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People Who Escaped A Serious Accident Unscathed Share Their Experiences
When faced with mortality, how can you ever look at things the same?
Life and death experiences are teaching tools—pay attention.
Redditor CrownedBird wanted to hear from everyone who was lucky enough to be able to tell us their close call story.
They asked:
“What moment made you say ‘Yep, I’m definitely dead,’ but survived with no major injuries?”
Shattered
“Not me, but my mom before I was born.”
“She was riding in a convertible with a friend of hers.”
“They came to an intersection and the friend wasn’t paying attention and lost control of the vehicle.”
“There was a big rig going through the intersection and they went right under the trailer.”
“My mom ducked, the driver didn’t not.”
“Driver was decapitated, my mom was lucky and only ended up with a scalp full of glass and some serious psychological trauma.”
“She had to get over 200 stitches in her scalp, but nothing else significant.”
“I think about it all the time and think how close I came to never being born at all.” ~ Laszerus
Taking the Bend
“I was at the end of a 2 hour journey about 10 mins from home, pretty rural and I was probably complacent because I took that road everyday.”
“I took a bend at 40MPH (legal limit was 60MPH so wasn’t breaking any speeding rules) which I’ve done many times before, probably faster which looking back was really reckless.”
“Didn’t see until it was too late that a car had spun out on the other side of the corner and another car had pulled up to help.”
“I slammed on but I wasn’t going to stop in time before hitting the cars pulled up/crashed.”
“I was hurtling straight towards the other cars and people who where stood in the road from the other crash.”
“It was like time slowed down and I was at a cross roads; in my mind I had three choices.”
“Continue on my path and hit the other cars and people, veer to the right and go into a field but there was oncoming traffic and there was a chance I’d hit them or veer to the left and fly into a wooded area.”
“I chose the last option, and in that moment I knew the chances of me surviving or not being seriously injured after a 40MPH head on collision to a tree in a 10 year old Ford KA was pretty slim.”
“I just felt a complete peace come over me, turned the wheel and woke up slumped over the steering wheel to some poor man shouting ‘OMG I THINK SHES DEAD!!’”
“Turned out I passed out from shock or something before the impact so when I hit the tree I was completely floppy and this contributed to me having no serious injuries.”
“The front of my car was completely disintegrated, after coming to I tried to put my clutch down to take the car out of gear out of habit and my foot hit the tree trunk.”
‘The tree was absolutely fine. I drove past that tree everyday for years after and you could see the chunk my car took out of it.” ~ Comfortable-Pie8349
Falling to Doom
“I had an idiot friend and we were hiking.”
“We got to this waterfall and he goes ‘dude let’s climb it!’”
“I said no f**king way.”
“He says ‘well I’m gonna do it and if I fall and die it’s on you for not coming.’”
“So I climbed it with him.”
“Got stuck halfway up on a slick a** rock.”
“Pinched a nerve in my shoulder, so my right arm was useless.”
“I thought I was certain to slip off the rock to my doom, but we managed to get me unstuck.”
“That was the beginning of the end for that friendship.” ~ blindfire40
Rolling in the Deep
“I survived a car crash that wrecked my car.”
“Rolled twice, landed upside down, learned the hard way that I didn’t have airbags (or at least they didn’t deploy).”
“Did have my seatbelt on though, that probably saved me.”
“Paramedic said he hadn’t seen a wreckage like that and have it end well.”
“Not even a hairline fracture.” ~ Chempenguin
Well this is it…
“I went out for a surf on a stormy day and thought to myself, ‘no one else is out, those idiots.’”
“Before being held down by 2 waves after eating it on the first wave of the set.”
“First wave of the session.”
“Was thrown down and held under and while being tossed around my leg rope wrapped around both my legs and one of my arms so I was probably being held at around 5ft under with only one arm free while my board tombstoned.”
“Board tip is barely visible at the surface but floats vertical like… a tombstone.”
“Finally managed to catch a breath between sets before taking another 3 or 4 on the head and for sure just thought… well this is it.”
“No ones out, fishermen will find my body or my board.”
“Managed to get my other arm free and got to shore very quickly and then avoided the ocean for a few days even though the waves were absolutely perfect.”
“There’s a reason no one was out, everyone else was 10 minutes down the road at another beach where the waves were smaller and cleaner.” ~ Gigiskapoo
In Air Issues
“Parachute deployed but failed to open.”
“That was one of those moments, than training kicked in.”
“Cut away failed chute, deploy secondary.”
“But for a brief moment life was about to be over in my mind.” ~ GREYDRAGON1
Hanging in the Balance
“Tire popped going over a two lane road with steep drops on both sides.”
“My car jerked to the side hard, and my car went sideways.”
“Half my car hung over the side and luckily it’s low so it bottomed out.”
“I climbed into the back seat and jumped out the back door.”
“Some dude in a truck pulled me out and I drove on a flat to the other side and swapped my tire out.” ~ pineappledaddy
How Am I Alive?
“I was driving in the left lane of a highway going 80.”
“A car didn’t check their bond spot and merged into me.”
“I was run off the road and lost control of the car.”
“It flipped and dragged along the highway for 200 feet.”
“I remember the sparks flying up at me in slow motion.”
“The only damage to be was cuts on my arm from done glass.”
“My girlfriend just had a few cuts on her leg.”
“When I look at the photos of the car it doesn’t look like anything could have survived that.” ~ ImpressivelyLost
From the Rear
“I was driving down a highway, doing 65 MPH, and suddenly my car started to shake.”
“I tapped the brakes in reflex and my entire car flipped 180 degrees.”
“I’m now facing oncoming traffic, including a semi truck.”
“I was so close I couldn’t see the driver compartment.”
