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Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices

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Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices
February 05, 2025
I love that a 44-year-old woman is describing both her health and finances as "okay" and thinks this along with her advanced age as a mother is going to have a good result. She's dreaming!
Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices
February 05, 2025
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I Regret Having Children:

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“I let my husband talk me into having a child, since he saw no future for the relationship if he had to give up having children. Well, he and I now both regret this decision almost daily.

If her only reason for having kids was to avoid being single then what did she expect? Having kids is going to isolate her from her husband no matter what. That relationship is over. And as it turns out those who force ultimatums seem to end up regretful towards kids.
Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices
February 05, 2025
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bell_flower
The "Waiting to Wed" forum is a gold mine of weak-ass women.

I like this forum. If you know of someone who sounds like these women you could send her there so she can read their posts and perhaps wake up a bit. But yes, full of pick-mes!
Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices
February 05, 2025
Well maybe reading Reddit yields something useful every now and then. I was reading YET another tale of woe from a SAHM whose husband gives her a whopping $20 a week for food for her and her baybee. (Because these situations always involve a SAHM and at least one kid and of course he doesn't want her to work.)

I can't find the thread anymore but it's the usual story. Someone posted this AWESOME song by Paris Paloma called "Too much labour."

Is it wrong to be hopeful that this song is out there in the mainstream? So subversive, particularly in our current political environment.

mother, therapist, maid
Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices
February 09, 2025
Three kids later and no ring:

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My bf and I have been together 10 years with 3 children. Our first was young love being dumb but he knew before our 1st that I wanted to be a wife. At that time he seemed serious about it we even passively looked at certain venues and he showed me ring ideas. 2 years pass after our first and I start dropping hints that it should be time to propose. Then I got pregnant again. I was upset about being a 2 time baby mama but embraced that my bf and I were growing our family. He had just got a great job and began paying most of the bills. After we had our 2nd child I asked him about marriage and he just kept saying yes we will. I gave him a hard deadline at our 8th year and that passed. We began arguing more and I thought we finally were getting close to a resolution. Then near our 9th anniversary he got me pregnant again. Now I have 3 sons and no ring. He loves me and takes care of us financially, pays for daycare as I work full time as well, but I feel like I gave up on my ideals yet here I am a 3 time baby mama so subconsciously I must’ve thought it was okay. Like do I keep pressing him or just enjoy what I have?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Waiting_To_Wed/comments/1i5sy4o/3_kids_later_and_no_ring/?share_id=JifyOBObC8VJmIEt5P8hO&utm_content=1&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1

She posted an update:

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In between my update and my last post I’ve learned I’m pregnant with my 4th child by my boyfriend. A title that he’s going to keep. We had a long talk after my post and went up to him with my concerns. After talking about my wish to be married we talked about what he provides for our family. A home, food, and is the backbone of us financially. I was heartbroken that he still not want marriage but more children and had to take some time to think and went to my cousins for a week. It was there I learned I was pregnant after being late. We continued not using protection. I came back home to tell him and he was ecstatic to become a father again. I realized that I want him and our family together more than a ring. We are hoping for another son.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Waiting_To_Wed/comments/1ihw156/update_3_kids_later_and_no_ring/

Ya can't fix stupid.
Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices
February 09, 2025
Ya can't fix stupid.

But I wish she could be fixed like a cat!
Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices
February 11, 2025
Sometimes I need to take a break from Reddit because people are so stupid. About every other day some stupid young woman wanders over to the "Ask Women over XX" forums and wants to know if women don't regret having children.

This bint
seems to think she wants to experience "limitless luuuv" kind of like Jeffrery Dahmer's father?

Um, is she aware that plenty of parents don't like their kids and vice versa? And she keeps prattling on about "unconditional luuuv."

She would be better off with a dog.

I cannot believe some women are so stupid and they swallow this prattle, hook, line and sinker.

