These 12+ Bachelor Parties Were So Wild, They Got The Wedding Called Off

The worst thing you want to have after a bachelor party is a hangover. But imagine a bachelor party so wild you’ve gotta call off the entire wedding.

People on AskReddit shared stories about bachelor parties that ultimately obliterated upcoming wedding plans.

1. The bachelorette

“My wife’s friend called off her wedding a week before the ceremony. She lived several hundred miles away for school but came back to her hometown two weeks before the wedding to make sure everything was lined up and have her bachelorette party. In the course of her visit, she came across an old boyfriend (who was also engaged) and things “sparked” up again. They agreed they should each leave their fiancés and give their relationship another shot.

Turns out, he didn’t keep up his end of the bargain, and she is still single today.”

2. Classy!

“The bride came to the bar asking if we had seen the groom as he was needed for some photographs or cutting the cake, can’t quite remember. None of the staff had seen him so she went outside, only to return a few minutes later in tears. She had caught the groom getting with the Maid of Honor…her sister. All out family war commenced with extra guests just sitting there enjoying the buffet. Worst part was hearing the bride cry “I can’t believe this happened again”, I really felt bad for her because she was lovely.”

3. Time to go to detox

“I see a lot of bachelor and bachelorette parties in my line of work. I actually have a few of these memories.

The first that comes to mind was an interesting night where the bachelor party was happening at one bar and the bachelorette party was in the bar down the block. At the groom to be’s party I get a call for help from the place. It’s a tame security call. Just a couple getting it on in a bathroom. The bar wanted them booted. I find out the dude is the groom to be and the girl is just some random chick.

The chick goes off on her own and now I’m with the groom outside. He’s drunk and almost uncontrollable. I am trying to find him a way home safe. His bros were all drunk and kept the party going without him. After a while, the bride to be and her gals come walking down the street. A couple people around chime in and tell her why I am there dealing with him. She breaks down and calls the wedding off right there. He ended up going to detox that night.”

4. Scandalous!

“I traveled with my wife (then girlfriend) to a wedding she was in. I told my wife there is something going on between the bride and the maid of honor. She laughed. Two weeks after the wedding the brides Facebook goes dark. The bride and maid of honor are now living together in another state. I still talk about how I called it within an hour of meeting them. Poor groom… super nice dude.”

5. Dodged a bullet

“I know a guy who seemingly had his life together: great career, lots of friends, beautiful fiancee.

He had a tendency to drink too much while partying, and a few weeks before the wedding he woke up in the hospital with serious injuries due to a non-automotive drunken accident. The scariest part for him was that he didnt remember a thing past leaving the party to walk home. Did he fall and hit his head? Did someone attack him and leave him for dead?

The thought of that scared him, and he decided to sober up. It also caused him to reflect on his life, and he realized his fiancee was manipulative, controlling, and he’d never be happy living with someone like that. He has some long term damage from the injury, but he’s still sober, spends much of his free time for a charitable cause, and dodged a serious bullet (a bad marriage) as a result of that horrible injury so he oddly came out ahead in the end.”

6. That’s one way to do it

“My dad and his friends took a buddy by canoe to an island to get drunk the night before the wedding. He told them all he didn’t want to go through with it but couldn’t figure out how to get out of it. When he woke up in the morning, they had stranded him on the island, he missed the wedding, his buddies were branded as the jerks. Groom to be was relieved.”

7. Runaway groom

“I bartend weddings fairly often and work directly with wedding planners all the time and meet with the bride and groom to be to talk things through and create a sense of familiarity. Each time I met the groom he just kind of seemed out of it but I chalked it up to stress. Day of the wedding before the ceremony the wedding planner comes over and asks for a couple shots for herself, she doesn’t drink on jobs so I ask her why. Apparently things were about to get started but the groom was missing and wasn’t responding to phone calls so everyone is looking for him then one of the brides maids disappears.

Not long after the brother of the groom gets a text from the groom saying he and the bridesmaid are in love and they’re running away to elope and that he’ll call him after. Everyone is getting antsy waiting for things to start and they’ve all been waiting like 2 hours. Now the wedding planner has to tell 150 people that the wedding is off and explain to the parents what happened while the wedding party is consoling the bride.”

8. This one is out of control

“Ex-girlfriend was going to a friend of a friends bachelorette party, mainly for her friend who didn’t want to go solo.

Anyway, I knew they were going to a strip club and expected to hear all about those shenanigans. She text me when they were leaving, the bride had payed for two of the strippers to come back with them. They went back and the show continued. Everyone seemed like they were having fun, but generally playing by the rules. Nothing that doesn’t go on at tons of bachelorette parties.

