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[SarahLovesBoobahandErEr]

The girl who got prank gifts should’ve told her family that her leaving was just a huge prank!! Taste of their own medicine kinda thing.

[em-kie]

1:31:20 I’ve actually had this situation happen to me. My little brothers name is Xavier. My grandma on my stepmoms side called him Johnny for years because she thought he was named after the X-man character. Xavier hated it as he got older and would either ignore or correct her when he was old enough to realise ‘hey, my name isn’t Johnny’. The way we finally got her to stop was by teaching Xavier that every time she called him Johnny he was too reply ‘heeeres Johnny’ which she hated more so she no longer calls him Johnny.

[arose]

4:26 I'd ask for the gifts i gave back at that point. Tell them, no, THEY ruined christmas by only playing jokes on you, that it's not funny to tease you with joke gifts and give the real ones to LITERALLY anyone else.

Sounds like they are trying to punish op. And op isn't having it.

[silver]

The girl who got all the prank gifts was a wild story. I would be too worried about actually pissing off someone. So I would literally only give a joke gift if I also had a real gift for them.

[lionfish]

“Look away if you don’t like snakes.” That is the nicest thing I’ve heard all day. That respect for people’s fears is wonderful. Thanks for being a wholesome king, Vincey.

[amitmariam]

See, this is why we as a society need to stop viewing rest as "nothing". Rest may be a passive action, but so is breathing, and both are a necessary part of human functioning. And as important as it is for parents to have a support system of people who are willing and able to help with childcare, the only people who are actually obligated to do so are the ones who elected to have that child. Here's a good rule of thumb: if they have no deciding power in how the children are being raised, they don't have to take care of your kid. Also if your argument is "it takes a village", you should have an actual village worth of people you maintain close enough relationships with to expect their help and for them to expect yours. If your whole world falls apart because one person needs to rest instead of watching your kids, maybe you're not doing adequate relationship maintenance with the people in your life for you to have options-- either because you forget about your friends until you need something from them, or because you're used to taking without giving back.

[TheDarwinProject]

The boy, Dion, who tried to steal OP's puppy has shown himself to be far too immature for a puppy & the lack of, discipline by the mother showed she isn't going to put the puppy's well-being over the child's when he harms it. Very bad home for an animal!

[QueentDB]

The OP story about splitting the check for a meal. Stop joining them & they'll be upset. Pick restaurants they won't like, under the guise you're doing a food challenge and have to stick to a particular diet. Whatever is most inconvenient for the moochers. Lie to the them under the guise you're doing a food challenge. If there really into meat, pick a vegetarian/vegan restaurant. They'll soon stop inviting you. Order latest and order the same if not more than them.

[madmim]

"I love you but your food addiction is putting our kids at risk. For their sake and mine, I have to take a step back. I hope you take therapy seriously and I am happy to assist you with that. I want you to be well. I want you to have a healthy relationship with food, with me, and our kids."

What you, as an individual, are willing to put up with and work around is 100% yours to decide....when those behaviors effect your dependents you have to decide if you're willing to sacrifice their futures and well being.
I feel so badly for the OP in that story.

[Enray]

Story 1: In my opinion, generally no joke/prank should trick someone by raising their mood only to take they joy away without anything to replace it. The book-cover one is a perfect example of a fun prank IF THEY GOT THE REAL BOOK AFTER!!!!. That or swap it, put a dictionary cover over a book they actually want. It sounds like most of the joke presents given to other family members were done like that, only OP got the terrible treatment.

Part of me could believe it was a perfect storm of bad/dumb decisions on the family's part and they didn't realize they had all done the same thing, but even then their stubbornness for still feeling like it was OP's fault a week later is insane. The only ways this makes sense is if the whole family is oblivious and stubborn to an extreme level, or this was a planned petty revenge scheme that appeared to be totally uncalled for.

[mikeschneider]

When she said 'order whatever you want' and he ordered food she was allergic to, that was her first sign that she was dating a genie.

[hodgeelmwood]

Re: Mindy and the gifts, it's funny how some people are all "well, she's a kid and ANY kid might be tempted." But there were a bunch of other kids at the house and NONE of them except Mindy did this. And it's never happened before or OP would've said so. It's definitely about Mindy and the way she was brought up (probably never had anyone tell her "no" before).

[TheMimiSard]

On the snake pic - It was just living its life, you did not disturb it and just took a photo, and everything is happy. What people need to keep in mind with Australia's reputation of dangerous creatures is that if you see one, step back, leave it alone, let it go on its way, and you won't have anything bad happen. The only exception I would maybe give is insect spray at redbacks you may encounter around one's house. Even that has an exception, in that if it is someone in Sydney who encounters a funnelweb, don't kill it, try and capture it safely, because the venom milking business can always do with a new donor, and I bet the spider has a better life where they get plenty of food in trade for the annoyance of milking.

[ConstantChaos]

There is a difference between passively doing nothing and actively doing nothing and people need to learn that. I wish we had a different way to say it but if it ever comes up i just claify "no im actively doing nothing (and intend to continue doing so)" (for the more stuborn) and that tends to clear it up at least to people i engage with willingly or family.

[SirWinstonSqueakerson]

Beige baby is incredibly sad and infuriating, especially if all the “toys” have to match. She is literally stunting brain development. Exposure to new and changing stimuli is what triggers neuron growth and pathways.

[MphoenixE]

Recharging is important and yeah you can be selfish with your time and energy. So many people put negative connection with selfish

[lunadark]

The beige baby one is actually perfectly fine, if shes throwing out everything with colour she is doing serious damage to the babies mental growth, she has every right to be mocked and laughed at for being an idiot and given how defensive she got tells me she knows its wrong but cares more about her instagram or tik tok feed then her baby

[amberluppens]

That last story sounds like Jane is one of those people who either watches these videos and/or is constantly reading r/JustNoMIL stories and wants SO BADLY to be in a situation like that so she can post about it and get all that attention

[AbbyKababby]

the name change thing (about 1:00:00 ish) is crazy. I’ve never heard of the PARENTS themselves wanting to change their kids weird names. If they decide in the future that they want to change it, oh well, but their parents shouldn’t try to force them

[emeraldqueen]

MIL from the story @ 54 minutes in : calling her “unstable” is putting it VERY VERY VERY MILDLY!!
1:14:00 I’m disabled, if I can’t / don’t want to do something because of my disability, I say so point blank because that’s the only way people who don’t live with my disability to understand me better… that’s what Sadie SHOULD have done!