Cat story: Forget the stupid money and sue her so that she’s punished for her actions! Give the money to charity if you want, even a charity that focuses on preventing animal cruelty. She did this to hurt you and those innocent cats paid for it with their lives. Don't. Let her. Get. Away with it.
I agree. This story actually pissed me off sooo much (I had a sucky stepmom back then too). That idiot stepmom should be arrested for animal cruelty and negligence and disobeying the court. She definitely needed to be punished.
except Suing to punish get a lawsuit dismissed or even gets stuck with the defended lawyer fees (call a bad faith suit). Because the Civil lawsuit are about making you "whole" hence you can only recover damages. If you want to punish you need to lobby the prosecutor to bring criminal charges
“Imagine how pathetic you’ve got to be to pick on a little girl for the colour of her hair” Me, a ginger, who was bullied as a child because of the colour of my hair [ANGRY SOBBING]
*insert overdone ginger has no soul joke* So funny right, hahaha. Honestly dont understand why people always like to bitch about the color of other people's hair and bully them about for it. The only time that its acceptable is when someone unironically has blue hair.
My hair is a sinners color? 😳 F$@* is that what's wrong with me? Btw. If you're tired of people also asking "Does the carpet match the drapes?" Just respond with "Hardwood floors atm..." They never know how to respond.
And, since they claimed religious motives for the punishment, it's a violation of the constitutional freedom of religion since a school is by definition a state actor.
Some of the most beautiful, wonderful women I've known have been along the red spectrum, from deep auburn to carrot top red. Ignorant, stupid, cruel people appear to disagree, and they are wrong. Of course, to make it better, you know that Jesus was a dark-skinned Mediterranean Jew, with hair that was probably almost black. Any bets that the school depicts him as a white guy with light brown or near blond hair? Yeah, there's so much real stuff to worry about. Hair color doesn't even make the list.
Last story: What grandma fails to understand is many, many children are kidnapped NOT by strangers but by people they know personally, and it's usually family members. She wouldn't like how high grandparent(s) are on that list. That's why a child doesn't put up a fuss like they would with a stranger: they trust the kidnapper. OP's reaction and his little revenge on his mother aren't over-the-top in the least; it is in fact quite sane. She has no idea how lucky she is that he didn't outright ban her.
Talk about passive agressive behavior. Of course he had a right to be mad but why not just say you're mad? He is as loony as his mother. Apple doesn't fall far from the tree. s
@@LEOLEO-mg5cl A mother like that wouldn’t listen to their own child just saying their mad at them for what they did. Believe me, my mother is like that
Cat story: while I understand where OP is coming from, the lawsuit isn't about getting money, it's about punishing a crappy person for doing a crappy thing.
Agreed, It's not about getting something back, it's about getting a sense of justice and relief that they won't just blatantly murder a cat again due to the risk to there finances.
Definitely agree. Like fluff said, I believe it would be a breach of the divorce agreement (NAL). But i would sue. In a lot of states (assuming its the US) animal endangerment and purposeful neglect aren't just fines, they're jail time of several YEARS! I would sue her for every penny she has so when she got out of prison she'd not even be able to afford cat food to eat!
"I didn't sue her because that wouldn't bring my cats back" This is one of the worst endings to a story from these subreddits I've ever seen, and the fact that OP let her get away with this, despite EVERYTHING going against her (which would not only punish her, but make it hard for her to get animals she can abuse) almost hurts as much as the fact that it happened. pain.
I hate people like this. They think they’re being the bigger person or some shit but in reality they’re morons. Never let pieces of shit get away with things.
That "But I didn't kidnap him! I just took him!" was sooooooooo satisfying. I particularly liked, "OH, I took them. I called out your name. Thought you heard me," when everyone knew she wasn't there to hear it. SOOOOOOOO good!
Grandmother was definitely wrong Iam alittle surprise that when the dad asked where his little brother was that the six-year-old did not say Grandma was here he went with Grandma?
@@lindayongue Against your own family? Jesus people. Yeah she should've called or wrote a note, but it was not kidnapping. The idiot might've considered maybe he was out with them, if it wasn't so dumb. Instead, the coward does petty revenge that punishes his innocent father who can't watch his TV now. For a military guy, he sure was a coward. All he had to do was continue to express he was angry and how much aggravation she had put him through. I mean, by your logic, he should've be arrested for stealing their remotes and breaking and trespassing. Grow up people, stop involving the law in every aspect of your lives.
@@EmeraldEyesEsoteric yeah sure. You should never go against your family in court. They can take your things without informing you, they can take your kids without you knowing, they can live in your house without your permission, go through your things, take your money etc because FaMiLy. No, friend. Taking things without permission is theft. Taking kids without permission is kidnapping. Doesn't matter family or not. If it is not a legal guardian for the kids and the guardian have no idea where kids are it IS kidnapping. Period. And if you think it is allowed because "family" then you are in the same boat as OP's mother and think you can steal from your family or kidnap their children.
She lied when she said she had called out OPs name. She had already admitted to telling the older boy and made up the lie on the spot when she found out the kid didn't relay the message.
Cat story: True sueing the wicked b* from the east would not bring back the cats but it would have resulted in a punishment for her. The cats and the belongings were in the divorce agreement which she 100% violated and committed animal cruelty by releasing house cats into the wilderness where she knew there are predators. Depending on the local laws it may even qualify as assault. Not doing anything is the same as congratulating a Karen for her action. It enables further questionable behavior. Pressing charges is the ONLY way a Karen even has the CHANCE to learn/reflect on her mistakes.
I definitely agree with you. We punish crimes for a reason and it seems that this horrible maniac (and I'll call it an it, I don't consider that a human being at that level of cruelty) is getting away with it. Unless it actually believed the cats would adapt to the wild, she expected them to die. To me it's the same as if it put them in a cloth bag and threw them in the river to die. I wish OP would change her mind and this monster get what it deserves. Anyways, cheers from France! 🍻
I can't understand why the father left the cats behind in the first place. Everybody knows divorces get nasty, so I feel okay he probably didn't realise the b**** would do that but surely he could have seen she may cause problems with getting them back I just feel so sad for the OP, such a terrible thing to go through, it must have damaged their trust in adults.
While taking her to court wouldn't have brought the cats back, it would have punished her AND helped her not to be cruel to animals in the future for fear there may be consequences.
That. And the payments for that car? Letter from lawyer informing her: You keep your half of the agreement - I keep mine. You don’t, I won’t either. Hand the cats over, unharmed … it’s better for you.
I read one where he had three dogs, and left them in the house with her. He fought desperately to get them afterward. She had them all euthanized and gave them to him in urns. I can't describe the punishment I think she deserves. Your ex could be literal spawn of hell, lawfully convicted of every crime, and I wouldn't condone killing their pets. Do not leave pets behind, beg anyone else you trust to take them if your lodging doesn't allow pets. Beg a shelter to hold them for you in return for donations. Something.
@@annana6098 fuck. I think it's worth it to break into her house and get them back. It's not stealing if they're yours , and any charges you may get is worth it. The woman needs jail time
My sister's first comment was, "You don't take a child without checking, in person, with the parents, not just leaving a message, because even if they got the message, they may have a doctor's appointment with the child, or something. You don't know their schedule!" And she's absolutely right. Even if the 6-year-old HAD relayed the message, it screwed up their entire day.
Story 1 - "The box said it was going to be Auburn, but it came out red." My mind remembering Suite life of Zack and Cody Cody - "I decided to dye my hair so we don't get mixed up." (It comes out red) Cody - "It said it was supposed to be Honey Mist Auburn." Zack - "Well honey, you missed Auburn big time."
My hair dye did the same thing. I have dark brown hair (the picture it was dyed then too but professionally) so I thought I should buy hair dye for darker hair. Well most boxes I could find had light brown or black, I chose black because my hair was closer to that... my hair became a fier engine RED NOT auburn!
As a Christian I am speaking about this. These are a bunch of legalistic people. Haircolor has nothing to do with the Bible at all. I don’t care if your hair is purple as long as you have values that represent Christ you are OK.
right? Hair color is not going to keep you out of heaven. A lot of people are going to be very surprised on home coming day to find that quite a few people they didnt think would go to heaven are going to be entering those pearly gates. My Aunt and her daughters are always coloring their hair (maybe more than is healthy but idk) and our church loves them. One of the oldest ladys at my church colors sections of her hair pink. If you want to color your hair rock it. Jesus is still going to love you. Hair color aint going to change that.
Socially, people often isolate red haired people (probably because of their general rarity in the population). Red heads steal your soul, they are in league with satan etc. My high school (Catholic) had a rule that we could dye our hair, but only natural colours. It's a weird area of ruling in a school (only way it makes sense to me is if you are using some form of dress code to teach kids how to dress appropriately for work vs recreation etc) Either way, it is ridiculous.
