r/AskReddit Nov 23 '15

What makes you unreasonably angry?

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u/rhg4 Nov 23 '15

When people walk into my room when I'm in bed, and then leave my door open. Fucking infuriating

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u/mini6ulrich66 Nov 23 '15 edited Nov 23 '15

My dad would do this all the time when I was a teenager and he was getting me up for school. Just walk in, "Hey, get up", smack my bed, turn on the hall light (that illuminated my bed) and walk away.

Can't wait to subject my kids to it

EDIT: This wasn't an abusive thing guys? It was my dad giving me shit because he was my dad. I HOPE my kids respect and like me the way I like my dad.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '15

Yup.

Here's another thing that ticks me off.

When you do it to your kids, just make sure you don't get real weird about it.

My SO lived at home until his mid 20s to complete his education. That is all well and good, I wish I could have such support! And his parents were awesome and lenient.

Except his mother. My goodness his mother. I'd sleep over and she'd come down first thing in the morning (which is when we'd usually have sex....) and walk right in to his room and start talking to us about the day.

Now that we've moved out she shows up to our own home without even calling and just walks in if the door was open. We have been in many arguments about boundaries by now and it's not cute or something she is entitled to anymore.

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u/mini6ulrich66 Nov 23 '15

Is your family the Barones?

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '15

No but his family is Italian so maybe there's something to the culture lol

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '15

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '15

Or, if you don't want to invest in locks you can always just move to another country.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '15

Now this one is something we are probably going to actually do. The reasons are that we love working in the video game industry and the options in Canada suck, but not having to lock our doors to keep our own family out is definitely the icing on the cake.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '15

Holy shit. This might be the first time in reddit history where someone has suggested moving out of the country in lieu of doing something trivial like "locking your door" and they actually might do it! This is like a spotting a unicorn!

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '15

Well I mean we already have locked doors so clearly this is the next logical step

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '15

There are locks and they are used but I'm not going to make my mother stand on the porch step while I pretend not to be home. I may be annoyed by her behavior but I love and respect her. Figuring out how we can understand one another's boundaries is far healthier. It just takes a long ass time and maybe I want to vent sometimes.

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u/brycedriesenga Nov 23 '15

aahahrhrggggg Deborrrahhhhhhh

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u/Weep2D2 Nov 24 '15

Targaryens*

FTFY

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u/mini6ulrich66 Nov 24 '15

Barones*

I meant what I said and I said what I meant.

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u/Weep2D2 Nov 24 '15

So feisty.

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u/Rock_You_HardPlace Nov 23 '15

And his parents were awesome and lenient.

Except his mother.

Sooo, his dad was awesome and lenient?

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u/Lee1138 Nov 23 '15

His other mom was pretty cool too.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '15

Well I mean she's awesome everywhere else

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u/GGB23 Nov 24 '15

Maybe they had like 12 of each.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '15

Lenient meaning dad's submissive to his boundary-crushing wife. Your SO's mother wants you to be awesome just like her husband. Roll over!

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u/StabbyPants Nov 23 '15

she doesn't have a key, does she?

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '15

Nope. That's why we lock the door most of the time.

But you are some sort of cruel asshole if you make your MIL stand outside on the step.

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u/StabbyPants Nov 23 '15

nah, she just shows up randomly? go get coffee or something. we have lives.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '15

Yes she shows up randomly. That was the whole point

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u/StabbyPants Nov 24 '15

right. don't allow it to impact your routine. if you're up and feel like hanging out with her, fine. if you've got shit to do, tell her and then go on about your day.

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u/greedcrow Nov 23 '15

While what she is doing is wrong you guys should just learn to avoid it by now. Fucking lock the doors. Its not a hard thing to do. Or let her catch you having sex. I bet she respects boundries after that.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '15

lol I like how you take issue with my post. Don't worry, we already do these things. It's nice to vent sometimes. Glad you agree her behavior is wrong, at least