Karen Gives DUMBEST NAME EVER to Her Baby! - Reddit Podcast Stories

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey there, mister rhdder here, welcome back to another episode
of Reddit podcast Stories. Our first story we'll be reading today.
My sister is naming her baby Crystal. I told her
what a dumb idea that is, and now she's furious
with me. After that, am I the jerk for ordering
food when my kids go to sleep so that I
don't have to share? And after that, my stepdaughter wants

(00:21):
nothing to do with me, but demands i'd pay for
her wedding. Now, for every thumbs up, this video gets one,
Karen doesn't get to name her baby Crystal. But what
if the baby is an Indigo child? Sent here from
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Reddy every single day. My sister is naming her baby Crystal.

(00:45):
I told her what a dumb idea that is, and
now she's furious with me. Okay, so just a little
extra context because this topic is incredibly touchy for me.
I'm a man who has given a woman's name at birth.
A good example is naming your son Alice. It's not
what my name was, but it's close. My parents are
hippies and gave their oldest son a girl's name to

(01:06):
stick it to the man, and I will never forgive
them for it. That name caused me to be bullied
and damaged my professional life in ways I can't even describe.
My sister is pregnant with her first a girl. She
and her husband are ecstatic. It just sucks that she
inherited my parents' stupid propensity to see their kids as
fashion statements. Last night, she revealed to the family the

(01:28):
name of her daughter. It's Crystal. She wants to name
her daughter Krystal. Confused the name is actually pronounced Crystal.
I already don't like that name, but it's at least appropriate.
I was not surprised to learn that my mom helped
her come up with the name. When she told me,
I told her that it was a terrible idea. If

(01:48):
she wants to name her baby Crystal, then name her that.
She tried to explain to me why the exes are there,
and I just told her that it doesn't matter. She's
naming a human, not a dog. I don't care what
kind of fashion statement she's trying to make. This is
a person who will have to live with that name
for the rest of their life. She and my mom
brushed me off as just complaining because I was never

(02:11):
able to accept my name. I told my sister she
was either being selfish, stupid, or an incredibly strong combination
of the two if she thinks her daughter will want
a stupid name like crick Stole. We got into an
argument and I told her I already see her and
her husband as crappy parents for using their kid to
be off brand with her name, and left right after that.

(02:32):
My sister's not taking it well, and my mom is
furious with me. I'm starting to wonder if I was
too harsh. I will not change my opinion on that
incredibly stupid name, but I'm wondering if branding her as
a bad parent was too far. I'm going to get
down voted, But as someone who changed their name the
moment they turned eighteen, you're right. She is stupid. Not

(02:54):
the jerk. It's a horrendous name that will do nothing
but get the kid bullied. It's not unique or cute.
Her kid is not an accessory, not the jerk. Let's
get one thing straight here. Crystal is not, will not be,
and shouldn't be assumed to be pronounced Crystal. Real life
is not algebra class. The letter X is not a

(03:15):
placeholder for whatever sound they think should be there. Newsflash,
that's what letters are for, not the jerk. I try
to imagine how many people she's going to have to
explain to how to spell her name after she finally
learns it herself. It's an unnecessary stress that the parents
want to add to the kid just because they think
they're cool, unique, and they wrongly assume that people will

(03:38):
be jealous of their bright idea. And you are the
best possible witness of what a bad choice of name
this will be. Well, who do you think is the
jerk op or his sister? Please let us know. I'm
so glad my parents weren't hippies? Am I the jerk
for ordering food when my kids go to sleep so
I don't have to share? Occasionally, when my four kids

(03:59):
go to bed, I'll order myself a little something from
Uber Eats or door Dash after a hard day so
I don't have to share with the kiddos. Usually, since
I'm always the first one to wake up, I'll put
the packing beside the indoor trash can and take it
out to the outdoor trash can. In the morning. My
kids ended up waking up first that morning and they
saw the takeout food packaging and ended up waking me

(04:19):
up asking me what I ate and if they could
have some of it. I told them there was none
left and I ate it all last night. Thought that
would be the end of it. But after I dropped
them off at their dad's for the week. My kids
stay at their dad's house one week out of the
month rather than just doing weekends, my kid's father ended
up spamming my phone with text messages accusing me of
misappropriating my kid's funds that he sends every month. My

