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Family ConflictMy daughter is planning on getting married very soon. However, I found out last week upon doing research on our family tree that my daughter's fiancé is her fifth cousin. I initially didn't know how to break this news to her, but I finally did several days ago. My daughter apparently thought that this is perfectly fine, and that she's still going to marry him anyway. I told her that I don't ...
RelationshipI'm 37F and I come from a close-knit family. I have 2 younger siblings (28M and 27F) and my sister recently got engaged to FBIL (23M) after dating him for around a year. We all know him well and I have always got along with him. He comes from a rough background but he has always been very polite and charming. He doesn't talk about his own family or about his upbringing. My sister said it's a p...
OtherI invited my soon to be MIL wedding dress shopping as an olive branch because we don't have the best relationship. She accepted but asked if she could bring her BF's 15 year old daughter "Emily" because Emily loves fashion. Honestly I think it was more of MIL has some anxiety around my family and wanted an ally, so I said yes. Emily is ok but ridiculously spoiled. Her divorced parents are i...
RelationshipMy husband (Jesse, 31) has been bringing home meals that his female coworker (Nelly) cook for him. Now I'm not the best cook and Jesse's made it clear but he still eats what I cook everyday. What I noticed with Nelly was that she tends to take every opportunity to point out how weak and taseless my cooking is. Jesse would say nothing except steer the conversation towards som**hing else they bot...
OtherI (36 year old single female) get asked this question a lot and since it comes from co workers, extended family, friends of friends then responding rudely by saying "non of your darn business sweety" still didn't seem to work (not anymore lol) I try to keep good relationships with those around me for a number of reasons, but this question just p**ses me off. especially since the reason for why...
OtherMy husband and I have 4 kids, 2 boys and 2 girls. For Christmas, we got our younger 2 (8f, 10m) these kids electric ride on scooters and our older son (14) a go kart. We told my kids that they need to be careful of pedestrians and other riders and that if they hit someone/som**hing their scooters/go kart would be taken away and if they broke anything, they’d have to work to pay back what they b...
Family ConflictMy mom's grandma started a cookbook before she had kids, my grandma inherited it off her when grandma started having kids and then my mom got it before she had me. My mom gave it to me when she was sick (I was 7 at the time) and d*ed soon after. She told me to be careful with it and that it was special to our family. A couple of years after she d*ed I learned my dad had cheated on her with his...
Family ConflictI (f27) found out I was pr****nt very recently. My husband (m34) and his family are beyond happy and excited. From what I heard my husband was married 2 times before but couldn't have kids for 10 years. This is obviously a huge deal for his family because his mom will be a first time grandma with this baby. They threw a celebration dinner for us and as his mom and I were talking about the b...
Family ConflictThis actually happened about 5 months ago, but since my girlfriend (no longer engaged) refuses to let it go, and I honestly don’t think I’m in the wrong, I figured I’d ask for an outside opinion. My girlfriend (then fiancée) were engaged to be married about 5 months ago. Now, my biological mother is a useless drug addict that I’ve never cared for nor wished to pursue a relationship with. She...
RelationshipI (32m) have been dating my girlfriend (29f) for about 18 months. She has the cutest little 4-year-old daughter from a previous relationship. As our relationship has progressed I've been spending more and more time at my girlfriend's place, to the point that I've all but moved in with them. This is mostly just because it's logistically easier for me to go to her place since she has a kid and I ...
RelationshipFor context, my wife (25F) and I (27M) have been married for 3 years. We have a 2 year old daughter and live in a 2 bedroom apartment, which isn't very big. Outside of this argument we have a solid relationship and I love her very much. Ever since our daughter was born my wife has decided to be a stay at home mom until she starts kindergarten. While surviving without her paycheck is very diffic...
ParentingI (18f) have a 2 year old daughter who lives with me and her father (18m), but spends two daytimes a week with my mom so that I can run errands (such as going to the doctors, doing the food shopping, cleaning the house, etc) and because my mom loves to spend time with my daughter. My 27 year old sister was visiting my mom's house for the week from out of town. My sister and I have never really go...