At some point things took a turn. Then, things went the way they usually do with sexually charged people. People started screwing. Turned into two of the girls having sex with the strippers. Then the bride.

There was no wedding.”

9. Saddest party ever

“A friend of mine in college had been engaged to her high school sweet heart. Plan was for them to get married after she graduated. She was one of those that dreamed of her wedding since she was a little girl. She had been planning FOREVER!!! A week before the wedding, he leaves without a trace, except a note saying I can’t marry you.

She was devastated. We still had a party with the wedding cake, food, etc. because it had all been paid for already. Saddest party ever. She ran into him a few years later at an 80’s dance club wearing a mesh shirt and a taxi hat making out with a dude. Saw it coming!!!”

10. Annulled

“Guy and girl are getting married, she was the kind of girl to have slept with almost every male in my wider group of friends at some stage.

I met the maid of honour at the ceremony and remember thinking she was a little off but couldn’t place it. Mainly because of all the drinking and meeting people.

Within a week the marriage was annulled and she and the maid of honour have been with each other ever since.

Funny thing is looking back it’s all so obvious.

Plus he was a massive douche canoe, so didn’t worry about it too much.”

11. Two engagements

“Not because of the party. But day of the wedding Grooms family is patiently waiting. Brides family hasnt shown. Brides mother finally arrives and says that Bride has discovered Groom has a second fiance in another state and wedding is off. Rehearsal dinner photos on Facebook and someone tagged the wrong girl assuming that was his fiance he had been talking about. Except it was the other fiance. So Bride see her tagged as someone else and messages from out of town friends about “Cant wait to meet her why wasnt I invited?” “

12. In da club

“Strip club manager here,

Funniest thing I’ve ever seen. 5 man bachelor party comes into work. Kinda tipsy and having a good time but not being disruptive. They are hanging out for a while and they are great, throwing money and overall being pleasant. At this point they have done nothing wrong. About 2 hours in, my front door flings open and in barge 4 very very drunk women. They storm right past security, make a beeline for the group and what I later learned was the bride, proceeds to beat the absolute fuck out of the groom. Like real domestic abuse type shit. Then 2 of the other ladies proceed to botch at than attack the best man and another guy. Me and my team bolt over to try and separate the clusterfuck that just transpired pulling the ladies off the guys who looked just as surprised as we were.

We drag them outside and the guys all follow out. The bride start going absolutely apeshit on the groom saying how she can’t believe he’d go to a strip club to see naked bitches before their wedding. The groom starts yelling saying it’s not a big deal etc. The maid of honor and best man (who were apparently married) also are having the same discussion.

The fun really gets turned to 11 when the quiet female (up to this point) walks up and slaps the dog shit out of the groom wondering why she wasnt good enough. Apparently they had dated years ago and she never got over him. Also apparently the bride did NOT know this information. Bridezilla goes OFF. Start beating the fuck out of quiet chick, like… attempted murder levels of violence. While groom, me and another security guy are trying to stop a murder in my parking lot, best man and maid of honor are still arguing. Once we separate bride and quiet chick, all we hear is best man scream fuck this! Walks over, tells groom he fucked the bride like 3 years ago at a party with the maid of honor and he didn’t want him to marry her.

Groom surprisingly is calm… turns to bride and says the wedding was off. She starts freaking out crying apologizing and begging as he walks in the club to pay his tab…

Craziest night at work ever.”

13. Trips to the UK, huh?

“Well it wasn’t a bachelor party but a couple months before the wedding it was discovered she was leading a double life.

Her frequent work trips to the UK were actually trips to a few hour drive away where she was living with another guy. Telling him the same story but in reverse.

Wedding was called off. Much money was lost. Not sure what her plan was…”

14. False allegations

“Happened in May, wifes side of family. Bachelorette party, 2 strippers, gets crazy. Bride was drinking but not drunk. Then she vanishes. Her bridal party, including her sister, sister-in-laws, cousin-in-laws, cousins, and my wife’s sister head back to the hotel to find her. And they do…in bed with one of the strippers who happened to be a black guy. Not thinking that she could have possibly consented to this, they called the cops and rape charges were filed. Cops arrest the dude.

Wedding gets canceled because how can you have a wedding 3 days after the bride was viciously raped. Shit doesn’t add up, detective on the case sees what is up and basically tells bride in front of her mom about false allegations. Mom flips out, threatens to sue, bride looks like shit, comes clean privately to detective. Mom still believes her little princess was raped. Couple got married at courthouse a few weeks later. No clue what her husband thinks. I only met the dude once and not since the events. Hope to never see either again.”

