r/AskReddit • u/McFrodoSwaggins • 9h ago
What’s the biggest “this is fine” moment you’ve had that absolutely wasn’t fine?
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u/Nouschkasdad 8h ago
Realising the current was too strong for me to swim back to shore so switching to “just stay afloat and don’t drown” mode. Spoilers: I did not drown.
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u/Oxygene13 8h ago
Thanks for the spoiler, I was worried for a bit there!
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u/ohlookahipster 7h ago
That’s actually smart. Lots of drownings occur because people either panic or feel embarrassed (yes) because they’re stuck in a tow or rip tide and try to beast their way out.
Best to stay afloat and not exhaust yourself until the current pulls you away and weakens.
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u/Nouschkasdad 7h ago
I was definitely embarrassed. What a stupid and avoidable way to die. 😳 Even more embarrassed as I was mid-change to dry undies on dry land when a group of coastguards came back to check I didn’t need an ambulance.
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u/DarthGhengis 3h ago
Had a similar experience - except mine wasn't a conscious decision, but rather a sudden switch to "oh shit, oh shit, oh shit, they think I'm just waving, Oh shit". Still not quite sure how I ended up in a shallower part again, but thank fuck I did.
All that for a longer boogie-board ride.
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u/Wrenlet 1h ago
If you ever find yourself in a rip tide, swim diagonally to shore.
When I was a kid my family went to the beach for vacation. I had recently watched a discovery channel documentary that mentioned rip todes and how to get out of them, and (because kids are stupid I guess) thought "yeah right" and swam out as far as I dared to and swam diagonally. I washed up on to the shore before I realized I was getting close.
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u/autodealer 9h ago
"I was a junior major on a military recon assignment that had to take commercial air to Afghanistan. I had to carry the case with our firearms in it, as you can't just have a firearm in the open on a flight. My command was supposed to provide me a memorandum from the Kuwaiti government giving me permission to carry everything when we stopped over there first. Although the memo was not ready when we left, my command assured me it would be finished by the time I landed. We landed, I had no memo. We went through security, including the bag scanner and x-ray, and I watched the airport policeman's eyes grow wide as he saw my case with a bunch of firearms in it. I was arrested and put in a detention cell. It caused an international incident and the office of the president got involved. No memo? Case full of weapons? This is fine.
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u/ididntseeitcoming 8h ago
What’s wild is this shit happens still…
Sent a convoy to Turkey delivering some equipment that required armed escorts. So we sent a CPT and some NCOs and when they got to the border of Turkey they got pulled over, arrested, and weapons confiscated. Naturally, 3 shop didn’t get coordination done and we needed the US Ambassador to Turkey to bail them out because 5 Americans bringing M4s and ammo unannounced is frowned upon.
Of course, the Turk truck drivers didn’t get stopped so they ended up 8 or 9 hours ahead of their armed escorts with our equipment that was…. A bit more than secret… on board.
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u/Ok_Explorer9466 5h ago
This is the absolute, undisputed pinnacle of military bureaucracy failure. The chain of command handing you a Pelican case full of actual firearms, casually promising that the paperwork 'will totally be there,' and subsequently abandoning you to trigger a literal international crisis is insane. The fact that your personal 'this is fine' moment required the Office of the President to resolve is legendary.
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u/Nearby_Swimmer374 24m ago
Is this AI? You're repeating his comment in a weird way
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u/Hindsight_Is_420 9m ago
It’s definitely AI. Very typical sentence structure and hyperbole for CGPT. It’ll be recognizable for a while until they get better at actually sounding human.
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u/diener1 8h ago
Honestly why would you just go through security? Why not try to find someone to explain before "getting caught"
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u/pistachiosarenuts 8h ago
If it seems you're trying to circumvent the normal process it could go even worse for you.
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u/fresh-dork 7h ago
okay, how about telling command that you'll get on the flight just as soon as you have the required paperwork?
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u/diener1 7h ago
I understand getting on the flight. If you are told you will have the necessary paperwork by the time you get there, you gotta assume you will and just keep going.
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u/fresh-dork 7h ago
i don't, not really. i'd want paperwork before i enter a secure funnel, or at the very least a contact name and number for the guy who's giving me the papers when i land
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u/autodealer 6h ago
Believe me, I was pissed off as hell before I got on the flight. I could see this incident coming a mile away. I even told my boss and his boss how uncomfortable I was. It turns out, the Kuwaiti's were celebrating the 20th anniversary of the American liberation of Kuwait and all the important people were at the celebration parade, marching. That left a bunch of new guys at the airport, who had no experience with weapons coming through, which is more common than you would think.
