u/tired_of_these_men

I’m so mad. Story time.

Medina line road is a 2 lane road, one lane south and one lane north.

Im headed north and I see something in the middle of the south bound lane. At first I thought it was a shoe or trash. But as the car headed south passes over it, I realize it is a turtle.

I quickly pull over, turn on my hazards, and run back to help it cross. I know turtles are roadkill because people intentionally try to hit them.

Lo and behold, a truck is coming towards me in the north bound lane as I’m jogging in the shoulder to get to the turtle. This MF-ING TRUCK crosses over the double yellow line into the south bound lane to kill the turtle as I’m about to reach it!!! More than half the width of the truck was in the wrong side of the road.

WHAT THE F*CK DUDE!!!

He fails (thank god) and the turtle is ok. Turns out it is a map turtle, a protected species!

The truck stops near my parked car (and watches I guess) as I pick up the turtle, make sure it is ok and alive. I placed it past the ditch on the far side of the road where it was headed. I figured the trees would do it some good? Idk.

The truck drives off and I don’t get the chance to give the driver a piece of my mind. Probably for the best because I don’t want a battery charge.

Why? Why why why would someone intentionally hit an animal? I understand that sometimes raccoons and squirrels jump into the road right in front of you and there isn’t enough time to stop or swerve. Deer, cats, opossums often are killed by cars for that reason. It’s accidental. But to have almost the entire width of your vehicle in the wrong lane of traffic to kill a turtle???

I’m raging. I hope the turtle lives a long life. And I hope the driver never looses a family member to vehicular manslaughter.

I’m so mad. Story time.

Medina line road is a 2 lane road, one lane south and one lane north.

Im headed north and I see something in the middle of the south bound lane. At first I thought it was a shoe or trash. But as the car headed south passes over it, I realize it is a turtle.

I quickly pull over, turn on my hazards, and run back to help it cross. I know turtles are roadkill because people intentionally try to hit them.

Lo and behold, a truck is coming towards me in the north bound lane as I’m jogging in the shoulder to get to the turtle. This MF-ING TRUCK crosses over the double yellow line into the south bound lane to kill the turtle as I’m about to reach it!!! More than half the width of the truck was in the wrong side of the road.

WHAT THE F*CK DUDE!!!

He fails (thank god) and the turtle is ok. Turns out it is a map turtle, a protected species!

The truck stops near my parked car (and watches I guess) as I pick up the turtle, make sure it is ok and alive. I placed it past the ditch on the far side of the road where it was headed. I figured the trees would do it some good? Idk.

The truck drives off and I don’t get the chance to give the driver a piece of my mind. Probably for the best because I don’t want a battery charge.

Why? Why why why would someone intentionally hit an animal? I understand that sometimes raccoons and squirrels jump into the road right in front of you and there isn’t enough time to stop or swerve. Deer, cats, opossums often are killed by cars for that reason. It’s accidental. But to have almost the entire width of your vehicle in the wrong lane of traffic to kill a turtle???

I’m raging. I hope the turtle lives a long life. And I hope the driver never looses a family member to vehicular manslaughter.

I’m not really looking for answers or asking “AITA”. This is more of a venting session because I’m so fed up.

Story time.

Last autumn I matched with a guy on bumble. Let’s call him “Ghost” because that’s what happened. 32 male. I’m 25 at the time, didn’t think the age gap was an issue due to my life trajectory and his. 

Over the course of 5 weeks, Ghost and I went on a few dates. It was great, until mid October, when the excuses started. Family stuff, feeling under the weather, work, too tired, etc. Individually, they all seemed reasonable excuses to cancel plans or not being able to schedule plans. I responded with “no big deal” and “don’t worry about it” while also trying to reschedule or make different plans with Ghost. I was trying to be accommodating and reasonable because I understand life gets busy sometimes. 

But then it was mid December. Two full months went by without a date. So I called him out on his silence and BS. He just never responded. Hence the nickname “Ghost”.

End of story right? Nope.

I want to say it was mid March? A guy I don’t know sends me a friend request on Facebook with the same last name as Ghost. Turns out, it’s his older brother. Let’s call him “Eww” 🤪. Ew is somewhere between 35 and 38. So about a 10 year difference. 

Of course I’m suspicious. This is weird AF. Eww messages me explaining who he is, that his brother is an idiot, and that he would love to get to know me/take me out on a date. Suspicious, but whatever. I ask him why, if he usually goes after his brother’s leftovers… stuff like that. Trying to figure out Eww’s motives for pursuing me. The responses to my questions didn’t reveal anything that would make me end the conversation, so I figured why not see where this goes. Engaging with caution.

We end up going on a date late April. I’m 26 by this time. I thought the date went well! Eww was very interesting. He is a business owner and has hobbies like taking cooking classes, baking, painting, etc. Like calm masculine energy. Seemed like he had good IQ and EQ. 

He doesn’t text me much after the date. I ask him why, if I did/said something wrong. His response was “it seems like we are looking for different things”. I’m baffled. Eww asked ME out on a date. We were flirting over text for over a month. He seemed like he wanted a relationship. I tried to ask for clarification. Nothing. So I deleted Eww’s phone number and unfriended him on Facebook. 

YESTERDAY.

Eww messages me asking if I want to come over. Mind you, this is 2 months of zero contact. Sirens are activated in my head. He said “you know why. To make you scream” 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ gross. No thank you. 

Ugh

So you don’t want to be in a relationship despite you reaching out indicating that you want to pursue one. You don’t want to maintain contact. I’m not good enough for you, but you still want me in your bed??? 

I don’t understand where these men get the audacity. Clearly it’s been on sale somewhere because wtf??? Why? Why would you think I would ever say yes? I gave zero indications I was “down for hookups” 🤮 

I’d rather be single forever with battery powered silicon than let myself get taken advantage of by these idiots.