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Does anyone have any common decency anymore?

Well, of course some people do, but it sure seems to be in short supply these days.

Take the story you’re about to read, for instance.

You’d think that folks would have the courtesy to remove things like fishing line and hooks after they visit a neighborhood pond…but you’d be wrong.

Bummer!

Check out what this woman had to say about some inconsiderate neighbors who live around her.

People leaving fishing line with hook attached.

“My husband and I live near a shared apartment pond.

Rules in our lease state you can fish, but you must release.

Not many people follow that, but those same people are leaving their lines behind.

How rude!

We have taken our dogs out multiple times and husband, myself, or dogs got tangled on a line.

Us humans can feel it and remove it before it becomes an issue. Add dog that wants to run around like crazy or a child who doesn’t know better.

Wild animals apparently don’t matter

We got lucky every time. I’ve felt fishing line brush against me and my husband and I pull at it until we get out all up. Daytime and nighttime. However, tonight, it was wrapped around my dog’s legs and body when she only walked around a 5 foot radius of me.

This is definitely a hazard.

I kept her leash tight near me and asked my husband, while he was unwinding it, to let me know if I needed to move her in any other way. Even with flashlights….. fishing line is not easy to spot right away.

If she took off before I felt the line…… she would have cuts all over her back legs. The hook could have gone who knows where.

Complaining does nothing, we don’t have proof of who is doing this. Lawmakers don’t care even if it’s a law not to leave fishing supplies behind.

I’m about ready to become the “stay off my lawn” person.”

Here’s what folks had to say about this on Reddit.

This person had a lot to say.

Another reader weighed in.

This individual shared their thoughts.

Another person spoke up.

If you enjoyed this post, check out this story about a feud that starts between neighbors after one reports an illegal drainage issue and the other can’t let it go.

And this reader weighed in.

Come on, people!

Think about other folks who live around you every once in a while.

It’s really not that hard!

This is a pretty dangerous situation!

The post Her Dog Nearly Got Hurt by Fishing Line at the Pond—Now She’s Calling Out the Neighbors appeared first on TwistedSifter.

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While most people can agree that wedding culture has gotten out of control, it’s pretty widely understood that one special day usually tallies up to a large bill. Therefore, keeping the focus on the bride and groom is paramount.

What would you do if your extended family member was wildly insistent on making your big day about themselves? Would you stand up to them or let them take over?

One woman recently shared an insane personal story about about this exact situation. Here’s what happened.

AITA cousin wants to hand out invites at my wedding

My cousin 28F and I 24F aren’t super close and she wants to hand out invites for her wedding on my wedding day.

My cousin had gotten engaged September of 25 and there was no talks about a wedding because her fiance was 5 states away for a job and they weren’t living together at that point.

No one knew when they were going to get married but they assumed 27 or 28.

Not a ton of communication going on in this family.

Earlier this month my brother graduated from college and my cousin and I were at the party chatting.

The conversations were fine but when I would talk to other people or a group, anytime I would say something she would cut me off and try to make me sound stupid or try to undermined me.

This goes on for about 2 hours straight until half way in I’m just zoning her out like I used to do at holidays.

Most people can relate to having a relative like that.

She then mentions to me that she is getting married in February of 27 and she plans on giving out invites at my wedding since mine is in August.

That comment goes straight over me head and I just pick a new subject.

At the end of our conversation she also makes a loud call out to me in front of everyone that we need to have coffee and talk.

She sounds like a real life of the party.

A week later I’m processing that comment and I’m annoyed because she said she had the address and the stamps but just thought it was smarter to do it at my wedding day.

There is also a 90th birthday party for that side of the family that is happening 3 weeks after my wedding.

But she never mentioned giving them out there or even asking for my permission to do that at my wedding.

This is wildly presumptuous of her.

I explained to my parents how this feels like a power play and I refuse to be a doormat on my wedding day especially for her.

They didn’t believe it was bad until they got third party opinions and people were annoyed at my cousin.