15. Awkward AF

“This happened to one of my oldest friends who I met in preschool, our families were friends, they moved out of state in middle school but we kept in touch. Cut to our 20s- He gets engaged to his gf that he was living with, everything sounds good, I got the invite and was making plans to travel for the wedding. They had a joint bachelor/bachelorette weekend in Vegas with their wedding party and I coincidentally was out there the same weekend visiting family, so I joined them out one night.

It was awkward AF. I can’t really describe the tension. Fiancé didn’t even say hi or acknowledge me when I said congrats (first time meeting her too). Everything was disorganized, no one knew what was going on, we kinda wandered from place to place til we settled at a bar in a hotel. I never saw the bride and groom next to each other all night let alone talking.

They got in different cabs from one place to the other even though it was not separated by guys and girls, but one big party. I ended up hanging out mostly with my friend’s older brother and his gf. I got the weirdest vibe off the situation and when I got back I told my SO I wanted to hold off buying the plane tickets and wasn’t sure I wanted to make the effort and pay a lot of money to travel to a wedding that I felt so uneasy about.

Maybe two weeks later my friend calls to ask if I’ve bought tickets yet. Not yet… Good he says, the wedding is off. Fiancé decided she was in love with one of the groomsmen and she moved in with him. The groomsman that lived fucking next door to them. She claims she never cheated while they were together and it just happened… right. I think she and groomsman got married some time later, but my friend was stuck in the lease living next to them for several months.”

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August 6, 2018

These 15 Native American Tribes Share Their Best Legends and Ghost Stories

Native American tales and legends are absolutely fascinating. Despite having been passed down for centuries, many people do not know much about them.

An AskReddit user recently posed the question, “Native Americans of Reddit, what are your or your tribe’s ghost stories, legends, or supernatural occurrences?” This is what we learned.

1. Nightmares

“See-at-coh (don’t know the translation in English). Lived at this lake and it was his spot. We DO NOT go there or he will kill you. Used to have nightmares about him based on what I was taught as a kid. Like how you could stand at the edge of the water and be looking in and he would come out of it and just grab you. No whistling at night and keep windows covered.

But then the mountain blew up [Mt. Saint Helen] and filled in the lake so don’t know if he’s still around or not.”

2. Bushmen

“Dené from northern British Columbia here, my mom used to always tell me stories of the Nehgunni [Nakani], or bushmen/wild-men when I was young, they were people who lived in the forest and took away people who wandered too far out, specifically children.

I always figured these stories were created by my people to serve two purposes, first to teach young children to not wander far off, and second to give explanations to kidnappings or missing people.”

3. Florida

“Miccosukee tribal member here (South Florida) and for us it’s the little people. Essentially really small people (like barbie doll sized and smaller) that live in the trees. They play jokes and stuff mainly unless you piss them off. Had family members get tricks played on them that couldn’t be explained. And then we have our fair share of stories that circulate our reservation like a tribal member being taken by the little people. All on the reservation in the Everglades (like 40 mins west of Miami).”

4. Oh, that’s why…

“Lenni Lenape story about why dogs sniff each other’s butts.

When the humans slept, dogs would get together and party, but not before taking their tails off. They’d dance the entire night, put their tails back on and return home. But one time a wolf found them and all the dogs had to scramble away to their homes for safety, but a lot of them grabbed the wrong tail. They never danced again at night because they were afraid of the wolf, so they were stuck with weird mismatched tails for the rest of their lives.

This is the reason that dogs sniff each other’s butts; to see if the other dog has their tail.”

5. Raven

“In the beginning there was no light in the world, because an old magician kept it hidden in a box inside his house. Raven, who was always hungry, didn’t like the darkness because it was difficult to find food. One day he was looking for food near the old magician’s house. He heard a voice saying, “I have a box, and inside this box is another box, and inside this there is another box, and inside the smallest box is all the light in the world.” Raven decided to steal the light.

Raven waited until the old man’s daughter went down to the river to collect water. Just as she was dipping her basket into the river, he changed himself into a *hemlock needle. The needle floated into her basket. When the girl drank some water, she swallowed Raven too.

Inside the girl’s belly Raven took the form of a human baby. He grew and grew, and in time she gave birth to a funny looking child with black eyes and a big nose. The old man loved his grandson so much that he gave in to the child’s every wish. Raven became spoilt and greedy. He was bored with all his toys, and wanted to play with the box that held the light. Finally the grandfather opened the box and tossed the glowing ball of light to Raven.

