Hello all. So I pour Diet Coke in the sky for a living and it comes with pretty cool perks, such as free air travel. A cool part is that I can sometimes bring friends with me. There is a caveat that you have to be professional when you travel and can risk losing your job.

With that being said, I recently went on a trip with a good friend of mine. When we were leaving to head home, we had two flights to take. Upon landing, we had to clear customs and pick up our bags and recheck them. When we get to the recheck spot, we got informed that our bags were lost. My friend proceeds to go nuts. Like absolutely lose it, which is not okay. My friend knew about the fact that they had to show decorum because I could quite literally lose my job for it but they continued to go be beserk.

I asked them to calm down and they didn’t and instead, they lashed out at me. So, I went to the agent, told them to get security and had them cancel their flight on my benefits. Why did I have them call security? Because you’re causing a scene at an airport and a security officer is better than the police. Anyway, I left them to their tantrum and went on my merry way.

Obviously weren’t not friends anymore. So and so is also attempting to take me to small claims to refund them their alternative travel expenses. I’ve received mixed responses from our mutual friend group.

So what do you think guys?

Here are what netizens think:

All of these fools acting out at airports should get their flights cancelled. Full-on timeouts until they remember how to behave like civilized adults.

So sometimes when you fly somewhere you need to do it in two or more steps. You fly to one airport to catch a flight to another airport. In some cases the time you have to catch the next flight is not enough for the ground crew to take the luggage out, separate and sort it and get it on the next plane. In this case your suitcase is considered “lost”.

A man shared how he is stick and tired of his married life, as well as his wife.

Here is the story

I am tired of being married

I wake up every day at 6-7AM, take my kid to school, clock in at 8:30 to work from home while simultaneously taking care of my 4-year-old.

Taking my lunch break to go pick up my kids.

Work the rest of the day. Get off and walk to the kitchen at 530, to cook dinner for the wife and kids.

Then get the kids bathed and ready for bed.

I do the dishes and laundry regularly, my son has not been tardy all year, and I have been able to consistently work remotely for a while.

I hate this so much. I want a partner who isn’t a lazy POS.

What does my wife do? You ask? Oh just talk about how I’m not a real man because I don’t make more than 60k. I’m a loser who makes bad music and will never amount to anything.

Screw all this that! I’ll set a better example for our sons and teach them not to put up with emotional and psychological torture.

Bless you. Marriage isn’t my issue, my wife is.

Time to make some plans and changes.

I don’t think there’s many people in this sub who would be in the same situation as me which could be a good thing to get opinions but you can you even begin to start dating for the first time in your mid 30’s? Is it too late to learn all the things that should’ve been learned 10-15 years ago?

Having never had a girlfriend before and getting zero interaction on the dating app scene for 7 years I personally feel like it’s too late and the cut off has passed at my age (35 in May) and that there’s too many things to learn about being on a date, being together with someone, sex, love, and growing as an individual that should have been learned at a minimum of 10 years ago

I’ve seen it posted in here that not having a partner at all in you life when in your 30’s is a huge red flag which on first glance I find is a pretty unfair blanket statement to make on people but it seems to make sense when it’s broken down and analysed that people in my situation don’t really know how to be a “relationship quality” person and in a way I guess people feel like they have to coach someone when it all should’ve been learned in the teens and early 20s. Not even going to touch on learning how to have S.

Not that it really matters since I wasn’t getting likes or messages for years previously but I’m sort of at the point in life where I need to decide if it’s worth it to keep trying and feeling completely invisible and undateable or get on some good ol’ copium and rationalise reasons to give up.

Here are what netizens think:

I started dating at 30. I just waited until I was comfortable with myself. Get out there and go for it! I’ve learned quite a lot from dating for 4 years. I’m 34 now.

I think everyone dating in their 30’s is kind of working through something. It’s a refreshing change from 20’s dating when everyone is trying to present this flawless picture of themselves! Never too late 

A girl asked why are men obsessed with thinking that women are after their money.

Here is the story

What is this unfounded obsession that some dudes seem to have with women being after their money, free dinners, etc?

So I’m fortunate to have a rad partner who is not like this in the least. We are both solid earners and provide for each other equally, and I don’t feel that all guys think the way that I am describing below.

But I have to laugh when I see the sheer amount of dudes constantly fretting online about all the women they think are after their money and trying to use them for free dates and meals.

Ironically, it’s almost always a dude who is a really average earner flipping out about imaginary girls who want free dinners, gifts, etc.

This is borderline comedic to me because while I know that there are definitely individuals out there who will take advantage and have ulterior motives, it is nowhere near as common as dudes online will have you think.

I literally just saw a thread of guys musing amongst themselves about how to tell whether a woman likes them or their giant piles of cash and success. I’m like…none of you have this problem. Respectfully.

I feel like a lot of it is an extension of a very subtle form of misogyny and distrust of women that really isn’t that valid. Does this make sense? This is bizarre to me.

As I grew older, I realised that there is no such thing as true friendship. People are too materialistic. People can lie even the simplest thing just to get ahead. I have helped so many people and only for them to turn their back against me. There is no such thing as faith in humanity. Everyone is just out for their survival. There isn’t a point in life living this way or even having a child and leaving them to face this cruel world.

I have decided to stop contacting anyone or making any friends to avoid any disappointment or betrayal again. I shut myself out from the world. I realised that only myself matter.

I don’t know how will I survive after my parent pass away. They are the only ppl who are genuinely concerned about me.

Is anyone feeling the same?

Here are what netizens think:

• I agree that there are materialistic people out there, backstabbers, bad people, ungrateful people and the list goes on and on. I have been hurt by people like that before. But even as every single day I see people doing awful things, I also see countless people extending their hand to help others, forking out their time their money their energy in different ways when they stand to gain absolutely nothing.

• I remember feelingg this way when I lost my friends in secondary school, and my ex best friend turned her back on me when I could have killed for her. I was so depressed and hated everyone, this post was my EXACT pov. Then I met my now friend group, who are the best thing to ever happen to me recently. I hope you will find that someone / people in your life one day, and learn to embrace the fact that we all belong in some place.

• You need to develop a sense of how to discern another person’s character and observe boundaries. Not everyone is your friend, but they not always your enemy. Some people don’t ask for help. In fact, if you help them they might get resentful or even take advantage of you. Just leave them to drown because they can’t be helped except by themselves.

• I can relate to some of the points, such as not wanting to have a child for it to suffer in this existence. I used to care and invest more into friendships, and also went through a period of jadedness and disillusionment, which I think is partly the stuff that prompted you to feel how you’re feeling now. It hurts when you care about people who don’t care in a reciprocal manner about you.