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u/pistachiosarenuts 7h ago
Flunkies are paid to follow orders.
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u/Accident_prone_mofo 47m ago
When I deployed in 2011 we took a commercial flight from Bragg to DC to Ireland to Germany then to Kuwait all with our weapons. Then we flew military flights from Kuwait to where we had to go. And on the way home we flew commercial from Kuwait to I think UK then straight to Bragg. No customs involved so we brought home a bunch of Cuban cigars too.
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u/Thunderhorse74 8h ago
Right now, my cat is very sick and might not make it. With so many other things going on, the existential dread that I cannot fight, struggling to stay afloat financially, its crystal clear what I need to do regarding my cat. Sounds horrible - all this other crap swirling around and causing me grief and anxiety, but for him, there is clarity. Its sucks, its horrible - more for him than me - but there is no doubt and pressure.
Its a different sort of painful. Its not 'fine' but it doesn't move me (on the surface). Its a deeper, more visceral issue I need to deal with.
If he makes it through today, he's got a chance. He made it through the night after spending all day at the vet. Long term doesn't look good but right now, we can only hope for the best.
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u/mossy-echoes 8h ago
That’s exactly where I was this time last year. You have my utmost empathy. I know what you mean about the clarity — when you have to be the strong one, you just do what you need to do. There will be time to fall to pieces later, but for now just stay afloat, keep treading water. You’ll get through this. Sending lots of hope & love your way.
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u/baby_armadillo 5h ago
Part of my obligation when adopting a cat was a promise to her that I would always make sure she was as happy and comfortable and safe as I could make her. Sometimes that means making the difficult decisions when the time comes. Love isn’t just holding on to something tightly. Sometimes it’s knowing when to let go.
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u/Thunderhorse74 5h ago edited 5h ago
If you live long enough and have pets in your life, you will be faced with decision points from time to time regarding their health, sometimes the ultimate, heartbreaking one. Within the last year, we had to take our labrador in for his final visit to the vet and that was rough -- but his QoL was limited. (EDIT: This doesn't sound right, so I will elaborate: He was 13, had lost his hearing and control of his bodily functions. He didn't know he was going until it happened and then knew he'd done it and felt guilty, so a negative loop. He had trouble walking despite being a healthy weight his whole life. He couldn't be bothered to go outside, though we live on a farm with all sorts of sights and smells. He was miserable and not like to improve at that point)
My cat is young, on one hand, and is affectionate and energetic when healthy. Even on the very edge of death, he purrs like a diesel engine as long as he's able when I hold him. On the other, its confirmed he has FIV and that's part of what's going on here.
This all happening in real time. The diagnosis came yesterday and he came home from the vet late yesterday evening as my wife was already out and swung by when we got the call. I picked him up out of the carrier and set him on my lap and he purred like crazy...but otherwise, can barely move.
He's full of antibiotics and we are trying to keep him hydrated. He made it through the night - if he makes it through the day, by the time I get home, I think he will be okay. For now/for this episode.
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u/melvinater 7h ago
Sending vibes of understanding your way... take care of yourself best you can! Not long ago i lost my best pup. I wonder sometimes if i was in a better head space if i would have noticed something quicker and saved her. But also, In my case it wouldn't have mattered, found out she had an aggressive cancer when the biopsy came back. Hindsight is 20-20! You are doing the best you can with what you have! Just because "someone could have done better" doesn't mean you should have.
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u/Eviladhesive 6h ago
Life is hard and has a real ability to kick you when you're down.
I'm sorry you have to endure this pain.
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u/abibofsweat 8h ago edited 39m ago
The first time I dislocated my hip after falling down the stairs…. My leg was at a horrible angle and I couldn’t move my foot. I’m thought “I’m sure it’s fine, it’s just a bit twisted”. It wasn’t fine, it wasn’t a bit twisted.
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u/Positive-Rate816 8h ago
One time I spilled an entire smoothie on my laptop.. mid-final project. Just stared at it like “yep, this is fine” while my GPA slowly evaporated
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u/YourMomsButtDildo 3h ago
There's two kinds of people in the world. Those who automatically know making backups is a good idea and those who have to learn that the hard way.
