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A Husband Told Wife He’s Separating Their Money After He Found Out About a Secret Investment. Is He Wrong?

Mo’ money, much mo’ problems.

Or maybe it’s just ANY money, mo’ problems. And this story is a doozy!

A man asked readers on Reddit’s “Am I the *sshole?” page if he was wrong for how he acted in regard to his wife and some risky business involving their money.

Let’s see what he had to say.

AITA for telling my wife I would open a separate account if she didn’t get our money back?

“I 39M have been married to my wife 36F for twelve years. We have no children, but we do have a cat and a dog who we consider to be our children.

My wife has a sister “M” 37F who has made very poor financial choices and is now heavily in debt. She refuses to get a job and instead jumps from on MLM or get rich quick scam to the next, sponging off of relatives to make ends meet.

Both me and my wife work full-time. We each have separate accounts that we use for our “fun” money for hobbies or whatever we want. We earn almost the same amount of money, with me being a little higher, so I contribute 60% and she contributes 40% to make things fair and also so we each have about the same amount of “fun money.”

We also have a joint checking and savings account that we use for the household bills and household emergency fund (like when the water heater flooded the basement in the middle of the night). Both of us have access to the joint accounts, and if we need to use it, it is never an issue, so long as we make sure to tell the other that we used funds from those accounts.

As I was going through the statements for our joint household account, I noticed that there was approximately $2,000.00 missing from the joint savings account. I noticed that they were all Venmo transfers to her sister.

When my wife came home from work I asked what this was about, and she told me that her sister needed money to start her own business. My wife sat me down and explained to me that her sister joined yet another freaking pyramid scheme, this time selling fake nails and makeup.

My wife said that she has the potential to earn six figures a month and if that was true. My wife also said that she too was going to join her sister selling these products and if she made enough would quit her job and sell them full-time with her sister.

I told my wife that she either needs to get that money back from her sister or I would open a new account for my share of the household expenses and transfer it to that account when it was time to pay bills. My wife is upset with me and does not understand why I am being so unsupportive.

I told my wife that not only did she take money and not tell me about it, she invested it into something without even considering how I would feel about it.

My SIL called me last night and said that I was a raging AH and a control freak and that I was stopping my wife from using her full potential. I told my SIL that I would support my wife in anything she chooses to do, as long as it would not cause financial harm to our family. My wife and SIL are both p*ssed at me and now I feel like an *ss.

AITA for telling my wife to get the money back?”

Well, that certainly was interesting…

And here’s how folks on AskReddit responded to the man’s story.

This reader said that the man is not in the wrong in this situation and that his wife crossed the line doing this with family money.

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Another person said they have experience with MLM schemes and that the man needs to protect his assets and he did nothing wrong in this situation.

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This individual said that they feel bad for the man who wrote the article because it seems like he constantly has to deal with this MLM nonsense from his wife.

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This person said that the man’s wife can do whatever she wants with her own money, but this incident was over the line.

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Another reader said that the man wasn’t wrong for saying this to his wife but he has to be realistic about things and realize that he ain’t getting any of that money back, which is a shame.

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Now it’s your turn.

Tell us what you think about what went down here in the comments.

We’d love to hear from you!

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People Share the Things They Loved As Kids, But Can’t Stand As Adults

Tastes change over time, and honestly, that’s a good thing.

I’m relieved to believe that one day, my children will voluntarily eat something that’s not macaroni and cheese, chicken nuggets, or pizza for one thing, but for another, experience should teach us a thing or two, don’t you think?

If you want to ponder how and when our tastes change over the course of our lives, these 16 people are recalling things they just loved as a kid that now they cannot stand.

16. It’s not a good time.

Being sick.

When I was a kid it meant staying home from school and watching price is right in the AM and TRL all afternoon.

As an adult it means no paycheck and Shame

15. Nobody sends cards anymore.

Getting mail

As a kid it was exciting cos it would only happen around Christmas and my birthday but now it’s just bills.

14. And your kids do not get it.

Spinning. As a kid I would basically t-pose and spin in place for fun. I’d get dizzy for a few seconds and then I’d be back to normal.

Now, if I did that, I’d feel nauseous for the rest of the day, would probably have to lie down for a few hours.

13. It’s still better than the alternative.

Growing up. Couldn’t wait to grow up when I was a kid, but dread getting older now.

One year into adulthood and all I can think of is f*ck go back.

12. It’s really kind of sad.

Teenagers.

When I was a kid teenagers were so cool. Now they’re the most obnoxious people in the world.

11. It’s not so fun.

The thought of having a job.

Man, makes me so depressed.

Before I thought it would be fun and cool to have money. Now I’ve gone a year deep and when my supervisor goes to cry in his car over the stress of the job I honestly relate.

10. We just want to go home.

Spending the night at someone else’s house.

I looove sleeping in my own bed and using my own pillows.

Sucks when you wake up before anyone else and you just stare at the ceiling until the rest wakes up too.

9. This is truly a sad state of affairs.

Carnival rides. Used to love em as a kid. Now I can’t get on the tilt-a-whirl without getting super sick.

Man, I used to LOVE the Scrambler at fairs – Went on one a few years ago, and my fn neck just hurt for days lol. G-forces tryna yank my lollipop head right off!