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With where I am in life as a 29F, I can see myself being happier single and childless. I've honestly always thrived more when I've been single. But I come from a big family and I really enjoyed it. When my grandma got sick all the children and grandchildren gathered and she was never alone for more than an hour. I work at a hospital and I feel so bad for the elderly patients that have no one and sure you can have kids and they can hate you but the likelihood of someone being around increases if you do have children. Not only that, but I want to know what it feels like to love another human being so selflessly and unconditionally. Like I can see myself in Jeffrey Dahmer's dad's shoes (poor comparison sure) where he stands beside his son sadly in court but I can't imagine doing that for aaaanyone else. No man, family member, friend, etc. I just wonder what it's like to feel and have a love that is actually limitless. 30+ women please also chime in with advice and coping mechanisms for me please..



And look at this rocket scientist. She says she's between 40-45. She's CF and is contemplating letting a Dud with two Hellion kids that he has half the time move into her one bedroom condo. (This dude must be broke.) Further along in the comments she states that she feels like she's a "monster" for not liking the idea of his kids moving in even though she has a dog and one of the kids is "aggressive."

Are you fucking kidding me? Is dick really this hard to come by? Maybe all the males now are into that Red Pill shit and don't want 40 year old women but from the sounds of this guy it wouldn't be a big loss. She's better off with a vibrator in her peaceful home.

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Hi ladies, the people in my life are giving mixed replies so I'm curious what y'all think. All opinions are welcome.

I live in a HCOL area and own a 1 bdr condo. I'm dating a man with split custody of 2 kids, 1 of which has special needs and his parents have to walk on eggshells to keep him from having outbursts. The youngest will need to live at home for atleast 10 more years.

Our relationship as it is today is great. But I can't see a future with him because I cant see us living together. My home isn't big enough for everyone, and I enjoy my peace and have no desire to live with an aggressive child.

Has anyone successfully navigated a situation like this? I always imagined myself building a life with a partner, so continuing to live on my own was not exactly what I envisioned. But...living alone has been heavenly thus far.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskWomenOver40/comments/1impu77/would_you_date_someone_you_cant_live_with/
Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices
February 12, 2025
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bell_flower
Three kids later and no ring:
Ya can't fix stupid.

And he is thrilled every time she is inpig, wonder if it is some kind of inpig fetish?
And if I'm wondering about this after reading a short blurb has the thought crossed this bint's mind?
My guess is no, she is still thinking about when that ring will magically appear. My guess is never.
Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices
February 12, 2025
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bell_flower
Sometimes I need to take a break from Reddit because people are so stupid. About every other day some stupid young woman wanders over to the "Ask Women over XX" forums and wants to know if women don't regret having children.

I suspect most women who ask these inane questions in these forums are just there to validate whatever they're hoping on and they don't really want women over the age of XX to talk about how wonderful their childfree lives are, even though it is the truth.
Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices
February 13, 2025
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freya
I suspect most women who ask these inane questions in these forums are just there to validate whatever they're hoping on and they don't really want women over the age of XX to talk about how wonderful their childfree lives are, even though it is the truth.

Sounds about right. People don't want honesty when they ask shit like this on Reddit. They want someone to tell them what they want to hear.

As far as the woman who wants to move her beau in with her, does she honestly think it's going to go swimmingly having a tard in her condo? Even without the brat being a violent tard, she says herself her home is not big enough to add three more people. Where is she going to store an adult and two kids in a one-bedroom? Duh may not have them all the time, but he has to be able to put them somewhere if he lives with this woman.

I presume there's no way she could feasibly ask the guy to not see his brats. If I had to put money on it, he's only got the kids half the time to avoid paying child support. And if she has a dog, is she prepared for the possibility that one of the brats will manhandle, hurt or kill it? Especially the tard? Is she prepared to have to walk on eggshells in her own home as the tard trashes everything during a meltdown? Is she prepared to become a Moo to these kids because that is pretty much the only reason a single father looks for a woman? Duh will absolutely dump these kids on her and then fuck off to do whatever he wants.

