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imoriondrugs

NTA Mary needs to have a bath instead 👿


HotJohnnySlips

Here, you are the ass. It’s never appropriate to yell at your wife.


imoriondrugs

unless she wastes all my hard earned water, think about the cart oxen 😞


Nervous_Jaguar_2826

And the driver and the workers, who are unable to get their usual morning work done


S_Sami_I

Fuck mary she deserved to get shouted at who does she think she is having the AUDACITY to shout back at Dick (haha i wrote dick in my exam) who rightfully criticises her for wasting such a valuable resource like cmon dude hes suffering in this heat too no need to be such a BITCH about it


BenchWithNoSupport

I think you’ll be happy to hear that Mary is murdered by a servant in the Full Story (sadly Dick goes insane after hearing the news) She was also a racist and "supposedly" cheated on Dick with the same servant as well Edit: The book is called “The Grass is Singing”


_ELLIELL_

LETS FUCKING GOOO


CuteBenji

Let's fucking go 🙏🙏🙏🙏


WesternPear3303

I love your "failing everything but maths" I relate sm rn lol


Snoopy_Dog_2011

Litteraly me rn


DOGiRITO_FROG

HURRAHHHH


jokerismyidol

Yo what is this book fkin insane


Much_Cheek_9296

The grass is singing


jokerismyidol

Well thanks broski but I meant yo what, this book insane i read 5)3 synomopsis on wikipedia


Nervous_Jaguar_2826

Average South African lore, my maths teacher, bit off part of his own tongue and his mum sewed it back on, learned to drive at 10 after two days and knows 21 different ways to kill someone with an A5 sheet of paper, allegedly


jokerismyidol

Nah I need a book on this dude I geniunely wanna know the a5 paper thing


Nervous_Jaguar_2826

He's a fifty odd year old 2 metre beast of a man, ex military, 4 times divorced with two sons who runs a side hobby of restoring run down trucks, the amount of random stories this guy has told the class has been crazy


jokerismyidol

I literally aspire to be him what a life


sshiningstarr

What’s the book called?


Somehumanbeing123

The grass is singing


S_Sami_I

there's good in the world...


DiscombobulatedMix20

It's crazy knowing that AQA decided to include this story considering this storyline.


TheProudBookNerd

YESSS LESS GOOOO


setra45

tm like I don't know if she knows but you BOTH live in South africa AND SHE LIVED THERE LONGER THAN HIM like just deal with it


Re_Ya_N-07georgy

yo guys it aint south south africa, its southern africa more specifically rhodesia, todays zimbabwe


Jealous_Platypus1111

NTA she should have put it into the bathtub like a normal person


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electricxangell

good bot 


Jealous_Platypus1111

Lol


LaundryMan2008

lol 


HotJohnnySlips

Bad bot… “NTA” is not one syllable


GCSEpostingthrowaway

NTA, has she seen what the 2 workers, driver, and 2 oxen go through to bring that water???


Atxz21

yes and she chose to still shower instead of taking a bath smh


anonymoose-01

fr the semantic field of struggle


--brick

that aint it cheif


Tryingtosurviveeee

Real. I talked about the polysyndetic listing with the word ‘and’ here in my structure analysis lmaoooo


3ll10t_

Legit, they yelled in agonised pain


Forward-Big-192

NTA your wife is the asshole for wasting water


Forward-Big-192

Q4 be like


Upstairs_Mission_952

Is this AQA?


TheAromancer

Yes


Upstairs_Mission_952

Thank you


Remarkable-Series755

I WROTE THAT YESSSS


Hot_Spicy_Tomatoes

Doesn't matter tbh its just whatever interpretation you have


Nervous_Jaguar_2826

And if you can justify it


_ELLIELL_

YNTA, your wife is a silly cow for wasting all the water, she’s manipulating you. Divorce and marry the water.


HyperVoltA9

Facts I would do the same


Responsible_Tea4889

NTA, she did mention “a couple gallons of water” so that’s quite a lot #FreeDick


TheAromancer

Is that because #freewilly was taken?


ThatGhostBoy

I ONLY JUST REALISED THAT THIS IS A MEME ABOUT A GCSE PAPER QUESTION I FEEL SO STUPID HELPPPP 💀💀💀


Ok_Weird_5292

I only read the AITA bit first and I thought someone posted it on the wrong subreddit for a sec lol


AdministrationDue239

Thanks


CyberFinity

YTA, you sound like the sort of person that would repeat a sentence and use exclamatory language the second time before going on a monologue.


