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Woman Smells So Bad Her Friend Fears She Will Ruin Her Party, But There’s More Behind The Odor

Reminded me of a situation early in my career. I had three young men working in a single large room. Two of them reported to me, the third was part of a diff group but his work needed to be coordinated with the other two, so effectively I managed all three. People visiting the room or sitting close by started to complain to me about the smell, which I noticed as well. But having them each visit my office individually, I was able to determine that the problem was B, not P or R. I knew I had to address it, but first I spoke with P and R, because they had never once complained about B's smell. They told me that B had recently switched to an all-natural lifestyle with chemical-free deodorant. Clearly it wasn't working for him. They begged me to let THEM address it with him because they were all friends and as his female "boss" if similar age, he would be mortified if I brought up his hygiene issues. I don't know what they said, but the smell went away soon after and never returned.

39 Times MILs Overstepped So Much People Just Had To Vent Online (August Edition)

I lost my husband about 1.5 years ago, and I am so grateful that we went low-contact with most of his family ages ago. We did our own version of holidays, stopped showing up where he didn't want to be, and setting boundaries. When he died, I made all the arrangements, which made his family very angry - I didn't do anything to acknowledge the loss to his family, only to celebrate the life he had and the amazing person he had become. Since he passed, only 2 people in his very large family have reached out to check on me. His mother is hurt that I am not a comfort for her. His father was upset that I honored Mike's wishes that no one in his family come see him in the hospital, so I robbed them of saying goodbye. I will gladly carry all their anger knowing he was happier not involved with them and that I allowed him to pass exactly as he would have wanted.

Groom Refuses To Make Exceptions For His Sister, Dad Tries To Ruin The Wedding

We said "no kids" with the exception of two girls who were old enough to be jr bridesmaids, plus 3 younger from his immediate family. I had two guests who took issue - one who begged every day (co-worker) because it was a "great chance for other co-workers to meet her son" and because her mother had made my headpiece (?? not good reasons for an exception) and a friend of my mother's who refused to come if she couldn't bring her adult daughter (not invited) and grandchild in place of her husband, who WAS invited but didn't want to come. One high school friend just ignored the request and brought her young daughter. I told people the venue wasn't kid friendly, and that woman spent the whole reception chasing her little girl around.

Woman Declines To Vouch For Her Sister Professionally, HR Soon Emails Her About A Referral She Never Made

NTA. I had a similar situation. Niece needed a job. Something became available at my office. I made her aware of it, but that was it. She completed the applications online, listed me as a reference without asking and identified me as "her mother's best friend". She was afraid they wouldn't consider her if she had a relative in the building. AFTER hiting send, she called to ask me what she should have done. I have an unusual name, and I told her that HR would recognize me and call me and I would not lie about being a relative. I have a long career and good reputation that I'll not jeopordize for her, but especially since it was unnecessary to lie - we would have been in very different depts with very different reporting structures. Best I offered was to respond "I don't know" if they asked why she lied. She planned to tell them that she misunderstood the question. I was equally offended that she tried to pass off that her mother was my best friend - no way that was ever the case!!!!

Same here. Our front door takes a little effort to close, so anyone coming/going from the house requires us to check the door, regardless of verbal instructions.

Woman Declines To Vouch For Her Sister Professionally, HR Soon Emails Her About A Referral She Never Made

So many YTAs. The sister lied to get the job. Not worth risking the OP's reputation at work for doing a favour for a person who let her down the last time. I'll go for NTA.

Bride Refuses To Take Fiancé’s Last Name, And His Reason For Demanding It Sparks A Huge Fight

I have to share my story in honor of my recently late husband. We were 29 when we married, and I already had established a career. For both professional and personal (last person in my family line because my father didn't have a son) reasons I wanted to keep my name. My adorable husband never batted an eye, even when his annoying family repeatedly raised it as an issue for reasons they entirely made up. Fastforward 20ish years...my parents have passed, my career is solid enough to handle it, and I want to change my name to his. He was surprised to realize that he was thrilled by this. I believe he saw it as a gift this time versions some kind of routine tradition - I was really choosing to make the change. He passed last year, and I'm so grateful that I made that decision when I did - I am honored to have his name. And no, we didn't have kids.

Woman Draws The Line At Her Wedding After Her Family Spends Years Protecting Her Toxic BIL

From personal experience, OP needs to hire plain clothes security for wedding and reception. Only the wedding party and BIL need to know they are there. If sister is MOH, now way this guy is not going to show up.

Husband Makes Wife Feel Like A Child With One Repeated Question, Until She Turns The Tables

I could have written this post! My late husband would do that very same thing, and it made me defensive. No amount of explaining why his choice of words made me feel like I was being blamed helped. I had to learn to not take offense because he insisted there was none there. But he had to accept that sometimes the reason would be "because it hasn't been done yet...". When he got okay with that, I noticed that he asked for reasons a lot less.

Guy Tries To Control The Silent Auction With Backup Bidders, Woman Beats Him At His Own Game

Similarly, I was at a charity auction and realized that some Karen was sending her son (maybe 10 or 11) over to bid just a dollar higher than me whenever she saw someone right on that sheet. That way she could keep sitting at her table chatting away. Item was still reasonably priced at that point, so I took a chance and bid a single bid for much more than it was worth - I make regular donations to this place anyway, so why not? Sure enough, as soon as I sit down little boy runs over and bids a dollar more, just as he was told. She won the item, never knew what happened until she went to the table to pay. I will never forget how happy I was that night LOL

Toxic MIL Hopes Couple Can Feel Her Pain By Having To Raise A Severely Autistic Kid Like She Did

It's perfectly acceptable to have a "last straw". There's just a moment where something in a bad situation "clicks" and you have to move on. As for reporting MIL to CPS - don't avoid doing it because you assume how it will turn out. Maybe it will, maybe it won't. But you have to do the right thing which is report your concerns.

78 Hilariously Relatable Gen X Memes For Everyone Who Grew Up Before The Internet (New Pics)

I rescued one of these from the office trash during a remodeling. It is precious to me LOL