u/Love_and_Light777

Last weekend I was invited to a barbecue. The weather had been hot here in the UK & so I decided to go. I made it a point to say I’m Vegan & so would be sticking with Salad which I didn’t mind. I hate feeling like I’m putting people out of the way anyway the barbecue comes around & I’m lining up to get a plate when the lady (who invited me) says she bought vegan sausages. Great! I thought, I took two onto my plate & loaded it with salad. Later that day I took the plate inside (I was going to offer to help with dishes) anyway she smirks. I stand still & smile back. What? I asked…that’s when I found out I had eaten meat. Pork. I felt sick to my stomach & threw up. I would’ve reached for a bin but I hadn’t seen one. It got silent and I walked out. She has now since asked me to cover the charges to clean her carpet. I’ve denied since she was the one to feed me meat. AITA?

Edit: As some people are questioning why I couldn’t tell or why I didn’t puke until told rightfully so, I’d be asking these questions too. So for not questioning the taste, for one I don’t hate the taste of meat, I’ve eaten a lot of vegan food where you can’t tell especially with seasoning. 2, I’ve never had Vegan sausages, still haven’t I guess & 3, it’s more so the Animal abuse so when I was told I obviously felt sick to my stomach, I haven’t to been able to eat meat for a month since watching documentaries on the horrors of meat production.
I hope this clears some things up

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Hey guys, I hope this is the right place to ask. So I’m not very good at keeping a regular skincare routine but have been for the past couple of days- under eye patches, lip patch, serum, moisturiser but I’ve noticed my skin has been very dry since yesterday especially the corner of my lips, my hair line, nose and now under my left eye (Ohyh and I’ve been using a face wash every morning). How do you find which product works for you without having to buy every brand of product to sample?

Hey guys, so I’m almost 7 days smoke free and for the most part doing really well. Not craving so much but missing the habit a little. Anyway, I’ve had a headache for days! I’m thinking it’s because I’m withdrawing but not really sure. Has anyone else experienced this & how long for? IWNSWYT

Hey guys, the reason I’m writing 3 encounters in this post is because I’ve moved A LOT. Particularly as a child and so I thought I’d bunch up these experiences into each place they happened.

So for context: There was a lot of violence between my parents which would lead us to move into Women’s Refuges a lot of the time (genuinely some of my happier memories from when I was younger was living in those places) though my mother would return back to my abusive father a lot of the times again.
Anyway, I can’t remember the exact area this happened but I know it wasn’t far from Cleethorpes, England as the staff had taken all the children for a day out there one day.
Women’s refuges can be huge with lots of hallways leading to different rooms, shared living rooms, shared kitchens, staff rooms, children’s play rooms etc. There were a lot of children in these homes so we’d often play together like tag or hide and seek.

So for the first encounter, I was in one of the hallways alone probably playing hide and seek and just see this black mist by the bottom of one of the stairways. I was maybe 20ft away from it and it’s hard to describe how big it was as it wasn’t in a human or animal shape but would’ve been the size of a grown adult but in a “rounder” misty way. It was floating and again I was frozen. I believe I saw it again at a different stairway but I’m not sure if I’m remembering the second time wrong as obviously the first time played so heavily on my mind.
Something to note I guess and I’m sure a lot of people are like me but whenever I encountered something as I child I would freeze, unable to look away or blink. I would feel tears pricking at my eyes but I don’t ever remember crying about it. Just frozen and feeling my heart beat fast.

Encounter 2: I was in the back garden of the Refuge which was rather big. Big enough for a lot of play things for the children, a patio and grass area so we could play ball games too. The garden was surrounded by the building on two adjacent sides and on the other two was just a huge fence for privacy and safety of course. On the building side there were so many windows. Windows to each room. It was late, not pitch black but the sun had set. I remember being the only one outside at this time. We had a curfew and so all the other children must’ve went back inside and for whatever reason I looked up towards all the windows and see this thing floating by them. It had to have been a good 30ft in the air and floated left to right. This had a more human shape and the appearance was lighter. Like they were wearing an off white or beige floaty dress. Again I followed it with my eyes unable to look away.

