_This_ is why closed adoptions shouldn't be closed. Also, there are hereditary quirks that the child should be informed of.
@TheWeakMinded
10 ай бұрын
They already plan genetic testing, but a single generation of half relations is statistically unlikely to be any level of serious issues. It's not like it can actually be changed.
@wingracer1614
10 ай бұрын
That's how I discovered I have a half brother I never knew about. He contacted my mother (we share fathers but he contacted my mom because dad had already passed) looking for whatever medical history he could get.
@actuallyalias
10 ай бұрын
Maybe we can limit closed adoptions, but this scenario will always be a risk (in the US and some other countries) due to Safe Haven laws. And we can't get rid of Safe Haven because genetic info is not worth giving up our final defense against newborns being abandoned in garbage bags.
@asdfdsf-s4u
10 ай бұрын
you are incestophobic, if you were to decide thing the beautiful love connections and kids between op and his sister could never happen. Let go of your hatred and try to love yourself, get your mind open
@ficialintelligence1869
10 ай бұрын
@@actuallyalias You make a very good point. Though Safe Haven Laws should be strengthened, especially since -- in many states -- women are forced to give birth, regardless of circumstance.
@wouldntyouliketoknowwesath7789
10 ай бұрын
The last story- Did dude seriously think that he could just spontaneously decide that his soon-to-be wife should do all the cooking, cleaning, laundry, AS WELL AS WORK A FULL TIME JOB?! DID HE THINK THIS THROUGH AT ALL?
@MrGorillafist
10 ай бұрын
'Alpha' bros and thinking are mutually exclusive concepts.
@katphish30
10 ай бұрын
But the internet said he could!
@DarkEinherjar
10 ай бұрын
Of course not. All of his thinking process went down to his penis. I'm surprised he didn't force himself into OP when she rejected his advances.
@hunnykun101
10 ай бұрын
And complete lazy and want someone to do all the house work because 'I work all day's 🙄
@annika5893
10 ай бұрын
Some people fall for something like this, and some people fall for pyramid investment schemes. All he thought was that it sounded great to him, and not so much the "is this really going to work the way I think it will" part.
@d.phantomfan1216
10 ай бұрын
Story 2: if he can flip flop that easily when he doesn't get his way then he is not in a place to be getting married. It's obvious he thought he could you that alpha male BS to manipulate you into being whatever kind of woman he wants and when it didn't work he completely changed the tune realizing you are not stupid and weak, you are absolutely right to dump this douchebag. I also recommend changing the locks and letting your job know that he is not allowed to come near you, just in case.
@linda-0587
10 ай бұрын
Yep, he’s seeing everything, and wanting everything, but in the end, he’ll likely end up with *NOTHING* as he should, with his idiotic mindset
@abiean222
10 ай бұрын
i think that the scared reaction when she broke up with him was him realizing that all the podcasts and alpha male bs was wrong. because if it was right, then the girlfriend that he had for years who loved him and was amazing wouldn't have broken up with him the moment he started pulling that shit, she wouldn't have gotten together with him in the first place. and now, since he fell for the bullshit, he fucked up one the greatest things in his life and what is he going to do now?
@arthurramirez5665
10 ай бұрын
I agree. People should just leave relationships immediately, rather than try to fix them first. Communication does not matter.
@abiean222
10 ай бұрын
@@arthurramirez5665 did your girlfriend leave you because you started acting like a misogynous prick and now you're all butthurt?
@Mrs_Gutierrez36
10 ай бұрын
The dude in the second story probably wanted to let op continue working only because she made more than him but he would’ve controlled all the money she brought home
@lorilancaster5917
10 ай бұрын
That would be a definite. I also wouldn’t be surprised if he wanted the account in his name, he gives OP a meager allowance, and she needs approval from him to make withdrawals from the account.
@Mrs_Gutierrez36
10 ай бұрын
@@lorilancaster5917 exactly
@Murtida
10 ай бұрын
@@lorilancaster5917 Thats clearly what "alpha" males do, let the women work and they act like Sugar babies lmao
@dusanradin5868
10 ай бұрын
@@lorilancaster5917 To vi žene radite.
@c0nfusedindividual
10 ай бұрын
The first story is actually kinda sad. Imagine being in love with someone for so long, and then you realize you’re fucking related and created incest babies.
@thomasjoseph5876
10 ай бұрын
I have never accidentally slept with any of my sisters...... I did it on purpose. Remember, it can ALWAYS be worse LOL.
@Nerobyrne
10 ай бұрын
Well thankfully they appear to be fine, so that's good.
@Lrbearclaw
10 ай бұрын
Remember, the couple only share half their genetics. So, there is a real possibility that there will be no issues for the kids due to incidental incest.
@c0nfusedindividual
10 ай бұрын
@@Lrbearclaw That’s relieving.
@Nerobyrne
10 ай бұрын
@@c0nfusedindividual BTW even from a single generation of full sibling incest, you're unlikely to get negative effects. The real problems come when it happens over several generations, as genetic problems that would usually be filtered out accumulate.
@bellerain381
10 ай бұрын
This first story is an emotional roller coaster!!! I must say, OP’s wife is a rockstar!!! She’s such a keeper and OP really is a very very lucky man! I couldn’t help but laugh a little when she saw her husband with the eyepatch and said “the doctor knows we were going for a kidney, right?” Honestly I wish OP, his wife and their kids the best of luck.
@AlexxeMJFAN
10 ай бұрын
EXACTLY!! Even tho they know now that they're half siblings, at least they truly love and care for each other + the family is healthy and their relationship is amazing! They deserve each other, they're so cute and wholesome. ❤
@BlazeofMercSH
10 ай бұрын
@@AlexxeMJFAN Half siblings.
@mixenne
10 ай бұрын
I agree. The "So I have options" part made me giggle.
@bellerain381
10 ай бұрын
@@AlexxeMJFAN Yes! Sounds like they’re taking all the right steps, making sure they’re kids are tested when it’s safe for them and making their relationship stay strong!
