm not entirely sure I can get my head around "a strange woman walked in on him in the bathroom" as not being his "own business."

You mean mentally ill mother

​@@RyvakenThe father is a man, he has been for 45 years, that's certainly not a woman. Not to mention it's not his business unless the father was either staring at his private parts or harrasing others.

​​@@Ryvaken even if a cis person goes into the wrong bathroom, who cares, i would just assume theres a reason they cant use the other bathroom as long as theyre using the bathroom for its intended purpose and not lingering around

You are a masochist! 🤣 (and I hope you can find a partner with whom you can live out this spicy side of yours. 😊)

Exactly what I thought. That marriage is not going to last.

I suppose she was treated the same by her mother when she herself was a kid - so maybe she's been brainwashed into thinking her dear mother was right.

@charis6311 yeah she needs some therapy (like for her own good)

She spent her entire childhood dependent and under the power of this woman. It's probably hardwired into her brain by now to be terrified at the thought of contradicting her. Not an excuse, but an explanation.

@snowangelnc as someone who was literally shot by my own father, stabbed by my mother, and sent to nearly 3 years of "conversion" "therapy"i understand that ones situation growing up can lead to problems standing up to authority figures, however that's called maladaptive coping. Instead of helping to resolve the problem, her reaction was to make things worse and increase the stress and emotional distress of the people she should be defending most fiercely. I can assure you that I haven't even brushed the surface of how thoroughly I learned not to trust authority figures and to cope around them but if anything that should just strengthen my point that the fact that she is or still is siding with her mom is a giant red flag. I appreciate you trying to explain it to me (and recognizing that this is not an excuse for the actions) but what it seems people don't realize is that if she grew up in this situation, she failed a dozen score times before even reaching the setting of the story. Do you think I bring lgbtqia+ ppl to places my parents might be without warnings and steeling myself to fight them off? Absolutely not, and not just because I'm a recluse, lol. If you are a past victim of this sort of shit and you don't warn people beforehand and have a safeword to extricate yourselves you're in the wrong imo. If you, by action or inaction, cause another person to be victimized with at least reasonable expectation that such an event might happen, you no longer get to claim to be a victim, you aren't a victim you are literally complicit then, you are one of the perps. Unresolved childhood trauma that isn't even being acknowledged let alone worked on that continues the cycle of abuse is such an astoundingly huge and unimaginably brightly colored red flag that I genuinely can't understand yall trying to act like it's any less of a red flag than "I am actively siding with my mother to emotionally abuse my own child just like she did to me and not even remotely try to defend my child or spouse" that is what she said there regardless of what happened in her childhood, she knows first hand how painful that abuse is (theoretically, so long as the mom didn't randomly start one day making this whole conversation is pointless lol) and yet she is again actively choosing to force it on her child and oppose the parental figure trying to prevent it. She needs therapy and a lot of it (genuinely not like being sparky or an ass) if she thinks anything she did in this story doesn't make her clearly an unfit parent at least when her mother is around. As in if I was still active as a first responder and I had an address I'd be legally mandated to call CPS and potentially law enforcement (this legally is theft since it took place at the couples place if memory serves, the item was brought to their home and given (placed on their property and left unattended with gift packaging and labeling) of the hubby had asked (and not if the wife had asked not to that's not how that works there is a whole chapter on this lol)

I need to start doing that-

Usually complimenting someone about their hair or outfit works

I would be very creeped out if a stranger handed me a small gift. Otherwise, yeah, I agree.

lmao I once had some random christian street preacher come up to me and try her act, she gave me a moon pie. nah that weirded me the fuck out, so small gifts aren't gonna help with that. I did still eat it tho, but at that point I had very little self preservation.

Though this advice probably mainly helps with friends, colleagues or accuantances where you're already on first name basis and know if they'd appreciate it or not..

I mean absolutely no offense but personally I'd be fucking terrified if some rando (regardless of gender) gave me a small gift of any sort. Depending on what it was I might appreciate it after the fact, but in the moment I'd be extremely anxious about what their intentions were

As a wise man once said the two most powerful things in the world are sarcasm and pettiness

"our youngest spawn" LMAO

That's so nice of your cousin.

Bro, your cousin did you a solid. I wouldn't be surprised if she wasn't too scared to do anything, but seeing your dad with a potential next victim moved her to act. Your cousin is a good person, coming forward with something most girls would take to the grave in order to protect you.

Uh, so either she wanted to endanger you for 6 years (where any sexual assault could also easily result in permanent injuries)... or she wanted to emotionally scar an unborn child by having it emotionally connect to a fatherfigure, only so she could permanently rip him away just as the kid was old enough for that shit to go permanent instead of have it covered by your infantile amnesia? Also makes me wonder if there was other victims in the interim. ps: Also, this is not the subreddit, this is the youtube comments. pps: and wouldn't that fit r/NuclearRevenge more?

@@feha92or maybe she just felt too scared to come out about it until she realized he could abuse someone else soon? We shouldn’t assume much abt thsi cousin we don’t know them lol

@@amdete8254 You are not being cynical enough and aren't trying hard enough to turn a gratuitous memory into a dark one based on betrayal~ This is the internet!~ :D If we have to be serious, it is fairly obvious that waiting 6 years is just something that happened, and not in any way something planned and thought through. Like could be as simple as the person not knowing what recourse they had to address the issue, until they encountered the option in media or school or even some counseling.

That's the way, sis! I wish I could see their faces. Sending hugs from a trans brother, stay strong :D PS. I wish there was a way for trans people to exchange their private parts.

I so hope we get to the point of uterus transplants like that! I would be first in line to donate.

Oh, I'd never thought of that! I don't ever want to be pregnant or have kids, so I'd happily donate mine to someone who would appreciate it

Yeah, uterus transplants will be awesome. I would've donated mine, but there's no way I'd ever have been a candidate for it, it was a mess. 🤞🏻 for you though.

Lucy already showed she was just like Todd - remember, she announced her pregnancy at the sister's baby shower! Only one I feel bad for is the kid.