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OtherThis happened a couple weeks ago but I'm still getting s**t about it. A friend of mine, Daya (fake name), asked me if I wanted to come with her on some errands and see her new car. I said yes because I had some things to get done and my car was being checked over. (We're in the same bubble and stayed masked the whole time) Well while we were out Daya ended up hitting another car while turning le...
Family ConflictI have two children, my son (4) and my daughter (2). Raising two children at a young age has been really difficult, however, I was able to graduate from college with a good degree and start a career that I am happy with. Despite this, the struggle of trying to juggle the responsibility of looking after my kids and focusing on my career is stressful to say the very least. My fiancé (26) also work...
OtherI (17F) will be turning 18 in a couple of days, and naturally, my mom asked me to pick a present I want. My mother is not by any means a greedy or inconsiderate person. She raised me and my brother alone ever since I was old enough to remember and she's been trying her hardest to care for us, which is why I respect and love her the most. I asked for the same thing, a 120 colored pencils Faber Ca...
RelationshipMy fiancée (M) was engaged before me. Her fiancé pa*sed away in a pedestrian car accident 3 and a half years ago. We met a year and a half after he pa*sed on tinder. On our first date she told me what happened and then I noticed an engagement ring on her right hand ring finger. I didn’t say anything. A couple months in I brought it up and M said that she will wear the ring on her right hand unti...
OtherRecently, I got back in contact with my adult daughter M, after having had nothing to do with her since her birth. She's 25 now, but honestly I wasn't around from her birth all the way through to when her mother d*ed a couple years ago. Now, I know I'm not a perfect person here, I've done some bad things, but in this case I don't think I was the bad guy. M's mother and I dated for about a year a...
RelationshipHey guys, a lot of you asked me how I am doing and for an update. It has been a couple of weeks since the incident now. I met with my wife, and we discussed everything. She wanted to continue with our marriage and give it a second chance, but I told her I want a divorce. It was very hard for me, but in the end, I think it was the right thing to do. I still love my wife, but I don’t want to be ca...
Family ConflictMy (37m) family comes from and is a long line of doctors, being a doctor is the only acceptable profession in their eyes and anything aside from that is met with literal abandonment. Which is what happened to me when I turned 17 and told my family I was NOT going to be a doctor but to build an acting career / social media career (youtube wasn't huge then) and supplement my income with small busin...
Family ConflictWhen my wife was 20, she had a son, "Brandon" for the sake of this post. It was just the two of them for a long time until I met my wife in 2016. Things moved quickly in our relationship and by 2017 we had moved in together and she was pr****nt. My wife comes from a big family (1 of 5 kids) and had always wanted at least four kids, so she was eager to get started on adding to our family since by t...
Family ConflictAfter our mom d*ed, dad told me and my siblings (17m, 16f and 14m) that he was glad that part of his life was over and he was going to find someone he actually loved and wanted to be with, and we better be ready because he wasn't slowing down for us. This was 10 years ago. He met a few women before his wife of 9 years. They were together a few months before they got married, and she was pr****nt...
RelationshipBack 4 months ago both my husband and I landed the same job, making fantastic pay. This job pays $28 an hour so this was HUGE for us. The problem is that it's overnight shifts so we needed a sitter for the kids. We asked MIL to do so, she said yes and we told her to pick what she felt was a fair amount for payment. She said $300 on the 3 day weeks and $400 on the 4 day weeks. (12hr shifts) I wi...
RelationshipI (30M) am married to my husband Michael (30M). We both met in college, moved a few years ago, and got married recently. A little backstory. Michael grew up in the conservative Bible Belt with an older brother (John) and a younger sister (Chelsea). She’s 17. So, you know, Michael's parents totally, 100% accepted him for being gay. NOT. His parents were livid, and he moved as far away from them as...
Food & DietAwhile ago, I was in the car with some friends, and we were all driving to an art store. One of my friends (let’s call her Anna) mentioned she was hungry. Her boyfriend was in the back seat with her, and they started talking about what to eat. For context, we are all adults, but Anna doesn’t work and doesn’t like spending her boyfriend’s money. We suggested a pizza place, but she said, "Well, I d...