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I’m 17, living with my mom. Currently have my learners permit. I get my license in a few months.
Problem is, I’m in a musical. I have practices. My mother HATES driving me around.
One day, she says,”I’m so tired of being the only one taking you anywhere because you don’t have a dad.” Dang, that hurts. So I decide, hey, if she hates it so much, I’ll find another ride.
A few days later, I tell her that I’m gonna be heading to practice soon, and she asks me who I’m getting a ride from. “I don’t trust them! I don’t want you getting hurt! I’ll just take you.”
Hey, if I have a ride, I’m fine, so I just cancel with my ride and let my mom have her way. Comes to maybe… 10 minutes before we have to leave… and she says,”Hey, ask that person if you can get a ride, I’ve got plans with my friend.”
I’m sorry… what…?
I text my friend, and they’re already on their way to practice. 20 minute drive away from where I live. This isn’t an uncommon occurance.
So far, I’ve missed one practice per week (there are 3 per week) because of her inconsiderate behavior. It’s never worth it to argue with her, but I can’t seem to find a way to get a ride without having to. What do I even do anymore?

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Also: "The SD Readers list of "Fun Things to Do"
As well as, the "Best of List"
If you're visiting on certain dates You can plug in your dates at the San Diego Reader and see what pops for events that might be of interest to your family.
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For those that are thinking of going down to Tijuana Mexico
A list of 69 things to do in Tijuana
Thank You, u/Matingas for this link <_ Brother Moderator of Tijuana :)
Of course, there's the regular weekly stuff:
Saturday's u/ thedaymayne organizes a semi-regularly about a flag football game Saturday at 11a at Jefferson Elementary (turf field). There's a solid core of 6-8 people and were always looking for new people to join. No ones D-1 athletes and we don't allow blocking to keep it clean and injury free. PM for more info.
u/lightwolv Suggests:
https://www.meetup.com/Casual-Socce Heads up for soccer players. We run a free meet-up every Tuesday and Thursday from 5 - 7. It's outdoor with big goals, cones and co-ed. If you wanna get outside and active, sign up. All skil All skill levels welcome, for those who played in college and stuff, it's competitive and it's a good work out.
Every Sunday at 2pm-3pm, free organ concert at Spreckles Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park.
Every Sunday Farmers Market at the Hillcrest DMV
Free yoga classes All around San Diego (Coastal) :
A good list of classes all over the city, Solana Beach
Sunset Cliffs, USS Midway Museum
Yoga on the Bay Every Saturday 10:30 am
There's a Sunday live video streaming of the classes in PB 10-11:30 am
u/YmcaAdultSports suggests: If you are interested in joining an Adult Sports League, come check out what the Dan McKinney Family YMCA has to offer (La Jolla)
IF there's something that you think is important or needs to have tickets purchased in advance... please post in the comments. IF there's a link that's needed, please try to not make it part of some text but the full URL string So I can just copy and paste it. (It'll make things easier) I'll try to retain these in the following week until the date of the event.
Please don't post events that are several months in advance. Try to limit it to 30 days or so - unless there's a real need for advance notice well in advance for ticket purchases.
Stuff from Last Weeks post: N/A
Monthly Yoga class at the South Embarcadero Rady Shell
The MsMargo activity section (welcome back!)
Free Guitar-Based Classic Rock Jam
Mondays, 6:50 pm-9:00 pm Our Savior's Lutheran Church 4011 Ohio Street San Diego, 92104 Age Limit: 18+ All levels welcome. Bring your own guitar, mandolin, flute, etc. or just sing along. Song chords and words are displayed via projector to a large screen. No practice required.
Gilbert Castellanos Presents: Young Lions And The Wednesday Jam Session - FREE!
Wednesdays
Panama 66 restaurant, Balboa Park
"Every Wednesday Panama 66 at The San Diego Museum of Art comes to life with the sounds of jazz. San Diego jazz hero Gilbert Castellanos showcases young music prodigies with The Young Lions Series (7:00–7:50 p.m.) followed by the Wednesday Jazz Jam (8:00–10:30 p.m.) that transforms the James S. Copley Auditorium into a swinging speak-easy. Order a craft cocktail or draft beer, take in the view of the Museum’s Sculpture Court and Garden, and enjoy an evening of music from San Diego’s finest jazz musicians.
Visit the Panama 66 Instagram page for updates on performances, closures, and schedule changes.
FREE event. Drinks and food available for purchase."
https://www.panama66.com/livemusic
FREE Jazz at the The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
Friday, June 2 · 4:30-5:30 PM - Gates open at 4 PM
Wu Tsai QRT.yrd, The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center, La Jolla
Besos Jazz Trio
"The Wu Tsai QRT.yrd Concert Series continues with Besos Jazz Trio as part of the First Friday La Jolla Art Walk.
Enjoy live swinging jazz and music from around the world with Besos Jazz Trio, featuring tap artist and percussionist Claudia Gomez, guitarist Beston Barnett, and bassist Evona Wascinski."
https://theconrad.org/events/besos-jazz-trio/
If there's something you think others will want to be know about happening the same week as the dates for this post OE in the near future (1-2 weeks out) please feel free to include it in the comments, Any future/reoccurring events will be added to the list in the next weekly TTD post.

