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ParentingOur wedding (me 25f, him 25m) has been planned for almost 2 years now, and we are down to the final 9 weeks. When we started, we agreed to no children. He doesn’t have many kids on his side, but I do. We knew this may mean not everyone we invited would come and that was fine. His mum however, has been nonstop about his cousins two kids coming. We’ve always said they aren’t cause then it’s no...
OtherAITA or more like are we TA We have been working on my daughter's (15f) Sweet 16 party planning for almost a year. My daughter picked the theme of Nightmare Before Christmas (NBC). This is a formal/semi-formal event. She has been lax on letting her Aunts, Grandma, and cousins pick out almost everything except the colors and clothing a*signment for Sweet 16 court. She chose basic colors of black...
Family ConflictMy husband (30m) used to be my boss. About 9 years ago I started working as his a*sistant. We spent about 2.5 years ignoring our mutual attraction until we gave in. We then went to HR, who rea*signed me, and the whole thing was strictly above board from the time we began dating. I got pr****nt about a year later, and my husband and I decided to just get married. While we'd only really been dati...
Family ConflictUPDATE - I have spoken with my bf and his mother and apologised to both. The reason she cried was because she thought she had upset me, not because she was manipulative - she is extremely lovely and expressed sadness that I didn't feel part of the family. My boyfriend and I had a lengthy discussion and I find it funny the judgements on our relationship, we are a lot stronger than some of you thin...
RelationshipI’ve been married to my husband for nearly 17 years, together for 20. I knew that prior to our relationship he struggled with money issues, and it is a huge trigger for him. So what did I manage to do? Take over the bills a couple years ago and Completely f**ked it up. Credit card debt, juggling zero interest cards, all that jazz. My credit has been on a slow and steady decline. I’ve been trying...
OtherH**lo All! IN A FEW HOURS I AM ABOUT TO SECRETLY MOVE OUT. I will be giving live updates and I will do my best to provide as much context. So here we go ... I (31 F) have been living with my boyfriend (42 M) for a little over 6 years. From the very start everything moved so fast and I jumped into a new life before thinking. There is so much to say about the 6 year history we have, mixed with good...
OtherThrowaway acc because my fiancé is on Reddit and I really don’t want to risk anything. I (27F) recently met my fiancé’s (31M) family for the first time. We have been together for four years but we spent two of those years in my home country, and then moved to his country after I finished my graduate program. We didn’t settle in his home state, but I kept asking to meet his parents because he’s m...
OtherI (29F) am in the midst of a falling out with a former best friend (and also basically sister-in-law), Sophie (25F), and I’m struggling with how things ended and how to move forward as our partners are brothers. In August, I switched careers to become a skin ther***st, and Sophie’s younger sister, Emma (20F), agreed to be a model for me. On the day of her appointment, she completely ghosted me. ...
OtherMy wedding was put on hold due to coronavirus. During this time, SILs grandfather got sick, so she traveled to stay with her family. I was left in charge of feeding her dog, my SIL has always grown beautiful flowers, and succulents, she knows how much I admire her green thumb. Before she left she cut all the heads off her roses, and this is where I made my mistake at the time I did not know ...
Family ConflictMy cousin is 27 and I am 28, my cousin and I am best friends, we have been in each other's life since we were 5, on my wedding she played a huge role to support me and she organised most of the events even though it costed me a fortune. Now my cousin is getting married next month and we all were excited, especially me, I was so excited and wanted to do som**hing special for her, I already bought ...
OtherShe is shy in a way that I don't understand. She has no problem going to places where there are new people. She doesn't drink alcohol at all, but if I am invited to a party where she knows absolutely no one but me, she wants to go. So in the beginning, before I know what it was going to be like. I of course invited her to come along (I still do), but then at the event, she will talk to absolute...
OtherMy update as of 4/25/25: my sister and her boyfriend are no longer in the household. It’s been building up to this moment but for the past few weeks it’s gotten so much worse. I caught him calling me names and saying I am dirty and nasty for not washing his dishes, when I just wash mine. I truly don’t understand why he feels this way, I have video evidence of him saying it and talking horrible ab...