ParentingMy (25) sister (31), let's say her name's Lisa, is getting married later this year. The wedding is child free. I'm currently pr****nt and at the time of the wedding will have a 5 month baby. I asked Lisa if she could come as well, but Lisa said no. I accepted that and told her I won't be able to attend. I don't feel comfortable leaving my young kid with a sitter and my family would be at th...
RelationshipI married my husband very young. Three years into our marriage we got a divorce, because he had an affair and got his mistress pr****nt. We were split for 5 years, then decided we had changed as people, and reconciled for our daughter(we had before the divorce) and for ourselves, with help of counseling. We’ve now been together 6 years. During the years apart I had another child with a serious...
OtherI used to have a German Shepherd named "Willy," but had to put him up for adoption because my future stepson is allergic to dogs, so Willy had to be out of the house before my fiancée and her son moved in with me. Ngl, I did feel like I'd given up on Willy. I've had him since he was small, but I did thorough digging to find him the perfect home and the perfect family. I'd met up with the family...
RelationshipI (32F) have been dating John (37M) for 2 years. He is a single dad to 3 kids (4M, 6M, 9M). I moved in with him recently. John is very protective of his kids and initially prevented me from meeting them fully, easing them into accepting me by encouraging me to be "extra friendly," buying them things, and cooking for them daily. The boys have now become very attached to me because I spend more t...
OtherMy daughter (28f) is marrying a woman (28f) and my husband and I have been trying to be as involved as we can be without v***ating our conscience or who we are and what we believe. Ever since our daughter opened up to us about her relationship, we've been staying open-minded, praying, communicating with her about it, asking questions, researching, welcoming the girlfriend into our home and getting...
ParentingI know the t*tle sounds bad but hear me out. I'm 47F, my husband is 49M, my son is 28M, his fiancee is 27F. When my son proposed, we talked to both he and his fiancee to find out their game plans for the future. We wanted to buy them a house but one question decided *how big*: do they plan on having children? Their answer was "yes", so we did buy them a house, but kept it in our name. Be...
RelationshipMy wedding was days ago. My brother attended but his wife didn't. She was nearing her due date to give birth and she didn't come. The wedding was going well. Til my brother recieved a call from his mil telling him that sil was in labor. He told me he was leaving and my wife and I were fine with that but the issue began after he had told one of the guests that sil was in labor. Word spread out ...
Family ConflictI have a wife (Wilhelma, 40) and two sons (Sam, 17, and Scott, 16). 6 years ago, I ran to the gas station to buy some cigarettes. Instead of abandoning my family (just a joke) I decided to also buy a lottery ticket for everyone, just for fun. It was a blast. We all talked all night about what we would do with our winnings, where we would go, etc. I mean, this was all fantasy anyway, right? But...
RelationshipA couple of weeks ago I accidentally left my car keys in my uniform pants at work, and left my pants in my locker (I don’t wear my uniform home for multiple reasons. I just bring it home to wash - I have 2). I realized when I got to the subway station, where I’d parked, that I’d left my keys back at work - a half hour train ride and no guarantee I’d be able to get back in the building (it was a...
Family ConflictMy fiancé and I are getting married. He comes from a conservative family and his mom has been up in the wedding planning posing as "supervisor" to oversee and to "catch & eliminate" anything that could be seen as "offensive". After the wedding dress fiasco(I was told to get a dress that wasn't showing too much 'skin'...came the makeup issue. I showed my fiancé some looks I wanted to choose fro...
BoundariesMy husband, our daughters (18, 16, 16, 12), and I live in a 4 bed 2 bath house. All of the girls share a bathroom and they’ve been complaining about it for a while. We’ve been saying we’ll convert the laundry room into a bathroom for the twins for a while. It’s an expensive project so we’ve never gotten to it. My husband and I started working on our garage recently and turned it into a gym f...
OtherI (22f) have been friends with Danny (22m) since high school and he recently moved in with his current gf Lucy (22f). They had a housewarming party on Friday and Lucy spent most of the night dancing with her own friends who are very like her (excitable extroverted e.g) and dragging Danny away from his conversations with us (his friends) to dance even though he's more like us (introverted not party...