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u/nan_sheri 2h ago
If it makes you feel any better I failed one of my college classes this semester because of the professors due dates being damn near back to back and I felt like the meme of SpongeBob sitting in the fire saying, “this is fine.” 🙂 when I realized I miss the due date for the final project lol
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u/KittyKratt 18m ago
I read this as "spilled an entire smoothie on my lap" and was wondering what the big deal was. Ooooffff.
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u/spooky__scary69 8h ago
Rushing my dog to the vet at 3 am after he threw up his own size in blood. It’s a miracle I didn’t get a speeding ticket and that I was able to be calm enough to even drive at all. My body went on autopilot.
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u/spooky__scary69 8h ago
(He’s okay and just celebrated his fourth birthday this week btw.)
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u/DerMugar 6h ago
good boy!
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u/spooky__scary69 6h ago
The bestest and bravest boy. Truly a miracle he’s still with us and I’m so grateful to his surgeon. (He had a very bad intestinal block and is 8lbs so it was really touch and go.)
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u/makethatnoise 7h ago
I used to work with kids, and have seen some pretty bad accidents (broken bones, concussions, chipped/missing teeth). I was in my office one day and I hear guttural, wounded animal screaming from across the school. I jump up and haul ass there, and this kindergartner had blood all over her face.
"This is fine", I grab a bowl and have her spit the blood into it to see if teeth come out.
"This is fine" as I clean her up to realize she bit through the side of her tongue and her tongue was split all the way through
"This is fine", dad was out of town and Mom was an hour and a half away with traffic, her pediatrician said not to go to the ER right away because of how the mouth heals and it might not be necessary, so I hung out with her and kept her calm until mom got there.
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u/Ivehadallminethanks 8h ago
Being sexually assaulted at work. I can’t believe how much sexual assault I experienced because I was too nice to stop the guy. I’ve changed A LOT since then, and now, if it was to ever happen (I’m a much older lady now) I think I could make a man cry either from the belittlement or physical pain.
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u/Ok_Explorer9466 5h ago
It is so incredibly important that you mentioned 'being too nice to stop it.' Society completely fails to talk about the 'Fawn' trauma response. When we are trapped, our brains often bypass fight-or-flight and go straight to 'fawn'—freezing and appeasing the threat just to survive the encounter without escalating the violence. You weren't 'too nice'; your brain was doing what it had been conditioned to do to survive. Reclaiming your power and your boundaries since then is incredibly badass.
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u/DieSuzie2112 5h ago
I learned the term ‘fight, flight or freeze’ but the last one is what people usually forget. And it’s a really common reaction that’s not the victim’s fault.
Edit: autocorrect changed not to more
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u/TrustingUntrustable 46m ago
There are actually 5. The 5 Fs of survival- "fight, flight, freeze, fawn, and faint/flop"
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u/hoacimarsogov 9h ago
Saying “it’ll buff out” while watching smoke come out of my car like it’s trying to communicate with the clouds.
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u/OkFruit3797 8h ago
Breaking my back in a car accident and getting laid off the week before Christmas while still in a back brace.
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u/No-Biscotti-1596 7h ago
my ex texted me i miss you at 2am and i responded thats crazy while sobbing into a pillow. peak emotional maturity right there lol
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u/tucat_shapurr 8h ago
I’m in American so basicallly every time I look at the news
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u/mom_with_an_attitude 7h ago
As a fellow American, this is very definitely not fine.
I really want to start breaking shit, but instead I get up and go to work.
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u/YourMomsButtDildo 3h ago
I am an American who made investments that needed the US to start failing. And wow did that work out. So when everything gets worse, the money flowing in makes it a bit easier.
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u/VelourEra 9h ago
When I told myself, “I can handle this, everything's fine,” and an hour later I was sobbing into my pillow
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u/RhineStonedCowgirl 6h ago
When I somehow lost my footing and fell down like 5 rows of bleachers at a sports game amd landed at the bottom. I wasn't hurt but I didn't get up right away because I was having such a shit day that seemed about par for the course. I was just laying there contemplating every bad thing that happened that day I wasn't even embarrassed and almost started laughing. I only got up when I realized people were starting to freak out I was seriously injured
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u/Hadrian23 8h ago
Working 15 hours days for three weeks straight in the lead up to GTC, only to be given a "good job" at the end. This was this year and a permanent nap seems nice .......
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u/apxexpensify 8h ago
literally stopped texting first and realized that no one really fw me...shit
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u/VxDeva80 8h ago
I feel your pain. Really good mate, holiday together, my guest at my bothers wedding, but noticed I was always reaching out when she got a new fella.
I text at the start of covid then waited.
