OtherSo my boyfriend and I have a tradition for our anniversary that we each go to a store and separate, and after we buy each other gifts we exchange in the car. It’s silly and cute. We walked into this new mom & pop anime store (I am a huge anime nerd and my boyfriend likes video games which they also sell). We separate and I go look at stuff for my boyfriend. A worker walks up to me and starts...
Family ConflictI (28F) was raised by super religious parents. It was a fight to be able to go to a normal college and not a Christian one with weird rules. When I did that they said they will not he paying for my schooling untill I "come back to the right path". After struggling for a couple of months a friend told me that the strip club she was working at was hiring. I have been dancing my whole life and hav...
Family ConflictI (31M) have had a rocky relationship with my mom, Kara. Growing up, she was very set in her beliefs about same-s*x relationships and race. She would often say things like, “I don’t hate anyone, but I wouldn’t want my son living that way,” and “I raised you better than this.” Five years ago, I came out as gay and introduced her to my then-boyfriend, now-husband, Marcus (36M), who is Black. The ...
OtherAt the airport now. The lady 2 seats behind me on the flight was talked extremely loud the entire flight. I had earplugs in and it was piercing my ears. After the flight landed the lady across the aisle from me looked terrified and said they’re on her next flight. I got up and walked back and said, “you guys are flying to Florida next right? You may want to consider being a little more quie...
OtherI'm 22 years old. my sister is 26 and has 2 children a 2 month old and a 2 year old. I always thought she should not have gotten another could because she can barely take care of the other one and most of the time asks other people to take care of them because she can't do it alone. Our mom is one of the people who goes and helps allot. Definitely now that the babys born. Now for the vacati...
RelationshipOur 18 MO went into respiratory distress on Sat**day; took her to ER, turns out it’s rhinovirus. Her dad is on a hunting trip in North Dakota. He planned on having this two week vacation, he has already been there for a week when our daughter got sick. He didn’t come straight home to Virginia. He waited for updates and he has no plans to leave his vacation early. I didn’t realize in the m...
Family ConflictI (F20) have three siblings who live at home. M22, M15, M12. My older brother does not work and does not go to school. My middle and youngest brothers are in Middle and High School. I have been taking care of them for about six years now. My parents both work. I am the only one who cleans, and makes food, and takes care of the dogs. I have access to a car that I share with my brother, but h...
ParentingI (m27) have a cat named stargazer. I adopted her around 3 years ago and she's truly a little survivor. She was a**sed and as a result has no eyes and only 3 three legs. Nobody wanted to adopt her because of hes deformaties and she's also a black cat so i did bc she was gonna be euthanized otherwise. My sister moved into my city this week and her and her husband (both 43) needed someone to watc...
RelationshipI (20F) am a Canadian attending university in the United States. One of my friends (20F) in university here is a decently large Trump fan. I'm not going to lie and say it hasn't put a bit of a strain on our friendship, but it has never been anything that detrimental. Well, today we were talking about Trump's tariffs. I from the beginning made it clear it was a m**onic idea and will only end poo...
Family ConflictMy wife was pr****nt with our first child. We weren't telling anyone yet because it was early. My mom was over at our house and noticed some obvious clues of pregnancy. She asked about it and we were honest. We also asked her to please respect our wishes and not go telling people because it was early in the pregnancy and we wanted time to ourselves to absorb it. The pregnancy was unplann...
Family ConflictLittle backstory- I grew up in a very religious home. We went to church (non-denominational) 2-3 times per week. I always questioned what I was being taught and when I was in 6th grade & going to a Christian school, I realized I was agnostic. I live in the Bible belt, so it's difficult having my beliefs (or lack there of). Despite my family all being religious, they have all respected my be...
Family ConflictI have two of my children living with me. One has graduated from college and the other is a junior. I have to purchase medicated shampoo because of a scalp condition. It is by prescription and it is expensive. it also comes in packaging that is meant to be stored upright. Not on its side and definitely not upside down. My daughter has her hair products in the shower and I do not touch them....