A woman’s sister proposed AND announced her pregnancy at her wedding. Her sister’s boyfriend, J.C., grabbed the mic during the reception and proposed to her in front of everyone. Before the bride could even process what happened, her sister took the mic and announced that she was pregnant. Suddenly, all the attention shifted away from the newlyweds.
The bride was understandably hurt. When she confronted her sister, she was called jealous and accused of not being happy for her. Even their mother took the sister’s side, and their relationship was never the same. Months later, when it was finally the sister’s wedding, the bride showed up wearing a simple gray dress. The sister completely lost it, claiming the dress was too close to white and that she was trying to ruin her wedding. The bride eventually left before the dancing even started. After everything that happened at her own wedding, she felt wearing gray was the least she could have done.
I was at Costco yesterday standing in the checkout line when the woman behind me noticed I was looking at her cart.
She looked at me and asked:
Her: You judging my groceries?
Me: Before I answer, can I ask you something?
Her: Sure.
Me: How much did all that cost?
Her: Almost $300.
Me: I knew it.
She looked confused.
Her: Knew what?
Me: That you were going to say a number that made me question my life choices.
She started laughing and said:
Her: What did you think I spent?
Me: $80.
She looked at my cart.
Her: And what did you buy?
Me: Toilet paper and rotisserie chicken.
She nodded and said:
Her: Honestly, you probably made the better investment.
Then the cashier scanned her last item.
$287.46.
She looked at me and said:
Her: Happy now?
Me: No. Now I feel poor.
She started laughing so hard the cashier had to stop scanning.
Then she looked at my cart and said:
Her: You know they sell more than chicken and toilet paper here, right?
Me: I know. I just came prepared for survival.
She paid, grabbed her receipt and said:
Her: See you next week.
Me: If I see you with another $300 cart, I am calling your financial advisor.
She walked away laughing.
I still don’t know who won that conversation😭
My son is taking Econ and I asked him how it’s going.
17: Got our first group assignment
Me: Ok, great. What is it?
17: Design an economy for a city after a zombie apocalypse.
Me: Cool! What’s your job?
17: I get to design the city
Me: Excellent! (Pause) Did your teacher discuss what the Zombies abilities are?
17: What? No. Why?
Me: You know. Are they intelligent or mindless? What turned them into zombies ? Is it contagious still? Are they fast? Fast is a big problem. Can they climb?
17: That doesn’t really matter.
Me: It certainly does. Your economy is going to be based on protecting your city and maintaining food and drink for your residents. If the water isn’t safe to drink? Everyone dies.
17: Mom, that’s a lot.
Me: I’m Gen X. I know all the Zombie lore.
17: Oh, right. Well, thanks, I think I good for now.
I spent FOREVER knitting my brother's girlfriend a blanket for her birthday. Seriously, over €100 on expensive wool and countless hours thinking she’d love it. She even said she did!
Flash forward: I'm in a charity shop, browsing, and boom. There it is. MY BLANKET.
She admitted she donated it. Said it was "a bit itchy" and she "wasn't really using it." Excuse me?! It was merino wool! I pictured her keeping it, maybe even for future kids. Instead, it's secondhand.
I paid you a lot of money and my husband still says I look the same.
Surgeon: Your recovery is still ongoing. Swelling can take weeks or months to settle.
Husband: So you are telling her this is the final result?
Surgeon: No. I am telling you both that it is too early to judge the result.
Patient: Honestly, I think you messed up. I wanted a completely different body.
Surgeon: We discussed realistic results before the procedure.
Patient: No, we discussed what I wanted. You just did not deliver.
I paid you a lot of money and my husband still says I look the same.
Surgeon: Your recovery is still ongoing. Swelling can take weeks or months to settle.
Husband: So you are telling her this is the final result?
Surgeon: No. I am telling you both that it is too early to judge the result.
Patient: Honestly, I think you messed up. I wanted a completely different body.
Surgeon: We discussed realistic results before the procedure.
Patient: No, we discussed what I wanted. You just did not deliver.
Flight Attendant: “Sir, I’m sorry, but you’ll need to move your bag from that overhead compartment.”
Passenger: “Why? There’s plenty of space.”
Flight Attendant: “That compartment is reserved for passengers in the emergency exit rows.”
Passenger: “Since when?”
Flight Attendant: “Since boarding started. It’s part of our cabin arrangement.”
Passenger: “Nobody told me that when I boarded.”
Flight Attendant: “I understand, but I’m asking you to move it.”
Passenger: “Where am I supposed to put it?”
Flight Attendant: “There’s space three rows behind you.”
Passenger: “So you want me to put my bag behind me and then walk backward every time I need something?”
Flight Attendant: “Sir, it’s just a bag.”
Passenger: “Exactly. So why are we having a five-minute meeting about it?
Flight Attendant: “Because we need to keep the compartments organized.”
Passenger: “Then why is that passenger’s suitcase taking up an entire compartment?”
Flight Attendant: “I’ll address that.”
Passenger: “You asked me to move mine immediately.”
Flight Attendant: “Because yours is in a restricted compartment.”
Passenger: “And hers isn’t?”
Flight Attendant: “Her bag is within the allowed section.”
Passenger: “It’s literally the same size as mine.”
Flight Attendant: “Sir, please cooperate.”
Passenger: “I am cooperating. I’m just trying to understand the rule.”
Flight Attendant: “The rule is that certain overhead bins are designated for specific passengers.”
Passenger: “Okay. Then show me where that rule is written.”