(04:43):
kid's father gives me one hundred dollars for each kid
a month, which is about four hundred dollars a month.
When it comes to it, it isn't much, but I'm
fine with it because it usually makes up for it
by buying the kids what they need when an issue arises. FYI,
nothing is court ordered. I have a job as a
daycare worker and use my own money I make myself
to buy Uber Eats or door dash food. He also

(05:05):
accused me of being a bad mother because I'd rather
order food for just myself without thinking of my kids.
Who were with me at the time, and that I
should have just waited until they were with him for
the night. I had a really bad day that day
and I just wanted to do something to cheer myself up,
And sometimes food does the trick for me. If I
were to order something for everyone, it would have cost

(05:25):
a whole lot of money that I wasn't interested in spending,
and if I were to share, by the time my
food got back to me, it would have just been
the food wrapper. So do y'all think I'm the jerk?
Don't like one hundred percent of parents hide in their
closet to eat M and m's because they don't want
to share the one selfish treat they got that week.
This dude needs to shut up and pay more support.

(05:47):
Not the jerk. Not the jerk. It's a treat you
get for yourself. And four hundred dollars a month for
four kids is nothing, amen. I got four hundred dollars
per month for one kid starting in two thousand and
four when we divorced the kid was six, and I
got a cost of living increase each year. Four hundred
dollars per month for four kids is insanely low. Fun fact,

(06:11):
if she gets a court order, he'll end up paying
more like four thousand dollars a month, and he'll have
to pay her retroactively, so he'll end up owing a
lot of money which will be put into a payment
plan and come straight from his paycheck each month. OPI,
your ex is a controlling jerk. He knows he's taking
advantage of you financially, and the fact he called you
over takeout completely ridiculous. Sorry, but I'm not agreeing with

(06:35):
everyone else here. I think you are the jerk. Do
you buy your kids take out just for them and
nothing for you? Of course not. You're talking about kids,
for goodness sake. They like to have treats too. It's
one thing to have a candy bar or maybe some
other snack you enjoy after your kids go to bed,
But to order out and hide it from them, that's selfish.
You're the one who decided to have kids, so don't

(06:57):
treat them like they're unworthy of what you think you're
worthy of. You're the jerk, selfish and stingy. You could
have just waited till they were actually gone before ordering
if you wanted to be so selfish. Who orders food
for just themselves and leaves their kids out. You even
sneak the wrappers out, knowing they would be jealous and
feel bad. They don't have their own money to spoil themselves.

(07:18):
It's your job. When you have kids. You don't get
to spoil only yourself. You have other people to think about.
You're the jerk. This vote has nothing to do with
your ex or child support or anything. This is between
you and your kids. You are regularly treating yourself to
things your kids would also like to have and hiding
it from them. If it was a once in a

(07:39):
blue moon, okay, but this seems quite the regular habit.
If you door dash three times for yourself, you could
instead use that money for a nice splurge for the
whole family. Obviously the kids were hurt and disappointed. That's
on you to deal with. Now. Whatever your ex says
is really irrelevant. If money's really tight, that makes this
even harder for them. Focus on a splurge they can

(08:00):
could share in, or at least confine your treats to
when they're at their father's house. If this is a
kind of splurge that the kids never ever get, and
there aren't hardly any splurges of any kind for them,
and now they know you do this for yourself when
they are sleeping. Seriously, that's painful. My stepdaughter wants nothing
to do with me, but demands I pay for her wedding.

(08:21):
My wife passed when my sons were eight and four, respectively.
Since then, I remarried, and my new wife and I
have been married for eleven years now. She herself was
married before and had a daughter of her own from
her own past marriage. Her ex husband's story is its
own saga, but suffice to say he's alive, but isn't
in their life anymore. When we married, my biological kids

(08:43):
were thirteen and nine and my stepdaughter was twelve. For
eleven years, I tried to make some bridges. I would
get her gifts and try to make sure she always
got what she wanted. I did everything I could to
make her happy. I would drive her to school, be
at her extracurriculars. I paid for the nicest private schools
for her that I could not to mention. I worked
day and night so I could give her the lifestyle