I then sent her the message that said “I am not comfortable with you handing out invites on my wedding day. You can hand them out the day before or the day after, thank you for understanding.”

Seems like a perfectly reasonable boundary being set here. Let’s see if the Reddit community agreed.

The comments section was in unanimous agreement.

Redditors were confounded by the cousin’s audacity.

One person offered a tangible solution.

If you enjoyed this post, check out this story about a woman who got family pushback after gifting jewelry to her stepdaughter.

Another person pointed out the logistical failures.

And reminders about wedding etiquette were duly noted.

This family doesn’t quite seem to grasp the concept of “something borrowed.”

The post “You Can’t Ask That!”: Cousin’s Last-Minute Wedding Request Sparks Intense Family Feud appeared first on TwistedSifter.

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Customer behavior can make or break a workplace.

In this story, a manager working in hotels for years noticed a growing problem in the industry.

He had witnessed guests who were trying to scam free nights by exaggerating small issues like stains or peeling paint.

These situations frustrate both him and his hardworking team as complaints pile up.

Have you experienced the same? Check out the full details below.

The new reality of running a hotel

I have been in the hotel industry for over 15 years now. I have been a hotel GM or HM for the last five years.

I love the job. I love the chaotic stuff that happens when you do not expect it.

I love thinking that it is all going to get messy all of the time.

Then, I love having a good day. It is like trauma therapy daily.

This manager noticed that a lot of guests were trying to “scam” them.

One thing I have noticed, though, is the increase in guests. They come to the hotel just to scam us out of a free night.

I had someone check in. Within 15 minutes, they had managed to pull the sheets far enough back.

They wanted to see the bare mattress. They sent us a zoomed-in picture of a little stain.

Then, they demanded a full refund.

Another lady wanted a full refund.

A day later, it was a lady. She wanted a full refund. She said there was a bit of paint peeling. It was from the manhole cover in her room.

She yelled, “Mould!” This is the only thing that really gets me.

The team is working hard. They are trying their best. Then, people come in and slam them online.

He thinks these kinds of customers make their work and life miserable.

They do it just to get a free room or to negotiate a free room.

It is whenever the rates go down, the weird ones come out. They make our lives miserable.

Is anyone else feeling the increase in scammy guests?

Uh oh! This sounds exhausting to deal with.

I think not only in the hotel industry, but people will try to scam other businesses if they can.

Asking for a full refund over tiny issues is wild. This seems unfair to a team that’s trying its best.

Let’s see how others reacted to this story on Reddit.

This person agrees.

This user shares their personal thoughts.

Another person gives their opinion.

If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about a man who is shocked to learn how little he has to do to keep his cushy remote job.

Here’s a first-hand witness.

Finally, short and simple.

There’s a big difference between reporting a real issue and looking for a free stay.

The post His Hotel Kept Getting Guests Who Wanted Free Stays—So the Manager Decided to Expose the Scam appeared first on TwistedSifter.

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When the going gets tough…

You gotta get petty!

Well, at least every once in a while.

And when it comes to rude and inconsiderate neighbors, petty revenge can be the best response!

The man who wrote this story explained how he got even more than once with a neighbor who thinks he can park his cars anywhere he pleases.

Check out what went down!

Neighbors always block the sidewalk with their cars; guess I’ll lower their mailbox flag.

“I’ve lived in my suburban neighborhood for nearly a decade.

During COVID, my wife and I became frequent walkers because that was the only way to touch grass at the time, and we’ve kept it up ever since.

While we change our route daily, this nearby street is the only one that has a sidewalk connecting two through streets in our neighborhood; so we frequent it to stay out of the road as much as possible.

This is pretty rude…

Without fail, every evening when the entire family is home, they intentionally stagger their 4 vehicles to ensure that anyone in a wheelchair or pushing a stroller must go down into the street to get around them.

Code enforcement doesn’t really care, so I started heavy stepping and dragging my feet through the edges of their grass as I went around, slowly creating a dirt path on the edges of the drive.

Revenge can be so petty!

Queue my new tactic – for the past week, they’ve had their mailbox flag raised; so, in like fashion, I kindly lower it for them as I pass by.

