OtherSo my birthday was three days ago. Mum asked last month my plans for it and I said that I would love for me mum, dad, and brother to go to a nice restaurant and have dinner. She agreed and thought it was a great idea. I made a point of saying that all I want is us to celebrate my birthday and I do not want anyone else to join us. I get a text from my mum to tell me to get to her place at 5 (...
BoundariesI 25f and my Husband 27 have a home together with our 4 year old. My sister Julia20 lives with us because we live close to her college. She has her own room. Julia likes to leave the bedroom in a big shirt and underwear, or just a robe, or walk around the house in her sports bra, booty shorts. I’ve mentioned to her nicely to change before but she keeps doing it. The other night she did it a...
Family ConflictMy husband was staying at the hospital for some health issues. After he got out he started wetting the bed every few nights, we talked to the doctor about it and they gave us meds but they take time so they suggested that my husband use adult diapers temporarily. He said no, and since he's too sick to do anything then I'm the one having to clean up every time. I grew tired of it. He just ke...
Family ConflictMy husband and I have 3 kids, 9M, 8M, and 3F. The boys have been driving us crazy. They fight like cats and dogs. We’ve had countless talks with them about respecting each other, to no avail. I understand sibling rivalry but it’s gotten to the point it’s disruptive to us all, every day. I already told my husband last week I wasn’t sure if the vacation was a good idea. My husband shut me dow...
OtherMy 7 year old daughter (Elsie) has recently started to make mornings more difficult by throwing a fit when we ask her to get dressed for school. We’ve tried setting her clothes out the night before but she still makes an issue out of it, and she doesn’t want to sleep in her clothes so that’s not an option either. my wife leaves for work before me, so I’m normally the one who has to deal with t...
RelationshipI type very fast on my phone and sometimes have spelling errors/grammar mistakes, but as this is a text, I don't think it's that important. I just need the person who I send a message understand what I mean. I know it irritates my husband, as he has talked to me about it before and for him I usually double check my texts, but last night it slipped my mind. I texted my husband a shopping lis...
RelationshipI consider myself a "food*e" but my boyfriend Jay is the exact opposite. Like he'll literally eat but it's more than that — he always starts things with me when I try to take him out for good food. For example last year I got us reservations at a steak house and he made a point of ordering his steak well done with ketchup. The thing is he doesn't even like eating the food this way he does it t...
RelationshipWednesday after I served the plates, my girlfriend said she didn't want pasta and was going to make a salad. I was pretty sure she was going to do this, and it didn't bother me. I waited for her to come back to start eating, and when she sat down I tried to talk to her about her day. She asked if I was trying to make a point. I asked what she meant. She asked if I cared that she wasn't goin...
ParentingMy 2 year old daughter has been in a home daycare for a few months now. The teacher, Sasha, is very nice. I am normally all for my daughter cleaning her own messes. However, I find when I arrive, Sasha expects my daughter to finish cleaning up whatever she was playing with. Which again would be fine, but it delays us getting out the door and heading home, sometimes we have plans, etc. I sta...
OtherOkay so my (21F) brother (18M) has a collection of books, he has been collecting since he was around 10, he reads almost every day and has 2 large bookshelves in his room. I’ve recently started trying to read more and I saw a book recommendation online, I noticed my brother reading the same book a few days earlier and instead of buying one online I thought I’d just ask him if I could borrow his, h...
OtherMyself (28M) and my partner (31F) were recently riding the underground. My partner is 8 months pr****nt and looks heavily pr****nt too, no one could mistake her for being any different. She’s not particularly mobile either now and we’ve taken to riding the underground more, even for shorter journeys just to allow her to rest more frequently when we are out and about. We jumped on the Circle...
RelationshipMy wife and I were expecting a child in October. We are in our early 30's and have been trying for a child for some time - due to character limits I won't get into details, but it has been difficult. In February, we discovered that she was pr****nt! Obviously, we were over the moon with joy. We began to prepare - we did everything you could possibly do to get ready. We planned a baby shower and...