@bellerain381
10 ай бұрын
@@mixenne definitely sounds like their relationship is quite loving and teasing and goofy! Loving it!
@neilprice513
10 ай бұрын
You will be surprised at how many half siblings, or sometimes full siblings, that have never met somehow meet and become married. I even heard about a bloke who married his daughter and only found out when their kid became sick (his daughter/wife's mother was an orphan and died before they met) They were able to continue to be married, but they were told by the courts to never have any more kids.
@Wendy_O._Koopa
10 ай бұрын
So, I've never actually been married before, but people always told me you had to do a blood test beforehand... is that _not_ a thing? Is it only in _some_ states? Is is strictly to check for diseases only? Because I'm pretty sure the people who told me at least implied it was to see if you were related, and/or _how related_ you were. Though, maybe they just said "... blood test to see how compatible you are." and all that genetic testing was just my own headcanon?
@KomaedasOneTrueHope
10 ай бұрын
@@Wendy_O._Koopadepends. In California no that isn't a thing
@KattoTang
10 ай бұрын
@@Wendy_O._Koopa That is weird and definitely not a thing.
@mscaligurl76
10 ай бұрын
@Wendy_O._Koopa I believe that used to be a thing but isn't anymore
@BiancaWeatherlight
10 ай бұрын
@@Wendy_O._KoopaThat used to be a thing in some states. As of 2019, that kind of law has been abolished in all 50 states, with Montana being the last to follow suit. (At least according to the first article I found on Google.)
@akirarose3947
10 ай бұрын
"Your the dumbest smart person i know" 😂😅 Omg that is so wholesome and adorable!!!!!
@Aetium
10 ай бұрын
the first story is wild. it's wholesome but maybe not? I just hope those kids don't get any health issues.
@TemariNaraannaschatz
10 ай бұрын
First generation incest children have a very low risk of health issues related to it, especially with half-siblings. The chances are slightly higher, but still very low. Icenst issues that cause severe health problems usually just occur after generation of inbreeding, which is obviously not the case here.
@lorilancaster5917
10 ай бұрын
And this is something that OP and his wife can never tell anyone. I don’t know if they can even let their kids know without the truth to spread. Maybe when they are twenty years older?
@dredgenshade7137
7 ай бұрын
I agree that the story is wild but it is also sad, in a way. It could've shattered what seems to be a very healthy and wholesome marriage, even though it is strange and weird. All in all, they seem to have the best outcome of the situation; and yeah, it's basically too late to back down. On another note, it could be a good intro to a psychological horror story of sorts, if we change a few details and add more stuff.
@Im-Cyber
10 ай бұрын
Reading the title: "You mean like... a sleepover right?" Hearing the intro: *Internal screaming*
@itsOasus
10 ай бұрын
Dude really thought he could change his girlfriend. I'm glad she showed him the door. She deserves so much better than him.
@kranberry3318
10 ай бұрын
Based on his scared reaction, I think he realized he just ruined something great for himself.
@itsOasus
10 ай бұрын
@@kranberry3318 "It was at this moment, he realized... he fucked up"
@arthurramirez5665
10 ай бұрын
I agree. People should just leave relationships immediately, rather than try to fix them first. Communication does not matter.
@sebastianb.3978
10 ай бұрын
@@itsOasus Too little, too late. If he truly learned from that, maybe he gets a second chance with another woman, but I wouldn't be surprised if that dude inadvertently resigned himself to be eternally single.
@itsOasus
10 ай бұрын
@@sebastianb.3978 no sympathy for him whatsoever
@DaniS398
10 ай бұрын
ick on that 2nd story. I talked to a guy like that. he wanted to be the man of the house and even though I was going to make way more money than him, he said if we got hitched I would give him my paycheck. He also hated cats and threatened to get rid of my cats one day while I was at work and his excuse for me doing and trusting everything he'd said without question was "I'm a man and older than you" even though he'd never even been outside of the area where he grew up and I'd traveled all over the country and to another country and had WAY more life experiences. When I told him I didn't think we were a good match he said "See you're trying to control the situation." lol I told him I don't need his permission to not talk to him. Buddy laid out a red carpet of red flags.
@tokyobobcat
10 ай бұрын
The first story is the weirdest story ever. From the title I thought it was going to be some serious Alabama nights story, but getting into the HLA I started thinking it was an invetro doctor doing some nutty in other peoples batter jar making dozens or hundreds of kids. But this was even more wild than I could have ever imagined.
@kudukilla
10 ай бұрын
Wouldn’t even have to be a nutty doctor. I read a story about a couple that got engaged. When the families met, the moms got talking and found out both kids were in vitro from sperm donors at same clinic. Just wanting to be safe, parents checked it out and yep same donor.
@TallyGenie
10 ай бұрын
My mind immediately went to the story about the fertility doctor who impregnated patients with his sperm and had like 60 different fathered children.
@Cytoplasm_
10 ай бұрын
I think this is pretty obviously a fake story
@DarcOne13
10 ай бұрын
@@TallyGenie I know that one. The kids there have to literally leave town to find partners because there's too much risk of dating a half-sibling locally.
@chevgage6210
10 ай бұрын
Its actually scarily more common than you'd expect.
@juanhaines7295
10 ай бұрын
I heard this one before. Glad everything worked out. Just hope their children will be alright.
@austinhunt6566
10 ай бұрын
Those kids are gonna be weeeeiiiiiiird
@dcd1359
10 ай бұрын
In breeding in the human genome is in there deeeeep. Inbreeding between siblings for one generation rarely causes problems, let alone half siblings
@Swiftkitten88
10 ай бұрын
their kids will be fine, setting aside ethical implications, on a purely genetic bases, an animal can have offspring with its first cousin every generation or its direct sibling every-other generation, and not have any negative issues. while im not sure how sharing only 1 parents affects this. its clearly nothing to worry about. ( cheetahs have terrible genetic diversity and are my favorite animal, cheetahs are so genetically identical they are nearly all clones, any cheetah on earth can donate blood or organs to any other)
@katphish30
10 ай бұрын
I was going to say, it takes several generations for sibling interbreeding to start causing problems.