Encounter 3: I was in the bedroom I shared with my mother and siblings looking out the window that over looked the garden but how the building was set up (as I tried to explain previously) you could see one of the hallways downstairs. It was passed curfew so everyone should’ve been in their own rooms at this time and the light was on in the hallway, anyway I saw feet walking. Just feet. Weird 😂
I was 9 when this happened and I come from an Irish Traveller background and we have a belief that we can and are psychic. I’ll definitely elaborate on this in further posts.

Edit: Thought I’d include my mother’s experience too at this place.
My mother went upstairs to get something from our bedroom when she was walking along the hallway she saw a blond woman about to reach the handle to one of the bedrooms but got “spooked” by my mum and ran behind a long curtain (there were lots of windows in the hallway) anyway, my mum thinking it was odd the woman ran and hid from her went to pull back the curtain only to find no one there. She went downstairs and told the rest of the women and staff what had just happened and one of the staff members told her that the room the apparition was reaching for a woman had committed suicide in there.
I went no contact with my mother years ago so I can’t ask her anything about this or any weird experience she, me or my siblings had growing up.

My siblings and I would often joke about how we were probably playing hide and seek with ghosts too at these times 😭 gives me the heebie jeebies!

I’ve had a handful of “paranormal” experiences. The only reason I’m using quotation marks is because as I’ve grown older I’ve become a lot more skeptical as to what I’ve experienced when I was younger could have been.
For context, I grew up in England to Irish Catholic parents. We were allowed to watch horror movies and there was a lot of violence in the house hold and just a general angry atmosphere (which definitely messes with the psyche). The reason I’m speaking about this experience in particular is because many years after it happened, I’ve seen a lot of anecdotes of other people’s own experiences with the infamous HatMan.
Sorry in advance as it’s very short and I don’t have much details as the encounter only lasted mere seconds if that.

It was the Summer of ‘03 and my family and I were living in a house in Wigan, Manchester. I was in the bathroom and the door was a little ajar-maybe a good 10inches. This huge “man” dressed all in black (long black coat, black hat) walks passed the door rather slowly and hunched over. I remember thinking he must’ve been too tall for the ceiling which around 8ft tall? I never saw his face and I was just frozen in place. Sorry I don’t have much more details on this experience and I probably would’ve passed it off as just another weird, unexplained experience that came about from stress, religious upbringing and being an avid horror movie watcher but like I said once I became an adult I’ve seen other people mention seeing this thing. Anyway, there’s my two cents on this lol and I’m still a huge horror fan 🦇 I’d love to share more unexplained encounters at some point.

I’m sure others have noticed this but I love how Maggie & Glenn’s names are intertwined in a way-let me see if I can explain this coherently lol.
Maggie’s maiden name is Green but when you remove the “G” & “N” you’re left with “Ree” & we all know Maggie later changes her surname to her husbands “Rhee”, yes I know it’s spelt differently but same pronunciation. I don’t think this would hold much weight if it wasn’t for “G” & “N” also being the first & last letter of Glenn’s first name. Just something cute I noticed a while back 🧟‍♀️

Hey guys so I have medium back pain most of the time that sometimes leads to debilitating sciatic pain. The muscles in my lower back feel weak & I can barely stand let alone walk. I’ve pretty much been bed bound for a week (able to go to the kitchen & loo with great difficulty). I have no friends or family & because I moved to a new country I’ve been told I have to contact my old Doctors/Hospital for my records so I can get an MRI. How do people manage to stay on top of cleaning their home? It feels so dirty & gross & all I want to do is clean. I’ve been taking OTC painkillers & I haven’t felt any better. Can anybody share their stories or tips that are in a similar scenario? TIA 🙏

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Hey guys, I’m over 20 hrs Nicotine free 🫶🏻 does anyone have any tips & tricks for clearing lungs/better lung health? I’d love to start working out but I get out of breath easy due to my 15yrs of chain smoking 😭 IWNSWYT