My head cannon wants to believe these geriatrics are mailing a check for their utilities and I am silently assisting them with accruing late fees.

At least they aren’t a VRBO…”

Reddit users spoke up.

This person weighed in.

This individual shared their thoughts.

Another Reddit user spoke up.

If you enjoyed this post, check out this story about neighbors who intentionally tank an open house sale because they want to buy the property themselves.

And another reader weighed in.

Jeez, talk about being inconsiderate.

But we can all take solace in the fact that this guy is giving it right back to him.

Bravo!

This guy’s neighbors have no regard for other people!

The post “Clear the Sidewalk!”: Man Devises Hilariously Petty Revenge for Neighbors Who Keep Blocking the Walkway appeared first on TwistedSifter.

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Household chores can teach teenagers responsibility, but overly strict rules can turn even the simplest task into a constant source of frustration.

So there you are, a teenager whose job is to empty every trash can in the house. When your mom finds a stray tissue or a couple of Q-tips and orders you to do the whole chore again, do you keep arguing or obey her instructions so literally that she regrets making them?

In the story here, one teen chooses wondrous malicious compliance, and his clever response finally gets his mom to ease up on the rules.

Think he can pull it off?

Take out the trash no matter what. Wait, not that!

Many years ago when I lived with my parents, my mom decided to task my sister and me with additional chores around the house.

Understandable.

We were entering the pre-teen and teenage years so helping around the house is expected.

This was OP’s new chore.

I got tasked with trash duty.

Essentially empty out all the small trashbins into a larger one, and then take out that trashbag.

All was well until one Saturday when my mom complained about why I hadn’t emptied the trashbins.

I said I had, and she pointed to the one in her bathroom where a single bath tissue was in the bag.

There’s a new rule.

She demanded that the bags had to be empty and that next time it happened she would have me empty all the trashbags again.

I asked “even if I’ve already done it and the bags are empty?”

She said “yes, even if the bags are empty”.

Duly noted.

Mom had the same complaint a few weeks later.

A few weeks later, after I had emptied the bags, looks like my sister decided to use the bathroom and left some Qtips in the trashbin bag.

Again, my mom burst out asking why I hadn’t emptied the bins and pointed to hers.

So I got up and grabbed every single bin and took the bag.

Mom finally got the point.

She asked “why are you throwing away empty bags?”

I replied: “because apparently I haven’t done my job well enough and per your instructions, I have to do it all over again even if the bags are empty”.

Needless to say, she loosened up afterward and bins were emptied as needed rather than at a set time; most of all, a single sheet or a Qtip wasn’t grounds for needing to take out the trash again.

The rule at the end makes the most sense. I’m glad this problem finally resolved itself.

Let’s see how Reddit reacted to this story.

This person thinks OP’s mother was crazy.

This isn’t a bad idea!

I expected the story to go like this too.

Can you sense the sarcasm?

If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about a friend who is upset they missed out on cheap festival passes due to her pal’s indecision.

This person’s mother sounds horrible!

Looking back, this story is a good reminder that being overly picky about a chore can create a much bigger problem than the chore itself.

Had the mom simply accepted that the trash cans were empty enough, she probably would not have watched her son follow the rule in the most literal and inconvenient way possible.

Judging by how things ended, she may have learned that clear instructions matter, but she also learned not to push a teenager who is determined to prove a point.

Personally, I would enjoy every future trash run knowing my little act of malicious compliance had finally made the rules more reasonable!

The post Teen Is Told To Empty Every Trash Can, But When Her Mom Complains, She Takes Her New Rule Too Seriously appeared first on TwistedSifter.

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Most people have experienced receiving a wrong number call. But what would you do if you kept getting multiple wrong number calls a day looking for the same business?

That was the situation one pharmacist found himself dealing with during the early days of automated telephone systems.

As older switchboard technology was phased out and area codes became necessary, a strange quirk in the phone network caused calls intended for a trucking company in another city to be routed directly to his pharmacy.