@argentin2306
10 ай бұрын
They'll probably be fine, the percentage of they having a genetic disease or something is really low for now, I do hope that OP's kids do not have the same fate as his father in case the other half siblings do have kids of their own
@c0nfusedindividual
10 ай бұрын
Not exactly the story I was expecting for my morning to begin, but hey it’s r/Bestof so I can’t complain.
@tokyobobcat
10 ай бұрын
Well this is one time where the "what are you doing step-bro" role play will really hit differently
@BiancaWeatherlight
10 ай бұрын
I died laughing when OP said that he had other dating options if things didn't work out, because there's a possibility he has two other half-sisters. 😂
@callanightshade8079
10 ай бұрын
RSlash. You're saying the phrase wrong "the blood of the covenant is thicker than the waters of the womb" It means your CHOSEN family is more important than the family you were given. Because you choose who your real family is *Edit for spelling correction*
@YourXavier
10 ай бұрын
Yep. Add this to the list of expressions that have somehow morphed into meaning the exact opposite of their original intent.
@A-Microwave
10 ай бұрын
@@YourXavier yep, in that list is "the customer is always right"
@heartjelly2032
10 ай бұрын
@@YourXavier Not to mention toxic. So many people end up abused by this bizarre sentiment that blood family comes first no matter what. It is SO important that people know they can choose who is (and is not) their real family.
@Emily-zh5qp
10 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, the only source for this phrase being the original one is Reddit. Agree with the sentiment though
@maxbaker7841
10 ай бұрын
I've always said "Family niether begins, nor ends, with blood" since there is no documentation that was the original phrase. It gets the point across in a short and succinct way, while also acting as a rebuttal to "Blood is thicker than water".
@Mindless_entertainmenr
10 ай бұрын
I feel SO bad for the second girl that is literally the worst case scenario nightmare - your loved one getting into that toxic hateful rhetoric and changing completely before your eyes. I hate how these TikTok podcasters affect people
@PlasticBluVentRabbit
10 ай бұрын
“You got some mighty fine organs” Bruh i swear i’d think they we’re about to steal some 😭🤣
@PlasticBluVentRabbit
10 ай бұрын
Also, story 2 If they start on that “alpha male” bullshit, just leave because it ain’t gonna be easy to snap them out of it. Take note how fast he crumbled once OP wasn’t taking that nonsense.
@hannahross9256
10 ай бұрын
As a woman consensually in a traditional gender role relationship, that girl in the last story was 100% in the right. Her bf was displaying toxic and borderline abusive wants/behaviors. I'm disgusted by his behavior and perception of what it means to be the man of the house.
@bleizsama2356
10 ай бұрын
...The title and intro alone has told me this waa gonna be one hell of an epiaode and it is already proving to be EXACTLY that ._. Edit: After story end... Accidental sweet Alabama but wholesome end. 10/10 just, bizarre of a situations
@JokesInBase13
10 ай бұрын
First Story: They need to track down those half sisters, if for no other reason than to make sure that their kids don't go to the same school as your kids or there could be some VERY awkward prom photos in the future.😁 Second Story: Dude seriously drank the "Assert yourself as the authority in your family and your woman will fall in line and be completely devoted to your every whim" kool-aid. Effed around and found out 🤣
@stevenandcarminabeedle9089
10 ай бұрын
Oh yeah, if dude “suddenly” wants a traditional marriage, he already had those insecurities and was just looking to validate them. Otherwise he wouldn’t have gotten into those podcasts; he would’ve have laughed at the ridiculousness, shared it with you and quit listening. You made the right decisions. All the way. Good for you. 💜
@yafooral-kebab3017
9 ай бұрын
Yea, let's stick to modern women's way and argue all day, no submission and cater to her feelings and be part of the divorce stats. Great success!
@emperorconstantinexipalaio4121
5 ай бұрын
@@yafooral-kebab3017That’s a strawman. You can also have a traditional marriage without it being oppressive to the wife and you shouldn’t lie to your partner about what you want for years only to drop it on him or her last second. The guy is clearly in the wrong here, and this is coming from a conservative guy btw.
@silverflight01
10 ай бұрын
Story 2: Sounds like he always had that "Alpha Male" mentality, where he thought he could just simply take over and OP would let him, but this reality is impossible. He wants to have his cake and eat it too. He wants to present himself as an alpha, man of the house, breadwinner, but doesn't actually want to work for that.
@mushroommagic1697
10 ай бұрын
Yes, I suspect he was always like that but he sugar coated op in hopes she will get too attached to the relationship and leave him do whatever he wants. Maybe he hoped she might develop a fear of being single and lonely so he could use it against her and break her into submission.
@Avalikia
10 ай бұрын
Fun facts relating to the first story from a biogeek: There's something called the Westermarck effect. It's basically a natural instinct to not be sexually attracted to anyone you're around a lot during the time that you're a child, especially a young child. This is why people are generally not sexually attracted to their siblings and parents, which obviously helps reduce incest between people who have never learned why that's bad. But the other factor is that in spite of the Westermarck effect, there's some evidence that people are more likely to be attracted to people who are similar to themselves - which may be a factor in, for example, why the rate of inter-racial marriage is still so low even though the stigma around that is fading out. That's more difficult to define though, and obviously there are people who are the complete opposite and are instead attracted to basically the most exotic person they can find. Still, the evidence suggests that you're most attracted to someone who is like you, but not someone who was around during your childhood. Which means that if someone is adopted from birth and unknowingly meets their birth family they may actually be more likely to be attracted to them than they would any other random stranger. In fact, this is far from the first instance of this I've heard of someone adopted finding out they married a relative. And I've also heard of people who knowingly met their birth family and said that they found them attractive - though they obviously wouldn't act on that attraction in that case. What all this means is that if you - due to adoption or some other factor - do not know who your birth family is, then it might be a good idea to get a DNA test before you decide to have kids with someone. Because that's cheap and easy these days, and you never know, and falling for someone is one thing, but making kids who might have genetic problems is another.