Kind of a depressing “I’m-getting-old” moment for me

8. Too soon?

Bill Cosby.

7. Too much of a good thing…

Yoplait whipped keylime yogurt. It was the only yogurt I would eat and I ate a lot of it. Now thinking about the taste makes me sick.

6. I miss my old digestive tract.

Fast food. Used to love it because my parents only allowed me to have it when we were on vacation so it was like a treat for me. As an adult their home cooked food is the treat now.

5. Sometimes you just know too much.

Swimming in public pools.

I never understood why people sh%t in the pool. If it’s a young kid I understand, but some of the shits are bear size.

4. When you had everything in common.

Making new friends, so much easier when you are still a kid.

Also, sustaining friendships when all your friends are married, have kids, in Serious relationships, demanding careers/jobs, or are simply too busy. Seems everybody is so busy we start to forget to connect, even if it’s just for a cup of coffee, hell, I gotta ask people at least a week ahead of time to hang out, sometimes more.

I also miss the days of hanging out on a whim, like when I was in my teenager/early 20’s.

3. We all understand now.

Honestly as a kid I was so judgmental of all the moms who’d bring their kids to the pool and wear bathing suits but never get in.

Was all like “I’ll never be like that.” Now I’m starting to understand lol

2. This new generation will never talk on the phone.

Talking on the phone. Used to stay on the phone for hours at a time three-way calling with friends. Now the idea of my phone ringing makes me want to puke.

1. Definitely a curse.

Emails. I was in college when I got an email address – was super excited to get an email.

Now, I hate getting them because it’s either a stupid meeting or something I have to do/address at work.

I think I could make a pretty long list here that is nothing but food!

What’s something you couldn’t imagine hating when you were younger? Dish in the comments!

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A Man Asked if He’s Wrong for Giving Son’s College Fund to Best Friend Instead of Nephew? People Weighed In.

I can’t say I’ve ever heard a story like this one…

But that’s the beauty of Reddit’s “Am I the *sshole?” page!

You get to read all kinds of stories about problems and dilemmas that folks are having.

And we think you’ll find this one quite interesting…let’s take a look…

AITA for giving my deceased son’s college fund to his best friend instead of my nephew?

“This has been causing a conflict with my entire family. And they think that I’m being selfish and unreasonable. Let me explain first.

I M39 lost my son in 2019 due to a chronic heart condition. He was 15 years old. It was devastating and I just couldn’t take it especially when my family did little to nothing to support me during these difficult times. They didn’t bring my son meals when he was at the hospital.

They didn’t let me go home and rest even for a few hours. They didn’t take care of other things while I had a lot to deal with I wasn’t offered any help just words. They’d just talk but do nothing.

Despite the struggle. I’ve created an account for my son’s college fund and kept putting whatever I could get at the time and me and my son would talk about that a lot. He was depressed but always believed that he was going to get better and continue his education and attend college.

I started saving money To keep him motivated and to make him feel like he could be like any other kid with hopes for a good future. He had a very close friend that’s about the same age as him.

They were friends for 5 years, and I can’t express how his presence in my son’s life helped him through the worst days, sometimes his friend would spend the night with us and try to get my son to do activities and lighten up his mood all the time. To be frank his friend was closer to him than his own family.

He never stopped visiting and asking how I’m doing after my son’s death. He’d show me handmade projects he made for my son and as a way to remember him and we’d sometimes just sit and talk together or cry together.

Last week, while I was with my family my sister asked me what I was going to do with my son’s college money. I didn’t wanna mention this but since she asked I told her that I will be giving the money to my son’s friend. She barely even recognized his friend and was confused and said that my nephew deserves this money since he’s family.

My mom agreed that I wasn’t thinking straight and that I should help the people close to me-family and that my nephew has a right to go to college and I was wrong for giving this “opportunity” away to someone else.

I didn’t know what to say they kept pointing out that I was making a mistake and how my nephew will resent me if he finds out. Thing is my nephew wasn’t close to my son I don’t even know why he’d be bothered. My sister went on about not being able to afford my nephew’s college I told her this was my decision and I felt more comfortable that way.

She started lashing out, constantly texting me constantly wanting to talk to me and ending up arguing. When I snapped she had my mom calling me basically guilt tripping me and telling me I’m wrong and that I needed to think about this.

It’s just too much pressure and I’m feeling lost and unable to figure out how to deal with this.”

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

This person made a good point: it’s up to people to do whatever they want with their OWN money.

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This Reddit user agreed that the man can do whatever he wants with HIS OWN MONEY.

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This individual said that this whole situation seems a little bit morbid and that the other folks in the story are way out of line.

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A Reddit user said that the man was not wrong in this situation and that what he’s doing is the right thing.

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And this person made no bones about it: the man’s family members seem pretty terrible.

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People Shared Their Favorite Quotes

Asking someone about their favorite quote is a great way to learn about them – and trust me, no one is going to pass up the opportunity to share their favorite quote!

These 18 people definitely aren’t, so if you’re looking for something particular, or just great life lessons in general, one of these quotes is bound to hit it on the head.

18. It’s best to think so, anyway.

Whenever someone starts talking about stripping away regulations for processes, I tell them “Regulations are written in blood.”