At first, he tried reasoning with them and politely asked them to redirect the callers to the correct number.

But unfortunately, the trucking company’s owner wasn’t interested in helping him.

…So he helped them help him.

Read the full story below.

My dad’s revenge on a trucking company.

My dad just told me a story from when he was in his twenties. This was around the time that switchboard operators were recently phased out and automated systems were taking over to allow for direct dialing.

This happened when he was back in his home country but I will put it in the context of North American phone numbers and cities.

My dad’s pharmacy and a truck business in a different city had the same last 7 digits of the phone number. Area codes weren’t a thing when the switchboard system was in place.

You would just call the switchboard office, talk to an operator and give them the 7 digit phone number and the city, and they would connect you.

This worked well.

When they started phasing it out, they started adding area codes to the beginning of the numbers so that the call could automatically be directed to the appropriate phone in the appropriate city.

So for example:

Dad’s pharmacy in Toronto: 416-555-5555

Trucking business in Ottawa: 613-555-5555

Now when they started automating the system, something weird happened.

If someone dialed both 555-5555 and 416-555-5555 they would both go to the the Pharmacy in Toronto.

That got annoying fast.

And so my dad started getting around 20 calls a day at his pharmacy from people who just dialed the 7 digits without the area code and were hoping to connect to the trucking business.

My dad would tell them the correct number to call and did this for a week hoping the calls would slow down.

When they didn’t slow, he called the Ottawa number and told the owner what was happening:

(Paraphrased)

Trucking business owner: Well this isn’t my fault, there is something messed up in the telephone system.

He wasn’t having it.

My dad: Yes, I understand, but you should still let your people know the right number to call, it’s become an annoyance for me, and none of this is my fault either. I have been directing the calls to you but they don’t seem to slow down at all.

Owner: I don’t care, I’m not going to tell my workers anything.

My dad: In that case you’ll be losing some business.

Owner: pssht, you can’t do anything * hangs up *

He knew how to handle it.

After that, any time a call for the trucking business came to the pharmacy my dad would tell them to do the opposite of what they’d been told.

A trucker calls to ask about directions for his pickup, dad would tell him that the order got cancelled and come back with an empty truck.

A trucker calls to say that his truck got a flat tire and to let the place he was supposed to drop off merchandise know that he was going to be late, dad tells him to come back without dropping it off.

They couldn’t fire someone who wasn’t an employee. Or could they?

This also continued for about a week before he got a call from someone higher up in the city’s political network, something like the mayor’s office:

(Paraphrased)

Mayor’s office: Hey, how’s that shipment coming along and what is the estimated delivery date?

Dad: * swears a bunch * * tells the man calling to **** off * who do you think you are talking to me like this, I don’t want to hear from you again.

He made his position clear.

Mayor’s office: You’ll be losing a lot of business from us, why are you talking to me like this?!

Dad: I don’t care about you or your business. I don’t want it and don’t ever call me again * swears again *

Mayor’s office: Fine, we will find someone else and lose your number, we will never work with you again.

The calls stopped the very next day.

That worked so well! Let’s see what commenters on Reddit had to say.

A reader shares their thoughts.

Someone shares a similar story.

That’s a possibility.

Chef’s kiss!

If you enjoyed this post, check out this story about an employee who decided to push back against time micromanagement.

Another reader chimes in.

When the pharmacist contacted the owner and explained what was happening, he wasn’t asking for much. He simply hoped the company would inform its employees and customers about the correct number.

Instead, he was dismissed outright and essentially told that the problem wasn’t the trucking company’s problem.

Faced with a steady stream of misplaced calls and no cooperation from the business benefiting from them, the pharmacist decided to stop acting as their unpaid receptionist. Rather than forwarding callers to the correct destination, he began providing instructions guaranteed to create confusion, delays, and missed deliveries.

That was a very smart solution, actually.

Way to turn a technical issue into a legendary petty revenge story.

The post They Refused to Fix Their Wrong Phone Number—So He Decided to Start Answering Their Calls Himself appeared first on TwistedSifter.