“I screamed and jerked the wheel, bringing me in front of a sedan with two people screaming as they watched me appear out of nowhere.”
“I kept screaming and floored the gas pedal.”
“Made it to the side of the road and cried for a long time.”
“I had blown a rear tire. Hitting the brakes was a terrible terrible choice.” ~ AhFFSImTooOldForThis
Bad Highways
“I was driving home from college on one of those highways with only one lane in either direction and no shoulder.”
“A guy in the oncoming lane didn’t see me as I was in a small car.”
“He thought he could pass 4 18 wheelers in one go and pulled into my lane going at least 90.”
“There was no where for me to go.”
“He flew off into the ditch to avoid hitting me head on, likely did severe damage to his car, but I lived!” ~ pilatesse
That is a lot to process.
I never want to get in a car again and skydiving is definitely out.
People Describe The Exact Moment They Instantly Regretted Showing Up For A Date
Sometimes we’re just better off being alone.
That is a life fact many of us need to come to grips with.
So Redditor Zuzpo wanted to hear from everybody who has been disappointed on the search for a mate—sometimes that free dinner just ain’t worth it.
They asked:
“What was the moment you realized that you shouldn’t have showed up to a date?”
I’m Pooped Out!!
“An alleged friend told me her coworker and I would be great together and wanted to do a double date at a festival with her and her husband.”
“Date suggested he and I meet up the night before to get to know each other and I suggested a gaming bar I’d wanted to try.”
“Date time arrives and he’s not there.”
“He finally shows up and tells me he had to stop home to let the dogs out so they don’t s**t all over the floor.”
“He then proceeds to show me a picture of a floor covered in dog s**t and says guess it didn’t work.”
“He is still wearing his work clothes.”
“It has been three hours since work ended and he went home to deal with the dogs but didn’t change.”
“He proceeds to eat the rest of the charcuterie plate I ordered by himself and then orders wings for himself.”
“We decide to check out a game since I have now paid for more game time.”
“He wants a mall madness game that is not designed for two people.”
“We settle on a playable game. It’s not great.”
“As we are wrapping up he tells me the last date he took here fucked him in the parking lot he stares at me expertly.”
“I tell him that’s not going to happen.”
“I tell my friend I’m skipping the festival.”
“He’s shocked and thought we had a spark.” ~ Polyf**kery
Wouldn’t it be better to just be gay?
“My mom met a nice girl during the day, unknown to me.”
“My mom and I were supposed to go out for dinner that night.”
“She invites the girl, unknown to me, then ditches the dinner once she knows she has set me up on a date.”
“My mom was very worried I was gay at the time.”
“The girl and I get to chatting over drinks, she’s fun, flirty, cute – and a meth-addicted prostitute who thought it was some weird kink game that she was being hired to get into the middle of.”
“So…YEA. She was understanding when we realized the mix-up, but I gave my mom shit for that one for years.” ~ Yvaelle
Maybe I’ll Drive
“He was picking me up and texted me ‘here’ a little early so he had plenty of time to do this before I got down to his car.”
“But he waited until I opened the door and there was about a dozen magazines (like rifle mags) on the passenger’s seat and he said ‘hope you’re not some crazy liberal! don’t mind these mags.’”
“And then brushed them onto the floor. It was super awkward/cringy.”
“Also it was my first date since I rough breakup and the rest of it was just as bad if not worse, I ended up crying in the bathroom half way through.” ~ lebrunjemz
From Hinge to “Unhinged!”
“Matched with a girl on Plenty Of Fish, we were talking for a while and she worked out she knew someone I had worked with in the past.”
“I asked him what she was like, he said she’s ok and not ‘mental or anything’, little did I know he really didn’t like me because I was better at the job then he was and he was straight up lying his a** off.”
“So I arrange a coffee date between our houses, she only lived like 5-10 minutes away and the nearest shopping centre cafe was 10 minutes away.”
“I arrive and wait a few minutes and in walks this girl 10-15kg heavier then her display picture with a baby in a pram, she recognised me and sat down like this was normal.”
“The entire time we had been talking she’d told me she had a daughter who was 2, I told her I had a 2 year old son as well.”
“Turns out her daughter was 2 months not 2 years and she never corrected the fact.”
“Also this is the first time we had met and she asked me 5 minutes into the date if I could buy her baby formula.”
“One look at her and I could tell she actually needed the formula and was in a desperate situation so I bought it for her because I’m a sucker and didn’t want her baby to starve.”
“I politely told her it was never going to work because she straight up lied, she said yeah fair enough and left.”
“About 2 months later I was talking to another girl on POF who happened to be friends with her, she seemed normal and not like the complete psychopath I’m sure she was.”
“The crazy one from the first part of the story rang me (she stalked me through my friends) and told me how the 2nd one was bats**t mental, I said I didn’t believe her and she hung up on me.”
“Ten minutes later my messenger starts going off, it’s girl #1 sending film clips and news articles of girl #2 having a complete psychotic break and torching her ex boyfriends car.”
“On camera in a shopping centre.”
“So it all worked out well and I dodged the bigger bullet because girl #1 thought I was too nice a guy to deserve girl #2.” ~ Aussiegamer1987
Stalker
“I went on a date a few months after me and my college gf had broken up.”
“I had matched with this girl off of tinder and we messaged a bit, but she was relentless about wanting to know more about my ex and how I felt after the break up.”
“I looked past this and met her for dinner a couple nights later.”
“I walked in the restaurant and my ex is sitting at the table under that girl’s name.”
“I turned around to walk out and got a tinder notification from the girl I had agreed to meet ‘you’ll never be able to get away from me.’”