I assume this woman has no standards or Duh is hung like a horse because I can't think of any possible reason why she would even contemplate moving him in with her. I'm guessing since she has "always imagined myself building a life with a partner" and she feels she's "running out of time" to do so in her forties, she's settling for some loser. There is no life to build with this guy. He probably latched onto her because she's got boobs and no kids. The tard may need lifelong care and may not be able to be kicked out at 18, so her sentence will not necessarily end when the brats become legal adults.

But I guarantee you she will stay with him and try to make it work. Then she'll be posting in other subs about what a piece of shit her husband is, how horrible his kids are and how she yearns for her old CF life.
Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices
February 15, 2025
From r/AmITheAsshole. Moo starts pestering Duh about more brats when he already works two jobs to support the two they have, and she was very against him getting snipped because she wanted a third. Oh and of course no condoms because she doesn't like them. They fought about it for a while and she winds up getting knocked up while on the pill, which I presume was an oops and several other people in the comments suspect the same.

Surprise! She's up the duff with twins! After she craps out the two new mistakes, Duh decides that he is only going to take care of the two kids he wanted and has absolutely nothing to do with the twins. The consensus seems to be that he is an asshole for neither using condoms nor abstaining and helping to make two new brats and proceeding to completely neglect them.

Yeah he should have been smart and not stuck it in his wife if he knew she was not only baby-rabid, but also didn't want him getting snipped. He should have just gone and gotten it done because fuck her, it's his body and he can do what he wants with it. Or he could have just had a wank because he has two hands and internet access.

But Moo fucked around and found out. She wanted another kid and she appears to have conceived them through deception, so she should be the one to shoulder the burden of their care. It'll probably get a little tense when the twins get old enough to ask why Daddy doesn't love them, but I guess that's what therapy is for.

Maybe more men should do this to discourage wanna-breeder women. A friend of mine was with someone who desperately wanted kids and he absolutely did not, but he loved her and he told her flat out that he would help her make kids, but would absolutely not help her raise them. Put the ball in Moo's court and see how much she likes the idea of being a single parent. The only shitty part is it punishes the kids as well as the Moos.

https://old.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/167a8kx/aita_for_not_wanting_to_help_my_so_with_our_twins/



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We have 4 kids together in total ages 6, 4, 1, 1. For context I have always been vocal about not wanting more then 2 kids. Our first born is a boy and second born is a girl, so I was happy to have one of each. I am the sole breadwinner as daycare costs would not make it worth it for her to work as well.

After our second child I told her I was done and wanted to have a vasectomy, she was against that and wanted to have a third. We fought about this for months (I didn't want to get it done against her will), her reason for wanting another was that she always wanted a bigger family. My reason against was that I felt that she had a hard time keeping up with daily tasks with only 2 kids, I also spoke to her at length about how another child would be financially unsustainable since I have 2 jobs and am barely making ends meet (not to mention that I too am exhausted all the time).

Anyway, before we could reach a conclusion she fell pregnant (she was on the pill and according to her, barely ever missed a day). We now have a total of four beautiful children that I love, but I can not bring myself to giving her the extra help for the twins. We now are stressed and fight all the time. I sometimes want to help her with the twins but it gets me so discouraged to see everything I warned her against come to pass. I know they are my children too, but it is not fair to get yourself in a situation when everyone is advising you against it.. then ask for help when the shit hits the fan. Now when I come home from work, I help just as much as I used to with our first 2 children, nothing more nothing less. AITA for refusing to help my wife with the twins?
Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices
February 17, 2025
"Am I over-reacting because my boyfriend hit me? He says it wasn't a real hit."

https://www.reddit.com/r/AmIOverreacting/comments/1irqu51/aio_my_boyfriend_hit_me_and_i_want_to_break_up/

And in case you were wondering, of course they have a kid. They always do.

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Hi,

This just happened about half an hour ago. I wanted to be a little silly, and I touched the neck of my boyfriend with icey-cold fingers. (I had been walking our dogs in the cold. ) I stood behind him. He turned halfway to me and hit with his fist against my thigh. Hard. It really hurt and the pain lingered for several minutes.

He apologised in the next moment, but I said right in this instant that I want to break up.

