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I 26F and my boyfriend 38M have been together for over a year. I had a girls weekend planned in Houston for over a month with my best friend Jewel. The night before I left my boyfriend got upset and started a fight over household chores. He stated he felt overwhelmed and felt like he was doing more. It got ugly, he felt like he does more because he has a physically demanding job and has two children. He compared me to his ex wife and put down my job where I work 50 plus hours a week in a bank. I thought we worked it out before I left, I listened, and acknowledged his feelings. The day I left he continued his fight and got drunk and angry with me. The first night there we didn’t do anything because I was so upset. The next morning I woke up to a text that insinuated he was breaking up with me and spent the entire day trying to get a flight to come home. I took two flights then drove 3 hours home in tears. We talked when I got home and he was extremely apologetic but I don’t know if I can forgive him. He has a pattern of starting fights when I do things without him. It’s been over a week and I feel resentful and angry. Can we move on from this or should I cut my losses and leave?

This is kind of a long one, so get prepared. I (f 19) am planning on dropping my best friend of seven years (f 20)exactly one year from now over an ultimatum that she doesn’t necessarily know about. This is going to take a little backstory. About three years ago, my best friend and I go on a two-man. We meet these two boys we end up dating them and hers ends after 8 months and mine became a 3 year on & off relationship. It was a very unhealthy relationship both myself and my ex boyfriend suffered quite a bit from it. (We were trauma bonded) We were consistently on & off. We would talk to each other until one of us got mad and then would take a break and just continue the cycle. Throughout all of it my best friend was a pusher. The first 8 months she pushed our relationship bc she was dating his bsf and she knew that meant she could hangout with me more (she usually gets a bf and doesn’t know how to split time) after she broke up with his one friend she starts fucking with his other friend (who has a gf) so now she want me to date my ex bc it’s the only place this friend can go without raising suspicion FROM HIS GF. THEN she begins dating ANOTHER one of his friends. I’m not even joking she had dated/ talked to every single one of my ex’s friends. I have asked her many times over the years not to talk about my ex, not to ask me to hangout around him or their friend group and all she does is talk abt them especially now that her bf is bsfs with him. You get the gist. Shes weirdly obsessed with him and I’s relationship and personally I think a friend should be supporting things that are healthy for you and not encouraging you to get back together with your ex boyfriend. I also need you to understand that she is the type of person to act like she’s mature but deep down she’s petty as fuck and hates being told she is in the wrong and will absolutely play the victim and flip the cards right back on you. So there is really no point in addressing the situation with her again. I have asked her numerous times not to involve me in that bs and not to talk to me about what he is doing, the girls he’s talking to, stuff he posts. Because I DONT CARE and she has not once listened. It’s all she talk about when I’m around her and it’s fucking weird. Cherry on top she has decided that because my ex boyfriend and her have such close birthdays and basically all the same friends they are going to have JOINT BORTHDAY PARTY. I wish I was joking my bestfriend and my ex are having a joint birthday party. Literally what did I do to deserve this and how on Earth can anybody think this is okay ????to my point of dropping her. I decide around 6 months ago that I was no longer putting myself in these positions and that I was permanently staying away from my ex. So I have given my best friend 1 year from today to cease all talk and friendship with my ex without telling her. I’m in college rn and I really don’t have many other friends and I don’t want to have a boring college experience so Im keeping her around for at leas occasional one on one friend time. She usually wants her boyfriend and one of his random friends to be around so I don’t feel like Im third wheeling but I have cut off all hangout unless there is a full plan of what we are doing and it’s just her and I, no boys. Do u have a better idea on how to approach this??

