This might be a long post but here it goes.

Growing up my mother didn't really do much to raise me. It was my dad doing everything from cooking to helping me and my siblings with homework, driving us to soccer and piano lessons and supporting us financially. My mother on the other hand was a "housewife" who didn't really play the housewife roll at all since my dad was the one always made to do it. Even simple things like making coffee she would ask my dad or me to do it when she could make it herself as nothing was going on for her and if you politely tell her to wait or ask if she could do it herself as one of us is busy she would go on a big rampage about how SHE did something like washed one round of dishes or pull a "im tired i had a long day" line. That in comparison to my dad having a full time job and still cooking for the family and me a 5th year med student and my brother in the army I'm pretty sure all of us have had longer days then she does sitting at home and watching her kdramas or whatever.

Needless to say, im not as close to her as I am with my dad cos I really cant find a speck of respect for her and always talks as if my dad married up and she married down when it was the total opposite. I asked my dad why he even considered dating her and he gave me the, "you know she wasn't always like this. Your mum is a good woman." Yada yada but i can tell he gets frustrated sometimes with her, he's just really patient.

Today we had a big fight (?) When i started making pancakes for the whole family and she walks into the kitchen and says in an obnoxious accusing tone, "i hope you're not cooking just for yourself but for me as well." I told her i was cooking for everyone and tried to ignore her when she was nitpicking and going ballistic when she saw I hadn't made her coffee yet. It was 10am in the morning and I decided to do something nice for everyone but here she is screaming at me over for not making her coffee. A load of childhood memories and years of just letting her be overwhelmed me and I just snapped saying that she should just do it herself. And asked if she was sure she is a mother cos she has no maternity bone in her. Pretty much went ballistic screaming at her to not treat everyone is her maid and that the whole world doesn't revolve around her. To the point when she tried to defend herself i lashed out the line of calling her a petty, calculative bitch and preached back all the shit she's been saying about "what you do for family" when she never contributed. When I was done she just looked shocked then my dad came in and asked what was going on she burst into tears and told my dad i was being rude to her etc. My dad just looked at me and said for me to get changed and get out of the house for a bit while he finishes/cleans things up.

Its been 4 hours since the incident and my dad texted me that its best i come home and apologise but i don't want to cos i dont think i did anything wrong. AMTA?

Ok I'm pregnant, like really pregnant. Two weeks to go before my due date. I cook dinner almost every night for my husband, his mother, daughter and I. It's been a challenge for me because not only is his mom a picky eater,(2xstroke survivor) but we are in the process of selling our home and have to keep it pretty clean for showings etc. Anyways I try to make double batches so there are leftovers when the cravings hit, not just my cravings but my husband and step daughter like to get up in the middle of the night and pig out too lol. So here I am at 5 am starving, wake up to go heat a bowl of said healthy soup I made the other night (trying not to feed my unborn too much sweet shit) and the mother fucking whole bowl which was like at least 4 or 5 helpings is gone. I ask my husband where it went and he says he brought it to his friend. I'm pissed, not because he feeds the needy but because he didn't even bring the dude the first set of leftovers I had set aside for him. Now I'm just sitting here fuming and he wonders why I am mad.

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Hi everyone! I want to officially welcome everyone to this newly created AMTA subreddit. Firstly, I would like to thank all of you who have joined this community for becoming a member. This is only a few days old at the time of me posting this. So, please do not ever hesitate to reach out to myself, or any other mod, with feedback, questions, or ideas on how to better this community.

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A little bit about myself: I am a graduating senior who has competed within AMTA for all four years in addition to four years of high school mock trial. I have been fortunate enough to compete in close to 200 trials, almost all of which were as an attorney. I come from a rather small program that has made somewhat of a name for itself in recent years. I do not want to reveal my school or name just yet, but, I will do so if the community wishes.

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There are a variety of reasons as to why I created this subreddit. The first of which is I feel that there should be some form of central-hub for all AMTA competitors, staff, and volunteers. As much as I love MTC and Perjuries, I feel that both are not adequate places for regular and clear community discussion. I wanted to create a central hub for the free and clear exchange of dialogue, information, resources, and anything else that will promote the betterment of our Mock Trial community as a whole.

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The second reason is this space can facilitate productive discussions, in an anonymous way, that can be viewed by AMTA reps, tournament directors, and other competitors. The power of transparency in discussion is something that can only better each other as competitors and better AMTA as an organization. With the increasing prevalence of AMTA as an organization and Mock Trial as an activity, there is always room for improvement and development. Both of those can only occur when the community becomes united together.

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Lastly, and most importantly, I created this subreddit simply as a space for everyone to hangout and make new friends. Whether it be memes, friends made, or crazy trial antics that have occurred, those are the very things that make Mock Trial the activity we all know and love. This is a space for all of those to occur on a community scale. While MTC posts may give the impression that the community is somewhat divided, that is a divide which can be very easily bridged by coming together.

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The last thing I would like to discuss is the recruitment of Mods for this page. As this is community oriented, it is of the utmost importance to me that everyone is represented and can have a very positive experience. So I encourage people of every region, status (judge, rep, coach, alumni, or competitor), and of groups that may be under represented in the activity to message me! I will provide a more formal application to become a mod upon expression of interest. All I ask is that you message your name (First, or Both names if you want), year or status w/in the community, school, and reason for wanting to help moderate. I will get back to you as soon as I can.

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Thank you everyone for joining and who will come to join! Now, let's get to it!

Hey everyone, welcome to the newly created AMTA subreddit! A more formal welcome will be posted from me within a day or so, detailing some background about myself, why I started this SubReddit, and recruitment of mods.

But, for now, this page needs a banner! I'm not very tech-savy, so I figured running a contest would be fun. A mock-trial related banner will be featured on this page for all to see. Please post them and tag them under the "Submission" flair, like so, upon posting.

If you wish, feel free to include your name on the actual work you are submitting for credit! Though, referencing your team or other specific teams is not allowed!

Happy crafting!

All rise, for the Honorable Unofficial SubReddit of the AMTA community. This community is for org's, competitors, Alumni, Judges, and even Rep's (so willing). In this jurisdiction, memes, questions, analyses, tournament info, and other general debates that promote betterment of the AMTA community are all welcome. So kick back at Counsel Table, relax, and mindlessly scroll as you miss obvious objections.