I read it once on a Reddit post about someone who thought they weren’t necessary. It got me to thinking about the different things in life that were made with safety in mind.

17. Nothing good comes from rushing.

Slow down, you’ll finish faster.

It’s applicable to many trade skills. If you rush the job, you’re likely going to do it over again. I’m a mechanic and some of my coworkers get in such a hurry that they’ll make a 2-hour job take 4.5 hours.

16. Never ever.

Nothing before the word “but,” ever means a thing.

15. This will happen more than you would like.

“I’m not saying that it’s your fault, I’m saying that I’m going to blame you”

14. You might be dead afterward, but yeah.

This too shall pass.

It’s actually a Persian adage from the writings of Sufi poets – they talk about a powerful king who asked wise men to make him a ring that would always make him happy whenever he was sad, so they gave him a ring engraved with the phrase.

However, since then it’s been quoted and used and attributed in all kinds of places, so you might have heard it anywhere.

13. Nothing is free.

“There is no such thing as a free lunch” coupled with “Time is an illusion, lunchtime double so”

12. Beautiful.

“The White Cliffs of Dover are a symbol of Britain, they are this imposing barrier, but they’re just chalk. Time and tide will wash them away, a long time in the future. This, too, shall pass.

But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t build things anyway. Just because something is going to break in the end, doesn’t mean it can’t have an effect that lasts into the future. Joy. Wonder. Laughter. Hope. The world can be better because of what you built in the past.” -Tom Scott

11. Said every writer I know.

“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.”

10. Keep your eyes forward.

“What’s done is done” “What’s done cannot be undone” – Lady Macbeth

I say this to my friend with anxiety at least once a day.

9. Adults should hear this, too.

I’m a preschool teacher, when I have a student tell me what another student is doing I ask them “who do you need to worry about?”

They answer “myself”

I ask them “why”

They answer back “ because it’s a very important job!”

8. If you say so.

“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”

Daniel J. Boorstin

7. A different way to look at it.

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.

A very useful one whenever training new people at work.

6. Bust this one out every day.

That’s just like your opinion man -The Dude

5. Now more than ever.

Never underestimate the power of dump people in a large group.

4. Some days you really need to hear this.

“All you can do is all you can do.”

3. Just keep repeating this to yourself.

“If this the worst thing that happens to me today, I’ll be just fine.”

-Me when something/someone relatively minor yet still irritating inconveniences me

2. I do love this one.

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. —Albert Einstein (allegedly…it’s still my favorite quote)

1. It’s usually the latter.

“Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.”

Hanlon’s Razor. Lots of people around me have done the opposite and it drives me bonkers. I know for a fact most people I meet are idiots, friends included.

Some of these are new to me, and I’m so glad I’ve heard them now.

Share your favorite quote with us in the comments!

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Things That People Loved as Kids, But Can’t Stand Now That They’re Grown

Kids love all kinds of weird stuff. We know that’s true, but there are some things that just lose their shine, the older you get.

Pizza rolls, for example. Dear lord, the heartburn.

These 14 people are thinking back to their childhood and how things have changed for them since growing up.

14. A cold waiting to happen.

Buffets.

When I was a kid I’d pick a buffet to go to for my birthday.

As an adult I realize how low quality and gross the food is.

13. The guilt is real.

Lots of sugar.

I still want to eat sugary stuff like pastries, except now I feel guilt every time I eat it.

I miss when I wouldn’t care and just enjoy those delicious treats ?

12. I mean…

People.

“The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.” – Twain

11. It’s just junk.

Snail mail.

It used to be all exciting gift cards, presents, cool magazine subscriptions and nice letters from family members and friends.

Now it’s 99% bills and solicitors.

10. I feel this.

Cake frosting.

And for the same reason: Candy corn

That stuff used to be crack to little me.

I tried it as an adult and it was so sweet it practically burned.

9. So many things not actually delicious.

Tang!

Got so excited to try again and realized quickly I liked it better as a kid.

Guess I failed the astronaut taste test.

8. It was bliss.

Life ?

not depressed or anything but life was so much better and beautiful as a kid.

I was lucky had an amazing family everything was perfect and then overnight bills come in, responsibilities, stress, problems …. stay young as long as possible, growing up it is a trapp

Ah the bliss of childhood. They say “The more you know, the more you wish you didn’t.” Idk who said that but it wasn’t me

7. Just in general.

Growing up.

6. A little bit weird.

Those chocolate coins in the gold wrappers.

I still love them, a nice treat now and again, can only have 2 or so now that I’m older though, a bit sweet and weird, but I still like them.

5. A complete 180.

Going to McDonalds as a kid = Victory

Going to McDonalds as an adult = Defeat

4. Weary indeed.

Being alive.

I’m just so tired of everything – social expectations, maintaining relationships, working a job, never having enough time to do the things I enjoy but then being paralyzed by choice when I do have free time, obligations around the house, and dealing with other people in general.

I have grown weary of this world.

3. The neighborhood has really gone downhill.

Facebook!

Used to be great for meeting up with friends or girls from other colleges.

Now it’s aunts and uncles fighting over politics?‍♂️

2. Because no one takes care of you. Boo.

Staying home on a sick day.

As a kid it was a huge victory, got to stay in bed all day, watch TV, and having a parent tend to your every need.

