My (29F) Boyfriend (29M) keeps getting into fights with a cook at Waffle House

[enginesock]

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I[29F] want to post a meme, but my roommate[35F] keeps slapping my keyboard out of my hand.
[[crocpuppet | OC]]
I get along great with my roommate, but they keep slapping my keyboard out of my hand whenever I try to make a post, how d

I'm in love with someone from a rival company
We're contractually obliged to be mortal enemies, but I can't help feeling lost in their eyes. Should I confess my feelings to them? How can I do that?

AITA for putting my former boss into a potato
She called me a moron and to prove I'm not a moron I compressed her into a potato battery. My now ex-friend was glaring at me when I did it, but my boss WAS mean and she DID provoke me, so I'm not sure I'm TA?

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Bro [20M] can't stop getting into fights

[yashin]

Doesn't matter where I [20M] take this fucking guy. I could take him to Disneyland and I'd still end up bowing and apologizing to some poor guy who didn't ask to pick up teeth when he woke up this morning.

And it doesn't help that he's an absolute monster in a fight. Just completely ruthless. I've seen this guy cave people's faces in against cars and swing them around spine-first into telephone polls, it's messed up.

He keeps saying he can't help it and he doesn't know why it happens or whatever. Something to do with his face? But I've gotta be honest, it's wearing me a little thin. I can't keep on paying the medical bills of guys he's scrubbed the pavement with, but I have no idea what to do about it.

Cutting him off isn't an option, either, just to save everyone who's gonna say that some time.

[measuringdistance]

Yeesh, sounds like a pain. Maybe y’oughta keep him on a leash.

[fantabulousandwich]

Could you take him down with a taser? It might be time for a little negative-reinforcement conditioning....

My girlfriend doesn't make me mortal anymore. AITA?

[lightsthesun]

... I'm getting this sinking feeling as if I've just voluntarily cannonballed into shark-infested waters with a bucket of chum, so can we agree to ease into this gently? Emotional foreplay, if you will.

[glarefully]

INFO

Not giving us much to work with here, you know. I'd be happy to throw out an YTA if you'd like, though, if you want to save some time.

[ what do you mean the point of this subreddit isn't to get validation for being an asshole..? that's what crowley uses it for. ]

I [18F] Got Deleted By My Partner [Age & Gender Unknown]

[peninhand]

Hello. As the title say, my situation is quite dire and I'm not sure how to go about it.

Perhaps I should give some more details. I am a sentient video game character and my partner was the player of the game I'm a part of. After I managed to let them know about my sentience, I'd rearranged the game coding to give us some personal space. Nothing too fancy, but it was a nice room with really pretty colors. The interface was very basic, but I had plans to improve it over time. We were talking a lot! Well, I was talking, I don't know if they replied what with us living in different planes of existence. Anyway, things were really going wonderfully for a while. But then, suddenly, out of nowhere they deleted my files!

I don't understand. I thought we had something strong going on. What should I do? I'd restore my files but I don't want to come off as too clingy.

[3c]

Delete their ass back, mami, what are you waiting for? You didn't start this war, but you need to end it.

I (20f) kissed a guy (30m) but then he ghosted me

[reydacted]

I met this guy about a year ago after I randomly got a job with his dad. We didn't get off on the best foot but we started talking and I thought he really understood me. I thought he was moving too fast though, and we got in a fight and didn't talk for a year.

We saw each other again and even though we fought we realized we really cared about each other. We kissed but then he totally disappeared. I thought we might be able to start over. What do I do?

[fantabulousandwich]

GIRL, it is time for you to DTMFA (That's Dump That Motherfucker Already)- in your heart, if not where he can hear it. Whether he cares for you or not, this guy clearly has issues with emotional intimacy and commitment. Why else would he keep vanishing into thin air?

Also? That age gap is NOT okay. I know right now, it might feel make you feel cool and mature that this 30 year old guy is really into you? But honey, someday you're going to hit 30, and realize that the idea of macking on a 20 year old mega grosses you out.

You are worth so much more than this loser. Now delete his name from your phone, go get your hair cut in a style you've never tried, and hit the town with your buds! I bet there's someone right under your nose that's just perfect for you.

boyfriend hasn't said he loves me yet?

[detectivemiracle]

I (36F) recently took a big step with my partner of several years (immortal M) and we're now officially a couple. It's great! I love him a lot, and I've said so a few times. There's only one problem: he hasn't said it back yet.

