>be me >dinner with my mother and stepfather >I don't do this often because I don't really get along with them >I finish eating, but there's still food on my plate >I don't eat after I'm full though >Cue the trivial comments about the size of my eyes versus my stomach, or that I ordered too much >anyway, the time to depart has nearly arrived and stepfather asks for a box to-go >it's clearly for my food, since there's no other food remaining >I consider briefly cancelling the order to pack up the food since I don't want to take the leftovers home, but I decide to say nothing >so the plastic carton comes and gets set down >I do nothing and the conversation grows strained as it is clear they are simply waiting for me to put the food in the box >so she says: Well, put your food in the box and we'll get going >that's alright, I don't want to take this stuff home, it won't keep well and there's not much left >stepfather grabs my plate in a miffed fashion and fills the box himself >once this is done, we all stand up to go >the to-go box is still sitting on the table, as I have not picked it up and neither have they >I start to walk away >they tell me I'm forgetting my box >I thought you were taking it, since you packed it up to go >I packed it up so you could take it home >I don't want it >You're wasting food, you can't leave it behind >I pick up the box and carry it until we pass by a trash can, where I dispose of it >the ride home is grumpy and silent
why do they keep picking these stupid arguments with me, something like this happens every time, and then we go months and months without speaking
It sounds like everybody in this story is kind of a prick, honestly. None of you have an ounce of consideration or a willingness to accommodate the others.
Evan Edwards
just fucking take the fucking thing holy shit. get a job and move out.
Landon Rodriguez
Same with me and my parents. Gets really bad when I'm home from college for summer like now. If it's something small like that I'll do it and I just imagine torturing them to make me feel better.
What the fuck is wrong with you Are you even self aware
Noah Carter
There's nothing wrong with him. There's obviously just a very bad relationship between him and his parents. I don't really do shit like op but I always correct my parents and try to one-up them.
Thomas Butler
How is OP going to make any gains if he doesn't eat enough fucking skinny faggot
Charles Sullivan
If your parents pay for your food and accomodation you take the fucking food, put it in the box and take it home you disgusting prick, god I hate you
Juan Ramirez
Idk sometimes you just cant do things. for example I have a similar to go box story. One time i was eating out with family and we got to go boxes. My brother put his food in the box upside down causing it to not be able to stack nicely. And for 10 minutes I sat there staring at the uneven pile of stacked to go boxes thinking about how it's not right. So I tried to fix his box myself but they all stopped me multiple times from trying to right side up the box myself because it wasn't right. eventually they calmed me down by repeatedly telling me things in the world arent perfect and that's okay. I didn't agree but it calmed me down enough to put my food in the box.
For clarification the boxes tops are notched in slightly so the bottoms of other boxes can rest on top of them easier.
I'm also Btw
that doesnt make me autistic does it? Because I was never mad about it I just couldn't do anything else till I tried to have it right.
Jacob Roberts
the real crime is portion sizes in america
Samuel Walker
This. They paid for the food, and yeah I know you didn't want to be there in the first place but that doesn't matter, you put aside your own desires for a second in order to not make the situation worse than it is. You could have just thrown the food out when you got home and they weren't looking. There was no point to anything you did and it already made an awkward situation more awkward.
Jack Ross
Literally all you had to do was pick up the box >But I don't want to
Your mother has no way to know that because you apparently hate speaking >I consider briefly cancelling the order to pack up the food since I don't want to take the leftovers home, but I decide to say nothing >I do nothing and the conversation grows strained as it is clear they are simply waiting for me to put the food in the box Do you not see the fucking problem? If you don't say what you want or what you don't want, your mother has no way of knowing and she'll naturally try to make those decisions herself.
Ryan Mitchell
Can't you understand that it wasn't aout the food at all? obviously op is trying to stick it to them or some shit like that.
Jason Sullivan
You might have won the title of best post, which is best done when it is also the first post.
She's definitely my mother. Her pettiness forces her to do whatever she must to get me to take food home, and mine compels me to do whatever it takes to avoid this. We're not different at all. We've been waging this war for thirty years, and I just keep hoping she'll eventually learn to give in.
and of course, so is she. The stepfather is of no consequence, he just follows his girlfriend's lead.
Owen Rogers
I get that, I was a moody teenager once too. My point is that it's fucking stupid and accomplishes absolutely nothing, and overall he would be better off just doing the trivial thing of putting the food in the box and going rather than dragging the situation out and making things worse for everyone involved.
Easton Cox
Just take it home and throw it out
David Torres
Sometimes you have to lash out even if it is through absurd actions.
Luke Green
No you don't kekk
Gavin Parker
ofc you do. It's called being human. That's why many people are here in the first place. Just to argue for the sake of arguing.
Adrian Morgan
As I've gotten older I've realized that no, you really don't. And if you do want lash out then do it in a way that the other people are going to understand why you are lashing out, in such a way that it might affect a change of some kind. The OP just acted like a mental retard in this situation, his stepfather and mother likely just thought 'oh he's acting like a moody retard again' and nothing will change. He could have taken the box, gone home, done what he wanted with the food, then maybe told his stepfather and mom directly 'next time I have leftovers could you leave up to me to decide if I want a take home box? thanks.'
Chase Price
I mean, I suppose if you're a literal child that's true. Part of maturity is accepting that you can't be a vindictive prick and that it's better to grin and bear it instead of causing unnecessary conflict.
Mason Myers
Time and place retard Lashing out at your parents of all things for something as stupid as this
Christian Jenkins
Just because you consider it childish doesn't lessen the fact it's a natural response to people you have a poor relationship with. It's funny because we're literally all acting just like OP right now refusing to pick up the carton and just go.
Liam Robinson
Yes its a natural response if you have the mentality of a child. OP is not a child and shouldn't act like one regardless of how much he hates his doo doo parents
Dominic Hernandez
everyone acts like that. we're acting like that right now.
Nicholas Sanchez
Time and place you retard Whats acceptable in OPs situation and whats acceptable here is obviously going to be different. I can't bother replying to you any longer please wait until you are 18 years old to post.
Sebastian King
you sound very autistic/OCD a normal person wouldnt give a shit a normal person would have just picked up the box like they asked and left you make a fuss about dumb shit and they get annoyed with you and you get annoyed with them and refuse to even acknowledge them and they treat you're a retard because you act like one
John Lee
your parents are overprotective and understand you too well
learn to be like OP and needlessly resist them over stupid thinks like box positioning. It will serve you well
Ethan Brooks
They resent you for living the good life as a NEET.