@RunicSigils
10 ай бұрын
Being over 30 has just as large a chance as first generation incest as causing issues. Unless you suspect your parents did the same you're just being paranoid.
@charlesterry2480
10 ай бұрын
Ah yeah that happens but there's no predisposed "effect" that either increases or negates attraction to a family member that you know or don't know
@MitzuMage
10 ай бұрын
Last story: So this guy was in a perfectly normal healthy relationship for 3 whole years and he ruined it all because he wanted to follow the advice of alpha male podcasts. And his whole idea of it was so stupid, you want her to be a traditional wife but you also still want her to go to work. What an idiot.
@bladerunner3314
10 ай бұрын
Maybe it's a me thing, but I never understood what men find so appealing from these guys. They're superficial and basically trash, no matter how much money they exploit from the rubes or in cases like Tate, women.
@darketernal3
10 ай бұрын
That is not being alpha. Being alpha is provided for your family as a provider and protector roll.
@yafooral-kebab3017
9 ай бұрын
We don't know that. Her narration all the way. It could be that she thought that everything was fine because everything was run on her terms, and the guy started to realise his value.
@bladerunner3314
9 ай бұрын
@@yafooral-kebab3017 It's ok, Tate Stan. You losers don't have to hide your ignorance or bigotry.
@yafooral-kebab3017
9 ай бұрын
@@bladerunner3314 I’m thinking that when one has been married for 24 years and seeing friends marriages fall apart kinda gives one some insights on female nature and what works.
@lekiscool
10 ай бұрын
Story one: I didn’t know sibling attraction was actually a thing. This is why I advocate for knowing your background.
@MadameSomnambule
10 ай бұрын
Yeah, especially when you're adopted. One more reason to figure our who your bio family is.
@charlesterry2480
10 ай бұрын
Wdym
@alicedalexandrite
10 ай бұрын
I think I heard Rslash read a couple of stories a long long time ago about a girl meeting a guy and liking him, but finding out they are half siblings from her mother before anything could happen 😅 Maybe the other story was not a separate story, but a first post comment, but it had similar experience
@RevokFarthis
10 ай бұрын
"Blood is truly thicker than water." That's not... what that phrase means... The full true phrase is: "The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb."
@transmascdruid77
10 ай бұрын
I'm also adopted, and never knew anything about my bio family. Thankfully, nothing as wild as the first story has ever happened to me. But I decided to finally pursue info because my mental health really went off the rails when I was in my 20s. Long story short, my bio mom was 33 and my bio dad was 50. He died in a motorcycle crash when I was a baby, and she died in 2009. I don't know how, but she had alcoholism, seizures, and schizophrenia, so it's anyone's guess. I've reconnected with both sides of my family through social media, but I'm much closer to my dad's side.
@81bajaj
10 ай бұрын
It's very common for opposite siblings who are raised apart to be intensely attracted to each other. Most people love themselves, therefore... And those "Alpha male" podcasters are absolutely the most insecure simps. Those who listen to them are even worse.
@TheKoriKasai
10 ай бұрын
The first story is so funny but not in a mocking way. Im happy the pair can move on with all the knowledge and can be happy together! Glad they're doing well and hope the kids are ok
@GlitchyOnAChair
10 ай бұрын
Sweet home alabama
@reberca-uy2zx
10 ай бұрын
Sweet home alabama
@callanightshade8079
10 ай бұрын
Except they didn't know
@Excel-erate-
10 ай бұрын
Lord, I'm comin' home to you
@BenoitRAG3
10 ай бұрын
Unoriginal comment is unoriginal
@yobabycolin2933
10 ай бұрын
Is OP Luke? I'll leave now.
@WarsWorth
10 ай бұрын
Last story: the boyfriend fell down the redpill path. Run! Do now walk. Run! Edit: oh she figured it out
@anonanonymous1988
9 ай бұрын
Not really. He wanted to eat his cake and have it too. He wanted the benefits of a traditional relationship without the responsibilities. It's like when women want a man to take care of them financially but won't do the household chores. It only works if they're partners.
@g.masterlordoftheg-force4770
9 ай бұрын
You know, I always wondered about something. In the Matrix, the redpill is considered the choice you are supposed to take. Accepting the truth or reality. But how come people speak about it in a negative way? Did they change the meaning?
@anonanonymous1988
9 ай бұрын
@@g.masterlordoftheg-force4770 "You Have To Understand, Most People Are Not Ready To Be Unplugged..."
@HannahHendriks-h5p
10 ай бұрын
Legit I will always say that closed adoptions should not be legal the child needs to know that they won’t go on to fall in love with a blood relative
@LucaDGropius
10 ай бұрын
I don't know how to feel with the 1st story... Like "Sweet home Alabama" mixed with "Danny don't you know" and "step-bro! I'm stuck" all at once....
@jesusofbullets
10 ай бұрын
Hey Dabne, I just wanted to tell you that the "blood is thicker than water" is the bastardized version of the original, the original being "the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb", which basically means "those who you choose to be around mean more than those you were born to". In this context, the marriage to each other and the bond they share is more important than to who they were born from, which means the quote would still fit, just in a different meaning than you knew at the time.
@DoubtingThomasina
10 ай бұрын
It’s actually not uncommon for long lost siblings to fall in love. My heart breaks for op and the rest of his family
@wingracer1614
10 ай бұрын
Why the heartbreak? Sounds like they are doing just fine.