It’s been 6 months since I discovered the real truth, and my world came crashing down. It’s been 6 months since I disassociated and my closest friends blocked me, without even a goodbye. A lot has happened since then! I can’t believe how quickly it’s gone.
In this time, I had my first birthday and my first Christmas. It felt strange and sad considering it was just me and my boyfriend & his family, (not my family or loved ones), but it was a good start. I moved halfway across the world 3 months ago and have started a complete new life! I’ve met people who are amazing, kind people who care about others and I have common interests with. I’m starting to make some amazing friendships and unlike before, the only thing we have in common isn’t our religion. We have deep conversations about psychology, sociology, world issues and politics. It’s so different to JW land!
So much of my personality has been suppressed due to growing up in this cult. I had to suppress my interest in feminism, human rights and more. I didn’t have time for “hobbies” so I stopped reading books, stopped exercising and didn’t try new things. Sadly, I stopped thinking for myself. From speaking to others, I’ve realised that this cult has stolen my childhood from me. All those birthdays, Christmases - they took all the fun out of living! I’ll never be able to have a Prom, or a 21st birthday party. I can’t look back on childhood Halloween photos, or think about all the fun times I had trick or treating.
It’s not fair what this cult has done to us. I’ve had some really bad days. It feels like I’m alone in this because none of my friends have left, they’re all completely brainwashed and view me as a confused, misled worldly person. It’s hard when you feel like you’re the only person who sees reality.
But I’m finally able to reinvent myself - do whatever I want to do! I can finally listen to my own personal conscience and do the right thing because I want to, not because I’m scared of God’s wrath. I know that life will only get better, and I’m so grateful that I left and have so many opportunities.
When I meet people, I make sure to tell them about my ex-jw experience and spread the good news - that we can all avoid this cult if we raise awareness about it! People are shocked by my story, and often say they had no idea how bad JWs are.
Recently, my mother told me my old friends have been messaging her, asking about me. They’re hoping I’ll come back. It’s so sad - heartbreaking. They’re victims of this cult and I know how sad they must be because they can’t speak to me. They hope I’ll come back, but I never will. They’re trapped in this cult and I don’t see how they’ll ever wake up.
So I’m grateful that I’m out. I could be miserable right now, trying my best for an imaginary God and setting all my desires and dreams aside for him. Instead, I’ve discovered my passion for Psychology, studying to be a Psychologist, moved to a new country,started to make new friends and truly learn who I am. Waking up has helped me deal with my childhood trauma and learnt how being a JW made it worse. I can’t wait for the next 6 months, and for the day when I look back and being a JW feels like a distant dream!

I have been dating my boyfriend for a year and we’ve been okay. The thing is, he has been in touch with his ex and her daughter for the duration of our relationship. He supports her financially and buys toys for her child monthly and spends in the range of 300-800 dollars or even more on them every month. The thing is, this lady bankrupted him while they were together and he had to end things with her. He broke up with her three years ago but she’s still on his bank roll. Her child is special needs and I think he’s grown attached to her. She is not his biological child. I learned that he was engaging with her six months in and I told him that I was not cool with him maintaining contact with her. He denied supporting her or even communicating with her but I found receipts showing that he lied. AITAH for ending things with him because I don’t trust him?
P.S. I didn’t explain why. We had already had this conversation a gazillion times and I did not feel the need to explain anymore.

To start some of this is legal stuff, I am not looking for legal advice it's just part of the story.
About 3 1/2 years ago me (21 at the time and my boyfriend (now ex 23 at that time), adopted a kitten for my cat who I had adopted when I was 16. Instantly they became best friends and after the years are completely bonded.
We broke up in December and he moved out at the beginning of May. We had a conversation about 9 days before he moved out we got into an argument about who gets the cats, he only wanted the cat we had adopted together if he couldn't have her just he he wanted my cat from before as well.
That conversation went terrible and he said nothing until May 4th when he officially moved out, he messaged my best friend and mom to make sure I was okay because he took our cat that we had together.
It's been a week and a half and I'm trying to fight for her back legally as pets have rights where I am.
Where I need advice is my baby I've had for pretty much ten years, and has no friends for the first time ever I'm noticing signs of depression in him. Of course I hate seeing him like this but I'm not sure if I should get him a new friend, foster a friend, or hold out oand hope he gives her back to us so my cat can have his sister again.

