Where would a 5 year old boy get the idea of girlfriends and wives anyways?? Let alone the idea that he could steal away a girl and make her his bride??? That household needs to be investigated pronto.
Having an innocent crush or “girlfriend” is one thing at five but he sounded serious and that was so creepy. I hope he got a talking to by someone that wasn’t his mom.
YUP! If I was OP, not only would I have had her Arrested for Assaulting an Officer, Assaulting a Minor and Unlawful Confinement of a Minor (when Jr. held Daughter off the ground), I'd have also have called CPS to report Karen's Stupidity and her Brat's EXTREMELY Creepy behaviour...
A lot of people think it's cute to put that idea in little boys' heads. It has a little hint of homophobia, IMO. The whole 'make sure the boy likes girls'.
the dad in story 4 is the MVP. He only asked her to CONSIDER the arrangement, never asked her to accept it, and that only came when the grandmonster was doing dumb sh*t.
Yeah, no. Asking her to consider would be taken by the aunt and grandmonster as encouragement, they see it as breaking through OP's stubbornness. I'm Indian, and I've had relatives ruin with my career, hobbies, friends, you name it, because my parents decided to "respect" those numbskulls and pass their messages on. Heck, I even had a classmate who I barely interacted with come up to me and tell me to call off my family or she'd report me for s*xual harassment. That's the level of entitlement we're talking about.
Jacob story: Generally not a good idea to show up at a woman's place of work to demand she breakup with her bf and start dating him. Mary story: Talk about a bad case of main character syndrome. And she tried to entice a guy who's not interested in women? All I can say is that was a great smackdown OP. Mom's a cop story: Another good reason to keep your hands to yourself when you don't know who the other person is. Arranged marriage story: You did well OP. It's long past time for more young women to stand up for themselves and stop "agreeing" to be treated as property to be sold off. Customs like this literally take generations to come to an end. Beer story: I wonder how drunk Ken was at the start of this, because if he's that stupid and entitled sober, he sounds like a prime candidate for a Darwin Award drunk.
@@gorilladisco9108 He developed his strategy from flirting with NPCs in too many dating optional video games. Couldn't seem to grasp the idea that his romance interest had a code sequence with more depth than a couple of paragraphs. Seems he needs to work more on this INT and WIS score than his CHA.
For story #4, let's not call these ghastly things "arranged marriages", because in these modern times, those are actually done with the consent of the imminent bride and groom (my family is friends with an Indian family, and they are doing this for their daughter, arranging meetings...for dating first, and she is free to meet or reject). These are forced marriages, and, unfortunately, it has led to tragic consequences, mostly children being forced to marry grown men, or the bride getting murdered by the groom later on.
Wat consent you are talking abt ? Meeting someone just for a few times and getting married is Insan... Beside only you probably a guy 🤡 coz they only hav some choice.. but women ? Most of them are forced into.. or its not their first choice....
My dad was almost that bad and he was a white pre boomer American. I got to be 20 and he wouldn't shut up about me getting married. I didn't want to and told him that. I think it was part of the reason he gave my stepmom my portion of the inheritance 13 years later before he died.
One has to remember that all marriages were arranged up to lil over 200 years ago. Since they were seen as business arrangements. And too important to leave to the younger generation. Plus, the class status was very important then. Bakers' offspring married other bakers' offspring. Farmer's offspring married farmers' offspring. Nobles only married nobles. It was considered to be very poor taste for a noble to marry even four ranks below. As in a Grand Duke's offspring would be ostracized if they married a Baron's offspring. King Charles wedding would not have been allowed. Since Camilla was his mistress. And that she came from an upper middle class family. Same goes for Prince William and Princess Catherine. She was upper middle class too. . We still see traces of arranged marriages by the bride's mother making sure she has a say in not only the dress. But also the venue. As well as everything else that goes on with the wedding. Even if she and maybe the bride's father are not paying for the wedding.