@DoubtingThomasina
10 ай бұрын
@@wingracer1614 I wrote this before the update. I’m happy for them. Serves me right for commenting before the end of the story
@NinjaBoy641
10 ай бұрын
"He wanted me to force myself to do it with him" That's not a red flag, that's a bullhorn at max volume!
@DaddyAvox
10 ай бұрын
Im glad OP told his wife in the first story. Im glad that theyre taking steps to make sure their kids are ok. Definitely a weird situation for sure.
@anonanonymous1988
9 ай бұрын
Yeah, imagine if he just started introducing her to strangers as his sister. 😂
@scxiao
10 ай бұрын
First story; The kids seem healthy and honestly that's all that matters since that is the one big risk with having relations with family. Is it tabu? Yeah, but if they are happy who cares? Second story; girl, RUN!
@rebeccajesse4604
10 ай бұрын
The other issue with incest is when it is non consensual or groomed. But I’m their case they didn’t grow up together so no grooming and it was consensual. So I am glad they are happy. As for the kids, usually no big issues at just 1 generation:-)
@KomaedasOneTrueHope
10 ай бұрын
@rebeccajesse4604 as someone who LOVES learning about the passing of genetic....even in 1 generation. Their kids can still get a possible bad recessive gene passed down 😭
@rebeccajesse4604
10 ай бұрын
@@KomaedasOneTrueHope yup it is possible (not encouraging purposeful incest because it is a danger) but I am hopeful that these kids have a comparatively lower risk than if it was over generations or between full siblings or between child and parent.
@iam878
10 ай бұрын
man y'all be more accepting of incest than gay people 😭 you'd never see this many supportive comments under a gay post
@pphatxp8268
10 ай бұрын
There was a story that my dad told me. It started off with this couple that was going to get married, their entire family was over and they were all getting to know eachother. Then someone came by and a family member asked who was he related to, he said "that's my son and thats my daughter.* while he points at the couple getting married. Worst part abput it. They already had kids...
@erenyeagar4686
10 ай бұрын
second story - girl it should've been obvious from the age gap. sure it sounds okay at 25 to be dating a 33 year old. but not okay at 22 to date a 30 year old. i wish people really understood better where the red flags start exactly in an age gap relationship. also, the moment he said he wanted to be the man of the house and you to be a tradwife, you should've told him "okay, catch up to my salary then"
@kelleyk28
10 ай бұрын
The 1st story reminds me of a show where people find their biological families. A guy had dated a girl in high school, but it felt weird. Later, he dated another girl, but it still felt weird. They all were related. All had been adopted. I felt bad for all of them.
@AlexRising_
10 ай бұрын
Story 2 is wild because this dude actually looked her in the face and said “you’re an ATM and a hole to fuck. I don’t care about YOU.”
@saxxonpike
10 ай бұрын
That second story, if a man committed to the whole redpill thing, let it sink our relationship for a while, and suddenly changed his tune when I said I wanted to break up, I wouldn't buy it, no chance! He had time!
@DuskShadow235
10 ай бұрын
Happy Sunday peeps!! To those who need to here it you made it! Keep going, things will get better if things are bad. You’re vibe attracts your tribe
@BenoitRAG3
10 ай бұрын
Dude no one cares
@TheWackyWorkbench
10 ай бұрын
@@BenoitRAG3who asked
@DuskShadow235
10 ай бұрын
@@BenoitRAG3 I’m just trying to be nice, some people need a message like this even if it doesn’t look like they do
@ske_kt2048
10 ай бұрын
Thank you, I needed the encouragement today
@itzame2127
10 ай бұрын
@@DuskShadow235thanks so much for those kind words, I actually needed it, I can feel you're genuine
@paullucas4068
10 ай бұрын
The first story reminds me of a documentary I saw a few years ago about long lost siblings finding each other and then falling in love and then going on to have a relationship together.
@Mr_Timi1
10 ай бұрын
That last story, it's not the pod casts, they may have emboldened him but he was already like that, he was just too afraid to say it, until he watched the podcasts.
@mushroommagic1697
10 ай бұрын
I feel it is the case with those people who fall for this kind of bs things, pyramid schemes, alpha male, not like other girls, religions, spirituality etc. Inside there is a small belief in that thing and also a desire to be like that/have that and when they find a group that practices the things they secretly believe in, they get it out and feel safe to flaunt their beliefs out loud.
@SuperSenshi
10 ай бұрын
Guy in the second story: "It's my way or the highway!" OP in the second story: **takes third option** Guy in the second story: "Wait, that wasn't supposed to happen!"
@sirnutaku7716
10 ай бұрын
Anyone else started a tradition in 2019 that has lasted till now where they listen to Rslash everyday?
@mikedufour4829
10 ай бұрын
Don't remember when it started, but I do watch every single day, and it has been years
@blackrex828
10 ай бұрын
I started watching somewhere between 2020 and 2021. My mom got me into videos like this 😅
@Richard_Nickerson
10 ай бұрын
I started before then
@kristashafer93098
10 ай бұрын
Me! I started listening and got hooked with my first video. I was a family dementia caregiver and would listen to RSlash while I made our breakfast. She has since passed, but the daily listen has continued!
@sleepy.saturn
10 ай бұрын
YUP!!!
@TheSecretLover
10 ай бұрын
First story: It definitely feels like an ick conclusion, but not their fault or even that uncommon. Glad they get their happy ending and hopefully their kids stay healthy. Second Story: Seems to be a lot of this going around where someone says they’re fine with their significant other’s boundaries and is either lying thinking they change the boundaries or easily swayed. The lucky ones are OP who find out before marriage or kids.
@elizabethb7931
10 ай бұрын
There is actually a phenomenon around blood relatives separated before knowing each other then feeling strong, often romantic or sexual attraction, if they find each other again in adulthood 🤷♀️
@argentin2306
10 ай бұрын
Rslash, as to answer your doubt on the first story on how it was weird OP and his wife felt attracted, that quite probably because of the GSA syndrome (genetic sexual attraction), when close relatives are separated on their childhood or so, never met after or had any kind of regular family bonding and then find each other as adults without the knowledge, they'll feel sexually attracted to each other more than to any other person they aren't related to, I found out about this a few years ago through another (and if you ask far more disturbing) Reddit story
@nessarolla
10 ай бұрын
I have to know what that other story is!