Flight Attendant: “It’s in our boarding procedures.”
Passenger: “Then maybe put a sign on the compartment next time.”
Flight Attendant: “That’s actually a fair suggestion.”
Passenger: “Good. Because I’m tired of learning airline rules through surprise quizzes.”
My coworker put in her two weeks’ notice two days ago. Yesterday, right before lunch, they called her into the office and told her to pack up her stuff IMMEDIATELY. That was it. Her last day. No two weeks. No consideration. Nothing. The craziest part? She had been with this company for 12 YEARS.
Welp it happened. My husband choked while at work, passed out, fell out of his chair, banged his head, and needed the Heimlich. After getting his face cleaned up, and his coworker giving him a paper towel with hand sanitizer for his scraped face, he called me because he needed to be checked out. Yes hand sanitizer on a paper towel “because it’s a disinfectant”.
So I pick him up and he says urchin care. I have some medical knowledge and tell him hopital, but he insists. He walks in, says what happens, they say hopital, need amber lamps? He says no. We come to the ER. Things are a hopping in the waiting room. The lady at registration insisted he get a wheelchair because he passed out. He was not happy. But here we sit waiting on a room. It’s been 3 hours. So far we have seen:
I knew my best friend was lying at my wedding. I just didn't know who she was trying to protect. She stood to give a toast. Halfway through it, she looked at me and said, "Some people take a long time to find the right person." Everyone smiled. Then she added, "And sometimes the right person is the one who stays." It was a strange thing to say. I noticed my husband staring at the floor. She ended the speech quickly and sat down. The room moved on. I couldn't.
On our honeymoon, I asked him about it. He shrugged. "She was probably nervous." It sounded rehearsed. A week later, I met my friend for coffee. Before I could ask anything, she said, "I almost didn't come to your wedding." My heart sank. "Why?" She wrapped both hands around her cup. "Because I found out something two days before the ceremony." I felt sick. "What was it?" She looked me straight in the eyes. "Your husband met up with his ex." Everything inside me froze. "Did he cheat?"
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I went to my big brothers wedding and I learned he doesn’t see me as a real sister. I’ve always idolized the guy. I was 11 months old when my dad married my mom. I grew up in this family, I thought I was their sister. He graciously put me in a few photos cus dad was watching, but then said “and now just the siblings!” And waved me out lol. My dad looked at me after and said I should move states like I’ve been thinking.
Ouch. Owie. Okay cool cool cool. I’m leaving.
That’s probably why they all stopped texting me back when I was older and started reaching out to chat. I just thought maybe I could be part of the fun sibling outings. I’m too much younger than them and lived with my mom for a few years after the divorce so… I get it. I get what happened there. I just wish I was their sister like I’d been raised hearing. That was stvpid of me.
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What's the stup!dest/w!ldest/most out of pocket thing you've been fired for?
I'll go first.
I was 16, working at Chuck E. Cheese. One Friday night, I got tapped to be Chuck. A horrible, sweaty, stinky rat costume with a huge oversized head that I couldn't see out of.
I'm strolling through the dining room and a kid tried to roughly pull my head off. I kicked him. Fin.
Yesterday, something happened inside my own house that honestly made me lose my patience.
I was having a simple backyard barbecue with a few friends. Nothing fancy, just good food and good company.
One of my friends brought his girlfriend… and she brought one of her friends.
I had never met this woman before.
And honestly, it took less than five minutes for me to regret letting her in.
She started criticizing everything.
Not joking around.
Actually looking down on it.
“Wow… that wall color is kind of weird.”
“That couch doesn’t match anything.”
“That TV stand is pretty tacky, isn’t it?”
Everyone got quiet.
You could feel how uncomfortable the room had become.
But she acted like it was completely normal to say whatever came into her head.
Then she somehow made it even worse.
She walked over, opened my refrigerator without asking, and loudly said,
“Wait… you don’t work out? Look at all these fast-food sauce packets. That’s such a lack of discipline.”
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A few years ago I took a one day seminar for jobseekers. At some point during the day, I popped out to the toilet and discovered I have gotten my period. So I ran back to the seminar room to grab a tampon from my bag and go back to the toilet when the (female) speaker stops me.
“Is there a reason you keep going in and out?” She asks me in front of everyone. I looked around me, then at her. Took a deep breath and said
“I went to the toilet, discovered I had gotten my period, then came back to get a tampon and now I’m going to go and put it in. Is that ok with you??”
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I found out my coworker has been taking credit for my work for two years. My boss just called it ‘a team effort.
I work in marketing, mid-size company, nothing glamorous. About two years ago I started training a new hire, we’ll call her Amanda, because she was struggling and our manager asked me to help her get up to speed. I didn’t think twice about it.
I spent months walking her through campaigns, sharing templates I’d built from scratch, explaining strategy I’d learned the hard way over years.
Somewhere along the way, Amanda started presenting a lot of that work as her own ideas in meetings. Small things at first, a phrase here, a strategy there. I let it slide because I figured it was just how she was processing what she learned, and honestly, I didn’t want to seem petty over wording.
Last month, our company did its annual review cycle.
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I was a plus-one to a wedding. My date was standing in a circle chatting with his guy friends, so I walked over to introduce myself. Before I could even say hi, the shortest guy in the group looked me up and down and hit me with a smug: “Sorry sweetie, it’s guys only.” I didn't break eye contact. I just paused, slowly looked around the group, over his head, and pretended to search the air: “Wait... does anyone know where that little voice came from?
Who said that??”