@@moonfire41 Pre-boomer puts it as Silent Gen. My dad was a SG. When I turned twenty. He started every so often would say that I was no longer a 'spring chicken' aka I was basically in his mind 'on the shelf' as in no longer marriage material.
"For many years, I didn't like him, but I grew to love him." Stockholm syndrome, anyone? My mom tried to force me into an arranged marriage. She used that same line. She told me (often), "Parents know their children better than anyone, and Parents know what's best for their children. So they can pick the best match without a pesky thing like love getting in the way, then you will learn to love him. " I moved 5 states away to get out of it. My mom still hasn't forgiven me.
The difference is in parents who actually Know their child, their personality, preferences, dreams etc vs parent who say they know what's best for their child, meaning the parents have their own agenda they are looking to satisfy. I think a good arranged marriage has its benefits when parents truly know and respect their child as a unique individual, they Pay close attention to the young men. the daughter is also active and has ultimate decision in the process. For arranged marriages this is the best process.
@@mikethoroughgood16 There are three forms of arranged marriages. Possibly four. 1. Both bride and groom do not get a say in it. The wedding and marriage arranged between both sets of parents. And possibly a matchmaker. 2. Groom has a say in who his partner is. But the bride does not. Groom and parents arrange the wedding and the marriage. 2.A Horseback marriage. Groom and a few of his friends go kidnapping the bride. Brings her to his family's house. His female relatives try to convince her to marry him. In a couple of villages, the female relatives try to get her to wear a certain shawl. 3. Both bride and groom have a say in it. Most go thru with the wedding to honour their parents' wishes. 4. This one is in where it is either matriarchal or poor farming land. Bride gets to choose who is to be her husband(s). And the grooms do not. In Tibet there is the marriage of a bride to all of the sons of her in laws' home. This is due to the condition of the land around them.
It's how a lot of abuse happens. They don't know each other, they don't know what lies have been told, and assumptions about the other may or may not be correct, and then things go downhill.
Story 1: Jacob is like a spoilt child who can't take "no" for an anaswer. Story 2: Mary is another one who is like a spoilt child. She got exactly what she deserved. Story 3: Karen really dropped herself right in it. I hope her son learns not to put his hands on other girls. He will end up on some sort of register if he continues down that path. Story 4: Unfortunately, these type of arranged marriages are part of the Indian culture. Good on OP's dad for having OP's back. Story 5: Does Ken really think that throwing a tantrum will get him a replacement case of beer from the store which he lost through his own stupidity?
This! If things were bad before, shouldn't they be glad things have changed for better for the younger generations? I'm 53 and extremely happy that so much in the world has gotten so much better for young people of today. Not making a list here, because that would be too long for comment section here. 😅
Ah, yes. My grandfather (the silent generation born in 1907) told us stories about walking uphill, both ways, to the barn in the driving snow. The snow was waist deep and they didn't have a bucket, so he had to milk the cow into his hand and go back and forth many times just to have their morning cereal. He was, of course, exaggerating, but it always made me laugh.
Story 3 - OH… My… that Karen mom made several big mistakes but the worst ones were grabbing OP and literally pushing his mom. I hope Karen’s brat also learned a lesson from this.
I thought for sure that when the Karen was shouting for OP to apologize for defending his sister, OP was gonna shout "The hell I will!" Good on OP for being a very good brother. Wonder where that creepy little boy is now?
Story 4: A similar thing happened that I witnessed growing up. I went to a public school and there was a tutoring aid/ teacher's assistant that was college age. She was part of a program to get her teaching credits or something like that. Anyway she was of India heritage but she was born American but her parents were Indian. So apparently they "allowed" her to study in school but then they got a marriage offer for her in their home country & basically told her to drop out so she could get married. Obviously the young woman didn't want to do that so her parents threatened to take her by force. She freaked out, left home with the clothes on her back, went straight to work (my school) for help. The school's staff called the cops and we went into lockdown because her parents called her threatening to show up and drag her with them by any means necessary i.e. use force. The whole thing was upsetting but thankfully she got the help & resources she needed to get out of that situation. She ended up temporarily staying with a friend/ eventually got her own place. She did have to quit at my school since her parents knew where she worked tho. I missed having her since she was nice but better to be safe than sorry. I really hope, years later, she's living her best life as teacher like she wanted to.
gotta say about S4, OP has very strong Will in her, and I have a lot of respect for her, considering her aunt and (oh how I love the term) Grandmonster. she has such fire I love it. I hope she goes far in life.