(09:05):
she deserved. My wife is a housewife, a choice she
made after she voluntarily quit her job in marketing. I
tried my best and treated her just like my son's
but she continued to hate me. This came to a
head specifically when my stepdaughter graduated about five years ago.
While my eldest son had invited my wife his stepmom
to his graduation, my stepdaughter refused to invite me. She

(09:28):
had two tickets, but she only invited her mother. Her
grandparents refused as they live in my wife's native country.
When I asked why, she said, you're not my dad,
you didn't raise me, and I don't want you in
my life. I was heartbroken. I tried very hard for
her to like me, but she still hated me. Still,
I paid for her college. I paid for both of

(09:49):
my son's colleges as well. Nevertheless, a few months back,
she informed my wife that she will be getting married.
I only found out when my wife told me. What
was even more devastating is that she said she would
come home to celebrate, and I bought a cake, balloons,
and so much more. Then last minute, she changed plans.
She just told my wife that she should come over

(10:10):
to her apartment without my sons and I. I was upset.
When I did eventually call the congratulator, she just tried
to end the conversation as quickly as she could. The
last thing I had asked was maybe the honor of
having a father daughter dance with her, which she shot down.
I said nothing. But then came the bill and my
wife said she needed some money for her wedding. I

(10:32):
considered it long and hard, but clearly, as she didn't
consider me as her father, I said I would not
be paying for her wedding. I told my wife that
she had money saved up, it was her choice if
she wanted to spend that or not, but I would
not be paying for her wedding. She was furious with me.
She said she barely had any money saved up and
I was being an awful person. I received calls from

(10:54):
all of my wife's family telling me that I should pay,
mainly her immediate family, like my father in law and
brother in law. The whole thing has become a mess.
It's divided our family, but I'm still holding my ground.
Am I the jerk? First edit, I want to be
clear I will absolutely be paying for my son's wedding
when it comes. Second edit, I want to also clarify

(11:15):
that this is going to be far from a minor
financial inconvenience. While I am sufficiently wealthy, it's still not
something that will go easy on my bank account. My
wife's family is Indian. Her wedding is going to have
probably around four hundred to six hundred people. Third edit,
my wife has been an amazing mother to both our
boys and our girl. She is a loving wife who

(11:36):
runs a phenomenal house. She tried to get her daughter
close to me as well, to little consequence. I also
do not think that I could be where I am
without her, and certainly before her, I was nowhere close
to where I am in my success. It's also true
that my money has always been our money, and she
does most of the accounting for the house. Anyway, if
I do this, I would be doing this for her,

(11:58):
not my daughter. Moreover, if she really wanted to, she
could do it without my approval. More than half the
money is in bank accounts with her name on it.
If she wanted to, she could. She never has and
I do not think she will. If she does, that
will be her choice. And even if she told me
she was going to, I do not think I will
stop her. Not the jerk. Your stepdaughter said, You're not

(12:21):
her dad, You're not obligated to pay for her wedding
since you are not her dad, even though you tried
to support her. Tell them to get the money from
her biological dad. That's the very least they can do
at this age. Her daughter will never accept you as
a father figure, so you can accept that fact and
act accordingly. I wonder if the wife's family has ever

(12:41):
seen OP as anything more than an ATM. Now that
the ATM has refused to dispense any more money, they're furious.
How much more is OP supposed to bend over backwards
for them? Just say good ridden, so P. You'll be
better off without them. Not the jerk. Why on earth
would you pay for this? You probably aren't even on
the guest list. She's used to using your money. That

(13:02):
should have stopped a long time ago, but now is
as good a time as any. Not the jerk. Frankly,
your wife holds a lot of responsibility as to why
your stepdaughter does not respect you. It would appear your
pain for private school and pain for her college is
not a good enough reason for your wife to have
some very strong conversations with your daughter about respect and

(13:22):
what family actually means. Not the jerk, but I need
to ask, why did you ask for a father daughter
dance when you know she doesn't feel that way about
your relationship. I understand and respect that you tried to
treat her as your own and you treated her above
and beyond when maybe she didn't deserve it. But do
you feel that maybe you overstepped throughout her life and

(13:43):
it made her so uncomfortable that she doesn't want a
relationship with you. I'm sorry, but you don't owe her
money for her wedding when based on past events, you
and your sons might not even be invited, or you'll
just be invited as your wife's plus one. Looks like
I'm in the minority here, but everyone sucks. If you
and your wife had independent finances, that would be one thing,