My husband (now ex) and I bought a house 3 years ago and I want to buy him out. We met with an appraiser and they recommended we go with an "as is" appraisal. However during our time living in the house we have not made significant repairs and the basement has flooded a few separate times with nothing being done afterwards, other than drying it out as best we could. I have a few worries about going with the "as is" route. Will the appraiser account for the water damage and suggest a "cost to cure", or is that something an inspector would do? What is the difference between "as is" and "cost to cure" Should I hire an inspector as well before agreeing to a buyout number? We own the house outright so the bank would not be involved. I am concerned that if I go with the "as is" appraisal value I would be on the hook for the potentially very costly repairs that happened during the time that we both occupied the residence. I don't want to pay him an extensive buyout sum, if further down the road I am left with the cost of repairs that happened when we both lived there together. Do I need to get quotes from repair people about the cost of repairs before I agree to a buyout price? What type of appraisal category is most appropriate for my case? Any real estate expertise would be greatly appreciated, I am in way over my head.

Manifested ex to text me haven’t spoke in over year ,( she had boyfriend of about a year) they broke up and with in 2 days of my manifestation she texted me. Went on 1 date went well texted a little after thanked me for dinner said she had a good time. Today day after I texted once she replied once and then hasn’t texted back since not going to text again and appear desperate but the intention was to be in each others life again. Hoping to continue to see her any advice should I continue manifesting ?

So, I'm in an unfortunate living situation for several reasons. The main one being that I wanted to try to get back together with my ex. Which is the WORST idea I've had in my life BTW, but that's what lead me here living with his brother and his step-dad. So- I've already asked nicely on more than one occasion for them to not eat my groceries because they're not considerate (AT ALL) I can buy a 5lb bag of french fries and get only literally ONE serving out of a 5lb bag of fries and they will eat all of the rest of them. (This has happened TWICE) it's incredibly RUDE, DISRESPECTFUL and INCONSIDERATE. I don't appreciate it at all. They'll take my microwavable breakfast bowls- which I very clearly and obviously bought for myself when I bought the microwave. Individual meals. Then when I ask them not to touch my food, as a deliberate "screw you" they cook and eat the last two hamburger patties that I had in the freezer. While I'm gone out to a job interview. They NEVER replace anything that they take or ruin. They've ruined cooking pots and never replaced them, the brother will bum cigarettes, pop, laundry detergent and never replace it. He bummed cigs from me for 4 days in a row here recently and already after the 2nd day you're just already like "wow- really? You just gonna KEEP asking?" And whenever he got paid he gave me 3 back. Lmao. Any decent person would have bought you a pack to replace 4 days of bumming cigarettes from you. I gave those 3 to someone else. It's annoying. So after I go to the store and bring back just a little bit of stuff that's supposed to last me two weeks and they STILL haven't been to the store and like I said they ate the very last of my food while I was gone prior to this-- and you STILL have the audacity to KEEP taking my things from the fridge when I've already made it crystal clear that I don't want you to touch my food?!?!? Excuse me- but NO. So I said- "you ever gonna go to the store and get yourself some groceries or are you really just going to KEEP taking mine?" BOTH of these assholes were up in my face yelling and screaming at ME as if I am in the wrong and furthermore trying to kick me out. All because I refuse to allow you to continue to eat up and drink up the tiny amount of groceries that I have to feed myself for 2 weeks?!?!?!?! They threw a couple of my belongings outside, and the 70 year old step-dad of my ex put his grimey disgusting hands on me- trying to push me out the door- ripped my shirt AND left scratches on my arm...... The brother called the cops. Or at least pretended to. They never showed. 🤷🏻‍♀️ ALL because I won't just sit back and allow them to continually disrespect me and take- take- take- take from me. Wow. Such. Fucking. ASSHOLES. !!!!!! Yea- go ahead and kick me out because you can't just keep taking from me. Because that makes perfect sense. 👌🏻 Make it make sense. I definitely want to say here, that REAL MEN don't act like that or treat people like that. I can't stand it. Now I'm trying to find another place to go. I might have to go to a shelter. If I stay here they're just going to keep doing the same thing and god only knows what else. I'm not going to stick around to find out or allow either one of them to put their hands on me AGAIN. Said "boyfriend" is such a low life that he knows that all of this happened and ue won't even come pick me up with my belongings to help me get somewhere else that's safe. Needless to say- he and I will never be together again. I never should have come here in the first place. Can't wait to leave here and NEVER see any of these pieces of shit again in my life.