Then as an adult you’re just thinking about the work you’re gonna have to make up for and how you hope you don’t need to go to a doctor.

1. That is not cheese. #sorrynotsorry

Kraft singles.

Yuck.

There are too many of these to list, I think.

Tell us down in the comments what you would add!

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Woman Asks if She’s Wrong for Not Wanting Her Wheelchair-Bound Father to Walk Her Down the Aisle

Just the title of this article by itself makes me sad.

But that’s why the “Am I the *sshole?” forum on Reddit gives us interesting human stories to contemplate.

A woman asked if she was an *sshole for not wanting her father, who is in a wheelchair, to walk her down the aisle on her wedding day.

Let’s see what she had to say.

AITA for not wanting my dad to “walk” me down the aisle because he’s in a wheelchair?

“About three years ago my dad was injured in a really bad hit and run car accident.

He broke just about every bone in his body, and left him paralysed from the waist down. Our relationship has always been really good, but I hate seeing him in pain and admittedly try to avoid seeing him because it just makes me uncomfortable.

In November I’m getting married. I’ve been with my fiancé for 4 years and he and my dad get on really well. Naturally the discussion of who was going to give me away came up in the family group chat, and I kept silent after I realised my dad would be in a wheelchair.

We always talked about him giving me away and having a dance at my wedding and I don’t want to be reminded of what could’ve been at my wedding. I messaged my mom privately and told her I want my uncle to walk me down the aisle as we’re incredibly close.

She naturally asked why and I told her that my dad being in a wheelchair would add complications to the wedding. The walkway would have to be widened to accommodate his wheelchair and he wouldn’t be able to hold my arm or give me a proper hug.

She was outraged, called me an ableist POS and removed me from the group chat. My aunt has since called me telling me my dad is absolutely devastated. AITA?”

And here’s how folks on Reddit responded.

This person, who can relate to the woman’s story, said that she is definitely wrong in this case and the had a hard time believing that anyone could act this way.

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Another reader called the woman out in a huge way.

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This person made it clear: a wheelchair doesn’t make anyone less of a person.

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Another person, who is disabled, also thinks that the woman is a major *sshole in this situation.

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And finally, another woman talked about the role her disabled father played at her wedding. And yes, they also think this woman is an *sshole. I concur!

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Wow…what do you think about what this woman did?

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Calls So Funny That 9-1-1 Operators Will Never Forget Them

Being a 9-1-1 operator is a hard job. You’re often on the phone with people during some of the worst, most painful, or most terrified moments of their lives, and that can take a toll on a person over time.

Luckily, these 9-1-1 operators also get plenty of hilarious calls to balance things out, and these 16 are here to share the ones so funny they’ll never forget them.

16. This should be in a movie.

I called (the non emergency police line) once for my across the way neighbor playing Christmas music at all hours for seven months straight.

Turns out I live next to a Deaf building and the person had no idea that their music was 1) playing 24/7 and 2) so loud I could hear it in any room of my apartment across the driveway.

The operator was absolutely cracking up because I was like look, it’s July, I can’t take hearing holy night again. The call back I got when they made contact with the person was absolutely hilarious- the cop couldn’t stop chuckling every few words.

15. Some people never learn.

At the time this wasn’t funny but hindsight and all.

It’s Thanksgiving Day morning and I’ve just started my shift around 5 AM. I’m the only one working for the day shift and settle in for what should be a mostly peaceful day of hanging out, eating food, playing New Vegas, and relaxing.

Then my 911 line rings. I pick it up and go through the usual run down only to be greeted not by someone with a medical emergency, a fire, crime in progress, nothing like that.

She needed help with making a turkey. I told her this was an emergency line and she informed me this was an emergency because she had family coming over that night and she had to do Thanksgiving dinner. I apologize for her problem but inform her it’s not an actual emergency so I need to clear the line.

And yes I went through our procedures to check to see if this was a domestic issue or something like that where the individual couldn’t speak freely.

This was not that.

She calls back a few minutes later and hangs up upon realizing it is me. She calls back again, gets me, and I inform her it’s only me working so this won’t work. Before I can tell her that LE will come out to her location next time she hangs up.

About 10 minutes later she calls again pitching a sob story about her Thanksgiving being ruined and needing help to salvage it for her family. I let her know LE is on their way, she tries to call it like I’m bluffing until I read back her address. So she hangs up.

LE arrives and she plays dumb like she has no idea why they are there but everything is recorded and we’ve had her number and address ping with every call. She gets a verbal and they leave only for her to call me back to chew me out for sending LE to her home and scaring her kids so she wants to talk to my supervisor to file a complaint.

Shockingly this didn’t get her very far but it did get LE back out to her place to actually issue her a citation for abusing 911 and tying up the lines.

Monday morning she called 911 again to complain about me and again got another citation.

Then there was the boy who called because his older brother climbed on the roof, couldn’t get down, and so he panicked dialed 911 so we could get his brother down before mom and dad got home. The brother was apparently planning to jump to the trampoline but chickened out and couldn’t climb back down.

Mom and dad came home while the fire department was getting him down. They weren’t happy.

14. As kids are.

My sister once called because she wanted to know who would be on the other end of the line. I couldn’t hear what the person said but I heard my sister’s parts of the convo.

