Recent comments in /f/tifu

DownrightDrewski t1_jdiflk1 wrote

I'm going to put that down as "girl you were kind of seeing" with that, and the rest of the context in the story.

I do agree there's a FU here though, you should have told the new girl you'd had a thing with her cousin in the past, and, taking new girl to old girls house was... an interesting choice.

I can imagine the in family gossip at this point...

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Ajax746 t1_jdidb7c wrote

In their defense, it might have been a situation where you download a picture or a file and you just save it to whatever file directory you last used. I've done this many times (not with anything NSFW) where I'll download something and go "Oh I'll put this file in the right place later" and never do. Then you end up with a bunch of random pics or downloads in your hw assignments folder.

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FerrisTheRed t1_jdibi0c wrote

I was unclear, I apologise. I was merely clarifying the distinction between appropriate and effective. An inappropriate response is sometimes unfortunately necessary, when the appropriate response isn't going to happen.

The appropriate response here would have been for the school to discipline the seat kicker. Detention, writing lines, whatever - actions need to have consequences. As an adult, responding to bullying with violence can see you charged with assault, or at worst, manslaughter if the target falls over and cracks her skull on a tile floor.

However.

The appropriate response was unlikely, and in my experience, that's a problem common to many, if not most, schools. Bullying gets swept under the rug, but the emotional reaction is punished. In OP's defence, I wish I had memories of punching out my bullies, and I suspect this will be a positive memory 10 years from now. That response would not have been appropriate. But damn, it would have been satisfying.

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Sinusayan t1_jdiap2m wrote

While well meaning, I think that's a bit much.

Look, I'm struggling with infertility myself, and it's rough sometimes hearing about everyone else's pregnancies and new babies, but I'm still happy for them. My brother apologized to me privately after they announced their latest pregnancy (now a beautiful newborn), and it was mostly for any hurt the news might have caused, and while I appreciate the sentiment, he didn't do anything to hurt me.

It's good that OP apologized, but writing a letter and giving her a gift would be making a very big deal out of it, which might even make it worse.

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DeadGatoBounce t1_jdi6kqy wrote

As both someone who was bullied in high school in almost this exact scenario, as well as someone who has dealt with anger issues in life, I certainly understand OP’s reaction. As a father I would understand, but I’d also want my child to strive to measure her response. Life is going to be fill with pain and annoyance and having violence be your go-to solution for that is going to a life of misery.

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ShadowDV t1_jdi4mo0 wrote

That’s why I called it the American solution.

I assumed the EU would have some mechanism in place to make it viable, but damn, just checked the one way rental prices from Calais to Spain (didn’t even think about the left/right driving), and the rental fee is 65USD/day, but a one-way fee of $978 and $208 in sales tax. For a Fiat 500 manual….

I see now.

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GlowQueen140 t1_jdi27fq wrote

Not to mention the United States is ONE country as opposed to renting a car and crossing different country borders with different laws and regulations involving rental vehicles. Also, London is right hand drive and Spain is left hand drive, not to mention the countries in between both, so that might be an issue as well. Lastly, which rental company would allow you to rent a car from country A and leave it in country B without having to pay a fortune for retrieval or something?

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