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am-i-the-asshole-official · 9 months

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AITA for telling the truth about punching my stepson?

I am a 29 year old gay trans man. I recently married my husband (51M) and have been trying to bond with my stepson (21M). My husband raised my stepson alone from when he was 10 when my husband's ex-wife stepped out of the picture, and they are very close. He didn't start dating again until about 5 years ago and didn't realize he was attracted to men until a few years ago. He and his son lived in a conservative area until his son went off to college, and his son was kind of confused and upset about his father dating men, and when he found out I was trans he said some hurtful things which gave our relationship a rocky start. He's been much better but our relationship has always been a little awkward and stilted.

He's a big straight cis guy- like he was a linebacker in high school, and was planning on joining a frat until my husband, who is a worrier, talked him out of it and I'm a fat gay trans nerd. We have pretty much nothing in common and he didn't like that his dad was dating a man let alone a trans man who's only 8 years older than him. Between COVID and his college we also haven't spent much time together.

In February my husband and I got married and moved closer to the city where my stepson is in school. He was living on campus when we got married and is living with some friends during the summer, but he does laundry at our house and comes over for dinner at least once a week. We've been trying to get to know each other but it's awkward. My husband really really wants us to be closer and has tried to come up with activities we all enjoy to do together so it'll be less awkward.

He likes sports and martial arts and I did aikido as a kid for weeb reasons so I offered to take us to a beginner martial arts class and to take him and his friends out to dinner sometimes because they're college students and I work in computer programming, and though I have going out with friends money now, I remember the appeal of free food in college.

He took me up on the class and I thought things were going well but then one week he took me up on the food thing and his friends were uncomfortable because I'm 29 years old and he introduced me as his stepdad and they were what I would describe as playfully trans and homophobic. I brushed it off because it's a weird situation and i figured they were trying to diffuse the tension.

The next week when we got to class one of his friends was there. He and his friend spent the class hanging out with each other and ignoring me which hurt but I tried to brush it off.

When we got to sparring towards the end of class I was paired with my stepson and so we were sparring normally.

Full disclosure I've taken a few self defense classes and have been assaulted. This is not an excuse but it is the reason for the next bit.

My stepson's friend was goading us while we were sparring and stepped a little too close which knocked us both off our game and when my stepson went in for a normal grab, I freaked out a little and fully decked him in a totally illegal move. The second it happened I stepped away and started apologizing like crazy.

My stepson's nose was bleeding and the instructor was immediately right there to help him. My stepson said it was fine and laughed it off and said he was just bummed he would have to sit out the rest of class but he'd come up with a good story to tell girls and it would get him dates.

The friend also apologized for getting too close.

The instructor said he had been about to call for us to stop because we were too close to other people and he could see that I had panicked and that it would be okay because everyone signed waivers, but I should probably hold off sparring for now and we'd talk about what set me off so it wouldn't happen again. He was really nice about it, apparently he teaches self defense to survivors and recognized my reaction.

My stepson and I sat out the rest of class and I apologized a few more times and he kept brushing it off before he finally snapped and said it was fine because I punch like a girl anyway. He then got a ride with his friend.

When I got home I immediately went to my husband to tell him what happened and apologize and ask what he thought I should do to fix the situation. When I got to my husband he said that my son had already called him and told him everything and that neither he nor my stepson were upset with me. That these things happen and I shouldn't blame myself. I asked how I should make it up to my stepson and my husband said i didn't need to do anything and something like accidents happen or something. I just kind of let it go and decided to see how things went the next time I saw my stepson.

The next time my stepson came over, it became apparent that my stepson had lied to my husband about what happened. My husband believed that "some anxious chick" from the class had been the one to freak out and punch my stepson.

I wanted to be honest with my husband but I didn't want to upset my stepson and between the "punch like a girl" and the "some anxious chick" I felt like there's something more going on with why he lied to my husband. I wanted to talk to my stepson about it but he's been ignoring me since telling me that I punch like a girl.

