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ParentingMy two year old son is at an age where everyone wants to touch him and pinch him. My wife and I agreed we wouldn’t force our kids to hug or kiss anyone because we want to teach appropriate physical boundaries and ownership of your body from an early age. Recently my grandmother visited and when she was leaving my sister directed my son to “give Grammy a kiss goodbye” and he said “don’t want ...
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...
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 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...
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...
RelationshipLast year, my (22m) girlfriend (23f) won a radio contest to briefly meet and take a photo with one of her favorite kpop groups, NCT. She was super excited since I guess you would call her a superfan. I definitely feel like she's too old to put so much stock in kpop, but I generally don't talk to her about it, since it's pretty harmless, just annoying. She was told that she could bring a plu...
BoundariesI (24m) and my gf (32f), Liv, have been seeing each other for close to a year. I live in a shared house with 8 men in a tiny 2x2m room, which is why she doesn't sleep at my place, although I save significant rent money there despite the poor conditions. For the past few months, I have been staying at Liv's house four nights a week. Her bed is larger, and I can cook there because my home is con...