“Should have stayed home that night, and steer clear of blind dates.” ~ Automatic_Doctor4934
Good Luck
“When at the party I met her at and her boyfriend said ‘Go ahead, take her. I’m sick of her s**t.’” ~ cleric3648
Use an Uber
“When he said ‘wow you even walk like a guy!’”
“As soon as he got out of my car. Whatever that means.”
“He then proceeded to be racist, sexist, and homophobic during this ‘date’, which was more of a monologue from his part, and even implied I’m fat and that he had no interest in me before trying to kiss me.”
“Please don’t take people you don’t know on dates using your car.”
“You’ll be stranded with them.” ~ redvaporeon-sk
And you are?
“When he said he was actually from an entirely different state.”
“He looked completely different from his photos and then asked if he could borrow $400 for Methadone before we even ordered.”
“I left immediately. Been stalking me for over ten years. Fun times.” ~ AlienFemTech
Suspicious Behavior
“She was a kleptomaniac.”
“Thought she was exaggerating or maybe just went through a tough time.”
“Then she showed me the pile of legal paperwork.”
“She was on 1st name terms with the judge she had been to court so many times.”
“Then she asked me to touch her back.”
“Said she felt super sweaty from the MCAT she’d taken and then showed me how she disposed of her used needles because she was a heroin addict.”
“Should have noped out sooner but she was sweet but yeah, she needed a therapist not a boyfriend.” ~ DeadlyChaffinch
Gross…
“When he didn’t let me look at a menu, ordered for me (a water and a kids chicken tender meal- I’m 24), ate half my meal, and was talking so much about himself he spit pieces of chicken at/on me.” ~ EstetheAinur
Yeah, I’m just going to plan for a Golden Girls scenario.
This is nonsense—wildly entertaining to read about… but nonsense none the less.
Benjaman Kyle, an amnesiac man discovered in 2004..
Benjaman Kyle, an amnesiac man discovered in 2004, had no memories of his life and could not even recall his name. It was not until 2015 that his identity was discovered through DNA testing, and there is still a twenty-year gap in his life history with no known records.
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People Divulge The Absolute Best Break Up Lines They’ve Ever Heard
Nobody likes pick-up lines delivered unironically.
We have no idea why Hollywood let people believe they actually work for anything other than a laugh (which might be a solid angle if you’re generally funny) but if you’re expecting someone to melt because you gave them a “How YOU doin’?” then you’re going to be sorely disappointed.
Having said all that, the idea of something that functions as the opposite of a pick up line is something LOTS of people like.
Reddit user Jamicandude69 asked:
“IF people used ‘break up lines’ instead of ‘pick up lines’ what would some of them be??”
Honestly, people are hilariously savage.
Enjoy!
Treasure
“They say one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. I hope you find someone who treasures you.”
– giantcabbage_
“Dang, that one has sharp edges.”
– LettuceJizz
“Reminds me of ‘if only there was someone who actually loved you’ from Frozen 
”
– kurt200
“That line was surprisingly savage for a kids’ movie.”
“I just remember loudly and involuntarily going ‘daaaaaamn dude’ when I watched it for the first time with my son.”
– dalevis
Weighing Me Down
“Hey, are you an anchor? Because you’ve done nothing but weigh me down.”
– ExistentialBob
“This’ll work great if you can work in relationSHIP, ya know to really nail home the ship pun.”
– Plasmashark4
“I don’t sea why not.”
– ExistentialBob
“I used this line in my wedding speech!”
” ‘I love you with all my heart. You’re like my anchor.’ *pause for group awww* ‘…you’re always weighing me down’ *room erupts in laughter* “
“Wife wasn’t as pleased, but I’m a sucker for a good laugh lol”
– brodo87
Bad Reception
“Hey baby, are you in a tunnel? Because we’re breaking up.”
– _iPood_
“I have a new pet name for you, baby. It’s ‘T-Mobile’ because we’re breaking up.”
– truth__bomb
“My dumbass would even realize I was being broken up with.”
“I would’ve been like ‘Nope, not going through a tunnel, must be spotty reception.’ “
– RiggityRyne
“This one is best used when said right to there face followed by fake static noises (think crumbling paper) “
– ramonpasta
Continental Drift
“Are we tectonic plates? Because we’re drifting apart.”
– comrade_batman
“The friction between us has left me crumpled and quaking with anger.”
– gaviniboom
“Are we a fault line? Cause all there is between us is friction and future devastation.”
– Devlee12
“The use of tectonic plates could also be used as the pick up line for the same person. For example:”
” ‘Are you a tectonic plate? Cause I’d love to to ram into you with force resulting in tremendous friction and heat.’ “
– [Reddit]
Covering Ground
“We need to cover more ground so we should split up.”
– HyperNathan
“Call me Fred because I’m honestly not sure if splitting up is the right decision right now. but it feels like it probably is.”
– allToast
“Hey girl, are we the Scooby-Doo gang? Because I think we should split up and look for new clues.”
– A-A-RONS7
Celestial Bodies
“You remind me of Halley’s Comet. I don’t wanna see you again for another 74 years.”
– Victim_of_Conscience
“So you’re telling me there’s a chance?”
– oatmeal28
“But I would like to see Halley’s Comet more often than that, and I would prefer to just never see my ex again…”
– sticktoyaguns
“You’re the sun of my life, so please stay 93.79 million miles away from me.”
– personbelowmeistrash
A New Issue
“Hey girl, are you a newspaper? Because there’s a new issue with you every f*cking day.”
– ghostofoutkast
“I had a guy once tell me I had more issues than a magazine.”
“I thought it was kinda clever, but we’d only been talking for a couple weeks and this was in response to my telling him I didn’t want to date, so I also thought it was a bit dramatic on his part.”
– MissBanana_
“Hey girl, are you a newspaper?”