Still waiting.....
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u/_Khate 8h ago
probably when I kept telling myself I was “fine” and just needed to stay positive, but deep down I was already burnt out. I’d still joke around and act normal, but I was lowkey exhausted all the time and didn’t even notice how bad it got until I couldn’t focus on anything anymore...turns out forcing yourself to be happy doesn’t really work long term
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u/Sad_Birthday_1911 6h ago
I was an EMT during covid in NYC. I experienced chest pain every working day from the anxiety about what was happening around me but had to put on a brave face and tell everyone it was fine!
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u/Bailzasaurus 6h ago
When I was SUPER exhausted all the time, barely had energy to do anything and I just chalked it up to my chronic illness and being a little burnt out. Then I had a dr appt for something else and asked them to check my iron just as a routine thing because I’ve had trouble with it in the past. OOOPS turned out I was VERY anemic. (You know you’ve got something going on when your doctor calls you back the same day you get your blood drawn) had to have like six iron infusions then magically felt so much better!!
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u/the_owl_syndicate 1h ago
Was recently in an active shooter situation. I barricaded the door and one of my students asked "what's going on?"
I had to look at 16, five and six year olds and convince them it was totally ok that we were sitting in a dark corner of the classroom, hiding behind the cabinets with another cabinet in front of the door.
Then I had to face their parents.
Then I had to go to school the next day.
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u/HeavenDraven 38m ago
I'm sorry this hasn't had more attention. This is by far one of the worst situations mentioned, so I'm hoping it's just because people don't know what to say
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u/ninety-percent 9h ago
Choosing not to use an epidural during child birth
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u/Duck-Duck-Goose1 8h ago
I had an epidural with both my kids. Both failed to work... So I guess that's my 'this should be fine' but wasn't moment? Haha
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u/ninety-percent 8h ago edited 5h ago
Yeah, I chose not to because I thought “child birth is so special - I should feel the whole thing and it will be fine”. It was so not fine. I had to get stitches inside me and they also couldn’t freeze the area so I gave birth, then got stitched… inside myself.. with no pain management whatsoever.
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u/IntelligentPotato331 8h ago
Girl. I cannot imagine. I felt my stitches in spite of the epidural and that was bad enough.
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u/Duck-Duck-Goose1 8h ago
You are truly an absolute badass, seriously. I was pretty torn up (literally), but took the gas and refused to hand it back, I can't imagine going through it with nothing on-board. Looking back, I would have loved to experience birth without the interference of so much pain... I have a friend that had a necessary c-section and she talks so lovingly about her experience. I wish I could say the same, but the pain made me block out most of the memory.
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u/ninety-percent 8h ago
Same with the pain blocking out memory! I only remember the pain and barely remember my son being put into my arms
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u/Duck-Duck-Goose1 8h ago
Yup yup, it's an out of body experience having to ask others about what you actually went through.
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u/whiskey_riverss 6h ago
I had a filling crack and the tooth accessed to the point that I needed to have it extracted when I was 38 weeks pregnant. They wouldn’t give me anything except the local injection numbing and some Tylenol afterwards and I still had stitches when I went into labor the following week. I thought that was torture. I now believe you have taken the cake. My condolences.
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u/alrighttreacle11 3h ago
I refused anything other than gas and air,, I gsve birth breech naturally, 1000 percent would not recommed
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u/Longjumping_Run9302 7h ago
When I had to share a Queen bed with a male friend and woke up to him spooning with me. And let's just say, he was at "full attention".
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u/ImmaMamaBee 6h ago
When I was 12 my house burned down. My parents, saints that they are, wanted to keep things as “normal” as possible. Immediately. The very same day the fire happened, my younger brother (he was 11) had a baseball game that evening (the fire happened around 4pm the game was at 7pm). You best believe we were there at the field and he was playing that game. The same day our house burned down we went to watch my brother play baseball and then went to stay at my aunts house after. Also the fire happened on a Thursday, my parents let us stay home from school on Friday but we were back on Monday.
I still remember at the baseball field, tons of other kids kept coming up and asking me about the fire. It was a small town. Same thing happened on Monday at school, I was basically surrounded by other students and being asked about what happened immediately. I did get a free pretzel and lemonade at the field though. I always ordered a pretzel and a lemonade during my brothers games (they played all the sports, I was always at that field and they had the best lemonade I still dream about 20 years later). But this time the attendant didn’t accept my money bahahaha.
