You mean the dad who had me rewire the telephone lines in our house when I was 14 because he couldn’t figure out four wires? That one?

Let it die.

No. Please teach your child to groom himself safely. Particularly if he WANTS TO LEARN - that is a miracle in itself.

Absolutely fucking not.

It’s not an internet. It’s a top-down content filter with a paywall.

It’s not worth the price of admission and I’m paying for it twice already and then being asked to pay a third time to access most of it with advertising on top of it.

I’m unbypassable-android-app-restrictions away from cutting off from the whole goddamn thing.

Because they were young then.

He’ll die having gotten away with it. Death is a mercy for him at this point.

Almost everything, but not quite.

Every Republican.

Sure is.

Doesn’t change the issue.

I guess the “private stuff” they’d be doing with her parents home isn’t sex then.

You should really move out or stay at his place when you want to fuck. He doesn’t need to regress into your childhood.

That’s the sin.

If you struggle with pronouns, apologize casually when the pronouns come up.

As a fellow old, the kids don’t seem to necessarily get it that my brain is wired pretty hard not to change pronouns, but they do seem to appreciate the effort and the discussion that it’s a challenge rather than just fucking it up with no explanation.

Otherwise, be mindful that they take a lot of shit for parts of themselves that are background attributes for the rest of us. They can get pretty tired of it. A friendly person who regards them as just people may be the best thing they can get from anyone.

We don’t understand villages, you don’t understand football. We’re just different.

Nope.

They’ll take what they choose to take. It’s 2025. Social mobility doesn’t exist, our votes are meaningless, and economic policies change with the seasons.

I have no agency, so it’s not worth the stress.

Star Wars did for a while.

30-50% if its an actual physical item is pretty normal. If it’s something like a discount card or coupon book, profit approaches 90%.

In this order:

1. Tell other adults you trust about the situation. Your wife. Her parents if possible. More than one other person.

2. Explain to her in very clear terms that you can’t have that kind of relationship. It’s not about what anybody feels, it’s about what is possible.

3. At the FIRST sign of any type of revenge seeking behavior, that’s when you consider the authorities and rely on backup from the adults you spoke to.

She very well might listen to you, process the rejection for what it is, and move on. Or she might flip out and cause you a mess. If she handles it well, she’s learned something and you’ve treated a growing human with respect. If she doesn’t, your ass is covered.

Yeah, talk to your union about this.

Fucking DO IT ALREADY THEN