@@lorenzwinterhoff8049 never met any one that has isolated someone for having red hair. Not saying i doesnt happen b/c that wouldnt surprise me but personally have never seen it. We have 2 small kids in our church that are Red heads and they are the cutest kids. They are a mischievous pair but we love them all the more for it.
@@heartbreakerninja Most places don't but I have seen and been victim to "kick a ginger" day, and historically, red hair (especially women with) were seen more often as fiery (can be a negative) or even as soulless or atan's children. Weird, because we know hair colour isn't an indication of anything, but since it's only present in about 2% of the global population, it is a rarity to see in some places.
Agreed Alexandra, Christianity (which I am including myself in) have some of the worst judgemental people on the planet. They think they are doing god's (yes lowercase) work but miss the whole bigger picture. Jesus didn't hang out with the kigs, priests or high elite society people, he hung out with tax collectors (very low socially), prostetutes, gentiles and the people who needed the help. These Christians that do this crap need the damn log out of their own eye before passing judgement at others. They give us a bad bad name.
Cat Story: In many parts of the US it's illegal to abandon/dump cats in a random area, it's considered animal cruelty. They most definitely should've moved forward legally against her and she could've learned her actions do have consequences.
neighbor that used to live in my area took their cat out into the country and abandoned it. the cat found it's way back here and now he lives under my trailer and I feed him and keep him warm with a special bed/house under the trailer.
I always thought "seeing red" was a made up expression, but it isn't, is it? I've had it happen a few times, usually involving cruelty to an animal, and it's a real thing. A genuine phenomena, which quite frankly, frightened me as much as the person I was trying extremely hard, not to do anything permanent to. Until you've experienced it, it seems farfetched.
@@Kayenne54 Yeah, it's a real thing. Cruelty to animals of any sort, but even more so to pets is what will usually do it to me, as does any form of child abuse. I have enough self-control to not react with violence, but I'll gladly drop a dime on an abuser. (For all you young'uns, 'drop a dime' means to call the relevant enforcement agencies, such as police, CPS, etc. as pay phone calls used to cost a dime, back when there were pay phones. Could also be used more broadly, as in Drop a dime to your SO or parents.)
I would honestly have to say that the Wicked Stepmother deserves jail for 2 reasons: A) Theft, for those cats belonged to OP and she knew that. B) Disobeying the divorce rules. She knew what they were, and she didn't like rule 3 for whatever reason, so she broke it immediately.
@@GeneralESB I don't see it just as the cats being abandoned to their deaths, but also torture to them. The poor cats were probably scared out of their minds trying to escape the fate that hag left them to, and hungry and thirsty if they managed to survive long enough.
2nd story: Absolutely should've taken her to court until that Karen and kid had NOTHING. Plus, that stepmom gets jail time AND ends up on a list where she can't be around animals or have any.
True, getting money wouldn't get the cats back, but Wicked Stepmother deserved more punishment than she got (which is to say, ANY punishment). Revenge is not overrated despite what people say.
there are way to many stories where OP gets screwed over and goes "no i won't report/sue them because i won't get X back". it's not about getting X back it's about punishing the guilty person for their crime.
Second story: That the people isn't as is for replace the cats, is for see that nasty woman squirm and get less which is still more than she deserves in the divorce. I think animal cruelty garanties jail time.
Was the trip to the grocery store an emergency? OP being in the military, I cannot imagine him taking a long shower - especially knowing his two little ones are alone. The fact that mom could not wait a few minutes for him to be out is very telling about her entitlement. Great revenge though.
You don’t take your grandkid from your kids house without telling them think women think, just because you’re his grandmother and you love him does not give you the right to see him whenever you want , Or take him places without telling adult
And OP could have chewed her out when she returned with him, and said, "I hope you're prepared to pay the fee for missing the doctor's appointment!" "What doctor's appointment?" "EXACTLY! You don't KNOW our schedule, do you?! Did you check with me if Cake was ACTUALLY AVAILABLE?! Did you? NO! You did not. And now, you've screwed up our schedule for the entire day, and you know very well that if you miss a doctor's appointment, not only do you have to reschedule, and that can take weeks, but you also have to pay for the doctor's wasted time. So, that's a co-pay of $50. Pay up. NOW." Because you do NOT take a child without TALKING TO THE PARENT. And even if there was no doctor's appointment, there could have been, and the point still stands. But I have to say, I LOVE OP's lesson. AWESOME.
For starters, if she took my kid without me giving the okay and played that "I'm grandma, I can take them if I want" card, she would have lost all privileges and wouldn't be allowed near my kids for a very good long while. (Edit; I had to change the comment cause my cousin commented this with the part about saying he doesn't care if someone died. I agree with the keeping the grandmother away)
But they needed her help. She babysits the kids all the time. It was not ok for her to take the kid without informing them. Why not just say you are mad? The passive / aggressive stuff he did is looney.
Cat story. Yeah no shit suing wouldn’t bring the cats back. But letting the woman who basically kill them get away with it won’t bring them back either
When something breaks, fix it or replace it. When _someone_ breaks, civil or criminal court. Not punishing the guilty is like littering: Eventually it'll become someone else's problem.
cat story: "even if we sued it wouldn't bring my cat back" yea wouldn't bring your cat back but it would punish the evil step mom. just like jailing/executing murderers doesn't bring their victims back to life, we do it to punish them. sue the evil cat killer OP, make her pay for her crimes, report her to the police.
@@castrinecubique983 I doubt even if Cruella were fined big bucks that it would stop her from ever doing such a thing in the future. Especially if she moved from the domain of the court that fined her. It would maybe have given her time to think if she perhaps cooled her heels in jail for a while, but alas, that would have just given her unencumbered time to think of some kind of evil deed to try to pull of after she got out. NOPE! A hefty fine on the basis of theft of private property and destruction of same (pets are considered property).
@@tinydancer7426 Also willfully violating the divorce agreement, animal cruelty (which in some states is a really big deal), and if OP was a minor at the time, child abuse (yes, this counts, as the cats were originally OP's, clearly something OP was very attached to, and she had no right to deprive OP of them. Putting down / killing a kid's pets as punishment has been ruled to be child abuse numerous times in many different states, so...) Put all those together, you get definite prison time, and a lot of reworking the divorce split in not-her favor.
@@tinydancer7426 I never said anything about custody, but the property split (the one they'd agreed upon and signed a document saying they'd follow, and she proceeded to violate by not giving them the cats) would definitely be reviewed and adjusted in light of her actions.
@@Sonnenanbeterin1991 the mother also called out to the guy, she assumed that he had heard her, and she told the 6 year old. Although i agree it was but stupid to not explicitly tell the father, the guy was a total jerk
Story 1: Yeah, Baptist schools are that insane. Story 2: Time for an old fashioned curse, OP. Story 3: Oh, heeeeeeeeeeeell no. That guy went super easy on his parents.
Red Hair: Sounds like one girl was jealous because her mom wouldn't let her dye *her* hair, too. Can't let somebody else enjoy what you're not allowed to have, I guess.
at least it's not as bad as that one religious school that made headlines for shaving a student bald after mistakenly thinking her natural platinum blonde hair was dyed the investigation that was launched revealed even worse things were going on at the school I think almost every teacher there was arrested for some felony or another.
@@brothersgt.grauwolff6716 Hadn't heard about that one. But good on the parents for getting involved! No school, religious or not, has the right to do anything like that to a student.
The mom was not being malicious in that case, just thoughtless. I liked OP's revenge, it seemed to sink in for mom that what she'd done was wrong. If problems like that continued after this incident, that's when I'd start limiting contact with her. She made an immature mistake and overstepped boundaries that she didn't realize were there. Continuing to overstep them is when it becomes malicious.
@@samanthaw6986 oh trust and believe we're not playing those games over here but the payback was epic. My mother wouldn't dare and my kids know better than to open my door for ANYONE.
But also the 6 year old is PARTLY to blame for paying attention, since they literally opened the door for grandma and didn't think to mention it at any point.
Can confirm "Paw Patrol" is a trance like hypnotism for kids. My niece and nephews love it...best way to get them to sit still for 30 minutes while finishing dinner.
Not to my nephew. He watches for about 2-3 minutes of it then he runs off to his toys. Then he whines when we go to change the channel because he's not watching it. And he's 3 and he loves the show.
