August 6, 2025 • 32 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey there, mister Redder here, welcome back to another episode
of our slash entitled People's Stories. Our first story will
be reading today. Karen gets kicked out on Thanksgiving. After that,
am I the jerk for not allowing my cousin's step
kid in the family photo. And after that, my son
wants me to downgrade the family hike on Christmas for
his out of shape girlfriend. Now, for every thumbs up
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this video gets one, Karen does not get to go
on the Christmas Hike. Christmas Hike, I was planning on
going into a food coma on the couch. So please
smash that like button and subscribe and turn on notifications
for new stories from Reddit every single day. Karen gets
kicked out on Thanksgiving. I twenty seven female, have a
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kind of unusual profession, and that I run a wildlife
sanctuary and rehab center of wolves, coyotes, and birds of prey,
mostly animals that have been surrendered, are taken away from
private owners or just can't go back into the wild
for some reason. I started working for the previous owner
out of college, and when he passed, he willed the center,
the house, and the surrounding land to me to take
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over since I was the most dedicated and successful at
doing the work. Since I have a weird situation with
my own family, he was also kind of Dad number
two to me, so I miss him a lot. My
family situation is weird because my parents split up when
I was little, had other kids with other partners, and
then they remarried when I was sixteen. So I have
four half siblings and they all resent me because my
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parents getting back together meant that theirs split up, and
my parents have always been way more attentive to them
to make up for it. So I got the worst
of both situations, being the unwanted first marriage kid when
they were divorced, and then the ignored kid because of
the half siblings later. I don't really stay close or
visit much, partially because I need to be on site
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to take care of the animals, but I keep in
touch so for the drama. Now that some of the
siblings are getting married and having kids, my parents' house
is too small for big gatherings. My house is the
only one big enough to fit everyone, so my mom
asked if we could do Thanksgiving at my place. I
was reluctant, but I figured maybe it would clear the
air some, so I agreed, plus the kids would get
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a kick out of the menagerie. Things were going fine
until my sister, twenty one female, showed up and started
making jokes about how I've taken crazy cat Lady to
the extreme and getting the other siblings to chime in.
I tried to ignore it, but the jokes got meaner,
and when my mom said she liked the house, my
sister said maybe I should get an older sugar daddy.
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It worked out well for ope. I snapped and told
her to get out. She didn't believe me, so I
got up, took her plate, grabbed her bag from the
living room, and told her to leave. It probably helped
that my big rescue wolf dog heard my tone and
came over to sit next to me, but she finally
got up and started angrily getting her things. My parents protested,
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so I told them they could go too. After an argument,
a threat to call the cops if they weren't gone
within an hour, and my dog hackling up and growling
when my brother put his hand on my shoulder, they
finally left. Now they're mad because I ruined Thanksgiving for everyone.
The kids were scared. I sicked my pet wolf on
them like a psycho and overreacted to a joke. I
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feel bad for the kids. Maybe I should have just
taken it on the chin and not invited them back
instead of kicking them out. Not the jerk. Your house
was full of unruly beasts, howling like absolute monsters, and
also your rescue animals. Good riddance to your crappy siblings.
Do yourself a favor and drop them from your pack.
They aren't good people for you. Family should be those
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who build you up, not tear you down. Not the jerk.
If you've viewed the man who willed his house and
sanctuary to you as a father and someone who truly
cared about you, then having him called a sugar daddy
with all the implications with that, then you have a
right to kick them out. That's rude and just downright
awful to say to you after being nice enough to
host and have everyone, especially knowing the relationship between you
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and your siblings. Not the jerk. Your sister was bullying
you right at the table and getting others to chime in.
What were you supposed to do? Just sit there and
take it in your own house. I also would have
kicked them out tell your parents all of this and
if they don't listen, it's on them. You can wipe
your hands clean of the situation. Am I the jerk
for not allowing my cousin's step kid in the family photo.
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My male thirties family grew up taking a big Thanksgiving
picture that is used for Christmas cards. I kept the
tradition going with my family. We host Thanksgiving every year
and it's always around twenty plus people. Most families we
hang out with are from my wife's side, since mine
are pretty scattered around. The past pictures were fine, but
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some tended to wear pajama type outfits mostly PJ pants
and a T shirt to Thanksgiving. No big deal to me,
but past picture was mixed with mostly nicely dressed people
and then a random view in pajamas. This year, I
texted each family and asked them to have a nice,
but cash will outfit for the picture, but feel free
to dress however they want the rest of the day.
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I even said jeans and a nice shirt is okay
for the pitcher. So day of Thanksgiving, my wife's cousin,
Sarah's family arrived that included three step kids, two dressed
in pajamas but had a change of clothes. Sarah comes
up to me and says, please don't be mad. A
second later, the eldest son, Sam came dressed in a
full gothic outfit, chains, black makeup, and spiked dyed hair.
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Normally they dress slightly goth like, they prefer black, but
nothing crazy. Never before have they even gone close to this.
They said something like, hope you like the outfit. I'm
wearing this for the picture. I forgot what I said,
but it was barely anything. Probably a grunt or uh huh.
I say to Sarah, they can't wear that in the picture.
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I don't see anything else. My wife gives me the
same look, but then walks away. I get back to
cooking for the twenty plus people. Picture time comes and
we take the group photo with Sam included. Then I
tell Sam I would like a few pictures without them
in it. They try to get argumentative, and I said
along the lines of you know that I asked people
to dress nicely just for the group photo. You purposely
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dressed like this to spite me, and I have no
idea why. It was awkward, but Sarah told Sam to
step aside and we took the photo day goes on fine,
and I know people probably talked today. I saw some
Facebook posts mentioning the situation and it's annoying me. I
stand by my decision and not sure if I'll respond
privately or not. So am I the jerk for kicking
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Sam out of the family photo because of the way
they dressed. Final update, My wife emailed all of the
pictures from Thanksgiving, only sent the family photo with Sam
to everyone and not the one excluding Sam. Sam was
doing the ear guitar in a funny face. Someone pointed
out Sam was also doing a gesture at the camera
with their strumming hand. One person in the email group
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requested the other family photo because Sam had done this
towards the camera. My wife sent it to everyone in
the email. Sam decided to call me instead of waiting
for friends Giving this weekend. They wanted to explain what happened.
They thought it was funny I asked people to dress
nice and wanted to play a prank on me and
put it on TikTok. They took a part of their
Halloween outfit and modified it to be a full goth
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outfit with crazy hair and makeup. They wanted to get
a reaction out of me for a TikTok video before
changing into their normal clothes for pictures. Sam hoped my
wife or I would be really upset and make a scene.
Neither of us did. Even during the photo shoot. It
was just slightly awkward, so Sam decided not to put
up the video. I did find out that he used
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the costume to scare some of the younger kids who
are about one to four years old, and did put
those on TikTok. Sam's mom made them take those down.
We didn't see them because we don't have TikTok. Sam
arrived and I didn't say much because I was busy
cooking and confused and annoyed. They decided to keep the
outfit on until I said something. Sam did help me
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peeling potatoes and other stuff, but I never mentioned the outfit.
They thought it was a game of chicken at that point.
