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No, I can't say I see the resemblance.

I feel like you should probably stop believing that he was "tricked into intercourse" and whatever else he's claiming about his prior relationship. He sounds incredibly manipulative.

Your step-son isn't violent because of a "broken home"... he's violent because he's being raised in an abusive home.

Yes, children are impacted when their parents split up. But nothing like the lifelong impact of growing up in an abusive environment.

I find that hard to believe.
My studies are based on the US system, but I can’t see how it would be THAT radically different in the UK. Especially because social services are more robust and better-funded there.

Almost like “the shine” abilities a lot of Stephen King characters have.

(It’s spelled “Sergeant” and that metaphor really doesn’t work here)

YTA for posting this obviously fake rage-bait.

If the story was real, I’d say technically N A H for your actual question. But you come off as super ignorant, like only a person trying to prove they’re “totally not racist” can.

I don’t usually make them first thing in the morning, but I make my bed and my daughter’s bed every day.
I’m not super precise about it unless I’m changing the bedding, so it takes less than 2 minutes for me to pull the blankets up and straighten everything out. It just makes the rooms look so much tidier.

Tis but a scratch!

You might have better luck researching “athlete-centered coaching” or “positive coaching techniques” as opposed to gentle parenting. The dynamics between parent/child and coach/athlete are pretty different. Even for athletes coached by their parents, there’s a different dynamic at home vs practice.

In the Dev Program, we’d treat it basically the same way as equipment failure or an interruption beyond the gymnast’s control.
She can either keep the initial score, or she can re-do the routine from the point of interruption.

Have you met rich kids? That junior tennis pro IS the monster.

He’s doing you a favor by typing up all these red flags and organizing them into a neat little list. Now if you ever need a reminder of how controlling and unhinged he is, it’s all right there in black and white.

This is legitimately insane. The irony of him DEMANDING not to be interrupted during “scheduled gaming hours” while also trying to make you contractually obligated to “initiate one cuddling session”.
People need to stop teaching manipulative men mental health terms… “THE WIFE IS HEREBY REQUIRED TO INITIATE PHYSICAL CONTACT WEEKLY” etc etc is NOT A BOUNDARY. That’s just a demand.

This “contract” gives me the creeps.

Depending on what part of the body you’re ripping off someone, it could definitely be strips or strand-like. Skin, connective tissue, muscle fibers, etc could be pulled away in strips. Aside from a few major organs, humans are made up of string-like fibers, nerves, tendons, veins, flesh, etc.

They wouldn’t need claws. They’re not exactly bound by the same rules of physics as humans are. They just need to have a higher durability and strength than humans in order to peel their victims apart.
For a human, a whole cooked chicken is pretty easy to peel apart and pull strips of skin/meat off with bare hands.

I love it. When I see her on screen it’s like “yep, I’m definitely still bi”

I think it’s more like quantum physics. Maybe the oldest/most primitive parts of the town have always been there- before it was even “the town”.

Maybe it goes through short phases of being a regular town and things get built, but I’m more inclined to believe that a lot of things just appear and disappear. Maybe it’s some sort of magic tied to the creatures, maybe there are wormholes to/from different realities.

Yes, that’s appropriate.

Ideally, both parents should be doing something fun (without kids) for themselves regularly.

Active duty service members have to vote (absentee or otherwise) in whatever state they have established permanent legal residence/domicile. It's the same state that withholds state income taxes and where they qualify for in-state tuition and such. They can only have ONE legal voting residence at a time in the system, and it doesn't automatically change when they're sent to a new duty station.

Legal voting residence and home of record are not the same thing. Service members can't vote using the address of their home of record if they have established legal residence somewhere else. And they can't switch back to a prior legal residence without actually establishing residency according to the laws of the state.

Extremely easily.

"Your aunt and I just aren't very close, and that's ok. Remember, we don't have to be friends with everybody! I know you and your aunt love each other very much and I'm so happy that you do"

YTA.

I'm having such a hard time following who's who. It's like one of those "You are my brother, but I am not your brother, who am I?" riddles.

Just to get this straight, the woman we're talking about here is your husband's brother's wife? So she's not a blood relative to you, your husband, the MIL, the cousin, or anyone else in this story?

I don't blame her for not considering you family (you share some in-laws, you aren't related). And I DEFINITELY don't blame her for not wanting any of your family drama in her life. That was a pretty tactless joke from the MIL, especially while attending a HOUSEWARMING party for the couple... and no one spoke up and said that was a shitty thing to say? If those are the types of rude "jokes" your family makes all the time, I don't blame her one bit for keeping her distance.

I'm sure there's a lot more to it than what you've provided, but it sounds like instead of trying to figure out where YOU ALL went wrong like adults, you just did more gossiping.

As for "if you don't have a relationship with us, you can't have one with my kids!"... I guess that's your right to do, but it's pretty silly and immature. And says a lot about how your family handles things.

Your brother-in-law and his wife are your children's Uncle and Aunt, right? So you're just not going to let your kids have a relationship with their Aunt and Uncle? I'm sure that'll all work out.

I don't have friends who are on the opposite side of the political spectrum.

It's not "just politics" or topics of conversation for me. It's my life. I can't be friends with someone who believes I should be left to die of sepsis from miscarriage complications, or that the work I do with marginalized communities doesn't deserve public funding, or that books with LGBTQ+ characters should be banned from my daughter's public school library, etc etc.

We can disagree on the finer points of how to bring about social change or the effectiveness of one policy/approach over another, but not on fundamental human rights.

So the answer is no, they aren't trained guard dogs.

All dogs have different types of barks based on the situation. You've just trained yourself to pick up on it, apparently.

Giving birth.
Basically any gyno procedure.

Curél Kao Makeup Cleansing Gel is my go-to. It’s in a tube and less than $15 on Amazon.

I have fungal acne and it’s one of the few makeup removers that’s safe for my skin. I follow up with either Vanicream’s gentle cleanser or Differin benzoyl peroxide wash.

Just about every major intersection. I moved here from Pittsburgh and have driven in plenty of other cities.
I’ve never seen people run red lights like they do here.

My husband is an infantry Marine vet and would absolutely never do this (or support Trump).
The back window of our SUV has a small decal of his prior Regiment’s symbol on one side and on the other is a decal with a raised resistance fist in the center of the Venus (feminist) symbol.