@@7dog123 seriously? My niece and nephew knew the tv rules. If you chose a show and decide not to watch it, the tv gets changed to something else. If you whine about it being changed you lose tv privileges for 1 hour (they can go play with their toys or out in the backyard if they ask for someone to go out and watch them play) if you misbehave, your choice of tv is voided to the next kid's choice. You dont have to watch the show if you dont want to but have to wait for who ever is watching it to finish the show to have yours. Some times its an argument between pepa pig and paw patrol 🤦♀️
If my nephew is watching Paw Patrol he's basically a remote controlled robot with wonky controls. You can tell him to go to the car and he'll pick up the tablet he's watching on and keep staring at it while walking, often times bumping into walls and stuff on the way. Unless you keep a hawks watch on him and hold one hand he'd walk into traffic... It's worried me more then once. (When he's visiting he's got a tablet to watch PawPatrol because we don't have the channel programmed in here. No kids under 20 living here after all ^^;) And honestly? My grandparents are already dead but if I imagine, for example, my GMIL doing that? I'd have told the officer on the phone "I'm seeing the KIDNAPPER! She's still nearby! Hurry!" because it's the truth. You do not 'take' or 'borrow' or 'bring along' a child without the knowledge of their parents. YOU.DO.NOT. It may sound funny and calm in the story, and maybe the husband still was somewhat calm as a 'military brat' but the mom? She was probably close to needing her colleagues professional attention at work because of a heartattack.
First story- as a Southern Baptist girl myself the idea of “sinner’s hair” is BS. I know plenty of Baptists who die their hair and don’t think they’re going to Hell; or misrepresenting Christ. I even had purple under-highlights a couple years ago (my hair had purple underneath) and other women at my church thought it was awesome. 🥰
Agreed. I was raised Southern Baptist and still attend a Baptist church, and I've never heard of this. Either it's a New England thing or they were just making trouble, probably the latter.
actually the very minor thing it would make the situation ok is if she would have asked op directly instead of relying on a 6 year old to remit the message like "hey son I'm going to take your toddler to the grocery store with me, k? love you, bye"
i'm no grandma but when my older friends had a young toddler, i went into their house and took him so often they got used to it after a while. more to this obvi, but legit true story. all love.
I was in my 30' s and decided to dye my hair " auburn". Turned out fire engine red. Called my friend to take me to store for cover up dye as I had work the next day. Between front door and cosmetic aisle, no less than 4 guys hit on me. Actually considered keeping it red, but I was too chicken.😂😂😂😂
The second story is ESM: If I can’t the cat then OP can’t have them. *releases the cat in the middle of nowhere* OP’s dad should of sued her I know it won’t give OP’s cats back but it would teach her a lesson not to break the law.
When the wicked stepmother refused to give OP's cats back, the Dad should've gone over to the house with the cops and retrieved them. She wouldn't be able to do anything but hand them over. And if she did, she would've been arrested on the spot. Honestly, if that had happened to me, I would be serving 25 to life for attempted murder. If you hurt my cats, you'll be lucky if you leave limping. Just saying.
I remember getting a teacher fired cause she would cuss at students for some BS, sneeze? get cussed at; raise your hand? get cussed at; to put in some short words I wasn't really mentely stable and lost my cool fast, my mom gave me an old phone to record everything with audio; apparently I'm not the only one who has done this. 2 days later she was fired and we got a nicer teacher.
My husband took our 4yr old to the store without telling me. I had the whole neighborhood out looking for him! After a suggestion from one of the neighbors, I called the store and had my husband paged. He got on the phone and told me that “yes, our son was with him. Why?” Wow. Relief and anger at the same time. Who knew?
Step mom and the cats story: The step mom should be taken to court to be held accountable. If the dad doesn’t do it on behalf of op, op may still be able to. In some places the statute of limitations doesn’t start until the plaintiff hits the age of majority. They may want to look into that. It won’t bring the cats back, but accountability may stop the step mom from doing something similar to someone else in the future
Cat story: It's not about being compensated or getting the cats returned, the point would be to have an official, public record that the step-mom not only willingly violated the divorce agreement but that she also was an animal abuser (employers and landlords, for example, tend to not like seeing those sort of things on background checks), plus it establishes she has a criminal history for future occasions she tries to do more crazy stuff to someone else.
If anyone says you aren't being "Christ like" hand them a bible and ask them to prove it. If they can you may need to think about things, if they can't that calls them into question.
@@definitelynotanarcissist.3135 Not to mention, Paul was converted after Christ's death. He's not one of the original apostles, who knew Jesus face-to-face. All this "It's in the Bible," does NOT mean, "Jesus said." And Paul was quite the bigot. He hated women, too, and said they should sit down and shut up, and had nothing of value to add to the conversation. Meanwhile, who was the first person Jesus appeared to, and had announce his resurrection? His male apostles? Nope. A woman. He had a WOMAN TELL THE MEN that Jesus was risen. The BIGGEST NEWS IN THE WORLD, EVER, and he made a WOMAN the messenger. So take that, Paul!
No I don't think that's a good idea. I probably have no say in the matter as an atheist, but I've heard enough people arguing and using quotes from the bible to get the idea that the bible is a fairly contradicting book. "The bible says this." "Yeah well the bible also says this." "Yeah well the bible also says this." Blah, blah, blah.
I was in a Spanish Pentecostal Church as a chile and they felt cutting your hair, putting on makeup and wearing pants were a 1st Class Ticket for the Train to Hell. So, to date, I refuse to set foot in a Pentecostal Church. Not because of their protection of pedos or how the elders LIVED by the saying, "Do as I say, Not as I do." No, I'm sure if I walked into one, my anger would become a psychic force that would rival the Scalet Witch. So...I'm okay from out here.
The Pentecostal Church that I had a lot of friends at here in the UK had quite a few art students attending, their multi coloured hair looked great, and no one was bothered by it. It was seen as an expression of creativity.
It is heart stopping when u think ur kid is gone from ur house. My daughter was 1 1/2 and I went to use the bathroom. I came out and couldn't find her. I yelled her name when I was n her room and I heard a giggle. She hid herself n her closet under a blanket. That was 1 of the most relief I have felt. She is now 10 and I have a 6 yr old son as well
The cats story broke me. I've got a nine month old cat sleeping not even a metre away from me, and I am so protective of him. I feel so sorry for those two cats, they didn't deserve that
I thought that, too, but then I started to wonder, though, if it would've counted against OP somehow, like they had to have X number of hours of volunteerism to graduate or would count against their GPA or something.
I had a huge fight with my parents, they were interfering and undermining me and my husband with our boys. It wasn't the first time, they were warned more than once to stop. During a time when my husband was active duty serving in Afghanistan they were calling my oldest filing his head with crap, , I was done and told them, last chance or I'm cutting contract I don't need this. Nope, so it's been over 15 years now since we've seen or spoken to my parents..... and I have to say the weight that was lifted was awesome. I hate that it had to happen that way when I tried to go a different route
Cat Story: I could be mistaken but I believe in most states there is some pretty severe punishments for breaking a divorce agreement. Slap on the intent to kill 2 cats and it only gets worse. Your looking at some prison time for this. There are consequences for breaking a agreement that they both signed.
Your kidnapping story really spoke to me. When I was only 11 months old, my mother had to go to the hospital to give birth to my brother. At the time, I was being watched by a sitter as mom and been out of the house at the time her water broke. While mom was at the hospital, grandma came over to 'pick me up'. She told the sitter my name, who my mom was and this checked out with the sitter, so she was here to watch me and the sitter could leave. Now, my brother was born a month early, and was tiny. So both my mom and new brother had to stay in the hospital, this meant that mom wanted to call the sitter and ask if I could stay with her until mom was able to leave the hospital. The sitter told my mom that my grandma had come and picked me up already. My mother told me that the nurses at the nurses station had to run to her room as they heard her scream and came to find her swearing up a storm. Mom had not told grandma to come and pick me up. Nope, grandma came and got me all on her own. She didn't even know that mom was in the hospital. You see there is a problem with my grandmother on my mothers side; she has a few mental illnesses. Not a Karen level or anything like that, but she does kind of live in her own little world and she wanted to spend time with me. Since, mom never let me see her. So grandma picked me up in the later morning and it was now evening. My mom called the police and filed a kidnapping report and prayed that grandma was heading back to her place a town or two over so that they might find me. Sure enough, that was exactly what was happening. The police pulled her over and got me back to my mom. Now, I didn't learn about this until a few years ago and found out that a few years after I was kidnapped, her mental health just got worse and worse over the years until she passed away. The good news about it, is that I was too young to remember the kidnapping or anything like that. And I can only hope that the OP's child won't remember the kidnapping thing either.
I have to say. I get dialysis 3x a week (I'm actually sitting in the clinic right now for 4 hours) and your videos are one of the only things that makes this suck a little less. So thank you! 👍🙂
I grew up a very sheltered Southern Baptist and never once heard any problems about the color anyone dyed their hair. Not a single word. That's just crazy.