Hello dear members!
Hope this finds you to be well :)
I am happily engaged to my fiancé who is in Nairobi, Kenya (a Kenyan Citizen). I am the USC. I wish to bring my fiancé to the US to live with me soon after marriage.
Here is the situation:
My fiancé was previously married to another person in India about 7-9 years ago under the islamic ceremony and had a nikah-nama. They had not registered the marriage under the marriage registrar.
Later they divorced after about 1.5 year, once again under the islamic talaq ceremony. However, my fiancé had returned to Kenya and the ex-spouse (the Indian citizen) was in India. So my fiancé had a power-of-attorney person (called as 'vakalat' in islam) be the signatory person on the islamic divorce (which was the 'murbahat' type, meaning mutually agreeable divorce).
So in short, there is no divorce decree from the court for this divorce that took place in India.
Now I am planning ahead for all the documents needed and do not want to end up in a situation where I get married to my fiancé before making sure that the previous marriage is legally binding for US immigration purposes and am helping navigate the journey to find and source confirmed cases of similar situation and confirmation that the islamic divorce document is valid.
I read on the India reciprocity page (https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/India.html), that the islamic divorce and its certified translation (since it is in a non-English language) is valid for US immigration. But then, I came across this case (https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/erB9 - Battered Spouse or Child/Decisions_Issued_in_2009/Jan262009_06B9204.pdf) where the USCIS had denied the 'islamic marriage' part of their complicated situation. Although the ruling was legal since they had a Hindu and an Islamic marriage, the concerning thing for me is this statement in the initial rejection of the I-130 petiion quoted from the case document:
Quote Although your religious divorce is recognized in India as a legal divorce, this is not recognized as a legal divorce for immigration purposes. In order for the legal termination of a marriage to be considered valid for immigration purposes, it must have been registered with a civil authority.
I just wanted so re-assurance that the translation of my fiancé's talaq islamic divorce certificate will be accepted at all stages of US immigration up until the eventual N-400 application, especially since she is in Kenya. I don't know if they will use the Kenyan reciprocity (which states court divorce decree is must) or the Indian reciprocity to evaluate my fiancé's previous divorce document.
At this stage, my fiancé has no contact with the ex-spouse and it would be a huge hassle for filing a court divorce (especially that my fiancé is a Kenyan citizen residing in Kenya currently.
Few other notes: Under the Kenyan marriage act of 2014, islamic divorce is acceptable and can be registered (but no divorce decree will be issued). (https://kenyalaw.org/kl/fileadmin/pdfdownloads/Acts/TheMarriage_Act2014.pdf). However US immigration does not accept this in the Kenya reciprocity page on the state department website.
Under the Indian act(s) of "Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937." (https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/2303/1/A1937-26.pdf), and "Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939" (https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/2404/1/193908.pdf); the islamic divorce document issued in India (talaq-nama) 'seems' to be legally binding for India as well as for US immigration.
Just too many facts/points here to make a conclusive understanding of what to do and to reassure myself.
Thanks a ton for your time to read through this patiently!!

My boyfriend (26M) and I (21F) have been together for close to 2 years and met his family a year into us dating. Well it was Mother’s Day and I suggested he get something for kids mom and his OWN mom. I even helped him pick the stuff out. Well when we went to visit mom she ended up taking pictures and there was some with me in it. She ended up posting her son and the kids and thanked them only and didn’t even bother to give me the time of day. It’s been various instances like this. I honestly never feel welcomed when I’m over there and I feel like they haven’t fully accepted me. The reason for this is she called my boyfriend and mentioned his ex various of times… even though she physically abused him but I don’t know if her son tells her things to think this. Advice ?

I (F23) and my ex-boyfriend (M28) were together for one year. This was my first serious relationship. We lived together for three months and went on a one-month trip together. Everything seemed fine; he met my parents, and I met his several times.
I thought everything was going well, but one day ago, he broke up with me out of nowhere. He said he had been thinking about it for a while because he’s almost 30 and doesn't know who he is and wants to be alone. I am completely heartbroken. He did this once before, six months into our relationship, but came back after 10 days. After that break, things seemed to get better. Of course, we had our couple fights, but nothing major.
I don’t know what to think about this. I have cried so much I feel like I can't breathe. He wanted to end things on good terms and said we could still be friends and that he would always be there for me. I told him I can't be his friend right now because I am so heartbroken. This was a major shock for me.
I called him twice, crying, hoping he would change his mind, but he didn’t (I know it was dumb). I need to see him in a month to get my things since I’ll be traveling for work and can’t do it sooner. I don’t even know how I will travel without crying every second.
Can someone tell me if he will come back? Why did he do what he did?
Also, how can I ease this unbearable pain?