“Because I’m replacing you with a better designed, more entertaining, cheaper way of getting what I need.”
– benchoderashka
“Hey girl, are you a newspaper? Because I’d like to leave you you laying in my driveway for weeks and run you over with my car a few times”
– panzershark
Time Share
“Hey babe are you a time share? Because I’ve been trying to get out of this for like 3 years. You’re a waste of f*cking money and you’re only available when I’m not.”
– WilliamMurderfacex3
“The maintenance fees are too high and nobody wants to trade.”
– NorseZymurgist
“And the only good times I have are blackout dates!”
– AncientMarinade
“.. and when I’m in you I’m always thinking about other places that are more fun.”
– OncewasaBlastocoel
Pure Poetry
“I knew this girl in middle school who would break up with boys by saying:”
” ‘Roses are red, violets are blue, trash is dumped and so are you.’ “
– ledge-14
“Um… so I really wanna thank you for unlocking a core memory. That happened to me in elementary school and I was heart broken even at like age 7.”
– Imacultofpersonality
“Did you know me!?”
“I used this on 2 guys in middle school but they were dweebs. I wasn’t as great as I thought I was at the time.”
“Oh well.”
– ladymethis
Keepin’ It Classy
“I will always cherish my initial misconceptions of you.”
– bow2sensei
“That is so good. Wish I would have thought to say that as a parting line to my ex-wife!”
– Grace_Upon_Me
“I’m sure there’s a commercial playing right now, Totally Sauvage.”
– dontdoitdoitdoit
Evidence
“Are you a parking ticket? Because you’re evidence that I made a mistake.”
– maleorderbride
“This is actually my favorite. Thank you.”
– wiry1983
A Spark
“I once used this one to explain when pressed.
” ‘It’s like we’re an American outlet and a European plug. There were sparks at first but I just don’t get the energy.’ “
– mstrblueskys
We Deserved Better
“Hey girl are you season eight of Game of Thrones? Because I never want to see you again and hopefully I can forget you even exist.”
– 300ConfirmedShaves
Childhoods Ruined
“Hey girl, are you movies from my childhood?”
“Because I used to think you were cute and fun but now I see that you’re horrifying and inappropriate in all sorts of ways I never thought of back then.”
– ChronicBitRot
Got a break up line you want to add? Hit us up in the comments!
People Break Down The Most Overrated Films Of All Time
We love movies and it’s that time of year again—the time when movies are extra special.
It’s awards season!
The one thing that’s always examined in awards season, is seasons past.
Everyone loves to discuss the movies that failed to live up to the hype.
Redditor hootyowlscissors wanted to discuss all movies where the hype just didn’t add up.
They asked:
“What is the most massively overrated film of all time and why?”
Reddit was quick to respond…
Reese couldn’t make it work…
“Water for elephants. The book was really good but the movie barely told the story.” ~ Icy_Gap6980
“I LOVE Reese Witherspoon but I find she often doesn’t have chemistry with men in her movies.”
“She plays characters where it works anyways, but I can’t think of anything where she really amazing chemistry with a costar.” ~ ingenfara
“I loved the movie, but heard that people who read the book (which I still haven’t) wouldn’t have liked it.”
“The same thing was true about ‘The Firm.’”
“I had read the book and saw it in the theater with a friend who hadn’t.”
“She thought it was one of the best movies she’d ever seen, and I said ‘That’s not in the book!’”
“So many times, the man in front of me turned around and told me to shut up.” ~ notthesedays
The Oscar Upset!!
“Shakespeare in Love. And it beat Saving Private Ryan for best picture FFS…” ~ Millerzeit
“I used to think the same but the real winner should have been life is beautiful.”
“Saving Private Ryan is a masterpiece but life is beautiful is cinema perfection.”
The character is amazing and the things he did for his son.”
“Ugh i cry every time i see it because through all that nonsense his son never got to see the brutality of it and he got his tank.” ~ crazymo121
“Yes Shakespeare in love was operated.”
“But for comedy I think it good.”
“Geoffrey Rush’s role he played was just great.”
“I think if some one besides Gweneth was cast, it might have been much better.”
“Could not stand Saving Private Ryan, but one of my husband’s favorites.” ~ happyhappy2986
press stop…
“Crash. Pure pandering, shi**y script, one-dimensional characters, the whole shebang that should not have even been nominated for crap.” ~freebird12g
The Blue People…
“HOLY S**T NO ONE STILL LIKES AVATAR STOP TALKING ABOUT IT!!”
“Now it’s overHATED.” ~ devilthedankdawg
“Seriously, it’s an ok movie.”
“It has good but not crazy good reviews, and that’s totally fair.”
“But Saying it’s ferngully/Pocahontas/Dances with Wolves doesn’t make you smart, you are just repeating the same thing said by every person ever.”
“It just got an insane amount of money because of the spectacle of it and how much word of mouth it had to.”
“And, yeah, to give credit to Avatar, it looks FANTASTIC. It still looks a lot better than a lot of CGI today!” ~ Lucienofthelight
But it has Sandra…
“Bird box.” ~ Loooooooooppp
“The book was very good in my opinion.”
“I watched the movie and it made me so mad. Horrible movie.” ~ FrenchMushr00m
“This movie always annoyed me, the ending was so convenient and there was no catharsis or lessons learned, as well the monsters ability was never shown.”
“I thought the movie would have been much better it had ended with her after accepting responsibility and love for the adopted child and taking the boat down the rapids.”
“She would elect not to wear a mask to protect the children.”
“She would inadvertently see a monster and then ‘witness’ her child and adopted child die in the rapids, and she is so ridden with grief she kills herself.”
“The children would not actually have died and they would find the sanctuary.”