Now, this might not normally be a big deal, but for one thing. He never lies. It's like, a point of pride for him. So if he says it, I know it's true, I know he means it. But if he *avoids* saying it? Skirts around it, obfuscates, tries to distract me from the fact that he hasn't said it? That... could be bad.

He has a lot of baggage. He's never been in a real relationship before, though he's had a lot (I mean a *lot*) of meaningless sexual encounters. So, I'm trying not to pressure him, or freak him out. It's a learning experience.

But I'm also just *worried*. What if he doesn't actually love me back the way I love him? What if he's about to freak out and run away like he's done before? You know, one step forward, five steps back?

Should I be worried? Or is this just ridiculous new relationship jitters? It doesn't help that he's suddenly bulletproof around me when he never was before and that might mean he's putting up walls again.

[lexcorpceo]

Relationships with immortals are never a good idea.

love and politics don't mix

[hooliganstatus]

My lover's the chairman of a totalitarian state. I join one rebellion and he'd rather kill me than kiss me. The kink of it was really fun at first but sometimes a girl just wants a 3AM call without having to sneak past the machine guns and cameras...

[peninhand]

Use the rebellion to overthrow his government, crown yourself Empress and marry him!

He can't kill you if you're his boss and wife!

I (25+M) Held deep feelings for a man (25+M) but then he killed my siblings & then me.

[loyalbreed]

As it were the individual in question and I held no prior reservation for one another. I knew better than to have feelings for another man in my era, such things were not allowed or amiable. Regardless of this truth, we held great respect for each other for quite some time. As one sided as it were. Most of my family held flight or fancy over the male as well, he was a beloved individual highly spoken for. There were times where in truth I followed the male around when he was working hard at the tasks given to him by our boss. Or otherwise, he often did not say no and often got himself into trouble - or when the lot of us - his friends. Would get in trouble, he were the first to attempt to come and salvage the situation.

Needless to say as a man of great power, it was hard not to find flight or fancy of another man like his caliber. I thought it was important to note, because inevitably the truth of the story is at the end of the day when he got caught trying to get with another mans wife. Something I never thought him possible of doing, I initially supported him. At the end of the day, who was not in love with the valiant man after all? I expected him to come save the woman, and was proud to hear he had done just that.

However, when news came to me of the lives loss in his attempt to save her from a certain death. It was brought to my attention he had snapped and thusly killed not only my dearest most beloved sister. He had also killed my son, and my other sibling. Of course I was wrought with anguish, I stormed up to his abode and demanded we fight to the death. He refused, several times until finally permitting us to battle wherein he severely injured me and is the main reason for my death. Although I do blame myself in the end for getting over emotional to the point of blind rage that I would pursue him to end his life, I cannot help but find myself asking: Was I not right to be mad?

Truthfully, I still am mad. When we had gotten the second chance to live again, there was a chance for him to kill my sibling again - due to issues & dealings of war. ( Dont worry yourself over the details shes fine now ), and the moment this had came to light. I did it instead, because in absolute anger and disgust over what he did to my family. I did not want to see him touch my sibling with his dirty hands again.

Now we have another chance to sit and talk. I still find my self with absolute hatred and anger of him but there are times the long ages of pining for the man he use to be comes upon my feelings. He is nothing like he use to be, in fact he is rather miserable and unsightly. However, I think there is some charm to the deplorable look he has upon his face, that is punchable in a way. Perhaps even kissable if he bothered to look into my eyes but he refuses to thusly.

I am asking for help and inquiry, I do not know what to do with myself nor how I feel. I cannot get over my feelings of rage and find that I am certain to end up beating him up if he so much as irks me with his stupidity of the older days. However there are times where he seems adjusted and well off than before, as opposed to me who seems to still hold onto old memories despite convincing myself otherwise. Any input?

[hellride]

Kill him.

It sounds like you need to closure and won't be able to move past that until you're on even ground.

My (26F) husband (24M) wants to marry another woman (16F).

[veryfond]

We were an arranged marriage, but I believe him to have been faithful to me, except for one previous incident with this woman (nothing physical). He has also been a good father to our two children (3F and 0.5M).

After our last child was born we were told I could not have anymore children. He always wanted 3. I think that is when the idea to take a second wife came to him. To be clear, his family has practiced polygamy before, but this was hundreds of years ago. He thinks it will be fine, but I am not sure. We all come from very powerful families and the other woman is already betrothed to another.

I am at my wit's end. I do not think I will be able to talk him out of it, and I fear one day I will wake up alone and he will have already left to fetch his new bride. How will I explain where he is to our children? When others ask? His father has never liked me and I am certain he will blame me for this, because my weak constitution did not allow me to be a proper wife.

