r/BlackPeopleTwitter 8h ago

Beat the brakes off him

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r/AITAH 2h ago

AITAH for not forcing my son to keep helping my daughter’s friend after she rejected him?

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I’m a dad of two kids in the Midwest. My son, John (17m) and a daughter Brit (17f) both in high school.

Brit has a close friend, Melissa. For the past several months, John had been helping Melissa with things due to her mom working crazy days/hours (nurse). John helps with rides to work and a college prep class they are taking together. John and Melissa work at the same place on the same schedule three days a week, and we live in a small town with no public transportation. They’re both in a dual enrollment program that lets high school students take college-level courses. Passing these classes is basically required to enter in the program they’re pursuing. John was both her ride to/from and her study partner which John is academically inclined… must get that from him mother lol.

John developed feelings for Melissa and eventually asked her out. She politely declined and said she wanted to focus on her education but wanted to remain friendly. I think that’s completely fair, and she handled it the best anyone could ask from another person.

After being turned down, John decided to stop giving Melissa rides and told me and his sister that he didn’t want her coming over anymore because he needed space to get over his feelings. I initially told him that was unreasonable and that rejection is part of life and that he needed to be mature and handle it better. Sure it’s not easy but he was to smart not to know what the outcome would be if she turned him down.

We talked it through more calmly later and honestly I was impressed with how he reflected on it. He realized he was acting emotionally, apologized to his sister, and explained that continuing to be around Melissa was making it harder for him to move on. He wasn’t rude to her, didn’t lash out, and didn’t blame her he just set boundaries which I thought was healthy and the mature thing to do.

The problem is that Melissa now doesn’t have a ride to work or to the prep class, and she’s at risk of being dropped from the program and possibly losing her job. I think she’s missed a fair amount of work. As for the class John claims that she would probably be dropped if she misses two more classes.

Brit is furious. She says John is being spiteful and punishing Melissa for rejecting him. I told Brit she needed to stop and to leave it alone. I explained that Melissa doesn’t owe John a relationship but John also doesn’t owe Melissa continued friendship, rides, or any kind of labor. I also told her that blaming John for consequences he didn’t cause on purpose was immature and unfair.

Brit refused to drop it and started an argument where she said some things that were out of line toward her brother. At that point, I grounded her and although we’ve had some talks, I don’t think we’ve made much progress.

I have not told John to resume helping Melissa, nor do I intend to. I don’t think forcing him to ignore his feelings to fix someone else’s situation is fair, but I do feel bad. Melissa’s mom struggles enough due to being a single mother and Melissa losing her job and being dropped from the program seems like a a lot for two people already struggling.

So, AITA for not making my son continue helping my daughter’s friend?


r/politics 7h ago

No Paywall Democratic Lawmaker Says 'I Failed' After Voting To Fund ICE

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r/mildlyinteresting 4h ago

I found a 64 inch icicle hanging from my roof

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r/TikTokCringe 9h ago

Discussion It was in this moment he vowed to destroy America.

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r/comics 10h ago

Comics Community When a Country Turns the Gun on Itself

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r/todayilearned 5h ago

TIL during a 2015 study two students nearly died after they were accidentally given 30g of caffeine instead of 0.3g because the dosage had been calculated with a misplaced decimal point. Death has previously been reported after the consumption of just 18g. The university apologized & was fined £400K

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r/stupidpeoplefacebook 10h ago

Me thinks theres a pattern 😮‍💨

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r/technology 12h ago

Society House Democrats introduced legislation that if passed would force federal immigration enforcement agents to wear a public-facing identification in the form of a clearly visible and scannable QR code during enforcement actions.

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r/pics 18h ago

If anyone thinks that ICE acting with impunity is an entirely new phenomennon, remember Kent.

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r/NonPoliticalTwitter 5h ago

Funny RIP fridge, gone but not forgotten

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r/TopCharacterTropes 3h ago

Hated Tropes [Loathed Trope] The Movie has an ending. The Sequel shits all over it.