“I feel like that would have given the movie a meaning and an edge that was missing.” ~ OHFUGGYEAHBUDS
Poor Arnold…
“I digress, the most underrated film of all time is Conan the Barbarian circa 1981.” ~ FinancialArtichoke75
“I liked that film but got mocked by my classmates for having it on DVD, so I lied, and I said it was a porno and the label read Conan as a diversion.”
“And then I didn’t get mocked.”
“Anyway, what I really came to say was that the question was about overrated films, and you replied about underrated films.” ~ Kriskao
Nonsense…
“I have two:”
“The Purge movies.”
“Not only is the premise mind numbingly illogical with so so many ramifications, but I find it really hard to believe that the entire country would go on killing sprees instead of stealing s**t and doing drugs.”
“Paranormal Activity. Oh no, the chair suddenly moved after a half hour of nothing else happening!” ~ Yuiopy78
“It was a way to ‘stir up the hornets nest’ if that makes sense.”
“They wanted to justify the first purge so they could repeat it annually.”
“They wouldn’t have been able to do so if crime was low on that specific night so they used mercs instigate some violence.”
“The ‘concept’ of the purge is that overall it would decrease crime and homelessness since everyone would be releasing their anger on purge night and ultimately targeting homeless people.”
“Great movie concept, illogical as f**k though.”
“Later in the series we find out the purge does nothing towards crime and poverty and I just an excuse for rich people to go bats**t crazy.” ~ inframeWS
“Let it Go… Let it Go…”
“Frozen. I liked the idea of two female leads for a Disney Princess movie, but I feel the execution was off the mark.”
“The Hans twist was predictable and the way Elsa freezes Anna’s heart to trigger an ‘impending death’ was just stupid.”
“Olaf was also annoying and I did not find his love of Summer endearing.” ~ TelemachusTheYoung
Not THAT movie!
“The English Patient. I almost got thrown out of the theater at one point for screaming ‘just f**king die already!’” ~ 12altoids34
“I used to ask people what movie they hated that everyone else seems to love.”
“It was one of my favorite questions to get to know someone.”
“I eventually had to modify it to say ‘what movie do you hate that everyone you know loves, but it can’t be The English Patient’ because literally everyone hated it.” ~ crankyweasels
Lost in Space…
“Gravity. Everyone raved on it and how amazing it was.”
“I once described the entire film to someone in 10 seconds.” ~ sfkf8486
“If you watched it in theatres, it was amazing.”
“If you watched it at home it sucked.”
“Everything amazing about it was atmosphere and immersion.” ~ Ardentpause
In the end art is subjective.
There are a few movies on this list I really liked.
Except for The English Patient.
When I think about the six hours I wasted… sorry three hours, it just felt like six.
Anybody feel the need to add to the list?
Married Couples Confess How Often They Actually Have Sex With Their Partner
Relationships come in all shapes and sizes and, of course, with all different types of sex drives.
ACES exist and can be happily married, after all.
Married couples got together on Reddit to share how often they actually had sex with their partners. Some even shared how long they had been together or how happy they were as a couple.
Some of the responses were really telling, and others were absolutely surprising.
Redditor David-Davis1 asked:
“Married couples, how frequently do you have sex with your partner?”
Some were familiar with dead bedrooms.
“What is this ‘sex’ thing you speak of?” – ThinkingGoldfish
“When she feels like it. So. Once every few months.”
“And before I get the ‘but don’t you talk to her about it,’ yeah, we’re 22 years in, and we’ve had all the f**king discussions, conversations, etc. it’s when she wants. I’m tired of being rejected.” – wormholeweapons
“Same here, and it sucks – married 22 years, and it’s been nearly four years since she felt like it.” – PacmanTurnerOvadrive
“Used to have a very healthy sex life. Currently, have a 12-week-old child. We occasionally refer to him as ‘our cute c**kblock.’ So yes, at the minute, almost never.” – haveyouseenmywetsuit
“23 years. Used to be 2-3 per week. Haven’t touched each other in 3 years though. Not sure we’ll make 25.” – kurt_go_bang
Others were more familiar with the events that killed the bedroom magic.
“Is she carrying the larger share of the emotional load for both of your lives? Does she do all the organization and administration for your home, kids, vacations, holidays, etc?”
“Because if she does, then I expect she’s tired and doesn’t feel close to you or loved by you. Love is a verb, what are you doing to love her?”
“And by that, I don’t mean instigating sex. Sex comes because everything else is in balance. You should both be the same amount of tired at bedtime, you’re a team.” – fairiestoldmeto
“It’s the mental load. My husband does stuff but it’s me who organizes it. For example, cooking is the easy part. Someone has to decide what to have for meals, do the shopping, etc. And that’s me.”
“We both work full-time but because I am available at times to get kids to school and run them to sports etc., I have to fit it all in. It’s f**king exhausting and I’m not interested in sex at all because I have no time to myself.” – tinkleberry2
“There’s also the social labor! Birthdays, holidays, events, picking out what someone will wear, buying gifts, organizing travel, etc.” – JillianWho
“My wife has a number of mental health issues and the meds have basically turned her off of sex altogether. It’s rough but I guess the alternative is she goes off meds and commits s**cide, so I will just deal with the no sex.” – ThickumsMagoo
“My wife had a low sex drive when she was breastfeeding each of our kids. She’s still breastfeeding the second but going to stop soon… I broke my back 3 years ago and was on some medications.. my sex drive was low… it can be a vicious cycle.”
“Women tend to want to have sex when there is a lot of help, support, non-sexual affection… Men sometimes only feel loved when there is physical affection.. it can get out of control when both partners are building their respective control wall.” – ggs_golf
“This needs to be something more men/people understand. You can’t expect sex just because you are married. It’s HIGHLY unattractive to have a SO (significant other) that puts in the bare minimum when it comes to kids and house chores.”
