40 Relationships That Crumbled After One Eye-Opening Moment

My ex got angry at me for weeping when I had to euthanize my almost-20-year-old cat after she'd had a thunderclap stroke. He said, and I quote, "You KNEW she was going to die; why are you still sad?" Unfortunately I was a moron and stayed with him for another 7 years, but yeah. He hadn't grown up with pets either and thought they were "just" possessions/things you own, but he'd been with me for 18 years at that point and had known Wintressia (my kitty) for those 18 years. Yeah, dude, of course I KNEW she was going to die; she'd been diagnosed with kidney failure at age 14 and it was amazing she'd survived with it for so long. That doesn't mean I'm not still going to be effing DEVASTATED when my best friend and constant companion of two decades dies. It's totally okay to not understand why people love their pets so deeply if one did not experience that growing up. You clearly are a good person and were able to understand it once you matured. <3

I thought the exact same thing. Older, wiser, and more circumspect me would and 15 year old me would have different reactions. 15 year old me would have kicked him in the nuts, without a doubt. Probably while insulting literally everything about him and his family line. I actually wasn’t violent but someone bullying something so obviously afraid would have made me lose it.

That wouldn't matter tbh. If this dude was walking on the street and saw a bald emaciated woman would he then feel it's okay to insult her but only get a pass if he learns she's undergoing chemo? Why would you ever feel the need to criticize another living being based on physical appearances?

In a comment higher up, someone said “It’s just a dog.” If you were to beat some аsshole with a bat who loves terrifying homeless people and throwing 💩 at them, I’ll follow behind you and say “It’s just an аsshole.”

Not worth the stress/raising your cortisol levels XD

Morons like him would never listen anyway

Not worth endangering your life. People like that already believe they have nothing to lose so they can be quick to anger and violence. Incels are a pandemic.

I'm with Lakota and Sofia on this one. What would be the point? And no mater how rational and factual your arguments, he will claim victory anyways. Better to say "Oh s**t, you're a white guy? I'm sorry I'm also part of the conspiracy and can't date you. So very sorry, my honest mistake."

Might as well just gone to the Ladies' and argued with something porcelain, as much good as it would do.

Nah, argue while waiting for the server to bring the check - makes for a quicker exit afterwards

No-one is conspiring against white men; they just aren't getting away with what they used to and can't stand the lack of control

Because he was postal?

It's certainly all of them. Half of them is like this a$$hat above, the other half protects them with their silence and inaction. If there's really something like "good cop" who takes some action against that, they're dealt with swiftly. All Cats Are Beautiful.

The Metropolitan Police force UK enters the chat... Some people are attracted by power, but even if you aren't, there's a limit to what you can do to change it from the inside, and you don't want to leave because then you won't be able to do the small amount of good that you can.

I've lived in my hometown for all 43 years of my life and have had many interactions with the members of our police force. All of the cops I've met and interacted with have been awesome and (at least superficially) seem like good people. I think it depends on the city/police force and the individuals, but my city is a tourist beach town with a large population, so there's really no "room" for corrupt/crappy cops... they'd get run out on a rail. I think in different types of cities, there's more of an "opportunity" for bad people to become cops and/or people to become corrupt/turn into heinyholes while on the job. My city isn't some saint of a city nor is it the best city in the world etc., but there's literally no place for a-hole cops - it would look REALLY bad for tourism. As an aside, it's not just 'Murican police - plenty of a-hole corrupt d-bag cops in other countries, too. Ours just get a lot of media coverage because ours carry guns/etc.

While there do seem to be a lot of weirdos in American law enforcement, I'd just like to point out that in Britain we have "the Met". If they weren't notorious, then the other rozzers probably would have arrested them on the spot. Thankfully there have been (many!) misconduct hearings of some quite shocking behaviour, but I rather feel this is the tip of the iceberg.

Not only in the Usa unfortunately. Many are already like that before joining and the few decent cops end contaminated, or fired at best or take their live.

I think they at least have to be able to be corrupted if they then become corrupted.