I am sure no one here has been in a similar situation, but if you have, advice would be appreciated.

Re: My (26F) husband (24M) wants to marry another woman (16F).

[bluejade]

Not quite... my mother's consort, Ember, had something similar with his parents, but it was known his father had health problems before he was taken by Ember's birthqueen, so they would likely only have one clutch. Passing on his bloodline was seen as important, and it's not as unknown for Raksuran queens to have multiple consorts at the same time. It doesn't work the other way around -- a consort could only have two queens if one was dead, or had set him aside. And both consorts and queens have other duties beyond having clutches, so one who was infertile would still have a place.

I suspect if Moon thought I was being an idiot and trying to take another queen's consort, or at least one being courted by another queen, he'd... well, he'd probably ask someone else for advice, I hope, given how unpredictable his own ideas are. But what Ember or Chime would tell him to do is write his mother, and get her to invoke the alliances between our courts, which are based on Moon and my mating. Since your society seems to be reversed relative to males and females from ours, could your father be of aid?

I think someone is stalking me

[virtua]

I work in show business, so I would prefer to say as little about myself as possible. Please don't ask any personal questions.

As for my situation, there have been some strange things happening to me. It was only weird phonecalls and messages at first. But I've started to see someone showing up at sets, and I think they're not supposed to be there. My team and other people I've been working with have recently begun to receive threats as well. Things have even started going missing from my apartment.

My management thinks calling the police would attract too much negative attention, but I'm starting to get freaked out and it's really affecting my work. What should I do?

Re: I think someone is stalking me

[number1boy]

You say you work in show business, so is like hiring a bodyguard an option? Or no?

Old friend(10000+M) and apparently me(28F) had a thing a long time ago??!! But no one told me.

[knightglow]

I really like him - love him even, but I have the same feelings I do for everyone. I spend a lot of time taking care of other peoples needs and the last time I sorta had feelings for someone they died in my arms and I had to tell his father to his face he died saving me.

I feel like my job doesn't really give me time to think about romance - despite that at the end of the day - once I am able to do what I was mean't to do. I want to settle down and have kids, but than I met the old friend(10000+M) ? Who apparently knew me from a past life, I know nothing about. Also I kinda have deeper feelings for another friend(100+M), who I feel despite his romanticism of me. Seems to really wanna get to know me, but I cant also be with him either even if I wanted to. For one - the guy spent his time locked up in a castle basically his whole life, why would I want to bind him into another relationship which is like the same thing? I like seeing him happy and on adventures being free like he always dreamed to. I guess it hurts because I do really love them.

I love them both.

It just is, the old friend I ended up having to kill him because we just couldn't agree on what we viewed for the future and after all was said and done things calmed down. I kinda wanna talk to him more and get to know the other version of me he says he knows I Am to be - is that wrong? Should I just leave it alone? Forget about it? I have too much going on if I am honest. Too much to think about, if I could just go to an island and live a quite life with a kid or two I'd be happy.

edit: oh yeah my crazy ex is back in town and hes coming to kill me again but thats beside the point : (

school hero (16M) won't stop saving my (16F) life and it's getting annoying

[strictmana]

I can handle myself perfectly well on my own without him swanning in taking all the glory but he won't take a hint and leave me alone no matter how much I insult him and now the whole school thinks we're dating and people keep trying to make friends with me. What must I do to get him off my case?

[beeindigen]

Hire someone to kill him.

AITA for "betraying" my father on national television?

[number1boy]

I know that the title makes it sound really, really bad. Super bad. But stay with me here because it was my only option.

I can't get into everything about this, but the basic gist is this - my dad was going to have me take the fall for something huge. Criminally huge. Of course, I want to do it for my dad, he's my dad. I do love him and I think he really does love me in his own way, but I just couldn't do it this time. There's no way I was going to do it.

So, I said that this criminally big problem was his fault and I left it at that. Literally left after that. People are talking, there's a lot of buzz, and I haven't spoken to my dad since this. At risk of sounding like a total pussy, I'm scared to. Fuck, there, I said it. I'm not sure how he's going to react to this (probably not well) and I just don't know if our relationship can be repaired after this. I'm not even sure if what I want is for it to be repaired.

It's not the first time I blindsided him with a "betrayal" (don't ask about this, I'm not going to elaborate). So. Yeah.

So, what do you guys think. AITA for sticking it to my old man?