Sister: hello? Who’s this? … Oh…

Then she hung up on the operator. They ended up calling back and my dad picked up and had to explain that his daughter was just being curious.

13. Oh, dear.

Numerous calls where someone has handcuffed themself to a SO during coitus and lost the key (if it’s not busy this seems to draw most available officers).

Not me but a coworker: a person was pleasuring themselves with the handle of a scissors and it got stuck.

12. My husband would totally be guilty of this.

I once called 911 because I cut my finger and wanted to talk to my mom, who was a dispatcher. I called crying asking to talk to her by name. She was more pissed at my dad for not waking up when I tried to go to him first haha.

11. Someone better do something.

A little kid called 911 because he wanted the cops to come arrest his brother.

You see, their mom said that the caller’s brother was supposed to share the legos, but he wasn’t sharing. The caller’s brother said that he was playing with all of the legos, which wasn’t possible. There were too many legos for one person to play with all of them at once, argued our caller. Therefore, his brother was a liar, a jerk, and a turd and we needed to come and arrest him.

We had a high degree of confidence that this wasn’t a coded request for help, so we asked to speak to an adult- confirmed that there was no distress and closed the case. Share your legos, kids.

10. That took a twist.

Actual 911 operator here. So far the silliest was a guy who called, all concerned about the number of birds flying around because there was an air show nearby and he was worried the planes would hit the birds

9. This is so wholesome.

I called 911 because our washing machine was broken and my parents were arguing about it (nothing violent, just arguing, but it was unusual for them and scared 5 year old me). I dialed the number but chickened out instead of hitting the call button. Little did I know, the phone called it anyway. So five minutes later a policeman showed up at our house.

I hid under the back porch, my mom made me come out, and the officer explained that 911 was only for emergencies. He was really nice about it though!

8. To be fair, birds are scary.

I had one who called at like 2am to report suspicious activity – he could hear birds outside his apartment and it’s dark outside…it’s obviously someone playing some recording of birds because birds sleep at night.

7. Extended hijinks.

Former dispatcher here. My funniest call was a guy called in and said he wanted to report a pig running around.

I had to ask a pig, as in curly tailed pig. He said yes sir he’s running by taco bell now.

I dispatch out animal control who gets on scene and asks for help. One of our officers assists and for the next 40 minutes or so I got to listen to two of the cities finest chase a young pig around businesses

Once the pig was finally caught it was determined the pig came from a transport truck. The driver said he didn’t want the pig back so the pig was given to the humane society.

Never did hear what happened to the little fellow after that.

6. Bless her heart.

Friend of mine was a 911 dispatcher. The funniest call he ever had was a woman who claimed she was locked inside of her own vehicle. After explaining to her where the door lock switch was, she was able to free herself.

5. Bless their hearts.

I was a 911 dispatcher years ago but had two calls specific calls that still make me laugh.

a frazzled mother called cause her six year old had gotten into the roof and she couldn’t get him down. She kept screaming about how we need to hurry…not because she was worried he would get hurt, but because he had done the before and last time he peed in the air vents.

this was before weed was legal in my state, but a college kid called asking for an ambulance. He was super worried that he was having an allergic reaction to the weed he just smoked. When asked about his symptoms he said “I just can’t stop eating Cheetos”.

4. How dare.

Not a 911 operator but during residency they had us shadow one during my EMS month.

This woman called 911 3 times in 10 minutes for a service animal in a mall. “He’s here staring at me! No I don’t care that he’s helping. He just licked his nuts!”

3. You know where this is going.

Not me but my wife who works both as a secretary for a fire department and is a volunteer firefighter/emt. A lady calls asking if she can donate a building for a training burn in. After asking questions she finds out it’s not a building but an RV.

More questions. It’s not her RV, it was abandoned on her property. Just a few more questions. It’s not exactly abandoned. It’s her ex-husbands RV. And he’s living in it and won’t leave. She wants my wife’s fire department to burn it down. Wife’s fire department declined.

2. Kids are the best, aren’t they?

Was a 911 Operator before becoming a Paramedic.

Had a lot of funny ones, but by far my favorite involved an all too common problem of a kid getting a hold of a locked cellphone and only being able to dial 911.

It was Father’s Day mind you, had this particular kid (about 5 years old) call in at least 6 times but he’d never stay on the line long enough for us to get a good “ping” on his cellphone. It was probably about 2200 local at the time, not early but not too late in the night.

Long story short we were finally able to get him to stay on the phone long enough by talking about how his teddy bear was “sick”. We asked to speak to his parents and he told us they were in bed and the door was locked, so we asked him to go knock on the door, he then told us he had been locked in his room.

Okay….. I think we know what’s going on now.

By this point we had an officer en route to this kid’s house to go make sure everything was okay and to tell his parents the kid has been calling 911.

The officer arrives on scene, a few minutes go by, then the officer comes over the radio and says “S120 back in service, the teddy bear is 10-4”.

The officer made his way up to the comm center and proceeded to tell us all that the kid’s Dad answered the door wearing only boxer shorts and was more than a little agitated when he found out his son had been calling 911.

Apparently the dad had been getting his Father’s Day “gift” from mom when the officer showed up.

1. An awkward moment.

I don’t know if this counts as “funny.”