As soon as Raven caught the light, he immediately changed into his bird form. Holding the light in his beak, he flew up the chimney hole into the dark world. The magician was angry. He wanted to get the light back into his box. He flew after Raven. The light was heavy in Raven’s beak, and he was getting tired. The magician was coming closer. Raven broke off some pieces of the light and threw them into the sky.

They became the stars. The magician was still coming closer, so Raven broke off another piece of the light and threw it into the sky. It became the moon. Finally Raven became so tired that he tossed the last and biggest piece of the light into the sky. It became the sun; and that is how daylight came to the world.”

6. Uktena

“Uktena. It’s a legend about a horned snake in Tsalagi (Cherokee) legend. Uktena is said to be very large and round like a tree trunk, with horns on his head. The only way to wound him is to shoot at a singular spot on his forehead that emits bright light. It’s similar to a diamond. If you defeat Uktena, you become a miracle worker. A great warrior. Yet, once you see the light of his forehead, you run toward it instead of trying to escape. Even to see Uktena sleeping is death. Not to the hunter, but to his family.”

7. From Mexico

“First of all, I live in rural Mexico. There are many, many different People. The ones who settled here speak Nahuatl. This took place in the early 1900’s. One of my favourites is the nahual. Some people were thought to be able to turn into an animal. Most of them could only turn into one, but the most powerful could turn into different animals . There was a man who owned an hacienda where my town is, and he had a sort of overseer that everyone was afraid of .

Said overseer could take a message all the way to the next state (think hundreds of miles) and bring back a sealed response in a single day. He also seemed to know everything everyone did, all the time. He was rumoured to be a nahual that could turn into a coyote.

His quarters were heavily warded in his absence, which only added fuel to the rumor, for you can only kill a nahual if you find the human skin he sheds to transform, and burn said skin.”

8. No owls

“That owls are a sign of death. My mom won’t let anything that has to do with owls in her house because of it.”

9. Walking Sam

” ‘Walking Sam’ skulks in the shadows of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota and convinces people to take their own lives, especially young people. He’s 7 feet tall, very thin and has no mouth. When he stretches out his long arms, nooses hang down with Lakota children hanging from them. Walking Sam finds you when you’re alone and puts thoughts in your head until you feel worthless and kill yourself. Sometimes Walking Sam is depicted looking like Abraham Lincoln, complete with the stovepipe hat. “Walking Sam”, “Uncle Sam”, I don’t know if that’s where the name came from.

But Walking Sam is an evil infected upon the people when the Oceti Sakowin were forced onto the reservations; he isn’t a legend of the people before Pine Ridge Reservation existed. Lincoln was President when the Lakota were being forced onto reservations. Lincoln also ordered the execution of 38 Lakota men the day after Christmas in 1862. It’s the largest mass execution in U.S. history. I always thought Walking Sam was Lincoln. They carved his face onto Ŝa´kpe Tuŋkaŋŝi in the Paha Sa´pa (Mount Rushmore was Six Grandfathers in the Black Hills) My Father attended Holy Rosary boarding school at Pine Ridge in the 1940s & 1950s, but our people didn’t live on the reservation. My Grandmother said evil stalked the people there. My Father never wanted us to ever even visit any of our cousins or his Uncles there.”

10. The rules

“I know the [Haudenosaunee] rules.

If you hear someone you know calling your name, but you also know they are not supposed to be there, DON’T respond. Especially if they are out of sight and insisting you come to them.

Always play group games in counter-clockwise order, otherwise your playing with the dead.

Also don’t eat in the dark, this is considered inviting the dead to eat with you. If you can extend your hand all the way out and still see it clearly then your fine.

Don’t play card games past midnight. If you do, and someone knocks at the door, don’t answer it.

Try not to drop your cards, if you do then don’t bend down to pick them up, or you will see hooves under the table. That’s bad.

Say thank you after meals, even if you’re the one that made it. Even better if you say it in native tongue. If someone finishes their meal and says thank you, you say “you’re welcome”, even if you didn’t give it to them. Even better in native tongue.
Don’t try to contact spirits, especially with board games. This is not a tribe custom, it’s more of an unspoken common sense among the Rez people.

