u/littleredbird1991

Not sure why. My house is a fairly new build (built in 2018) and it’s not particularly photogenic. We only have one tree and it’s kinda dinky right now. But I guess my house was the most magical place for this couple. It seemed like she said yes.

Anyways if you want the footage I got it on my doorbell cam.

A few months ago a new girl started tagging along with my friend group (Mia 32F). She’s a nice enough person so we all didn’t have a problem with it at first. Then we decided to watch a movie together. And Mia talked through the entire thing. She kept a running commentary going through the whole movie. She would mention plot holes, trivia about the actors, just general nonsense. We were watching the movie on streaming at someone’s house so it was annoying but we all got over it.

Then we went to see the Odysee in IMAX. And she kept whispering to me the entire movie. Like a full on running commentary about every little difference there was between the poem and the movie, fun facts about Matt Damon, basically didn’t shut up the entire movie. I had been sitting next to her and I asked her to be quiet a few times but she didn’t seem to get the message.

A few weeks later a friend said he got tickets to see “Something Rotten” which is a musical. Someone else said “don’t invite Mia”. So we created a second group chat without Mia to coordinate that show. We went without Mia and had a good time.

The next time we were going to do a movie night at someone’s home, we again didn’t invite Mia. We invited her to a boating day we did so it wasn’t like we were excluding her from everything.

Last week the non- Mia group chat decided to go see Rock of Ages at the theater where I work and asked if I could get them a deal on tickets. Mia apparently found out about this get together and called me to ask why we hadn’t invited her.

I decided to be blunt and told her “because you won’t shut up when we’re watching stuff”. Mia seemed to get offended and apparently went to the rest of my friend group to get the truth. Some told her straight up why and others either left her on read or lied about the plans.

Now my friend group is divided. Some think it was right to tell Mia the truth, while others think that we should have lied to spare her feelings. Nobody wants to invite her to the show (which they are coming to tonight without Mia) though.

So AITA?

So I was making dinner for my nephews (5 and 3) and I asked the 3yo what toppings he wanted and he said he wanted a pizza that was all crust. I was confused so I clarified he wanted no cheese, no pepperoni, and no sauce. He said “no I want a pizza that’s all crust”. He started getting mad. So I put the pizza dough in the oven and cooked it. When it was done he had a meltdown. Apparently he wanted me to make the pizza the normal way and to just scrape off all the toppings and sauce so there was no trace of it.

Man I can’t win with toddlers.

So my aunt and her husband recently decide to divorce after almost 40 years. The reasons are not important but the divorce is going well.

Well, apparently my ex-uncle’s sister contacted my aunt and asked that since they were divorcing could my aunt return the gift she bought them. Apparently she bought them a coffee maker. Back in 1987. That thing had long since died and gone to the dump. When my aunt told her ex-SIL that it was gone her ex-SIL asked if my aunt could buy her a new one to replace it. Apparently my aunt has not responded to this request yet, but my family group chat is enjoying roasting this woman for her audacity.

UPDATE:

Wow, thank you all for the replies. I passed on the idea of getting an old broken Mr coffee to give the ex-SIL. My cousins seemed to love it and started looking online for an old busted one. My Aunt (the one who is divorced) said that while she thought the idea was funny she was going to tell the ex-SIL if she needed anything to contact her brother (ex-uncle) and then block her.

Sorry it’s not the funnier ending but y’all gave my family a lot to joke about in the group chat (better than what we were normally talking about)

I went to a wedding this past weekend of a family friend. It was a garden wedding and would probably have been perfect if it hadn’t been for the shoes the bride chose to wear.

The bride is really short, like 5’2” tops and the groom is like 6’4”. Apparently the bride wanted to be on the same level of the groom so she wore what I can only describe as “hooker heels”. They were about 7 inch platforms. Apparently she would wear flats for the garden reception but for the ceremony she was going to wear the platforms.

Now these shoes are problematic under the best of circumstances (walking on pavement or indoors) but the ceremony was taking place in a grassy area. With a fabric covered walk way.

The bride was wobbling, badly, as she was walking down the aisle, but just before she got to the alter, her ankle gave out and she fell. Everyone freaked when the bride didn’t get up right away. Eventually they got a chair and she and the groom did the ceremony seated.

To her credit, the bride stayed for the whole ceremony and reception, but they didn’t do the first dance or father/daughter dance.

Apparently she did break her ankle (my mom found out from the bride’s mother). And the couple had to postpone their honeymoon.

So if you are going to do a garden wedding, do flats or at least sensible heels.

So, I woke up early and though I’d treat myself to some delicious donuts this morning. There is a little donut stand that is about 5 blocks from my house so I decided to walk there and pick up some. When I got there I decided I wanted the apple fritter for me and a couple smaller ones for my husband.

I looked the clerk in the eye and confidently ordered the apple fritter and the chocolate sprinkle ones but my brain froze when I wanted to order the filled powdered donut. Instead of asking for the powdered donut or the filled donut I confidently asked

“And can I get the one that looks like cocaine?”

Thankfully the person behind the counter figured out which one I meant because my brain was not working. I didn’t even realize what I had said until I was walking away and had already paid for everything.

TL;DR shoulda ordered the coffee before the cocaine donuts

My friend recently got hit by a car while on her bike, so I am walking her dog, Pedro, for her while she is on bed rest. Pedro is a 5ish year old rescue mutt that is about the size of a collie (he has similar coloring but short fur). He was severely abused as a puppy, so he is not the best around humans. He has been known to snap when people he doesn’t know grab for his face.

I was walking Pedro in a dog park on a short leash when I see a mom and a couple of small kids walking towards us. One of the kids (under 4) starts running up to Pedro and I with her arms out stretched yelling “puppy”. I didn’t know what to do since the mom seemed to be enjoying her phone more than watching the kids. Pedro started backing up and growling at the girl as she was running towards him, so I put my body between her and Pedro and kind of tripped her while trying to move Pedro along. The kid fell and started to cry. The mom (or who I am assuming is the mom) looked at me and said “why tf did you do that.” I told her “the dog was growling and will bite” all while trying to keep Pedro moving. As we passed her the little girl tried again to grab for Pedro but he nipped at her, which caused her to cry.

The mom started to yell at me but I was still walking past her, when I turned back and said “told you so”.

Later I told my friend what happened and she said that I shouldn’t have tripped the child and that Pedro is a nipper not a biter. Pedro is such a sweet dog who has been through a lot and I didn’t want anything to happen to him.

EDIT:

First to answer a question I keep getting. Yes I said no to the kid running toward Pedro and me, but it came out more as a “nononononono” then trip.

Also, Pedro is not my dog, but I did email my friend a couple of Amazon links to muzzles. I will take Pedro on a back road tomorrow where we are unlikely to meet other people.

Pedro is also on a short leash. He is not on a retractable leash and I was keeping him close to my body.

I have rabbits. I am beholden to my buns so I’m not exactly sure about dog walking rules.

I am just trying to help my friend out.

Pedro is a good boy who went through hell. I will talk to my friend about getting him more help with his aggression