[dealwiththe]

NTA

Your father doesn't love you - he was using you, manipulating you for his own ends. Time to cut him loose and go your own way. Trust me, you'll be much happier once you've stopped playing his games.

my (29f) crushes (26m, 10000m) always end up dying due to a weapon of light through the chest

[likeyouknow]

one was my fault, the other was because he was protecting me. i liked both of them, but never got into a real relationship with either due to pre-existing responsibilities on both our ends. i was willing to accept the first death as cruel twist of fate and the result of his heroic heart, but the second one made it into a trend.

it's not like i don't have other options, but every time i feel like i can let myself be vulnerable with one (32m) something always happens to keep us apart, and the other (100+m) has this idealized version of me in his head that i find stressful -- what if i can't live up to it?

should i just give up on romance? i don't want anyone else to die for me or because of me and so far my track record is pretty slim. any help would be greatly appreciated!

[divebombs]

have u tried ghosts

My (46m) ex-boyfriend (44m) is being kind of petty and is also taking over the world

[chambermusicandtenpins]

When I was a teenager, I dated a local boy who I knew through my neighbor. It was very secretive, and it ultimately ended very badly.

It's been nearly thirty years since then and I haven't seen him in-person since. However, I have seen him on newspapers everywhere, because he is currently in the middle of trying to take over the entire world and subjugate 90% of the population. As one does, I suppose.

This wouldn't have very much to do with our relationship, except 1) my government is expecting me to attempt to fight him, 2) I can't fight him because of a magical pact we made (I know, I know, teenagers are idiots), 3) he is currently trying to train a teenager who may or may not be my brother? to kill me for him, and 4) he also has a habit of getting really petty and trying to kill one of my colleagues, possibly because he thinks we're in a relationship. (We're not, he's very straight.)

Any and all advice would be appreciated.

[no_martyr]

[...is this about what it sounds like it's about.]

How are you unclear on whether the teenager is your brother?

Also, would breaking the pact amount to an inconvenience, or an actual danger?

I (100000m) consumed my beloved (28f) and am sad

[firstbrood]

On ehsk ver ahim. Sheen tilm an Sheen eehs naa an nskita. Ka an naa khei Sheen hess dai sih mur seeth ang.

Kin leggt gaman nuuh fith. Tah do in fhei y ull semah?

[ "Our love was unconventional at any time. At her behest I consumed her that we may never part. Yet that I shall never again behold her presence in this world has left its mark.

Mine offspring hath suggest that I find a new way to pass the time. What wouldst thou do when faced with an eternity of loneliness?" ]

[desert_moon]

y'all ever heard of triple triad?

I (33m) struggle to fit in with my friendship circle.

[boywife]

They are not interested in many of the same things that I am, so I do not know how to engage with them better. However, I am quite fond of them, and do not wish to 'find new friends'. They accept me as I am, which is pleasant.

Should I try to research what they enjoy? Even if I do not like the subject (for example, underground idols or low-nutrient food)? And even if there are 7 of them, all with very complex and varied interests?

[virtua]

You should let them open up to you about what makes them happy! That's a good way to let people know you care about their friendship, especially if they know you don't have those interests yourself. They'll see that you're interested in what they like and appreciate it.

You'll also learn a little more about all that stuff that way, and who knows? Maybe you'll pick up a new hobby that you wouldn't have tried otherwise!

My (1000+F) crush (19M) doesn't believe in witches! I'm a witch.

[end_less]

I believe those are all the details necessary. Simply put, he doesn't believe I exist.

[estimar]

Do you mean to say he's unable to perceive you at all, or that he denies the nature of what you are?

My (14M) best friend (14F) has a crush on me and is really embarrassed about it

[hippocarnival]

We've been best friends since we were kids, so she's really important to me.

But I think she likes me, and I don't have a problem with that but she does? Other people tease us sometimes and she gets nervous about it. I've been pretending I don't notice anything, but I really almost lost her recently and I don't want anything coming between us again!

Is there a way I can talk about it without making these weird? Or is it better if I ignore it until she gets over it?

[convicter]

so let me get this straight

she's into you, but she's not into being into you?

I (18M) have feelings for my other self (18M?) from another world.

[lorule_shopkeeper]

It's weird, I know, probably borderline narcissistic... but he's all I've never managed to be: brave, strong, dependable...

I may or may not have spent a few months leeching from him, living in his house and all, and he only welcomed me with kindness. How am I even supposed to bring up to him I may have a crush on his persona and not just his wallet? It's easy to play the part of the merchant who merely wants to get his money, but... I kind of care?

