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AnonymousLlama, in My (29f) parents ghosted me 5 years ago after my wedding and now reached out. What do I do?
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A fascinating read. Nothing of value was lost in not taking to these people for the last half decade

passably9, in My (29f) parents ghosted me 5 years ago after my wedding and now reached out. What do I do?

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  • HawkMan,

    Did you read everything?

    passably9,

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  • Moc,

    Because you couldn’t have missed the point more?

    suckaduck, in My (29f) parents ghosted me 5 years ago after my wedding and now reached out. What do I do?
    @suckaduck@lemmy.world avatar

    Big yikes. They don’t agree and go no contact on their child, even going as far as to block her on most means to get in touch. “Aight immah throw away my child cause I don’t agree with a decision they made”. Insane.

    rodneylives, in My (29f) parents ghosted me 5 years ago after my wedding and now reached out. What do I do?

    This may go against the general tenor here, but parents are people too and make mistakes, sometimes big ones. Your life is finite, and so is theirs. When they are gone, you'll never have the chance to see them again. I would let them back in, maybe at least hear what they have to say. Could be just me though.

    ZoopZeZoop,

    Sure, they’re human and humans make mistakes. It doesn’t mean I (or my husband and kids, in the case of OP) have to be there while you work them out. Work them out and try again in a few years. More likely than not, staying will just enable them and they won’t be motivated to fix the issue.

    Life is hard. Parenting is hard. Being in a relationship is hard. Why would OP add an extra layer to that by having to worry when they’re going to demonstrate their shitty racist beliefs in front of the people she loves?

    gk99,

    My parents are dead too and I still think my father being an abusive and racist piece of shit made him an abusive and racist piece of shit that I don’t really miss.

    OP heard what they had to say: a slur and insult. You don’t double down on mistakes when you’re supposed to be asking for forgiveness.

    PupBiru,
    @PupBiru@kbin.social avatar

    queer people often learn that family are just people in your life… many of us have chosen family who love and respect us for who we are, because our family have let us down beyond measure. don’t ever feel obligated to stick around for anyone just because they’re family: surround yourself with people who love you, regardless of if you share blood relations or not

    rodneylives,

    Yeah, I know. And I knew this would be the reaction here. And for many people what you suggest is the right answer. I am only saying, it might not be for everyone. There is a lot of nuance that tends to be left out of these descriptions, and a world of information we're not getting.

    Timwi,
    @Timwi@kbin.social avatar

    They did hear what they had to say. What they had to say turned out to be a racist slur. I don't know what else you need.

    rodneylives,

    Finish that last thought. "I don't know what else you need... to never talk to your parents again, ever." People can change, and the grave is cold and final. (Although I just realized, I only read the TL;DR version. There might be stuff here I'm not getting. Did the initial post change after I wrote my first comment? Anyway, I may be wrong here depending on the full story.)

    Timwi,
    @Timwi@kbin.social avatar

    I was just responding to your last sentence, “maybe at least hear what they have to say”, and pointed out that they already did that and the results are already in the original post. By saying “I don't know what else you need” I was implying that this is probably enough to judge their character and make a decision on how to move forward with one's relationship with them. To never talk to your parents again, ever, is a legitimate decision to make after considering these variables, and it's not our place to force the author to constantly second-guess that decision.

    Razputinsgirth, in My (29f) parents ghosted me 5 years ago after my wedding and now reached out. What do I do?

    Parents are clearly in the wring but I will note op never said how old she is

    Isiliel,

    You didn’t read the title?

    jacktherippah, in My (29f) parents ghosted me 5 years ago after my wedding and now reached out. What do I do?

    Man I can’t wait for the fediverse to have enough content of its own for a “best of fediverse updates”.

    veroxii,

    I guess just commenting is not enough. We should all get out there and create some drama!

    jesterraiin, in OOP's dog ate her neighbour's drone. Neighbour takes her to small claims court which ironically is the best thing that happens to OOP.

    Why do you write OOP?

    Original Original Poster sounds dumb.

    slazer2au,

    OP is the person posting the aggregation version here.

    OOP is the actual person who created the series of posts.

    It was likely seperated this way to identify which poster is being referred to.

    jesterraiin,

    I can tell who is who, it’s just that Original Original Poster sounds dumb.

    WastingSpace,

    I read it as Original OP, which does sound OK, but that’s just me

    reflex,
    @reflex@kbin.social avatar

    Original Original Poster sounds dumb.

    How about OP' (oh-pee prime), borrowing from math notation. 😏

    jesterraiin,

    Massive improvement. It sounds professional, serious and stuff…

    TheOminousBulge,
    @TheOminousBulge@kbin.social avatar

    I humbly suggest Oop and Op. Pronounced as words. Like loop and top.

    jesterraiin,

    The problem is, that OOP is an acronym already widespread and used since long.

    Therefore, this attempt at forcing new word into local dialect seems dumb.

    TWeaK,

    It’s the standard term in the BORU subreddit where these posts come from. It means Other Original Poster.

    jesterraiin,

    “Do not multiply entities beyond necessity”

    There’s no such thing as “other original poster”.

    There’s only original poster and people who repost it. That’s why there’s the “I’m not OP” disclaimer…

    HidingCat,

    Oh great, a pedant.

    BORU used those terms, and people understood what they meant. Did you really have to display your pedantry like a badge of honour?

    jesterraiin,

    Oh great, a pedant.

    I’m so sorry that you’re triggered by someone’s opinion. Can I suggest leaving the Internet immediately and for good, while at that?