Little background story: about 2 weeks ago he already hit me lightly with his fist against my upper arm. Back then we had an argument in public and he wanted me to shut up. It hurt but not a lot. But the intention got me worried.

We have a 6 months old son together and live together.

I need to know if I'm overreacting.

Thank you in advance!

Psychic prediction: She'll pull her post and pretend like nothing happened and bury her head in the sand.
Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices
February 18, 2025
Why are so many women so fucking stupid? No, it is not overreacting if your partner hits you. This shouldn't even be a question someone has to ask. The only time hitting your partner is acceptable is if they are into it sexually and give their consent.

This woman's baby-daddy has punched her twice in the last two weeks and she needs to ask if she's overreacting? Uhhh, no? You are under-reacting, lady. He hit her to make her shut up in public, and then he hit her again for giving him a playful start with cold hands. If he's willing to hit her in public, then he's willing to do a LOT worse in private.

Doesn't matter if he said sorry. He shouldn't have hit her in the first place. Apologies are for when you accidentally clock your spouse in the nose with the pantry door because you didn't know they were next to it. "I'm sorry" does not ever forgive intentional abuse.

She'll stay because babby and then make posts every single time he hits her, which he WILL do again. Then she will ignore any and all advice telling her he's an abuser and she should try to leave, and I'm sure she will say at some point that in spite of punching her, he's totally an amazing dad. He's testing the waters to see what he can get away with - start small with relatively tame strikes, and if she tolerates those, he can gradually become more violent and she'll be so de-sensitized to it that he will be able to beat her to a bloody pulp and she will still sit there and wonder if he's actually being cruel to her.

Also I notice he struck her in the arm and the leg - places where bruises could easily be concealed, compared to punching her in the face. I have a feeling that is not an accident. He is likely hitting her strategically so the evidence of the abuse is not obvious.

Moo says her last relationship was also bad. Sounds like she is shit at picking men and needs to lay off the cock until she can use better judgment.

Big shock, she says in the comments she has no money, no friends and no family. So she has nowhere to go and no one to lean on.
Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices
February 19, 2025
You know I had to stop reading the Al-anon forum because of all the weak women and their postings about what great fathers their drunk partners are and of course it's not hurting the kids.

Why did this woman have a baby with this guy? It's painful to read this.

Am I overreacting that Husband is emotionally abusing our baby?

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I work nights and hubby watches our 1.5 y/o at home. Tonight, she woke up crying. He got in bed with her and she still would wake up periodically and cry. He left her alone crying hysterically so I called him. Told him to go in and be with her so she doesn’t feel abandoned and neglected by her dad when mom’s not there. Mondays are hard on her after being with me all weekend. We cosleep.

Well he went into the room saying “shut up” repeatedly and pointing his finger at her! Told her nobody will be nice to her. He sat on the side of the bed with his back against it and said nothing else while she cried harder. He would occasionally mock her crying. Her crying went on for about an hour. He finally got in bed with her and started being nice and sweet.

What do I do??? I wanted to throw up. I started crying. I am the only nurse in the nursing home and can’t leave easily. I want to quit and just work as needed.

He used to belittle me and put me down everyday but he’s gotten better. Editor's note...since when? This is better than what? He gave me a small push tonight after I didn’t give him attention. He’s like a sour patch. I love him but this is too much?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AmIOverreacting/comments/1is7c4m/aio_husband_is_emotionally_abusing_our_baby/
Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices
February 19, 2025
Not sure what's worse - letting the kid scream her lungs out all night long, or have her asshole Duh sit in the room with her and be mean to her. It might be better for her to be neglected all night instead of verbally abused. The kid will probably develop a stress response to Duh and will screech if he goes near her. She might be young, but she's not too young to associate dad with feeling bad.

But she won't leave and she will downplay any abuse he commits against her of their kid by saying it "wasn't that bad" or "he didn't mean it" or "at least he doesn't hit me."

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There comes a point where you not stopping abuse happening to your daughter means you’re perpetuating the abuse.