Same. There were some other traditional rules, that no one really follows anymore, but hair dyeing was not a ‘sin.’ I think some “Christians” just make crap up.
The grandma story reminds me of something that happened to my brother when he was a baby: my grandparents went to Mississippi to get tractor parts and didn't tell my parents. So they came to pick him up, no one was home. So, they waited for hours until my grandparents and brother got back. My mom took my brother and my dad gave my grandpa a quarter and told him in an eerily calm voice, "next time, call" ( my grandparents don't have phones). My dad says that was the only time he was soooooo pissed at them
The 'mother' that dumped the cats needs to be punished, sueing someone isn't just a profit seeking excercise it is a punishment for the behaviour of the perpetrator usually in the only language they understand, their wallet.
Damn my guy lol. Dont get yourself killed buddy. If your gonna get killed falling down the stairs, make sure to do it in style. Always go out like a badass. Make sure to remember.
OP’s mom kidnapped his youngest child and she thinks she did nothing wrong?! She deserves to be in prison so she won’t cause anymore problems for him and his family.
My heart physically reacted to the fact that those cats were dumped in the wild. The angry old red headed Granny in me....well let's just say she's not happy...
When there is a child who was kidnapped, about...what is it...80% of the time its family who take them away from the part of the family they were supposed to be living with?
Yeah, it happens all the time. And frequently, they do decide to keep them, so it's a "real kidnapping," and not just Grandma taking the kid to the store.
Cat story: Don't write off Antonio and Dexter. Unless they're declawed, cats are survivors and it's not a given that they're still alive, but it is a possibility. I have a rescue cat that used to live in some nearby woods. He's a great hunter, even going so far as teaching my dog how to hunt. Now my dog hunts like a feline instead of like a canine.
Red hair is more Christlike than calling an innocent teenager as anti-christ. Those people need to examine their own faith, and motives. Seems suspect to me. An ad hominem attack to cover their own lack.
It took me three years to allow my son to stay overnight with even family. If my mother did this, she literally would not see my children for a VERY long as you don't recover trust easily for that. We actually had it where she was posting pictures of my kids behind my back after she was told we were limiting pictures of them on the internet. I ended up limiting pictures she got to see entirely and monitoring her social media.
Story 1: more stupidity from "christen" karen. Story 2: animal cruelty can be a prison sentence. Charge them. Maybe let inmates know as well. Story 3: the mom needs mental help. Get her detained in a ward. Otherwise the mom might kidnap child again.
That last story was your best by far. I'm a former Marine, and from the training any service member gets, we learn a few tricks on how to get even. It's never a good idea to mess with us.
Cat Story: Even tho i'm against Violence i would have definetly tried to locate the horrible Stepmom and would have done the exact same to her just leaving her in the Wilderness with lots of Coyotes and left her to fend for herself like she did with the Cats
Remember to always bring the police or sheriff deputy with you when in a situation like OP and her cats. And then bring a lawsuit against those that defy court orders as it they will not just have to pay but the terms of the judgment could be redone and/or they will face fines and/or jail time
I was a little luckier than this girl. My temporary auburn hair color WAS temporary. Thankfully, since my husband snapped a picture of me cuddling the orange tabby kitten our neighbors had just found and brought to me because they didn't have any idea what to feed him and we matched (He was 12 when he died after eating bad cat food).
My grandparents once unintentionally kidnapped me. I was like 12 and allowed to be home alone during my summer break when my mom was at work. I decided I wanted to go to my grandparents place one town over so I asked them to pick me up and bring me there. When my mom came home to an empty house she texted me asking if I was at the lake (I was allowed to go there with friends during the day as long as I texted her to let her know) and I said no. She asked if I was at a friend's place. I said no. She said I wasn't being funny and I needed to tell her where I was. I said I was at her parent's place. My grandparents just assumed I had let my mom know before I left so they didn't bother checking if it was okay
Cat story: I would have called the cops on her for destruction of property. Proof is where is the property. If you don't have the property then it was stolen or destroyed. So cops should have done something
Honestly, I thought when the guy had his mom babysit, he was going to sneak into the house and "take" his kids when their grandma was looking to give her a taste of her own medicine. Oh well, it was still funny.
That happened to me one searching for over an hour for my 2 yo who was suppose to be home and me not finding him. I was to the point of calling the cops when I heard him hiding in the dryer. I understand the dad's panic!
About the Baptist school: Yes, I went to a similar school for 6 years. Not able to dye your hair, wear jewelry or makeup, short sleeve or crop tops, skirts or pants above the knee, or sun dresses. Needless to say, I wore jean pants and sweatshirts almost year round.
Cat story: don't sue for money, but press charges for animal cruelty, theft, and violating the terms of the separation. Depending on the local laws, the evil stepmother might catch a felony.
Cat story: Forget the stupid money and sue her so that she’s punished for her actions! Give the money to charity if you want, even a charity that focuses on preventing animal cruelty. She did this to hurt you and those innocent cats paid for it with their lives.
Don't. Let her. Get. Away with it.
Id make the stepmom go look for the cats in where she released them and she doesn't get to come home till she finds them
Thank you! I was thinking the same thing. I can't stand weak-minded, passive thinking like this.
EXACTLY! Hurt her where it's gonna hurt.her money.make her face the consequences of her actions.
I agree. This story actually pissed me off sooo much (I had a sucky stepmom back then too). That idiot stepmom should be arrested for animal cruelty and negligence and disobeying the court. She definitely needed to be punished.
except Suing to punish get a lawsuit dismissed or even gets stuck with the defended lawyer fees (call a bad faith suit). Because the Civil lawsuit are about making you "whole" hence you can only recover damages. If you want to punish you need to lobby the prosecutor to bring criminal charges
“Imagine how pathetic you’ve got to be to pick on a little girl for the colour of her hair”
Me, a ginger, who was bullied as a child because of the colour of my hair [ANGRY SOBBING]
Girl saaame lol
*insert overdone ginger has no soul joke*
So funny right, hahaha.
Honestly dont understand why people always like to bitch about the color of other people's hair and bully them about for it. The only time that its acceptable is when someone unironically has blue hair.
My hair is a sinners color? 😳 F$@* is that what's wrong with me?
Btw. If you're tired of people also asking "Does the carpet match the drapes?" Just respond with "Hardwood floors atm..."
They never know how to respond.
And, since they claimed religious motives for the punishment, it's a violation of the constitutional freedom of religion since a school is by definition a state actor.
Some of the most beautiful, wonderful women I've known have been along the red spectrum, from deep auburn to carrot top red. Ignorant, stupid, cruel people appear to disagree, and they are wrong.
Of course, to make it better, you know that Jesus was a dark-skinned Mediterranean Jew, with hair that was probably almost black. Any bets that the school depicts him as a white guy with light brown or near blond hair? Yeah, there's so much real stuff to worry about. Hair color doesn't even make the list.
Last story: What grandma fails to understand is many, many children are kidnapped NOT by strangers but by people they know personally, and it's usually family members. She wouldn't like how high grandparent(s) are on that list. That's why a child doesn't put up a fuss like they would with a stranger: they trust the kidnapper. OP's reaction and his little revenge on his mother aren't over-the-top in the least; it is in fact quite sane. She has no idea how lucky she is that he didn't outright ban her.
Talk about passive agressive behavior. Of course he had a right to be mad but why not just say you're mad? He is as loony as his mother. Apple doesn't fall far from the tree. s
@@LEOLEO-mg5cl A mother like that wouldn’t listen to their own child just saying their mad at them for what they did. Believe me, my mother is like that
@@LEOLEO-mg5cl sloppy started a subreddit highly recommend.
she's lucky with her timing, if she was spotted with that kid out she would get in a very very serious trouble
@@LEOLEO-mg5cl he said why he was mad she didn’t understand
Cat story: while I understand where OP is coming from, the lawsuit isn't about getting money, it's about punishing a crappy person for doing a crappy thing.
Agreed, It's not about getting something back, it's about getting a sense of justice and relief that they won't just blatantly murder a cat again due to the risk to there finances.
Definitely agree. Like fluff said, I believe it would be a breach of the divorce agreement (NAL). But i would sue. In a lot of states (assuming its the US) animal endangerment and purposeful neglect aren't just fines, they're jail time of several YEARS! I would sue her for every penny she has so when she got out of prison she'd not even be able to afford cat food to eat!
Yes. You are suing for punitive awards, not relief. There is no relief.
I would’ve asked the judge if I can swap the monetary value of the lawsuit with ex stepmom being sent to prison for a 10+ instead.