I’m from a small town. Everyone knows everyone. My uncle Jim is a cop. All the dispatchers and first responders know my grandma pretty well.

One day, my uncle was working on something electrical in the basement. He was shocked. He was unconscious, but he ended up being fine.

My grandma called 911, and screamed into the phone, “Vee! It’s Kate! Jimmy’s been shocked!”

What Vee, the dispatcher, heard was, “Jimmy’s been shot!”

Every single police officer, sheriff’s deputy, EMS, paramedic, firefighter, and park ranger in town arrived at my grandma’s house. My uncle was super confused and embarrassed.

Human beings never fail to dish out the humor, right?

If you’re a 9-1-1 operator, share your own funny stories with us down in the comments!

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People Discuss the Mistakes Twenty-Somethings Don’t Realize They’re Making

Experience is not only the best teacher in the world, in some ways it’s literally the only way stubborn human beings figure out this thing we call life. There are things you just can’t know until you know, for better or worse.

There are some pitfalls you could probably avoid, though, if you’re willing to listen and don’t assume you know everything already – so if you’re in your twenties, you might want to peruse this list of mistakes that don’t have to be made.

13. You want to be able to retire.

Not saving enough money.

Pay yourself first. Don’t work the rest of your life.

“Don’t save what’s left after spending, spend what’s left after saving.”

12. There’s no prize for getting there first.

Life is not a race. It doesn’t matter who’s getting married who’s moved out from parents house who has a kid. You go at your pace. Don’t think you’re behind anyone else.

11. It’s never too late to start.

Not eating right and exercising. The heart attack you have at 50 doesn’t just magically show up. Cardiovascular disease is from years of buildup.

Until I was in my early 40’s I had never run more than 2k at a stretch, was desperately out of shape, overweight and just felt really prematurely old.

I started running and cycling and eating somewhat better when I was about 43. I honestly feel healthier, younger and am definitely way fitter than when I was in my twenties. I also lost that excess weight and just have lots more energy now. A couple of months ago I ran my first marathon, at age 56.

The funny thing is, I hate running. I’ve been doing it for over a decade now but I’ve never enjoyed it. Not for a single minute. But I know what it does to me, which keeps me going.

10. It’s tough to quit.

Don’t pick up smoking.

I am 41 and still smoke. I hate it and am terribly terribly addicted to cigarettes. Biggest mistake of my life was starting at 15.

9. It really does make a difference.

Not getting enough sleep or not having a good sleep schedule.

If and when you can (because money and insurance), get a sleep study! I had terrible sleep patterns through my 20s, did all the tricks you see online. Got a sleep study in my 30s and found two undiagnosed sleep disorders.

It’s a whole new world. You’ll never be able to sort those things out on your own. Sleep makes ALL the difference.

8. Boring but important.

Savings, 401k whatever just invest for yourself.

I told my wife to sign up for when she started her first job since immigrating. It’s been 6 years and she’s got a nice little wad of money socked away.

She’s been telling her coworkers for the past 5 of those 6 years that they should sign up, because the employer match is free money. Plus it earns more by compounded growth. They all say they don’t want to.

She shrugs and says okay.

7. It really is a slippery slope.

Binge drinking. It’s a very easy spiral to go down if you aren’t careful.

I never thought I was an alcoholic, drank anywhere from 1 – 3 times a week. Then Covid hit, and between the stresses of that and the boredom, I started drinking most days. Started to get pains in my right side a few months after my 30th birthday.

Ultrasound showed early stage fatty liver which left untreated can turn to cirrhosis. Fucking liver disease. Haven’t had a drop since I found out. Lost 50lbs, have much clearer mind, and money in the bank. Makes me kick myself a little for not starting this sooner.

6. You can still have fun at concerts.

This comes under ‘looking after your body’ I suppose, but it’s a specific one that is still little known:

Wrecking your ears with excessive noise exposure. Even if you don’t care about losing your hearing, you don’t want catastrophic tinnitus. It’s completely disabling. And nobody tells you that you can get it years or decades after the noise exposure. I just thought, “I’ll knock this off before it gets too bad.”

5. Just keep swimming.

Not making tiny changes and sticking to them! I know that I had an all or nothing attitude in my 20s.

If I tried my hand at painting and my first few attempts were crap, I’d drop it. If I tried saving money and saw how little it was, I’d spend it.

You have to do little things everyday and just don’t stop. It’ll add up in your 30s and you’ll be so grateful even later.

The problem is – many 20 year olds think of 30 and above as not counting somehow. They can’t imagine not being a complete success in their 20s or not being in a perfect relationship in their 20s.

But life goes one. Your 30s are freeing and you’re in a whole different mental space from then on.

Don’t get desperate and stay with an awful person just vecause you’re so ‘old’ and unmarried at 29. Or make decisions that ignore the rest of your life.

Don’t quit studying or learning just cause you’re out of college. If you want a career change, don’t not do an onlieb course or start working towards it because you’ll see a result 5 years from now.

That 5 years will pass and you’ll wish you had done something.

Just keep doing small things.

4. Without fail.

Tanning without sunscreen. That catches up with you when you least expect it.

Not using sunscreen and being careless with my skin is one of my biggest regrets at 32. I smoked cigarettes, drank heavily, ate like shit, and didn’t use sunscreen.

