best friend got mad i made his bday dinner instead of buying it
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best friend got mad i made his bday dinner instead of buying it

For context i had already paid for everyone to go to an escape room since he likes that kinda stuff and it was abt 35 per person for a group of 6. Money was alr kinda tight before the escape room but i genuinely couldn’t afford to take anyone out to eat. Everyone else loved it and even grabbed seconds but I could tell he was disappointed by it. I feel bad abt it so maybe i could make it up to him by taking him out when i have the money.

he loves thai food so i made red curry over rice + spring rolls and cucumber salad but eb ate those before i could get a pic

edit: for everyone asking me if he ever said he was mad he didn’t explicitly say so but all this happened yesterday and he hasn’t talked to me since then which is highly unusual ( for eb telling me to text him i took a ss it’s in the comments )

u/DiskOne3096 — 2 days ago
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i’m cutting off my best friend after she watched our cats for a few days

I am livid writing this, so please excuse any typos. This girl (20F) and I (23F) have been close for the last 3 years. We met through my boyfriend (26M) who worked at a gas station at the time and told me about a young girl who was a regular and looked like she needed a friend. She had been through a big tragedy (not my story to tell), so I introduced myself and we hit it off. My bf and I considered her like a daughter, and even call her “Sissy” to our baby per her request.

Now my bf and I like to think of ourselves as kind people, and we helped her through so much. Many times we’ve opened our home to her, despite not being supposed to due to our lease; we’ve helped her with money, personal disputes, and even housed her and her friends whenever they wound up without a place to go. A mess would usually follow, but nothing she shouldn’t pick up. Now fast forward to this past week.

My bf and I went on a trip 4 hours away from our home so he could celebrate his birthday with his mom who lives in another state. We have 5 cats. We can’t bring them with us since we also have a beautiful 10 month old daughter. We’ve taken this trip before, and asked her to watch the house and cats and she did an amazing job! So we thought what could go wrong if we ask her again right? Well…

We left at 6:30pm on July 1st. I fed and watered the cats before we did so, and changed the cat pans. There are 4 feedings bowls total, two large bowls and two personal bowls, two water dishes and four cat pans. I asked three simple things of her.

•Feed and water the cats everyday
•Clean the cat pans as needed
•Keep our door locked whenever you leave

I got a call from her the next morning (July 2nd) and she sounded pissy. She explained that she couldn’t get into our house and she was running late for her shift. I forgot to leave the spare key out for her, that was my fault. However it wasn’t an unsolvable problem because I have an amazing landlord who I reached out to explaining the situation and he unlocked our door on his break for her.

So I texted her later that day and asked if she got in okay, and she said she was at work all night and would check on them when they got out. I got a text at 11:35pm saying she wasn’t going to stop by because her ride’s legs hurt and she didn’t want to walk to our house from her apartment. Mind you it’s now been over 24 hours since my cats ate the day prior. I didn’t see this text until 6:30am the morning of the 3rd.

So now I’m pissed, because not only have my cats not eaten anything in a day but my door was UNLOCKED ALL DAY AND NIGHT. With absolutely NO ONE HOME!! I would also like to make it known that our friend literally lives 10 minutes down the street from us WALKING. It’s maybe a 2-3 minute drive. HER RIDES DRIVE BY OUR HOUSE TO TAKE HER HOME.

I got another text around 9:30am saying she was going to our house to feed the cats and then another around 6pm asking if we had any clean towels. After I told her that, I didn’t hear anything from her. Did I think I would have to stock towels? No, because I didn’t know she would be staying at our house. But again, I wanted to trust her so I didn’t say anything.

Fast forward to Sunday (yesterday as of writing this post) and we got home around 1:30pm. Our friend was at work and I was busy getting my daughter out of the car when my bf whips the front door open (unlocked) and goes in first. He’s gone for a few minutes, and then suddenly he throws the door open again and I can see the steam coming from his ears.

Our house was trashed. Cat pans untouched, dirty clothes on the floor of the bathroom, dirty towels on our couch, half full food bins ON OUR BED, one of our cats locked in the bedroom, our daughters clothes in the nasty cat pans covered in cat shit, food all over the floor and not in bowls, our clean clothes strewn on the ground and EVERYTHING WAS COVERED IN CAT PISS.

So my bf has said that she’s no longer allowed in our home if she can’t respect us, and honestly I agree. It feels like a slap in the face. We’ve done so much for her and never asked for anything but honesty and respect in return. My bf has given her thousands of dollars worth of tattoos for free, we’ve housed her, paid her bills, fed her when she needed it, brought her on family trips.

I told her we were home, and she tried to play it like nothing was wrong and I barely answered her. I collected her things (also covered in cat piss btw) put them in a garbage bag and left them by the door for her to take. I haven’t heard from her since.

I don’t plan on reaching out. If she doesn’t come get her stuff, i’m gonna toss it with the trash in a few days. She doesn’t respect me, why should I respect her?