(14:04):
but as you don't, your money is her money. So
it's more a question of am I the jerk for
refusing to spend my wife's and my joint money on
stepdaughter's wedding. I'm not arguing you should fully fund a
massive wedding, if not funding something comparable for your biological kids,
and certainly only coming up to you after the fact
to ask is quite the entitled and jerk thing to do,

(14:25):
but it should be. The fact remains that your money
is not exclusively yours. It's not really her money though,
as she doesn't work. Op said his wife could use
her personal savings, and she got upset. She raised Op's
kids while Op earned much of that money. Without that,
Op would not have been able to invest time and
effort into working on business. So the money is theirs,

(14:48):
not his. Am I the jerk for growing frustrated with
my partner's weight loss. I'm in my mid thirties and
I've been together with my partner, also in their mid thirties,
for many years. My partner's clinically obese and has been
for some time, just we were both dumb and didn't
think much about it until a couple years ago with
his scare. Now I've been charged by his medical people

(15:10):
close knit. They all talk to each other about his
weight loss program to be his personal trainer, which I'm
fine with since I live with him. I just remind
him to take walks and weigh himself daily, make sure
he doesn't eat anything too terrible. But for a while
now there's been a thing where he refuses to get
larger packages of anything from the store that he'll eat
too much of desserts, snacks, et cetera, even if they're

(15:33):
intended only for me. I get the logic behind it,
but this has been going on for over a year now.
Sometimes I just want a specific flavor of ice cream
we both like, but he refuses to get it because
he's afraid he'll eat it all. So I blew up
at him last night when he asked me what was
wrong after a heavy sigh. No harsh words, but I
admittedly blunt and frustrated because I'm on the spectrum and

(15:56):
have a hard time being subtle in controlling tone. I
told him that I wish he could just improve his
relationship with food. I suggested he needs to find a
way to just measure the stuff that he wants to
eat scoops handfuls food scale, rather than sitting there eating
the whole thing that he needs to learn self control.
He shot back with how restricting what's in the house

(16:16):
is how alcoholic Anonymous handles problems, which is true, but
I told him straight up that I feel that's different because,
unlike alcohol, food is necessary and while a lot of
the stuff I'm frustrated with his luxuries and niceties. I
haven't had a lot of things like ice cream in months,
just because he'll proclaim he'll eat it all and we
never buy it. I just feel frustrated like he's not

(16:39):
approaching the issue in a healthy way and that restricting
it is an easy way versus facing the real problem
of learning to have a better relationship with food and
be mindful of what and how much you eat. I
genuinely had no issue with it at first, since he
needed to lose weight, but sometimes it really feels like
he does the bare minimum and skates on by, even
with all of my reminding and pushing not to discredit

(17:01):
what he does do. He weighs himself in the morning,
and he takes walks with a gentle reminder. I love him,
I genuinely do, but I'm growing to be in a
spot where I might have to separate myself from him
before he suffers medical issues and I lose my mind.
So am I the jerk for blowing up at him
and immediately critiquing his reasons at it? Someone recommended I

(17:21):
add that due to circumstances, I have no access to
a vehicle, so shopping by myself isn't really an option.
You're the jerk. You should never have agreed to be
his personal trainer. I was a personal trainer, but would
have never trained my obese husband. I wasn't his mommy.
This is so unhealthy. Get him a therapist that specializes

(17:41):
in this. Actually, he needs to find a therapist, not you.
Seriously unhealthy dynamic, not the jerk. He needs to be
in control of his weight loss, and frankly, I'm disturbed
his medical team are making this your problem. I'm gonna
go against the grain and say no jerks here. Yeah, yes,
you are understandably frustrated by your significant other's issues with

(18:03):
food and the resulting limitations. That doesn't make you a jerk,
That just makes you a human. Equally, he's realized where
his strengths and weaknesses are. His weakness is at not
being able to resist those foods when they're easily available,
like they are when they're in the pantry. He's realized
his strength is in not bringing those foods into the
house at all. That's not being a jerk. That's just

(18:24):
plain to his strength and an attempt to improve his health.
I don't think either of you are being jerks. I
think you both need to be able to discuss this
without getting angry at each other, because that's the only
way you're going to find a solution. So you're going
to have to work with him to find a time
to have this discussion. When neither of you are annoyed
at the other about this, there's probably a compromise that
you can both live on. That said, I suspect you're

(18:47):
going to need to compromise more than him, and I
suspect this because I personally have the same weakness despite
decades of trying to overcome it. It's easy to say,
just go to a nutritionist or a therapist, both of
which I have done well times and neither of which
have worked. I know what works for me, and I've
been fortunate enough that my family accommodates me. Good luck.