It got until a little before dinner and I pulled
everyone together to start pictures. Sam was surprised because we
had done pictures after dinner the last two years. They
came up to ask how their outfit was and I
just said, fine, I don't really remember this part, so
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they kept the joke going, Sam said, they assumed there
would be another group photo later. Well, we got to
the group photo and Sam kept egging on the joke,
hoping to get some big reaction out of me. After
taking the group photo with Sam included, I just told
them to step out for a few pictures. Sam's mom
also told them to step aside. They decided to not
egg me on in front of everyone and jumped out
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of the picture. Pictures happened. We ate dinner, and then
Sam changed and dressed as they normally do the next
two days. They later realized there wasn't going to be
another group photo. They felt awkward and just didn't bring
it up the rest of the weekend. They decided not
to use the videos for TikTok. Sam apologized because they
knew my wife was big into photo albums and put
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me in a weird spot. I accept it and told
them I'm going to post everything on Facebook. Later Sam
asked me not to because it's really embarrassing. We're okay
now and my wife doesn't care. Because we got the
pictures with and without Sam, she will put both in
the photo album. I removed the edit with Sam's mom
because it was just repeating the story. You're the jerk,
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so you're saying that you didn't have a rebellious teenager phase.
It's a family picture, not one family. Is this perfect
little image that you're trying to force in the future.
Anyone looking at that photo would have probably just said yep,
that's so so and moved on. But wait to say
you're not welcome in the family to a fourteen year
old just trying to either A be rebellious or b
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express themselves. Edit. I realize op As edited his post
multiple times and that the fourteen year old was doing
it for cloud. This comment was made prior to the edits. Sorry,
but for all the people saying that you're the jerk. First,
Op is the host this event, cooking for twenty plus
people their home, their rules, requesting nice outfits usually doesn't
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mean accentric behavior. I'm gonna get downvoted, but not the jerk.
Even their mom said don't be mad, so she knew
they were pushing the limits. Mom of the kid can
instill some manners about being guests. When Op is doing
that much work cooking, you sound exhausting and I don't
think i'd even want to be in your family picture.
Guess what this is reality. No family is perfect. Your
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perfectly staged photos don't allow people to be themselves. You're
the jerk. If Sam really dressed that way to spite you,
imagine how confused he would have been if you just
didn't comment and allowed the pictures to be taken as usual,
showing them that their ploid didn't work, you messed up.
On the other hand, if Sam dressed that way because
they liked those clothes and felt good in them and
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was excited to be photographed with the family that way,
you were rude and excluded a kid who just discovered
their sense of style. You messed up. Either way, You're
the jerk, not the jerk. The problem with all you
commenters is that you have no values. You don't have
respect for yourselves or others. You have no morals. All
you do is relate yourselves to the most victimized people
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in these stories, so you side with them every time.
You do this because in your mind, you are also
a victim and you think the world is so unfair
because you don't get everything you want handed to you,
so it makes you feel good to bash people who
actually have morals and values like Op. You are all
the most delusional bunch of people I've ever come across,
and you really make me lose faith in humanity. I
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normally don't reply to people who say things as stupid
as what you said, but let me lay out some
facts for you very quickly. One, so we have no
morals and values, but you think some loser who excludes
his nephew from a family photo does. Please. Two, Not
everyone on here claims to be a victim. That's all
in your head projection much. I mean, most of us
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have probably been through some crap and you have no
right whatsoever to tell us whether or not we are victims,
So you can seriously buzz off with that crap. Three,
we're delusional. That's laughable. You're the one passing judgment on
a bunch of strangers that you know literally nothing about.
If anyone here is delusional, it's you. Well, what do
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you think is OP the jerk or not? Please let
us know. My parents never would have let me pull
a stunt like that growing up. My son wants me
to downgrade the family hike on Christmas for his out
of shape girlfriend. Ever since I can remember, our family
has always gone on a hike the morning of Christmas.
We did it all through my childhood. My husband's family
did it. My friend's families are similar, though for some
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it's just a walk, or some go into the city
and do an easy five or ten k run. My
son Porter has been dating Emily for the past six months.
I'm happy she's going to join us. They're coming from
the city about three hours away, so they'll be staying overnight.
I've met Emily before, and I think she's a great
match for Porter. I know there's all that hoopla about
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the mother in law and daughter in law dynamic, and
I just have no time for any of that. If
Porter likes her and she treats him with kindness and
he the same, who am I to complain. I skyped
with them on Thanksgiving, just making plans for who's bringing
what for Christmas gifts and such, and I mentioned that
she should remember to bring her hiking boots, but we'll
have plenty of yak tracks if the trails are icy.
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She was visibly confused and asked what for, So I explained.
She got quiet and asked if she had to. I said, no,
of course, she doesn't have to. But we've always done this,
and I was surprised Porter didn't mention it. The next day,
Porter called and explained that Emily is not in great
shape and would struggle with keeping up even on one
of the easier trails nearby. He said that maybe we
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can just do a nice, short family walk in the
neighborhood this year so she feels more welcome. I said
that maybe the two of them can hang back and
enjoy a nice, quiet morning before the festivities begin while
the rest of us go for the hike. I remember
being young with Porter's father and how special those early
Christmas mornings always were. Plus, this will be her first
time with the family, and it's going to be a lot.
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Porter got annoyed and said I'm not hearing him. He
said that he really thinks we need to cut the
hike down or make different plans. I told him in
return that this is a family tradition that goes back
for years, and changing it for one person isn't fair
to the rest of the family. We're at a stalemate.
I even said that if they hang back for the morning,
I'd be happy to go on a nice walk with
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Emily and Porter. Later in the day, during a quiet moment,
he said, I'm still not hearing him. Am I the
jerk for not being willing to downgrade the hike to
a little stroll around the neighborhood. Not the jerk. You
offered a choice of doing a walk around the neighborhood
later or just letting them hang back. Porter is being
ridiculous for thinking that everyone should change plans for his
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new girlfriend. This Porter is not hearing mom. The answer
is no, she's not going to change the hike for
one person. I don't understand why Porter is making this
a huge issue. Just hang back, do an easy walk
or whatever they want. It really shouldn't be that big
of a deal. Not the jerk, Not the jerk. You
heard him. You also stated that they could go on
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a short walk after dinner. He's not willing to compromise, Ah, Love,
You shouldn't have to change years of tradition for one person,
and it's okay if you don't. Am I the jerk
for using flash cards to explain to my brother and
his wife why they can't bring their miracle baby to
my wedding. My fiance female and I male are getting married.
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We've decided wedding's going to be child free, just to
keep it more organized and contained. My brother, Chris and
his wife have a three year old son, who everyone
calls miracle or rainbow baby. He came after several failed
pregnancies that lasted for years. When they found out that
my nephew was included in the no kids rule, they
tried to convince me to make an exception for him.
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Chris told me his son is a miracle baby and
his prey present at the wedding will bring blessings for
me and my fiance. I refused and said no, the
wedding is child free. His wife kept sending my fiance
picks of my nephew when he was months old. What
does that mean? I told them no and to stop.