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There’s nothing quite as painful in life as being rejected…

Rejected by someone you’re interested in.

Rejected from a job you wanted.

And, in this case, rejected from getting an apartment you really wanted and you thought you were qualified for.

It stings!

And, if it happens enough times, it can lead to a lot of bitterness.

Check out what this woman had to say about why she’s upset that she and her husband got rejected for an apartment.

Application denied.

“My husband and I recently got married and we live in Ohio.

We are applying to apartments because I’m pregnant and we want to move out of the 1 bedroom apartment we are living in. This has been my apartment before I met him, so I just had him move in with me.

He has a past eviction from 1 1/2 years ago.

He was in a rough spot.

The company let go of half its employees and he was one of them. To be able to move, he worked so hard to pay it and all of his debt off. Once he did, his credit score jumped from 590 to 700! We even have proof that his eviction is paid off with the “paid off in full” letter.

I have many years of perfect rental history and I have a credit score of 786. We both work good jobs and make much more than 2.5 times the rent.

Bummer!

We applied to an apartment and got denied and they are sending us an Adverse Action Letter.

Do you think there’s a chance we can appeal and get this approved?

We haven’t yet submitted pay stubs or the paid off in full eviction letter yet, because they just were doing an initial screening.

Or is this a lost cause?

He is a veteran and if anyone knows of any programs to help us that would be helpful.

We just need to move because the baby is on the way.”

Check out what readers had to say about this.

This person weighed in.

Another individual shared their thoughts.

This person spoke up.

Another reader weighed in.

If you enjoyed this post, check out this story about a feud that starts between neighbors after one reports an illegal drainage issue and the other can’t let it go.

And this Reddit user offered some advice.

How frustrating!

They just have to keep at it and they’ll get something they like eventually.

But still, this is a lot to deal with…

It’s pretty hard to find a place to live these days…

The post “We Won’t Take No for an Answer”: Couple Outraged After Landlord Rejects Their Application appeared first on TwistedSifter.

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Some people are so used to gaslighting that they don’t even realize how toxic they are.

In this case, a woman’s friend disappointed her in a certain situation. While coffee was spilling on her inside the car and she asked him to pull over, he kept driving.

She asked him more than once, but he didn’t stop, and the coffee spilled on her again just as she had predicted.

By then, she was understandably upset. But according to the friend, she made a big fuss out of nothing, and he doesn’t need to apologize.

Read the full story below.

AITAH for what i said after hot coffee was spilled on me

I (26F) and my friend (28M) went out this morning to run errands.

While we were out, I asked if he wanted breakfast and that we could swing by McDonald’s and I would be happy to pay.

We ordered and I paid.

When they handed us our coffees, the lids weren’t fitted the best and spilled slightly on my friend but the workers didn’t take it back.

My friend handed me the drinks after he tried to fix the lids and pulled out of the drive through.

Then it happened.

As we were leaving the coffee lid shifted and spilled some coffee on me and I then tried moving the cups to try and place them in the cup holders instead so the hot coffee wouldn’t keep spilling onto my legs and hand.

My friend noticed but kept driving.

He went over a speed bump in the parking lot and a lot of coffee spilled onto me, and I said that it really hurt and burned and asked if he could pull into a parking space so I could fix the lids.

Apparently he didn’t hear her.

My friend kept driving, he went over another speedbump and more coffee spilled onto me. At this point it really hurt and burned, the coffee was very hot.

He kept looking over at me and seeing the coffee spill and me struggle to move the cups.

I asked if he could please turn into the parking space right next to us.

But he said it was disabled and didn’t want to. He went over another speedbump but very slowly this time and nothing spilled out.

I said again that it was really burning and if he could please pull into a spot to help me.

But it was a little too late now.

After that time, he did pull into a space and tried to help with fitting the lids back on the cups.

I was admittedly really upset, and I said to him that I was bothered that he didn’t listen to me the first or second time and that it took three times of me asking and him seeing the coffee spill onto me before he tried to pull into a space.