Title: Stolen Laptop in Cork—Seeking Advice and Support
Hey lads and lasses! In a right pickle here—my laptop got nicked! Need your help, Corkonians!
Howya folks! I hope everyone's having a grand day in the beautiful city of Cork. I find myself in a bit of a bind, and I'm turning to this lovely community for some advice and support.
So here's the scoop: I recently had my laptop stolen, and boy oh boy, am I feeling gutted. My laptop was my trusted companion—helping me stay productive, catch up on the latest Netflix series, and indulge in some cheeky online shopping.
Now, I know what you might be thinking—"Why didn't you keep an eye on it, ya gobshite?" Trust me, I've been beating myself up over it. I was at a local café, engrossed in an intense discussion about Cork's Gaelic football team when some eejit swiped it from right under my nose.
Anyway, enough waffling on about my carelessness. I'm reaching out to the brilliant folks of Cork for some advice on what to do next. Here are a few things I've done so far:
Reported it to the Gardaí: As soon as I realized my laptop was gone, I dashed to the nearest Garda station and reported the theft. Gave them all the details I could remember, including the make, model, and any distinguishing features.
Changed my passwords: I quickly changed the passwords for all my online accounts to be on the safe side. Better to err on the side of caution, right?
Checked local pawn shops: I've been going around to the local pawn shops to see if anyone tried to flog off my laptop. Fingers crossed I might get lucky and find it there.
But here's where I need your help, Corkonians! I'm open to any suggestions or tips you might have to increase my chances of finding my stolen laptop. Have any of you been through a similar experience and managed to recover your precious tech? What steps did you take?
Also, if anyone comes across a second-hand laptop that matches the description of mine—an Asus ZenBook with a couple of stickers (Cork GAA and Murphy's Stout) on the cover—please give me a shout. I'll be forever grateful!
Lastly, let's use this post as a reminder to keep an eye on our belongings, especially in public places. Cork may be a friendly city, but there are always a few scoundrels about.
Thanks in advance, me ol' chums! Your support means the world to me. And remember, if you see someone trying to make a quick buck off a stolen laptop, give them a dose of Cork wit and show 'em the error of their ways!
Slán go fóill,
Your friendly Cork lad