My brother told me this might cause a rift in
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our relationship. I again said no and explained that the
wedding is child free. He asked again and pointed out
how his baby is different since he's a rainbow a
miracle baby. I again said no and explained that this
wedding is child free. They brought it up when they
visited at my home, and I knew they weren't going
to stop, so I had made flash cards in advance
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with the phrase the wedding is child free period, and
I pulled them out and started slowly showing them the
flash cards one by one in this order. The wedding
with the sticker of the bride and groom is child
with a sticker of a baby free, with a sticker
of a no sign period with a huge black dot sticker.
They both were stunned. I asked if they get it now,
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and Chris lost his mind. His wife had already grabbed
her stuff and walked out. Chris called me a jerk
for doing this and said that I disrespected him, his wife,
and their son, who's my one and only nephew. He
rushed out after we argued. My fiance saw the whole
thing and thought that it was funny. But my parents
and Chris are livid beyond measure. They're telling everyone about
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the amount of disrespect and mockery I had displayed towards them,
and I'm being told to fix it now. Well, I
suppose you could have used hand puppets instead, but flashcards
seem to have gotten the message across. It makes me
insane how some parents think their little bundle of joy
should be allowed anywhere, any when, any time, and that
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no never applies to them. It's pretty clear that they
were going to run this horse right up to the altar.
Not the jerk. Not the jerk, you are a legend.
I'm glad that Chris and his wife managed to get pregnant,
but their child is no more special than anyone else's,
which is to say, not special at all except to
the child's parents. This miracle and rainbow baby stuff, well, again,
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I'm glad they got their kid after difficulties. A lot
of folks don't get that opportunity. But the kid isn't
Christ reborn, and they need to get that out of
their thick skulls. The flash cards, honestly, are a solid
way of showing them that if the rest of the
family gives you trouble, be sure to let the others
with kids know that they think their miracle child is
more special than their normal, mundane kids Chris's words, and
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watch their support dry off. Exactly. There are literally millions
of rainbow babies out there. Theirs is no more special
than any other. I say, not the jerk. They did
not respect your choice. I would honestly hire security because
I bet money they will try to show up with
their baby and be like she can't do anything because
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we are here with her. I say, higher security and
make sure they know anyone who brings a kid will
not be admitted and you will have security there to
be sure that this rule has followed. Plus what you
did sounds absolutely hilarious. Couple decided to steal a deed
parking space. I work in a place with a deeded
garage parking had one sweet old lady I'll call her granny,
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who owned a Mini Cooper. Another couple who rented a
unit did not have a parking spot and took to
planting their economy car in her spot. When Granny complained,
the renters would just say they were entitled because there
were so many empty parking places, so Granny could park
somewhere else. What did they not get about deeded parking.
This continued until the day the sweet old lady decided
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to not be so sweet, pulled her car in front
of the two renters car and parked bumper to bumper.
Put a note on their car saying parking in this
space has one hundred and fifty dollars a day. Please
leave a check with the concierge. So the two renters
showed up at my desk complaining about their car being
blocked off, and actually expected me to tow Granny's car off.
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I had to re explain that deeded parking meant that
I could not tow a car from Grannie's spot anymore
than I could rearrange furniture in her apartment. It's her land,
she owns it. You abandon your car on her property.
Talk to Grannie. So after twenty minutes or so of
this renter's crap, I called Granny, even though it was
early in the morning. She came down to the desk
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and her house coat and slippers with her dog in tow.
They begged her to move her car. Grannie told them
it would be one hundred and fifty dollars leave the
check with the concierge. They kept complaining. Then she told
them it would be an extra fifty for waking her
up in the morning because they claimed an emergency. Then
they asked her how long before she left the garage.
Grannie told them, dearies, I'm retired. I'll leave my spot
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when I'm ready, And the price just went up to
one hundred fifty dollars a day, plus fifty for waking
me and that will be in cash. Leave the envelope
with the concierge. I'm walking my dog and i'll move
my car when I have your rental fee in hand.
Not only did the renters not park in her spot,
but word got around and I didn't have to deal
with that issue for another two years. Teacher threw away
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my niece's lunch, so I picked her up and took
her to get a happy meal. I twenty female, am
babysitting my niece, who's four, for the week while my
sister's on a business trip. My niece misses her mom,
so to cheer her up, I put a couple of
treats in her lunch. Her lunch was a turkey and
cheese sandwich with cucumbers and avocado. I also drew some
cartoon characters on it with edible markers, carrot sticks and ranch,
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apple slices, cookie fruit snacks, brownie, and a juice box.
Clearly not the healthiest, but also this is a special
treat and she has all five food groups. I dropped
my niece off at nine and at ten snack time,
I got a call from the teacher saying I had
to drop off a new lunch because my nieces was
too unhealthy. I told her to give my niece the
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fruits her vegetables if she has a problem with the treats,
and she told me she threw away the lunch because
it was distracting to the other kids. I decided to
call the office and tell them that I needed to
pull my niece out for an appointment at Loo. Lunch
is at eleven thirty and that she'd be back by
the end of lunch. So at eleven I picked her up.
We got happy meals, cookies, fruit snacks, and milkshakes. Then
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at twelve, end of lunch, I dropped her off with
her happy meal box and her almost finished milkshake. Teacher
saw this and was fuming. I guess she told my
sister what happened, because shortly after I got a call
from my sister saying I was being petty and should
have just dropped off a new sandwich. Am I the
jerk for pulling my niece out and filling her up
on sugar because her teacher threw away her lunch? Not
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the jerk That teacher is the jerk for throwing away
perfectly good food. No matter what, not the jerk, So
a cookie and a brownie means that you tossed the
whole lunch. The teacher was out of line, not the jerk.
What kind of power trip do you have to be
on to throw away a four year old's lunch? Am
I the jerk for selling a house that was left
to me? I Mail, twenty four. Grew up next to
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a sweet old lady. Her husband passed and she lived alone.
When I was eleven, she offered me fifty bucks a
week to walk her dog since she was enabled to.
This ended up turning into me helping her around for
some cash. I would mower lawn, fix up things around
the house, and buy her groceries. She paid me good
money and she was a kind person. Eventually I realized
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how lonely she was, so I would often go over
to her house and spend time with her, since her
actual family lived far away. Towards the end of high school,
she started losing it and she'd forget things. I felt
bad accepting money and started making up excuses and would
lie to get out of her paying me. I think
she realized I was avoiding her payments and felt bad.
At the end of my senior year, she wrote me
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a check for my college tuition. Keep in mind, my
tuition was close to twenty five thousand dollars a year,
and she paid for a full year. I tried to
not accept the gift, but she insisted that I accept.
After I went to college, she hired a caregiver and
didn't really need me, but I still tried to visit well.
This year, she passed and I was on our will.
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She gave me her home and some money. Her immediate
family fought hard to get the home from me, but
I fought hard to keep it. I offered for them
to visit and grab any family keepsakes, but after that
the home was mine. I decided I'm selling the home
and moving across the country for a new job opportunity.
Her family came at me hard and demanded I sell
it to them. I told them I'll hear their offers,
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and if it's close to my asking price, I'd give
them priority. Their offer was seventy percent of asking price.