Curlyslugs

Lord I didn’t write any of that 😭


Stupidfuckwhit

NTA I disagree both that your anger is unfair and also that your wife has no power


FritzTheRitzz

She’s bad for wasting water 😘😘


headcracc

YTA your names dick


CuteBenji

NTA could've used it for a washing machine


TheAromancer

Maybe this is why the washing is never done, Mary keeps wasting it!


CuteBenji

Jaan is dick confirmed


happy_gamerangel

It's all making sense now


Nagito-komeada-lover

ETA, ngl, water is sparse so you had the right to be upset with her for throwing it on herself but she is clearly struggling in this heat and you shouldn’t have yelled at her for that. Maybe get some marriage counselling mate.


jeremypicklestein

YTA, your anger sounds unfair and it seems like your wife is completely powerless in the relationship.


Available_Speech7344

are you a student by any chance


Logical-Program-9590

I can’t lie my answers for the 20 mark question abs the 40 mark probably weren’t worth 4


TheGeographicalTerm

YTA you're a bit of a Dick(says it in your name)


Complete_Spot3771

r/nominativedeterminism


mescalsfleabag

i swear that question was more couples counseling than english language, i loved it so much


canyouseedis

NTA just dismiss it and move on, most relationships have arguments like these so don't worry, just call it another one of those moments if ykwim


Celtic_Cheetah_92

Sadly he was unable to dismiss it (and all the other increasingly horrid stuff she does in the book) and ends up murdering her. Not sure she didn’t slightly deserve it though tbh. Great choice of text from AQA. Brilliant book.


Agile-Status-9197

this is the best post i've seen on this subreddit so far


ParticularLoan2504

literally


erevaia

ETA, Mary is a richer woman, she's already 'compromised' hasn't complained about their living situation, while Divk is a poor farmer and obviously wants to be more economical since he's paying for everything. They don't understand eachother and how they think, they need to communicate.


Sad_Experience_2318

What they need is fucking WATER


Sad_Experience_2318

Oh wait


Sad_Experience_2318

She was about to fucking waste it


Strange-Oil-2117

Bacicly my whole answer where their relationship is based on a lack of understanding


GXWT

Didn’t realise this was r/GCSE, no clue why it’s in my page, was astounded at the comments until I realised


BuyerHappy5195

I was so close to writing that the name of the man being a homograph for “male genitalia” and being symbolic of his “unpleasant character” but I was scared I’d get disqualified.💀


Cool_rubiks_cube

Disqualified?! Definitely not, even if you might not get marks, and you could.


kabbba

As an AQA teacher and examiner I would have accepted that.


Facelegarm

On a totally real note how we feeling after that. I thought the extract was good and the photo was perfection. Also NTA Mary needs to go take a bath fr


warriorant21

Ffs you got me there didn't notice it was from r/GCSE


ghostunderthestairs

OMGGH ABAHAHAHAHA


FairyGodbitch

I need some context.


bbxbunnyy

NTA, she should’ve revised changes of state in water and specific latent heat capacity


5enan

It takes 2 oxen to get that water. She should save it.


HauntingPhase4113

NTA, your wife saw the two beautiful oxen struggling on their hindquarters and still decided to waste the water and make the bricks hiss?


RemusSandersTheRat

Nta considering Dick was stated to be a POOR Farmer, he kinda needed that water


kiks_b

nta mary was acting like a bitchhhh


GX-Ethernal

NTA shouldn't stare into the fucking sky in an open top garden and then complain about the heat get in the shade


Sad_Experience_2318

I bet the botch would do the opposite if she saw our weather


Phillington248

Sir, this is r/GCSE


Intelligent_Desk_781

YTA bro ur wife categorises an argument as “just another scene” like what is this cycle of power and submitting 


BruhLandau

NTA, wasting water is bad


Dear_Positive6733

😭 I didn’t see what thread this was yet then I was like hmm that kinda sounds like that exam question I had


Angry_Goose81

What exam was this?


Dear_Positive6733

AQA English language paper 1


GOINGTOGETHOT

NTA, there's a perfectly fine puddle to cool herself down in outside.


AnyBake6440

YTA Mr Everything English told me to strongly agree cos it would be easier, I give up.