@argentin2306
10 ай бұрын
@@nessarolla well, I do warn you it is disgusting, but oh well The Op of that story claimed that he was an orphan because his mother had him when she was 16 or so and left him on an orphanage when he was still a baby, he never got adopted and after getting out of the orphanage, he eventually found a job, one day his job made him transfer into another city, time passed and he felt lonely and such, so one night he was looking for a prostitute to hook up with, he found an older woman and he said he felt strangely attracted to her and she noticed that same attraction to him too, he paid her and took her to his apartment, they did the deed but it didn't just stay there, they contacted other times to do it and eventually she didn't ask for money, they both became a couple and he brought her to live with him, after some time, he started thinking about the age difference and such, so he asked her to make a DNA test together and it came back that they were mother and son, their relationship continued, but she didn't want to have kids, while he did and was asking Reddit for advice, that's the last I hear of that story, I never heard what happened after, some time ago I tried to find the story again to see if there was any update but I couldn't find again
@heathermcgrath4541
10 ай бұрын
The forst story was wild af,.got me genuinely emotional. I feel so awful for them that this happened. Can't help but wonder if in some fucked up way the universe meant for it to happen so he could be the organ donor for her 😅
@Jacqueline_Oat
10 ай бұрын
The first story is a nightmare. Imagine getting married and having a family with the woman you love with all your heart, just to find out that your mother in law is your bio mom, and your kids probably have genetic problems further down the road.
@thatbluspook4483
10 ай бұрын
It was the father-in-law who was the shared parent, OP says he and his wife looked his bio mom up, and she died a few years ago due to a drunk driver.
@officialjocelyn9108
10 ай бұрын
That last story....he was trying to get her pregnant so she wouldn't leave him.
@mushroommagic1697
10 ай бұрын
Agreed.
@82dorrin
10 ай бұрын
When your significant other is your significant brother.
@maris7457
10 ай бұрын
the 1st story is my nightmare. since i found out about my adoption on my own at 30, i've looked back and cringed wondering about the possibility of shacking w a relative accidentally and getting so pissed at the thought!! i feel SO bad for OP! omg
@shadowmewfred09
10 ай бұрын
Omg am I the only person who laughed the moment the wife said "the doctor's knew we were here for a kidney right" XD couple goals ftw
@stefantsarev4442
10 ай бұрын
Jokes aside, the odds of the first story are astronomical and really messed up.
@Outpost_Leader_Valandran
10 ай бұрын
Fun Fact: "Blood is thicker than water" isn't meant about your blood family. It actually used to mean, "The Blood of the coven is thicker than the water of the womb" Meaning that the connections you make in your life and the bonds you make with friends are thicker than the ties of family.
@dragonkeeper19600
10 ай бұрын
The first story is similar to a plot line from House. Husband and wife both came down with a very rare genetic disorder. Turns out, the reason they both have the same disorder is because they’re half-siblings. In the comment section under the KZitem clips of that episode, a lot of adopted people are saying that this scenario is their worst fear.
@royalbluegaming7763
10 ай бұрын
Story 1: Now that, really sucks.
@Jay-Gruener
10 ай бұрын
Me, clicking on the post: How does one do that 'accidentally'? After the story: Oh...that's how.
@rikschaaf
10 ай бұрын
Story 1: good thing that they'll have their children genetically tested. There are some incest related diseases that you probably want to rule out. Since the parents are only half siblings, their DNA can at best be 0-50% related (and 0% for the sex chromosome, due to them being of the opposite sex and the mothers being different), but still it's the responsible thing to check this. I do think it's best if they don't have any more kids, unless adopted. From a social point of view, as long as they are okay with it themselves and no one tells anyone else in the family, there shouldn't be an issue there either, but obviously the kids will need to be told once they are older (for health reasons) and shit might hit the fan then.
@aether1356
10 ай бұрын
The first story is actually a common thing that happens when siblings are adopted out separately and don't know each other. They naturally feel a kinship for each other and things get weird
@awgates85
10 ай бұрын
In story 1, if all the children and potential grandchildren turn out healthy I think it will be alright, certainly not ideal but it could be worse.
@terrivel11
10 ай бұрын
You do what you gotta do OP. One generation of some oopsie doopsies won’t likely hurt anything.
@KageKobushi
10 ай бұрын
Man, I can't believe how much of an impact Folgers' has had on their life! The ones who know, know. xD
@un-lady-like
10 ай бұрын
I'm an animal behavioralist and a dog trainer, who has spent years studying hierarchy in pack animals. The thing I find funny about the whole "alpha male" thing is that in a pack, the actual alpha is calm, quiet and confident and rarely does anything aggressive because they don't have to. It's the betas in the pack that are pushy, loud and aggressive. A true alpha keeps order through calm demeanor because the pack respects them. Just thought I would share that for all the Betas out there thinking their alphas. 😊😂😂😂
@Mask0fFate
10 ай бұрын
That first story… That is several pounds of Nope in a 1 pound bag. If I learned my SO was actually a long lost sibling or half sibling, that would be it. I would tell her about this of course, as I like to think there’s enough positive emotions to give her an explanation, but at that point, any and all romantic feelings would disappear and be replaced with disgust.
@HelgaGrace2007
10 ай бұрын
Story 1 is why they used to have blood tests taken when you got your marriage license. My sister and her husband had to get one, because the county told then they look too much alike. My husband and I eloped, and we look a lot alike. The clerk asked us if we were SURE we wanted to go on without a blood test😅
@Kfxking1
10 ай бұрын
I wonder if this story relates to the one from a few weeks ago where the girls family completely shut off the bf after she got pregnant and never told him
@jcorey333
Ай бұрын
"I possibly have two other half sisters, so I have dating options down the road if needed" made me laugh so hard I started coughing.
