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[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 307 points 2 days ago (3 children)
[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 152 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Absolutely, either this story is made up, or that woman is insane.

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 9 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

...

I mean, have you never met religious people before??!!

"If you ever masturbate, my imaginary friend will set you on fire forever!"

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 0 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

You can just say "Christian", you know.

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Not unique to Christians.

Lot of imaginary sadists out there.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 22 hours ago

No need to be insane, a lot of people fell for the whole Goop "natural healing" bullshit

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Bad for the kids...

"I laughed it off as nonsense," he said. "But she didn't. She told me to leave, informed our kids about the divorce, and the next thing I knew, I was getting a call from her lawyer."

[–] Stamau123@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Seems like an easy custody battle but hey you never know

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 8 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Easy for a man to get custody of the kids? What world do you live in?

My friend’s ex repeatedly crashed her car while drunk with their daughter in the car and he had to fight a pretty much non-stop court battle for over a decade to maintain his 50%.

[–] Stamau123@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago

that why I said you never know

basically the same for me and my sisters with our parents. Dad in the army and mom is robbing walmarts to pay for crack. Hmm, mom gets summer custody it is!

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 76 points 2 days ago (1 children)

when my crazy ex left me, in retrospect, she made me a favor