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RelationshipI don't know if I am being materialistic, my husband says I am so I want to post here and get some objective judgments. With Christmas coming up, I did want a gift from my husband, mainly for the symbolism like the thought of getting a Christmas gift. I know he doesn't have much money because he's very reluctant to work and skips going to his part time job most of the time, so I told him it cou...
OtherSo my girlfriend and I recently got engaged, and I figured it would be nicer to have her pick out her own ring rather then me guessing what she likes. Now I already know my girlfriend loves shiny things, but now she is absolutely adamant that she wants a real diamond ring. Personally I don't like the idea of sh**ling out so much money for a piece of jewelry with an artificial high price. So...
RelationshipI’m a successful software engineer and I dropped out my senior year because I had a good job opportunity that paid 6 figures. I’ve always been a bit self conscious about it because I live somewhere where people go to work after graduating from Ivy League schools. Not finishing college has never stopped me from getting a good job. Anyways my gf has a professional degree and she always just a...
OtherMy (36) brother (30) got married this past weekend. I was supposed to be his best man. The wedding was 12+ because they didn't want to have to deal with toddlers and such, which is fair enough. A lot of guests do have young kids though, so they decided to have a venue nearby with a professional sitter if parents wanted to drop kids off there. My wife has some injuries that make her slow to r...
OtherI 24f have my own apartment. My fiancé is deployed and I have a 1 year old son. My younger sister Ella18 lives with me. She pays no rent, and goes to the nearby college. She has no job and I financially support her since she is in school. Our parents live 3 hours away so it was a better fit. I work 5 days a week, and my son is in daycare. I got called in on a Sat**day (I’m off weekends and ...
OtherMy 16 year old son was catfishing people on the internet for petty cash (10-50 dollars per person.). I couldn’t believe it. I don’t know how I screwed up as a parent this badly to fail to instill in him that this is wrong and morally depraved behavior. I asked why he’d do this to innocent people, mostly elderly people, and he said he needed money to buy things we wouldn’t buy him (video gami...
OtherDue to financial challenges I am currently broke right now. This coincided with my sister in law’s baby shower. It’s the first baby born to any of my siblings so it’s a big to do. I had money set aside but had to use it to cover some unexpected expenses that came up with my car. By the time I got things sorted and got around to the registry, the smaller items were gone and all that was left we...
OtherMy GF and I have been together for nearly 2 years now. We get along great and already have moved in with each other. I am a pretty laid back guy and like to "go with the flow", whilst she is very organised and likes to take charge, which works very well for us because we are always pulling in the same direction because our personalities match up well! A couple of months or so ago we were having...
WorkMy best friend, Tom's daughter Kate is an architecture major. She got accepted to a college in California and graduated with good results. My daughter Anne also went into architecture and she's doing well. Anne is generally a quieter person and she does tend to laze around a bit. Both Anne and Kate applied for a job at the same firm, which is co-owned by Tom's brother. She didn't end up get...
ParentingMyself (27M) and my wife (27F) are having a boy, we already have a girl who is now 2. My wife is really into films, oscar type films and she is like an a**lyser when watching them so she wanted to make a gender reveal short film, 10 minutes long to say we're having a girl, kind of weird but I went along with it, we posted it and she was super happy with it but it cost so much, she hired expensive ...
ParentingI got pr****nt in high school, when I was 17 (I am just turning 30 now). I wanted an abortion and my boyfriend begged, begged, begged, guilted, begged me to carry the fetus to term and that he would raise the baby himself. He involved his parents, who involved my parents, and since my parents were against abortion, they agreed on my behalf that this is what would happen. I was naive at the ...
RelationshipMy son has adhd. He's hyper active and has a medical condition. Days ago was my best friend of 10 years pa*sed away. I asked my husbabd if he could stay with my 4yo son so I could attend the funeral. My husband said yes but then took him over to his sister and her husband's house to watch him without telling me. At the funeral I recieved a text from my sil telling me to come get my son after...