Wife's $0 Commission Job, Autistic Diner's Panic Attack, & Parental Financial Disagreements

Wife's Unprofitable Sales Job

• 📌 OP's wife has been in a 100% commission sales job for 9 months, earning $0 profit and even spending money on leads.
• 🏠 She demands uninterrupted time in her home office, neglecting chores and family time while listening to motivational lectures.
• ⚠️ OP feels unsupported by his wife's lack of income and her inability to contribute to household responsibilities.
• 🚩 The job is identified as a scam with Symmetry Financial Group, highlighting that even low-wage jobs are more profitable.

Autistic Diner's Panic Attack & Payment Dispute

• 🍽️ A server recounts an incident with a couple where the wife, who is autistic, had a panic attack after ordering food.
• 🚫 Restaurant policy prevented ordering a kids meal for an adult, but an alternative was offered at a slightly higher price.
• 🧾 After the food was prepared, the couple wanted to leave without paying due to the wife's panic attack.
• ⚖️ The server insisted on payment for services rendered, explaining that medical episodes don't excuse payment for prepared food, and that making exceptions could be discriminatory.

Parental Financial Disparities and Support

• 💸 OP is asked to help parents facing financial trouble, but refuses, directing them to his sister who received significant financial support.
• 📚 OP contrasts his own experience of needing to justify every request for money and being denied college funding with his sister's effortless financial support.
• 🚗 Parents funded his sister's car, college, and living expenses, leading to their current debt.
• 😠 Parents and sister are upset with OP for not helping, while OP feels their past financial favoritism warrants his refusal.

Traumatic Birth Anecdote at Anniversary Party

• 🎂 A woman recounts the traumatic experience of delivering her twin brother at home at age seven, with her mother instructing her.
• 🎤 At a 40th anniversary party, her brother shared this event as a humorous anecdote, which deeply upset the sister.
• 💔 She told her brother that the day he was born was the worst day of her life due to the traumatic circumstances, not because she doesn't love him.
• 🗣️ The brother felt his attempt to honor her was misunderstood, while the sister felt he should have considered her perspective on the traumatic event.