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OtherI (29M) am a gay man with many q**er friends of various s*xual and gender ident*ties. I am in a long-term relationship and actually love other people's kids, but am uninterested in ever having my own children. Two years ago, one of my oldest, closest friends (a lesbian who we'll call M, now 30F) and her wife asked me if I would consider donating s**rm so they could have a child. I love M as muc...
Food & DietI say this with a lot of hesitation but my SIL, her husband and their child are all severely obese. Both SIL and her husband are over 300lbs and their daughter, 12, is easily pushing 200. The type of people to buy a smoker and giant chest freezer for $3k+ but fail to pay their mortgage/land tax and ask the family to help them out and when they are called out on it, it's met with a "making sure...
ParentingI’m 26. My husband’s 30. We’ve got two little kids both under 5. For the past couple of months, he hasn’t been giving anything—no money for groceries, bills, or milk. I work part time, and I stretch what little I have, but it’s not enough. Every time I bring it up, he brushes me off or says he’s "stressed." We’re all stressed. So a few nights ago, I asked him straight up, can you at least buy ...
OtherSo on my (19m) trip to the grocery store, I ended up scoring a non-handicapped parking spot right by the front of the store. It's super hot here, so I decided to grab an ice cream bar. I was unwrapping it in my car, fully intending on driving off once opened (so I could eat and drive), when some old j**koff starts honking at me and wildly gesturing at me to get out of the spot. Now, if I had...
RelationshipI (18m) have been dating my gf (19) for about four months. We met on instagram, I followed her for a while and she has a real grunge/edgy aestehtic going on. I thought she was super hot and cool, and when we started going out she was basically also a really edgy person. She makes the occasional cringey edgelord comment about hating people and how life was sooooo much better in the 80s (when sh...
Family ConflictMy father was abusive to me (20sM) but was never abusive to my siblings (all 8+ years younger than me). We're full siblings. He is my father as much as theirs. But he always treated me like s**t and our mother allowed it so I don't have anything too nice to say about her either. In her own way she tried to be there for me. But she didn't save me from him and she sure as h**l didn't prioritize ...
OtherA guy i manage is ALWAYS late. 5-25 minutes, every time. Generally speaking, its not a big deal and it has no effect on the operation, so i let it slide. These guys work on call, so even the most diligent guys are occasionally 5-10 minutes late. Most just call me, and give me a heads up beforehand. However after noticing a pattern i spoke to this individual and said "if you are going to be ...
ParentingI'm a 25 year old female, and I'm blind. The whole idea of having kids scares me, and I honestly don't want any; and my fiance is also fine with this decision. Before Christmas my fiance and I went to see his mother, and aside from my parents they are the only other people we visit in person. While we were there, the subject of children came up; which is usual for his mom. She actually naggs...
RelationshipI (44F) had major surgery last week. I am home recovering and off work for 2 weeks, with 4-6 weeks recommended before resuming life relatively 'normally'. My partner (42M) informed me late yesterday afternoon that his son (13M) was having 5 friends for a sleepover tonight. It's now Sat**day where I live. I had no prior knowledge that he'd allowed his son to organise this and it's for no special...
Family ConflictMy sister (12f) has a bunch of different needs. She's got a physical disability, she's autistic and she has learning disabilities too. Because she has so much going on with her our parents always focused more on what she needed. My parents even sold the house we used to live in and downsized to a rental so they could afford more for her because they were struggling even with all the money they...
OtherI am a woman 35F and I work in a very male dominated industry. I am not a tomboy or "one of the guys", I have "feminine" hobbies and interests like knitting, baking etc but I also like some "masculine" hobbies as well- I do MMA, I dabble in blacksmithing. Anyway, I dress pretty modestly at work. There's no particular reason for it but I usually wear a b**ton down shirt, slacks/trousers and a ca...
OtherMe (F/29) and my husband (M/30) visited my in-laws last weekend for FIL’s birthday. They live in the next state, about 3 hours away. We have an 8-month-old son, so I'm pumping. It was a small family gathering over the weekend with my husband's close family. We spent most of Sunday outdoors, and I pumped a few times during the day. We carried a small cooler pack to store the milk, but when we r...