u/Olio_Lothario

Hi I 23M travel quite a bit and met a woman 20F travelling and we hit it off. We were exploring the city when I saw that she had some wierd traits. She was very ADHD and she told me that she takes medicine for it. Already I was a bit taken a back but after a bit we were hanging out in the pool and she told me she had autism, but light autism, level 1 (whatever that means, didn’t want to ask).

I’m very used to meeting experienced, older women so I think the fact that I had to to most of the flirting and progressing the steps to take her to bed makes me feel like I “groomed” her into it, but I didn’t.

She had sensory issues, so I was very respectful and didn’t cross any boundaries and made sure she was fine during the whole time.

I’m not sure if I should have stopped flirting after she said she has autism, I’ve never been put in a position like this.

To clear up, we are both travelling in this city for 2 more nights and I don’t really think I will want to meet in the near future after that.

I'm sure this has been asked before, but I am in need of unbiased answers.

My wife asked me what I wanted for father's day this year. A few of my friends, my father, and one of their fathers (6 of us total) planned a day for us to spend together which we rarely experience these days. I asked her to take care of the kids while we celebrate father's day together as a group of fathers.

My wife does not like the idea. She thinks I should spend time with the kids on fathers day. I understand where she's coming from, but I spend time with the kids every single day. I am not an absent father. Yes, I work full time, as does my wife, but we are both very active in our kid's lives. Hell, I coach my son's rec league basketball team for 8 year olds. I take my daughter to gymnastics practice 3 times a week and spend 2 hours watching the entire practice most Sundays.

My mother agreed to help my wife take care of the kids/grandkids while my father and I are out for the day. We plan to be back for dinner that night to have a nice family meal with everyone and it's not like my father and I expect some fancy home cooked meal either. We're fine with ordering takeout.

My parents obviously have no issue with it. No one has told me I am in the wrong, but my wife is very obviously not happy.

AITAH?

ETA:

I showed my wife the post and she got embarrassed, laughed, and playfully called me a jerk for "exposing" her on reddit. She said she didn't mean to let her disappointment show so clearly, but did reassure me that she respected my choice and won't be holding it against me or anything like that.

Thanks for all the replies!

I (F30) am European and honestly Eurovision has always been a pretty big deal for me and my friends. It’s not just a cheesy music contest it feels like this weird, energetic celebration where you get to see countries showing off their music and sometimes their politics in the most over the top way possible. You get drama, camp, and chaos and if you grew up here you somehow end up emotionally invested in the whole thing. So, this year was the Eurovision’s 70th final. We decided to get together at a friend’s house to watch the show, drink, play games and chatting before the show kicked off late. One of my friends brought this American guy (M25) which none of us knew him but whatever we are always open to meeting new people.

For some context: my English is fluent, but I do have an accent, which is normal because it’s not my first language. I’ve been around Americans a lot mostly through media and college. I’ve met plenty who are really chill but honestly there’s always that occasional type who just acts weird or patronizing about non Americans especially when someone has an accent and this fit right into that category.

Throughout the evening every time someone spoke English with an accent he’d pretend not to understand words that were honestly very clear and it felt like he was deliberately highlighting our accents. It was obvious he understood he just wanted to make a point I guess.When we tried explaining Eurovision and all the participating countries he started making these comments about how certain countries sounded fake because he’d never heard of them and kept saying things like: “Wait, that’s actually a real country?” and “There’s no way that exists.” But what really got under my skin was how dismissive he was about songs in languages other than English. As soon as a non English performance started, he would roll his eyes and say stuff like "Nobody can understand this right?" and "Why don’t they just sing in English?". Someone tried to explain to him that hearing songs in different languages is what makes Eurovision unique and he just said “If you want to win internationally, you have to use a language people actually speak”. The fact that he said this with a straight face while sitting in a room full of people speaking English as their second language to accommodate him and include him in their conversations was honestly ridiculous. At first we thought he was kidding, but he kept pushing all evening. Then conversation shifted to geography at sme point and someone asked him where he was from. Instead of just saying “the US” or “America” he gave his state name. Maybe it sounds petty, but I always feel it’s a bit arrogant when Americans assume we know every US state. So at this point after hours of him being condescending I figured I’d give him a taste of his own medicine.