I also said that he didn’t say sorry to me or ask me if I was okay and that upset me.

But expressing her feelings did nothing.

He told me that he didn’t think about it, that he thought if he continued driving it would be ok because there weren’t any more speed bumps and that I would be fine.

He also said the coffee didn’t feel “that hot” when some of it got on him and he said I seemed fine.

He said it’s unfair to expect him to ask if I was okay and most other people wouldn’t have asked either, and that it was rude of me to say something like that.

I know I was upset and I definitely had a tone to my voice in the moment, my skin really hurt. The coffee lids wasn’t my friends fault, either, which I acknowledged.

AITA?

She should have yelled and demanded that he stop, then never hang out with him again. What did Reddit think?

A reader shares their thoughts.

An idea.

I agree.

Another commenter chimes in.

If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about a teenager who wants to work, but his mom thinks working past 8pm is too late for high school.

Yikes.

He was cruel, simple like that.

Not only for continuing driving after she asked him to stop, but also for telling her it wasn’t a big deal when she told him how she felt.

The friend apparently believed the coffee wasn’t that hot and assumed she would be fine if he just kept going. Unfortunately, “you seemed fine” is usually not the most reassuring response after someone has just told you they’re being burned.

Now I know why he’s only a friend to her.

The post Hot McDonald’s Coffee Was Spilling on Her—But Her Friend Refused to Pull Over appeared first on TwistedSifter.

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One team responsible for tracking vehicle assignments faced a mystery in the office when someone apparently wasn’t doing their job. But who was it?

Each day, office managers were supposed to enter vehicle numbers into scheduling software before exporting the information for dispatchers to reference later. The system had worked for years, making it easy to identify who had been assigned to a specific vehicle if questions ever arose.

When a supervisor requested information about a vehicle assignment from a particular location, however, something seemed very wrong.

Every report showed blank vehicle fields, not just for one day but for every day on record.

The strangest part was that nobody had noticed the problem before.

Read the full story below, and find out what was happening.

End user doing a lot more work to avoid a little bit of work

Every day the office manager is supposed to finalize the shift and then export that to Excel and drop it into a shared folder for the Dispatch team to reference (Dispatch doesn’t have direct access to our database due to domain design choices years ago).

As part of that finalization step, the office manager is supposed to mark what vehicles, if any, were assigned to each person. So if any issues arise, like a ticket from a speed camera, we know who was supposed to be driving that car on that day.

It is also notable that the availability to export to an Excel sheet is locked with a password so it cannot be edited. You have to put the vehicle number into the scheduling software to have it properly show up on the sheet.

Or so we thought.

Something strange was happening.

We had a supervisor call trying to find out which car was driven on a particular day.

Went into the system and pulled the report for their location, and all of the vehicle fields were blank, not only for that day but every day.

Which didn’t make sense, as Dispatch needs those car numbers and would have complained if they didn’t have those.

Tried figuring out what was wrong and why it wasn’t saving, because that surely must be the issue, but it was a fruitless endeavor.

So I looked at the folder snapshots from the day before and noticed something…

Mystery solved.

That location’s schedule export was a PDF file, not an Excel sheet like every other file.

When I opened the file, I saw that the vehicle numbers were handwritten.

The office manager was printing off the sheet (which is frequently multiple pages), handwriting the assigned vehicles, then scanning that back to her e-mail, before dropping that into the file share.

When we asked her why she was doing that exactly, she said “I can just write faster than I can type”.

Can you believe it was the manager all along? Yikes. What did Reddit think?

Yup.

Someone shares a similar story.

A suggestion.

If you enjoyed this post, check out this story about a contractor who flew along way and spent 3 days on a fix only to find a breaker that needed to be flipped.

Another reader chimes in.

This process had been repeated day after day without anyone realizing it.

When asked why she was taking such an elaborate route, her explanation was simple: she believed writing by hand was faster than typing.

This is the kind of situation that people would say is unrealistic in a movie. But here we are.

Having said that, when end users do stuff like this, it’s a sign that something could be improved, usually.

