But in-laws also came, presumably, with power/influence/connections, if you’re doing high stakes court drama (which this looks like from the costume and scenery) you want that support, even if it might cost you…
Now I want to see a medieval drama where it's one woman and three men competing to marry her and the arguments are basically "newer, super wealthy nobility, old and entrenched nobility but with less wealth and mid tier unremarkable nobility with dead parents". The primary source of conflict is the first two desperately trying to match the last guy because they know boring af is actually a great trait for the woman.
I used to joke when I first started dating my boyfriend that one of my favorite things about him is he has almost no family (it's literally just his mom). It's not been drama free, but it's been very low drama
I'm grateful his mom isn't one of those!! She's generally not too crazy, but she will randomly uninvite me from planned dinners because she "just wants to see her baby" lol It's rude but also I don't love spending time with her so 🤷🏻
My mother is a borderline pathological liar. I once let her come with me to a doctor's appointment, since I was going to be starting HRT and it seemed like a big decision I might want backup for. Big mistake.
She lied to the doctor's face about a condition I obviously didn't have a diagnosis for, and that we knew I didn't have a diagnosis for, and that the doctor literally had the records open for that. very. second.
Needless to say, the doctor just glanced over at her laptop and went "uhh... no?"
I apologized profusely to the doctor after she left and never brought her again. Doctor is actually a really nice person.
No no, to be clear, I do have the thing she lied about. We've deliberately avoided a diagnosis for a variety of personal reasons, But I wasn't diagnosed, at least officially.
Technically I got 99% diagnosed then my parents said "no" at the end so it was all thrown out, which was a good thing. In my school district at the time, all kids with anything odd were put into the special ed class- you can imagine the issues with putting children who cannot focus when people are talking in the same room as children who, though no fault of their own, physically cannot stop making noise.
The issue wasn't the condition, it was her lying and saying that she went and diagnosed me years ago at some previously unknown point, after I became an adult, which just... doesn't make sense? And was obviously wrong? And could instantly be checked??
She does this a lot, with a lot of things. The issue here is that she has a genuinely interesting and improbable life- I've verified a large number of stories and anecdotes with outside sources. But then she just makes up so much stuff, it's awful. Why lie if you life is already so interesting? Just tell the cool true stories!
Yeah, I even went down the alternate path with the "supportive parents" modifier that kept them in my life, but sure enough down the line it can still end up with a major reduction in family drama. Sometimes they're just chill.
My gf, on the other hand, went the traditional route. I've heard stories but not yet been in a position to punch meet her parents.
My grandma would say that one should hope to marry an orphaned only child. Given that both her and my grandpa had more than half a dozen siblings each, I can see where she was coming from.
What a cruel thing to hope for. You want someone to be an orphan to avoid the inconvenience of family? You want someone who lost both their parents in childhood and had no one to turn to just so you can avoid family drama? You want a child who went through the pain and loss of their family to be a spouse just so you can avoid inlaws?
I love this drama, it's more comedic and lighthearted than other dramas I watch, which makes it a nice change. I like most of the cast too! You can watch it for free on viki rakuten with ads, or there's a 30 ad free trial if you want to binge it
i have seen irl someone propose an arranged marriage with the advantage of no in-laws mess.
(context: im south asian so the in-laws invasion is pretty normalized and traumatizing)
Honestly airtight logic.
Yeah he’s got a point. No in-laws to worry about? A surprisingly strong argument
This looks like a Chinese drama, so that is honestly incredibly true.
no in-laws in ancient china is like a cheatcode tbh
But in-laws also came, presumably, with power/influence/connections, if you’re doing high stakes court drama (which this looks like from the costume and scenery) you want that support, even if it might cost you…
They still have the name. Nearly as good as having them actually around.
all forms of asian families will agree to this argument.
It’s a C-drama too, where family drama is 2/3 of the plot.
Now I want to see a medieval drama where it's one woman and three men competing to marry her and the arguments are basically "newer, super wealthy nobility, old and entrenched nobility but with less wealth and mid tier unremarkable nobility with dead parents". The primary source of conflict is the first two desperately trying to match the last guy because they know boring af is actually a great trait for the woman.