I am finding a lot of differing recommendations here. Sorry in advance if this question is clearly answered somewhere, and I missed it. I did look through the FAQ/Guidelines and the body recomp link was broken: http://bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/adding-muscle-while-losing-fat-qa.html
Some background: Age: 33 Male Height: 5'8 Current Average Weight 186 Goal Weight: 160
I have tried lot of different failed attempts at going to the gym over the last decade. I'll start something and after a month or so just fizzle out. However, this time it feels completely different. I have a level of motivation a that I can't recall myself ever having before. I have started a strict regiment 3 weeks ago, and am having surprising ease sticking to it.
I am currently averaging an intake of 1900 calories over the last 3 weeks since I began. I am very strict with measuring portions and logging everything on MyFitnessPal. I am underestimating my burned calories and overestimating my caloric intake. I only missed two days where I was camping, but even then I didn't indulge or anything, ate very consciously and very confident that I didn't go over 2000 calories, although I walked over 10 miles each day due to hiking and other activities during camping.
Additionally, I am now working out 6 days a week. I am following this workout plan for supersets and I am loving it! I am also using fitbod app to track all of my reps/sets with additional warm up and cool-down stretches. Along with this I always end up walking 12000+ steps as I take my dog out on long walks. The above workouts I do 4 days a week, 1 day a week I go to 9round kickboxing for 30 minutes and play recreational soccer one day for about hour or so. So I am very active 6 days of the week. I am very confident I can keep this up as I am actually exited to come back to the gym when I leave. Hell some days when I am walking out of the gym I feel like I could go back in and do a second work out!
Couple of reasons why I am confident that this time it's different is that I have just transitioned to a different role at my company that gives me a lot less stress and more freedom to work flexible hours, so I am able to really focus on my health for first time in years! Also have a really motivating GF that has been really good at keeping me focus on goals, without over pushing. I still eat out, eat what I want just am very consciences of how much I eat. Even on the days I have indulged I haven't gone over 2200 calories.
I just recorded my lowest weight that I have seen since I loosely started tracking my weight 7 months ago! (184.8) I was 194 October of last year, and at 188 3 weeks ago.
Anyways, the biggest question I have is how much protein should I be taking in? I am consistently hitting 100grams of protein, but some of the things I have read suggest that I should be taking in at least 160 grams of protein. Getting that much protein is difficult. I don't consume red meat due to environmental reasons. I do eat chicken, and fish. I also drink one smoothie a day which is about 21g of protein per serving.
TL;DR. Doing about a 400 calorie deficit, am strength training 4 days a week, with additional high intensity workout 2 days a week. How much protein should I be getting so I don't lose muscle growth.

Hello,
I have met multiple ACTUAL psychics person to person and they are different than the classic tarot card reader, astrology, intuitive reader types. One was a small business owner and the other was his son.
Psychic ability exists in the Western world and is very hidden and secret. Psychics are generally OCCULTISTS. Psychics generally are not born with psychic abilities but tend to get their psychic ability in one of two ways:

1. Family lineage of psychics (Everyone in the family is psychic and part of Western occultism. This can go back many generations over hundreds of years. Every time a baby is born into the family they are psychically awakened as an infant within their first 2 years of life. This is done by a spiritual leader that the family is associated with and the process is simple. Hindus believe in 7 chakras but Western occultists only believe in one chakra and that is the third eye chakra in the center of the brain where the hypothalamus, pineal gland and pituitary glands are located. It is pretty much the brain not including the cerebral cortex or the cerebellum; the brain inside the corpus callosum. So the third eye is opened by the spiritual leader who has done this many times with others in the family and families associated with the same occult hierarchy and what it is is like a surge of energy and flipping an on switch. The child will see his vision expanded in immediate proximity and it is like going from 2d to 3d: you can now see and feel through the houses, trees, people and objects around you and you can see behind and over them as well as behind yourself. It is a fuller vision. Also, now the child can see between 3-10 places at once instead of one. It is not drifting vision like astral travel by the 3-10 places will be people like family members and their spiritual leader so they can see them all day. The child can also hear the dialogues simultaneously so a major skill of psychics is to be able to hear and see several things at the same time without being confused. The other major ability had right away is the ability to telepathically communicate with other psychics. These are the true abilities that psychics have right away. You can PM for other psychic abilities and the order that they come in!)
2. Career success! (The most common ways to develop psychic abilities for someone with an intellectual bent is through INVESTMENT BANKING and POLITICS!!! The other most common ways are for entertainers because they exert a lot of influence on the public: this includes ATHLETES, MUSICIANS and ACTORS. These people are initiated through a friend or superior in the business who introduces them into the occult world. It is the same as for families of psychics. The person has had career success and has shown themselves to be gifted and responsible. Thus, a spiritual leader will open their third eye which will give them the ability to immediately see and hear up to 20 places at once since they are already an adult. Their mind is opened to the psychic realm with the awakening of their third eye and they can also pursue their career on a higher level. The places they see are friends, family members and superiors in their hierarchy or new spiritual family and it is not like astral traveling: they may be watching and hearing people around the world but they aren't just drifting around so when they wake up each day they are focused on the same places. They can also use telepathy with other psychics now).