(19:08):
Am I the jerk for putting childproof locks on the
stove to stop my adult sister from using it? I
nineteen female, live with my stepsister, Nichole, who's twenty. We
live together in a small, two bedroom apartment, whilst we
both attend the same college. Our hometown is a small
rural area that's about three hour drive away. My dad
married Nicholl's mother around eleven years ago. Nicole and I

(19:31):
know each other pretty well and have spent a lot
of time together. We haven't always gotten along, which siblings have,
but we do consider each other's sisters. Anyways, onto the story,
So me and Nichole both got sick of dorms and
moved in together around two months ago. Back at home,
Nichole never cooked for herself, not beyond microwave meals anyway,

(19:52):
and now that we're both supposed to be living independently,
she started cooking. Nichole keeps forgetting to turn off the
stove or oven when she f with it. At one point,
this nearly caused a full blown fire when she forgot
about the stove whilst a paper plate of hers had
been left on top of it. I kept gently reminding
Nichole to turn off the oven and stove when she's
done with it, but she just doesn't seem to listen.

(20:15):
I even tried putting sticky notes around the kitchen to
try to remind her. Eventually, Nichole got irritated with the
reminders and told me I'm treating her like a kid.
I said, I'm sorry if it came off that way,
but she needs to remember the problem is just kept persisting,
and a near miss with a fire happened again when
Nicole forgot about the stove and she didn't hear the
smoke detector because she was blasting music on her air pods.

(20:38):
Luckily I noticed it and I was able to put
it out. I tried to have a talk with Nichole
and told her that this needs to stop. Ni Coole
just got mad before I could even suggest anything and
told me to get off her case. She said I'm
overreacting and that she can handle it. She refused to
listen to anything I had to say and kept talking
over me. This has started to make me really anxious,

(21:00):
especially when Nichole is home while I'm out. I bought
some plastic child locks for the knobs that control the
stove an oven, and I place them on there. I
know Nichole can't open childproof stuff. How old is she?
This way? She can't use the stove over the oven
when I'm out of the home. When I'm home, I
can make sure nothing that happens. Me and Nicole have

(21:21):
similar class schedules, so this shouldn't inconvenience her too much.
Nichole went ape crazy when she saw them. She started
screaming at me and told me I'm a control freak
and that I'm a bully. I yelled back at her
and told her I wouldn't be doing this if she
could act like a responsible adult. She called me a
jerk and said I have no business controlling when she
gets to cook. She's now gone to a friend's place

(21:43):
and has blocked my phone number. My dad and stepmother
got concerned after getting texts from Nicole, and they keep
messaging me about it, telling me that I need to
get Nicole to come back. Am I the jerk? Dude?
She's twenty years old and literally childproofing your oven works.
My buddy tried to child proof their refrigerator to stop
their nine year old from getting into it, and it

(22:05):
took her about fifteen minutes to sort it out and
get into it anyway. Oh right, You're not the jerk.
In the slightest left unchecked, Your stepsister is seriously fixing
to burn the place down and seriously doesn't seem to
be bothered by that fact. Not cool at all, Not
the jerk. You're treating her like a kid because she's
acting as irresponsible as one. This isn't a little issue

(22:27):
like leaving lights on, or forgetting some house rule like
keeping the bathroom door closed. This is literally a safety issue.
She's too irresponsible to be using a stove. If she
wants to be treated like a normal adult who's free
to cook whenever she wants, then she needs to get
her act together. Am I the jerk for selling the
house my brother and his family live in a few

(22:47):
years ago my brother needed help. I let him move
into one of my rental properties and we did it
all legal lease agreement and everything. Because I was renting
to him at a break even point. We agreed that
he was responsible for all the maintenance of the house
and the yard. Well. He has four kids and the
hot water tank isn't enough for his family and he
wants a new one. I told him to go ahead.

