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BoundariesI rent out the spare bedroom in my house for $800 a month (market rate in my area). I don't know my roommate very well, but we work for the same company. I work early mornings and she works late evenings. So we're often ships pa*sing in the night. On Friday my hot water heater broke. The home warranty guys said they couldn't get anyone out until Monday morning. It's hot as balls right now, ...
ParentingMy (M28) wife (F28) and I have two daughters, 6 & 5 years old, which is prime Disney age. They’re both super into princesses and all that. We’ve talked about taking them to Disney over the next few years as we know they’d love it. My wife has never been before, and I’ve only been once- when I was 10 years old. It was definitely a memorable trip for me as my family had to save up a while for it...
RelationshipMy ex-husband (who I'll call him by his fake name Tony) and I broke up 2 years ago after 26 years of marriage. We have four children together. Due to the s***idity of the time and social pressure, I added my husband's last name to my name. So all my documents like identification, driver's license, pa*sport, all credit cards, voter registration card have his last name at the end. We ended ami...
OtherAlright Reddit. I’ve been getting so much s**t for this that I decided to get a judgement on here. I feel like I’ve seen a post similar to this before but the judgement was split so I guess we’ll see. So I (26M) have a long standing friend group. Most of us having been friends since HS. This girl named Zoe (25F) has been part of the group since college. We’ve hung out plenty of times. But I...
Family ConflictI (M40) have full custody of my daughter(F12). Her mom only has once a month visitations. Recently she has been acting up and insisting on living with her mom because she thinks I'm a bad dad. I knew she couldn't live with her mom because her mom is a terrible mom. I know it because I've seen the way she treats her other kids which is why I tried so hard to get full custody. Also my daught...
Family ConflictI'm M35, my wife is f28, we've been married for 3 years now. My dad is 65 and retired now with a small but decent pension, my mom pa*sed away when I was 10 and my dad never remarried and never had another relationship to my knowledge. He raised me and my sister by himself and worked 3 jobs for over 10 years to support my sister and I through university. My dad is the hardest working person I'v...
OtherMy friend, Zoey, and her boyfriend rent an apartment near us. They love living there, but their landlord announced that he will sell it soon. Zoey and her boyfriend are devastated, they even talked to someone from the bank and sadly, they can't afford to buy the place. My husband and I talked and realized that we have enough money to buy the apartment. I told Zoey and her boyfriend that we coul...
OtherI (27) F had Friday night date plans with my (28) M boyfriend. There were a few things I needed to do before driving the 35 minutes to his place to have our (dinner and movie). I had just got off of work and needed to shower, care for my pet, pack for the night and clean a bit before heading out. Right before my shift ended I got my period (yay) and with that came super bad cramps, back pain, ...
Family ConflictMy f24 brother 'Adam' m30, met a single mom f32 (from latin origins) 'Mich**le" a year ago and they recently got engaged. We only met her few times but he brought her and her son over for dinner on sunday. Tbqh, the family and I didn't know much about her so after dinner we started talking to her about her personal life. She told us she has only highschool education/degree. She said she always...
RelationshipSo some lad*es in our church occasionally send out invites for "meal trains" for people to sign up to bring meals for someone who recently had a baby or is sick or som**hing like that. I get it. It's a nice idea to help people out. I have no problem and have participated sometimes in the past. Last week a meal train was posted for a lady named "Sue" (name changed obviously) who apparently h...
OtherI (26F) am on a family vacation (parents, sister Rachel (30), her son (1), her husband Adam (31), and my husband and our daughter (2)). We are by the sea and yesterday was the first time we’d be going to a beach club. My sister asked me not to wear a bikini or anything revealing because she said both she and Adam are not feeling the best about her postpartum body and she really doesn’t want to ...
OtherMy brother is getting married in a few months and his future wife recently asked me to be a part of her bridal party. I was thrilled and excited to be included, but then she informed me that the dress code for the bridal party was gender-specific, with women expected to wear dresses and men expected to wear suits. As someone who identifies as non-binary and is more masculine presenting, I am u...