After someone dies, you should gather family as quickly as possible to have feasts for 10 days. The first dinner is large, then every meal after that is smaller feasts meant for portions of the family to come at different times to help. The last feast on the 10 day is the closing dinner, which is the largest, with the entire family expected to show up and help. For every meal of these 10 days, put out a plate of the deceased’s favorite foods first. Contrary to rule 4, you do not say thank you at any time during these 10 days. This is because it is believed that it takes the dead 10 days to relive their lives before they pass on, so this is your last chance to eat with them.

If a bird flies into your house, someone’s going to die.

Pregnant woman should not hold any child that isn’t theirs.

It’s accepted that if you actually try to curse someone, literally going through all of the steps with the intention of harm, not an accidentally wishing them bad luck, then your family will also be cursed horribly.
If you play with fire you’ll wet the bed.”

11. Giant twins

“Yamǫ́rıa & Yamǫǫ̀zha the giant twins [of the Dené].

There are landmarks all around the territory I live in that is exhibited as “proof” they were alive.
In the middle of the Mackenzie river( biggest river in the NorthWest Territories) there is a large stone sticking out of the river which looks like the petrified guts of a beaver, there is a giant branchless, leafless tree sticking out of the top of this stone.
It is said that Yamǫǫ̀zha had hunted a giant beaver and gutted him there in the river. He used his spear to anchor down the cuts so fish may feed on them. They are still there to this day.

Yamǫ́rıa’s body can be seen laying down, it is essentially a mountain range that looks like a giant human laying on his back, completely with face and feet. This can be seen from the peak of the hill as you enter a town called Ft. Liard, the southwestern most town in the NWT.”

12. Trickery

“My grandmother told me stories of the Brownies who lived in the trees and played tricks on humans. According to her, they loved honey and lemons and if you left them a treat, they wouldn’t play tricks on you. (I’m in Florida, too.)”

13. Stick Indians

“Yakama tribe has a similar legend – when I grew up mom, granda, etc referred to them as “Stick Indians.” Other stuff I’ve found calls them “Stick Shower Indians,” due to them having the propensity to capture you, tie you down, and shower you with tiny spears.

My uncle had a story about being out hunting and hearing them behind the trees. At first he thought he was just sauced (Uncle was a drinker) – but he started hearing them to tell him to run. Then he heard the bear. He ran, and he listened. The voices in the trees guided him to an old trappers cabin and he held up for the night. Heard the whispers until he fell asleep. When he woke up, no whispers. No bear. So, he went back to hunting.

*ETA –

We were NEVER allowed to talk about Stick Indians while camping, as it would attract their attention.”

14. Bogeyman

“The Raven Mocker was our version of the bogeyman. The most feared of the Cherokee witches, they prey on the sick and dying. They eat the heart of their victim and add years to their life for every year their victim would have lived.”

15. Devil creature

“We have a devil creature that stalks our woods.

I wasn’t raised on the rez (adopted out), but visited family enough to know that this creature was a legitimate fear of many.

I remember once last year, I dropped my mom off at her friend’s house. They got into a fight and she ended up leaving. She wanted to go to the next village over (a 10 mile walk) and was intoxicated enough to not be afraid of walking alone. She got picked up by an officer on the highway who informed her that it wasn’t safe to be walking near the woods like that and ended up driving her to the village. She told me that he talked about the devil creature the whole ride.

Also, Sharp Elbows, Little People, and the Tall Man – my mom would tell me stories about how she’d see him in the cornfield by her house when she was a child, and sometimes it’d look in her windows, despite being on the second floor.”

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August 6, 2018

Parents Tell When Their Kids Accidentally Hurt Their Feelings

Oftentimes, when kids are hurtful, they don’t even realize it. Especially when it comes to how they treat their parents. All parents do is work nonstop to make their kids’ lives as comfortable as possible, and a lot of times kids don’t know it. And even if they do, they can still be cruel cause they’re basically oblivious.

AskReddit users shared stories about their things their kids did that hurt their feelings.

1. Ice cold

“When my daughter was 5, I let her watch the Lion King. She’s a fairly emotional little thing, so we were concerned about how she’d react to the death of the father.

We get to the scene, and I’m watching her carefully, but there’s no big reaction… this is a kid who cries during some commercials. Anyways, I don’t beg the issue and let it roll. Later in the movie she asks where Simba’s dad is, and I think, “here we go.” I pause the movie and talk with her about how he died in the stampede. Her reaction…

“What’s the big deal, he still has his mom.” Ice cold.”

2. Daddying

“I have a daughter, 12. We’ve always been pretty close, and in most ways we still are. We’ve always done everything together… but, she’s at the age now where friends, etc. are becoming more important. I’ll bring up something we can do, like watching a movie that I think she’ll like. Five minutes in, she’ll get a message from a friend, light up, and just disappear for the rest of the movie.