Ding ding! It's one thing if some two-watt breeder woman wants to sit there and let her husband physically, verbally and mentally abuse her and make up excuses for his behavior. But when she stands there and lets the piece of shit abuse her kid, she is an accomplice to that abuse. Based on what the author has said, it seems the guy was fine until the loaf came along, even though it was a wanted kid.

Apparently Duh is 64 years old and there is a 32-year age gap between the two of them, based on the comments. From what she said, he was ready to retire, but Moo kept nagging for a loaf. He probably talks shit to the kid because he resents its existence. Imagine being close to retiring and then you learn you have a burden to deal with for the next two decades. But she didn't reproduce asexually - he fucked her knowing she could get pregnant.

At the very least, she said she got her tubes tied (regrettably), so she won't be breeding more mistakes with this abusive asshat. She also says she refuses to go to a shelter, probably because letting her fuckwad husband treat her and her kid like shit and then bitching about it on Reddit is easier than attempting to get away.
Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices
February 20, 2025
Moo whines about edgy CF people, and then got bombarded with messages from CF users. I wonder if the sub will go private now that they realize CFers read the sub for schadenfreude. Must be they have never been here.

Plenty of bingoes in the comments, like how the "crotch goblins" and "fuck trophies" will be their doctors and nurses in the future. LOL do they mean the spastic tards that need a whole team of handlers to deal with their meltdowns that come in 15-minute increments?
"They were children once too!"
"They all must secretly want kids!"
"Their childhoods must have been bad and they are jealous of kids who have good childhoods!"
"They're all just bitter, pathetic cunts!"
"It's okay for people to be childfree, but (explains why it's not okay)."
"They are selfish, immature and spoiled!"

I really love watching them try to figure CFers out.

Sounds like people are just becoming increasingly fed up with brats and their handlers, and they are becoming more willing to be vocal about it. I hope all their kids grow up to be childfree as a giant fuck you.

https://old.reddit.com/r/breakingmom/comments/1irpv2m/edgelord_child_free_people_just_why/

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So yesterday my husband and I hit costco with our 6yo & 4mo daughters. After shopping we’re sitting in the dining area eating pizza,I overhear a woman at the table behind me talking about kids. She said and I quote - “I don’t have kids because if I did I’d be on the news for abusing them”. What an insane thing to say but whatever I guess. Then she just keeps going about how much she hates kids and how annoying and horrible they are. She was being loud so it was impossible not to hear.

This is at costco on Sunday, where kids are literally everywhere. As she’s making these comments my kids are in her direct line of sight. I was so uncomfortable, was she really sitting there looking at my babies innocently eating pizza and having fun with their family thinking about how much she hates them? I literally almost wanted to turn around and tell her to have some fcking decency but I tried to tune it out.

Why do people hate kids with such ferocity? Childfree is fine, my step mom growing up is childfree and is one of my fav people to this day. Why do some childfree people insist on hating kids their most dominant trait? Children are an important part of society. I don’t get it.

im getting messages from childfree people with long weird rants about kids. Please save it bc I don’t care. Also FYI bromos these people are lurking this sub and delighting in our posts of us struggling
Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices
February 20, 2025
"wonder if it is some kind of inpig fetish"

FREYA, IT ABSOLUTELY IS! I SAW IT FOR MYSELF YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS A KID..

something of a backstory, mom was a nurse on those damnable rotating shifts.. and she made a friend.. a nice lady but.. I wonder about her mental make up.. this lady would baby sit me on the nights mom had to work swing or graveyard.. and even at age 8,9,10 I was observing the effects of an over breeding couple.. mom told me that the male here was 'only happy when she was in pig'..

she had been married to a millionaire before she met this psycho.. (he ended up in a locked ward in texas).. had an illegetimate kid with him.. (also a psycho in his own right, saw what he did to his siblings and this useless woman wouldn't do a thing except 'don't do that...)... also, every single kid had something wrong with it from being semi retarded to cleft palettes.. (not sure of spelling)..

dinner, everyone ate fairly well but I also watched her make sandwichs.. pb&j ere the favorite.. 8 kids.. well. slice of bread. a scant teaspoon of peanut butter scraped over it. a scant teaspoon of jam scraped over it. I may have been only 8 or so at the time but the obvious lesson was there and I knew it even back then. too many kids and you don't eat well.

this guy ultimately went off his nuts.. the bastard stranded them upstate new york just so she couldn't get a decent job then ran off. motherfucker.

two cents ¢¢

CERTIFIED HOSEHEAD!!!

