‘You saved my wedding…’: Hotel clerk turns into therapist when approached by bride with cold feet the night before her wedding

Not all heroes wear capes, some work as front desk clerks in random hotels.  I got married when I was pretty young, and even though I didn’t actually have a case of cold feet the night before my wedding, I did have my doubts. Call me dramatic, but getting married is a huge decision, and …
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Boyfriend who peaked in high school gets offended that nerdy girlfriend didn’t know who he was in high school: ‘Nobody had time to think about popular kids’

I went to one of those public high schools where the nerds were as vicious, if not more vicious, than the popular kids. They weren’t throwing tampons or pouring pig blood on each other, but they were ferociously competing against each other to be the most highly-ranked students in the school. At a school with …
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Repairman receives deranged note urging him not to interact with customer’s pregnant wife: ‘You were warned’

It seems as though everyone’s afraid of human interaction these days. I get it, I’m an introvert. I will see someone I know on the street and try to cross the street before they see me. I cherish my alone time. But there’s a point where it goes too far. Despite my inclinations, I usually …
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Man asks the mother of his child for a DNA test, can’t understand why she moved in with her parents: ‘She said she lost all respect for me’

There are a lot of lies and vicious rumors about women promulgated online, particularly by members of The Manosphere. If you’re an average person who is unaware of the layers of the Manosphere, Wikipedia is here to help: «The manosphere is a diverse collection of websites, blogs, and online forums promoting masculinity, misogyny, and opposition …
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Freeloading sister refuses to adjust to off-the-grid new home: ‘Worried for these children’

I’ve always wanted to live «off the grid.» The way I live now is so «on the grid» it’s nuts. There is something beautifully romantic about imagining a cottage in a far-off pasture, growing your own vegetables, making bread, and not having to go on the internet. You could just read books all day, attend …
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‘Get extra good locks’: Entitled sister wants to run daycare out of brother’s house despite not paying rent

Living with family can be a beautiful thing, but it can also be the most difficult thing you do together. In my experience, it’s so much easier to get along with your family if you don’t live with them. You can take your time away, engage with them when you want to, and you don’t …
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‘I don’t want to make any friends I know I can’t have’: Homeschooling parents ban teen from having any friends outside of their family

When I was growing up, I was acquainted with several homeschooled kids. I did extracurricular theatre with a handful of them, and they were definitely on a spectrum regarding their social abilities. From my purview, the kids who seemed the most well-adjusted were the ones who had a vibrant and eventful social life outside of …
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The Funniest Reddit Posts of the Week (March 22, 2024)

I’ve always found it amusing how Reddit kind of has a reputation as the ‘sensible’ website. Admittedly, it is a stretch to make such a claim about any form of social media, but it feels like some consider the front page of the internet as more grounded than the rest.  While it does have a …
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Shady landlord wants to park RV on tenant’s property, won’t take no for an answer: ‘He wants to rent the property and have it too’

If there’s one thing about landlords it’s this: they will attempt to get away with whatever they can. Because they often have nothing to lose. It’s much easier for them to deal with complaints as they arise rather than trying to get ahead of anything that might go wrong. They hold all the power, and …
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Company begs employee to tell them his work laptop’s password 6 months after he was fired: ‘Even I can do a hard factory reset’

Not every company in the world is the best at Information Technology. Some of them don’t even have an IT department, and it really shows. When there are computer problems, and nobody is there to fix them, it becomes exceedingly clear how much of the white-collar workforce is lowkey technologically illiterate. I am definitely guilty …
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