Story 3: I know this kid is 5 and does not have the same understanding as 16 or 17 year old, but wow what he did was really bad. He's lucky that he's young, because if he pulled that as a late teen towards another teen, he might've been thrown behind bars. As for the Karen, wow what an idiot
1st story I can relate to. During School Recess, My brother when I was 11 and he was 9 was pushed off one of those big slides falling straight to the ground breaking his arm. This was a 15 foot tall slide and he was pushed off the top of it. I come running and help my brother before he points the kid out who did it and I charge with a purpose. The kid goes running and hides behind a teacher who was supposed to be watching the kids but was on her cell phone talking with who knows ignoring most the situation that happened. ( This was the start of the Era of flip phones ) She doesnt react until the kid pushes her to avoid me grabbing him and she yells at us both to go away then another teacher shows up after helping my brother with his broken arm. He takes the phone from her and she has a meltdown as he calls 911. The kid at this point ran inside and tried to hide from me but I dragged him outside to the guy and told him he was the kid who pushed my brother off the big slide. The kid panics trying to bite me to run away but I end up punching him hard enough to fall face first to the pavement holding his gut and crying. Some context, I was know as the big kid who fights other kids and or ends fights easily while also being a massive target for bullies of all ages. I was sent to detention and was punished for punching the kid and he was let off the hook that day. My dad is left with the medical bill finds out what really happened and his fury was directed at the school and the police. Soon that Cellphone teacher and the Principle ( who was my biggest bully at the time ) were fired a months later after a embarrassing court case my dad won easily against the school and police. My brother and I got transfered to a school on the otherside of town and the kid got Juvi and a criminal record for violence with not only my little brother but myself and other kids hes threatened. Also fun fact, this was the same kid who stabbed my wrist before this story happened but that is a story for another time. Morale of the Story is, Don't assume everything will workout when you try to be the hero because Morons and Bias cloud judgement. Blame is always easier to do and people will stick with that choice no matter how embarressing it gets until they are forced to admit to it.
Story 2 - Holy crap, I’ve never heard of anyone trying to seduce a married man who was also gay. Mary pretty much screwed up her life with that crap she pulled.
Story 3: Yet again another Karen is making her child into a predator. Good on OP mom being a model police officer.
For real. He’s playing?! Licking and biting? What the hell is Karen’s definition of playing?
Truly bizaare. Kid must think he had a dog.
“It was then she knew she effed up…”
*Story 4*
That the OP had to go THAT far to FINALLY get her entitled grandmother and *aunt* to back the fizz off speaks _volumes_ to me
It was her aunt, not her mother.
Where would a 5 year old boy get the idea of girlfriends and wives anyways?? Let alone the idea that he could steal away a girl and make her his bride??? That household needs to be investigated pronto.
Having an innocent crush or “girlfriend” is one thing at five but he sounded serious and that was so creepy. I hope he got a talking to by someone that wasn’t his mom.
YUP!
If I was OP, not only would I have had her Arrested for Assaulting an Officer, Assaulting a Minor and Unlawful Confinement of a Minor (when Jr. held Daughter off the ground), I'd have also have called CPS to report Karen's Stupidity and her Brat's EXTREMELY Creepy behaviour...
A lot of people think it's cute to put that idea in little boys' heads.
It has a little hint of homophobia, IMO. The whole 'make sure the boy likes girls'.
@@riel4553 As well as the stupid idea to not take "No." as an answer.