No one is more arrogant towards women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious (insecure..my word) about his virility. Simone de Beauvoir

people (especially women) do not give ONE DAMN about what they inflict on children and I defy anyone to prove me wrong

Dysfunctional relationships almost always have a child. The more dysfunctional, the more children. The selfish wants of adults outweigh the needs of the child.

Some mistakes cannot be fixed, but some mistakes can be 'fixed'.

People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one. Leo J. Burke

Adoption agencies have strict criteria (usually). Breeders, whose combined IQ's would barely hit triple digits, have none.
Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices
February 20, 2025
This gem is from Marriage....here is how it starts: I always knew my husband never prioritized washing his hands.....

Only after there is a loaf does she divulge all the gruesome details about how nasty and unhygienic her husband is. Reddit tells her to show him the post, he tries to downplay it and then asks for a divorce! But only do this after having a child!

She's claiming all the gross stuff only became an issue in the last few months, which is interesting because they have a newish loaf. I guess she doesn't feel his dirty hands are an issue. I wonder if this is some passive aggressive attempt for him to not have to take care of the loaf? He thinks that if he is gross enough that she won't let him touch the loaf? But she was perfectly okay with him touching the loaf after he used the bathroom and didn't wash his hands. Just ughhhh.

Trigger warning, this is one gross man child!
https://www.reddit.com/r/Marriage/comments/1itamg3/repulsed_by_husband_gets_worse_the_more_you_read/
Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices
February 20, 2025
Do I dare read it?

two faces puking wide-eyed surprise two faces puking two faces puking two faces puking
Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices
February 21, 2025
LOL, I will dare read it. smiling smiley

Here is the SparkNotes version:

Duh doesn't shower at all, despite working in a warm climate and doing a manual labor job that makes him sweaty. He shits his brains out due to IBS and leaves the bathroom door open so the whole house can smell like a sewer. He blows his nose into anything within reach, including his wife's clothes. He blew snot into one of her sweaters for MONTHS and then asked her if she washed it.

He also likes to scratch his ass often, which I have to assume means he doesn't wipe himself properly because an itchy asshole is often a sign of improper wiping. He apparently also likes to twirl his ass hairs around his fingers, and then presumably does not wash his hands afterward.

Moo's "last straw" was her not wanting to fuck him because he had an IBS blowout recently and she probably didn't want to sleep with him when he was nasty and unwashed. So he took her to the bathroom and wiped his ass in front of her to prove he was clean, and there were skid marks on the toilet paper. So he played himself.

And he got mad that she called him out on it and discussed it online, so now he wants a divorce because Moo does such egregious things as leaving wrappers in their room here and there and not doing chores efficiently.

I'm amazed nobody in the house has gotten severely sickened. If Duh isn't bathing or washing his hands and twirling the hairs in his crack with his fingers, that means so much filth is likely winding up on communal surfaces like the fridge, the sink, and all the doorknobs. two faces puking



I don't know how people can choose to not shower. Like I get if you're camping and have no access to facilities or you're homeless or live off the grid or whatever. But if you have running water and a shower, why would you not bathe? I feel disgusting if I don't get in the tub every 24 hours. Especially after sweating! I feel extra gross after exercising and I gotta bathe right afterwards.