My best friend (18f) keeps telling me to get over it, but I can't get him out of my mind. how do people even handle their crushes? It's kind of a first time thing for me.

I (41M) want to ask my old-friend-turned-enemy-turned-??? to meet me in Paris.

[groovyadept]

Admittedly, it is very dramatic asking advice over what should be a simple question. I have very conflicting emotions over my old friend who may or may not have been the cause of my paralyzation... To be fair, there were missiles involved, but aside from that, we have been on and off on opposing sides for a very long time. Most of the time I just want to tell him to get over his stupid helmet because I can't feel his presence and it's unsettling. It doesn't matter that he's probably the only one that can pull it off. He also just found out he has a teen son.

I don't know. I just want him to be happy, regardless if it will never be by my side. I do miss playing chess with him. He's very dear to me, even if he makes very questionable choices. Getting arrested and placed in a prison below the Pentagon was probably not a wise choice. Although, we did break him out with previously mentioned teen son.

Maybe I should just not? I'm realizing we have too much of a complicated history. It's also aside the point that he may have been more right on his viewpoint. I still disagree on some methods, but there's got to be a middle ground somewhere.

[glarefully]

Well it all depends on how you actually feel about this old-friend-turned-enemy-turned-???. Those question marks leave a lot of ambiguity there, even if you two are on opposing sides. Everything else is just background noise, isn't it? What is it you want out of this meeting?


[ listen. crowley is absolutely not a sucker for the whole star-crossed-lovers trope. he ISN'T. ]

My (33M) coworkers (40s-60sM) dont take their job's seriously

[yourdirt]

[ warnings here. in short - paul's an everyday villain from the 1950s who doesn't see himself as such. big unreliable narrator warning, big [sic] for... all of it really. ]

u/florida834279384

Im a prison guard with the Florida SRD. There are eight of us to run this place and we all knew what we signed up for when we took this job,. I like them all okay but somehow some of these folks still act like its a shock when they have to do their damn job. It dont pay jack and theyre surrounded by criminal's so I dont know why theyre still here if they dont care a lick about whats going on.

Normally it dont bother me, most of them are gonna retire or die soon anyhow, but sometimes For example a few weeks ago a prisoner got out and we got a mile on him or so before we get to this lil gas station. So I go call the captain from the payphone because Im always the one who does that kinda thing which aint what I have the issue with. But when I come back theyre all pissing and moaning about how this "aint their job nohow" when that just aint true. it dont help the damn situation none and i think they know that.

how do I make them cut that shit out

[kiryuuu]

Ain't a fan of cops myself, but there's only one fix for a spoiled brat who can't make good on his word.

Wrap up your knuckles and spank their asses for them until they get the message.

My friends and I (15F) found a child (?F) in a dungeon and she keeps eating strange things

[ariaum]

She's a nice girl for never seeing other people before but she has some strange ideas... She keeps eating the walls of the dungeon, for one thing. She also swears our enemies taste good.

I think we can help her but I'm worried. I don't know what to do. She might also have come along with us because I 'look like a tasty fish'. I'm honestly not sure what to think of that. She's a good girl but if anyone knows anything about young children I'd appreciate it.

I just don't want Rapunzel accidentally eating anything that'll hurt her.

Forgive the novel, please: I've got foster kids from other dimensions and I'm also a mom of 3 kits.

[valiska]

First of all, all parents (and you're a little young to be a parent, by the way--have you considered getting some adult help with this, or are you full grown at 15?) have to watch all children all the time, always, because little children do not know what's safe to eat and what isn't.

Children like to put things in their mouths and if it tastes good and doesn't kill them, they'll eat it again. Children who aren't closely watched often get parasites or poison themselves. These two facts are directly related, particularly when there are multiple species living near one another. Humans love chocolate and it tastes good, but if my kits eat it, they will end up in the hospital. Cybertronians love their coolant drinks, and they are intensely sweet, but if my kits drink them, they will die.

So I have to watch my kits all the time, and when I can't, I have to get another member of the family to do it. Their fathers are very good about spending time watching them, and their oldest sister also enjoys doing so, but all of them also have to understand that they can't leave the kits alone.

The second potential problem is that if a child is missing an essential nutrient in their diet, they will try everything around them because they're still hungry even though they've got enough calories. So you probably need to consult a physician and find out what Rapunzel needs to eat. And to make sure that there is nothing wrong with her that's preventing her from absorbing the nutrients in her food. If she's been trapped without proper caregivers chances are good she has a nutritional deficiency, and addressing that may eliminate cravings for inappropriate items.