Psychic families and psychics with career success tend to have more wealth than average and they are very secretive about their abilities!!! They do not go around doing psychic readings!
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Spiritual masters in these heirarchies have other abilities including:
The ability to see and hear over 50 places at once!
The ability to see any person's past experiences (they can see what they desire of someone's past whether it be their family or sex life, health and fitness in the past, and any past experiences that they think are relevant; for example if a psychic master wants to see someone's academic success in the past they can quickly and easily see that person's academic results from grade school and college easily with little effort just by desiring it)!
There are other abilities but I won't get into them now!
If you enjoy this please PM me! I am currently not working and would love to chat about this and other subjects like astrology and politics.

Surely you guys must have noticed that this app pivot has not worked? Even when you take down the V1 site for "maintenance" every other day there are hardly any players on the V2 site. This is obvious to all, both by looking at the leaderboards, as well as the long wait for games. It should be plain as day to BGG staff just by looking at the operational statistics.
So why hasn't it worked? To regular users it is obvious: Lack of games!
I tried giving the V2 a chance yet again today and was all out of coins after some 3 or 4 games. Granted, I am rather unlucky. But is it really in the interest of the site/app to limit the number of games down to a handful per day? I played fairly decently, with a PR more than 10 points lower than my opponents in every game.
I even tried buying more coins but was not able to on desktop. So I'm forced to wait some 12 hours for the next meager 400 coin (=~ 4-5 games with my luck) bonus.
In the end it seems to be a problem of pricing. Something of a recurring theme for BGGalaxy. This is evident from the latest V2 update of new boards and avatars for sale for prices that no-one can remotely afford (as seen in the leaderboards: none of the top players come close to be able to buy half of the stuff). We know you need to monetize - and we want to help you do that - but shit.
Maybe I'm being unfair and Marc can call me out in another 3-page PDF detailing how V2 is much better than V1 and why we should all switch. But it won't fix the underlying problem: Loyal BGG users just want to play games and you're simply not letting them.