For context, my boyfriend and I were in school together 6th grade-11th grade. We had all of our classes together 6th-8th grade and shared none in high school. I decided to go online during senior year when given the option during COVID due to 2 reasons: sexual assault and mental health.
We have been together for a little less than a year now. He used to hate my guts in school. We never actually held a conversation with each other. I always feel I was never given a real chance but also know I am a very difficult person to force to open up. I was known for not speaking. He hated my guts because I liked him and everyone knew it. It wasn't a secret. I feel like I embarrassed him and he was ashamed of me. He always looked like it was hell even having to sit in the same room as me. He had this friend, lets name her Sam, who was a lesbian. They were in marching band together. Sam is now transgender and a he. They stopped being friends after high school. We both agree Sam was a cunt and we hate her-now-him. According to my sister, in the 8th grade Sam approached her asking for advice on me as she (at the time) knows that I am straight and wanted me for herself. My sister was in a particularly bad mood that day and brushed Sam off saying something along the lines of "well, like you said shes not like that so you're just going to have to move on and get over it" and walked away. Sam was always particularly cruel to me after that.
Everyone hated and despised my (now) boyfriend for his promiscuity in 8th-12th grade. He has a history and is a recovering porn addict. He had lower self esteem than I ever knew and felt like he had to manipulate girls in the grades below us into sleeping with him. He has gone through therapy and is now much better and has become the person he wants to be. I did not know at the time that he is also diagnosed Bipolar 2 disorder and was on a medication that made him numb and indifferent and kind of an asshole who was unable to cry, according to him. He has gone to therapy and is a completely different person than he was in school. He has always been outstandingly mature compared to everyone else. He has been extremely patient and healthy towards me. He is the healthiest relationship I have ever been in. The healthiest person I have ever met. He makes me very very happy.
But.....I was on their side. I hated him the same way he hated me. Which he has apologised for and says Im the coolest and nicest person he has ever met and he doesn't know why he didn't give us a chance sooner. The reason I was so so angry with him, and still get frustrated with him when he mentions exes even if its to tell a funny story, is because everyone, particularly Sam, liked to rub his promiscuity in my face. It makes sense. His friends thought he hated me. Everyone else knew I liked him and spread rumors about him. Somewhere along the line with being abused at home and raped by my ex and never quite knowing how to talk to people or about how I feel, and developing the inability to make any objective statement about myself without feeling like a liar, or being tormented at school hearing how the boy I love is with yet another girl and did this or did that, and all of the back and forth between hating his guts and wishing him the best, I developed high functioning internalizing borderline personality disorder. An excruciating mental illness to have. It creeps up on you. I feel....nothing....numb or perfectly fine most of the time. I now find myself drunk crying typing this. I am the shut down type. This messes with my boyfriends anxiety. He starts crying realizing he may have said something he shouldn't have and his face always turns purple when he cries and he tries to sit me down to talk about things. The most I've been able to physically get out is the bare minimum: I don't like anything related to exes. And that was bad wording on my part. I feel he is now under the impression that I am just the "jealous type" or suffering simple retroactive jealousy rather than having been bullied by a friend who couldn't have me, or overly informed by his haters.
I do not know how to tell him how his every move impacted me so badly. He seems completely oblivious and unaware. Im so sick of being labeled as crazy when this was done to me. I was born normal. I could have been normal. So many things happened to me that shouldn't have. I feel especially guilty for still being f****ed up over this because he is so wonderful and living up to his potential. He is so loving towards me. I sometime feels like I've been murdered though. Like I was killed before we could start.
I just want to know if there is anyone out there who has experienced anything similar to this or how one could go about communicating this experience to a loved one.

My moms ex boyfriend signed on my car but I pay the payments and now that their split up he’s trying to take it from me and sell it, his name is solely on the title but all of the payments and down payment are from me he hasn’t paid a dime towards the car and I have proof, is there anything I can do to fight this?/can he do this?