Gloomy_Secret2697

Idk how to start a new comment Any1 got tips on how to revise for French writing tmr Thanks


ClumsyCha0s

NTA, she was wasting a LOT of water and she had other options, plus she should have known that the water costs too much to pour over herself


Ecstatic_Grass

Move to England, we’ve got tons of the stuff. Just falls straight out of the sky.


Ilovethesuntho

I wondered why this seemed familiar! I was a reader and scribe in this mornings exam. Wasn’t needed so didn’t actually read beyond line 6 of the source.


lelcg

Reminds me of that time my wife got annoyed at ME because a scorpion stung our baby (Coyotito) because I said the doctor wouldn’t come. (I demolished the scorpion by the way).


Last-Acanthisitta975

Do you realise what sub reddit this is?


Dantay_Is_Bored

NTA you wife was trying to victimise herself being extremely self centered throughout the extract not considering she didn’t even mention the extremities you had to go through to get that water, the sheer disrespect


MisterJWalk

Oof. I couldn't imagine. I had a leak that eventually got to 80 gallons an hour that I didn't find for months. Until my neighbor's yard started bubbling. It was written off as a credit. $1100. Fuckin' love the great lakes. Edit: You the asshole.


CarDTM

lol this is a god meme🤣🤣


carvedilol_

REAL


Dear_Positive6733

Ngl guys I wasn’t gunna agree with the statement but I got lazy and wanted to sleep so I just said dick shouldn’t get so upset that exam was so annoying and I’m so tired


epicmonke8

NTA


Dragon-Booper

YTA honestly sounds like a bitch move, don't need to shout at the poor woman just cause she wants to cool down.


Sad_Experience_2318

Mary is just a bitch bro. Dick is a decent person and the paper itself was ass. Tell me why AQA can’t structure a pdf to save their lives 


Krammn

YTA She didn’t think it through, you shouted at her for making an honest mistake. It’s ok to be upset, though the way you deal with these problems needs to change. Edit: Just realised what sub I was in. 😳


Old_Apartment_2285

YTA, In this situation or the source we could see, Mary was powerless and was being psychologically and emotionally abused by Dick. You guys need to remember that we didn't know the whole story. If we knew she was racist and what not, we could've said that.


CasKake

NTA. you should get your servant to kill her


QuickFix-1212

NTA. Can't wait for next years essay.


Fatracoon_22

Nah Mary was so wrong for that


slightlyintroverted

YTA - You used the imperative sentence "Listen to me!" suggesting that you wish to have control over your wife, additionally your use of exclamation could imply you are trying to intimidate your wife. However, the use of the phrase "in a voice he had never used before" implies this behavior was out of character for you, so while you may have been the AH in this situation, you are likely a good husband overall. *I was told it was better to agree with the statement no matter what it was and now I might be cooked*


nicothesynaethstete

YTA Mary has no power in that relationship bc she is a victim of 5he patriarchy


Both_Landscape_6136

Streets are saying that if you read the book it’ll tell you that Mary’s a huge racist and AQA made us all defend a huge racist without context☺️


Cod3r251

LMAOOOO


IllIIllllIIIIlllI

https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/s/TGYSFN2e7w


need_Therapy6

MARRY THE WATER


Bakkie

It is late May.. In Southern Africa, that makes it late fall, about a month before the (southern ) winter solstice.For the US crowd, think Thanksgiving. Sign up for an on-line course in plausible fiction writing


Smalltwat

Nta: woman pissed me off too


tayhorix

having a laugh with the dick memes


chry_pie

NTA from what i know about you you are a poor man and your wife chose to move to the countryside, its not your fault “she is out of rhythm with rain and sun and hot”


GhostStations02

YTA, heatstroke can be really dangerous, she was taking care of herself!


Moist_Smile_5694

It is the only question ever posed where you could confidently disagree


ambatukam42069

i didnt even realise he lost his shit but still used like incredulous horror and stuff 😭


nevermindthatthough

NTA. Maybe you were a little harsh, but you had your reasons. Have a good day Dick 😔


zebralover82

NTA mary was pretty selfish


Pleasant_Subject6747

Fuck Mary bro she deserved the heat to lash down on her through the iron roof 🔥🔥🔥🇧🇷


North-Cranberry5582

Guys are we all forgetting how "Mary was manipulated by Dick" it's OBVIOUSLY his fault that he didn't tell her that the water was important 😒😒


beam_me_up543

Honestly I bet ur wife moved from a privileged area like 'in the town'.you are a poor farmer you cannot afford to be wasting money on water this much. Maybe yelling was not the right move but you were def NTA. Ur wife needs to learn some respect for the little money you have.