The post The Office Thought Their Software Was Broken—Then the Manager Revealed the Simple Mistake Behind It appeared first on TwistedSifter.

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Living together can make sharing feel complicated.

In this story, a man moved in with his girlfriend and her brother, who bought his own food and basic kitchen supplies.

However, while he had no problem sharing his food, he noticed that the brother kept taking their groceries without buying the same items himself.

The situation became frustrating as it started to feel like an unfair arrangement despite the brother having a full-time job.

Do you think his reaction was justified? Check out the full details below.

AITAH for not sharing food with my gf’s brother?

I moved in with my girlfriend and her brother a little while ago.

Before me, the two of them shared food. So I get that is the household norm. I am not trying to blow that up.

But something has been bugging me.

I want an honest read.

This man noticed that his girlfriend’s brother wouldn’t spend on nicer foods.

The brother buys his own basics. Rice, chicken, milk, and eggs. But anything nicer, like hummus or Greek yogurt, he refuses to buy.

He does not think it is worth the money. He says he does not really use much of it.

Instead, every time he wants some, he comes to us for a scoop. He is straight up about it, too. He admits he does not buy it because he eats less.

He also will not shop in bulk like we do. That is the part that gets me.

This would be frustrating.

My girlfriend and I buy in bulk on purpose. We do it to save trips to the store and to make meal prep easier. Not to stock a free pantry for someone else.

But because we always have extra, he never has to plan ahead. He just leans on us.

He waves it off as not a big deal.

It adds up over time. It starts to feel like I am subsidizing the exact stuff he decided was not worth his own money.

He wanted to be nice to him, but he feels like it’s too much.

For context, he has a full-time job, so this is not him being broke.

When I bring it up, the response is basically this.

My girlfriend used to take lots of his food before I came along, so sharing has always been their thing.

I am supposed to be in the position to do good things for him. So he likes me as I am trying to get into the family.

Now, he’s wondering if he’s being the bad guy for not sharing.

I do not think wanting to keep the food I paid for is unreasonable.

But I also do not want to be the guy who moved in and ruined how these two siblings live.

So, AITA?

Honestly, this feels less like sharing and more like selective freeloading.

It’s one thing to occasionally ask for some food, but consistently getting a part of their pantry supplies feels unfair.

I think OP needs to set firmer boundaries and communicate more with his girlfriend and her brother.

What do you think? Let’s see how others react to this story on Reddit.

This person offers two options.

This user makes a valid point.

Here’s a similar thought.

If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about a grandson who is tired of driving 5 hours one way to work on his grandparent’s investment property for free.

This person gives another solution.

Finally, here’s an honest take.

Sharing is caring, but asking for free stuff regularly is a different story.

The post “I’m Done Paying for Him!”: Boyfriend Reaches Breaking Point Over Girlfriend’s Brother Stealing Food appeared first on TwistedSifter.

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Sharing a home with other people can easily become complicated.

The following story involves a woman who let her sister-in-law and her children live in her apartment rent-free.

However, she found herself dealing with unwanted interference from the family.

Things escalated when her niece caused a scene that made  her male friend so uncomfortable that he decided to leave.

Read the full story below for all the details.

AITA if I refuse people meddling in my life?

I am a full grown adult, have kids, and a widow for 6 years now. I have my own apartment.

When I was left alone with my child, my apartment had plenty of space.

At the same time, my sister-in-law was left without a place to live. She needed something that would suit her. It had to be close to her work and allow basic freedom.

So, I let her move in with me. There was no charge, rent-free. She offered to pay the monthly bills in exchange. That was the deal.

This woman was stuck with her sister-in-law and her children.

What was not the deal was her kids.

They are already in their 20s and were raised totally different than I was. They do not believe in privacy. They like to meddle in every little thing.

So now, I am stuck with my sister-in-law, plus her children.

That would not bother me so much if they did not do this.

Her SIL’s daughter was being disrespectful to her friend.

I had a friend over. Just a normal male friend.

My daughter was home sitting in the same room with us.