She says these are all new behaviors for him too, so some commenters are suggesting it could be a mental illness. I don't think she'd be missing out on much by giving him that divorce. Let him go be a pig somewhere else.
Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices
February 23, 2025
Please tell me this one is fake rage bait. Nobody could be this dumb.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AmIOverreacting/comments/1iwf4rg/aio_husband_tried_to_choke_me_but_didnt_do_it_as/


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I've been freaking out about this for a while. I keep bringing it up with my husband but he tells me I'm being over dramatic. He also told me it's my fault for mentioning that I wanted to be choked and weeks ago (i meant during sex)

Backstory: I was in therapy and embraced with therapist. It was the worst mistake I've ever made. I told my husband and he's been really upset for several months (understandably so). He was having one of his yelling cursing tangents (i let him so that he can get his frustrations out) and sometimes i zone out when it gets to be too much and start scrolling on my phone to get my mind off of what's being said. I stupidly smiled at something I read and he LOST IT. He Jumped on top of me and hit me a few times (no bruises just a light raised mark from his hand) and then put hands arms around my neck. I thought i was going to die for a few seconds but he loosened his grip pretty quickly

My husband says I'm ridiculous for being this upset about it. Am I overreacting? He had a good grip on my neck but it didn't really cut off any of my airway or anything. I guess i was just more freaked out than anything and I commonly overreact to things like this. I was contemplating leaving but I don't want to feel like I'm making a spontaneous decision from something that's not that big of a deal. Please answer honestly and with an open mind - maybe it was just playful and I misread it? Preferably Id want to hear from me have been in this situation and was angry but didn't plan on actually hurting your partner
Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices
February 25, 2025
How could choking possibly be "just playful?" She smiled at something she saw - not even anything her husband was doing - and he proceeded to get on top of her, hit her and choke her.

I really want to hope it's someone trolling and that grown-ass women do not need to genuinely be told that their spouse choking them is not acceptable. The husband just keeps telling her she's bring dramatic - this is him trying to downplay the abuse. Not only to make her seem like the crazy one, but to make it seem like it's not a big deal so that he can continue to abuse her and then blame her for getting upset over it.

Doesn't matter if he didn't legitimately strangle her. The fact he felt it was okay to put his hands around her neck is the world's largest red flag and he will 100 percent escalate the abuse. It's like saying it's okay for a man to raise his fist to punch his wife, but it's only abuse if he actually hits her. Both are not okay.

I might understand asking this shit if the victim was a naive teenager who might genuinely not know any better, but why do so many adult women think that abuse is normal? I have to assume that they grew up in abusive homes, so such treatment does not strike them as terrible or even abnormal.
Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices
February 25, 2025
There is a definitive, positive relationship between strangling someone and going on to murder them.

Here's another gem from the "waiting to wed" forum.

Has six oopsies with a man, claims she has endometriosis and therefore "birth control doesn't work for me."

I'd be willing to bet she never uses BC.

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My partner and I have been together for 17 years, since I was 15, he was 17. We talked about marriage and he knew I’ve always wanted to and it’s an expectation. So much happened when we were younger we didn’t think about it much, I give a timeline though, I’ve always said I wouldn’t get married past 35 because I want to feel young, pretty and want to look back a photos when we’re old and remember it all and the way it made us feel. Just my preference, he’s known about since we were young.

His mom passed when I was 19, then We got pregnant (surprise baby) at 20 and lived with my dad so we could save to buy a house. Bought the house at 21 and found out about baby no.2, had baby at 22. This point I started talking about marriage a lot more, ended in frustration on both parts so I let it go. My dad, mom and step mom diagnosed with cancer within 2 weeks of eachother, then dad and stepmom passed away when I was 23, found out about another surprise baby and had him at 24 (contraception doesn’t work for me) after my dad I was so upset about the thought of marriage, he was my best friend and I wanted him to see it and walk with me. Had another baby at 26. At this point I was so annoyed about the whole marriage thing, we weren’t even engaged and he was not interested at all. At 28 he proposed but it was through a discussion on marriage that turned to frustration and it felt forced. After a few weeks he told me he really did want to get married and asked if we could look at a venue, we did but it wasn’t right for us.

I have since had an operation after being diagnosed with stage 4 endo (why contraceptives didn’t work) and he begged me for another baby, I wasn’t sure, eventually decided to, had baby at 30 and another at 31 (surprise).