My stepson ignored me and I avoided talking about the whole situation to my husband for about 10 days. It was causing me constant guilt and anxiety but I really wanted to talk to my stepson first.

Last night my husband mentioned that my stepson's bruise is finally completely gone and I broke down and told him everything. He was upset with both his son and me. He said that he could understand me accidentally hitting his son but keeping it from him made him feel like it was malicious. He said he needed time to process, so we didn't really talk about it, or at all after that. Between me punching his kid and lying and his son also lying and blaming a woman for it, my husband is mad at both of us, as apparently his son calling me a 'woman' to upset my husband has been a thing.

Evidently he called my stepson about it because when my stepson came by the house to get his laundry today, he was furious with me for "narcing on us" and allowing his dad to "blow things out of proportion."

I know lying in the first place was bad, but aita for telling my husband the truth after my stepson and I had seemingly agreed to keep it secret, especially without talking to my stepson first?

What are these acronyms?

#aita #am i the asshole

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viviennevermillion · 2 years

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Amusement Park Date

notes: chaos ensues. also expect more writing in the next few days as I am the dancing queen, young and sweet, now in quarantine. my stepdad has covid so I'm doing social-distancing extreme rn

characters included: deuce spade, floyd leech, kalim al-asim, malleus draconia

contains: character x gn!reader

warnings: none

Deuce is so hyped to go to the amusement park with you. He's been to amusement parks with his mum when he was younger and he loved them. He especially adored the rollercoasters. So he was super excited to experience them again with you.

He gets you stuff at the souvenir shop from his allowance. A nice plushie or a keychain. And candy. He blushes when giving them to you

Holds your hand while walking through the amusement park with you

He gets spooked in the haunted house and makes you promise to never mention this in front of Ace. Or anyone else for that matter. Let's out a little high-pitched scream and his voice cracks a bit. He instinctively reaches for your hand. Acts like you're holding it because you know he'll protect you

Bumps into at least 3 mirrors at the fun house mirror maze

Enjoys all the street food that's sold at the amusement park with you. He lets you try from his and takes pictures with you that he uploads to Magicam.

Loved the rollercoasters so much as a kid but now that he's on one again he's realizing too late that he's now actually kinda scared of them. Clings to you.

His legs are wobbly when he steps out of the rollercoaster and you chuckle and hold him.

Loses orientation. He has a map of the amusement park but he's struggling to properly read it. Goes in circles with you at least twice

Doesn't mind doing your favorite attractions in the park over and over again if you like them a lot

You get him a cute hat from the amusement park souvenir shop and he wears it for the whole trip

Also likes the slower rides. He does a small boat tour with you or walks through the indoor garden and butterfly house. He takes a photo when some of the butterflies land on your shoulder and hand and makes it his wallpaper

He watches the sunset with you while there's romantic music playing and you eat ice cream and look at the Merry-go-round that's illuminated by lights and absentmindedly watch the people pass by. Deuce holds your hand and rests his head on your shoulder. "I love you so much", he says quietly and squeezes your hand

He took you to the amusement park specifically on the day there was a fireworks show. You kiss when the fireworks go off.

Just say you want the most chaotic date in the history of mankind....or fishkind

Literally I don't even know where to begin with this one

He's the scariest thing in the haunted house

Literally finds the haunted house boring and makes it his personal mission to scare the crap out of everyone else in it, including you. Though he's still lenient with you. He will spook you a couple of times and then cackle and kiss your cheek when you shriek. "Aw Shrimpy got scared", he grins and then turns around the corner with you, smiles at another stranger in the haunted house with wide eyes and like he's going insane. Then Floyd starts cackling like an evil demon and charges after the stranger at full speed. He stops eventually after the strangers have run away

Gives you the smile he has on the header. "Look, now we're all alone in here, that's romantic isn't it?", he says and kisses you. "Yeah....Floyd....you literally made everyone else leave."

Exits the haunted house like "This was fun :)"

Also turns the fun house into a haunted house.

