Police used my vehicle for cover while I was sitting in it this morning.

So I drive a company box truck with tools and compartments all over it and this morning I stopped for gas and then pulled into a little side section of the parking lot to talk to my supervisor and plan my day. All of a sudden I hear "DRIVER STEP OUT AND PUT YOUR HANDS UP!" It gets repeated 2 more times before I look in my side view mirrors and see police officers on each side of my truck with guns drawn. From my perspective seeing them in the mirrors it looked the guns were pointed at me and I actually dropped my phone and put my hands up and started yelling back "my hands are up!".

They kept yelling and I was seriously about to step out of the truck when I heard a woman start screaming "FUCK YOU", "COME GET ME MOTHER FUCKERS!", ETC... That's when I looked ahead and realized a woman in a car had pulled into that same side lot and was parked about 20 feet in front of me and they were pointing the guns at her. The yelling back and forth went on for about 2 minutes before she suddenly jumped out of the car and started speed walking towards the officers yelling "SHOOT ME! SHOOT ME MOTHER FUCKERS!". I braced myself for the gunfire but one of them tased her instead and dropped her about 3 feet in front of my truck.

Than ran up and started to cuff her and she was trying to fight them but the 2 officers overpowered her pretty quick and threw her in the cop car. Meanwhile I realize I'm still sitting there in the middle of it all with my hands up and can hear my supervisor on the phone asking what the hell is going on. A couple more officers arrived and from what little conversation I heard it sounded like she committed a crime somewhere else and fled and I guess the police spotted her car in that parking lot. So yeah, no coffee required to wake me up this morning lol.

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So my wife’s going to a gala tonight — as her client’s “date.”

I’m 44 and my wife is 44. She works on an art advisory committee, so attending galas, events, and client meetings is part of her job. She often meets clients for coffee, lunch, or dinner, and I don’t always know the details and that’s completely normal because it’s part of her work. She’s always professional, transparent about her friendships, and I trust her judgment completely. Recently, she mentioned she’s going to a gala with a friend, S. He’s a wealthy client she met about a year ago, and they became friends professionally. She introduced me to him once, and he seems like a genuinely good person. He invited her as his “date” to this gala, and my wife said it’s fine. I did ask her though, if she’s actually going as a “date,” and she just laughed and said, “Date doesn’t always mean romantic.” She said it’s important for her she could get networking and meet new people. Then she smiled and said, “If I get into this gala next time, I won’t need to take that man with me, I’ll take you...

Update- My fiance’s “vows disaster” just hit rehearsal day & it got worse

For context- my fiance accidentally sent our officiant his draft vows, the one full of placeholders like “insert emotional stuff here” and “make her cry but not ugly cry”? Yeahhh. He promised he fixed them. But he did not. At the rehearsal, the officiant asked if he wanted to do a practice run. My man confidently steps up, opens his phone & starts reading the exact same draft. He gets halfway through “insert heartfelt memory here” before realizing, mid-sentence - what’s happening. The entire wedding party is trying not to lose it. Our officiant just sighed and said, “Well, at least you’re honest.” He is now rewriting his vows under supervision like it’s a school detention. The bridesmaids made him a folder titled “FINAL FINAL vows - DO NOT SCREW UP.docx.” If the ceremony goes anything like this rehearsal, I might livestream it for educational purposes. (And yes, I posted the original chaos on r/WeddingJokes — I feel like I owe them an update at this point)

The time I quit my job mid shift and walked out

Eight years ago I was working a customer service job that already had me burned out but one day my boss screamed at me in front of customers over something that wasn’t even my fault. Something in me just snapped. I took off my apron handed it to him and said “I’m done” Then I walked straight out the door and never looked back. Didn’t even go back for my final paycheck. It sounds impulsive but it was one of the most freeing empowering things I’ve ever done. Up until that moment I thought I had to just take it and that quitting mid shift was “unprofessional” But honestly that day taught me there’s a line between being dedicated and being disrespected. I was playing apex earlier and thought about how that single decision changed my whole mindset about self worth. It’s wild how one moment of courage can stick with you for nearly a decade. Still one of the best choices I’ve ever made.

Bimql chhetry.

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