RelationshipH (29m) and I (26f) have been married for 4 years. I had a great job in sales before covid, but we found during the pandemic that things just worked better with H at work and me at home (he earns enough to support us both). I never thought I'd end up being a "traditional" wife, but given that he's the breadwinner, I sometimes feel as though i should pick up a lot of the slack at home. I'm not a...
OtherMy son sat me and his mother down last week and told us he had gotten his girlfriend pr****nt. He is only 17 and she is 16. I told him I was proud that he came forward to tell me, but I didn't get too far into the discussion before he told me that they are keeping the baby. Both have not graduated high school, and frankly, both are quite irresponsible. According to him, having a child is "easy...
Family ConflictMy mom is getting older and wants to create her will. She’s still capable herself for the most part and also has a lawyer, but she lives with us anyway so I help her with a lot of things including this. I have two teenagers. My brother has a teenage daughter with his wife of 20 years. However, they briefly separated a decade ago and he has a son [9M] from a ONS during that time. They've always...
ParentingMy (46 m) sister Tracy (29 f) and I aren't close, but we have a good relationship (at least before this all happened). Tracy got married recently, and she told me the wedding was child free. I have a daughter Ella (12 f) and asked Tracy if she could come, but she said sorry, she and her partner were sticking to the rules. I managed to arrange for Ella to stay at a friend's house for a coupl...
OtherMy son Adam's (24) best friend Carlos (25) pa*sed away over 2 years ago in a car accident, this loss completely devastated Adam to the point where he lost his job, they were like brothers and our family has known his family for years. So we're also very devastated over this loss. Carlos left behind his girlfriend and their now 4 yo son. We don't know his girlfriend too well since he didn't ...
Family ConflictMy daughter is planning on getting married very soon. However, I found out last week upon doing research on our family tree that my daughter's fiancé is her fifth cousin. I initially didn't know how to break this news to her, but I finally did several days ago. My daughter apparently thought that this is perfectly fine, and that she's still going to marry him anyway. I told her that I don't ...
OtherWhen I (F) first met my husband's family, I noticed they had a tradition where all the females (it's a huge family living together) would cook the food together and the men would eat first after which the women would eat. I didn't initially comment on it, not wanting to get into a conflict with people I didn't know too well. As years pa*sed though, I got more annoyed with this tradition. Fo...
RelationshipI'm 37F and I come from a close-knit family. I have 2 younger siblings (28M and 27F) and my sister recently got engaged to FBIL (23M) after dating him for around a year. We all know him well and I have always got along with him. He comes from a rough background but he has always been very polite and charming. He doesn't talk about his own family or about his upbringing. My sister said it's a p...
OtherI have a 4-year-old son with my ex-husband. We’ve been in the middle of divorce since our son was 1. My ex has made settling the divorce and deciding custody of our son h**l for me, both financially and emotionally. I finally reached my boiling point two months ago when I realised just how bad my finances are at the moment and the fact that I would need to stop the divorce and move to an even che...
OtherI invited my soon to be MIL wedding dress shopping as an olive branch because we don't have the best relationship. She accepted but asked if she could bring her BF's 15 year old daughter "Emily" because Emily loves fashion. Honestly I think it was more of MIL has some anxiety around my family and wanted an ally, so I said yes. Emily is ok but ridiculously spoiled. Her divorced parents are i...
RelationshipMy husband (Jesse, 31) has been bringing home meals that his female coworker (Nelly) cook for him. Now I'm not the best cook and Jesse's made it clear but he still eats what I cook everyday. What I noticed with Nelly was that she tends to take every opportunity to point out how weak and taseless my cooking is. Jesse would say nothing except steer the conversation towards som**hing else they bot...
OtherI (36 year old single female) get asked this question a lot and since it comes from co workers, extended family, friends of friends then responding rudely by saying "non of your darn business sweety" still didn't seem to work (not anymore lol) I try to keep good relationships with those around me for a number of reasons, but this question just p**ses me off. especially since the reason for why...