Makes sure you are soaked by the end of the water coaster. Literally throws himself into the water when the coaster comes to a halt and either pulls you in it with him or turns into his merman form and splashes water not just on you but onto everyone else in the coaster. They almost called security because of the giant eel lurking in the small pool at the coaster exit

You buy him a balloon in the shape of a shrimp and he's so happy about it. He carries the balloon with him for the whole trip and also puts it in his room at NRC and carries it to Mostro Lounge when he has to work

He buys the most useless trinkets at the souvenir shop and brings them to you like a little treasure

If you leave him in the souvenir shop unattended he'll end up walking around with a shirt of the amusement park, a hat and one of those giant foam fingers

Makes the gondola on the ferris wheel move left and right at a dangerous height by throwing himself against the sides of it with his full weight. When the instructions specifically said to avoid a lot of movement on the ferris wheel.

Cackles on the rollercoaster and when you exit it turns out he accidentally removed his safety belt during the ride and was still just vibing in there

His favorite thing is the bumper car place and his objective is basically to bump into everyone else with his cart as hard as possibly.

Another one who couldn't be more excited.

Kalims family actually owns the amusement park you go to and he's been there multiple times as a child. He always brought Jamil along and Kalim was excitedly introducing you to all the attractions and waiting for your reactions to them

You have to wait at the entrance to the park and in the waiting line, Kalim makes at least 5 new friends, accidentally starts a flash mob and ends up dancing with all the people to Scalding Sands music

Buys a cotton candy bigger than his head. He shares it with you and repeatedly stops during the walk through the park with you just to give you a hug.

He wants to try out all the attractions, even the ones that are for children. Has the time of his life on the Merry-go-round. He tries to hold your hand on it.

His favorite attraction is the chairoplane. It always plays fun and upbeat music during the ride and especially after it has gotten dark, it's decorated with all sorts of colorful lights

Actually scared af in the haunted house. Clings to your arm and flinches at every minor thing.

Has the most fun at the fun house. He's so excited about everything in there and INSISTS you take pictures with him in front of the image-distorting mirrors

He's like a Golden Retriever on a parkour

Takes lots of pictures with you and Jamil checks his phone at NRC and receives like 120 messages from Kalim. All of them are pictures he took at the amusement park. On some he literally just took a photo of the pigeons on the street.

Actually tries not to hit anything with the bumper car. Apologizes everytime he does.

They have a pond with swans on it at the park and Kalim gets hissed at by a swan and it follows him and he's calling out to you to help him

Buys ice cream and accidentally drops it. He's like "oh no :(" and you wait in line to get him a new one because you can't say no to his sad puppy eyes

Totally hyped for the tunnel of love thing with you. Kisses you repeatedly and snuggles you. And he tells you that he loves you at least 20 times.

Now, before you two go on this trip, Malleus actually has no idea what an amusement park is and even after the explanation he can't really imagine it before he sees it and let me tell you, it's one of the most fascinating experiences of his life.

You buy him cotton candy and he's so surprised at the texture of it but he loves it. It's one of his favorite foods now.

Just imagine how cute he'd look with a surprised facial expression and repeatedly putting cotton candy in his mouth

He's staring at everything with his surprised Malleus face™ and he asks you like, a million questions. "What is this? What is its purpose? Why do people scream on the rollercoaster? Why does the park want money from me for using the toilet?"

Doesn't really get the rollercoaster. Or the haunted house. He isn't scared of the haunted house at all because of how powerful he is and he's used to the feeling of flying so the coaster and the chairoplane don't really do anything for him

Loves the water coaster though. Splashes you with the water and tells you your facial expression is cute. He presses a kiss to your cheek and tells you he could make a tornado with his magic on the water. You cup his cheeks and softly whisper "don't."

There's one coaster that's indoors and completely in the dark and he makes fireflies appear around you to impress you. It's really beautiful

Doesn't really get the love tunnel but is convinced he has to show you all his love and affection so he just kisses you for the whole ride and holds you close

Also gets a shirt of the amusement park at the souvenir shop. Really just loves unique, colorful shirts from different places he's been at.