Obviously not defending him touching her let not accepting no for an answer, but children playing "family" is pretty common at that age, honestly.
the dad in story 4 is the MVP. He only asked her to CONSIDER the arrangement, never asked her to accept it, and that only came when the grandmonster was doing dumb sh*t.
Yeah, no. Asking her to consider would be taken by the aunt and grandmonster as encouragement, they see it as breaking through OP's stubbornness. I'm Indian, and I've had relatives ruin with my career, hobbies, friends, you name it, because my parents decided to "respect" those numbskulls and pass their messages on.
Heck, I even had a classmate who I barely interacted with come up to me and tell me to call off my family or she'd report me for s*xual harassment. That's the level of entitlement we're talking about.
Jacob story: Generally not a good idea to show up at a woman's place of work to demand she breakup with her bf and start dating him.
Mary story: Talk about a bad case of main character syndrome. And she tried to entice a guy who's not interested in women? All I can say is that was a great smackdown OP.
Mom's a cop story: Another good reason to keep your hands to yourself when you don't know who the other person is.
Arranged marriage story: You did well OP. It's long past time for more young women to stand up for themselves and stop "agreeing" to be treated as property to be sold off. Customs like this literally take generations to come to an end.
Beer story: I wonder how drunk Ken was at the start of this, because if he's that stupid and entitled sober, he sounds like a prime candidate for a Darwin Award drunk.
Jason has awful sense of timing. He should swoop in at the moment they're breaking up, not when they're in the height of their romance.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@gorilladisco9108 He developed his strategy from flirting with NPCs in too many dating optional video games. Couldn't seem to grasp the idea that his romance interest had a code sequence with more depth than a couple of paragraphs. Seems he needs to work more on this INT and WIS score than his CHA.
For story #4, let's not call these ghastly things "arranged marriages", because in these modern times, those are actually done with the consent of the imminent bride and groom (my family is friends with an Indian family, and they are doing this for their daughter, arranging meetings...for dating first, and she is free to meet or reject). These are forced marriages, and, unfortunately, it has led to tragic consequences, mostly children being forced to marry grown men, or the bride getting murdered by the groom later on.
Arranged marriages are still bad, yes, even when there is a false sense of consent involved.
Wat consent you are talking abt ? Meeting someone just for a few times and getting married is Insan...
Beside only you probably a guy 🤡 coz they only hav some choice.. but women ? Most of them are forced into.. or its not their first choice....
S4: no one has the right to dictate who their kids/nieces/granddaughters get married to. The right belongs to the person who desires a relationship
My dad was almost that bad and he was a white pre boomer American. I got to be 20 and he wouldn't shut up about me getting married. I didn't want to and told him that. I think it was part of the reason he gave my stepmom my portion of the inheritance 13 years later before he died.
One has to remember that all marriages were arranged up to lil over 200 years ago. Since they were seen as business arrangements. And too important to leave to the younger generation.
Plus, the class status was very important then. Bakers' offspring married other bakers' offspring. Farmer's offspring married farmers' offspring.
Nobles only married nobles. It was considered to be very poor taste for a noble to marry even four ranks below. As in a Grand Duke's offspring would be ostracized if they married a Baron's offspring. King Charles wedding would not have been allowed. Since Camilla was his mistress. And that she came from an upper middle class family. Same goes for Prince William and Princess Catherine. She was upper middle class too.
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We still see traces of arranged marriages by the bride's mother making sure she has a say in not only the dress. But also the venue. As well as everything else that goes on with the wedding. Even if she and maybe the bride's father are not paying for the wedding.
In many countries this is still common.
@@moonfire41 Pre-boomer puts it as Silent Gen.
My dad was a SG. When I turned twenty. He started every so often would say that I was no longer a 'spring chicken' aka I was basically in his mind 'on the shelf' as in no longer marriage material.
@@SuzetteKath thank you
"For many years, I didn't like him, but I grew to love him." Stockholm syndrome, anyone?