“I work full-time also but still do the majority of the house/baby work. We have sex when I want it and that’s pretty much it. If you don’t put forth effort, don’t expect your SO to want to have sex all the time.” – T00tSw33t090
But some responses were promising.
“12 years of marriage and 17 total years together. We usually have sex about 2-3 times a week.” – TheRaistLine
“If we are busy with work, then it’s once every other week. When we’re on holiday, off work or have a low work period. 2-3 times a week.” – laugh_if_you_agree
“I don’t have kids but I found that once I went from living apart to living together, the sex increased a bit simply because we only had really been seeing each other once a week or so.”
“When we moved in together, suddenly it was like, ‘”ow, it’s 5:30 on a Tuesday afternoon and I can just have sex? Let’s do it!’” – lupuscapabillus
“Find the right woman, and marriage is wonderful. The ‘spark’ turns into a full-on bonfire some days and those days are really great.”
“I don’t think the spark leaves, I just think people stop trying or stop caring about the marriage, which leads to sex becoming a weapon or a reward or something. Marriages take work. You realize it’s no longer the goal to ‘get married,’ you know?”
“It’s just the start of a new way to do things, but you definitely have to keep the fire lit and if you do a good job, you can keep a nice little fire going all the time that at any moment you or your spouse can just add a bit of fuel to the fire and off you go.” – betterthanamaster
“I’m excited to get married. It’s a mixed bag. Some marriages are so filled with love.” – jesse-james-
Others were less frequent but still acceptable.
“Twice a week (Wednesdays and Saturday or Sunday).”
“0 points for spontaneity.”
“10 points for consistency” – steelingjackalope317
“For parents, you’ll get into the golden period, though, with kids where they take these long naps in the middle of the day and then sleep through the night, usually around 12 months to 24 months.”
“Some days it’ll be rough because babies can be handsy and make mom or dad just feel over-touched, but more often, you get the kid down and unless you have to be somewhere or do something, you’ll jump each other.”
“And that sex is great sex because you both know it could end at any time. Kind of like a feeling of, ‘Ooh, we shouldn’t be doing this. What if someone (the baby) catches us?’ It’s fun.” – betterthanamaster
“We have a tween and busy schedules – I just never want our child to hear… so probably 2-5x a month… if we have time to ourselves or if the kid is away, it’s daily, lol (laughing out loud)… but it’s still amazing, and crave each other. Just complicated with kiddos and life.” – No_Interaction7679
“Together 13 years, married 5. Sometimes twice a day, sometimes twice a month. Sometimes life gets in the way, sometimes we can’t get enough of each other.” – NotMeBuyMyCat
“Been living together for 4 years, married for 2. Usually 3-5 times a week, depending on how we’re feeling. There’s some fluctuation based on hormones and overall wellness, and some based on time of year, but very seldom less than 3 times a week.”
“We have a good time. We’ve been working from home together since the pandemic, and we have significantly more sex just due to proximity. Honestly, the pandemic has been a net positive for our relationship, weirdly enough.” – Cadwaladur
These responses were incredibly eye-opening about relationships, including the fact marriage, length of the relationship, or even the amount of sex, do not guarantee happiness.
Rather, it’s about the couple and that each person’s needs are being met.
Whether that means getting together twice a week or twice a year, that’s up to them.
People Describe The Best ‘Poverty Meals’ From Childhood They Still Love To This Day
Childhood poverty is no joke.
But there are certain aspects of growing up poor that people actually enjoy that upper and middle class kids usually don’t experience.
One of those is the so-called “poverty meal”—a go to quick meal for when you’re really broke made from inexpensive pantry staples like macaroni, rice, potatoes and canned goods.
The dubiously named Redditor laced-with-arsenic asked:
“What’s your favorite poverty meal that you still eat regardless of where you are financially?”
Steak Fingers
“Grew up poor, but my mom sure knew how to stretch a dollar. She would make steak fingers out of the cheapest meat cuts she could find.”
“Tenderize, fry them up make gravy out of the drippings and serve with mashed potatoes. The whole meal probably cost less than 5 bucks in 70s dollars, and I’m telling you nothing tasted better.”
“I made it for my kids when they were growing up and they still ask me for it sometimes. She would be 94 today.”
“Love you, miss you mom.” ~ markarlage
Cereal
“Bowl of cereal.” ~ ApocalypseSpokesman
“My nephew was so excited when he realised that people ate cereal for meals other than breakfast.”
“Didn’t have the heart to tell him.” ~ lilithpingu
“A bag of generic cereal is like 5 or 6 bucks. That’s easily 10-15 meals at least.”
“A gallon of milk where I live is 3 bucks. And that’s good for like 10 bowls of cereal.”
“That comes out to less than a dollar per meal.”
“Add in a banana or toast and you hit at a dollar per meal. Super cheap.” ~ bhfroh
Quesadillas & Chilaquiles
“I’m Mexican. For us, it’s usually quesadillas without meat, rice and black beans as the sides.” ~ Reddit
“For us it’s usually chilaquiles.” ~ mattylou
“Bruh, we can’t even explain to the internet how cheap and tasty chilaquiles are.” ~ SteamFoxx
“Enfrijoladas.” ~ Bob__Kazamakis
“My girlfriend is Mexican and she makes this for us. It’s so wonderful. Homemade everything.” ~ yabaquan643
Sh*t On A Shingle
“Shit on a shingle? Sausage gravy served over toast.” ~ phenomagasm
“SOS! My mom made the gravy from scratch, just flour, butter, milk, and pepper, and used sliced corned beef instead. Mmmmmmm!!” ~ motherfuqueer
“Chipped beef on toast!! My mom was literally the only person I knew who ever made this.” ~ 910ee
“We ate this growing up and we weren’t poor. My mom was very poor growing up.”