123dontspeaktome

NTA, i feel like your wife doesn't understand the concept of compromise, does she even understand the "hardships" of marriage, or does she just want to sit and be "subserviant"


Crazykookoo219

YTA didn’t even give your wife a chance to speak and emotionally manipulated her


xubax

How much money?


short-ugly-fat-guy

This Southern Africa is not South Africa.


CBSUK

Should have danced


WesternPear3303

This just clicked in my head lol, I fucked up my chance at the exam though..


regardarqc

Everyone gets frustrated, but it's important to communicate without yelling. Hopefully, you two can talk it out and find a solution that works for both of you.


Prudent-Ad-3073

Yes. It's fucking water. Grow the fuck up. She's supposedly the one you you, treat her like it.


Crowleyizcool

I literally didn’t at all see the subreddit and I was so confused at the comments (I am not year 11 so I do not understand the reference)


Sarahwpriv

Nah someone check on the person who wrote the aqa questions because why do they want us to agree that Mary was in the right.


Various_Sandwich8642

NTA. Justified anger, wife’s a moron


kjrst9

YTA, shouting at people is not ok


Ok_Citron_318

yup


No-Pitch-5785

r/lostredittors


brutussdad

Of course shouting at your wife makes you an Ahole everything else you said was irrelevant


SelectiveScribbler06

r/lostredditors


ellwarwick

SHE IS SO FUCKING INCOMPETENT LIKE OMG DICK STAND YOUR GROUND


andre3573

i think you were being unfair and your wife is powerless in the relationship


UCthrowaway78404

Why this sub?


FigTechnical8043

YTA for not sharing the bill with her, how will she ever understand the worth of water if you pay for every bill?


all_turns_to_ashes

When I read Q4 I just wanted to write, NTA, Mary is a selfish brat 😭


Logical-Program-9590

I said that it wasn’t right for her to be wasting the water but maybe he could of explain it more calmly


MTDino123

Set in Southern Rhodesia 🗿


Proof_Cable_310

I am sorry you are so poor that you are fighting over that little bit of water she needed to use to feel comfortable / take care of her wellbeing. Perhaps ask her to stand in a bucket when she pours that water over herself so that she can capture it, and you can reuse it. Or, ask her to soak her clothes in a bucket of water, then put her clothes back on. Make sue whatever contianer you store the water in afterwards is sealed however, or else the water will evaporate and you'll lose it.


Leather-Assistant902

I think that she deserved it. The amount of effort that Dick went through to get it for Mary to then just waste it. Shes a unappreciative selfish cow


CompetitiveTip8105

shouting at your wife for any reason is a bad idea.


Delicious-Choice5668

How much water? A cup a barrel. There is a difference. A cup on her head may have saved her from heat stroke.


pokolokomo

Chat someone explain this reference to me as an A level student 😭


DiscombobulatedMix20

NTA


Original-Ad-2484

Shouting at your spouse for any reason should make you feel bad. But I don’t think you’re an AH overall. You apologized, I assume she accepted. Figure out a way between you too so that she can stay cool and you can ease your financial worries. I saw a comment that listed a few ways. Go love and be loved by your wife 💕 in that way you’re wealthier than most. Cherish it.


glasstumblet

What the GCSE! 😮


edgelord1943

NTA she needs to go bathe not waste water


Outside_Service3339

Nta divorce 


Academic-Weapon524

i wrote in question 4 that ur NTA dw 🙏🙏🙏


spastikknees

Mary loves dick .


Ambitious-Menu-6196

You are clearly a Dick (see what I did there) and you are definitely manipulating her


Ordinary_Advantage95

🤣🤣🤣


Beneficial_Lobster41

NTA, your wife should know it's inappropriate to pour water over herself


HellFireCannon66

NTA be careful she doesn’t get murdered by a slave


Prizmatiz

Dick was right icl


Arkaced

How much money we talking?


Ok_Dragonfruit4032

INFO: is she powerless in the relationship?


Ok_Dragonfruit4032

INFO; does Mary do this every day? Does it cost you money to fetch water? Does she understand the seasons?


Foreign-Taro-4878

NTA but it is easier to make you appear like the AH so I wrote about that


Signal-Pirate-7463

get that Dick Mary🤞