    Lmaydev,

    From the person triggered by a well established acronym.

    jesterraiin,

    Correction: from the misuse of a well established acronym, one that belongs to programming.

    Lmaydev,

    OOP Out of Picture (greyhound racing, 30+ lengths behind the winning greyhound)

    OOP Out of Place

    OOP Out of Pouch (sugar gliders)

    OOP Order of Play (sports)

    OOP Out Of Play

    OOP Object Oriented Programming

    OOP Out of Protection (gaming)

    You’re being pedantic.

    TWeaK,

    There’s the OP of this post, then there’s the OP of the Other post. So there’s the Other OP.

    jesterraiin,

    There can’t be “other” or “another” original poster.

    There’s THE original poster and simply people who reposted his or her content.

    OOP is an acronym for something entirely different.

    TWeaK,

    There’s an original poster for each post. When you’re talking in one post about another post, there is another original poster from the other post. What you call that other original poster is up to you, but OOP is what the BORU sub settled on.

    The person who posts a repost is an OP for that specific post, to differentiate them from the other commenters in the post. It’s not like Original Content, which his the root source of all reposts, it’s just a term that (automatically, by the site’s own labels) refers to the person who made that specific post, regardless of its content.

    jesterraiin,

    There’s an original poster for each post.

    There’s only one Original Poster. Everyone else is doing reposting.

    OOP

    It’s an acronym already in use. You’re multiplying entities beyond the necessity.

    TWeaK,

    In use for what?

    Acronyms can be used for different things in different contexts.

    jesterraiin,

    In use for what?

    It takes a lot less to Google it, than write this comment.

    TWeaK,

    Lmao now I’m definitely not going to bother. Not least because a Google search will come up with multiple answers, because acronyms have multiple uses, so I still won’t know what you’re talking about.

    Seeing as you’re not really arguing in good faith in any way, shape or form, I’m out.

    makingStuffForFun,
    @makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml avatar

    As this is not OP posting, it is in fact the O OP. I agree, sounds weird, but what it is.

    jesterraiin,

    As this is not OP posting,

    It’s already explained with “I’m not OP” disclaimer.

    it is in fact the O OP.

    So you think that each repost warrants for the addition of another “O”?

    If someone links to your repost, it should be O O OP, then?

    Come on… Nobody does that.

    MortyMcFry,
    @MortyMcFry@aussie.zone avatar

    I agree it sounds ridiculous and I’m sorry you’ve been downvoted so much. Though this is a reddit repost so the downvotes are expected.

    Kolanaki,
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    To be fair to Lemmy, this poster has been saying some pretty insane shit lately and possibly just attracting attention on themselves because of that.

    jesterraiin,

    It’s ok, I pay little attention to the voting system. 😁

    nieceandtows, in OOP's dog ate her neighbour's drone. Neighbour takes her to small claims court which ironically is the best thing that happens to OOP.

    This is a classic. Some people truly rely on people to just get scared and give in to their demands even if there’s no standing.

    Vengefu1Tuna, in OOP is gifted laser tattoo removal by her mother-in-law
    @Vengefu1Tuna@lemmy.world avatar

    That’s a good one, thank you for sharing!

    PuffyPanda, in My gf was raped and became pregnant. I broke up with her because she wanted to keep the baby + Updates

    I feel so terrible for the GF. Not only was she a victim of rape, she had to make a choice that would either cause her to lose her family or her boyfriend. Though I don’t think OP was wrong in any of his actions, it’s still such a terrible situation for her.

    PeleSpirit, in Company throws a corporate retreat at a plantation in southern Alabama with a period-appropriate costume ball, only black guy that works for the company shows up dressed as a slave.

    I love this one, he went all in and the pictures are the best part. One of the comments below, lmfao:

    This is funny af. I would pay to listen to the phone convos by management to the ceo “ABORT PLANTATION PARTY! ABORT!!!”

    zzz, in I am leaving my wife tomorrow and I couldn’t be happier

    Nice idea! I could live with sone reposts, will only get more people to switch platforms

    doppelgangmember,

    Yeah i hated the consensus that everyone on Lemmy wanted 15 year old memes but absolutely NO REDDIT REPOSTS!!! Even if they’re entertaining and keep me from going back to reddit…

    Blocked the antiquememeshow community. So annoying.

    GunnarRunnar, in I am leaving my wife tomorrow and I couldn’t be happier

    Too one sided and perfect. Pretty good way to kill a few minutes reading though. If I were on Reddit, I'd make my way r/amitheangel to see what's the opinion there.

    seacocker, in I am leaving my wife tomorrow and I couldn’t be happier
    @seacocker@lemmy.world avatar

    ASking out someone the day after leaving a long term relationship doesn’t seem like the best decision and makes me think he might actually be the douche bag here.

    Buddahriffic,

    I mean, it sounds like he’s been done with the relationship for a long time. The official breakup might have been recent but the feelings sound long gone. As long as the other person is aware of the situation and is ok with it, I don’t see a problem. Though both of them should be aware that it might not work out, but really that’s every relationship.

    Saneless,

    As someone who was in a 10 year marriage that was shit the last years of it

    You’ve been emotionally broken up for years. It’s clear once you’re out. It might be hard to understand unless you’ve been there, but it’s absolutely true. You realize you haven’t been in a relationship in a very long time, so it’s not “the day after” it’s a few years and a day after

    SnowMeowXP, in My wife and her best friend accused me of having an affair, then got angry when I didn't have one
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    Are there no updates as to whether the “friend” was able to speak at the funeral?

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