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Before I get into the trip itself, I will just preface it by saying I'll only give you the general overview of the trip since, if I were to describe the specifics (which, to be honest with you, are pretty substantially more insane than the general overview), it would just take way too long. Anyway, here it is:
So I was seeing a good friend that I hadn't seen in a while, and we were planning to do a light dose since I had a rated chess game the following day. So he gave me a tab which he said was 60mg because the package said 300mg and he had 5 tabs... except, as I learnt almost immediately after I took the tab, 300mg was the dosage of a single tab. Anyway, the first part of the trip actually went amazingly well, but somehow, things took a sudden turn at some point and I became convinced that my friend and his girlfriend were going to take me to their basement and torture me. For around 2 hours, I was pretty much just freaking out with not much else happening, UNTIL... Okay, I'm going to have omit quite a few details here, but the short version is (yes, that's the short version lol): reality started morphing around me as I became increasingly sober until, when I sobered up completely, I found myself on an alien planet thousands of years more advanced than Earth. Everything was completely photorealistic and completely indistinguishable from reality in all the human senses - no trippy visuals, no altered state of consciousness, nothing; I was just there on an alien planet with my friend and his girlfriend. He explained that my entire life was a trip/simulation hand-crafted by him to teach me valuable life lessons, and that in true reality, the world is a utopia in which everything is possible through the power of fully immersive digital simulation. I got to explore the planet for a bit, seeing the alien wildlife, the insane tech, some of the surreal nature, etc, before he told me I'd get to live out my life in this utopia if I passed one final test that proved I had learnt all of his lessons. He proceeded to take complete control over my body and start triggering various uncomfortable sensations that I had experienced all throughout my life, if not making me straight-up relive whole episodes of my life (e.g. being choked in a judo competition when I was 10, experiencing incredibly unfair treatment from close friends, losing a heartbreaking chess tournament, etc) and my job was to remain perfectly calm. Once I passed the first round, I died, got resurrected, and then had to do the same thing except with sensations and memories from another version of me that had lived his whole life on this alien planet; naturally, the sensations got more intense and surreal. I had to go through FIFTEEN rounds of this, with each round featuring a significantly crazier and more sophisticated life than the last. Effectively, I got to live through fifteen separate lives, each in a different dimension. And then finally, after I passed the last round, extremely overwhelmed and exhausted... guess what? That fucker started torturing me lol. Basically, I have an endoscopy trauma, so he put me on a loop of undergoing the most painful endoscopy you can imagine, bleeding out and dying, and then going through the exact same thing again. I must have gone through at least 30 such loops before it dawned on me... I was going to be here FOREVER. Not for a month. Not for a year. Not even for a century. For ETERNITY. Can you imagine that realisation? I didn't know how to even begin to handle that. Anyway, a key detail is that every time I died, I got resurrected in a different simulated reality. Eventually, I got spawned back in my home reality and was able to break out of the loop. For a good day, I thought what I had gone through was totally real - that the simulation hypothesis was true, and that I got to meet the simulation's creators. Everything was so insanely real, and their explanations so superhumanly convincing, that there literally was just no other way. Of course, having had more time to critically evaluate the possibilities, it was obviously just a trip, but what a fucking trip it was lol. And like I said, I left out some of the most insane bits of this for the sake of brevity. So this description is just the tip of the iceberg.
I honestly have no idea how any of this is even possible. If I google "nociceptory illusions" - i.e. hallucinated pain - nothing comes up. Similarly, I have never heard of psychedelics manufacturing perfectly realistic universes from thin air. I have heard a lot about being transported to different dimensions, but these dimensions are usually very different from reality. In my case, though, if I literally physically travelled to an alien planet or got tortured using endoscopy, it would just feel the exact same as what I felt during my trip. I have never heard of anything like that, and I would be that last person that I'd expect this to happen to given that my visualisation ability is usually very weak, and my dreams have never come close to realism.
If anyone can explain any of this, please do. I'm still just as puzzled by this as I was a few months ago when this trip took place.

I have a budget hi-fi system in my office. Nothing fancy, but I like it. To handle streaming media like YTmusic or what is on my media server I have a very very old laptop with the battery connected via USB to my DAC/Amp and a display. I have no other use for this other than to access media while working. Trouble is the darn thing gets loud. Just streaming YTMusic causes the fans to kick up to high. It needs to go.
I have been looking at these sub $200 mini PCs for no other reason than the size and price appeals to me. It will be used mostly for YT Music (mostly), some actual Youtube videos, streaming from my Plex server, and very rarely streaming Steam from my gaming rig. I am not too concerned with Wi-Fi or Bluetooth as it will be hardwired to the LAN and will use mouse/keyboard to operate.
While browsing Amazon I saw one review for one of these that mentioned that there wasn't enough USB power to output to this persons DAC. That made pause. ALL sound will be over USB to my DAC/Amp combo (Ayima D03 for those curious).
I want to make sure the device is silent, can run YTMusic or MusicBee (Network music) for hours on end with no stuttering or loud fans. Same goes for light Plex use. Sometimes watching Phineas and Ferb makes the work day better.
I was looking at some of the refurb G2's and the like, but with the CPU being 6th gen and no longer supported I'm not sure. Also, Windows 10 reaches EOL in a few years and I dont want to spend $200 on planned e-waste.
Any ideas?