After I did thirty five thousand dollars in renovations, I
rejected them and sold the house to another buyer. I
now have to deal with like twenty angry emails a
week claiming I'm selling away the house they grew up
into a random Am I the jerk? Not the jerk?
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You offered them priority to buy it and they lowballed you.
It was left to you and you can do whatever
you want with it. Not the jerk. It was her
home and money, and I'm sure she had her reasons
for not leaving it to her family. Perhaps they should
reflect on why they weren't willed her house, not the jerk. Legally,
it was your house. They wanted it for sentimental value,
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which is understandable, but in the end, you were low
balled on their offer. You sold the house to someone
who offered a better price. Edit. If they continue to
contact you about the house and whatnot, take legal action.
They are harassing you. Nephew threw a huge tantrum because
I didn't give him my son's toy. We hosted Thanksgiving
at my place. My brother, his wife, and their almost
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four year old son were among the guests. As people
were leaving, my brother asked if my nephew could take
home one of my two year old son's toy trucks.
My nephew had been playing with it NonStop since they
arrived and wanted to keep it. My brother said that
he had replaced the toy if I told him where
I got it. I told my brother that I'd be
happy to give him a link to the store where
I bought it, but I would not give the toy
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to him then and there. I refused for two reasons. Firstly,
my brothers slash sister in law have a terrible habit
of giving my nephew everything he asked for. He is
way too old for that. Secondly, I don't want to
reinforce my nephew that it's okay to just take things
he wants. My brother said that my nephew would throw
a tantrum if he didn't get the toy then in there,
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and that everything would be easier if I just let
him take the toy and get sent to replacement. In
the mail, I told my brother that I would not
be an enabler for my nephew's bad behavior, and that
it's my brother and sister in law's problem if he
throws a tantrum. Of course, the inevitable happened. My nephew
started shrieking inconsolably at the top of his lungs, and
my brother, sister in law, and nephew had to leave.
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Later that evening, I got an angry text from my
brother saying that my nephew screamed his head off for
the entire three hour card ride home and only stopped
screaming after he literally passed out from exhaustion. He said
that the tantrum was my fault since it would have
been completely avoided if I had just given my nephew
the toy, and accused me of backseat parenting, since, in
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his words, it's not my place to set an example
for his son. My wife thinks we should have just
handed the toy over to make things easier, especially since
our son has a ton of toys and is not
particularly attached to that specific truck and would not have
noticed it missing for just a couple days. I still
maintain that it's well within my rights to set an
example for my nephew, even if it goes against my
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brother and sister in law's parenting style of coddling their son,
and that the tantrum is one hundred percent a result
of their terrible parenting habits, not the jerk. Your brother
may think that it's easier to give in to his
son's tantrums, but he's starting to reap what he's sown
now the three hour tantrum is his own fault for
never teaching the kid proper boundaries and for teaching him
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that his parents would give him anything if he had
just throw a tantrum. Everyone sucks here. Your brother and
his wife were absolutely in the wrong for making their
kid's behavior your fault. Nephew's behavior is not your fault,
no matter your decision about the toy. Where I do
think you are a little bit that jerk is that
you took this as a chance to be rap your
brother's parenting. You clearly have opinions about his parenting skills,
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which means you've seen this happen over the years and
thus have had plenty of time to talk to him
about it in a less charged environment. The end of
a holiday meal, where they are staring down the face
of a three hour drive with a tantrum prone child
isn't really the time to give advice and have it
be listened to and taken to heart. I think you
were right to not hand over your kid's toy, and
your wife is probably sick of hearing you complain about
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your brother, so I can see where she's coming from.
AM I the jerk for refusing to make a one
hundred and twenty dollars cut of steak well done. So
we did a bit of an extravagant friends giving this year,
as I lucked into a strip loint of a five
wagou for a price that was unorthodox levels of cheap.
My friend works for a high end meat distributor and
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received it as a gift. It was a tight knit event,
with only ten of us there, mostly couples, including my
friend who only started dating a girl within the last
couple of months. We had an array of dishes, but
I was responsible for cooking the meat. Steak is about
the closest thing I have to a religion, and I'd
take it very seriously. The average steak for me takes
about four to five hours to prepare and cook, from
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the Sioux vid to the cast iron to plate, though
sometimes I take as much as three to four months,
butter aging or dry aging my meats to be certain
that they are perfect. These were genuine A five, so
I only sue vid them after cutting them into two
inch steaks. There was pretty perfectly enough for one each.
But I also made jerk chicken, mandarin duck breast and
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a nice cut of cherry hellapinio salmon. I had quite
the spread. I sue vid them to medium rare to
be sure the fat was well rendered, but inform them
that if absolutely necessary, I'd bring them up to medium
on request. Can we get some Karens or Kyle's to
tell rdder boy how to correctly pronounce these words? Please?
Do it helps out in the algorithm. Well, here comes
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the new girl to the groove. She sees the first
person cut into their steak and sees pink, and she
is just mortified. Immediately, she starts talking about eating raw
meat and stresses that the steak should be brown all
the way through or else you'll get sick. I informed
her that this wasn't the case, and that these steaks
were actually cooked to the ideal temperature for the cut.
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Shemediately demanded that I cook hers till it was brown
all the way through, and I firmly said not a chance.
She proceeded to get angry and yelled that it was
her steak and she should have it how she liked.
I told her that there were plenty of other meats
to choose from, as well as a plethora of side
dishes that she could have, but her steak was not
being made well done in my house. She said, jerk.
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Then she got up and started to stick the steak
in the microwave. I got up and grabbed it out
of her hand first, at which point half the steak
fell onto the ground. My dogs quickly got to it,
to which I said, well, at least it went to
someone who wouldn't complain on a good steak. From there,
there was definitely tension from that end of the table.
They ate a little bit, then hurriedly left. Since then,
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my longtime friend and his new girlfriend have blocked me
on social media and my phone number. They've even gone
so far as to block the rest of the people
at the table and cut off all ties. Yesterday I
received a PayPal invoice from my old friend for twenty
five dollars that just said pay for dry cleaning of
her dress. I don't think anything actually spilled on her.
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I think it's just more drama, But as of now
I'm ignoring it and unfortunately probably washing my hands clean
of an old friend. Am I the jerk here at it?
I should state that a menu was sent weeks in
advance with the express point that if someone wanted their
steak cook to a higher temperature, I really go to
the grocery store and get some USDA Prime for them.
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Everyone sucks here. She was a terrible guest and you
were an obnoxious host. Don't get me wrong, I can't
even eat meat above a medium rare temp. But when
you choose to cook for someone, you don't get to
dictate how they eat it. You're gifting them a dish
and they can do how they will with it in
the manner they enjoy it. The fact you'd rather have
a dog eat the meat than the guest is pretty
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telling of how inconsiderate and controlling of a host you are.
You're the jerk, assuming this is even real, because I
can't fathom someone being this much of a jerk to
their friends. You weren't the one eating the steak. She was.
She can have it, however she wants. The fact that
you not only refused to cook it to her request,
but then grabbed it away from her when she attempted
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to cook it further herself makes you a complete and
total jerk in this situation, and the fact that you'll
give one hundred twenty dollars steak to a dog before
you let a person eat it. Well done is just ridiculous.