@alizamoon6842
10 ай бұрын
As a genealogist, I cannot even imagine finding out something like this about my family. The hobby can really unearth some interesting things… Heck, I found out my 5th great grandparents are first cousins. Lord, I hope those kids don’t explore genealogy until at least a later point in their lives.
@nightinstarlight
10 ай бұрын
First story: Not once did op mention if the kids had health issues. This tells me that op and his wife may have hit the jackpot gene wise and the kids might grow up healthy. If so, dayum Also Rslash, the phrase is “the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb” lol it applies, but wrong version
@kjarllan7097
10 ай бұрын
Genetic problems with children of brother and sister parents (or cousins) only happen very rarely in the first generation. on the other hand, it is by continuing the children of brothers and sisters that we increase the chances of having genetic problems and especially of keeping them.
@Shenn3165
10 ай бұрын
I hope those kids never have to do a family tree for school! Lol
@BiancaWeatherlight
10 ай бұрын
That first story is a bit heartbreaking, but also pretty damn wholesome imo. I mean yeah incest isn't exactly ideal, but it's not the end of the world either. They already have kids together and they're taking the proper steps to make sure they grow up as happy and healthy as possible it sounds like. I wish them nothing but the best. ❤
@Richard_Nickerson
10 ай бұрын
"The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb" The phrase means exactly the opposite as what people actually use it for...
@EminencePhront
10 ай бұрын
Here’s an uncomfortable fact. The reason you find your siblings unsexy, even if they’re supermodels, is the Westermarck effect. Anyone you’re raised with either in a sibling or parental capacity, you will find sexually uninteresting. It is a form of imprinting. The closer the relationship, the less sexy they are to you. That’s why cousin sex is gross but not as gross as sibling sex. And if you went to grade school with someone, you’re probably not into them either. What that means is there’s no automatic mechanism to find your siblings unsexy. The reason the Westermarck effect exists is disturbing: you are naturally MORE attracted to blood relatives. If you ever hear about these long lost siblings who meet fully aware of the relationship and end up having an affair, that’s why. Westermarck exists to prevent that, but it doesn’t work if you don’t meet them early in life. Think about that before you make a sperm donation.
@charlesterry2480
10 ай бұрын
Thats just a myth. There's nothing to think about it
@moonshine5113
10 ай бұрын
The head turn when i heard the brother and sister situation left me speechless
@RADish-official
10 ай бұрын
Andrew Tate isn’t just the destroyer of the TikTok algorithm, he’s even the destroyer of marriages.
@thegrimharvest
10 ай бұрын
"Classic Tate W!" 🤡😈💩 He's the Top G Alpha chad of OG red pill grifters. Classic snake oil salesman. But what do we know, we ain't posing next to our Bugattis are we?
@lightning902
10 ай бұрын
Nah for this guy, I can't blame Tate for it. This guy had a working, happy relationship, and then he took advice from someone like Tate and his ilk that went against everything he did for 3 years. This is like the second guy who was a great husband material, almost became a husband, then shot themselves in the foot.
@pokeepoof
10 ай бұрын
@@lightning902 I'm happy Tate exists and the sheer amount of relationships that have been destroyed from men thinking it's a good idea to behave like that and you know why? If they're dumb enough to watch a few videos and change their entire relationship and demand "cuddling" imagine what will happen if people stayed with them longer after that change and how much more deeply rooted in their personality it will become when it's accepted, they need that reality check, maybe they'll be a better man on the other side after he rejects that nonsense from his life
@detonationpyrotechnics4156
10 ай бұрын
Found the Biden supporter
@dusanradin5868
10 ай бұрын
@@lightning902 This women only wanted to find a free way out and someone to blame for everything,on her way out! I'm on his side! Women does this shit since Stone Age and get away with it!
@texasranger7687
10 ай бұрын
Blood is thinker than blood mean that stranger bleeding on the battlefield together have stronger blood than the link from the woumb water of pregnancy. In summary, blood is stronger than water mean that friendship is stronger than family. (Which is the exact opposite of what most people, including rslash (10:50) think)
@dardarbinks3391
10 ай бұрын
Yes thank you!
@TipTheScales27
10 ай бұрын
This is legit my biggest fear as an adopted person. I am adopted from a foreign country, but still. The chances are never zero
@BVBGirl-3313
10 ай бұрын
First story This is why they used to do blood tests before you were allowed to be married...maybe we need to bring that back 🙃 This also happened to a guy who donated sp*rm the place effed up and gave out more than five samples and two siblings ended up dating each other.
@petesadventures2734
10 ай бұрын
SWEET HOME ALABAMA
@potatosplits841
10 ай бұрын
The first story makes me wonder why closed adoption is a thing. It feels incredibly selfish of the parents because situations like this happen and it's also important for the kid to know if they have any hereditary illnesses.
@mr.scarlo2234
10 ай бұрын
I hope that everyone is having a good Sunday!
@codm22712
10 ай бұрын
I am hope you are as well
@nonexitingsoulofaweeb2379
10 ай бұрын
just a fun fact, the "blood is thicker than water" is actually not the whole saying it's "chosen blood is thicker that the water of the womb" or something similar, over the years it completely flipped the meaning. It's really interesting how things change.
@thesunwof
10 ай бұрын
I can’t help but feel weird about the first story. Even if they never knew eachother or grew up together, how can someone be comftarble staying in a marriage after finding out that their partner is their sibling? I dunno it just feels weird.