I added pictures of the texts along with some of the many pictures of the state my house was left in.

TLDR: my “friend” was supposed to take care of my cats and instead neglected them and trashed my house.

u/DiskOne3096 — 14 days ago

Alternative communities to childfree?

Hey everyone, I'm sorry if this question has been asked before or if this is the wrong place to ask it.

I spent a lot of years thinking really carefully about whether I wanted children or not and have recently finally settled on a "no." (I am 34 now). It wasn't an easy choice to make though, and I'm currently trying to work through some kind of grief I'm feeling over children that will never exist/a future I won't have, and irrational worries that one day I'll regret having made this choice. And yes I do know its better to regret not having kids than to have them and regret it, that's one of the reasons I decided against them, it's just difficult to get that out of my head sometimes. Even though ultimately I will be happier this way and am happy with the decision, it's a complicated feeling.

I wouldn't describe any of what I'm feeling as doubts (I am secure in my choice, I thought about it for a very, very long time), but there are some feelings of regret or sadness maybe, and I also feel very isolated and lonely about this. Lately I've been thinking it might make me feel better to be around others who are in the same boat, even if just online.

My issue is I tried to look into r/childfree and had to leave after a few days because I just could not relate to the community over there at all. The two biggest things were that everyone there seemed like they had known for their whole lives that they didn't want kids and had therefore never struggled with the decision, and that a lot of them seem almost repulsed by children and can't even stand being around them. There's nothing wrong if people feel that way of course, but I just can't relate at all. After lurking in this subreddit for a while I feel like the people here think a lot more like me, but I don't know if this is still the right place since I'm no longer on the fence anymore.

I'm just wondering if anyone knows of any alternatives that are a bit more like what I'm hoping for, even websites outside of reddit would be welcome too. Thanks so much 🩷

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u/DiskOne3096 — 2 months ago

Feeling like I can't check out if there's only one item in my cart?

I'm curious if anyone else struggles with this and how you talk yourself out of it? For some reason it's really hard for me to make an order on a website if I'm only buying a single thing (idk why, if I feel like it's a waste to not have the shipping cost cover multiple items, or that a single thing is not enough and I need to add something else to make it feel "worthwhile"). I usually only add one or two small additional things which I wanted/liked but unlike the main item I didn't really need, and it's usually cheaper stuff but it does add up over time. I feel this in person sometimes too, if I'm at a shop and I only have one thing in my basket I'll feel weirdly obligated to add like, a pack of gum at the counter or something so it's not just a single thing.

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u/DiskOne3096 — 2 months ago

Decorating pens with nail stickers

I just wanted to share this idea I had for decorating some of my ballpoint pens because I think it turned out really cute :) these are nail stickers stuck to the ink chamber/refill thing, so they won't peel off when the pens are rolling around in a pencil or being touched. The pens are two zebra sarasa clips and a pilot juice

u/DiskOne3096 — 3 months ago

I have a small collection of pens (8 currently) I'm very happy with all of them and I have at least one to suit all of my various pen needs, so I'm not wanting any more new models at the moment. But lately I have been thinking I would really like to add a vintage pen to my collection! I only want one, there's just something fun to me about the idea of giving a new life to a pen from decades ago which has been used by other people before me.

Unfortunately I don't live near any pen shops I could visit in person so I'd need to buy online, but I can't begin searching because I don't even know what to type in 😂 I can describe a few things I like in modern pens and if that gives anyone an idea, I would love to hear!

I know I prefer larger pens because I have a bit of a deathgrip and small/thin pens get uncomfortable to hold after a while, I hate having pens posted while I write so it mostly just needs to be long enough when uncapped. I do need it to have a clip, and a round grip section because I find faceted ones are uncomfortable to hold as well. Any material is fine, but I am fond of metal pens and enjoy the bit of extra weight they have. As for colours I enjoy the classic black with silver or gold trim but that's not a necessity. Cartridge/converter or piston fillers would be the best.

I don't know enough about pen history to give an specific era but honestly the older the better I think, since it's largely just for the novelty of it haha.

As for nibs I've only ever used standard nibs like a normal F and M so I wouldn't know how to handle any kind of specialist nibs, I've also only ever used steel nibs so I have no idea if I would like gold. I would be willing to try it, otherwise I'd be happy with another steel nib! It would be a bonus if the nib had an engraving/design on it, I just find those prettier compared to the plain ones.

My favourite pens to use are my TWSBI eco and diplomat viper (the grip on that one is so comfortable imo!)

I'm happy to do a little bit of work like taking it apart and cleaning, but I don't have the experience to attempt anything like tuning or grinding. Overall I'm just looking for something that could be a reliable every day writing sort of pen for journaling and note taking.

I don't have a strict budget but I would prefer something more on the affordable side, under $100 would be nice and under $50 even better. Thanks so much if anybody can help! 🩷

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u/DiskOne3096 — 3 months ago