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OtherI'm a software engineer, with a full time job and a side hustle of doing freelance coding work in my own time. I've always been the type to have a side hustle I put a lot of my free time into; I get really bored sitting idle. My freelance hourly rates are $60 an hour, and at my full time job, my hourly pay works out to about $40 an hour. So that's how I value my time. Anyway, over Christmas ...
RelationshipI (55F) have been married to my husband and my daughter's stepdad (63M) for 4 years. My 23 yo daughter and I have a complicated relationship. She has been diagnosed with dissociative ident*ty disorder. She has a lot of trauma from watching me and my husband's horrible marriage go down and was bullied in school. When she told me she was being bullied by p*ers, my view that all children are inno...
BoundariesMy husband's best friend (female) got the news of her dog's cancer days ago. My husband would call her everyday til yesterday when she visited. I opened the door for her, greeted her then led her to the living room and went into the kitchen to get a cla*s of water after my husband asked me. I came back and didn't find them in the living room. Turns out they went into the guests room and the ...
RelationshipMy f32, sister f28, and her husband m32 moved in with us 2 days ago after they lost their apartment to medical debts for their child (my nephew). My husband and I are more than happy to have them stay for few weeks til they get this resolved. However, Yesterday at 7pm, I was in the kitchen when my husband rushed in and said that he saw both my sister and her husband walk out of the bathroom. Th...
RelationshipMe F35 and my exhusband M37 got separated 1 year ago, we share custody of our 15 yo daughter. My exhusband has her for certain days, and his birthday didn't fall on one of these days. In fact, it fell on one of the days where my daughter is supposed to be with me. He called me so we could discuss letting him have my daughter on the day of his birthday but I told him no because it is not his da...
OtherI am 24M and I have a friend who is 21, she is really nice and we've known each other for a year. She is my sister's acquaintance and we met at my sister's birthday party. I have a crush on her although she isn't exactly my type. Lately I feel like I've been getting vibes that she likes me back. Last week I won a raffle and have 2 tickets to see a famous singer perform next month in a nearb...
RelationshipMy husband has been tested for ADHD, but he doesn't have it. He has the kinds of problems that are a*sociated with ADHD, however. He says writing lists, making a schedule, setting alarms, etc, is physically painful for him and he'd rather just deal with oca*sional emergencies rather than be proactive. The specific problem; He often forgets to push the shower diverter valve down. You know, the l...
OtherI dread going to my childhood friend's birthday party every year. We moved apart a decade ago, and even though I'll always care deeply about her, we are very different people now and her friend group reflects this. She has one friend, let's call her Amanda, who...without fail... has to comment on my weight EVERY single time she sees me. 'You're so skinny!' 'Do you even eat?' 'Does your bf ca...
RelationshipI (51F) divorced my ex husband ( 53M) 7 years ago. We were married for 14 years and had 3 kids together ( 24M, 22F, 18F). I was a SAHM and I suffered from constipation that, while doctors say isn't definitely IBS, has made me suffer from joint and back pain when I eat things like dairy or any of my other food sensitivities. We live in New Jersey and the judge made it so that child support an...
RelationshipI (44F) divorced my ex husband ( 47M) 2 years ago and have been dating my boyfriend (45M) since ( no cheating) . My ex and I were fighting a lot, but the divorce was less litigious than expected. My ex husband "James" and I were married for 21 years. In the state of Ma*sachusetts, I as his ex spouse was able to stay on his group health insurance. In addition, the judge ordered that since I stay...
BoundariesI (27f) am married to a man (34m). Together we have 2 children. His daughter (11), and a son we shared (4). We’ve been married for 6 years. We have the older girl on a 50/50 schedule. The way it works out, she is at our house typically 3-4 nights a week and then her mother’s house the same amount of time. A BIG area of conflict between my husband and I is that he feels he doesn’t get enough ...
Food & DietWe came back from our trip last night. It was late and my little brother Neil(5M) and I(17F) were hungry. My parents bought two sandwiches for us. My parents are against fast food, and the number of times I have eaten fast food in my entire life is less than 10, and I really love fast food. We got home and Neil was running around as usual while my parents tried to get him to sit down and eat, ...