A few years ago, I met a guy at a convention in Phoenix who did cosplays similar to my cosplays. We got along well and eventually began to have more intimate experiences together, although he insisted it was "just friendly". Whether kissing and making out is "platonic" or not is up to the person doing it, I suppose. Anyways, we broke up a few months after meeting and the whole experience really traumatized me for a while. He had sent his friends after me and all that. Normal teenager online drama. I avoided him at all costs for a good year or two until I started pursuing cosplay as a bigger thing. I discovered that he had a big following for his cosplay on TikTok and Instagram. He followed my group's Instagram account and I realized it probably wasn't worth avoiding anymore. That was when I began noticing strange behavior between him (who is now an adult) and a 16 year old non-binary fan artist. They would publicly flirt in the comments of posts, post about how much they love each other on Instagram stories, and for a brief period of time they publicly roleplayed pregnancy on Instagram. I watched all of this go down over the course of several months and screenshotted everything even remotely concerning. I am now also an adult and currently in a happy relationship with my boyfriend. I shouldn't be so concerned with my ex-boyfriend's behavior, right? But.. this guy is showing some weird signs of possibly grooming a minor and it's getting to be really weird now. I want to come out publicly about it, but I know I can't because of my status and my career at the moment. So instead, I've spoken privately to a few people associated with the ex-boyfriend and they've all said that it's weird, but I should probably stop looking at it. This feels like something much worse developing. Am I the asshole for wanting to call him out publicly?

This dream woke me up last night and the came back when I fell back asleep so I feel like there must be something I'm supposed to get out of it.
I was in a rustic looking house (maybe cabin?) that had a rough wood floor. In one version, an ex boyfriend was there. In the other I don't remember him being in the house. The floor explodes and it revealed what seemed to be a vault. It wasn't a basement. It was reinforced and there was a metal briefcase embedded in the wall that I couldn't remove.
It's all I can remember. Any thoughts?

Hello. My (21F) Boyfriend (22F) and I are looking to move out of Newberg oregon by the end of this year . We are having some trouble deciding where to live and I was wondering what someone else may think .
Some background, he has lived in Oregon a majority of his life and I have lived in San Diego all of my life .
I am wishing to move somewhere with decent public transportation and okay cost of living and somewhere that’s not hot year round (ex Arizona )
Some of my thoughts were trying to move

• San diego (cost of living is kind of high though)
• Corvallis, Oregon (only been once but I enjoyed it.
• Vancouver or Seattle

I am open to other options but at the moment that’s what I have looked at.

This is something I wonder about. I notice that in general, people seem very intrigued by mixed race women (something I’ve noticed before on Reddit, a person here has even suggested that mixed race women tend to be more attractive) but it also seems to be a big issue within the black community. As someone who grew up in an area with a low black population, I have always noticed that if black boys/men weren’t specifically aiming to date white , Mexican/Latina or Asian women, they would date mixed race (1/2 black 1/2 white generally,) girls/women. I’ve had a black man who seemed excited before about the idea of me potentially being mixed with something, and came to understand in high school that there are black boys/men who do specifically seek out “mixed” girls, sometimes even over white ones (my ex boyfriend was like this to an extent.) I remember that at some point as a child, I had this idea in my mind that mixed race girls were more attractive, even though no one had ever directly told me this. I have realized that, although I am perhaps a colorist and am working on unlearning that sort of mindset, it is in my opinion largely because I didn’t see many dark skinned women in films and television growing up. By the age of 8 or 9, I had an idea in my mind, somehow, that having a darker skin tone was not ideal, even though no one had ever said this to me.
But why? Why are mixed race women considered more attractive, and uprooted within our society?

