my friend (28F) is about eight months pregnant with a baby boy and she’s looking at names. she wanted something slightly different but still timeless, cute for a baby but still good for an adult. we were really struggling until I suggested Timothy the other day. we’d been staying away from three syllable names to keep in line with her other children (Avis and Josie). i think Timothy would suit really nicely with those names, and she agreed. fast forward three days, i receive this text from her pretty much out of the blue. im not one to judge but im sure this counts as a tragedeigh. do i tell her the name sucks or just keep my mouth shut about it?

title is a little clickbaity because his autism has nothing to do with my animosity towards my brother(15). i’ve felt uncomfortable around him for years, with this being the first time i have expressed and placed a boundary. he has a history of being aggressive, spends 90% of his awake time watching youtube or on roblox which usually results in a rage fit. my parents have heavily neglected his development and has been “homeschooled” for the past decade. he has an anxiety disorder, depression, and an explosive mood disorder, alongside his autism. i don’t know if this is relevant or not.

a few months ago my mother and i were searching through the family computer trying to find evidence of infidelity in her marriage, instead we found a google search history of “cat fellatio, feline genitalia, cat vagina” along with other weird teenage boy stuff. my mother did not address any of this and acted like she didn’t see it. ok, whatever.

my daughter also has extreme stranger danger towards him, latching onto me or her dad when he’s in sight. there’s been no time where they’ve been left in the same room alone together so i have no reason to think anything happened between them besides any vibes my toddler picked up.

i recently weaned my child from nursing but whenever i would visit my family home, my brother would come into the common spaces to hang out. i would be nursing frequently, on demand. my brother would watch and he is not subtle. this would lead to him “adjusting himself” often until he would eventually leave the room. this same thing would happen a few more times when i would simply be in the room playing with my toddlers and he would be adjusting.

is this normal teenage boy behavior? it really feels like my mother is choosing to ignore these red flags and excuse his behavior. as a mom, he makes my anxiety skyrocket.

thanks to anyone who reads. hopefully i don’t come off as an AH.

I will never understand why people like going out to eat for breakfast.

1. Pretty much all breakfast food can be made easily at home. Pancakes, eggs, waffles etc are all very easy and cheap to make yourself.

2. Eating out for breakfast either means waking up early than normal to eat on time, or eating later as you have to wake up, get ready, drive there, wait for your order to be taken and then wait for the food. Versus rolling out of bed and just starting breakfast.

So yeah, anytime someone says “hey let’s go out for breakfast” I just get annoyed. It’s got to be one of the worst ways to start the day.

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114871422727186590

I am 22 (f) and I just learned last week that I have a terminal brain tumor, that has unfortunately grown so much that nothing can be done for me anymore, the doctor gave me 9 months at most to live.

So here's my question, the past three years I have been saving up to go to college next year but since that won't be happening, I want to spend all the money before I die. I have a little over $24,000 saved up. I initially thought about leaving it to my siblings but I remember that I have never actually enjoyed my life, I don't go out, I don't do substances, I hardly buy nice clothes, I have never smoked or touched alcohol, so just give me expensive recommendations to spend this money (I know it's not a lot of money but I just want to give myself a parting gift. Thanks in advance everyone.

EDIT: Thank you everyone for your recommendations. I live in Europe(I used dollar currency because I know most Reddit users live in the US) , I've travelled around here a lot I've been to all the Balkan countries, Greece, I go frequently to France and the Netherlands, I've been to Prague, Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Kenya, Senegal, Myanmar, Namibia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Samoa, USA. I've done my fair share of travel. But I have been fainting a lot lately and I'm prone to seizures (not so frequent though) so I'm trying to do something in my comfort zone that doesn't require too much physical energy.

I may have also worded this post a bit wrongly, I wasn't really looking for travelling recommendations, I have actually travelled a lot(all the time with family) , I wanted to do something for myself, personally (other than travelling).

And not everyone can tell how certain foods look? It was an innocent question. Why are people so insecure these days

More outlets than friends. 😔

BREAKING: Nine-time NBA All-Star Damian Lillard is finalizing a three-year, $42 million contract to return to the Portland Trail Blazers, sources tell ESPN. Deal is expected to include a player option in 2027-28 and a no-trade clause. A storybook reunion home for the 35-year-old.

Lillard now will have a 2025-26 set salary of $70M between his Portland and Milwaukee deals, and a salary of $141M over the next two years ahead of an opt-out in 2027. Blazers officials and Aaron Goodwin of Goodwin Sports Management are finalizing terms this week.

Lillard and the Trail Blazers both deeply cared about the comeback in recent weeks – with multiple meetings among the Portland franchise icon, general manager Joe Cronin and head coach Chauncey Billups to bond together and move forward united on a new deal.

Lillard will use the 2025-26 season to rehabilitate a torn Achilles tendon, but a return to the franchise and Portland where his family and kids reside were of the ultimate importance. He also had multiple mid-level exception and minimum offers from NBA contenders.

https://www.espn.com/contributor/shams-charania/fcbefd9bbb1c4

AITA? I am a mom of 3 - a 7 year old girl and 8 month old twin boys. I work a 9-5 corporate job. My husband is a teacher and obviously has summers off. Last summer, while I was pregnant, I let my husband go on a solo trip to the Bahamas. I travel for work and he felt like it was unfair that I get away so much. I let him do it last year. He has also been talking about going to World Cup games in 2026 with my brother in law in Mexico, the US and Canada, which I am being supportive of because he loves soccer. A few days ago he got it in his head that he wants to do another solo trip this summer because he’s off and sick of just sitting around with the babies. We only have part time care for the boys at the moment (daughter is in full day camp) to save money because he’s off. Well now I’m all of a sudden the bad guy because he wants to run off on another solo trip sometime in the next 3 weeks and I shut it down (I actually gave him the finger as my response - but I jokingly tell him to F off all the time and he takes it well). I’m working, we don’t have full time child care, and it’s honestly just a lot with the 3 kids. He has now turned it into me being the bad guy and all of a sudden he’s furious at me. AITA?

ETA I have not traveled for business since having the twins. I have only been back at work for 6 weeks and have declined 2 travel opportunities already because I felt it wasn’t the right timing yet. I have no travel booked at this time but that will change in the coming months. I had one girls weekend away since the twins and offered for my husband to have a guys weekend. I even asked my brother in law to reach out with him to arrange it because I felt bad that I left him with the 3 kids for a weekend. As for the “let” him part - it’s not about being a parent or controlling what he does - it’s about a mutual respect. That we respect each other enough to make sure the other one is comfortable - especially because we have two babies that need a lot of hands on care and are not yet sleeping through the night. I wouldn’t just plan a trip without checking in with him and he does the same.

Also ETA that he’s a great father and super hands on the vast majority of the time.

mfw the past 3 days of political edging.

You guys are this fucking close. 🤏 SO FUCKING CLOSE.

And just like clockwork, everyone will conveniently find other things to fixate on in a week or so. The bots are already swarming like flies to a rotting carcass, posting anything that could serve as a useful distraction.

Yes, ya'll are getting astroturfed and brigaded.... The call is coming from inside the house.

I promise that pressuring your representatives in Washington to blow the lid off of a systemic decades-long pedophile ring is way more important than rageposting about a trans woman who won a gold medal.

Remember that those in positions of power directly benefit from stoking division and outrage. What's happening now is just part of the 250-year-old playbook, and some of you finally seem to be waking up to that.

Stay the course and don't look away.