“This was comfort food for her. We’d have it once or twice a year in the winter.”
“I still love it and ask her to make it when I visit.” ~ StarryEyes8194
Potatoes
“Boiled potatoes and butter. Don’t care if I am rich or poor that is my go to snack.” ~ dapornaddict
“Aww man this hits hard. Was living alone in London didn’t have much money at all.”
“I’d hit up Aldi get a full chicken for £1.75, a broccoli for 55p, and some potatoes for 55p.”
“I’d make a full roast like a king and still have potatoes to boil and have with butter after. So f’king good.” ~ EnemiesAllAround
“My family does something similar. Put some red skin potatoes, fresh green beans, chicken stock, and seasonings in a pot (or slow cooker) and simmer it for an hour or more.”
“Use a slotted spoon to put some in a bowl, then add a bit of stock and plenty of butter. It’s heaven.” ~ FitChemist432
“Fried eggs with fried potatoes.” ~ MrOtero
“The only meal Romanian dads knew how to cook when mom was away.” ~ Fabulini
“Ukrainian too. My old man can’t cook for sh*t, but I loved every time he made that.” ~ ExtraBitterSpecial
“Same for my Russian dad. I miss his fried potatoes and eggs.” ~ BarefootHippieDesign
“Oven-baked potatoes with salt and margarine.”
“Cheap ingredients found in almost every home and easy to make. Also, the starch in potatoes makes you feel full for pretty long.” ~ trashturmoilavocado
“I’m Irish and that is my go-to.”
“I can cook potatoes 100 ways.”
“I could have made a 5lb bag of potatoes last a week in my university days.” ~ guinnesshappy
Macaroni
“We called it ‘Ghetto Mac’ where you make some pasta and add in whatever you can find in the fridge or cabinets. Cheese, lunch meat, spam, spices, etc…”
“No two meals were ever the same.” ~ RhondaTheHonda
“We always called it poverty pasta.” ~ TehGogglesDoNothing
“We called that white trash casserole.” ~ WonBigMayor
“We always just called it goulash even though it doesn’t resemble traditional goulash at all.” ~ koolaideprived
“Called it goulash. Usually ground beef, stewed tomatoes and a can of vegetables in elbow macaroni but my mom had been known to do hot dogs, ham, sausage or just extra veggies.”
“Goulash is traditionally a soup but this was more of a casserole.” ~ Urithiru
“All this time I didn’t even know it had a name we would just do this to try to make a meal.” ~ JtDeluxe
Dal
“Dal.”
“Aside from tumeric you can buy all the ingredients for less than $2 a pound.” ~ Spam-Monkey
“Oh yeah! Dal is magic. Lentils in general deserve more love.”
“They are SO GOOD FOR YOU, and are delicious. They make a great meat substitute if you’re broke or just want to go meatless.” ~ tomboyfancy
“As an Indian, I see where you’re coming from, but I really never saw it that way before.” ~ RupesSax
“Dal by itself? Nah. But khitchdi? Now you’re talking! My favourite comfort food.” ~ hsihsadna
Squash
“We used to eat (zucchini or yellow neck) squash and eggs growing up. Grew the squash and eggs are cheap enough, or trade with the neighbors.”
“You just cut the squash into thin round and cook in a pan with a little oil until they’re just soft. Scramble the eggs with the squash, add a bunch of pepper, some salt.”
“Sometimes we ate it over noodles or rice.” ~ _Not-A-Monkey-St_
Soup
“Egg drop soup: – 1 quart chicken stock – 1 tbsp soy sauce – 1 tbsp corn starch – 1 inch grated ginger – whisk in 2 eggs – green onions sprinkled.” ~ csaszarcasa
“Soup boiled down with rice to bulk it up.” ~ StanMarsh02
“Dump a can of your favorite condensed ‘cream of’ atop a cup or two of rice. Best damn comfort food when you’re sick.” ~ Stargate525
“My grandma (who grew up during WWII) taught me that you can make soup from almost anything.”
“At least once a week I just throw a bunch of scrap veggies, left over meat, rice and whatever other random bits are left over from the week’s meals into a pot with some stock, boil it all together and bam.” ~ Reddit
PB & Sometimes J
“Peanut butter sandwich.” ~ Thinkpad200
“Nothing beats a good ole-fashioned PB&J, hold the J” ~ rezamwehttam
“My oldest son (about 4) would always say ‘I want a cooked peanut butter and jelly sandwich’, which meant peanut butter and jelly on toast.
“My middle son (about 2) would proceed to say ‘I want the same thing but not cooked and no jelly’.”
“I’d say so a peanut butter sandwich? ‘NO, I WANT A PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY NOT COOKED WITH NO JELLY!’” ~ ImNotBettyBoopg
“I had a PB&J recently and felt like a f’king fool! Why did I stop eating these when I became an adult?”
“Society lead me to believe this was the way. It is not!”
“Been having PB&J a couple nights a week since. I refuse to let societies unenlightened views dictate my dinner choices!”
“PB&J is a top tier dish for any occasion.” ~ Iminurcomputer
There are definitely regional and cultural differences. Many enduring comfort foods also qualify as poverty meals.
The recipes remain popular because they’re simple, quick and inexpensive.
What are the poverty meals you still love?
People Explain Which Items They Would Rescue First If Their House Was On Fire
Few things are as frightening as the prospect of burning to death in a fire. Many people live in fear of something like that happening.
Now suppose you wake up to find that your home is on fire. You’re terrified. What do you do? What do you grab, if anything at all?
Do you just try to get outside as quickly as possible? Or do you happen to have a plan in place?