O.J. Simpson is gone-dead from cancer earlier this year. Rewind back to the 90's. O.J, or not O.J. depending on who you ask, stabbed his ex-wife and her boyfriend to death in Los Angeles. The whole country was subsequently held hostage with round the clock O.J. coverage in the wake of the murders*. Its all anyone talked about and there was no way to escape it. There weren't thousands of channels to flick to, or dozens of streaming services available to seek refuge-in far away from the insanity.
However, after his acquittal he seemed to simply fade from public view-absorbed back into the stained fabric of American society. That was of course before he was locked up for nine years in 2008 for attempting to rob his own memorabilia at gunpoint. So what was he doing with his freedom in the years prior?
Nothing. Well, almost nothing. In 2006, executive producer Rick Mahr, famous for the highly-cerebral Backyard Wrestling series, decided it would be a good idea to tap into the reality show boom with an MTV Punk'd themed prank show featuring O.J. Simpson.
It was a one-hour special that featured O.J. himself engaging in a series of pranks ranging from dressing in rags while selling oranges on the side of a highway, to him serving and insulting fat customers in a fast-food drive thru. At the end of the gig, he'd come clean and tell the victim with a smile "you just got Juiced!" Most of the pranks fell flat on their face: people sometimes didn't recognize O.J. or didn't understand the prank, or the whole idea was just too damn stupid.
But the icing on the cake was the skit where O.J. attempted to sell a replica of his white Ford Bronco, which incidentally was discontinued for years after the murders (but that's another story, you can see below for a few more details). The Bronco even sported a real bullet hole, which The Juice himself signed right above it.
O.J. seems to reflect on the whole Bronco chase as simply comical. Is this some dark type of new-age therapy? "It has great escapability!" he keeps informing customers. Does he admit that there was a dead body in the car? Was it him who placed it there? I have never heard O.J speak so candidly about details from the aftermath of the murders.
Here are some exchanges between O.J. and potential 'customers' as reported in the NPR This American Life episode 564-Too Soon?:

Man: Is there $10,000 in here?
O.J: Nope, Nope. No $10,000,
Man: ...You were carrying it, you know?
O.J: Naw, naw. They say that, I was carrying about $3.
Man: $3?
O.J: Yeah, that's why they never brought it up in court.

In another exchange:

O.J: It was good for me.
Man: Yeah?
O.J: Got me out of harm's way.
Man: ...Ok, I'll sit in it...there was a dead body in there.
O.J: Yeah. Well, um, hopefully there's no bodies in this thing. And I can guarantee you, the car has escape-ability. I mean, if you're ever getting into some trouble, and you've got to get away, it has escape-ability.
Man: (Laughing)

He'd be locked up soon after this aired. Apparently only about 100 DVDs ever sold, and there are no other details about the profits made from the pay per view event, or O.J.'s fee for appearing in the special.
All in all, it was a completely ill-conceived idea with even worse execution that somehow was spewed into existence. It reeks of a desperation for money from all parties involved, none of whom seemed capable of creating any well-written gags for the camera. However, it is memorable in the shock-value of seeing an accused murderer making light of the truck he rode in after he supposedly stabbed his wife and her boyfriend to death.
Most humans will live a rich, full life never knowing this even exists. For the woeful few who do see it, you can't help but leave with an overwhelming feeling that O.J. was a twisted and broken man at this point, straining to grasp at even the the slightest hint of his former celebrity and adoration.
\To most people born post 1980s, OJ Simpson was a famous athlete accused, then acquitted of murder who'd later serve time for a completely unrelated crime.*
But to the rest of us, OJ is the single most infamous athlete name of our lifetimes--the shockwave that was sent through the country when it was announced that his ex-wife and her boyfriend had been murdered in Los Angeles, was unprecedented.
Its impossible to recreate the magnitude of this mono-cultural event that was the OJ Trial, and words don't begin to describe the fall from grace of one of the most beloved sports stars ever.
We'll never be able to forget the image of the low-speed white Ford Bronco chase with dozens of police cars in not so hot pursuit, or the inhumanly long trial that fractured the country along racial lines, or the glove that don't fit (so you must acquit!).
To the younger generation: try to imagine waking up to read that one of the Manning brothers had been accused of bumping off their significant other. Maybe that serves to illustrate the disbelief that we were all hit with that one night in June, 1994.
After the 8 month murder trial (yeah, how many of you had forgotten it lasted that long?), OJ was a free man. Images of him happily golfing sent waves of anger through white America, who felt like justice was cheated by a slick defense team that highlighted the racist tactics of the LA police department. On the heels of the Rodney King video and subsequent riots, this was not only a brilliant strategy, but one rooted in a great deal of truth.
A civil lawsuit followed in which OJ was found responsible for the death of Ron Goldman and ordered to pay his family $33 million. To my knowledge, they never received a cent.
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Burner account. Looking for information, but I will unfortunately have to leave out some details to protect my identity. An ex boyfriend from a number of years ago was abusive. I luckily got out, moved away, then later moved several provinces away. I have an established life and I have never really hidden, but also have resisted any efforts the ex has made to get in touch over the years. Here’s the thing: this guy was violent back then and from what I can tell has gotten far more violent since then, and has done jail time for a violent act. Now, I hear (and have confirmed) that he has been posting old photos of me, and that he’s “looking” for me.
My question is, do I have any legal tools available to me that would protect me from this guy a couple provinces over? While I understand that posting old photos in and of itself is not a threat, knowing this guy, it’s enough for me to be worried. I will be taking screenshots of the pictures and giving them to my husband, in case something happens, but is there any way to be proactive without getting this guy’s attention?