It’s not about the money its about sending a message. The joker
"I didn't sue her because that wouldn't bring my cats back"
This is one of the worst endings to a story from these subreddits I've ever seen, and the fact that OP let her get away with this, despite EVERYTHING going against her (which would not only punish her, but make it hard for her to get animals she can abuse) almost hurts as much as the fact that it happened.
pain.
Exactly. Horrible ending. No punishment for the witch.
I hope Angelo and dexter were found by a loving person
I hate people like this. They think they’re being the bigger person or some shit but in reality they’re morons. Never let pieces of shit get away with things.
@@devoidchain5846 I do but I doubt it...RIP in heaven babies
She never cared for the cats in the first place.
That "But I didn't kidnap him! I just took him!" was sooooooooo satisfying. I particularly liked, "OH, I took them. I called out your name. Thought you heard me," when everyone knew she wasn't there to hear it. SOOOOOOOO good!
Call the police and press kidnapping charges.
Grandmother was definitely wrong Iam alittle surprise that when the dad asked where his little brother was that the six-year-old did not say Grandma was here he went with Grandma?
@@lindayongue Against your own family? Jesus people. Yeah she should've called or wrote a note, but it was not kidnapping. The idiot might've considered maybe he was out with them, if it wasn't so dumb. Instead, the coward does petty revenge that punishes his innocent father who can't watch his TV now. For a military guy, he sure was a coward. All he had to do was continue to express he was angry and how much aggravation she had put him through. I mean, by your logic, he should've be arrested for stealing their remotes and breaking and trespassing. Grow up people, stop involving the law in every aspect of your lives.
@@EmeraldEyesEsoteric yeah sure. You should never go against your family in court. They can take your things without informing you, they can take your kids without you knowing, they can live in your house without your permission, go through your things, take your money etc because FaMiLy.
No, friend. Taking things without permission is theft. Taking kids without permission is kidnapping. Doesn't matter family or not. If it is not a legal guardian for the kids and the guardian have no idea where kids are it IS kidnapping. Period.
And if you think it is allowed because "family" then you are in the same boat as OP's mother and think you can steal from your family or kidnap their children.
She lied when she said she had called out OPs name. She had already admitted to telling the older boy and made up the lie on the spot when she found out the kid didn't relay the message.
Cat story:
True sueing the wicked b* from the east would not bring back the cats but it would have resulted in a punishment for her.
The cats and the belongings were in the divorce agreement which she 100% violated and committed animal cruelty by releasing house cats into the wilderness where she knew there are predators. Depending on the local laws it may even qualify as assault.
Not doing anything is the same as congratulating a Karen for her action. It enables further questionable behavior.
Pressing charges is the ONLY way a Karen even has the CHANCE to learn/reflect on her mistakes.
I definitely agree with you.
We punish crimes for a reason and it seems that this horrible maniac (and I'll call it an it, I don't consider that a human being at that level of cruelty) is getting away with it.
Unless it actually believed the cats would adapt to the wild, she expected them to die.
To me it's the same as if it put them in a cloth bag and threw them in the river to die.
I wish OP would change her mind and this monster get what it deserves.
Anyways, cheers from France! 🍻
I can't understand why the father left the cats behind in the first place. Everybody knows divorces get nasty, so I feel okay he probably didn't realise the b**** would do that but surely he could have seen she may cause problems with getting them back I just feel so sad for the OP, such a terrible thing to go through, it must have damaged their trust in adults.
The SM didn't release those cats. That's the story she told you. She took them and fled the state.
@@shendisackett he was homeless at that point, so he had to find somewhere to live first, and then deal with cats
While taking her to court wouldn't have brought the cats back, it would have punished her AND helped her not to be cruel to animals in the future for fear there may be consequences.
That.
And the payments for that car?
Letter from lawyer informing her: You keep your half of the agreement - I keep mine. You don’t, I won’t either. Hand the cats over, unharmed … it’s better for you.
Lesson learned: Secure the pets BEFORE divorce announcement. Holy shit that hurt my soul
I read one where he had three dogs, and left them in the house with her. He fought desperately to get them afterward. She had them all euthanized and gave them to him in urns. I can't describe the punishment I think she deserves. Your ex could be literal spawn of hell, lawfully convicted of every crime, and I wouldn't condone killing their pets. Do not leave pets behind, beg anyone else you trust to take them if your lodging doesn't allow pets. Beg a shelter to hold them for you in return for donations. Something.
@@annana6098 she deserves the D word. By the M word
That story hurt me, too.
@@annana6098 fuck. I think it's worth it to break into her house and get them back. It's not stealing if they're yours , and any charges you may get is worth it. The woman needs jail time
@@annana6098 I would commit murder over that without any remorse or hesitation.
My sister's first comment was, "You don't take a child without checking, in person, with the parents, not just leaving a message, because even if they got the message, they may have a doctor's appointment with the child, or something. You don't know their schedule!"
And she's absolutely right. Even if the 6-year-old HAD relayed the message, it screwed up their entire day.
Story 1 - "The box said it was going to be Auburn, but it came out red."
My mind remembering Suite life of Zack and Cody
Cody - "I decided to dye my hair so we don't get mixed up."
(It comes out red)
Cody - "It said it was supposed to be Honey Mist Auburn."
Zack - "Well honey, you missed Auburn big time."
That's exactly what I thought!
My hair dye did the same thing. I have dark brown hair (the picture it was dyed then too but professionally) so I thought I should buy hair dye for darker hair. Well most boxes I could find had light brown or black, I chose black because my hair was closer to that... my hair became a fier engine RED NOT auburn!
As a Christian I am speaking about this. These are a bunch of legalistic people. Haircolor has nothing to do with the Bible at all. I don’t care if your hair is purple as long as you have values that represent Christ you are OK.
right? Hair color is not going to keep you out of heaven. A lot of people are going to be very surprised on home coming day to find that quite a few people they didnt think would go to heaven are going to be entering those pearly gates.
My Aunt and her daughters are always coloring their hair (maybe more than is healthy but idk) and our church loves them. One of the oldest ladys at my church colors sections of her hair pink. If you want to color your hair rock it. Jesus is still going to love you. Hair color aint going to change that.
Socially, people often isolate red haired people (probably because of their general rarity in the population). Red heads steal your soul, they are in league with satan etc.
My high school (Catholic) had a rule that we could dye our hair, but only natural colours. It's a weird area of ruling in a school (only way it makes sense to me is if you are using some form of dress code to teach kids how to dress appropriately for work vs recreation etc)
Either way, it is ridiculous.
@@lorenzwinterhoff8049 never met any one that has isolated someone for having red hair. Not saying i doesnt happen b/c that wouldnt surprise me but personally have never seen it. We have 2 small kids in our church that are Red heads and they are the cutest kids. They are a mischievous pair but we love them all the more for it.
@@heartbreakerninja Most places don't but I have seen and been victim to "kick a ginger" day, and historically, red hair (especially women with) were seen more often as fiery (can be a negative) or even as soulless or atan's children. Weird, because we know hair colour isn't an indication of anything, but since it's only present in about 2% of the global population, it is a rarity to see in some places.
Agreed Alexandra, Christianity (which I am including myself in) have some of the worst judgemental people on the planet. They think they are doing god's (yes lowercase) work but miss the whole bigger picture. Jesus didn't hang out with the kigs, priests or high elite society people, he hung out with tax collectors (very low socially), prostetutes, gentiles and the people who needed the help. These Christians that do this crap need the damn log out of their own eye before passing judgement at others. They give us a bad bad name.
Cat Story: In many parts of the US it's illegal to abandon/dump cats in a random area, it's considered animal cruelty. They most definitely should've moved forward legally against her and she could've learned her actions do have consequences.
Yeah, even outside animal shelters!
Karma always comes
@@sailorstar3148 So true
@@toryknotts8026 I agree
neighbor that used to live in my area took their cat out into the country and abandoned it. the cat found it's way back here and now he lives under my trailer and I feed him and keep him warm with a special bed/house under the trailer.
"She's got a face like a shrunken sphincter"
Damn 😂
Not gonna touch the cat story, my vision started turning red and they weren't even my cats. The grandma story though, yeah, that was epic.
I always thought "seeing red" was a made up expression, but it isn't, is it? I've had it happen a few times, usually involving cruelty to an animal, and it's a real thing. A genuine phenomena, which quite frankly, frightened me as much as the person I was trying extremely hard, not to do anything permanent to. Until you've experienced it, it seems farfetched.
@@Kayenne54 Yeah, it's a real thing. Cruelty to animals of any sort, but even more so to pets is what will usually do it to me, as does any form of child abuse. I have enough self-control to not react with violence, but I'll gladly drop a dime on an abuser. (For all you young'uns, 'drop a dime' means to call the relevant enforcement agencies, such as police, CPS, etc. as pay phone calls used to cost a dime, back when there were pay phones. Could also be used more broadly, as in Drop a dime to your SO or parents.)
