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ParentingI'm 30f and my husband is 34m and my stepdaughter is 12. My stepdaughter mom d*ed when she was 2 and I came into her life when she was 8. We have a close relationship i feel its a normal step parent relationship she doesn't call me mom and thats okay I want her to whatever shes comfortable with. These past few weeks shes been asking if I would adopt her, apparently she had talked with my husba...
RelationshipMy husband (m33) and I (f24) have been married two years, and we have a 16 week old daughter. Prior to my pregnancy, I was active but not as active as my husband. He is big into fitness and stuff and I really am not, I just worked out because my dr told me too lol. I only ran maybe twice a week and had a Pilates cla*s every Sunday. I weighed 120 lbs before pregnancy. During pregnancy I gain...
RelationshipSo, my boyfriend (27M) decided to plan a “special surprise” for my (24F) birthday. I was expecting a nice dinner, maybe a cute gift. Instead, when I got to his apartment, he had another girl (who I’d never met) waiting in lingerie. He proudly announced that he had set up a th****ome for me because he thought it would be “every girl’s fantasy.” I just stood there, completely stunned. I didn’...
RelationshipI (28F) don’t know if i’m just being paranoid or what, but som**hing about my brother in law (let’s call him Tyler, 32M) has been really bothering me lately. so here's what’s been happening. My husband (30M, Chris) and i have been married for about four years. we live in a quiet little place in Michigan. it’s nothing fancy, but it’s home. lately though, things haven’t felt so... safe. Ty...
RelationshipI've wanted out of my marriage for a little over 6 years now. There was nothing dramatic like cheating or a**se, unless her never ending condescending att*tude counts. She's simply just an emotional vampire who's also super lazy. I rather have to spend all my free time picking up after her and cleaning the house or live with piles of dirty plates everwhere and flies. We don't have kids, thank ...
RelationshipSo yeah, like the t*tle says I’ve been with my boyfriend (32M) for 4 years. I’m 29F. Things have been solid between us for the most part. We’ve talked about moving in together getting married eventually, the whole deal. Anyway, his car recently c**pped out and he needs a new one. He applied for a loan but didn’t get approved because of his credit. So he asked me to cosign. I told him I wasn’t ...
RelationshipSo my (28M) girlfriend, Sarah (26F), just had her birthday dinner at a nice restaurant with about 12 of our friends. I spent weeks planning it—made the reservation, coordinated with her friends, even got the staff to bring out a surprise cake at the end. Dinner was going well until Sarah stood up, tapped her gla*s, and said she had an "important announcement." Then, with the biggest smile, she ...
RelationshipI (F26) and my boyfriend (M25) attended a mutual friend’s wedding. They’re very close friends to us and brought my boyfriend and I together. My boyfriend and I are coming up on our 3 year anniversary and things were getting pretty serious. Enough so that I very much wanted to marry him. He’s sweet, chatty, typically considerate and empathetic. He’s the person who I thought was the first to sho...
OtherI (28f) am having my third (and final) child with my husband and I have a scheduled c-section and hysterectomy planned. My periods started when I was young (9) and I have suffered with them ever since. They're extremely painful, heavy and (very) long. I wasn't even sure if I could get pr****nt with my issues but I knew I wanted children so I delayed even when the option was originally presente...
OtherMy 3-year-old son was sick, and we had a rough, sleepless night. In the morning, I was cuddling him on the sofa, and he started playing with my watch. Suddenly, he hit it really hard, which hurt my hand. Reflexively, I got up and said, "Ouch, that really hurt." My son got upset, covered his face, and said, "Stop!" as if I was the one doing som**hing wrong. He then ran to my wife for comfort...
ParentingOk, so this is a mess, and I need to know if I’m being a complete a-hole or not. My (32F) sister "Lisa" (36F) has always been the golden child in our family. Growing up, she could do no wrong. She got into trouble? It was just "kids being kids." She made mistakes? "Oh, Lisa is just figuring things out." Meanwhile, I got the "why can't you be more like your sister?" treatment. Anyway, fast f...
OtherSo, I have a SIL(f53) that after her kids had grown she went back to school, then got her Master's then PHD in literature. Let us say her name is Elizabeth. We were all proud of her doing this. She has recently working part time at the library and part time online professor at the community College. The family has not had a big family gathering for years it seems. My kids were just getting int...