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OtherSo I (30F) made money young. I dropped out of college to model, then started my own business and made some smart decisions with stocks. So I have quite a bit of money saved, my own property owned free and clear (just pay utilities), and a couple cars. I am single and childless. Growing up, I was very close with my twin (30M) but not so much with my other siblings (also twins, 28F). Basicall...
OtherMy son d*ed at age 4. On the first mothers day after he d*ed my husband got me a necklace with some of his ashes in. I wear it every single day. My Aunt is not someone I see often. She got on with my son but only really saw him a handful of times a year. She came a few times to see him when he was sick but not often. When we were told he didn't have long left I asked if she wanted to come and s...
RelationshipI'm in a weird situation and I'm beginning to feel like I was in the wrong because of my wife's response...or lack thereof. Last Sat**day my wife went out with a recently divorced friend. She invited my wife to a brewery fundraiser and said she would be gone from about 4-8 PM. She took our youngest to their house to play with her friend's child, and their teenage daughter was going to watch the...
ParentingMyself (43M) and my wife (41F) have lived on our street for years with our two boys, James (12M) and Sam (6M). Every Sat**day morning Sam and I have a ritual, he calls them our dude walks. We look for spiders, dig in the mud, and stop at our neighborhood park to play. It's sort of a standing meetup for a bunch of parents in the area. Recently a new family moved in the next block over. The mother...
ParentingMy wife and I (both 30s) are parents to five kids between us. I have two kids (15 and 13) with my late wife and my wife has three a 16 year old daughter with her ex-boyfriend and two more kids (10 and 7) with her late husband. We've been married for four years and we were together for two years prior. When we met she shared custody of her oldest daughter with her ex and after we had been ma...
Family ConflictMy dad d*ed in a work accident when I was 15 and I’m now 17M. Last year my mom started going out with Anthony and they just got engaged. Anthony wanted to move in but the problem is he’s severely allergic to dogs. My mom told me we had to get rid of Dax my dog. Like not even as a question just straight up said that’s what we’re gonna do. I fought with my mom over this because he my family an...
OtherI (27F) have been with my bf (42M) for almost 2 years. We live together so we spend most of our time together (dinner, gym, weekend plans, etc.) I’m very social and love spending time with family and friends so when I say “solo time” I really mean alone time with them. Prior to us dating, I would have sleepovers with my sister and best friends all the time. Bf thinks that’s weird and that no on...
OtherSo pretty much, there’s this guy who keeps ordering things with my email. He isn’t using any other personal information of mine so i don’t think it’s a privacy concern. So back to the point, I will occasionally get emails from random websites about an order confirmation. I’ve never heard of most of those websites and I know for a fact none of my family members used my email to buy som**hing. ...
Family ConflictMy mom married my stepdad when I (20f) was 7 and my stepsister was 6. She was such a nightmare to deal with and it only got worse after her dad took custody of her from her mom when she was 13. She smashed up the collection of photos my mom had of my uncle/her brother who d*ed when they were kids and she made sure those photos could not be salvaged. She broke som**hing valuable that her grandm...
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 ...
OtherI (25f) and my Husband (30M) and I got married last Friday. We planned our dream wedding down to our dream catering company. The wedding was beautiful after the pictures we headed to our c**ktail hour, and that's when I saw her. My guest were all told to wear dark colors so my husband and I stood out, I also asked my guests to wear minimal makeup. I had a*sumed that applied to the staff too...
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...