Now, I get it. I’m sure I was like that too. I’m not gonna freak out about it or anything… but I’d be lying if I said it didn’t hurt my feelings a little now and then.

Dads just want to keep daddying.”

3. The other side

“I’m speaking from the kids side, but sharing it because I was devastated the other day to hear my moms side…

When I was young, my brothers and I would tease my mom’s singing voice every time we sang together (church, scouting events, whatevs). From our side of things, it truly was done very lightheartedly. I loved singing with my mom, her crooked voice was part of that love.

A few days ago, I was driving with her. She’s in her 70s. A great song came on the radio that I know she loves and I started to sing along, asking her to join me. She did a little, but soon stopped. I asked her why she wouldn’t sing with me.

“Because I have a funny voice.” “

4. Ouch

“Four year old – “Daddy, I love you.”

Me – “Thanks bug, I love you too.”

Four year old – “Daddy, I love mommy more though.” “

5. At least he’s guilty now

“One Halloween when my son was like 4 our little nuclear family went to a corn maze for fun. To make things a little more exciting the proprietors had also set a tipi with a giant pumpkin inside. You were suppose to go into the tipi and make a wish on the pumpkin. So we sent my son in make a wish and he says “I wish it was just me and mommy and daddy was at work.”

My heart shrank three sizes that day. He’s 20 now and is still mortified with guilt over saying this.”

6. Brat

“Every morning as a kid I was always woke up to the sound of my mom singing. It was her way of “wake up it’s time for school.” I’d sometimes wait beside my door or pretend to sleep just to listen to her more. When I was 10, I was in a bad mood and my mom was singing while driving, I yelled at her “stop singing! you don’t even sound good.” She stopped singing after that.”

7. Ungrateful

“I spent thousands of dollars in court to stand up to my ex-wife so my son could attend an internship his senior year.

He didn’t finish the internship, accused me of never supporting him and then went to live with his mother after he graduated because he wanted to smoke, forgetting the experience he learned during his internship.”

8. This is depressing

“When my daughter gets a night terror at night she will tell me crying, that she wished I died instead of mommy…. She hasn’t done it for a couple of months now but, it hurts more than I can bear. I calm her down and get her back to sleep and usually go to my room and cry.”

9. It gets to me…

“My four year old is always talking about how she wants her mom to do things because she loves her mama. She spent the first three years of her life saying she didn’t like me.

I know she’s just a little girl, but once in a while it gets to me.”

10. No thanks

“I didn’t realize this until my sister started doing it (there’s seven years between us). My Mum was a teacher, so when I had homework, it made sense to go to “the teacher” for help. I never asked my Dad because I didn’t see the point.

My sister starts school and does the same with her homework. One night he said “I can help you with it” and my sister, who was about 7/8 at the time walked past him and said, “no thanks, I’ll just wait for Mum to get home.”

He looked really upset. I think it was the assumption we thought he was stupid (we didn’t) or we didn’t want to spend time with him (not always true).”

11. Fighting

“Fight, where they really try to hurt each other. I had no idea as a kid how bad it is for the parent. The first time it happened when they were very small, it felt like watching cannibalism, just horrifying. And to think I used to worry about the dog.”

12. Father’s Day

“My kids are 19 and 15. This year they didn’t even acknowledge me for Father’s day. For the most part, my wife didn’t either.

You know who did? My 8 year old nephew and niece.

Made me feel pretty sh*tty.”

13. Body image

“Both of my kids make a lot of comments about my body and some of them can sting. Last week my 5 year old said my arms were like bags of cookie dough.”

14. Crash it

“My almost three year-old twins often tell me I’m not invited to their birthday party.”

15. It stings

“When I drop them off at a party or day camp and I go to say bye, they’ve already gone off with friends. Kids are getting older now so it’s not cool to kiss or hug dad goodbye, but man it stings, and I sure dont want to emberass them so I just sadly walk to my car.”

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August 6, 2018

Tom Cruise’s Movies Do Better the More He Runs

A Tom Cruise movie without running is like a banana split without the cherry on top. Sure, you could eat it and it’d still be fine, but that cherry always makes it a bit better.

Photo Credit: Fox

And now, to honor the man himself, the folks at Rotten Tomatoes have crunched the numbers and come up with an indisputable fact: the more Tom Cruise runs in a movie, the better it is. These geniuses estimate that Cruise has run over 24,000 feet throughout his prolific career onscreen.