(23:09):
He then proceeded to take the cost of the hot
water tank and installation off of that month's rent. I
reminded him of our agreement. He said he wasn't making
improvements to my property for free. I said that the
old hot water tank was fine, and he made the
decision to replace it. Big argument, and I didn't want
to fight, so I said that he was not allowed
to make any further changes to the house without my

(23:30):
explicit agreement, so he stopped doing maintenance as a protest.
The house itself is not pretty, but it is solid.
It's old, and the wiring in it was not meant
for all of the modern electronics that we have. He
wanted to add a new breaker box and run more outlets.
I said, no, thanks, I can't afford that since I'm
not making any money on the house. He started getting

(23:51):
a bad attitude about it, and the rent started getting
paid late. I tried talking to him, but he said
that he had to buy some stuff for the house
and he was low on cash. So I sold the house.
While the house itself isn't great, it isn't an older
part of the city, and the property itself is on
a quarter of an acre. Every time a house sells
in the neighborhood, it snapped up by developers and turned

(24:12):
into multi family units, or one guy built to make
mansion on his land. I know a lot of the developers,
and I didn't even need to list the house to
have it sold in less than a week. My brother
found out when he was served with an eviction notice.
He called me to ask me what was going on.
So I told him that the house was causing me
headaches and I had an opportunity to make some money,
and I took it. He said I should have offered

(24:34):
him a chance to buy it. I said that he
was having trouble making rent. How is he going to
qualify for a mortgage? He said, I'm a jerk and
that he has the money. He was waiting to make
me an offer. I asked him, if he had money,
why was he laid on the rent. He started bad
mouthing me to all of our family. A few of
them took his side and tried to say I was
being a jerk. So I offered all of them a

(24:55):
chance to clear his debt to me if they wanted
to share their opinion. None of them took me up
on them offer. My parents are on my side, and
they said I shouldn't have rented to him in the
first place. I feel bad for my sister in law
and for the kids, but I'm not going to spend
the rest of my life subsidizing his You're the jerk,
not for selling the house, but for not even giving

(25:15):
him a headsop. You're the jerk, an unbelievably petty and
greedy one. On top of the baseline level of greed
that it takes to be a landlord, you're avaricious and
petty to boot your brother was paying your mortgage, paying
your property taxes, growing your equity and a property. Instead
of simply coming to an agreement with your brother about
the water heater, you sell the home he lives in

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with his kids out from under him, and smugly sneer
at him about your wealth when he confronts you about
it by saying, how are you going to qualify for
a mortgage? You're such a petty coward you don't even
have the guts to tell him you sent anyviction notice?
Am I the jerk for reacting badly to my fiance's
unexpected pregnancy. I'm male thirty one. My fiance, female thirty

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TiO and I have been together for seven years. We
got engaged last December when we were still getting to
know each other. She told me that she was infertile.
At the time, she didn't give me a lot of
info about it because we had only been dating for
five to six months. She told me that she felt
like I needed to know in case it was a
deal breaker for me. I assured her that it was
fine and that we didn't have to worry about that

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for now, and that if we wanted to have kids
later on, there's different methods. As time went on, she
confessed to me that the reason why she couldn't have
babies was because she had done something that had messed
up her reproductive system. I made sure that she knew
how much I loved her, because she was kind of
ashamed of it. Although it's not really her fault. She
was in therapy for this. The doctors basically told her

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that it'll be impossible for her to get pregnant. We
talked about our future, and we decided to adopt kids
when we were ready to be parents. We now decided
that we were ready for marriage and then we would
start trying to adopt. Recently, she's been feeling sick. It's
not unusual though, as she has a celiac disease and
sometimes food gets ntaminated. We're very careful with it, but

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sometimes it still happens. She was sick for a couple
days until she decided to go to the hospital. When
she came back, she told me she was fine. Nothing
seemed weird. We lived near the beach, so yesterday, she
told me she wanted to have a picnic there. She
told me that she'll get everything done, so a while
before the sun sets, we walked down to the beach.
She had prepared some sandwiches that we ate. We also

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had some fruit and drank some juice, et cetera. At
some point, she tells me that she has a surprise
for me and to close my eyes. I do, and
she puts a piece of paper in my hand and
tells me to open them again. It's an ultrasound. Not
gonna lie. My first thought was what is this? Then
I figured it out. She was expecting me to say something,