Me: "Where’s that? Asia?"

He looked genuinely taken aback.

Him: "No the USA"

Me: "Oh ok where is that?"

Him: "The United States of America?"

Me: "Oh so the Americas. Like Canada and Mexico?”"

My friends were trying not to laugh at this point

Him: "No it’s THE United States. You seriously don’t know what the USA is?"

Me: "I’ve heard of Mexico, is it nearby?"

Him: "You have to be kidding"

Me: "No I just don’t know much about smaller countries outside of Europe"

He actually started getting worked up while I acted totally innocent

Him: "It’s one of the most powerful countries in the world"

Me: "Good for you guys. So how many Eurovision wins do you have?"

That line had my friends crying with laughter.

He launched into this rant about how "everyone knows America" and how insane it was I’d pretend not to. Eventually I came clean and told him I was just doing what he'd been doing to us all night when we talked about European countries. After that things got a little tense in the room. Some friends thought it was hilarious, but a couple said I went too far and embarrassed him in front of strangers.

So AITA for doing this? I know I could have just ignored him, but he really was being rude for hours and it felt good to rage bait an American for once.

Hello everyone,

Myself and my good friend u/catastrophe-rabbit have been meticulously choosing and watching a bad movie once or twice a month for over a decade, giving each one a score out of 10 and ranking it. We recently hit our 50th movie and thought we would share the results during this milestone as it might take us another 10 years to watch 50 more :D

Each movie's ranking was decided between us both, on occasion swinging each other's votes to meet a middle point. The rankings were decides on what we believe make a great "bad movie"; entertainment, acting, script, production quality vs budget, vanity vs passion projects, and any special surprises they might have for us. Also we tried to stay away from all intentionally bad movies (for example Sharknado), though it was tough to tell with some.

Here is the list! (tied movies are in no specific order)

https://preview.redd.it/nfytbv5si5zg1.png?width=339&format=png&auto=webp&s=753d67715118e790b05f64311d16127ee1e2e5b9

Feeders	10
Fateful Findings	10
Miami Connection	9.8
Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe	9.8
Champagne and Bullets AKA GetEven (1993)	9.5
The Wrong Door	9
Angel Fist	8.8
Double Down	8.8
Deathstalker II	8.5
Hawkeye	8.3
Sketch Artist 2	8
The Room	7.8
Trancers	7.5
Society	7.3
Legion of Iron (1990)	7.3
Midnight Chronicles	7
Beyond The Seventh Door	7
Terminal Force (Galaxis)	6.9
Raw Force (1982)	6.8
New Gladiators (1984)	6.8
Mutant Hunt	6.8
Deathstalker	6.8
Nemesis (1992)	6.8
Grave Danger (2009)	6.8
Forbidden World	6.8
Terminal Force	6.6
Samurai Cop	6.5
Empire of the Dark	6.5
Transformations	6.3
Sons of Steel (1988)	6.3
Chopping Mall	6.3
Terminus	6
Dangerous Men (2005)	6
Battle Beyond the Stars	6
Phobe	5.8
Streets of Darkness	5.5
Cybernator (1991)	5.5
Psychovision	5.3
I am Here...Now	5
Hard Ticket to Hawaii	5
Outcast (2014)	4.5
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage	4
Knowing	3.5
Fatal Deviation	3.3
Birdemic	3.3
Techno Warriors (1997)	3
Death Tube	3
TC 2000	2.8
The Boss Man	2.5
Blackbird	2.5

It really was an amazing experience and we found a lot of gems which we don't believe are generally mentioned or recognized, so hopefully it'll help a few people to find some new content.

To 50 more!

Feel free to ask any questions and we'll try to answer. Hope you enjoy!