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OtherI M39 lost my late wife 6 years ago. I have a 16 year old son 'Daniel' and I recently got engaged to my fiancee of 2 years. Her mom and I aren't on good terms because of how she behaves. She's a controlling, self-centered, Dolly parton wanna be. I learn to ignore her c**p but she's been annoying Daniel and criticizing his personality regularly (he's a private kid and still hasn't gotten used to...
RelationshipI (f27) am expecting my first baby with my husband. This is the first grandchild in the family (InLaws) and they said that if the baby's a boy then we'll give him my father InLaw's name (he's d**d due to cancer). I had no problem with that. This happened before we found out the gender of the baby - my husband and his family had me "do things" like attend prayers and do other rituals before ...
BoundariesMy boyfriend (30/M) and I (28/F) have been together about a year and when our city implemented lockdown for the virus, he decided to quarantine with me at my apartment as I live alone and have a nicer apartment and he has several roommates. Mostly it has been going well and thankfully we both still have jobs, except in the first few weeks I started noticing that the bathroom floor was suddenly ...
Family ConflictMy great-aunt set up savings accounts for all of her female relatives. In our culture education for women is not really valued and she thought that was bu****it. She lived with her father in London where she was educated. She went on to attend university and became a doctor. She married a British man, they moved to America and had a great life. She funded the education of as many of her nei...
OtherPretty much the t*tle. My son won a stuffed tiger at the fair last night and said he had named him "Tig". He asked me what its last name should be. I couldn't help myself and just instantly replied "Bitties". Then I turned to my wife to share a smirk, but she was p**sed and quickly suggested a few different last names, but my son insisted that he liked "Bitties", so now his Tiger is Tig Bittie...
Family ConflictI’m 15 years old. I have a stepsister who is a couple years older than me and she is really seriously disabled. I’m not sure what’s wrong with her because no one ever wants to discuss it with me but she’s non verbal, breaks her bones a lot, and has severe epilepsy and will have many fitting episodes. She also doesn’t understand stuff. That’s probably the easiest way to put it. She’s just a hum...
RelationshipI hate flying to the point that I will gladly drove 10-15 hours to avoid a 4 hour flight. It's not that I'm scared of flying, I just hate everything from the security theater to the cramped seats that leave me sore for days. So I only fly if I can buy a second seat (or third if I'm flying with my wife). It lets me stretch my legs out if needed, not feel trapped mentally, and not sit next to ann...
WorkI met a girl online and we clicked, and have gone on a couple dates. Two nights ago was our third date and I was treating her to dinner at a local burger place in the city. Nothing fancy, I just wanted some good conversation over a tasty meal. This girl is a knockout, has the rare quality of being a great listener, and isn't obsessed with herself. She's funny, charming, and smart. We had had s...
OtherMy future SIL Liz has turned into a bridezilla and is going to war with everyone over every s***id thing. My natural color is red. I love my hair. Liz is a blonde but she loves to have red hair and in fact ever since meeting me she's been d**ng her hair almost exactly my color. I don't mind, I think it's weird that she does it but I don't have a monopoly over this particular shade of red and sh...
RelationshipMy husband (33) and I (31) used to have a 2 income home but in 2020 we've lost our home and one of our incomes (his). My husband has an expensive habit of going to the spa for a weekly ma*sage session. we live in an urban area so this stuff is ridiculously expensive. A single session is 250$, and he has to have it every week so that'd be nearly 1000 a month!. I offered him to have his sessi...
OtherEversince I got out of the hospital for chronic problems, My husband has been introducing me to some games every evening. One game used to be about doing things while my eyes are blindfolded. involving puzzles, ruby's cube, shaped objects et cetra.... We'd take turns to do it just for entertainment. Just a couple of days ago, he's been trying to get me to sign papers while wearing a blind f...
RelationshipI (M/37) have a 13 y.o son. I was a widower when I met my now wife. She has a 16 y.o daughter from another relationship. The family is often on pretty good terms. My son is the quiet one in the house, he keeps to himself a lot but not to the point of being concerning. My wife and stepdaughter are the complete opposit. They both encourage him to be outgoing and share activities and join gatheri...