This newly employed young woman finally earns a bit of independence with a part-time job and a modest income. Then comes a trip invitation from a friend, a weekend getaway marketed as fun but priced in emotional guilt. Everything seems lighthearted until one friend’s wallet suddenly develops stage fright. She announces she can’t afford her …
Seguir leyendo ‘You’re rich now, you can pay for me’: Newly part-time-employed woman cancels a weekend trip after her friend expects her to pay half of her costs
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‘I said no, this is not a restaurant’: Dinner guest Evan refuses to eat non-bland food and demands 32-year-old host remake her entire Korean meal, but she refuses to play short-order cook and cater to his entitled palate
The 32-year-old host plans a dinner party built around bold flavor and care. Korean-style ribs, roasted vegetables, and kimchi fried rice fill the evening air with ambition and garlic. Every guest is excited, except for the friend’s new boyfriend, a man named Evan, whose stomach apparently faints at the idea of seasoning. He asks what …
Seguir leyendo ‘I said no, this is not a restaurant’: Dinner guest Evan refuses to eat non-bland food and demands 32-year-old host remake her entire Korean meal, but she refuses to play short-order cook and cater to his entitled palate
‘I literally froze. Because that’s my ex. Like my actual ex’: Roommate brings her new situationship home without realizing it is actually her housemate’s ex, leaving the housemate wondering whether to warn her or stay quiet
Roommate nightmares sometimes jump past piles of dishes and straight into full existential chaos. One perfectly normal night turns off course when a roommate bursts in, hyped about her new situationship. She shares every detail: tech job, tattooed forearm, a cartoon laugh snort, and with each clue the vibe turns more uncanny. It is not …
Seguir leyendo ‘I literally froze. Because that’s my ex. Like my actual ex’: Roommate brings her new situationship home without realizing it is actually her housemate’s ex, leaving the housemate wondering whether to warn her or stay quiet
‘I am not rich. I’m a tour guide’: Group skips paying their friend back for an organized trip he planned, then accuse him of public shaming when he posts receipts in their group chat
Trying to get a group of friends together for Wednesday drinks is hard these days, but this guy managed to get his crew to go on along weekend trip to another city. Bravo. Only problem is,he didn’t manage to get his money back. Turns out settling up the funding part was basically a lost cause. …
Seguir leyendo ‘I am not rich. I’m a tour guide’: Group skips paying their friend back for an organized trip he planned, then accuse him of public shaming when he posts receipts in their group chat
Woman complains about her $80,000 parent-funded wedding, leading to a heated argument with a friend over gratitude: ‘She didn’t have to take their money, she wants to act like some sort of martyr because she made concessions’
Tears splash onto the dining table as the woman with the six-figure wedding recounts nightmare after nightmare about an event most people would trade a year of their lives to attend. Lavish flowers, catered meals, tuxedos imported from somewhere fancier than anyone in the room, and still the whole day registers as a trauma, not …
Seguir leyendo Woman complains about her $80,000 parent-funded wedding, leading to a heated argument with a friend over gratitude: ‘She didn’t have to take their money, she wants to act like some sort of martyr because she made concessions’
UPDATE: Friend group recruited for Coral’s “free wedding” learns the real reason is the groom wants to use the budget to buy a sailboat: ‘Very useful and practical thing to have when you are living in the city!’
Everyone in the friend circle gets a job when Coral’s wedding goes from Pinterest board to communal labor camp. A free party for a hundred, organized by volunteers and disguised as a celebration, quickly morphs into a test of friendship, patience, and culinary improvisation. Bride Coral pitches the vision, Groom Basil hides the real motive, …
Seguir leyendo UPDATE: Friend group recruited for Coral’s “free wedding” learns the real reason is the groom wants to use the budget to buy a sailboat: ‘Very useful and practical thing to have when you are living in the city!’
‘I don’t want Rue or her boyfriend anywhere near my business’: Small self-care business owner, Luna, puts her foot down once she finds out her best friend, Rue, is stealing her handmade “metaphysical” products every time they hang out
Luna describes her business as «a metaphysical & self-care business» so it’s only natural that when her best friend, Rue, starts making running the self-care business like a game of hide-and-seek with her own products, she would practice said self-care and set some boundaries to defend her product as well as her «metaphysical» well-being. Luna …
Seguir leyendo ‘I don’t want Rue or her boyfriend anywhere near my business’: Small self-care business owner, Luna, puts her foot down once she finds out her best friend, Rue, is stealing her handmade “metaphysical” products every time they hang out
21-year-old college student constantly steals from fraternities, ices out roommate who wants her to return the stolen items: ‘Your roommate is a literal criminal’
College is a time when it’s socially acceptable to be a little bit ~crazy~. We’ve sanctioned it as a time in a young adult’s life when you’re expected to party too much and make some regrettable decisions. Whether you like it or not, this is how a lot of people treat college in the popular …
Seguir leyendo 21-year-old college student constantly steals from fraternities, ices out roommate who wants her to return the stolen items: ‘Your roommate is a literal criminal’
‘I was so furious I couldn’t get words out’: Bridesmaid Olga wears a bright red dress to an all black wedding as a “prank,” humiliates the bride, plays it off as a joke, and gets blocked
Some people love a harmless prank. Olga went for pure prankless harm. Bride plans an all black wedding, spells it out for everyone, lines her bridesmaids up looking sharp and matching. Olga ducks back into the room with a fake makeup excuse, and suddenly everything feels a little too quiet. Five minutes before the ceremony, …
Seguir leyendo ‘I was so furious I couldn’t get words out’: Bridesmaid Olga wears a bright red dress to an all black wedding as a “prank,” humiliates the bride, plays it off as a joke, and gets blocked
17-year-old refuses to go on girls trip to Southeast Asia because her friends are too inexperienced, friends are annoyed that she’s ‘ruining their holiday’: ‘What I was most afraid of was safety issues’
Travel isn’t for everyone, despite what you might think if you scrolled through any dating app. Travel can be expensive, time-consuming, and energy-consuming. Plus, if you’ve never done it before, there’s probably a lot that you will have to learn. Travel takes a certain amount of skill. Or at least confidence. This is especially true …
Seguir leyendo 17-year-old refuses to go on girls trip to Southeast Asia because her friends are too inexperienced, friends are annoyed that she’s ‘ruining their holiday’: ‘What I was most afraid of was safety issues’