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The numbers show that “movies featuring Cruise running more than 1,000 feet have a higher Tomatometer average (a huge 71 percent) than the movies in which he runs less than that, or not at all – and the same movies make more money at the box office, with an average inflated international gross of $538 million.” Here are the top 10 Cruise running films:

1. Mission: Impossible III – 3,212 feet

2. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol – 3,066 feet

3. War of the Worlds – 1,752 feet

4. Minority Report – 1,562 feet

5. The Firm – 1,241 feet

6. Edge of Tomorrow – 1,065 feet

7. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back – 1,051 feet

8. The Mummy – 1,022 feet

9. Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation – 1,007 feet

10. Vanilla Sky – 832 feet

So, as they say, the proof is in the pudding.

And now, enjoy this video of every Tom Cruise run ever in a film (up until now, I’m sure there will be more to come).

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August 6, 2018

Washing Your Clothes in Warm Water Isn’t as Smart as You Thought

The hotter the water the better it is at killing germs, right? At least that’s what I always thought.

Well, I’m here to tell you that that’s wrong when it comes to laundry… and here’s why.

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The laundry game has changed in the last decade or so: it turns out, washing your clothes in cold water is better for the environment, your wardrobe, and your bank account.

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Over the past ten years, companies like Proctor and Gamble have developed new detergents that work just as well in cold water as warm (or hot) water. And companies that manufacture washing machines now make ones that rely largely on cold water.

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But what about the clothes?

Washing your wardrobe in cold water is actually better in the long run than using hot water. Certain stains, like blood and sweat, will only come out in cold water. If you wash them in warm water, the stains just set in even further. Warm water also causes dyes to run and some fabrics to shrink. Cold water washes will keep your clothes brighter and in better shape for longer.

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And then there’s the most important aspect, the environment. A whopping 90% of your washing machine’s energy goes into heating the water, so switching to cold water washes means a lot less carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere. And one more thing that’s sure to grab your attention: washing in cold water will save you money. The average family can save an estimated $200 per year by switching from warm or hot to cold.

So go turn the knob on your washing machine to COLD and help yourself (and everyone else) out in a big way!

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August 2, 2018

This Student Activist Is Being Hailed as a Hero After Standing up Against a Man’s Deportation on a Plane

The world could use some heroes right about now. Recently, a student activist from Sweden gained worldwide attention when she refused to take her seat on a flight from Sweden to Turkey.

Now, that might not seem like such a big deal, but wait until you hear the reason why. A 52-year-old man on her flight was being deported from Sweden and was to ultimately end up back in his native Afghanistan after the stop in Turkey. Errson live streamed her protest on Facebook for the whole world to see.

Errson’s actions paid off, as the man was eventually escorted off the plane by Swedish authorities.

Errson has been working with refugees from Afghanistan for the past year. She said, “I hope that people start questioning how their country treats refugees. We need to start seeing the people whose lives our immigration [policies] are destroying.”

Many are calling Errson a hero.

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Keep up the good work, Elin!

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August 2, 2018

20 Collective Nouns for a Few of Your Favorite Animals

You might think you know what to call a group of animals. Maybe a herd, maybe a pack, how many different names can there be, right?

Well, there are a whole lot of other really interesting ones out there that you might not know about out. Here are 20 of the best examples.

1. A muster of storks

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2. A shrewdness of apes

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3. A raft of otters

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4. A murder of crows

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5. A scurry of squirrels

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6. A wake of vultures

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7. A battery of barracudas

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8. A cackle of hyenas

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9. A walk of snails

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10. A bale of turtles

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11. An ambush of tigers

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12. A coterie of prairie dogs

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13. A memory of elephants

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14. A skulk of foxes

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15. A scold of jays

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16. A parliament of owls

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17. A rhumba of rattlesnakes

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18. A business of ferrets

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19. A prickle of porcupines

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20. A mob of kangaroos

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August 2, 2018

Simple Budgeting Hacks To Help You Save

In the long run, we all know saving money is the right thing to do, even if it sucks sometimes. That said, saving doesn’t mean you can’t have any fun along the way! Check out these 7 simple hacks to help you save, and maybe even enjoy the process of playing the long game!

#7. Look at it like paying yourself.

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You’re saving for unforeseen expenses, travel, or a big purchase, so it helps to look at it like you’re paying yourself – and that should come before any discretionary spending.

Decide ahead of time how much you’re budgeting for that baseball game or trip to the movies, and take the cash out ahead of time. It will help curb any last minute impulse buys once you’re there!

#6. Don’t be afraid to look for the best deal.