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so I asked her whose baby it is? She told
me that it was ours. This is where I might
be the jerk. I laughed and said, no, really, whose
baby is it? She insisted it was ours, and I
told her, you stole this from googled inn in you
because I thought she was trying to prank me. She
then said that it wasn't a prank, but that I
had already messed up her good humor. She got angry

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and started to walk back home. I followed her and
asked her if it was true. She said yes. I
got very happy and hugged her, which I think made
her a bit less angry. We picked up our stuff
and got back home. She told me that the doctors
can't explain her pregnancy either. She has to do some tests,
so we still haven't told anyone, but she wanted me
to know. I feel very sad and like a jerk

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because she was just too excited and had planned a
surprise for me, but I messed it up. No jerks here,
I think this is a reasonable response to being told
you're going to be a father by someone that told
you they were infertile. Being shocked and in disbelief is
a thing. No jerks here. I get she was hoping
for a different initial reaction, but you were genuinely shocked

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and confused. I mean, by the second time you asked,
you probably should have got the hint, but sometimes it
takes our brains a second to comprehend such news. Either way,
as soon as you realized it was real, you shared
in her excitement. She can be disappointed it took a
bit longer to get it, but that doesn't make you
a jerk in this situation. My rude Karen neighbor demands

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I help her with her car problems. I live in
a condo slash town home with four other neighbors belonging
to our condo slash property board. We all have our
own driveways on the property. When I first moved in,
my neighbor Jane, who doesn't have a car, said we
could use her driveway from time to time if needed
for making space for snow removal. I have two cars.

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Since the driveway is our only one lane, one of
my cars is always blocked in by the other. One
day a few months ago, I wanted to take one
of my cars to the car wash because it had
been sitting there for quite some time. So I took
car number one out of my driveway, parked it in
her driveway, and then took car number two out and
went on my way to get the car washed. I thought,

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since she had said it was okay, I would leave
Car number one in her driveway until I got back,
rather than putting it back in my driveway and having
to move the cars around again when I got back.
When I got home, Jane was banging on my door furiously.
She told me that if I'd park my car and
her driveway again, she'd called the police. I was a
bit confused because she had said it was okay. I

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ended up trying to be the bigger person and apologizing.
I said I was sorry for the misunderstanding and that
I wouldn't use her driveway anymore. After that, she was
very unfriendly whenever we had crossed paths, totally ignored me
if I'd say hello. Fast forward to now. She has
a used car that she purchased. Her battery is not working,
and she knocked on my door asking for a boost.

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She has seen me give a boost to another neighbor,
and not too long ago. She said she was now
running late for an appointment and it really needed my help.
I said, sorry, can't help, and I closed my door
without another word. Another neighbor who knows about Jane threatening
to call the police, saw this whole interaction and thought
I was a bit harsh and should have just helped
Jane and given her a boost. So am I the

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jerk at it? So I'm creepily listening and watching through
my window. The other guy is helping her out. He
got her booster cables ready and just slipped on the
ice and fell. He kind of landed right on the
fender of her car while trying to save himself from falling,
and now there's a dent in it. She's losing her
crap and asking him how he's going to fix this.

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I was starting to feel like the jerk from a
lot of the comments, but now I'm kind of glad
I didn't help edit. For clarification, this was the first
and last time I had put my car there. Another
neighbor who doesn't have a car extended the same offer
to us. I am also friends with the previous owners.
They said they had always parked one of their cars
in her driveway and she had never had a problem.

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They told me they did this on numerous occasions during
the nine years they lived here. I told them this
whole story. They were surprised by her reaction. Also, where
I live, snow removal is not a shoveling snow. It's
a company that comes by with a big tractor and
remove snow. Sometimes we can be waiting several hours for
them to come. That's kind of why I didn't think

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ten minutes would be a big deal when she had
said I could park there while waiting for the snow
removal to come, which could have potentially been hours. Not
the jerk. The fact that her instinct was to threaten
to call the police speaks volumes of her character. You
owe her nothing, op exactly, that was a bit bunch
disagreements happened. I had my pard in it, but threatening

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to call the police over a misunderstanding that wasn't putting
anyone in danger. That's why I was just like, no,
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