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OtherSo, my parents wanted to do a cruise for the holidays. They invited me (25f), my boyfriend (27M), my brother (28M), and his girlfriend (26F). My brother (let’s call him “James”) has always been the golden child. Some backstory: Back in high school, when James was discovered to be selling pills, he was just “going through a phase”. Meanwhile, when I got caught smoking w**d, my parents threate...
ParentingI have been married to my wife for 10 years. Early in our relationship, she cheated on me. After a lot of therapy and rebuilding, I forgave her and we decided to move forward. We now have two children, a 7-year-old son and a 4-year-old daughter. Recently, I stumbled across messages from an old friend that dredged up feelings of doubt. These messages weren’t about new in***elity but reminded me...
RelationshipMy wife and I are very into health and natural trends. We eat well and are both in good physical shape, sticking to Whole Foods. Within the last year, as part of our health journey, she’s stopped shaving her…. Private area. Without getting to graphic, since we’ve been married, we have a daily nightly ritual where I spend around 30 minutes on her with my mouth before bed while she sips wine and ...
ParentingI(28m) have been with my wife (27f) for 4 years married for 1. I'm an electrician and she is an accountant, I make about 60k a year and she makes about 55k. 7 months ago we had our first child, my wife was supposed to go back to work 2 months ago (she took the maximum maternity leave her company allows, 6 months which she started 1 month before labor). When it was time to resume work my wife to...
ParentingI 21(F) have been dating my 22(M) boyfriend for 4 years now. We recently started talking about our future together and the kids issue came up. He has known for a long time now that I've always been iffy about kids. He, on the other hand, insists that he likes kids, and would like to have them in the future. This issue has often caused a ma*sive strain on our relationship, but we've chosen to c...
ParentingSix years ago I (36m) learned that my ex-wife (37f) was cheating on me. I ended our marriage and filed for divorce but everything was delayed because she was pr****nt. Once her child was born and it was es**blished that I was not the biological father, my name was removed from the birth certificate and the bio father's name was added. They were a couple at this point. Throughout we shared 5...
RelationshipI think with the way this post blew up and what happened because of a POST, I should clear up some things. I never asked if I should leave my boyfriend for this. I asked if this was an overreaction; my crying. But having thousands of people tell me this was racially charged, Ellie wanted power, my bf is s**tty, etc, my brain went haywire. Bf called yesterday and when I got there (his house) ...
Family ConflictAround 7 months ago, my brother pa*sed away and left behind his wife, his son who’s 10, and his daughter who’s 8. My brother and I always had a close bond, and I was also a really close uncle to my niece and nephew. When my brother pa*sed away, everyone took it really hard, my SIL was inconsolable, and my immediate priority was just to be there for my niece and nephew and help through this. ...
OtherMy husband and I are paying for my son and his fiancé’s wedding (the entire cost). I offered to also pay for her wedding dress and she is insisting to my son that she wants to choose her own wedding dress and pay for it herself. I’ve now found out she’s booked a holiday abroad to look for wedding dresses with her best friend, mum and her aunt (mum’s sister). I only found this out after I asked...
RelationshipOk so here’s the situation. I (24F) found out I’m pr****nt a few weeks ago, and to be honest, I’m not ready to have a kid. Like, AT ALL. I’m still in school, working part-time, and barely making ends meet. I’m on birth control, but I guess it failed. My boyfriend (26M) and I have only been together for about 8 months, and while I care about him, we’re not in some perfect, fairy-tale relationsh...
OtherMy sister and I are both pr****nt. This is her second child and my first. We're both having boys. When my sister had her daughter three years ago her BFF was pr****nt at the same time. My sister complained for 8 months that they didn't have any idea what to name my niece and then all of a sudden she had a name right before she gave birth. After my niece was born and her name was announced, my ...
OtherI’m very liberal actually but I don’t know about this one. She doesn’t even present a tad bit as masculine, just told me she is now a male and I should accept her new pronouns he/him and gender. Which is fine I guess because who am I to tell them they need to present a certain way to be deemed worthy of their gender - but does that really make me gay/bi now? I’m a dude and I support her and al...