I would honestly have to say that the Wicked Stepmother deserves jail for 2 reasons:
A) Theft, for those cats belonged to OP and she knew that.
B) Disobeying the divorce rules. She knew what they were, and she didn't like rule 3 for whatever reason, so she broke it immediately.
Don’t forget animal cruelty for abandoning the cats to their deaths out of spite.
And that
Thanks for listing that as well
@@GeneralESB I don't see it just as the cats being abandoned to their deaths, but also torture to them. The poor cats were probably scared out of their minds trying to escape the fate that hag left them to, and hungry and thirsty if they managed to survive long enough.
Stepmom was evil for dumping cats in middle of nowhere and hurting an eleven year old child stepmom violated divorce order cats were ops not hers
She could have gone through hell with the court for doing this. Especially having to pay for the emotional and mental damage done
2nd story: Absolutely should've taken her to court until that Karen and kid had NOTHING. Plus, that stepmom gets jail time AND ends up on a list where she can't be around animals or have any.
True, getting money wouldn't get the cats back, but Wicked Stepmother deserved more punishment than she got (which is to say, ANY punishment). Revenge is not overrated despite what people say.
SM deserves a nuclear revenge.
there are way to many stories where OP gets screwed over and goes "no i won't report/sue them because i won't get X back". it's not about getting X back it's about punishing the guilty person for their crime.
@@theswedishdude1 it sucks when most accept the results when they can still give justice. Always bring them down with you in pain regardless.
@@theswedishdude1 Exactly. She needs to learn a harsh lesson!
I would sue the step mom for new cats at a later time.
Second story: That the people isn't as is for replace the cats, is for see that nasty woman squirm and get less which is still more than she deserves in the divorce. I think animal cruelty garanties jail time.
Was the trip to the grocery store an emergency? OP being in the military, I cannot imagine him taking a long shower - especially knowing his two little ones are alone. The fact that mom could not wait a few minutes for him to be out is very telling about her entitlement. Great revenge though.
You don’t take your grandkid from your kids house without telling them think women think, just because you’re his grandmother and you love him does not give you the right to see him whenever you want , Or take him places without telling adult
Forget "telling". You need PERMISSION.
The mom could have solved all before hand and wrote a note.
Dear OP,
Took cake to store with me be back soon
Love mom
Not that hard to do.
And OP could have chewed her out when she returned with him, and said, "I hope you're prepared to pay the fee for missing the doctor's appointment!"
"What doctor's appointment?"
"EXACTLY! You don't KNOW our schedule, do you?! Did you check with me if Cake was ACTUALLY AVAILABLE?! Did you? NO! You did not. And now, you've screwed up our schedule for the entire day, and you know very well that if you miss a doctor's appointment, not only do you have to reschedule, and that can take weeks, but you also have to pay for the doctor's wasted time. So, that's a co-pay of $50. Pay up. NOW."
Because you do NOT take a child without TALKING TO THE PARENT. And even if there was no doctor's appointment, there could have been, and the point still stands.
But I have to say, I LOVE OP's lesson. AWESOME.
Exactly
story 2: I WOULDN'T HAVE CARED IF IT DIDN'T BRING THE CATS BACK!! THAT MOM NEEDS TO BE PUNISHED FOR KILLING TWO INNOCENT KITTENS!!!!
DAMN right
Right!
For starters, if she took my kid without me giving the okay and played that "I'm grandma, I can take them if I want" card, she would have lost all privileges and wouldn't be allowed near my kids for a very good long while.
(Edit; I had to change the comment cause my cousin commented this with the part about saying he doesn't care if someone died. I agree with the keeping the grandmother away)
But they needed her help. She babysits the kids all the time. It was not ok for her to take the kid without informing them. Why not just say you are mad? The passive / aggressive stuff he did is looney.
@@LEOLEO-mg5cl they don't "need her help". and no he's not a looney. She practically kidnapped the kid.
@@LEOLEO-mg5cl Personally, I thought it was hilarious 😂 😃 😄
Cat story. Yeah no shit suing wouldn’t bring the cats back. But letting the woman who basically kill them get away with it won’t bring them back either
When something breaks, fix it or replace it.
When _someone_ breaks, civil or criminal court.
Not punishing the guilty is like littering: Eventually it'll become someone else's problem.
She'd be punished and hopefully not allowed to have animals.
cat story: "even if we sued it wouldn't bring my cat back" yea wouldn't bring your cat back but it would punish the evil step mom. just like jailing/executing murderers doesn't bring their victims back to life, we do it to punish them.
sue the evil cat killer OP, make her pay for her crimes, report her to the police.
Not as much to punish them, as to prevent them from doing it again, by locking them up, or by giving them a very good incentive to not recidivate
@@castrinecubique983 I doubt even if Cruella were fined big bucks that it would stop her from ever doing such a thing in the future. Especially if she moved from the domain of the court that fined her. It would maybe have given her time to think if she perhaps cooled her heels in jail for a while, but alas, that would have just given her unencumbered time to think of some kind of evil deed to try to pull of after she got out. NOPE! A hefty fine on the basis of theft of private property and destruction of same (pets are considered property).
@@tinydancer7426 Also willfully violating the divorce agreement, animal cruelty (which in some states is a really big deal), and if OP was a minor at the time, child abuse (yes, this counts, as the cats were originally OP's, clearly something OP was very attached to, and she had no right to deprive OP of them. Putting down / killing a kid's pets as punishment has been ruled to be child abuse numerous times in many different states, so...)
Put all those together, you get definite prison time, and a lot of reworking the divorce split in not-her favor.
@@CaTastrophy427 Wait .... the witch was a stepmother, right. So, custody shouldn't have been an issue.
@@tinydancer7426 I never said anything about custody, but the property split (the one they'd agreed upon and signed a document saying they'd follow, and she proceeded to violate by not giving them the cats) would definitely be reviewed and adjusted in light of her actions.
"I didn't kidnap your child, I just took him."
... without telling the parent.
Yes, definition of kidnapping.
@@linxadragon6839 maby there is a reason why she dont wanna send her kids over..
I don't know about this. A 6 year old *should* be old enough and responsible enough to relay a simple message.
@@joshduthie3401 no kids are kids..
@@Sonnenanbeterin1991 the mother also called out to the guy, she assumed that he had heard her, and she told the 6 year old. Although i agree it was but stupid to not explicitly tell the father, the guy was a total jerk
Story 1: Yeah, Baptist schools are that insane.
Story 2: Time for an old fashioned curse, OP.
Story 3: Oh, heeeeeeeeeeeell no. That guy went super easy on his parents.
Red Hair: Sounds like one girl was jealous because her mom wouldn't let her dye *her* hair, too. Can't let somebody else enjoy what you're not allowed to have, I guess.
Usually is this
at least it's not as bad as that one religious school that made headlines for shaving a student bald after mistakenly thinking her natural platinum blonde hair was dyed the investigation that was launched revealed even worse things were going on at the school I think almost every teacher there was arrested for some felony or another.
@@brothersgt.grauwolff6716 Hadn't heard about that one. But good on the parents for getting involved! No school, religious or not, has the right to do anything like that to a student.
Story 3...she'd never see the kids again.
Yeah me too I'm surprised and this revenge I would have gotten her arrested and cut contact.........
The mom was not being malicious in that case, just thoughtless. I liked OP's revenge, it seemed to sink in for mom that what she'd done was wrong. If problems like that continued after this incident, that's when I'd start limiting contact with her. She made an immature mistake and overstepped boundaries that she didn't realize were there. Continuing to overstep them is when it becomes malicious.
The last story was EVERYTHING for me....payback on ya parents is tricky n that was amazing.
That last story was about the 8th time it’s been in a post!
Fuck that. I wouldn’t even let someone take me dog without permission without pressing charges.
@@samanthaw6986 oh trust and believe we're not playing those games over here but the payback was epic. My mother wouldn't dare and my kids know better than to open my door for ANYONE.
And very amusing! I almost choked laughing!
But also the 6 year old is PARTLY to blame for paying attention, since they literally opened the door for grandma and didn't think to mention it at any point.
Story 1: Moms chewing into school principals is never going to get old for me
Teaming up with your 15 year old daughter to pick on another 15 year old is actually really sad. That mom needs some therapy and friends
Can confirm "Paw Patrol" is a trance like hypnotism for kids. My niece and nephews love it...best way to get them to sit still for 30 minutes while finishing dinner.