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If you call your cable or cell phone company, there’s a good chance they’ll be able to get you a better deal than what you currently have. The same goes for refinancing your debt or getting the best price for services. You have to be your own advocate!

#5. Join loyalty programs.

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But only to places you visit often, and ones that provide necessities – like your local grocery store or gas station.

#4. Get a library card.

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You can check out more than physical books – most libraries have ebook and audiobook access now, as well as movies, music, etc. Why buy when you can borrow?

#3. Use cash when you’re out.

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#2. Unsubscribe from retailer emails.

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If you, like me, suffer from serious impulse control problems, then it will do you wonders to remove the temptation from your daily inbox.

#1. Use a rewards credit card for necessary purchases.

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No matter how tight your budget, you’re going to spend money on things like utilities and groceries. If you make sure to pay it off every month, there are advantages to using a card that gives you rewards in the process.

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August 2, 2018

People That Have Almost Died While Filming ‘Shark Week’

People like what they like, and boy, do they love when Shark Week rolls around! I’m not sure what the appeal is, honestly – as an avid scuba diver and lover of animals, I hate that sharks get a bad rap for being killers bent on human destruction when there are plenty of other animals who endanger far more human lives every year – but hey, I’m not dumping.

What you might not know is that the popular programming has almost turned deadly on more than one occasion. Read on to find out more!

#7. Guy Fieri

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During Shark Week special Guy’s Feeding Frenzy, Guy’s tank malfunctioned and began leaking air. Luckily, another diver noticed and they got Guy to the surface without major incident, but he was gasping for air when he finally made it.

This is why you never dive alone!

#6. Shaq

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The former NBA star was in an underwater cage filming a segment for this year’s Shaq Does Shark Week, another diver noticed that a shark was getting inside the protective barrier. The crew was able to distract the shark and get Shaq to safety, and now he’s got a near-death experience to add to his list of stories to tell at parties!

#5. These two, who were in a boat smaller than the shark.

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Shark experts Jeff Kurr and Andy Casagrande were attempting to fit a video camera onto a shark’s dorsal fin in a dingy barely bigger than the shark. The Discovery Channel footage shows the two wondering aloud how smart an idea they’d had in the first place – and they had some close calls before all was said and done.

#4. Biologist Erich Ritter

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In 2002, a shark bit his leg while they were filming. They used the footage the following year in Anatomy of a Shark Bite, but Ritter made sure to emphasize to the New York Times that “humans are not part of any of the more than 400 shark species’ diets. We hope that as we tell these stories, people hear the real message – the victims were in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Preach!

#3. Diver Chris Fallows

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Discovery Channel diver Chris Fallows nearly lost his head when he looked up to find a Great White shark less than two feet from his face. To quote him, “that was f–king close.”

Understatement.

#2. Marine Biologist Marissa Marquez

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Melissa Marquez didn’t get attacked by a shark while filming Cuba’s Secret Shark Lair, but she was bitten and dragged by a10-foott crocodile. According to her Twitter page, she was left with nothing but scars and bruising after a week or so of healing. Lucky lady!

#1. Expert Andy Casagrande

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The scariest incident ever during Shark Week? Well according to regular Andy Casagrande, it happened back in 2010 during a segment called Into the Shark Bite. He told the story to Entertainment Weekly:

“I was essentially running out of air, and I had to go to the surface, and I was out of the cage with great whites. Like I said, if you swim away from them, they pursue you. I was breaking my own rule of don’t act like prey or they’ll treat you like prey. I saw this little shark – little as in, like, a 10-footer – coming up at me, and I saw its little white chin wagging. It was accelerating toward me. I’m like…uh, holy s–t. I just relied on my standard instinct of using the camera, keeping the camera between me and the shark. The shark came up with its mouth open, and as I finned back, it sort of went past me and I hit it on the side on its gills. They really don’t know any better, and they’re really curious. But when a Great White shark is curious, it can be catastrophic.”

If rule #1 for diving is never dive alone, #2 is never, ever panic underwater. Following it probably saved this man’s life!

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August 2, 2018

These T-Shirts Featuring Incorrect Quotes are Cringeworthy

Even if you’re not sure where they came from or who said them, there are some quotes that pretty much everyone knows. Things like, “I think, therefore I am” and “To be, or not to be, that is the question” are part of popular culture in a way no one can really untangle, but this online store, called slightlywrong, is here to make you supremely uncomfortable by tweaking the quotes on t-shirts…slightly.

Now, a challenge: see if you can make it all the way to the end of the list without tearing your hair out!