My mom tried to force me into an arranged marriage. She used that same line. She told me (often), "Parents know their children better than anyone, and Parents know what's best for their children. So they can pick the best match without a pesky thing like love getting in the way, then you will learn to love him. " I moved 5 states away to get out of it. My mom still hasn't forgiven me.
The difference is in parents who actually Know their child, their personality, preferences, dreams etc vs parent who say they know what's best for their child, meaning the parents have their own agenda they are looking to satisfy. I think a good arranged marriage has its benefits when parents truly know and respect their child as a unique individual, they Pay close attention to the young men. the daughter is also active and has ultimate decision in the process. For arranged marriages this is the best process.
Forced arranged marriage sounds a lot like human trafficking.
The old fashioned way
Arranged marriages never seemed right to me for both parties I think love needs to bloom on its own
@@mikethoroughgood16 There are three forms of arranged marriages. Possibly four.
1. Both bride and groom do not get a say in it. The wedding and marriage arranged between both sets of parents. And possibly a matchmaker.
2. Groom has a say in who his partner is. But the bride does not. Groom and parents arrange the wedding and the marriage.
2.A Horseback marriage. Groom and a few of his friends go kidnapping the bride. Brings her to his family's house. His female relatives try to convince her to marry him. In a couple of villages, the female relatives try to get her to wear a certain shawl.
3. Both bride and groom have a say in it. Most go thru with the wedding to honour their parents' wishes.
4. This one is in where it is either matriarchal or poor farming land. Bride gets to choose who is to be her husband(s). And the grooms do not. In Tibet there is the marriage of a bride to all of the sons of her in laws' home. This is due to the condition of the land around them.
@@SuzetteKath In #1 Sometimes at Birth.
It's how a lot of abuse happens. They don't know each other, they don't know what lies have been told, and assumptions about the other may or may not be correct, and then things go downhill.
I don’t care about being culturally sensitive, anything forced is wrong and shouldn’t still be happening!
Apart from vaccines (and masks in a pandemic)
Culture and tradition are crazy reasons to do a thing.
Throughout history humans have had some pretty crazy cultures and traditions.
@@ohsnapsonbro4260 You can use it to arguably justify anything.
Am I the only one who seems to start experiencing withdrawal symptoms when a new Fluff post takes a few days?!?!
Me too!
You are definitely not the only one! I kept checking multiple times a day.
I thought it was only me!!
Me too!!!
No, I’ve been anxious. 😂
Story 1: Jacob is like a spoilt child who can't take "no" for an anaswer.
Story 2: Mary is another one who is like a spoilt child. She got exactly what she deserved.
Story 3: Karen really dropped herself right in it. I hope her son learns not to put his hands on other girls. He will end up on some sort of register if he continues down that path.
Story 4: Unfortunately, these type of arranged marriages are part of the Indian culture. Good on OP's dad for having OP's back.
Story 5: Does Ken really think that throwing a tantrum will get him a replacement case of beer from the store which he lost through his own stupidity?
Story 4 - I hate it when people use the ‘In my day’ to justify their opinions and actions.
My response?
"Congratulations on being alive back then. Here's a new flash. We're NOT in your day anymore. We're in my day."
This! If things were bad before, shouldn't they be glad things have changed for better for the younger generations? I'm 53 and extremely happy that so much in the world has gotten so much better for young people of today. Not making a list here, because that would be too long for comment section here. 😅
Ah, yes. My grandfather (the silent generation born in 1907) told us stories about walking uphill, both ways, to the barn in the driving snow. The snow was waist deep and they didn't have a bucket, so he had to milk the cow into his hand and go back and forth many times just to have their morning cereal. He was, of course, exaggerating, but it always made me laugh.
Well in my day, we just told them time is a thing. (This is just a joke btw no hate to the original commenter)
“Back in your day the villagers would burn you at he stake you old fart”
Story 3 - OH… My… that Karen mom made several big mistakes but the worst ones were grabbing OP and literally pushing his mom. I hope Karen’s brat also learned a lesson from this.