In your 20’s, you just bounce back with hardly any physical consequences and you feel like you’re going to be young forever. All of a sudden, I woke up one day with wrinkles and skin damage that I can’t reverse and is only going to get worse from here on out.

I am still having a hard time accepting it, and it causes a lot of depression and regret in my current life when I look at myself in the mirror.

3. And it’s that way on purpose.

Credit and debt, it’s too easy to buy things you can’t afford.

I wish I understood this in my 20s. I was very careless with money

As you get money you tend to take out credit to get nice things. A sudden change in your career can ruin your life for a while. Be careful about buying things you can’t pay for outright.

2. It’s your biggest organ.

I think mistreating your skin overall though. I think that emphasis on skin health should be a bigger topic of conversation. Everyone talks about exercise and brushing your teeth, but nobody talks about sunscreen use, hydrating and nourishing your skin, etc.

For a while I thought that getting a bunch of creams for my face was too feminine and wasn’t necessary, but with college and just overall stress I started to see my skin look more tired and worn out and dull. So I decided to try out a Korean skincare routine and I will never go back to not taking care of my face or skin in general!

1. You don’t get another.

Treating their body like it’s a rental. Look after it. You will be living in this body for many years to come.

Don’t burn out the clutch by 27 and live with the consequences for 60 more years.

I wish I had heard some of these (or listened when I did) when I was younger.

What advice would you give your twentysomething self? Tell us in the comments!

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A Young Man Wonders Whether Telling His Rich Parents That ‘Lower Class’ Friends Are Better Than Them? Here’s What People Said.

We got some family drama here, folks!

And this time the story on Reddit’s “Am I the *sshole?” page comes to us from a teenage boy who had some choice words for his wealthy parents.

Let’s take a look…

AITA for telling my rich parents that my ‘lower class’ friends and their families are better people than they could ever dream of being?

“I’ll start by saying that I’m a 17M. Both my parents are very successful lawyers, and we live in a super nice house.

They have given me everything I could ask for, but they’re not exactly there for me emotionally. I can’t remember the last time we ate dinner together or had a decent conversation. Most of the time they’re not even home and it’s just me. I feel like a ghost in my own house.

We moved to a new town not too long ago, and my parents enrolled me in the more exclusive private school in the area. I’ve gone to private schools my entire life. But my experience at this school was horrible.

I’m short, effeminate looking, and obviously gay. The only reason I didn’t get my *ss seriously kicked was because my parents are rich.

I begged my parents to switch schools, but they were hesitant because the only other option was public schooling. I finally escaped the private school of circle jerking, and enrolled in this new school.

I guess I should mention that a few years ago, this school district expanded their enrollment zone to slightly cover a lower income area, which resulted in a handful of students from low income families being enrolled.

My first few days at this new school were brutal, with a lot of the same problems following me. Until I ran into Garfield (it’s a family name. I swear he’s not named after a cat).

He spoke up and said he would love to be my lab partner when no one else would. We quickly became friends and he introduced me to his childhood friend also attending the school named Eduardo.

Since my parents are so distant to begin with, they never noticed me spending so much time with my new friends. Garfield’s mother is a waitress and his dad a construction worker. Eduardo’s mother cleans houses and his dad works odd jobs, such as driving for Uber.

Both of their families are amazing and involved. I started dating Garfield and had real friends for the first time ever. Both Garfield and Eduardo have come over to my house about twice and met my parents.

The other day, my mother pulled me over and casually mentioned that I was spending a lot of time with that blonde boy (Garfield) and the Hispanic kid. She asked what their families did and where they lived, and I told her. She immediately became upset and said I was aiming way below my abilities and these were not the kind of influences I needed in my life.

I asked why, and she said we just live different types of lives and I’ll understand when I’m older. I freaked out and said both of them and their families have been there more for me in the six months I’ve known them than my parents ever have and that they’re cold, unfeeling snobs. My mom started crying and said public school has changed me for the worst.

I’ve never seen her cry before, and I’m starting to feel horrible. AITA for saying they’re rich hypocrites and that my friend’s families are better?”

And here’s what folks said in response to his story.

This person doesn’t think the teenager was wrong at all for what he said to his parents.

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Another Reddit user thinks that the boy’s mom might actually be upset because she’s coming to terms with her life choices.

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This person said that wealth really isn’t a good indicator of what really matters in life: character and doing the right thing.

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Another Reddit user said that the boy wasn’t wrong for what he said but that they also sympathize with the mom in this story.

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Finally, this person said that the boy was not the *sshole here but that his mom, despite her faults, most likely spent her life thinking she was making the right decisions when it came to trying to make money.

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Do you think this kid was wrong for what he said?

Or was he justified in speaking to his parents this way?

Talk to us in the comments and tell us what you think. Thanks!

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Major Cover Ups That Really Backfired For People

You remember when you were a kid and you do something wrong, and then you have to decide whether to come clean with your parents or make something up instead, and you always choose the excuse and it’s never a good idea?

I think it’s because most human beings can sniff out a lie and a coverup, a misdirection, even when we’re not trying to (and that goes double for parents).

Here are 12 times full-grown adults tried to cover up huge mistakes, only to have it not really work at all.