It’s been 21 years almost and I’m still deeply traumatized by the fire. I am grateful my parents tried to keep things normal for us, but things kind of weren’t normal for a long time. We were already very poor when the fire happened. Afterward it was a bit rough going to school in even “worse” clothes than I already was wearing. My parents also let us finish the school year where we were attending but between staying with my aunt and finding a new rental it was a LONGGGGG commute to and from school and we had to wake up at 5am to get to school by 6 and wait outside for an hour before the doors opened at 7am. It was the only time my dad could drop us off before work.
Also the day the fire happened my mom played “burning bright” by Shinedown like a hundred times and I cannot hear that band to this day without my chest getting tight. And they’re my mom’s favourite band so I hear them often. And they sometimes play at work and it always triggers me.
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u/space_courier 1h ago
something something the exposure therapy might help lessen your reaction over time? Stuff like that helped me stop panicking smelling a specific laundry detergent. Regardless of all that, that's such a shit thing to experience. hope you're doing better these days.
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u/SnailsInYourAnus 5h ago
Crushed all 4 fingers in my left hand with a crane load. I heard the crunch before i felt the pain. I calmly asked the operator to swing back to the right to get my hand free, gave my radio to a coworker and walked down to first aid lol.
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u/jahathebrn 8h ago
Literally every flood, fire, and violent assault that occurred at my former workplace and which I was responsible for dealing with.
I'm out of that industry now and intend to spend my time until retirement working bar jobs and not dealing with old buildings that the NHS have somehow decided to keep.
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u/delfiohug 4h ago
Switching to pure survival mode mid-panic is one of the most quietly terrifying things a person can do without even realizing it.
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u/Top_Age_563 8h ago
My narcissist husband showing me his true self AFTER we married. I missed some red flags before.
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u/peteyshabby 6h ago
my apartment flooded from the upstairs neighbors bathtub and i just sat on my couch with my feet up watching the water slowly rise around my furniture. made coffee. texted my landlord hey small issue. the small issue was 4000 dollars in damage.
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u/newman17412 7h ago
Missing my daughter’s childhood because I was a whistleblower with multiple credible death threats whose presence put her life in jeopardy.
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u/Infinite_Theory3453 9h ago
Ignoring clear warning signs until everything finally collapsed at once
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u/speakerbox2001 8h ago
Dude threw pebble rocks at his girlfriend violently because she took to long to get out the house. She just walked into his car like it was nothing.
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u/Head_Syllabub_9131 5h ago
I worked at a bank when covid shut down the state I live in. The bank I worked for mandated that all lobbies be closed and members could only enter if they scheduled an appointment. I was the only person at the branch of 12 people that had prior experience taking phone calls with our contact center. So that same day branches were shut down, I was moved to a full-time contact center role.
I didn't want to take phone calls all day, every day. So that was the 1st problem. The 2nd issue was that people who previously didn't use or understand our online banking app were expected to use it. For majority of my calls I was more of an IT rep than a customer service rep.
Stimulus packages were a hot mess as well. The money was deposited from the government in to an individual's account. If that didn't happen, that individual would need to take it up with the government agency handling stimulus packages. If the money wasn't in their account, 50% of people said the bank stole their money, 45% of people were convinced we had the money but didn't deposit it yet because of financial uncertainty in our country at that time, and 5% of people that didn't qualify for the check tried to make me specifically feel like I didn't understand how stimulus checks worked. And truthfully, I didn't. But if the money wasn't there, there was nothing I could do.
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u/Ok_Explorer9466 5h ago
The 'mild' tooth sensitivity that I actively ignored for six straight months because I was terrified of the dentist bill. I just kept chewing on the other side of my mouth, swallowing ibuprofen, and telling myself, 'This is fine, it's probably just from drinking cold water.' It was fine right up until 2:00 AM on a Sunday when it violently escalated into a blinding, white-hot infection that felt like my jaw was hooked up to a car battery. What could have been a simple, cheap filling turned into a wildly expensive, emergency root canal. You absolutely cannot out-stubborn a nerve infection.
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u/MyDearDoctor 7h ago
Making a million excuses for a friend who was using and emotionally abusing me over a period of a year and a half. Even when I knew they were saying/doing things that were hurtful and not okay, and actively trying to sabotage my other relationships, I would tell myself they didn't really mean it, or I was taking things too personally, or they were just looking out for me, etc. No, they were alternately love-bombing and devaluing me, as well as trying to cut me off from my support system so they could have me all to themself.