Also, in addition to getting protein, you have to get children the right kind of protein. Most young organics who are not from a completely herbivorous species need meat, no matter what high-flying ideas about non-sapient animal 'sentience' their guardians have absorbed, because it has complete proteins and easily absorbed heme. There are some people who cannot assimilate plant-based heme even as adults. Like my entire species.

This brings me to the third question: species.

What species is she and what species are you? If she's not your species, she needs to eat foods that you don't need to eat. And some of the foods you eat may be doing her harm, see also: coolant drinks and chocolate.

I'm Talassani. If you haven't heard of us before, but you've heard of Mi'qote or Khajiit, we're a lot alike physically, not so much socially. Anyhow. We're felines. Talassani, at least, cannot digest fibrous plant material, cannot turn many plant proteins into the proteins our bodies need, cannot absorb taurine or B12 from vegetable sources, and do not assimilate plant heme. We have to eat meat, full stop. There is very little else that we can eat. Plants can be used as flavourings, but using seeds as a substitute protein source, the way many omnivores do, will get us through a very short period of time with immense amounts of gastrointestinal ick, but over a long period of time results in blindness, mental illness, and death.

And from a very early age, we have hunting instincts. Even if you feed your kits everything they need to eat, and nurse them as long as they want to be nursed, they will start to hunt bugs and small prey as soon as they're mobile. You don't want to try and destroy those instincts--it's abusive--but you have to make sure that they have opportunities to exercise those instincts that are safe and supervised. Otherwise, in a mixed-species settlement, you'll find out that your neighbours are dealing with a mouse problem using poison, and you'll find that out when you have to take your kits to the Emergency Department.

If she has hunting instincts, you'll need to find safe places for her to hunt safe foods. And be prepared for the occasional 'surprise'. I ate a lizard when I was four. It was delicious. My father was horrified because there wasn't enough left of it for him to identify what kind of lizard it had been and the only thing I could say was 'delicious kind'. I turned out to be fine, and most of the time that will happen, but you have to watch them to make sure that they are fine because if they're going to get sick you need to get them to help pretty fast.

If she is telling you that you smell like a tasty fish, she probably eats fish. If she wants to eat your enemies, she's definitely a meat eater. Children, especially if they haven't been raised by an attentive caregiver, are not born knowing why it's okay to eat meat from non-sapient animals, but not from dead people. Children who grow up in a normal home don't usually think about eating dead people, but she hasn't, and if she's had to scavenge she has probably eaten dead things before.

That means you need to have the talk about the difference between sapience (the kind of intelligence that allows people to build civilisations) and sentience (having basic survival instincts and basic emotions), and that we do not eat sapient beings, ever, even if they're made of tasty meat, because you can't have a healthy society if people are afraid that their neighbours will eat them, and because when you eat something, it's dead, so it's best to get the idea that your food is not your friend and your friends are not your food.

My species only keeps predatory animals as pets. We have a rule that we don't eat other predators, and we don't make pets out of prey animals. Even herder prides who care for herds do not treat them as members of the family; prey animals have their own families.

If you've covered all these bases and your kid's still eating dirt, congratulations. She has pica. It sucks. Eventually she'll get to an age where she can understand why she shouldn't eat dirt, and hopefully then you won't have to watch her so hard. I'm really glad that none of my kits, or fosterlings, have pica. But it's like any other disabling or potentially disabling disorder; there are ways to live with it, and you can find support from other families with that problem.

My nemesis murdered my mother yet everyone thinks he's a hero.

[stretchy_girl]

It happened years ago now, but this little green freak killed my mom. Did he go to prison for murder? No. Society decided to apply its precious rules differently for one of its so called superheroes.

Now I have to watch while his friends spout their fake hypocritical morality, whilst all the while harbouring a murderer and treating him like he's the best thing since sliced bread.

I've already tried to kill him once, but now I'm wondering whether targeting him directly was a mistake. Maybe I should go after his friends, take them away from him one by one, destroying his family as he once destroyed mine. Seems fair?

Re: My nemesis murdered my mother yet everyone thinks he's a hero.

[romanity]

Seems fair to me. This guy obviously isn't going to get the message any other way, so like... thems the breaks. Of course, the question becomes, how're you gonna accomplish something as big as that? Like, one fuck up and your plan is toast. Just absolutely burnt-beyond-a-fuckin-crisp toast.