People shared their stories with us after Redditor T3ermin8or asked the online community:
“If your house was about to burn down, what would you try and save first?”
“I truly had to think about this…”
“I truly had to think about this last night as the Colorado fires were just a few miles away. It was devastating looking around the house and realizing so much in your house doesn’t matter.” ~ BatmanandMe123
“We both went into robot mode…”
“We had to evacuate last night and it was the craziest feeling. Luckily our house is okay. We both went into robot mode just efficiently getting what we need, popping the dogs in the hatchback, and off we went.”
“We were in traffic on 287 when I realized that my wife and I forgot our winter coats, she was wearing slippers, and I’d left my wallet and every important document we have in my office. Glad I remembered the almond milk though…” ~ gregmaddux
“As time went on…”
“Retired Firefighter here. When I was a kid our house burned down. As time went on, it was the family photos we missed the most. I always grabbed photo albums when I saw them. The owners often cried when they realized the photos were saved.” ~ Skyist
“I guess I’m supposed to say…”
“I guess I’m supposed to say my children, but I’ve got a chocolate orange I’ve not started yet. So it’ll be a tough one.” ~ Good-Helicopter-9303
“You don’t have time…”
“This is gonna sound outrageous, but in a fire emergency, this will save your cats’ lives… Put the cat in a pillowcase. Carry them out that way. You don’t have time to get their crates, and you definitely don’t have time to fight with them about going in them.”
“Put the cat in a pillowcase, and you’ll be able to safely and quickly transport them to safety and hold them securely. If you carry them out in your arms, they may jump down and sprint away, or claw at you in fright.”
“But a cat in a pillowcase, no matter how angry and traumatized they might be, is staying in the pillowcase. If it’s a life or death, burning house emergency? Put your cat in your pillowcase.” ~ PotassiumArsenic
“Assuming my family…”
“Assuming my family and dogs are safe and my important documents are in the safe where they belong I have a couple guitars that have sentimental value to me. I’d grab those.” ~ GuntherPonz
“I have a bag of documents…”
“I have a bag of documents that are a pain in the ass to get. Birth certificate, taxes, diplomas. Thats an easy grab, once i have that, i grab my pets, and, if i have time, my box of MTG rares, including my Unlimited Dual Lands, which I’ll offload to offset the costs of recovery.” ~ WanderingGenesis
“In the hallway closet…”
“In the hallway closet there is a box containing all of my family’s photos. I would grab that and get it out as soon as possible. Any photos on the walls are copies.”
“If I had time the next thing would be my home server. It has a s**t load of important files and about 10 TB of movies and TV shows which would help pass time in the hotel or wherever after the fire.”
“I also have a bunch of ammo that’s not in a fireproof safe so I would want to get that out so it doesnt go off and hurt anyone. But the pictures are #1 priority. I plan on digitizing all of them but it’s a lot of work.” ~ immacannibal
“There’s really nothing sentimental…”
“My lungs. Instead of saving material items, I would much prefer to leave as quickly as possible to avoid exposure to the incredibly toxic smoke.”
“There’s really nothing sentimental in the apartment (all old photos have been backed up on a cloud service) and everything else is covered by insurance (video going through all the possessions is also on the cloud).”
“Sure it will be a burden to deal with insurance, but stuff is just stuff and is all replaceable. Other than that, I don’t know if it counts, but I do keep a set of pajamas and slippers on the window sill. It is placed here intentionally so that it can be grabbed in the event of an emergency.”
“If I’m sleeping (always naked), I would grab them on my way out. Doing so should hopefully spare my neighbors the immediate vomiting associated with seeing the grotesque sight of my naked body.” ~ SandwichFries
“We do our best…”
“Firefighter here. We do our best to conduct salvage operations during a structure fire when possible. We try to cover furniture with tarps and shove pictures inside of drawers and even save some to take out with us.”
“Your insurance can pay for the lost materialistic things but it can’t replace the only good photo you have of your loved one, and as a firefighter I do my best to prevent unnecessary damage from not only fire and smoke but water damage.” ~ Okfeeling9598
“Sometimes it feels like…”
“This has unfortunately happened to me twice in my life.”
“The first time it was in my 20s and my upstairs apartment neighbors burned the place down with a candle. I was home at the time and I went back in to grab my very valuable musical instruments. It wasn’t the safest thing to do, but I never really felt terribly in danger.”
“The second time I was/am in my 40s and an arsonist attacked one of my neighbors in my nice little quiet condominium complex at 3 a.m.. They never found the culprit. I nearly died as I slept right through all of the smoke alarms and woke up to a place on fire and full of smoke.”
“My neighbors were calling my phone over and over but it too didn’t wake me up. Fortunately for me and him, my cat was sitting right on the bed with me looking at me like, ‘Help?’ I wrapped him in a blanket off the bed and crawled my way out of the acrid smokefilled condo, touching doorknobs and hoping we both wouldn’t die.”
“Ugh, even typing it up makes me nervous. I now sleep with a smoke alarm attached to the headboard of my bed in an effort to wake me if it happens again.”
“No humans were hurt in the blaze, it burned down three families’ condos and several of my neighbor’s pets died. I live alone, so my cat was all I had to save at that point.”
“Sometimes it feels like I got struck by lightning twice. I can’t imagine the mathematical odds of having your place and stuff burn down twice.” ~ Reddit
Now that you’ve heard people’s suggestions, you hopefully feel a bit more prepared.
And if you’re not, it’s time to make a plan of some kind. Most importantly, there are things you can do to avoid fire in your home.
You can use surge protectors. You can unplug items that are not in use. Never leave flames unattended while you are cooking in your kitchen (where many fires start).
Just some things to think about… but fingers crossed that you never have to make the decision to flee your home!