I thought for sure that when the Karen was shouting for OP to apologize for defending his sister, OP was gonna shout "The hell I will!" Good on OP for being a very good brother.
Wonder where that creepy little boy is now?
@@Rylosalex CPS ? Correctional school ? Both ?
@@Kualinar 🤔
Story 4: A similar thing happened that I witnessed growing up. I went to a public school and there was a tutoring aid/ teacher's assistant that was college age. She was part of a program to get her teaching credits or something like that.
Anyway she was of India heritage but she was born American but her parents were Indian. So apparently they "allowed" her to study in school but then they got a marriage offer for her in their home country & basically told her to drop out so she could get married. Obviously the young woman didn't want to do that so her parents threatened to take her by force. She freaked out, left home with the clothes on her back, went straight to work (my school) for help. The school's staff called the cops and we went into lockdown because her parents called her threatening to show up and drag her with them by any means necessary i.e. use force.
The whole thing was upsetting but thankfully she got the help & resources she needed to get out of that situation. She ended up temporarily staying with a friend/ eventually got her own place. She did have to quit at my school since her parents knew where she worked tho. I missed having her since she was nice but better to be safe than sorry. I really hope, years later, she's living her best life as teacher like she wanted to.
gotta say about S4, OP has very strong Will in her, and I have a lot of respect for her, considering her aunt and (oh how I love the term) Grandmonster. she has such fire I love it. I hope she goes far in life.
Story 3: I know this kid is 5 and does not have the same understanding as 16 or 17 year old, but wow what he did was really bad. He's lucky that he's young, because if he pulled that as a late teen towards another teen, he might've been thrown behind bars.
As for the Karen, wow what an idiot
I missed the genders of people in the jealous sister story and couldn't get why OP was married to their husband if the husband was gay. 😂😅😂
1st story I can relate to.
During School Recess, My brother when I was 11 and he was 9 was pushed off one of those big slides falling straight to the ground breaking his arm. This was a 15 foot tall slide and he was pushed off the top of it. I come running and help my brother before he points the kid out who did it and I charge with a purpose. The kid goes running and hides behind a teacher who was supposed to be watching the kids but was on her cell phone talking with who knows ignoring most the situation that happened. ( This was the start of the Era of flip phones ) She doesnt react until the kid pushes her to avoid me grabbing him and she yells at us both to go away then another teacher shows up after helping my brother with his broken arm. He takes the phone from her and she has a meltdown as he calls 911. The kid at this point ran inside and tried to hide from me but I dragged him outside to the guy and told him he was the kid who pushed my brother off the big slide. The kid panics trying to bite me to run away but I end up punching him hard enough to fall face first to the pavement holding his gut and crying.
Some context, I was know as the big kid who fights other kids and or ends fights easily while also being a massive target for bullies of all ages. I was sent to detention and was punished for punching the kid and he was let off the hook that day. My dad is left with the medical bill finds out what really happened and his fury was directed at the school and the police.
Soon that Cellphone teacher and the Principle ( who was my biggest bully at the time ) were fired a months later after a embarrassing court case my dad won easily against the school and police. My brother and I got transfered to a school on the otherside of town and the kid got Juvi and a criminal record for violence with not only my little brother but myself and other kids hes threatened.
Also fun fact, this was the same kid who stabbed my wrist before this story happened but that is a story for another time.
Morale of the Story is, Don't assume everything will workout when you try to be the hero because Morons and Bias cloud judgement. Blame is always easier to do and people will stick with that choice no matter how embarressing it gets until they are forced to admit to it.
Share your other stories, please!!!!
@@SerenaSilverMoon Ok Ill share when I got time to lol
@@NobleWolf Thank you.
Story 2 - Holy crap, I’ve never heard of anyone trying to seduce a married man who was also gay.
Mary pretty much screwed up her life with that crap she pulled.
That was Mary. Miranda was the rich aunt! 🤔🙄🤷🍹
@@karinwolf3645 oh whoops
Sorry, I was wrong.
Mary is insane, and needs LOTS of help.