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RelationshipShe hasn't bathed, changed clothes, or done any household things since Animal crossing/doom released. I pre-ordered both and a few more things for her as a semi early anniversary gift and she absolutely loves them... Too much. I didn't say a word the first few days, I understand excitement but once it got close to a week I made a bath for her and she said she'd get to it later. Later as in ...
ParentingI’m allergic to cats and don’t want to deal with the ha*sle of a dog. My wife and kids have been begging for a pet for years, but I really don’t want to take allergy medicine just to be able to live in my own home (I don’t take any medicine) and I feel like a dog would be very restrictive to our already extremely busy lifestyle (and unfair to a puppy). I shut it down every time they bring it u...
RelationshipMy f30 sister f23 is disabled, she can't work because of her imobility but receives benefits (SSDI) due to her disability. She used to live with our mom who pa*sed away 8 moths ago. It'd been hard for us, I took my sister in to live with me and my husband. Note that my husband doesn't take any part of her care whatsoever, moreover he started complaining about my sister from time to time. She...
RelationshipSo I don’t track my wife’s period but I’ve been with her long enough to get a sense of where it falls every month. She keeps them in the cabinet with the toilet paper, and I saw she only had one left. So when I went shopping today I picked up a package because her period is “coming up”. Figured I’d be nice. Anyway when I got home and she saw them she got upset and said it was weird that I did i...
RelationshipMy (34m) good friend (27m) is on the spectrum. I don’t know if how I’m speaking about this will come across as offensive, but he’s on the less severe side of things. He’s verbal and can read social cues decently well. The only “tells” are his stims (he rocks almost constantly if he’s sitting still, a few verbal stims, etc.) and his aversion of a few sensory related things. It’s not som**hin...
RelationshipMy gf is super into hiking and we planned a trip to Cali that involved a hike in the Grand Canyon she always wanted to do. We did a hike the day before that was too intense for me and I’m not a fit as her. I finished but I couldn’t go the other hike aka the dream hike of hers. It was also not meant to be done in one day and the rangers said it was hard to do in one day and not advised. She ...
OtherMy sister and I weren't raised religious. She went off to uni at 18 and became a Christian when she started dating another Christian. Basically the point is she doesn't believe anymore that dinosaurs exist. She's now married to a man who isn't religious which is a sore point for her that he won't convert. I have a niece (9) and a nephew (6). A couple of weeks ago while watching them, my neph...
ParentingUsing a new account, hoping her sister doesn’t find this because I know she’s on Reddit… My wife’s (32f) younger sister (24f) is in college in our area. Her lease was temporary where she was living so she’s staying with us while she looks for a new place. Honestly I (30m) am not a big fan of hers. She’s kind of bratty? But what really made me not stand her is her att*tude with our 10 month old...
RelationshipEver since I can remember, our family has always gone on a hike the morning of Christmas. We did it all through my childhood, my husband’s family did it, my friend’s families are similar, though for some it’s just a walk, or some go into the city and do an easy 5 or 10k run. My son Porter has been dating Emily for the past 6 months. I’m happy she’s going to join us. They’re coming from the city...
OtherI (M 25) was on Hinge and yesterday, I matched with a girl (F 23). She was very nice and we seemed to have a lot in common. We even had the same intention of wanting an actual relationship. We talked almost all day yesterday except for a gap in the afternoon and everything seemed to be going good. However, this morning she dropped the b**b on me that she had cerebral palsy. This was not feature...
OtherMe and my sister used to be close, but when I was 5 and she was 7, I got sick up until I was 15. Because I was sick, my parents often stopped her from doing normal things on my account; at first, I was ok with her doing kid stuff. But at one point I got bitter and kind of guilt-tripped my parents and her to let her stay with me, but I did that up until I was 12; after i noticed that it was lea...
ParentingI’ve been with my girlfriend for four years now. I have a son from a previous relationship and she has two children of her own from her’s. My son is turning 18 very shortly and will be graduating. Pretty much since my son was born I’ve put aside money for him in a separate bank account. When I first started I was never able to add much to it, but I worked my a*s off and made sacrifices in order...