We were chatting and having coffee. Then, one of the kids came home.

She started acting rude toward my friend. She even screamed that he must leave because he is male and I am female. She asked what the neighborhood would think.

I pointed out it is my apartment and my life and we were simply having coffee. There was nothing dramatic.

Now, she’s torn between having help in paying the bills and having her freedom.

Still, she kept yelling. She yelled so much that my friend was uncomfortable. He left.

My sister-in-law apologized for her daughter’s behavior.

But the daughter keeps causing scenes like that in my home.

So, am I missing something? Is she right or what? I am so confused.

I need them to pay my bills, but I need my freedom, too.

Yikes! This feels like a major overstep in someone else’s home.

OP was being kind to offer help to her SIL’s family, but it shouldn’t mean giving up control over her own space and personal life.

The daughter was way out of line for disrespecting her guest. It might be time to set firm rules if they want to continue living there.

Let’s find out what others have to say about this on Reddit.

This user shares their personal thoughts.

Short and simple.

Here’s another honest opinion.

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Here’s some quick advice.

Finally, here’s a valid point.

Your house, your rules.

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There’s nothing worse than feeling left out and not having any clue why people have shunned you.

And it’s even more hurtful when the people shutting you out happen to be your roommates.

Yeah, let that sink in, folks…

The man who wrote the story below is having a hard time dealing with his roommates who are treating him badly…and he has no idea why.

Take a look at what he had to say about this.

Passive aggressive behavior towards me since I moved in.

“Not something serious, I just have no idea what I have done.

I clean up everything I use.

I don’t keep anything dirty. I don’t touch anything they own.

Sounds like he’s on the level…

I always keep to myself in my room.

Cook once a week and immediately clean the kitchen and take out the trash if needed.

All three of them just act very weird towards me.

And they’re not being subtle about it!

Whenever I start a conversation just by saying good morning they roll their eyes at me or just say morning and leave the room.

I’m not asking them to be friends but the air is so heavy all the time.

I feel awkward and weird which makes me stay in my room now when they are home.

They talk to each other, though.”

Folks on Reddit shared their thoughts about this story.

This person had a lot to say.

Another reader weighed in.

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And this Reddit user offered some advice.

Well, that’s a bummer.

And I’d venture to say that his roommates might be the ones who have a problem.

He’s not doing anything wrong!

It sounds like he needs to have a talk with his roommates sooner rather than later.

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Folks, I’m gonna be honest with you about something…

I think my #1 pet peeve is people who won’t get out of my way when I’m at the grocery store.

It never ends!

It seems like there’s some kind of laser that hits people in the brain when they walk into the store and they suddenly lose all ability to stay out of my way.

Ugh!

The person you’re about to hear from knows all about this, and they talked about how they handled their situation while shopping.

Let’s take a look.

Bumper carts in grocery aisle.

“Today while grocery shopping, I was walking down an aisle and a woman entered toward me from the other end.

She parked her cart sideways in the middle of the aisle and proceeded to look at some items.

I continued walking slowly toward her and she made no move to slide her cart out of the way.

Excuse me?!?!

There was barely enough room for me to get by.

Rather than scrape my cart along the aisle and potentially knock stuff over, I bumped my cart against hers and moved it a couple inches so I could get by.

She looked at me shocked when her cart moved.

I maintained eye contact and stared right at her as I squeezed by. I did not say excuse me or ask her to move her cart. Why should I?

Out of the way, lady!

She knew what she did by parking her cart sideways in the middle of the aisle.

I shouldn’t have to ask permission to get by because she’s selfish with no spatial awareness.

She mumbled something under her breath and moved her cart a bit as I turned the corner. I did not acknowledge her further.

No regrets.”

Take a look at what folks had to say about this on Reddit.

This person weighed in.

Another individual shared their thoughts.

This reader spoke up.

Another person didn’t hold back.

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And this Reddit user spoke up.

Can we all please make an effort to be courteous and be more aware of our surroundings?

I’d really appreciate that!

And so would a lot of other people…

Some folks simply have no concept of other people…

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