Support our channel by joining as a member today and
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Karen does in that one.
Hey there, mister Redder here, welcome back to another episode
of our slash entitled People's Stories. Our first story will
be reading today. Karen gets kicked out on Thanksgiving. After that,
am I the jerk for not allowing my cousin's step
kid in the family photo. And after that, my son
wants me to downgrade the family hike on Christmas for
his out of shape girlfriend. Now, for every thumbs up
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this video gets one, Karen does not get to go
on the Christmas Hike. Christmas Hike, I was planning on
going into a food coma on the couch. So please
smash that like button and subscribe and turn on notifications
for new stories from Reddit every single day. Karen gets
kicked out on Thanksgiving. I twenty seven female, have a
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kind of unusual profession, and that I run a wildlife
sanctuary and rehab center of wolves, coyotes, and birds of prey,
mostly animals that have been surrendered, are taken away from
private owners or just can't go back into the wild
for some reason. I started working for the previous owner
out of college, and when he passed, he willed the center,
the house, and the surrounding land to me to take
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over since I was the most dedicated and successful at
doing the work. Since I have a weird situation with
my own family, he was also kind of Dad number
two to me, so I miss him a lot. My
family situation is weird because my parents split up when
I was little, had other kids with other partners, and
then they remarried when I was sixteen. So I have
four half siblings and they all resent me because my
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parents getting back together meant that theirs split up, and
my parents have always been way more attentive to them
to make up for it. So I got the worst
of both situations, being the unwanted first marriage kid when
they were divorced, and then the ignored kid because of
the half siblings later. I don't really stay close or
visit much, partially because I need to be on site
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to take care of the animals, but I keep in
touch so for the drama. Now that some of the
siblings are getting married and having kids, my parents' house
is too small for big gatherings. My house is the
only one big enough to fit everyone, so my mom
asked if we could do Thanksgiving at my place. I
was reluctant, but I figured maybe it would clear the
air some, so I agreed, plus the kids would get
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a kick out of the menagerie. Things were going fine
until my sister, twenty one female, showed up and started
making jokes about how I've taken crazy cat Lady to
the extreme and getting the other siblings to chime in.
I tried to ignore it, but the jokes got meaner,
and when my mom said she liked the house, my
sister said maybe I should get an older sugar daddy.
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It worked out well for ope. I snapped and told
her to get out. She didn't believe me, so I
got up, took her plate, grabbed her bag from the
living room, and told her to leave. It probably helped
that my big rescue wolf dog heard my tone and
came over to sit next to me, but she finally
got up and started angrily getting her things. My parents protested,
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so I told them they could go too. After an argument,
a threat to call the cops if they weren't gone
within an hour, and my dog hackling up and growling
when my brother put his hand on my shoulder, they
finally left. Now they're mad because I ruined Thanksgiving for everyone.
The kids were scared. I sicked my pet wolf on
them like a psycho and overreacted to a joke. I
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feel bad for the kids. Maybe I should have just
taken it on the chin and not invited them back
instead of kicking them out. Not the jerk. Your house
was full of unruly beasts, howling like absolute monsters, and
also your rescue animals. Good riddance to your crappy siblings.
Do yourself a favor and drop them from your pack.
They aren't good people for you. Family should be those
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who build you up, not tear you down. Not the jerk.
If you've viewed the man who willed his house and
sanctuary to you as a father and someone who truly
cared about you, then having him called a sugar daddy
with all the implications with that, then you have a
right to kick them out. That's rude and just downright
awful to say to you after being nice enough to
host and have everyone, especially knowing the relationship between you
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and your siblings. Not the jerk. Your sister was bullying
you right at the table and getting others to chime in.
What were you supposed to do? Just sit there and
take it in your own house. I also would have
kicked them out tell your parents all of this and
if they don't listen, it's on them. You can wipe
your hands clean of the situation. Am I the jerk
for not allowing my cousin's step kid in the family photo.
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My male thirties family grew up taking a big Thanksgiving
picture that is used for Christmas cards. I kept the
tradition going with my family. We host Thanksgiving every year
and it's always around twenty plus people. Most families we
hang out with are from my wife's side, since mine
are pretty scattered around. The past pictures were fine, but
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some tended to wear pajama type outfits mostly PJ pants
and a T shirt to Thanksgiving. No big deal to me,
but past picture was mixed with mostly nicely dressed people
and then a random view in pajamas. This year, I
texted each family and asked them to have a nice,
but cash will outfit for the picture, but feel free
to dress however they want the rest of the day.
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I even said jeans and a nice shirt is okay
for the pitcher. So day of Thanksgiving, my wife's cousin,
Sarah's family arrived that included three step kids, two dressed
in pajamas but had a change of clothes. Sarah comes
up to me and says, please don't be mad. A
second later, the eldest son, Sam came dressed in a
full gothic outfit, chains, black makeup, and spiked dyed hair.
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Normally they dress slightly goth like, they prefer black, but
nothing crazy. Never before have they even gone close to this.
They said something like, hope you like the outfit. I'm
wearing this for the picture. I forgot what I said,
but it was barely anything. Probably a grunt or uh huh.
I say to Sarah, they can't wear that in the picture.
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I don't see anything else. My wife gives me the
same look, but then walks away. I get back to
cooking for the twenty plus people. Picture time comes and
we take the group photo with Sam included. Then I
tell Sam I would like a few pictures without them
in it. They try to get argumentative, and I said
along the lines of you know that I asked people
to dress nicely just for the group photo. You purposely
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dressed like this to spite me, and I have no
idea why. It was awkward, but Sarah told Sam to
step aside and we took the photo day goes on fine,
and I know people probably talked today. I saw some
Facebook posts mentioning the situation and it's annoying me. I
stand by my decision and not sure if I'll respond
privately or not. So am I the jerk for kicking
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Sam out of the family photo because of the way
they dressed. Final update, My wife emailed all of the
pictures from Thanksgiving, only sent the family photo with Sam
to everyone and not the one excluding Sam. Sam was
doing the ear guitar in a funny face. Someone pointed
out Sam was also doing a gesture at the camera
with their strumming hand. One person in the email group
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requested the other family photo because Sam had done this
towards the camera. My wife sent it to everyone in
the email. Sam decided to call me instead of waiting
for friends Giving this weekend. They wanted to explain what happened.
They thought it was funny I asked people to dress
nice and wanted to play a prank on me and
put it on TikTok. They took a part of their
Halloween outfit and modified it to be a full goth
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outfit with crazy hair and makeup. They wanted to get
a reaction out of me for a TikTok video before
changing into their normal clothes for pictures. Sam hoped my
wife or I would be really upset and make a scene.
Neither of us did. Even during the photo shoot. It
was just slightly awkward, so Sam decided not to put
up the video. I did find out that he used
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the costume to scare some of the younger kids who
are about one to four years old, and did put
those on TikTok. Sam's mom made them take those down.
We didn't see them because we don't have TikTok. Sam
arrived and I didn't say much because I was busy
cooking and confused and annoyed. They decided to keep the
outfit on until I said something. Sam did help me
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peeling potatoes and other stuff, but I never mentioned the outfit.
They thought it was a game of chicken at that point.
