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Family ConflictMy wife and her younger sister are best friends. As a result, when our middle daughter and her cousin were born around the same time, my wife really expected them to also be best friends. With sixteen years of hindsight, I can say with certainty that the expectation was misplaced. Nothing happened in particular. My daughter just doesn't like her cousin. My wife keeps pushing the relationshi...
RelationshipThe thing is, his family is constantly judging and talking about each other, so when he says "It doesn't matter, they don't care..." I know, and he knows, he's full of it. Also, it's not just tid**ng the house. We are not regularly stocked in food or drinks to have people over. When I got home, I asked what he was planning on having for dinner, and he responded, "I don't know, I guess it's good...
Family ConflictI don't have a problem with the idea of parents who stay home with their kids. It's not like that. I get that childcare is expensive, and that often times it just makes sense. What I have a problem with is my teenage daughter literally planning her life to *only* become a SAHM. As in, no college, no jobs, no certifications, nothing at all to support herself until that time might come. I told...
Family ConflictMy sister has a habit of saying "you know what really gets my goat," she probably says it 7/8 times a day. So like that Tumblr post, I taught my niece to say "el chupacabra" when her mom says it (it sounds more like "eh supacaba" though cause shes four but its adorable). I told my niece it was a monster from Mexico that eats goats and she didn't seem scared or anything, probably cause the only ...
OtherMy (37F) 10-year-old daughter has been walking to school on her own for a couple of years. She knows the route, she's always on time, and she's never had any issues. We live in a relatively safe area and the school is a 15 minute walk from our home, with ample sidewalks and crosswalks. Today, I found out that our neighbor has been driving her to school without my knowledge. I'm furious and went...
OtherI (31F) had my first baby, a boy, three months ago. My husband and I had picked out his name, Leo, long before he was born. It’s a name we both love, and we didn’t share it with anyone until he was born to keep it special between us. Recently, my sister (28F) announced that she and her husband are expecting their first child—a boy—and she was thrilled to tell everyone they’d chosen the name Leo...
RelationshipMy wife pa*sed away from a terminal illness 5 years ago. My daughter was 17 at the time, and it really affected her a lot as she was really close to her mom. I struggled a lot the next couple of years, and even the thought of dating was completely out of my mind. I had a lot of really dark thoughts, which I also shared with my sister, as my sister and I really close. My sister supported me ...
RelationshipI’ve (29m) been with my gf (28f) for the past 8 months and it has been amazing. I’ve met her friends and I really like them all, and she’s met my friends and they all got along great. We are all hanging out together for the first time this weekend. The issue is that my gf has told one of her friends, let’s call her Sue, that she thinks she would be perfect for one of my friends, let’s call him...
Family ConflictSo my a*shole sc***ag parents named me Qur'stylle and my whole life i have gotten s**t like "are you muslim" "what language is your name originated from?" "what country are you from" and people butchering its pronunciation, for obvious reasons. I have always told people to just spell it as Chrystal and my parents (mainly mom) would take huge offense to it and would email my teachers every year...
OtherMy 5 year old son’s birthday is coming up and he wants a chocolate cake with chocolate icing. It’s his birthday so I said yes. My MIL can be a selfish cow sometimes and my son was telling her how’s he getting chocolate cake and chocolate ice cream. My MIL said she didn’t like that and my so. Should get som**hing we all like. My son said “it’s not your birthday so you don’t get a say”. This w...
OtherA few years ago I started a job that was more office based than previous jobs. Because of that, I was moving less and gaining some weight and I am very out of shape. I’m not overweight, but I’m carrying a little more fat than I’m used to and I can tell my cardio ability has gone down. I get a one hour paid lunch per day. A lot of my coworkers eat at their desk and do a little work, like maybe a...
RelationshipMy late best friend and I knew each other since we were little. We were next-door neighbors and always played together. We even went to the same kindergarten, primary school and middle/high school together. One day during our soph**ore year, we started talking about how most of our cla*smates had started dating. We obviously weren’t okay with that and decided get one up on all of them by gettin...