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RelationshipSo, for some context, me (32 F) and my ex (32 M) had our daughter (16 F) back when we were in highschool. We broke up after graduation, but remained friendly for our daughters sake. Me and my ex are both married and have kids with our new partners. I have one 9 yr old daughter with my husband and my ex has three young ones under the age of 6 with his wife. My daughter alternates between our hou...
OtherSo I (30F) live in a suburban neighborhood with my husband (32M). We have a double driveway that fits both of our cars comfortably, and we’ve lived here for about five years. Our next-door neighbor, let’s call her Linda, moved in a year ago. She’s an older woman in her late 50s who seems friendly on the surface but has started to cause some issues. It started a few months ago when I came ho...
OtherMy daughter is 26 and getting married next year. She's been planning this elaborate destination wedding in Italy that would cost around 80k total. She's been saving for years and has about 30k put away, plus we've contributed another 15k from what we had set aside for wedding expenses. The problem is she's still short about 35k for everything she wants - the villa rental, catering for 100 guest...
Family ConflictI am 24f and my husband 24, both met at our university, when we both were 18. Got married at age of 21. I run a bridal store and he runs a hardware shop. My husband has two siblings who are 12 and 10, as his parents struggled fertility issues for a decade and then had two children later. His parents d*ed two months back in an accident. And left a house but not much money, due to bad investm...
Family ConflictI (29F) just had my first child, and my stepmom, “Laura” (56F), is insisting my baby call her “Grandma.” Laura married my dad when I was a teen and has never been a maternal figure. She even told me back then, “I’m not your mom,” which was fine—I already had one. Now, Laura says she’s “earned” the Grandma t*tle after years in the family, but I disagree. I told her the t*tle is for my mom an...
RelationshipMy wife and I are extremely fortunate to have won a decent amount of money from Lotto recently. It wasn't the top prize but it was enough to pay off our (sizeable) mortgage and still have some left over for vacations. The mortgage was by far our biggest weekly cost and with that gone we could both comfortably cut our hours back at work to only school hours and spend some more time with our kid...
OtherMy wife and I have 2 sons. My youngest was the first to get married. We spent about 10K on his wedding. Then when my oldest got married because years had pa*sed and 10K was not enough for a wedding anymore we gave him 30K. I believe we treated them equally because 5 years had pa*sed between the weddings so realistically it would be unfair if we gave my oldest 10K as well. Now my youngest is ge...
OtherI (28m) have a twin brother. Growing up, we were inseparable and until recently I thought we were still very close. I was always more of a shy nerd and he was an extrovert that played sports throughout our childhood and high school, but we spent almost all of our time together, by choice. We went our separate ways when college came. He stayed local in Arizona and I went to college in Portland. ...
OtherYou know that overdone scene in movies where a character walks in on their woman getting railed by their best friend? Yeah that was my weekend. Still shaking as I type this. I (m36) beat the s**t of my “friend” of 10years when I saw what I saw. He didn’t press charges, didn’t even fight back and said later he knows he had it coming. Obviously I did not touch my now ex-gf (33) but holy s**t ...
RelationshipI (27M) was on a long flight and had paid extra for an aisle seat with extra legroom. Shortly after boarding, a flight attendant approached me and asked if I’d be willing to switch seats because a mother (mid-30s) wanted to sit next to her husband. I asked where they wanted to move me, and the flight attendant pointed to a middle seat at the back of the plane—less legroom, stuck between two str...
OtherWe were watching a segment about Dr. Caitlin Bernard, the doctor who helped a 10-year-old r**e victim get an abortion. My boyfriend said he thought abortion should be completely illegal, even in cases like that. He made it clear he supported that extreme mindset (that kirk guy level). I asked him if he thinks embryo are the same as a “child” and he said yes. I am a stem major so that irked me,...
Family ConflictI (34M) recently bought my first home after years of hard work and saving. It’s a modest but beautiful house in a quiet neighborhood, and I’m incredibly proud of achieving this milestone. My parents (both in their late 60s) currently live in a rented apartment, and while they’re not struggling financially, they’ve expressed concerns about retirement and wanting a more s**ble living arrangement...