Not to my nephew. He watches for about 2-3 minutes of it then he runs off to his toys. Then he whines when we go to change the channel because he's not watching it. And he's 3 and he loves the show.
@@7dog123 seriously? My niece and nephew knew the tv rules. If you chose a show and decide not to watch it, the tv gets changed to something else. If you whine about it being changed you lose tv privileges for 1 hour (they can go play with their toys or out in the backyard if they ask for someone to go out and watch them play) if you misbehave, your choice of tv is voided to the next kid's choice. You dont have to watch the show if you dont want to but have to wait for who ever is watching it to finish the show to have yours.
Some times its an argument between pepa pig and paw patrol 🤦♀️
If my nephew is watching Paw Patrol he's basically a remote controlled robot with wonky controls. You can tell him to go to the car and he'll pick up the tablet he's watching on and keep staring at it while walking, often times bumping into walls and stuff on the way. Unless you keep a hawks watch on him and hold one hand he'd walk into traffic... It's worried me more then once. (When he's visiting he's got a tablet to watch PawPatrol because we don't have the channel programmed in here. No kids under 20 living here after all ^^;) And honestly? My grandparents are already dead but if I imagine, for example, my GMIL doing that? I'd have told the officer on the phone "I'm seeing the KIDNAPPER! She's still nearby! Hurry!" because it's the truth. You do not 'take' or 'borrow' or 'bring along' a child without the knowledge of their parents. YOU.DO.NOT. It may sound funny and calm in the story, and maybe the husband still was somewhat calm as a 'military brat' but the mom? She was probably close to needing her colleagues professional attention at work because of a heartattack.
First story- as a Southern Baptist girl myself the idea of “sinner’s hair” is BS. I know plenty of Baptists who die their hair and don’t think they’re going to Hell; or misrepresenting Christ. I even had purple under-highlights a couple years ago (my hair had purple underneath) and other women at my church thought it was awesome. 🥰
Agreed. I was raised Southern Baptist and still attend a Baptist church, and I've never heard of this. Either it's a New England thing or they were just making trouble, probably the latter.
Probably because it was red. Old superstition about them being of the devil. We have a story about a kid with ginger hair being ostracized in Italy.
I don’t blame op for calling 911 mom had no right to take son
actually the very minor thing it would make the situation ok is if she would have asked op directly instead of relying on a 6 year old to remit the message like "hey son I'm going to take your toddler to the grocery store with me, k? love you, bye"
i'm no grandma but when my older friends had a young toddler, i went into their house and took him so often they got used to it after a while. more to this obvi, but legit true story. all love.
If anyone takes away my fur baby and feeds them to coyotes, they will "leave the state" alright... (said while gathering a shovel, some bleach, etc.)
Same here
Amen to that.
Quick lime, tarp, shovel .....here stepmommy, herrrreee stepmommy. No, I’m not “up to” anything.....
@@SonsOfLorgar
Same here
Coming from the land of Dante’s inferno. The punishment should fit the crime. The coyote would eat good that night
"She's got a face like a shrunken sphincter"
I swear some of y'all 🤣😭💀
I was in my 30' s and decided to dye my hair " auburn". Turned out fire engine red. Called my friend to take me to store for cover up dye as I had work the next day. Between front door and cosmetic aisle, no less than 4 guys hit on me. Actually considered keeping it red, but I was too chicken.😂😂😂😂
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Mom was damn lucky that OP didn't press charges, which really needed to happen.
The second story is
ESM: If I can’t the cat then OP can’t have them. *releases the cat in the middle of nowhere*
OP’s dad should of sued her I know it won’t give OP’s cats back but it would teach her a lesson not to break the law.
When the wicked stepmother refused to give OP's cats back, the Dad should've gone over to the house with the cops and retrieved them. She wouldn't be able to do anything but hand them over. And if she did, she would've been arrested on the spot. Honestly, if that had happened to me, I would be serving 25 to life for attempted murder. If you hurt my cats, you'll be lucky if you leave limping. Just saying.
I remember getting a teacher fired cause she would cuss at students for some BS, sneeze? get cussed at; raise your hand? get cussed at; to put in some short words I wasn't really mentely stable and lost my cool fast, my mom gave me an old phone to record everything with audio; apparently I'm not the only one who has done this. 2 days later she was fired and we got a nicer teacher.
My husband took our 4yr old to the store without telling me. I had the whole neighborhood out looking for him! After a suggestion from one of the neighbors, I called the store and had my husband paged. He got on the phone and told me that “yes, our son was with him. Why?” Wow. Relief and anger at the same time. Who knew?
Step mom and the cats story: The step mom should be taken to court to be held accountable. If the dad doesn’t do it on behalf of op, op may still be able to. In some places the statute of limitations doesn’t start until the plaintiff hits the age of majority. They may want to look into that. It won’t bring the cats back, but accountability may stop the step mom from doing something similar to someone else in the future
Cat story: It's not about being compensated or getting the cats returned, the point would be to have an official, public record that the step-mom not only willingly violated the divorce agreement but that she also was an animal abuser (employers and landlords, for example, tend to not like seeing those sort of things on background checks), plus it establishes she has a criminal history for future occasions she tries to do more crazy stuff to someone else.
If anyone says you aren't being "Christ like" hand them a bible and ask them to prove it. If they can you may need to think about things, if they can't that calls them into question.
Yea where does he say dying your hair is Unchristlike in any way.
Yeah, where does Jesus say, "Thou shalt not have red hair"?
@@definitelynotanarcissist.3135 Not to mention, Paul was converted after Christ's death. He's not one of the original apostles, who knew Jesus face-to-face. All this "It's in the Bible," does NOT mean, "Jesus said." And Paul was quite the bigot. He hated women, too, and said they should sit down and shut up, and had nothing of value to add to the conversation. Meanwhile, who was the first person Jesus appeared to, and had announce his resurrection? His male apostles? Nope. A woman. He had a WOMAN TELL THE MEN that Jesus was risen. The BIGGEST NEWS IN THE WORLD, EVER, and he made a WOMAN the messenger. So take that, Paul!
No I don't think that's a good idea. I probably have no say in the matter as an atheist, but I've heard enough people arguing and using quotes from the bible to get the idea that the bible is a fairly contradicting book.
"The bible says this."
"Yeah well the bible also says this."
"Yeah well the bible also says this."
Blah, blah, blah.
Well, that's not very Christ like of you
I was in a Spanish Pentecostal Church as a chile and they felt cutting your hair, putting on makeup and wearing pants were a 1st Class Ticket for the Train to Hell. So, to date, I refuse to set foot in a Pentecostal Church. Not because of their protection of pedos or how the elders LIVED by the saying, "Do as I say, Not as I do." No, I'm sure if I walked into one, my anger would become a psychic force that would rival the Scalet Witch. So...I'm okay from out here.
The Pentecostal Church that I had a lot of friends at here in the UK had quite a few art students attending, their multi coloured hair looked great, and no one was bothered by it. It was seen as an expression of creativity.
@@teresafinch7790 I truly wish there was such a church here when I attended.
It is heart stopping when u think ur kid is gone from ur house. My daughter was 1 1/2 and I went to use the bathroom. I came out and couldn't find her. I yelled her name when I was n her room and I heard a giggle. She hid herself n her closet under a blanket. That was 1 of the most relief I have felt. She is now 10 and I have a 6 yr old son as well
The cats story broke me. I've got a nine month old cat sleeping not even a metre away from me, and I am so protective of him. I feel so sorry for those two cats, they didn't deserve that
story 1: oh no, OP doesn't have to stack wood for an old man, truly the worst punishment imaginable.
I thought that, too, but then I started to wonder, though, if it would've counted against OP somehow, like they had to have X number of hours of volunteerism to graduate or would count against their GPA or something.
I would've honestly had the grandma arrested for kidnapping. She needs to learn that yes, you can kidnap family.
I had a huge fight with my parents, they were interfering and undermining me and my husband with our boys. It wasn't the first time, they were warned more than once to stop. During a time when my husband was active duty serving in Afghanistan they were calling my oldest filing his head with crap, , I was done and told them, last chance or I'm cutting contract I don't need this.
Nope, so it's been over 15 years now since we've seen or spoken to my parents..... and I have to say the weight that was lifted was awesome. I hate that it had to happen that way when I tried to go a different route
Cat Story: I could be mistaken but I believe in most states there is some pretty severe punishments for breaking a divorce agreement. Slap on the intent to kill 2 cats and it only gets worse. Your looking at some prison time for this. There are consequences for breaking a agreement that they both signed.
Your kidnapping story really spoke to me. When I was only 11 months old, my mother had to go to the hospital to give birth to my brother. At the time, I was being watched by a sitter as mom and been out of the house at the time her water broke.