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  1. Resident Evil: Apocalypse The Movie ends with Alice (The Wife of the Writer) escaping from the evil lab via the help of her new friends and a daugther figure. In the sequel (Resident Evil: Extinction), Alice is no longer with the group and the daughter figure is never mentioned again.
  2. Resident Evil: Extinction The Movie ends with Alice (The Wife of the Writer) killing the main bad guy (Who will return a couple more times in the sequels) and free-ing all her clones (TheHarem of the Writer). In The Sequel (Resident Evil: Afterlife) all her clones die in the first 10 minutes, never mentioned again, the OG Alice couldn't care less cuz she lost all her super-powers.
  3. Resident Evil: Afterlife The Movie ends with Alice (The Wife of the Director) setting all the prisoners free on a ship, however there is an incoming helicopter attack from Umbrella. The sequel (Resident evil Retribution) is about how they fight them off right? Wrong. Umbrella wins. What happened to all the prisoners and the guy from Prison Break? Who knows, never mentioned again, the main bad guy seemingly dies as well (He will return a couple more times in the sequels)
  4. Resident Evil: Retribution The Movie ends with Alice (The Wife of the Director) escaping from the evil lab via the help by her new friends and a daugther figure. In the sequel (Resident Evil: Final Chapter), Alice is no longer with the group and NEITHER OF THEM or the daughter figure are ever mentioned again. Oh and Alice meets an another clone of hers (The other Wife of the Director) who dies in this movie.
  5. Resident Evil: Final Chapter I forgot to mention that the previous movie's actual final scene ended up hyping up a battle between the last of humanity and countless amount of zombies and other flying creatures (idk, movie never explained them) AT THE WHITE HOUSE . In this movie. Alice (The Wife of the Director), is riding alone, seemingly after the epic battle. Oh and in this movie the main bad guy from Resident Evil: Extinction returns twice. He explains that the guy Alice (Lilo from 5th Element) killed was actually a clone. In the end its revealed that this guy was A CLONE AS WELL and the original is chilling with the Original Old Alice (GILF's of the Director) in a bunker. Oh yes. The main character of the series, Alice was ACTUALLY A CLONE this whole time. And Remember the Hologram Red Queen from the first movie? TURNS OUT THAT WAS ALSO AN ALICE (The Alexa's of the Director).

r/NFLv2 6h ago

Discussion Thoughts?

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r/GuysBeingDudes 9h ago

How dudes be cooking

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r/meirl 3h ago

Meirl

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r/leagueoflegends 6h ago

Esports Shifters vs. Los Ratones / LEC 2026 Versus - Week 2 / Post-Match Discussion Spoiler

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LEC 2026 VERSUS

Official Page | Leaguepedia | Liquipedia | Twitch | Youtube | Patch 26.02 | Bo1 Fearless Draft


Shifters 0-1 Los Ratones

Los Ratones have taken down Shifters!

- Player of the Game: Baus

SHFT | Leaguepedia | Liquipedia | Website | Twitter | Youtube | Facebook | Instagram
LR | Leaguepedia | Liquipedia | Website | Twitter | YouTube | Instargram | TikTok


GAME 1: SHFT vs. LR

Winner: Los Ratones in 37m
Runes | Game Breakdown

Bans 1 Bans 2 💰 ⚔️ 🧱 Dragons VG, RH, BN
SHFT Sion Dr. Mundo Orianna Karma Bard 71.5k 14 9 ⛰️ 🔥 🔥 3, 1, 1
LR Rumble Varus Cassiopeia Ambessa Gnar 78.6k 20 9 🧪 🔥 0, 0, 1
SHFT KDA vs KDA LR
Player Pick 14-20-35 ⚔️ 20-14-53 Pick Player
Rooster 4 Nidalee 4-3-5 TOP 5-4-8 3 Gragas Baus
Boukada 1 Vi 3-5-7 JNG 5-4-10 2 Pantheon Velja
nuc 1 Taliyah 5-3-8 MID 4-3-6 1 Ryze Nemesis
Paduck 3 Lucian 1-5-5 BOT 6-2-9 2 Caitlyn Crownie
Trymbi 2 Neeko 1-4-10 SUP 0-1-20 3 Nami Rekkles

This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.


r/worldnews 5h ago

Sepp Blatter suggests fans should not travel to US for World Cup

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r/comics 4h ago

IT Dance - Gator Days

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r/hygiene 2h ago

Changing underwear - is this normal?

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I, 19F, am in a long-term relationship with 20M. Recently I've been noticing that when it's time to go down on him, he has a noticeably bad stench. I mentioned it to him and also saw that the outside of his underwear seemed to have skid marks on them...???? He confessed that in order to save on laundry/water, he wears one side of his underwear for a few days before flipping them inside out and then continues to wear it for a couple more days. was shocked and honestly disgusted- I even considered breaking up with him. I've never really noticed that he had poor hygiene so this came as an utter shock to me. I tried to tell him he needs to fix this and change his underwear daily, but he wouldn't listen.

His excuse is because he's "a broke college student." Ew.

I just have to ask, is this normal? Should I be absolutely disgusted and turned off by this? Should I break up with him? really need help on what to do


r/SipsTea 4h ago

Wait a damn minute! Misunderstanding

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r/hazbin 6h ago

20 hours flight what seat you taking

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I’m going 8 it looks the best


r/Jujutsufolk 12h ago

Manga Discussion Yes she did kill the children

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She most definitely killed everyone. Mai said “destroy everything” not “destroy the military and mom, oh and also spare the kids


r/nursing 5h ago

Image Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning.

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r/WorkReform 4h ago

😡 Venting Let us out!!!

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r/hmmm 12h ago

hmmm

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