I posted a few days ago about gas and got some help from one nice soul (thank you K) but am on E again. I’m a single mom needing to get to work (I was supposed to be there over 15 mins ago) and desperate and embarrassingly went so far as to send *pics to another redditor who had messaged offering “help” today but as soon as I did they ghosted me. I have found us a long term housing fix through rapid rehousing but now the gas from doing everything for that is drying me up. I don’t have good signal at the motel to use my phone unfortunately but hopefully that’s almost over. I am stuck and will have to use a gas can (I do have one in the trunk). If anybody can spare even like $10 my cash app is $twistedxcookies or PayPal is [email protected] - I’m literally on e and screwed.

Hi,
Okay so, since November 2021, I've delt with incessant worms for which I tried all sorts of medications and it just won't go away, albendazole, mebendazole, sometimes I eat 1 400mg of albenza sometimes 2 in one day, and repeat it 14 days later, sometimes 10 days, sometimes 21 days (varying periodicity). The severity of it goes down but then they just return 3 days later, I don't understand how do they survive? How? And by the way I've been cutting my nails short, washing all the time like a maniacal OCD messed up dude. I wash so much that my hands have gotten dry. I went to 4 different doctors and one professor and they say that's all there is to it. I'm 21M by the way. I feel like a zombie.
I remember in 2019 I had my anus scratching me because of these and had one pill of albenza and it stopped that same night.
I can't feel life, like normal young people like me because of this allegedly "benign" nematodes like my doctors qualify them...
Please help!! This has been going on for 2 years

Hi there, so I have a Note 10 that I have had since 2019. Over the past few weeks or so, I have noticed an increase in temporary freezes (like 5-10 seconds). I have seen it in a variety of apps like Google maps, social media, etc. I normally wouldn't mind but this is happening several times a day now. Even when taking a screenshot, the utility bar takes a few seconds to show up now.
I have done things like clearing out my brower, deleting photos/videos I don't need, updating my apps, etc.
Is this a known thing? I'm assuming that at this point it could be a battery thing but I'm not sure and wanted to get more opinions.
TIA!

So I was ghosted after sex, and even though I m happy I dodged a bullet I m quite shocked by this behaviour. just wanted to vent really. Met online (35M, 32F), 4 dates that lasted hours including a couple of sleepover despite starting with zero expectations
Found out we have lots in common, similar background, studies, working in the same field, very much similar interests, lots of attraction both sides and he was overall a nice person to be around. Dates lasted hours, as we just had too much to talk about. Told me that we wanted to take things slow and really get to know each other cause he got hurt before. Went on talking about he was really looking for something more meaningful and delete apps overall, all sort of serious conversation, kids etc
I had an abusive relationship in the past, had relationships and something casual after - was open to a bit more, but wasn’t particularly looking for something serious and he made a lot of effort so that I would put down my guard. The whole month he was respectful, consistent, trying to communicate and despite being also very introverted consciously made an effort to open up. We even talked about not seeing other people a week before
Had sex for hours, really not the type of sex you have for a one off thing. He kept talking about long term future until after breakfast, and then pretty much disappeared. Didn’t even bother replying to my request to meet up for a coffee days later.
But seriously, not only you have been intimate with someone, but consciously made an effort to try and start something. Could at least be honest and say it. I have been reading a lot of posts on people that have been ghosted but haven’t quite seen anything like this. Glad I m quite strong myself, but it’s difficult to explain a similar behaviour as he lead me this much into it, I hadn’t let anyone get this close for 10 years, and was very much ok with it. Just wanted to share my feelings, and although it’s not the same as being able to hear his justification, what could really justify this behaviour?

