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OtherSo I 14F and my little sister 12D have never been close. Cla*sic sibling relationship. My mom and dad recently divorced and now my mom works A LOT. Since then me and my sister (let's call her Ally) grew cl**er. We started talking more and hanging out and have a real relationship. So last night around 8pm Ally comes into my room in tears. I could instantly tell som**hing was off so I asked and ...
OtherMy sister and her friend came to stay at my apartment temporarily yesterday, only for a few days because they had to leave their own for a few nights. I didn't really want them to come because my place is pretty small (NYC), and even more so because their landlord was obligated to pay for a hotel for them but they didn't want to demand it. I have a 2 bed 2.5 bath, so my sister is on the couch a...
RelationshipI lost my brother in a motorcycle accident 3 weeks ago at the age of 21. This was sudden and devastating beyond measure. I live 3 towns away from my entire family and I didn't know about it right away. My husband was calling when I walked into the room where my phone on vibrate and charging. I answered and he asked why I didn't answer my sister's calls. I asked why and wether she called him. ...
ParentingI live close to an elementary school. Every day a small parade of children walk in front of my house on their way to and from school. My girlfriend and I just finished building a small retaining wall of brick along the sidewalk and have noticed it regularly being walked/climbed on. The wall is about three feet tall. Originally we were going to plant a lot of flowering bushes along the top o...
RelationshipWe have been married for 12 years, together for 15. Up until the events of the last year, I was not really big into video games or gaming, but with being locked up in the house and not being able to really do things that we normally did together, my husband got me into online gaming with him. Normally my husband is a very quiet and reserved person, but when he games, it's like a switch flips an...
OtherI have two older siblings. My brother, 32 and my sister, 33. I am 21. I found out I was pr****nt last year. Everyone was more than happy for us and congratulated us. Everyone but my sister. My sister had to basically look after me and take on a third parent role and watch me on nights my parents worked or weekends they worked. Because of that, she blamed me and hated me because I was the reaso...
OtherSo, this is a disaster. My fiancé (29M) and I (28F) have been looking into buying a house. We’ve been saving for this for years and have enough saved up to buy som**hing small (our city’s housing market is pretty insane, so even with a good combined income, most things are out of our range). We don’t need a lot of space and aren’t planning to have kids anytime soon, if ever, so small works jus...
RelationshipMy boyfriend has just paid off his mortgage and now wants to take early retirement on £8k per annum. The only way he can afford to do this would be for me to move in with him and work full time so that the bills can be paid and he can do what he wants in his spare time. I am fifty and my own pension fund is not great so I don't expect to be able to retire for the next twenty years. Am I bein...
ParentingMy friend is a single mother going through a fight for custody of her 5 year old son. The son stays with the father most days and the father wishes for full custody. My friend and her ex are at odds due to my friend's living situation. She can no longer afford to live in her apartment and moved into a shelter briefly which becomes a unanimous "no" in terms of custody battles. If you don't have...
RelationshipI’ve known my husband is gay for several years now. At the very least he’s a gay-leaning bi-man. Our s*x life has deteriorated consistently over the course of our marriage, and a few years ago I found his stash of gay p**n on his work laptop (wasn’t snooping, it as on accident). The thing is, I actually enjoy my marriage. My husband is kind and considerate. We have three beautiful kids (9, 12, ...
RelationshipMy friends (let’s call them J and P) adopted a 2-year-old rescue dog (I'll call him B) about three months ago. Before that, B had lived in a bas**ent with little to no stimulation. He’s a super sweet dog but noticeably under-exercised: they walk him about 1–2 km per day and he’s alone for 6–8 hours daily. He often seems restless, whiny, overly excited around other dogs – cla*sic signs of under...
OtherMy sister is getting married next month. My husband and I were both planning on going but when we got the invitation it was only for me. When I called my sister and asked about it she said my husband was of course fine to come but she requested that he not be in any family photos. My husband is in a wheelchair. I've been married to him for 8 years. He has been in a wheelchair since he was 16 an...