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RelationshipI really thought this was normal but so many people are telling me I'm a b**ch for not doing so that it's starting to mess with my head tbh. I recently received a house, my grandmother pa*sed away and left her 2 houses to my sister and I. We sat down and between the 2 of us decided that she should have the bigger house as she is married and has 2 kids and another on the way, while I would move ...
RelationshipMy husband's (40M) mom pa*sed away late last year. It was very hard on him and his father. The holidays were rough. My husband is still struggling and I've been doing my best to be kind, supportive, and understanding. But he's been less attentive with our 3 kids (14F, 12M, & 9M) and I'm pretty sure he's struggling at work too but he won't admit it. He started therapy about a month ago and is g...
OtherMy (25F) nephew (4M) pa*sed away 1 year ago because of cancer. It was right on my birthday and there was no celebration, there was nothing, because everyone was devastated. My sister Denise is still grieving, she's in therapy and making some progress, but it's been slow. My family and I try to be as supportive as possible. Birthdays in my family are very important, we throw huge parties, I b...
RelationshipMy wife (36F) and I (38M) have been married for 10 years and have 3 kids (8, 5, & 3). We both work full-time and live fairly comfortably. I work in sales and have had somewhat of a down year commission wise. Coupled with inflation this year and the cost of raising 3 growing kids, our budget has definitely tightened a bit. Nothing serious, we just aren't saving as much as we have been able to i...
Family ConflictMy sister's husband was sick for over 6 months. In the past couple of months he got worse. They have 2 kids (nephew 4 and niece 6). I agreed to take the kids in to look after them and help my sister focus on her husband. A week ago I got a call at 6:50 from my sister crying telling me her husband just pa*sed away. It was so devastating. I was still in bed when I got the news. I checked on the...
OtherI (22f) joined a hiking group a few months ago to make some new friends. There, I met this girl named Reese (23f). We share a lot of the same interests and we became pretty good friends. For the past month or so, Reese has been on the hunt for a new job since her current one has abysmal pay. She finally got an interview, but about 4 days ago, her car broke down and she had to take it to the sho...
OtherI (31 F) have saved up cash ever since I was like around 7, I had around 20k in the Safe/Vault kind of box I have it's very hard to open. Anyways, I meet my husband (31 M) in college, and after completing college we got married. I loved his mother and his father; they were very sweet, and we got along well. A few months ago, my father-in-law pa*sed away from stage 4 of cancer. After that, ther...
RelationshipI'm a 33-year-old man and my wife is 27. Since the start of our relationship, my wife has been very particular about how things get done, and tends to believe that she knows the one true correct way for anything related to anything. She has admitted that she can be a control freak. While this bothers me, it has never been a true dealbreaker in our relationship. Very often when I do just ...
BoundariesSo, my husband is very sociable, he has many friends from different background. He'd hang out with this group of friends that consists of 6-12 guys. When we started dating I used to tag along in all of his hangouts, but after we got married he told me that I didn't need to be present for every hang out with his friends. Like not sit with him and friends when having their "guy time" playing or ...
RelationshipMy girlfriend (22f) and I (24m) have been together for about 3 years, and I decided around 5 months ago that I wanted to propose. We share a dog and a home so it seemed the next logical step. She’s hugely into jewellery, so I wanted to get her a really sentimental ring. At the end of September, her grandma suddenly pa*sed away and as my girlfriend was the only granddaughter, she was pa*sed down...
OtherSo, I (34M) live in a suburban neighborhood with a decent-sized backyard and a pool. I’ve always been friendly with my neighbors, including “Karen” (mid-40s F) who moved in next door about a year ago. She seemed nice at first, but as time went on, she started to show her true colors. Over the summer, Karen started coming over with her kids, asking if they could use the pool. At first, I did...
RelationshipMy SIL, her husband and her kid (14) are staying with me and my husband for the next week because there's a family funeral and all hotels were booked out for the blue gra*s fest and Kane Brown concert. We have a big farm house so it's not big deal but SIL is very opinionated. My SIL and my husband have different fathers. Her dad d*ed from liver failure 10 years ago and his death date just p...