It got until a little before dinner and I pulled
everyone together to start pictures. Sam was surprised because we
had done pictures after dinner the last two years. They
came up to ask how their outfit was and I
just said, fine, I don't really remember this part, so
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they kept the joke going, Sam said, they assumed there
would be another group photo later. Well, we got to
the group photo and Sam kept egging on the joke,
hoping to get some big reaction out of me. After
taking the group photo with Sam included, I just told
them to step out for a few pictures. Sam's mom
also told them to step aside. They decided to not
egg me on in front of everyone and jumped out
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of the picture. Pictures happened. We ate dinner, and then
Sam changed and dressed as they normally do the next
two days. They later realized there wasn't going to be
another group photo. They felt awkward and just didn't bring
it up the rest of the weekend. They decided not
to use the videos for TikTok. Sam apologized because they
knew my wife was big into photo albums and put
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me in a weird spot. I accept it and told
them I'm going to post everything on Facebook. Later Sam
asked me not to because it's really embarrassing. We're okay
now and my wife doesn't care. Because we got the
pictures with and without Sam, she will put both in
the photo album. I removed the edit with Sam's mom
because it was just repeating the story. You're the jerk,
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so you're saying that you didn't have a rebellious teenager phase.
It's a family picture, not one family. Is this perfect
little image that you're trying to force in the future.
Anyone looking at that photo would have probably just said yep,
that's so so and moved on. But wait to say
you're not welcome in the family to a fourteen year
old just trying to either A be rebellious or b
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express themselves. Edit. I realize op As edited his post
multiple times and that the fourteen year old was doing
it for cloud. This comment was made prior to the edits. Sorry,
but for all the people saying that you're the jerk. First,
Op is the host this event, cooking for twenty plus
people their home, their rules, requesting nice outfits usually doesn't
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mean accentric behavior. I'm gonna get downvoted, but not the jerk.
Even their mom said don't be mad, so she knew
they were pushing the limits. Mom of the kid can
instill some manners about being guests. When Op is doing
that much work cooking, you sound exhausting and I don't
think i'd even want to be in your family picture.
Guess what this is reality. No family is perfect. Your
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perfectly staged photos don't allow people to be themselves. You're
the jerk. If Sam really dressed that way to spite you,
imagine how confused he would have been if you just
didn't comment and allowed the pictures to be taken as usual,
showing them that their ploid didn't work, you messed up.
On the other hand, if Sam dressed that way because
they liked those clothes and felt good in them and
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was excited to be photographed with the family that way,
you were rude and excluded a kid who just discovered
their sense of style. You messed up. Either way, You're
the jerk, not the jerk. The problem with all you
commenters is that you have no values. You don't have
respect for yourselves or others. You have no morals. All
you do is relate yourselves to the most victimized people
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in these stories, so you side with them every time.
You do this because in your mind, you are also
a victim and you think the world is so unfair
because you don't get everything you want handed to you,
so it makes you feel good to bash people who
actually have morals and values like Op. You are all
the most delusional bunch of people I've ever come across,
and you really make me lose faith in humanity. I
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normally don't reply to people who say things as stupid
as what you said, but let me lay out some
facts for you very quickly. One, so we have no
morals and values, but you think some loser who excludes
his nephew from a family photo does. Please. Two, Not
everyone on here claims to be a victim. That's all
in your head projection much. I mean, most of us
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have probably been through some crap and you have no
right whatsoever to tell us whether or not we are victims,
So you can seriously buzz off with that crap. Three,
we're delusional. That's laughable. You're the one passing judgment on
a bunch of strangers that you know literally nothing about.
If anyone here is delusional, it's you. Well, what do
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you think is OP the jerk or not? Please let
us know. My parents never would have let me pull
a stunt like that growing up. My son wants me
to downgrade the family hike on Christmas for his out
of shape girlfriend. Ever since I can remember, our family
has always gone on a hike the morning of Christmas.
We did it all through my childhood. My husband's family
did it. My friend's families are similar, though for some
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it's just a walk, or some go into the city
and do an easy five or ten k run. My
son Porter has been dating Emily for the past six months.
I'm happy she's going to join us. They're coming from
the city about three hours away, so they'll be staying overnight.
I've met Emily before, and I think she's a great
match for Porter. I know there's all that hoopla about
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the mother in law and daughter in law dynamic, and
I just have no time for any of that. If
Porter likes her and she treats him with kindness and
he the same, who am I to complain. I skyped
with them on Thanksgiving, just making plans for who's bringing
what for Christmas gifts and such, and I mentioned that
she should remember to bring her hiking boots, but we'll
have plenty of yak tracks if the trails are icy.
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She was visibly confused and asked what for, So I explained.
She got quiet and asked if she had to. I said, no,
of course, she doesn't have to. But we've always done this,
and I was surprised Porter didn't mention it. The next day,
Porter called and explained that Emily is not in great
shape and would struggle with keeping up even on one
of the easier trails nearby. He said that maybe we
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can just do a nice, short family walk in the
neighborhood this year so she feels more welcome. I said
that maybe the two of them can hang back and
enjoy a nice, quiet morning before the festivities begin while
the rest of us go for the hike. I remember
being young with Porter's father and how special those early
Christmas mornings always were. Plus, this will be her first
time with the family, and it's going to be a lot.
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Porter got annoyed and said I'm not hearing him. He
said that he really thinks we need to cut the
hike down or make different plans. I told him in
return that this is a family tradition that goes back
for years, and changing it for one person isn't fair
to the rest of the family. We're at a stalemate.
I even said that if they hang back for the morning,
I'd be happy to go on a nice walk with
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Emily and Porter. Later in the day, during a quiet moment,
he said, I'm still not hearing him. Am I the
jerk for not being willing to downgrade the hike to
a little stroll around the neighborhood. Not the jerk. You
offered a choice of doing a walk around the neighborhood
later or just letting them hang back. Porter is being
ridiculous for thinking that everyone should change plans for his
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new girlfriend. This Porter is not hearing mom. The answer
is no, she's not going to change the hike for
one person. I don't understand why Porter is making this
a huge issue. Just hang back, do an easy walk
or whatever they want. It really shouldn't be that big
of a deal. Not the jerk, Not the jerk. You
heard him. You also stated that they could go on
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a short walk after dinner. He's not willing to compromise, Ah, Love,
You shouldn't have to change years of tradition for one person,
and it's okay if you don't. Am I the jerk
for using flash cards to explain to my brother and
his wife why they can't bring their miracle baby to
my wedding. My fiance female and I male are getting married.
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We've decided wedding's going to be child free, just to
keep it more organized and contained. My brother, Chris and
his wife have a three year old son, who everyone
calls miracle or rainbow baby. He came after several failed
pregnancies that lasted for years. When they found out that
my nephew was included in the no kids rule, they
tried to convince me to make an exception for him.
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Chris told me his son is a miracle baby and
his prey present at the wedding will bring blessings for
me and my fiance. I refused and said no, the
wedding is child free. His wife kept sending my fiance
picks of my nephew when he was months old. What
does that mean? I told them no and to stop.