@iam878
10 ай бұрын
and making jokes about it. feels even weirder looking at the comments being happy they stayed together
@thegrimharvest
10 ай бұрын
I don't know. That's the weirdest set of circumstances and coincidences. Like...statistically what would you say are the odds of not only accidentally encountering a long lost half sibling, more than once, and then being attracted to each other, then having a relationship, marriage and two children with them? Completely unaware until almost a decade later. Imagine you've built a (assumed) (reasonably) (good-ish?) life with your secret long lost half sibling. You've bonded. You've had sex at least twice together. You've built a life and a family together. Then the rug gets pulled out from underneath you and you learn a truth you weren't meant to know. A truth that is truly shocking. You're half siblings and have unknowingly committed incest. Can you imagine how hard that would hit you, and your spouse/partner? And while it is technically both your faults, since you've both consented to this commitment...it's also not your fault because of the actions taken by your parents and the closed adoption process. You were setup through no fault of your own. You've built a life together. You have children together. This person is the love of your life. You complete one another. If the circumstances had been just a little bit different you two would have never known and remained blissfully unaware, and continued on as normal. If we've being pessimistic and negative, the explanation is sunk cost fallacy. Both are too deep in to turn back now. Not without blowing up everything they've built together. Glass half full counter argument: they've both taken the biological truth into account and decided that they aren't going to let it change their relationship. Not going to toss the life and marriage and family away they've built together because of the stupidity of closed adoption and the ludicrously unlikely amount of RNG that all had to line up just right for all this to happen. They've weighed the info and details and decided they still have the same feelings for one another. At this point there's only two options. Divorce, separate their lives and their children from a loving (presumably) happy family because of circumstances beyond anyone's control. Or stay together in spite of the circumstances, despite knowing what they now know. Either way the "damage" has been done. They've already committed the act, at least twice, and have two children to show from it. What should they do now, short of going into a time machine and stopping themselves from being a couple? Especially if they genuinely love each other and want to continue their lives together, in spite of the ludicrous RNG circumstances that put them together. They'll have to live with it either way, no matter what happens. Can't say I blame them for choosing to stay together. It isn't as if they intentionally sought each other out while knowing the details. It's something like winning the lottery or that Nigerian prince in your email actually finally being a real Nigerian prince that needs your help and will pay you handsomely for your assistance. The odds are absolutely unlikely but not impossible. If they divorce they're sacrificing their (presumably) happy family life together for the sake of circumstances that they couldn't have foreknowledge about. They're now both single parents and the children are now the products of not only incest but also a broken home. Maybe things work out for op and his half sister wife and they both go on to remarry. Maybe not. The kids are going to have the hardest time of it, regardless, especially since they're so young. They may grow up to resent their parents for breaking up over something that they had no control over. If they stay together, they're committed to continuing their incestuous marriage now knowingly and they know that their children are the products of it. They may still grow up to resent their parents over something they had no control over. But at least op and his wife try their best with what they have to give their children a good life and a stable home. Either way they're in a no win situation because of circumstances beyond their control. All they can do now is try to make the best of it. I think that's why everyone is wishing them well. Because this was entirely out of their hands, and the dice roll RNG was stacked against them from the start. Yet they've managed to make the best of a bad situation and they've decided they love one another even in spite of their new knowledge, and want to stay together. If they had chosen to separate and divorce instead, people would still be giving them best wishes. This wasn't their fault on the basis of intentions but of circumstances. If it was from intent from the start with full knowledge of the facts between both of them, there'd still be some amount of well wishes but also much more judgment and calling them out.
@dx1450
10 ай бұрын
Regarding the first story, I think the wife was suspicious when she saw that their kids were really good at playing the banjo...
@sherrykathman3309
10 ай бұрын
For the first story, at least one of them needs to get fixed. They cannot risk bringing in anymore children now that they know they are related. Hopefully they will be able to get lucky and their current children will have been able to avoid any genetic defects. If they want more kids, they can adopt. That will be much safer.
@ExaltedDuck
10 ай бұрын
Nonsense. Inbreeding is commonplace in the Royal.families of Europe and look at them. They're all totally fine and healthy.
@chefedegaru
10 ай бұрын
I'm kind of surprised rslash didn't make a "Half-bro, what are you doing?" joke. But also this phenomenon of long lost relatives being romantically or sexually involved after reuniting is kinda common. People in these situations often mistake that unidentified familial connection to a new romantic connection.
@Carnibee
10 ай бұрын
Genuinely surprised rslash didn’t make a nauseating joke this time. Is this growth I smell?
@eva_art_0533
10 ай бұрын
Honestly op in the first story is stronger than i am. Because i don't know if i could stay married to someone after finding out that were related. Especially that closey related. I know ppl like op can be able to look past that but idk if i honestly could. But thaylts just me and honestly im glad op had a happy ending at least.
@ReptillianStrike
10 ай бұрын
"Blood is thicker than water" That quote is taken out of context and cut, because the actual quote is "The Blood of the covenant is thicker than water of the womb." which says that your found family is more important than your biological family, which just so happens to also apply to the first story.
@autisticwitch7581
10 ай бұрын
First story: OP and his wife should only share about 25% of their DNA (same as fist cousins), so the kids will likely be fine on a genetic level. It's not great but could be worse.
@chrisashtonlightell-west1189
10 ай бұрын
First story: As long as they don't have any more kids, it's probably fine. I'm not sure about keeping it a permanent secret, though. These kids will one day want to know where they came from, where OP came from, and what happened. The risk if them finding out on their own has some great terrible consequences. 2nd story: Oh look! Another age gap relationship going just fine...
@RossLinderman
9 ай бұрын
That first story, of course the guy had a worse recovery than his wife did. Donating a kidney is always worse than receiving one. I learned that from "Steel Magnolias". Also, half-siblings? Meh. That's pretty much like cousins, and people still do that. Just don't do it generation after generation and you probably won't get messed-up recessives. It's creepier when step-siblings who were raised together end up marrying.
@Maria_Miciano_5
10 ай бұрын
The wife is more of a half sister than a full on sister. That story is so wholesome! Hope they live a great life and have a long beautiful marriage!
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