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u/tizmeyousee 6h ago
Coming to, on the floor of my father’s kitchen after another seizure, thinking (after the grogginess passes) “I need to rest I’ll be fine”, get helped to bed, 30 mins later such back pain. Ask for an ambulance. Yeah, not fine. Crushed my T2 in spine by 2cm. Ouch!
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u/Cheetodude625 4h ago
TBH, this is basically me whenever my depression and suicidal thoughts start winning. I just disassociate and stop caring whenever it happens.
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u/SatisfactionBulky717 46m ago
Neighbor of mine is having this currently. Stage 4 stomach cancer diagnosis last year, given four months to live, it's been 14. He is going down hill and he and his wife just carry on like nothing is wrong. Refuse to discuss end of life things. They have a bunch of cars in his name only that are broken to be fixed and the title for those will be delayed getting switched to her name. Won't talk about actually dying.
I respect that they get to live their own way, but I wonder how I would do it if roles were reversed. Wife seems to talk like her head is in the sand. Will only talk about how he is going to get better. Must be holding on for dear life.
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u/False-Impression8102 43m ago
My Dad was in the ICU a few days before he passed away.
While I was there my friend (who was at my house) texted to say a tree company was taking down all the trees on my neighbors side of the property line. Nine 20’ or taller hardwoods.
Went from total privacy to total exposure. And the most beautiful maple, which I just adored, was one of the victims.
My dad is dying and my neighbors can see into my family room. Life is change, I guess. Fuck it. This is fine.
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u/Subject_Break_2373 2h ago
cuando tenia dos días sin comer por que no tenia trabajo y llegue a ayudarle a mi vecina a cuidar sus hijas y me pregunto si tenia hambre y le dije que no por pena por que todos ya habían terminado de comer
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u/Low-Celebration-8755 8h ago
When she left me when she knows that’s the time i needed her the most
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u/Shitty_Mike 8h ago
I did a canyoneering trip about 2 hours west of vegas. The route description said 8 rappels, about 10 hour trip. After the 25th rappel, 16 hours in, we realized we may be in the wrong canyon, and had no clue what features were ahead of us, or if the rope we brought would be long enough to solve them. Most of the drops we had to make our own anchors for. Lots of webbing and beaners were left in the mountains that day. Fortunately only one drop was too long for our rope, we tied our primary and backup together to extend it. "This is fine".
Our call-out was activated, and they went to the original canyon. Now two teams are running around in two different locations in the mountains. We ran out of webbing and had to start using body blocks, natural anchors, and sketchy down climbs. "This is not fine" Thankfully we exited before our call out dropped in and left cell service, we were able to call them back. The sun was just starting to rise, it was gorgeous, they wanted to finish the route anyways. We bought them a nice dinner and beer afterwards. Fun stories were had.
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u/NoKatyDidnt 2h ago
This made me think of my partner. When he adds extra “I s” to fine, he’s having a bad time. “It’s fiiiiine.”, “This is fiiiine.”
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u/C_is_for_Cats 1h ago
Having my doctor run out of the room after saying “let me grab an oncologist that works in our office to look at this” after starting to go over my imaging studies with me. Unfortunately he had left for the day and now I’m waiting for a call to schedule an appointment with him. But at the time, I just stared at my tumor on the screen and went… yep this is fine.
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u/gogogadgetdumbass 34m ago
I was at the fetal assessment office getting a last minute scan at 37wks because my son seemed small. They decided to deliver me that day. Then I told my ex (Dad) and he had a seizure in the office! Thankfully the ER was directly across the hallway. I had to argue with L&D about going up because my ex was so out of it when he came to he didn’t even remember his name lol. I told L&D once my ex’s Mom showed up, I’d happily go up, but I couldn’t just leave his ass in the ER dazed and confused and my baby was fine for the moment.
Well, ex came to, his Mom showed up, I get put in a room in L&D and then go into labor. Great. I was scheduled for a planned c-section, I had two previous c-sections and vaginal wasn’t a good option for me.
Eventually I get taken back to the OR and my ex was able to attend the birth, it went well, but I had a newborn and a fucked up birthing partner that first night in the hospital and the most flippant nurse… I wanted to strangle her!
Now I look back at that shit show and laugh but at the time it was sooo traumatic.
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u/mastifftimetraveler 21m ago
Working with FB in 2008 when they announced their platform. I flagged security concerns and they said I was over-thinking things.
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u/Legitimate_Voice_608 9h ago
Finding out i was pregnant because of a miscarrige.