12. I mean that’s a big grave.

Katyn Massacre: Red Army troops during WWII killed and buried 22,000 Polish officers. The German Army found this mass grave and asked the local SS Commander if it was his graves. The SS Commander said it wasn’t his graves.

The Red Army though insisted it was the Nazis that did it. Boris Yeltsin later admitted to grave in 1992.

11. It was time to panic.

The soviet union trying to say that Chernobyl wasn’t as big a deal as it actually was.

One of my grandparents’ neighbors in Poland was a Belorussian guy from one of the closest towns to Chernobyl in Belarus.

The plant is basically on the Ukraine/Belarus border, and a huge amount of fallout happened in Belarus.

No one was informed until everyone else was, even though they got almost as much fallout as Prypiat. The way he describes it, they were across the border, so they didn’t want to share. Even when they did, the Belarusian gov maintained the thought process that it wasn’t a big deal, like the USSR was claiming.

No one was to be relocated. He was a teenager at the time and left for Minsk as soon as he could because of how pissed off the whole thing made him. His whole family stayed except for him, farming away while he was in the city and then moved to Poland after he met his Polish wife.

Unsurprisingly, a lot of his family died of cancer.

10. Still surreal.

Volkswagen and the emission dodging.

The crazy part of that story to me was always just how brazen they were about it.

If you hear the quick summary (VW realized their system wouldn’t pass the emissions test, so they developed software that detected when an emissions test was being conducted, and changed the engine’s operation to a mode that was much less fuel-efficient, but would pass the test), you would probably think the system was just being tweaked.

Maybe normal operating emissions were 1.5x, or something like that… but since it was a scandal, maybe it was more like 3-5x? They couldn’t have possibly designed a system that was too far off – they would have gone back to the lab if it was 10x, right?

Nope. It was more like 40x the limit.

9. And it’s still not over.

The water crisis in Flint.

Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha had been in touch with the Genesee Department of Health for months about Elevated Lead Levels (ELLs), and they went out of their way to obfuscate the data and make it seem like everything was normal. Dr. Hanna-Attisha brings in a research team from Virginia which shows that the ELLs are correlated with zip codes that recently switched water supplies. They still ignore/deny what’s happening. Finally, Dr. Hanna-Attisha says “fuck it”, and holds a press conference telling people that their water is unsafe and to stop using it immediately.

A major public health crisis could have been mitigated if the public health officials spent more time doing their job and less time worrying about whether or not it pisses the governor off

8. Sometimes it’s best to just leave things alone.

i guess the Streisand effect?

for those who don’t know, someone took a photo of Barbara Streisand’s Malibu home and posted it online. The photo didn’t get much attention until Barbara Streisand tried to have the photo blocked for the sake of her privacy.

Upon hearing that Streisand wanted the photo removed, the image became forbidden fruit and was viewed millions of times across the internet.

If she hadn’t tried to cover it up, no one would have looked.

7. As long as there is justice in the world.

Anyone mentioned Joe Michael Singer yet? And his rich daddy trying to use DMCA takedowns to remove images of his son violently assaulting two shop clerks.

Every video that gets taken down, three more spring up.

6. It’s risky business, that’s for sure.

Basically any case involving a dead about-to-be whistle blower. Killing someone is a good way to shut a person up. Its also a very good way of drawing attention to the person and what they had to say. The best way to cover something up is discredit the whistle blower.

5. As it should have.

Ex-UC Davis chancellor Linda Katehi paid $175k to have the 2011 pepper spray incident removed from Google search results for the university, which brought the incident back into the public eye and was one of the scandals that eventually led to her resignation.

4. Florida, am I right?

Recent Polk County, Florida deputies losing (stealing) cash evidence, trying to cover it up, and getting fired.

3. Definitely unwise.

In 1973 the director of the CIA Richard Helms was worried that the watergate congressional investigations would spill over into investigations into the CIA so he ordered the destruction of all documents related to the MKUltra program.

20,000 documents were incorrectly stored with financial records and were not destroyed. They were later uncovered during an FOIA request and turned over to Congress.

2. Kickstarting a movement.

When EA tried to explain why it takes 6 quadrillion hours to unlock Darth Vader and got downvoted into oblivion.

Errr, that is vastly underselling it. The blowback wasn’t “being downvoted”.

That blowback was that it really kickstarted a movement and global awareness about loot crates, micro-transactions, and targeting minors and people with gambling issues with luck based purchases that continues to this day. It wasn’t just “why do I have to buy things to have any chance of realistically unlocking characters” it was “why do I have to buy luck based objects (see: gambling) for a chance to unlock the best content”

They basically opened their big stupid mouths about an issue only select people in the industry talked about, and said “Hey, our business model is really parasitic, and the fact that we are trying to call them “surprise mechanics” to avoid the term gambling is a big warning there is a ton of fuckery afoot.

Shortly after Belgium banned it affecting not just that game, but FIFA and other big revenue whales, and other countries are still threatening to follow suit or greatly limit loot crates + microtransactions.

1. It was inevitable, really.

Putin becoming used in millions of memes because the Russian Government tried to ban his likeness used in memes.

 

You’d think that people would learn, but they really don’t.

If you’ve got something to add to this list, put it down in the comments!

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