Hi. I’m sorry if the format for this is poor. I (21M) am writing this on my phone. I would like to start by saying please no judgment. Of course you’re your own person and I cannot control what you do, however I am 100% no doubt my biggest critic and that is judgment and punishment enough, believe me. I’m a prisoner of my own mind. I’d also like to preface this isn’t me seeking counseling or therapy on here. I’m seeking advice on how to deal with my temper.
I am a truck driver. I’m a flatbedder so my job is very physically demanding (I don’t like exercise so this is good for me) however it comes with a lot of tasks that are not worth the time for what I get paid for, which is really not enough for what I do. A lot of it is free labor. This does cause a lot of stress but I really feel like it doesn’t have anything to do with my temper. It does make my temper act out though. I recently got a dog in late January of this year. I love him to pieces though he’s proven he’s just not a smart dog. Like at all. No matter how much I discipline him he’s just not getting it. He’s going on 6 months now. I picked up my german shepherd the day he turned 8 weeks. So he’s been in the truck a lot by now. He should be starting to get it. He is not.
This is where it’s getting bad. I had a really nice truck. 2024 freightliner. It’s a company truck but you’re supposed to treat it and care for it like your own, after all it is what pays the bills. I paid $1,000 for him to be approved to be in the truck per my companies pet policy. Most of it is refundable when I leave the company. However if they deem it necessary they will charge me even more. He’s shit and pissed on the driver and passenger seats more times than I can count and peed on my bed far too often. I wash my bedding 2-3 times a week most weeks because of him. Yes there are times he doesn’t go out for a while. But there are also times he does and he still does it. Just now I went to take him out and he just peed all. over. the. place. as I was going to put his leash on. He sprayed all over a brand new white shirt my mom got me that I loved and wore like twice.
It’s just so excessive and it’s pushed me over my limit. I love him. But this is ridiculous. I refuse to be one of those pet owners who just gets rid of their pet when it hasn’t even been a whole year but come on. This is where I let myself go and lose control. I just get so angry and it getting worse and worse because he just. won’t. listen. I do hit my dog. I don’t punch him, I don’t kick him, I don’t throw him. Nor would I ever. I hit him and sometimes I lose control and I just get so angry I just keep going and going. Even after all is said and done I’ll still look at him and just get so mad at what he just did again and hit him once more. I do usually always shower him with love to let him know I do still love him. But no matter what I even try to do he still won’t get it. This isn’t a post about seeking advice for my dog, however. I will keep trying with him because that’s what pet owners do. But when I act like this, I physically hate myself.
It makes me not want to be alive anymore. It makes me feel so invalidated and sad. All my life I’ve wanted someone to love, a life partner. But when I lose my temper it makes me feel unworthy of not only finding love but even having friends or feeling any type of emotion, really. I would NEVER harm a person. I had an ex boyfriend that I was with for 9.5 months who was the most mentally/emotionally abusive person I’ve ever met. Never once did I lay a finger on him to purposefully hurt him. I hate feeling so worthless and invalidated. I know im not this person. I don’t get off on being angry. I hate it. I want to control my emotions better. But in the moment it just gets so hard. This doesn’t just happen with my dog. It happens with a lot of things such as my job too. Only then I just get anxious and say stupid crap I don’t really mean. Any advice would be great, please and thank you.