OtherA few years ago my brother needed help. I let him move into one of my rental properties and we did it all legal. Lease agreement and everything. Because I was renting to him at a breakeven point we agreed that he was responsible for all the maintenance of the house and yard. Well he has four kids. And the hot water tank isn't enough for his family and he wants a new one. I told him to go ahe...
RelationshipI've been married to my wife for 3 years. I have a 16 yo son from my previous marriage and his grandparents and I are on good terms. We've set up a joint account to contribute towards his college fund. The problem started when my wife requested that I pull money from my son's college fund to pay for a c-section in a private hospital. I declined her request and refused to even negotiate. She ...
RelationshipI (28M) am I recovering alcoholic. My father was an alcoholic when I was a child and I guess I caught it from him. I've been sober for about a year now, and I attend this recovery group once a week that is held by the Mormon church. I've been gaining an interest in their beliefs and have been considering conversion, but that's another conversation. My wife (26F) went out with her friends th...
OtherI took my son with me to the grocery store today. He is seven. I am a big believer in learning by doing. I like to give my son as interactive a role in things as possible, and if he wants to do som**hing himself I always at least let him try unless it's unsafe. When we got to the self checkout he confidently told me he could do it by himself, so I let him. There are about ten self checkouts and...
OtherMe (31M) and Taylor (30M) have been best friends since forever. We were school budd*es, college friends, my parents love him, we’ve vacationed together many times. Taylor is a very affectionate person, kind, thoughtful guy. Three years ago me and Anne (31F) started dating, and now I’m pretty sure she’s the love of my life. Brilliant woman all around. We’re getting married next January. The C...
Food & DietHey guys, short time lurker first time poster, I'm not one to really do this but I'm genuinely wondering if I'm in the wrong. So my son had a friend over for dinner the other night. For context, they're both 13, and the friends parents are vegan. I don't know anything about vegan food and don't have many vegetables I normally cook - pretty much all I ever make for vegetable sides is b**tered...
Family ConflictI (42 f) met my husband (44 m) 6 years ago and we have been married for 2 years. He has a daughter (7 f) from a previous marriage that didn’t end well after his ex cheated on him. His daughter rarely ever sees her mom as she constantly travels the world. I feel awful that his daughter hasn’t had a good mother figure in her life so I have been trying my best to take her out to do girly things an...
Family ConflictI (25m) am a single dad to my 5 year old son and daughter. Their mom is alive, but left me and I have full custody. Yesterday I had to buy groceries so I had my kids next to me. An older guy was behind me in line and started asking me about them and I should have just said that I was watching them or som**hing but I told him that they're my kids. I don't look old at all, so of course he sta...
Family ConflictMy mom and I have just come off of a 3 year estrangement. Her and my wife hated each other from day one, just really clashed and my mom was going through some stuff in her personal life and acting out. We mutually agreed it wasn't fixable and we should go our separate ways. I recently reconnected with her at a party and told her that I wanted to try and fix things. My wife supported this. M...
RelationshipI F, 31 have been with my boyfriend M, 37 (who's a single dad with 2 boys) for 2 years. He has a decent job with decent income and is into woodworking as a hobby. For Vdays, Bdays and every other celebration, He'd gift me mostly jewelry and I get him his favorite gadgets or sports gear. For this Valentine I got him sneakers, I found out today that his gift for me was a wooden framed photo of hi...
OtherMy (F29) family jokingly refers to me as “Princess/The Princess”, because I have a reputation for being opinionated and sensitive. This is mostly because of sensory issues, so certain noises or textures grate on me to an extent that I will leave the room or avoid touching things. I’m also just a picky person and I like things how I like them. So my stepdad started referring to me as the Prince...
BoundariesI rent out the spare bedroom in my house for $800 a month (market rate in my area). I don't know my roommate very well, but we work for the same company. I work early mornings and she works late evenings. So we're often ships pa*sing in the night. On Friday my hot water heater broke. The home warranty guys said they couldn't get anyone out until Monday morning. It's hot as balls right now, ...