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Dear Pay Dirt,

My wife and I recently cut the cord on our cable bill and switched to a full-time streaming service. About a month ago, we were at my father-in-law’s house visiting and the topic of our cable situation came up. I offered to let him test out our streaming service at his house (it allows multiple logins from different locations). Fast forward a couple of weeks and he’s now canceled his own cable service and using mine full-time. He hasn’t offered to pay us any money and has even commented about how much money he’s able to save now. What’s the limit for mooching, narcissist in-laws who don’t know boundaries? This seems past it.

—Cut My Cord

Dear Cut My Cord,

Let the older man replace his cable if it’s not prohibiting you from watching the newest HBO series. Someone making a profile under a streaming service you’re already paying for with no additional costs to you isn’t a reason to start a war. Instead, try asking him to sign up for a different streaming service and then share the login with you. Then you’ll at least have something new to discuss during your next family dinner instead of dwelling on your disdain.

https://slate.com/business/2023/02/father-in-law-streaming-services-personal-finance-advice.html

How to Do It: I’m Suddenly Very Interested in My Wife’s Sexy Fan Fiction.

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(Thought the fanfic angle might be particularly interesting for this comm, even if it's otherwise not the type of question we usually discuss.)

Dear How to Do It,

An actress I’ve always had a thing for was recently cast in an adaptation of my wife’s favorite book. This is great, we can enjoy it together, right? Well, it gets more complicated: My wife loves this book SO MUCH that she has written sexy fan fiction and even cosplayed as this character on occasion, and I’ve been known to gently tease her about these “nerdy” hobbies (she also has a good sense of humor about it and laughs at herself). But now that my Hollywood crush is involved, something switched in me and suddenly, this is all very sexy—yes, yes, read me the fan fiction! Wear the costume to bed! Except, I don’t want my wife to be hurt that I didn’t find this sexy until my crush was involved and think that I’m fantasizing about the actress—which I wouldn’t be, but it would be obvious where my change of perspective came from (also, my wife kind of resembles the actress—I’ve got a type!). It feels like a waste to not use all this sexy energy, but is it my penance for making fun of her before? How do I broach this topic with her?

—Karma’s a Sexy Bitch( Read more... )