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OtherI (25F) had a miscarriage in early January this year. I lost my mother to a completely unexpected heart attack in February. We used to be very very close and her death, coupled with the loss of my child devastated me. I slipped into depression, developed anorexia and lost a huge amount of weight in a very short time. I used to be 165 pounds and now I'm at 120 pounds. I attended my best frie...
OtherSo I'm a 24 year old who moved out of their parents place a couple years back. My parents are terrible people and we're very cruel to me and my brother growing up. I've very much enjoyed the space to myself and it has been the only time in my life I've truly felt safe. My twin brother (Zack ) didn't move out and was also pretty miserable living with my parents. About 8 months ago he asked if he...
ParentingFor nearly nine years, I lived in and paid for a home under the agreement that once it was paid off, my mother would transfer the t*tle to me. The home was in her name, but I covered the mortgage, lot rent, and all expenses. I also put my own money into renovations and repairs like new flooring, light fixtures, refinishing cabinets, replacing appliances, and fixing the oven. My mom original...
OtherToday I went holiday with my wife, we sat to our designated seats and in front of us there were three kids with the mother sitting on the raw parallel to them. Two of the slightly older kids (10 to 12 y.o.) were well behaved but the youngest (8-9 y.o.)was such spoiled little monster. Shouting and screaming if he would not get what he wanted, not listening to the mother to keep him quiet, or in...
OtherEight years ago, my (29f) sister (32f) became pr****nt. The father was not involved, and my sister did not want the baby but could not terminate or adopt the child out to strangers. She asked my then-ex-husband and me if we would adopt her child. We were hesitant due to potential future issues, but my sister insisted there would be none, so we agreed. When Lucy was under one year old, my husba...
RelationshipMy wife (36) and I (37M) have 2 kids, a daughter (8) and a son (3). My wife is an essential worker as she’s a doctor. She works extremely long hours with hardly any days off whilst I work a typical 9-5 job so I’ve always taken care of arranging the kids for school and care etc. Well with lockdown, I’ve been able to homeschool my daughter but since my wife is an essential worker, my sons nursery...
RelationshipI (M30) started seeing June (F29) about 3 years ago. My mother has never really liked June for a couple reasons, the main one being the fact that June didn't let my mom push her around. She kept firm boundaries which I really admired and she even helped me do the same. My mom hated this, calling June controlling and wishing I hadn't broken up with my previous girlfriend Margo, who my mom loved...
RelationshipMy father walked out on my mom when she was pr****nt with me (16m). They were married for like 5 years at that point but he was cheating a lot. Mom trying to divorce him went through h**l because they'd picked up and moved. He never met me. He didn't show up at court for their divorce, or for custody, or for child support. He went to jail three times for failure to pay child support and for tr...
RelationshipI25f was engaged to my fiancé27m. We were together 2 years, and engaged for 5 months. My ex fiancé has 2 children with his ex, and last week he took his kids out for the day. He ended up sleeping over there, where he didn’t answer his phone for the whole night after 9pm. The next day he texted me and said he was so exhausted he fell asleep on their couch. I was at our apartment, waiting and wo...
OtherMy (33F) daughter “Cleo” (5yo) hates pink. She has disliked the color and almost everything to do with it since she was about three or so. She has one pink shirt she likes and one pink stuffed animal, and that’s it. My father’s partner, “Prue,” refuses to accept that Cleo doesn’t like pink. Over the years, she’s made several attempts to push the color onto her (pretty much every gift she’s ever...
OtherMy daughters (11/10) both have purple hair. They love it this way and have been getting it dyed since they were 6 (with caution). They were invited to a little girl's birthday/Halloween party under the condition they have their hair dyed a natural color. I asked why and the mother insisted their hair would take away from birthday pictures cause they'd draw attention. I asked if my daughters co...
ParentingMy neighbor's dog recently got pr****nt and she claims my dog did it, which is likely because her dog often escaped into my yard and she lets her dog roam around it. It's annoying cuz her dog s**ts in my yard. Well now that she's pr****nt she's p**sed because hers was a purebred and she wanted to breed it. She says she's ent*tled to financial compensation and I'll have to pay "child support" fo...