I used to joke when I first started dating my boyfriend that one of my favorite things about him is he has almost no family (it's literally just his mom). It's not been drama free, but it's been very low drama
Then there’s the inverse where one mom is enough drama for an entire family
I'm grateful his mom isn't one of those!! She's generally not too crazy, but she will randomly uninvite me from planned dinners because she "just wants to see her baby" lol It's rude but also I don't love spending time with her so 🤷🏻
My mother is a borderline pathological liar. I once let her come with me to a doctor's appointment, since I was going to be starting HRT and it seemed like a big decision I might want backup for. Big mistake.
She lied to the doctor's face about a condition I obviously didn't have a diagnosis for, and that we knew I didn't have a diagnosis for, and that the doctor literally had the records open for that. very. second.
Needless to say, the doctor just glanced over at her laptop and went "uhh... no?"
I apologized profusely to the doctor after she left and never brought her again. Doctor is actually a really nice person.
Sounds like Munchausen by proxy maybe
No no, to be clear, I do have the thing she lied about. We've deliberately avoided a diagnosis for a variety of personal reasons, But I wasn't diagnosed, at least officially.
Technically I got 99% diagnosed then my parents said "no" at the end so it was all thrown out, which was a good thing. In my school district at the time, all kids with anything odd were put into the special ed class- you can imagine the issues with putting children who cannot focus when people are talking in the same room as children who, though no fault of their own, physically cannot stop making noise.
The issue wasn't the condition, it was her lying and saying that she went and diagnosed me years ago at some previously unknown point, after I became an adult, which just... doesn't make sense? And was obviously wrong? And could instantly be checked??
She does this a lot, with a lot of things. The issue here is that she has a genuinely interesting and improbable life- I've verified a large number of stories and anecdotes with outside sources. But then she just makes up so much stuff, it's awful. Why lie if you life is already so interesting? Just tell the cool true stories!
Gotcha, sorry to intrude upon your narrative
Oh no no, it's fine. I probably should've clarified to begin with ^^;
What show is this from?
the post says hashtag Dream within a dream
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32247928/
The NBA
This is how the draft works now after the new collective bargaining agreement.
Can confirm. This is how the Spurs got Wemby
That's also one of the lesser known buffs in the transgender skill tree.
Yeah, I even went down the alternate path with the "supportive parents" modifier that kept them in my life, but sure enough down the line it can still end up with a major reduction in family drama. Sometimes they're just chill.
My gf, on the other hand, went the traditional route. I've heard stories but not yet been in a position to
punchmeet her parents.yeah I guess it's a win win since if they're chill enough to be fully supportive, they're probably chill enough to not cause drama
That's so goddamn dark I am guilty for chuckling
My grandma would say that one should hope to marry an orphaned only child. Given that both her and my grandpa had more than half a dozen siblings each, I can see where she was coming from.
What a cruel thing to hope for. You want someone to be an orphan to avoid the inconvenience of family? You want someone who lost both their parents in childhood and had no one to turn to just so you can avoid family drama? You want a child who went through the pain and loss of their family to be a spouse just so you can avoid inlaws?
Also, if it's just a joke, it's a shitty joke.
My parents threatened to out me to my commander and get my scholarship taken away if I didn't agree to go to conversion therapy.
At least if I was an orphan I'd have an inheritance and could pretend their love was in fact unconditional.
Jesus fucking Christ
r/peoplewhogiveashit
I love this drama, it's more comedic and lighthearted than other dramas I watch, which makes it a nice change. I like most of the cast too! You can watch it for free on viki rakuten with ads, or there's a 30 ad free trial if you want to binge it
I'm obsessed with riley wang bc of this drama
Anyone know this show?
the post says hashtag Dream within a dream
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32247928/
Look it me!
Hard to argue with that
I used to joke about wanting this in a stand-up bit, but now that I don't have parents I'm going to have to do some reworking.
Asian families have drama but they also are fun enough to justify it (primary source)
I tell my brother all the time to marry an orphan so I can finally get a sister in law that will hang out with us.
This would actually work on me tho
i have seen irl someone propose an arranged marriage with the advantage of no in-laws mess.
(context: im south asian so the in-laws invasion is pretty normalized and traumatizing)
My husband is an orphan. My exa family was sooooo much all the time.
I'm not gonna say I wasn't a bit relieved.