My brother told me this might cause a rift in
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our relationship. I again said no and explained that the
wedding is child free. He asked again and pointed out
how his baby is different since he's a rainbow a
miracle baby. I again said no and explained that this
wedding is child free. They brought it up when they
visited at my home, and I knew they weren't going
to stop, so I had made flash cards in advance
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with the phrase the wedding is child free period, and
I pulled them out and started slowly showing them the
flash cards one by one in this order. The wedding
with the sticker of the bride and groom is child
with a sticker of a baby free, with a sticker
of a no sign period with a huge black dot sticker.
They both were stunned. I asked if they get it now,
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and Chris lost his mind. His wife had already grabbed
her stuff and walked out. Chris called me a jerk
for doing this and said that I disrespected him, his wife,
and their son, who's my one and only nephew. He
rushed out after we argued. My fiance saw the whole
thing and thought that it was funny. But my parents
and Chris are livid beyond measure. They're telling everyone about
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the amount of disrespect and mockery I had displayed towards them,
and I'm being told to fix it now. Well, I
suppose you could have used hand puppets instead, but flashcards
seem to have gotten the message across. It makes me
insane how some parents think their little bundle of joy
should be allowed anywhere, any when, any time, and that
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no never applies to them. It's pretty clear that they
were going to run this horse right up to the altar.
Not the jerk. Not the jerk, you are a legend.
I'm glad that Chris and his wife managed to get pregnant,
but their child is no more special than anyone else's,
which is to say, not special at all except to
the child's parents. This miracle and rainbow baby stuff, well, again,
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I'm glad they got their kid after difficulties. A lot
of folks don't get that opportunity. But the kid isn't
Christ reborn, and they need to get that out of
their thick skulls. The flash cards, honestly, are a solid
way of showing them that if the rest of the
family gives you trouble, be sure to let the others
with kids know that they think their miracle child is
more special than their normal, mundane kids Chris's words, and
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watch their support dry off. Exactly. There are literally millions
of rainbow babies out there. Theirs is no more special
than any other. I say, not the jerk. They did
not respect your choice. I would honestly hire security because
I bet money they will try to show up with
their baby and be like she can't do anything because
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we are here with her. I say, higher security and
make sure they know anyone who brings a kid will
not be admitted and you will have security there to
be sure that this rule has followed. Plus what you
did sounds absolutely hilarious. Couple decided to steal a deed
parking space. I work in a place with a deeded
garage parking had one sweet old lady I'll call her granny,
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who owned a Mini Cooper. Another couple who rented a
unit did not have a parking spot and took to
planting their economy car in her spot. When Granny complained,
the renters would just say they were entitled because there
were so many empty parking places, so Granny could park
somewhere else. What did they not get about deeded parking.
This continued until the day the sweet old lady decided
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to not be so sweet, pulled her car in front
of the two renters car and parked bumper to bumper.
Put a note on their car saying parking in this
space has one hundred and fifty dollars a day. Please
leave a check with the concierge. So the two renters
showed up at my desk complaining about their car being
blocked off, and actually expected me to tow Granny's car off.
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I had to re explain that deeded parking meant that
I could not tow a car from Grannie's spot anymore
than I could rearrange furniture in her apartment. It's her land,
she owns it. You abandon your car on her property.
Talk to Grannie. So after twenty minutes or so of
this renter's crap, I called Granny, even though it was
early in the morning. She came down to the desk
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and her house coat and slippers with her dog in tow.
They begged her to move her car. Grannie told them
it would be one hundred and fifty dollars leave the
check with the concierge. They kept complaining. Then she told
them it would be an extra fifty for waking her
up in the morning because they claimed an emergency. Then
they asked her how long before she left the garage.
Grannie told them, dearies, I'm retired. I'll leave my spot
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when I'm ready, And the price just went up to
one hundred fifty dollars a day, plus fifty for waking
me and that will be in cash. Leave the envelope
with the concierge. I'm walking my dog and i'll move
my car when I have your rental fee in hand.
Not only did the renters not park in her spot,
but word got around and I didn't have to deal
with that issue for another two years. Teacher threw away
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my niece's lunch, so I picked her up and took
her to get a happy meal. I twenty female, am
babysitting my niece, who's four, for the week while my
sister's on a business trip. My niece misses her mom,
so to cheer her up, I put a couple of
treats in her lunch. Her lunch was a turkey and
cheese sandwich with cucumbers and avocado. I also drew some
cartoon characters on it with edible markers, carrot sticks and ranch,
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apple slices, cookie fruit snacks, brownie, and a juice box.
Clearly not the healthiest, but also this is a special
treat and she has all five food groups. I dropped
my niece off at nine and at ten snack time,
I got a call from the teacher saying I had
to drop off a new lunch because my nieces was
too unhealthy. I told her to give my niece the
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fruits her vegetables if she has a problem with the treats,
and she told me she threw away the lunch because
it was distracting to the other kids. I decided to
call the office and tell them that I needed to
pull my niece out for an appointment at Loo. Lunch
is at eleven thirty and that she'd be back by
the end of lunch. So at eleven I picked her up.
We got happy meals, cookies, fruit snacks, and milkshakes. Then
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at twelve, end of lunch, I dropped her off with
her happy meal box and her almost finished milkshake. Teacher
saw this and was fuming. I guess she told my
sister what happened, because shortly after I got a call
from my sister saying I was being petty and should
have just dropped off a new sandwich. Am I the
jerk for pulling my niece out and filling her up
on sugar because her teacher threw away her lunch? Not
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the jerk That teacher is the jerk for throwing away
perfectly good food. No matter what, not the jerk, So
a cookie and a brownie means that you tossed the
whole lunch. The teacher was out of line, not the jerk.
What kind of power trip do you have to be
on to throw away a four year old's lunch? Am
I the jerk for selling a house that was left
to me? I Mail, twenty four. Grew up next to
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a sweet old lady. Her husband passed and she lived alone.
When I was eleven, she offered me fifty bucks a
week to walk her dog since she was enabled to.
This ended up turning into me helping her around for
some cash. I would mower lawn, fix up things around
the house, and buy her groceries. She paid me good
money and she was a kind person. Eventually I realized
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how lonely she was, so I would often go over
to her house and spend time with her, since her
actual family lived far away. Towards the end of high school,
she started losing it and she'd forget things. I felt
bad accepting money and started making up excuses and would
lie to get out of her paying me. I think
she realized I was avoiding her payments and felt bad.
At the end of my senior year, she wrote me
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a check for my college tuition. Keep in mind, my
tuition was close to twenty five thousand dollars a year,
and she paid for a full year. I tried to
not accept the gift, but she insisted that I accept.
After I went to college, she hired a caregiver and
didn't really need me, but I still tried to visit well.
This year, she passed and I was on our will.
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She gave me her home and some money. Her immediate
family fought hard to get the home from me, but
I fought hard to keep it. I offered for them
to visit and grab any family keepsakes, but after that
the home was mine. I decided I'm selling the home
and moving across the country for a new job opportunity.
Her family came at me hard and demanded I sell
it to them. I told them I'll hear their offers,
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and if it's close to my asking price, I'd give
them priority. Their offer was seventy percent of asking price.
