Not a bad thing. Rudeness is a subjective thing. I consider it rude for people to yell at each other at the top of their lungs but I also know that's a normal thing in some places.

And here I thought it was going to be something where you came off as a creep and got your gym membership suspended. Not getting another gym member's name is pretty mild in comparison.

Either way, it ended with two people getting killed and eleven people getting hurt. That's the result, regardless of whether it was intentional or not.

The dog's the one I really feel sorry for in a situation like this. It never really had a chance. But that one was more the fault of the owner who let it run around off leash. Maybe now that she's had to cough up for damages, she'll know better. (And if she refuses to pay up, I think there's a way to track down her employer and have them garnish her paycheck for damages awarded in a court case.)

If the animal control agency is any good where you live, you should be able to report an injured, possibly stray, dog to them and they'll come out and handle it.

You did jump to a rather big conclusion there. It's possible that she thought of reasons to have a passport handy other than taking a big international trip or just pull a disappearing act with your son. She could even be planning a trip to Niagara Falls, where if you walk around a bit, you'll bump up against the Canadian border.

I don't think the situation is recoverable, to be honest. You broke up with her on Valentine's Day specifically so you could date someone else, and now you want to get back with her now that the other relationship didn't work out. That's not a sign that you're ready for a long-term, stable relationship, let alone trying to rekindle things with an ex. Let it drop, learn your lesson, move on.

At a book club my grandma was a member of, the theme was basically, "Books that have been made into movies." They'd watch the movie based on the book they'd read since the last meeting and then talk about the book. Then they'd vote on the next book they wanted to read. Can't tell you if that's typical for book clubs but that's what I'm familiar with.

Make sure you go to bed early, swallow some melatonin pills if you have to, and shoot anyone who wakes you up prematurely for no good reason.

You should accept that "taking a break" may mean that the relationship is on its way out. Don't pester her; just try to come up with a sincere apology and let her make the call on whether the relationship continues. I'd say if you learn one thing from this, it's that you can't build a healthy relationship by being the stereotypical jealous boyfriend.

...Well, I mean, I could see it being a FU if he's one of those guys who wakes up pissed when that happens. But now your entire school is going to know it's not a good idea to bully the student who KO'd the gym teacher, lol.

Not excusing what he did, of course, but why you would want to start an argument with Florida Man over key lime pie is beyond me...

LPT: If this happens to you again, fill an empty bucket with water if you can and pour it into the toilet bowl (not too fast). Keep a plunger on hand in case this doesn't work. This will flush the toilet when not much else will work.

Routine trips through McDonald's drive thrus to get a fresh cup of coffee ought to do it. Or did McDonald's fix that?

That dog is so clever. Probably reasoned that the place where she used to stay until she found a family might be able to help her again.

Yeah, I also thought this smacked of damage control. Sometimes companies won't do anything about that one problem employee until it becomes a national embarrassment.

Less attorney fees, I'm sure, but better than nothing. I hope this guy filed a workers' comp claim to cover medical bills, too, since it happened on the job.

You'll be fine as long as you don't make that mistake again. Hold onto the crypto for a while and see what happens.

It could be argued that "buy low, sell high" is a thing. His mistake wasn't getting into crypto. His mistake was buying more than he could afford.

Going by my kitten, either they want food, or they want you to throw the ball already.

Yeah, maybe you shouldn't have said that, but maybe he shouldn't have made a comment about buying his kid stuff in the middle of you having a bad day either. Maybe an ESH situation simply because I can see how you'd say something you regret later in the heat of the moment.

Unfortunately so. Even allowing for one or two jurists who know that "jury nullification" is a thing, the law doesn't necessarily allow for a lot of flexibility. (For those who don't know, "jury nullification" was supposed to be a sort of a check on the judicial system that allowed a jury to say "not guilty" when they thought the law was being unfairly applied.)

If you learn one lesson from this, it should be that you should let it drop the first time they say something that effectively means, "No." If you don't learn that lesson, you'll be getting off lightly if the worst that happens is that you lose friends over it.

That was kind of a lame civil war, to be honest. The big one at least had the decency to last for a solid five years.

It frankly sounds to me like the sort of story an alcoholic might tell. The worst alcoholics won't give a shit about what time of day it is.