I mean, Look at the poor fella freezing out there.
Outlaws are wanted.
My in-laws live in a sleepy artsy fartsy town where nothing ever happens. They know all their neighbors, half of the family lives near by. They're the kind of people who are comfortable with anyone coming in or dropping by unannounced just to say hi, show someone something on their phone, etc. It's very Full House.
So that being said, they don't lock their door. We've piled into the car to go to the store or other places before and I've said "Do you have the key?" to be (gently, not meanly) laughed at and had it explained that they don't need to lock the door.
I'm not comfortable with that, but I didn't say anything. I just moved my travel bag into my car. When we went to get ready for bed, I passed by the door and saw it hadn't been locked. I asked if I should lock up for the night and the family chuckled again. I felt extremely uncomfortable, so for peace of mind, I locked up.
In the AM, FIL got up and went to get his paper. He found the door was locked and said "(My Name), did you lock the door?"
I said yeah, very casually. He looked at me like I was crazy. I said I'm just not comfortable with leaving doors unlocked. Both of them laughed, and for the rest of the weekend, the jokes continued. Things like "Who hurt you?" and "What was so bad in your childhood that you can't deal with an unlocked door?" and "What do you think was going to happen, someone was going to break in? This isn't (Big City we live in)."
We ended up leaving early because my husband was tired of telling them to knock it off. A few days later, my MIL posted what was supposed to be a funny thing on FB and tagged me, saying "(My Name) and Husband visited, but DIL isn't cut out for that (town) life! She couldn't handle a few unlocked doors and thinks the whole world is out to get her!" cue the family making fun of me, my upbringing, etc.
I'd finally had enough and posted back: Home invasions happen. My best friend's dad was murdered in their home by an intruder when I was 12 years old. Forgive me for caring about my safety and infringing on whatever makes you feel superior here."
She deleted the post and told me I was out of line, it wasn't my place to lock doors in someone's house that wasn't mine, if I didn't feel safe with them, maybe I shouldn't visit anymore. I said sure, Husband and I won't visit anymore. She backpedaled and made it clear she meant just me, but I asked why he would drive all the way out there (it's about 5 hours) without me just to be with people who were
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I am out of the loop because I live in Canada. But I keep seeing all these posts on social media regarding abortion and birth control laws in the United states. Are they banning one or both of those or cutting funding for it? And more importantly why would they do this?Can someone fill me in?
Examples of 2 articles I've seen; and I've seen multiple tweets about abortion in the United states lately
https://www-latimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-abortion-bans-states-roe-wade-supreme-court-20190511-story.html?amp_js_v=a2&_gsa=1&outputType=amp&usqp=mq331AQCCAE%3D#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fnation%2Fla-na-abortion-bans-states-roe-wade-supreme-court-20190511-story.html%3FoutputType%3Damp%23referrer%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.google.com%26amp_tf%3DFrom%2520%25251%2524s
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-us-canada-47066307
I have insufferable in laws. Father in law is manageable, but mother in law is crazy.
My wife is Chinese and her parents are really traditional. Privacy means nothing to them, and my wife refuses to set boundaries. They will come around every day unannounced to visit my wife/play with our kids. So not only do I never get a break from my mother in laws constant nagging, I have no privacy from them.
Wife has ignored my concerns for years. To be fair, she’s in a tough spot as standing up to Chinese parents is a pain I guess.
Anyway, mother in law is arachnophobic. A few months ago she went crazy after a (wolf?) spider was simply in the corner doing nothing. Panic attack and all.
So I got the idea to get a tarantula as a way to prevent her coming so often. It’s in a big enclosure in the living room. Asked wife before hand if it’s okay, but didn’t tell her the motivation. Worked like a charm, the dad still comes but the mother can’t stand to be in the same house as it.
I’m mainly asking if AITA as I wasn’t upfront with my wife. But she’s continued to ignore my concerns about boundaries for years, I don’t think I had a choice. Plus the tarantula makes a cool pet.
That was a Klaus call
He was one of the best centers in the league just 2 short years ago. One of the top scorers and one of the strongest guys. Then he tore his Achilles... then his quad... then his acl... now threatening to kill someone. The Lakers will probably cut him and that may very well be the last time we see him on an nba team.
Just an absolutely heartbreaking series of events. Depending on how this most recent issue progresses, we might witness one of the biggest falling outs in nba history.
I'm election law specialist (and UC Irvine law professor ) Rick Hasen ( electionlawblog.org and tweeting @rickhasen). There are many concerns facing us during the 2020 elections including voter suppression, election administrator incompetence (as we've already seen in Iowa), foreign and domestic dirty tricks, and increasingly incendiary rhetoric about stolen elections. I've recently published a book on the subject with Yale University Press called Election Meltdown.
Proof: https://twitter.com/yalepress/status/1232342046268149760
Wife yells: Hey, aren't you going to help??
Me: No, six should be enough