After I did thirty five thousand dollars in renovations, I
rejected them and sold the house to another buyer. I
now have to deal with like twenty angry emails a
week claiming I'm selling away the house they grew up
into a random Am I the jerk? Not the jerk?
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You offered them priority to buy it and they lowballed you.
It was left to you and you can do whatever
you want with it. Not the jerk. It was her
home and money, and I'm sure she had her reasons
for not leaving it to her family. Perhaps they should
reflect on why they weren't willed her house, not the jerk. Legally,
it was your house. They wanted it for sentimental value,
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which is understandable, but in the end, you were low
balled on their offer. You sold the house to someone
who offered a better price. Edit. If they continue to
contact you about the house and whatnot, take legal action.
They are harassing you. Nephew threw a huge tantrum because
I didn't give him my son's toy. We hosted Thanksgiving
at my place. My brother, his wife, and their almost
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four year old son were among the guests. As people
were leaving, my brother asked if my nephew could take
home one of my two year old son's toy trucks.
My nephew had been playing with it NonStop since they
arrived and wanted to keep it. My brother said that
he had replaced the toy if I told him where
I got it. I told my brother that I'd be
happy to give him a link to the store where
I bought it, but I would not give the toy
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to him then and there. I refused for two reasons. Firstly,
my brothers slash sister in law have a terrible habit
of giving my nephew everything he asked for. He is
way too old for that. Secondly, I don't want to
reinforce my nephew that it's okay to just take things
he wants. My brother said that my nephew would throw
a tantrum if he didn't get the toy then in there,
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and that everything would be easier if I just let
him take the toy and get sent to replacement. In
the mail, I told my brother that I would not
be an enabler for my nephew's bad behavior, and that
it's my brother and sister in law's problem if he
throws a tantrum. Of course, the inevitable happened. My nephew
started shrieking inconsolably at the top of his lungs, and
my brother, sister in law, and nephew had to leave.
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Later that evening, I got an angry text from my
brother saying that my nephew screamed his head off for
the entire three hour card ride home and only stopped
screaming after he literally passed out from exhaustion. He said
that the tantrum was my fault since it would have
been completely avoided if I had just given my nephew
the toy, and accused me of backseat parenting, since, in
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his words, it's not my place to set an example
for his son. My wife thinks we should have just
handed the toy over to make things easier, especially since
our son has a ton of toys and is not
particularly attached to that specific truck and would not have
noticed it missing for just a couple days. I still
maintain that it's well within my rights to set an
example for my nephew, even if it goes against my
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brother and sister in law's parenting style of coddling their son,
and that the tantrum is one hundred percent a result
of their terrible parenting habits, not the jerk. Your brother
may think that it's easier to give in to his
son's tantrums, but he's starting to reap what he's sown
now the three hour tantrum is his own fault for
never teaching the kid proper boundaries and for teaching him
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that his parents would give him anything if he had
just throw a tantrum. Everyone sucks here. Your brother and
his wife were absolutely in the wrong for making their
kid's behavior your fault. Nephew's behavior is not your fault,
no matter your decision about the toy. Where I do
think you are a little bit that jerk is that
you took this as a chance to be rap your
brother's parenting. You clearly have opinions about his parenting skills,
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which means you've seen this happen over the years and
thus have had plenty of time to talk to him
about it in a less charged environment. The end of
a holiday meal, where they are staring down the face
of a three hour drive with a tantrum prone child
isn't really the time to give advice and have it
be listened to and taken to heart. I think you
were right to not hand over your kid's toy, and
your wife is probably sick of hearing you complain about
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your brother, so I can see where she's coming from.
AM I the jerk for refusing to make a one
hundred and twenty dollars cut of steak well done. So
we did a bit of an extravagant friends giving this year,
as I lucked into a strip loint of a five
wagou for a price that was unorthodox levels of cheap.
My friend works for a high end meat distributor and
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received it as a gift. It was a tight knit event,
with only ten of us there, mostly couples, including my
friend who only started dating a girl within the last
couple of months. We had an array of dishes, but
I was responsible for cooking the meat. Steak is about
the closest thing I have to a religion, and I'd
take it very seriously. The average steak for me takes
about four to five hours to prepare and cook, from
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the Sioux vid to the cast iron to plate, though
sometimes I take as much as three to four months,
butter aging or dry aging my meats to be certain
that they are perfect. These were genuine A five, so
I only sue vid them after cutting them into two
inch steaks. There was pretty perfectly enough for one each.
But I also made jerk chicken, mandarin duck breast and
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a nice cut of cherry hellapinio salmon. I had quite
the spread. I sue vid them to medium rare to
be sure the fat was well rendered, but inform them
that if absolutely necessary, I'd bring them up to medium
on request. Can we get some Karens or Kyle's to
tell rdder boy how to correctly pronounce these words? Please?
Do it helps out in the algorithm. Well, here comes
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the new girl to the groove. She sees the first
person cut into their steak and sees pink, and she
is just mortified. Immediately, she starts talking about eating raw
meat and stresses that the steak should be brown all
the way through or else you'll get sick. I informed
her that this wasn't the case, and that these steaks
were actually cooked to the ideal temperature for the cut.
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Shemediately demanded that I cook hers till it was brown
all the way through, and I firmly said not a chance.
She proceeded to get angry and yelled that it was
her steak and she should have it how she liked.
I told her that there were plenty of other meats
to choose from, as well as a plethora of side
dishes that she could have, but her steak was not
being made well done in my house. She said, jerk.
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Then she got up and started to stick the steak
in the microwave. I got up and grabbed it out
of her hand first, at which point half the steak
fell onto the ground. My dogs quickly got to it,
to which I said, well, at least it went to
someone who wouldn't complain on a good steak. From there,
there was definitely tension from that end of the table.
They ate a little bit, then hurriedly left. Since then,
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my longtime friend and his new girlfriend have blocked me
on social media and my phone number. They've even gone
so far as to block the rest of the people
at the table and cut off all ties. Yesterday I
received a PayPal invoice from my old friend for twenty
five dollars that just said pay for dry cleaning of
her dress. I don't think anything actually spilled on her.
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I think it's just more drama, But as of now
I'm ignoring it and unfortunately probably washing my hands clean
of an old friend. Am I the jerk here at it?
I should state that a menu was sent weeks in
advance with the express point that if someone wanted their
steak cook to a higher temperature, I really go to
the grocery store and get some USDA Prime for them.
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Everyone sucks here. She was a terrible guest and you
were an obnoxious host. Don't get me wrong, I can't
even eat meat above a medium rare temp. But when
you choose to cook for someone, you don't get to
dictate how they eat it. You're gifting them a dish
and they can do how they will with it in
the manner they enjoy it. The fact you'd rather have
a dog eat the meat than the guest is pretty
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telling of how inconsiderate and controlling of a host you are.
You're the jerk, assuming this is even real, because I
can't fathom someone being this much of a jerk to
their friends. You weren't the one eating the steak. She was.
She can have it, however she wants. The fact that
you not only refused to cook it to her request,
but then grabbed it away from her when she attempted
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to cook it further herself makes you a complete and
total jerk in this situation, and the fact that you'll
give one hundred twenty dollars steak to a dog before
you let a person eat it. Well done is just ridiculous.
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