AITA For Ending A 23 Year Friendship With My Best Friend?
I, 36 F, and my friend 39 M have been friends for 23 years. We started being friends by the time I was 14 and a freshman and he was 16 and a junior in high school. Even though we have had our little spats over the years, we never had any major hardships. He comes from out of state to visit with me anywhere from 2 to 4 times a year. Most of our visits are pleasant and we enjoy each other’s company. To me, my best friend is like a part of my family. He knows my family and my children even call him “Uncle”; and I am well acquainted with his family, especially his mom. We have arguments and disagreements like any other set of friends do and we usually get past them. This past weekend, he came up to visit me and my family for Memorial Day weekend.. for the first few hours of his arrival on Friday, everything went great and seemed normal. Then, we had to run to the store to grab some things to prepare for the weekend. I noticed he was on his phone and wanted to sit in the gardening section. I thought it was kind of odd but I didn’t pay much attention to it. After 45 minutes, he started to get aggravated and argumentative and I took it as it was a “bad conversation” and let him blow off steam. After he got himself pulled together, we got checked out and went to my house. Everything on Friday seemed to be okay. Saturday comes around and we went to the flea market and the outlet mall. While I was intrigued about everything I was looking at, he had himself glued to his phone watching the nascar races. I was starting to get annoyed because I had to constantly speak over his phone to get his attention. I even got upset when he took his hands off the steering wheel and was watching his race on his phone. Never mind that his car has an auto pilot setting on it, but it still made me extremely nervous with my 2 children, 16 F and 14 M, in the car. He got mad at me and berated me in front of my children. I didn’t speak the rest of the way home. We also had other company over that evening and he was argumentative with my company for the sake of arguing. My husband, 51 M, had to step in and diffuse the situation before it got any worse. My friend eventually got upset and went to bed. Sunday was the absolute worst! He started again by watching his nascar races on his phone while I was doing things around the house to make sure that chores were done. I did walk outside several times just to get away from the noise. He finally came outside where I was at one point and asked me why I was ignoring him. I told him politely that I wasn’t ignoring but that I was raised with manners to keep from interrupting people when they are doing something… he then proceeded to call me crazy and a dumbass and that I was the one ignoring him. I was upset at this point and told him that he didn’t need to be on his phone while he was visiting someone else’s home. He stormed back in and I thought the situation was handled. Later on that evening, my husband was cooking out on the grill and we had at least 10 people at our home. My friend then proceeded to argue, yet again, with our company and my 14 year old son. It got to a point to where my 16 year old autistic daughter said to my friend “this is what you’re doing; this is what I want you to do” while even using the hand gesture. As a parent, I probably should have corrected her. However, everyone at the table busted out laughing except for him. I was hoping that would eventually just shut him up. After a couple of our guests left, he started up another argument and this time, it was with my 14 year old son. He called my child a dumbass and other brutal remarks. My son called him a political slur and this send my friend over the edge. My son was angry with him and told him to quit arguing with a child like he was a child. My husband, yet again, stepped in and diffused the situation where my friend went inside. My son and his friend pitched a tent in the yard so they didn’t have to sleep under the same roof as my friend. When my husband, daughter and I started to go inside, my friend was walking out with some of his things and let me know he was putting his stuff in the car. I didn’t think anything of it and went to bed. Monday morning rolls around and I was fixing coffee for everyone when my friend came screaming at me saying that everyone was being rude to him, yelling at him, ignoring him and acting like a bunch of assholes to him. I told him that I had not had my coffee yet and now was not the time… for Christ’s sake it was only 8:30! Later on that morning, my son did try to apologize for saying what he said and arguing with him. My friend berated him and told my son he had no right to act the way he did. My son merely defended himself as well as he should have. Eventually, everything died down and my daughter and I had made his birthday cake. After we made it, we packed it up so he could leave to go back home. After the way he disrespected my home, my family and my company, I am wondering if I can get past this with a new set of boundaries. My mind and soul tells me to chalk this up and throw it in the trash for the dumpster fire that it is. Am I the asshole for throwing away a 23 year friendship with my best friend?