I brought up getting married at the beginning of year again, and reminded him that I’d never get married past 35 and I’m 33 this year, so if it’s not in the cards tell me now, he said we couldn’t afford it (we could, plus I’ve never wanted a big wedding, even talked about us just doing it quietly with our kids) so I’ve said that’s fine, I no longer want to be engaged because to me it’s pointless, you get engaged to be married, this upset him, because I no longer want to be engaged to him, how the hell does he think I feel knowing he clearly doesn’t want to marry me?! He says he does but we have never had the money to (we have).

At this point I’m so disappointed in him and the way he’s made me feel, and I know after I turn 35 he will start pushing it to happen, but the way he’s made me feel all these years I just have no interest in marrying him anymore, just feel let down, like his word just doesn’t stand for much, it’s been 17 years.

Sorry for the essay haha, don’t have many people to talk this out with, I don’t like people knowing my business but you’re all strangers here! Also, I haven’t gone on and on at him, conversations regarding marriage were say every 8months to a year!

https://www.reddit.com/r/Waiting_To_Wed/comments/1ix1b3v/so_deflated/
Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices
February 26, 2025
There's no such thing as "contraception doesn't work for me." It's a matter of finding a method that DOES work when one fails. If she really cared about not getting pregnant, she'd try harder. But my guess is she was on the pill and got pregnant on it because she probably took it wrong because that's the biggest reason it fails. And then she decided that birth control "doesn't work" and never used it ever again.

Though I'm pretty amazed this woman managed to get knocked up this many times with endo. The pill is often used to reduce the severity of endo symptoms, isn't it? I don't think endo cancels out the contraceptive effects of birth control, assuming this is the type of contraception she claims doesn't work.

Maybe instead of whining and moaning about why won't he marry meeeeeeee, has she asked him why he won't? Maybe there's a woman (or man) on the side, or maybe he grew up watching his own parents be in a dysfunctional marriage and never divorced because they Stayed Together For The KidsTM and didn't want to wind up in the same situation. Maybe he watched his male friends get married and wind up miserable and figured it was because of marriage. Maybe he figures that after being together so long and having so many brats together, a shiny rock and a legal document seemed unnecessary.

Also, why would he keep saying they can't afford it and she keeps saying they can? Especially if she wants a small, private ceremony and not a huge, extravagant bash? Does she know something about their finances that he doesn't, or vice versa? Given they have so many damn kids, I wouldn't be surprised if they couldn't afford a wedding.

Lady, the guy has stuck with you through nearly two decades and six fucking brats. Shut the hell up about marriage already and be happy with what you have. With that many kids, I doubt she found the time to have much in terms of a job, so she is likely dependent on him financially. He knows she's not going anywhere and no one will want her anyway, so he has no reason to marry her. He already has her locked into the relationship with brats.
Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices
March 02, 2025
Am I overreacting because I want to divorce my husband for not wanting to be there for the birth of our third child?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AmIOverreacting/comments/1j1sbuz/aio_for_considering_divorcing_my_husband_who/

I think she should have been asking a whole lot of other questions before it got to this point:

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I’m 33F, he’s 40M. We have two kids together and a third on the way. Just last night we had friends over for dinner and we were talking about childbirth and what it was like with our first two, and he said that he didn’t even want to be there for the birth of this one because it’s too traumatizing for him, and that he wants my mom (who lives in a different country and has Parkinson’s) to come be there with my in the delivery room instead.

He said he doesn’t want to be in the room and deal with my shouting and screaming and saying “ohhh fuuuck!” over and over because it’s too stressful for him. Like… I’m sorry I was in pain while giving unmedicated birth to our beautiful healthy children?

He’s never mentioned to me that he doesn’t want to be there for the birth - this is the first time it’s come up, and it was in front of other people, which was kind of embarrassing.

Tbh if this were the only issue in our marriage, I would chalk it up to him just having a few too many beers and maybe being a bit too blunt about it. But there have been so many other instances that prove to me he doesn’t prioritize me and I’m so sick of it. Am I overreacting? Would I be an absolute idiot to divorce him while I’m pregnant with our third child?
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