While mom was at the hospital, grandma came over to 'pick me up'. She told the sitter my name, who my mom was and this checked out with the sitter, so she was here to watch me and the sitter could leave.
Now, my brother was born a month early, and was tiny. So both my mom and new brother had to stay in the hospital, this meant that mom wanted to call the sitter and ask if I could stay with her until mom was able to leave the hospital.
The sitter told my mom that my grandma had come and picked me up already.
My mother told me that the nurses at the nurses station had to run to her room as they heard her scream and came to find her swearing up a storm. Mom had not told grandma to come and pick me up. Nope, grandma came and got me all on her own. She didn't even know that mom was in the hospital.
You see there is a problem with my grandmother on my mothers side; she has a few mental illnesses. Not a Karen level or anything like that, but she does kind of live in her own little world and she wanted to spend time with me. Since, mom never let me see her.
So grandma picked me up in the later morning and it was now evening. My mom called the police and filed a kidnapping report and prayed that grandma was heading back to her place a town or two over so that they might find me.
Sure enough, that was exactly what was happening. The police pulled her over and got me back to my mom.
Now, I didn't learn about this until a few years ago and found out that a few years after I was kidnapped, her mental health just got worse and worse over the years until she passed away. The good news about it, is that I was too young to remember the kidnapping or anything like that. And I can only hope that the OP's child won't remember the kidnapping thing either.
I have to say. I get dialysis 3x a week (I'm actually sitting in the clinic right now for 4 hours) and your videos are one of the only things that makes this suck a little less. So thank you! 👍🙂
I grew up a very sheltered Southern Baptist and never once heard any problems about the color anyone dyed their hair. Not a single word. That's just crazy.
Same. There were some other traditional rules, that no one really follows anymore, but hair dyeing was not a ‘sin.’ I think some “Christians” just make crap up.
what makes "murder" limited to just humans, dogs & cats a lifeforms
The grandma story reminds me of something that happened to my brother when he was a baby: my grandparents went to Mississippi to get tractor parts and didn't tell my parents. So they came to pick him up, no one was home. So, they waited for hours until my grandparents and brother got back. My mom took my brother and my dad gave my grandpa a quarter and told him in an eerily calm voice, "next time, call" ( my grandparents don't have phones). My dad says that was the only time he was soooooo pissed at them
I think this may be the first time that TH-cam's recommended page hasn't failed me lol. Never clicked a video so fast after posting in my life
The 'mother' that dumped the cats needs to be punished, sueing someone isn't just a profit seeking excercise it is a punishment for the behaviour of the perpetrator usually in the only language they understand, their wallet.
I almost fell down the stairs trying to get a snack and drink to watch this video! Lol 😅 Hey Stevo and DarkFluff.
Omfg. Hahahaha.
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Yeah I woke up somewhat from sleeping...... pausing beginning Metroid Dread.
At least you didn't fall up the stairs
@@JD-mh8be That's actually true lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Damn my guy lol. Dont get yourself killed buddy. If your gonna get killed falling down the stairs, make sure to do it in style. Always go out like a badass. Make sure to remember.
If I had been OP in the last story I would have taken my son while grandmother was babysitting. Teach her a lesson for sure!
Story 1: I fail to see how red hair is sinner's hair. Dyed hair means nothing
but the body is temple of god and, apparently, he doesn't like when you redecorate it (ie: piercings, tattoos or dyed hair)
The last story was hysterical "KARLA THE REMOTE" omg I'm still lmfao
OP’s mom kidnapped his youngest child and she thinks she did nothing wrong?! She deserves to be in prison so she won’t cause anymore problems for him and his family.
My heart physically reacted to the fact that those cats were dumped in the wild. The angry old red headed Granny in me....well let's just say she's not happy...
When there is a child who was kidnapped, about...what is it...80% of the time its family who take them away from the part of the family they were supposed to be living with?
Yeah, it happens all the time. And frequently, they do decide to keep them, so it's a "real kidnapping," and not just Grandma taking the kid to the store.
Cat story: Don't write off Antonio and Dexter. Unless they're declawed, cats are survivors and it's not a given that they're still alive, but it is a possibility. I have a rescue cat that used to live in some nearby woods. He's a great hunter, even going so far as teaching my dog how to hunt. Now my dog hunts like a feline instead of like a canine.
Red hair is more Christlike than calling an innocent teenager as anti-christ. Those people need to examine their own faith, and motives. Seems suspect to me. An ad hominem attack to cover their own lack.
That little “help” at the end…Poor Steve 🤣
lol love the sons revenge on his mom so funny keep up the good work on finding the good stories
I love the last story! OP's calm demeanor definitely took the a-holiness edge off his revenge on mom. Me? Missing child? I'd be at DefCon 1 😄
DarkFluff and these stories are getting me through surgery recovery. Well done, DarkFluff! Toss Steve an extra nickel from me!🙃
It took me three years to allow my son to stay overnight with even family. If my mother did this, she literally would not see my children for a VERY long as you don't recover trust easily for that. We actually had it where she was posting pictures of my kids behind my back after she was told we were limiting pictures of them on the internet. I ended up limiting pictures she got to see entirely and monitoring her social media.
Story 1: more stupidity from "christen" karen.
Story 2: animal cruelty can be a prison sentence. Charge them. Maybe let inmates know as well.
Story 3: the mom needs mental help. Get her detained in a ward. Otherwise the mom might kidnap child again.
That last story was your best by far. I'm a former Marine, and from the training any service member gets, we learn a few tricks on how to get even. It's never a good idea to mess with us.
Cat Story: Even tho i'm against Violence i would have definetly tried to locate the horrible Stepmom and would have done the exact same to her just leaving her in the Wilderness with lots of Coyotes and left her to fend for herself like she did with the Cats
Remember to always bring the police or sheriff deputy with you when in a situation like OP and her cats. And then bring a lawsuit against those that defy court orders as it they will not just have to pay but the terms of the judgment could be redone and/or they will face fines and/or jail time
Your videos always make my day especially now with me being sick
Get well soon!
Same! Better than chicken soup lol
I was a little luckier than this girl. My temporary auburn hair color WAS temporary. Thankfully, since my husband snapped a picture of me cuddling the orange tabby kitten our neighbors had just found and brought to me because they didn't have any idea what to feed him and we matched (He was 12 when he died after eating bad cat food).
These people must be stupid, like why do they think they can get away with these things!
My grandparents once unintentionally kidnapped me. I was like 12 and allowed to be home alone during my summer break when my mom was at work. I decided I wanted to go to my grandparents place one town over so I asked them to pick me up and bring me there. When my mom came home to an empty house she texted me asking if I was at the lake (I was allowed to go there with friends during the day as long as I texted her to let her know) and I said no. She asked if I was at a friend's place. I said no. She said I wasn't being funny and I needed to tell her where I was. I said I was at her parent's place. My grandparents just assumed I had let my mom know before I left so they didn't bother checking if it was okay
I'm eating gluten free fish sticks whilst watching this.
You find a good brand?
@@splendidpursuits8153 I'm eating gluten free fish sticks by the brand Ian's Foods. I'm allergic to wheat, so I have to eat gluten free fish sticks.
Props to OP for giving Grandma a lesson! Save Stevo! He's here to help!
Cat story: I would have called the cops on her for destruction of property.
Proof is where is the property. If you don't have the property then it was stolen or destroyed. So cops should have done something
That phone call with OP’s mom sounds exactly like ones I get from my grandma 😂
There's no hate like Christian "love."
Oh I don't know... Muslim intolerance of non-Muslims is right up there as well.
Op revenge on mom was epic his reorganization of her house and took her remotes was brilliant
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Ooooooo, the third story! I love this story!
The OP told a couple other stories on Reddit, involving his younger son Cake.
Honestly, I thought when the guy had his mom babysit, he was going to sneak into the house and "take" his kids when their grandma was looking to give her a taste of her own medicine. Oh well, it was still funny.
That happened to me one searching for over an hour for my 2 yo who was suppose to be home and me not finding him. I was to the point of calling the cops when I heard him hiding in the dryer. I understand the dad's panic!
About the Baptist school: Yes, I went to a similar school for 6 years. Not able to dye your hair, wear jewelry or makeup, short sleeve or crop tops, skirts or pants above the knee, or sun dresses. Needless to say, I wore jean pants and sweatshirts almost year round.
Cat story: don't sue for money, but press charges for animal cruelty, theft, and violating the terms of the separation. Depending on the local laws, the evil stepmother might catch a felony.
These stories never gets old
The revenge in the last story was so creative, I love it.
I showed this to my mom and she's like yeah if I ever did something like that I wouldn't blame you for calling the police
Serviceman’s story was hysterical!