Likes the songs they play at the amusement park and you show him that you can use your phone to find out what the song is. You might compile them on a playlist for him

There's a dragon on the Merry-go-round that looks similar to his GaoGao Dragon-kun, so he wants to try it out. Just imagine this 2m tall man of on a Merry-go-round with a bunch of children

Takes some photos with a polaroid camera so he can show them to Lilia later

Marvels at all the street food they sell at different parts of the park. Wants to try a lot of them. He makes a mental note to ask you to find a recipe for his favorite ones online so you two can make them together

This was the most fun day he's had in a long long time. Everything was so new and exciting and he was glad to get to experience it with you. You were both basically glowing with happiness and he's clinging to you for the rest of the day

#twisted wonderland #deuce spade x reader #floyd leech x reader #kalim al asim x reader #malleus draconia x reader #deuce x reader #floyd x reader #malleus x reader #kalim x reader #twst #twisted wonderland x reader #twst headcanons #twst x reader #deuce spade #kalim al asim #kalim al-asim #floyd leech #malleus draconia

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xanadontit · 7 months

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I know it will pass but I’m feeling like the worst daughter in the world lately. It’s rare that I wish I had a full sibling closer in age but this is one of those times!

My mom gets it - she was a caregiver for her parents - but I worry she feels neglected as I’m caring for stepmom and Dad. She wants to visit and understands things are up in the air but it’s not fair to her and my stepdad to be on the back burner.

And I don’t know if I should cancel my medical appointments in October? I’d be out of commission for two days. My dad said my uncle offered to help too but he’s constantly getting COVID because he and my aunt are Cruise People. I’m not filled with confidence, friends!

If anyone has any information on cloning technology I’d appreciate it lol.

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facewithoutheart · 1 year

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I was a bit nervous I wouldn’t get my act together in time to start NaNoWriMo but I actually got a wave of inspiration Monday night. Just in time!

A reminder that I’m tagging these posts #nanowrimo so you can block if you’re not interested.

Here, have a lengthy plot summary to start (don’t look @captain-aralias):

When he became another COVID divorce story, Bryan expected things would change between him and Anna, his then-wife and still-best friend. But he never anticipated that the end result of their joint coming out would lead to Anna’s new boyfriend. Now his darling daughter has a new potential stepdad, their family has a new housemate, and what does this all have to do with the low budget science fiction show that Bryan and Anna have loved since they were kids?

We’ve got nuisances to lovers, forced proximity, and, eventually, there was only one bed. Plus found family and kid fic vibes. Lots of jokes cause hi it’s me. But I still have no title. Siiigh. Here’s a brief excerpt:

“Don’t you want to make the most of your tacky queer cruise to the Bahamas?”

She lays her head on my shoulder. “It’s not tacky. Just because you summered in sin…”

“On the Seine, darlin’.” I kiss her forehead. “It’s so cute how you always mispronounce that on purpose.”

“You think everything I do is cute.”

I hum, “Do I? Maybe I should marry you, then. If I think you’re so cute.”

“Been there,” she drapes a leg over my waist, “done that.” Then, she shoves her arm under my neck.

Do I love them? Maybe just a little bit.

Special shout out to my other NaNoWriMo fools participants: @nausikaaa, @tea-brigade, @bazzybelle, @martsonmars, @ionlydrinkhotwater (did I miss you?? Tell me!)

Condensed tag list because I still feel weird tagging people on original story posts but consider this a tag if you wanna share your writing with me: @sillyunicorn @urban-sith @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @fatalfangirl @whatevertheweather @captain-aralias @forabeatofadrum @moodandmist @johnwgrey @jbrrring @excalisbury @confused-bi-queer @palimpsessed @cutestkilla @creepyspice @ivelovedhimthroughworse @bookish-bogwitch @artsyunderstudy @orange-peony @nightimedreamersworld @ileadacharmedlife @stitchyqueer @whogaveyoupermission @hushed-chorus @katmiscellanious @larkral

#nanowrimo #nano 2022 #wipsday #wip wednesday #original fiction

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