Nobody's going to tell. Mail that *****. How about a new undertitle for jish? "Finger Fish".

Fingerless Fish imo

Finger fish much better because then everyone thinks he's some kind of perv or really into kanye

lololollll

We always seem to go off the rails in the last days of the month.

We're hanging on to August by a fingernail.

My brother: “1 million dollars!? I would cut my foot off for 1 million dollars. My left foot.”

I am not a gay fish!

But you like fish sticks? Yeah.

In and around your mouth? Yeah of course.

Then you're a gay fish.

Todd Packer from The Office was in a pretty good thriller nobody has ever seen where he pays someone to cut off a finger.

Bring Me the Finger of Alfredo Whatthejish!

Soon to be chopped.

Id rather lose my foot than a thumb i think.

Taking off your own foot would be tough to do.

i'm sure Kathy Bates would do it for $10k or so.

At first I was all Tales From The Crypt - Cutting Cards, but now I'm all Survivor Type

I'd definitely give up any one of my fingers, including either thumb for $1M. I'm not sure I could do a foot though. I for sure wouldn't be removing it myself for only $1M.

Edit: Survivor Type was a pretty good story.

i know a guy who had to have a big toe amputated because of reasons and lol #1USA health care made him pay for it.
don't know the amount, but if you can get any profit from losing a digit you just might be coming out ahead of the system.

The Sourtoe Cocktail: Yes, It's An Actual Human Toe In A Drink
https://www.npr.org/2017/06/24/53420...toe-in-a-drink

you happy invalids lol

I wouldn't do it. I feel sprightly !

Annoying situation here.

Wife's brother and his fiance had a big fancy wedding planned for August. That was cancelled back in April for obvious reasons. 6 weeks ago they bought a house, and decided to hold a small ceremony and dinner at their new place at the end of August (ceremony was Friday, aka last night), and reschedule the wedding for some time next year.

Fwiw, im pretty close to wife's brother. He's a really good dude, is fantastic with my kids, often has them stay over at his place to do fun things, and I consider him my own brother. He feels the same way no doubt.

For the small ceremony they originally invited the wedding party, parents, siblings+families, and a couple other close friends. Apparently around 35 people.

They soon changed their mind, thinking that was a bad idea (I happened to agree), citing the health of fiance's mother as the overriding factor, and cut it down to just siblings and parents. This would be about a dozen people who all live locally (both BIL and his fiance have divorced parents, so 2 sets on each side). However this meant no significant others, no kids, etc, so whilw my wife was still invited me and my 2 sons wouldn't be going. This was perfectly fine with me and I had absolutely no objections.

Well that caused an uproar with some of wife's other siblings. Lot's of butthurt and lots of squabbling behind people's backs. Everyone frustrated, lots of hurt feelings, but they stood firm in their decision - good for them imo. Their ceremony, their rules.

Fast forward to Thursday, one day before the ceremony. The fiance text my wife and asked if me and the boys would like to come. A few people had cancelled that day (and they now had room?) so they were extending invites. However, they were only extending invites to myself and my kids, while still excluding some of the other significant others and kids.
Uhhh awkward.

Also wtf, last second. I had already made plans with my kids to have a "men only guys day" that they were really looking forward to. I also absolutely did not want to get in the middle of a huge family blowup with my kids as the focal point. Two of my wife's and BIL's sisters along with their stepmom are incredibly volatile people, possible personality disorders etc, and are absolutely prone to ruining events if they feel spited. I did not want any part of risking BIL and fiance's day being ruined. Sucks the crazy people are part of the family but it is what is

And then the kicker - the people who "cancelled last second" were some random out of state family members. They were never expected to actually show up and aren't even really that close to anyone here.

Anyway I thanked fiance but declined, so wife went alone as originally planned. My wife wasn't happy. Oh well. Her mother (my kids grandmother, wasn't happy. Uhh ok. Today my wife says the fiance wasn't happy, as she really wanted me and the boys there. Wtf. Fwiw BIL probably wishes we went, but is not upset.

My thinking is,
1) you can't invite a bunch of people last second to an event like that and expect them all to go
2) you're putting people in an extremely awkward position when certain significant others and certain sibling's kids are still excluded, and others are invited
3) if you really wanted the people to be there, you would've found a way to invite them from the get go. Or at least way sooner than 18 hours before the event. And most people would probably take it as rather insulting to be invited only as last resort

Again, I absolutely am not bothered by being not being invited to the thing originally. I was pretty irritated that they changed plans last second and especially that a bunch of people were upset that i didn't go and bring the kids.

But I still feel like a pretty big ass hole now.
So on a scale from 0 to Trump, how big of an ass hole was I for not going?


CLIFFS
- wife's brother had a small wedding ceremony.
- invites changed several times, me and kids along with other siblings' families weren't supposed to be going.
- lots of butthurt
- night before event, invite is extended to myself and kids, I declined to go due to plans already made + other reasons
- more butthurt ensues

Zero. Your wife is being super selfish.

Should have gone with 'sorry I have already made plans with my kids to have a "men only guys day" that they are really looking forward to.'

Fiance botched the whole thing big time, and the ramifications will last for years. Enjoy!

All this

Zero.
Your wife's family sounds eerily like my wife's family. The only thing that would have been worse than your not going would have been your going. The aftermath from that would likely have been far worse than the feelings that are currently bruised.

ETA: This is the fuse that would have lit the entire family up for years:
However, they were only extending invites to myself and my kids, while still excluding some of the other significant others and kids.
Uhhh awkward.

27o,
That's exactly what I said.

Tom,
Thanks

grando,
Ehh not sure. While I do agree my wife was being selfish for wanting me to go, that wasn't really for herself - it was for her brother+fiance. Prior to the last sec invite she waa 100% onboard with going alone to support her brother. She was actually even more irritated by the whole initial situation than I was, and repeatedly told me they shouldn't even have the ceremony at all (both due to covid, and bc of the fact that they are still planning to have an actual wedding next year)

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Fwiw I don't think it was just fiance's decision to do the last second invites. BIL and her had both decided together. She just happens to be the one who talked to my wife that day, so I don't place blame solely on her.
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A little background on the wife's family situation:

A large part of her family is rather dysfunctional. Her and her brother were basically taken from their mom and moved out to CA from the midwest by her dad and stepmom when they were 5/6years old.

The stepmom is perhaps the most narcissistic, socially unaware, vile piece of crap person I know. She's a pathological liar, control freak, a scammer, completely unfiltered, and Im like 99% sure has BPD. Everyone agrees she is extremely uncomfortable to be around. Their dad is a nice guy who I get along with just fine, but he's still married to her and enables her behavior. Never EVER leaves the house without her, or even talks to anyone on the phone without her being literally in his ear. To this day my wife basically can't have a one on one conversation with her dad, because the stepmom is always ****ing right there with him, whether its on the phone or in person. She doesn't allow him to do anything by himself.

In spite of all that somehow my wife and her brother both turned out amazing. Both put themselves through college, BIL is now an attorney and my wife teaches.

The other siblings not so much. The ones raised out state by their mom have had major drug issues and some mental health problems etc. Her mom I get along with great, but she's rather pushy with things that aren't necessarily her business. The step dad from out of state is great, good guy.
The sisters raised here by her dad + vile stepmom turned out with personalities very similar to stepmom, just with less vileness and more self awareness.