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ParentingI was on a pretty long flight and I had the window seat. The first incident happened, when the mom asked if I would trade seats so her child could look out. I declined and said I would rather sit in the seat I paid for and then I proceed to put in my AirPods and started to watch some New Girl and I could hear the child cry and be upset that I wouldn’t. A few hours later, I was playing a game on...
OtherMy girlfriend and I are nineteen, and despite all the protection we use, she still somehow got pr****nt. My older sister (34) practically raised me. Our parents were absent most of her childhood and like, all of mine. Our older brother looked after us. Anyway, I literally call her mom, we're that close. She calls me her firstborn. She's got three legal sons, all adopted. They're basicall...
ParentingDuring dinner, the subject of children came up, and it was es**blished that all three of the OP's children (17M, 15F, 13F) do not want biological children. The eldest child is neutral, stating the decision depends on his future partner regarding adoption. This upset the wife, who insists every parent looks forward to being a grandparent. The OP countered that if the children adopted, she would...
OtherMy school made the switch from paper to laptops/iPads two years ago, and since then you can really see who's parents have money. I'm currently using some Asus my uncle gave me because my family are below the poverty line; he bought it in 2011, and although the battery is shot, it still runs and word works so I don't need much else. There is a pretty big financial devide in my town, and thus a l...
Food & DietI (24F) am a single mum of an 8 year old. I was in a bad relationship as a teen, which led to me being pr****nt. I haven’t exactly dated since, maybe been out on a few dates. My daughter has a condition called ARFID. It means she has a very restricted d*et, and it is very much connected to her ASD. I don’t force her to eat certain things that are her “unsafe foods.” Since her diagnosis, I’ve...
RelationshipSo, me and my husband have vastly different tastes in basically everything. For the most part it doesn't matter, but we clash heavily when it comes to food. Before we met, I basically never ate out, drank nothing but water and unsweet tea (with the occasional juice) and ate mostly vegetarian, always pretty healthy meals. When we started dating I started eating out a lot more because that's wha...
OtherI bought a house with a big a*s yard several months ago, it is my very first house and the most expensive thing I have ever owned. Prior to this I have only ever lived in apartments, and the dynamic between neighbors seems really different, which is another reason I am asking. When I moved here there was a very old rotten wooden fence on the property separation line between me and my new neighb...
RelationshipI (30m) have a group of five friends from university who are around the same age as me. For the past two years, we've gone on vacation together—first to Mexico and then last year to Egypt. We've always had a great time, and we get along well. However, when it comes to sharing costs, I find myself struggling. It's not the group that has an issue; it's me who has the problem. To provide some ...
RelationshipI (27f) am very confused. My boyfriend (25m) and I are both white. I was at the gym. My boyfriend came to pick me up but I wasn't done with my workout. He pointed out the fact that I was wearing silver hoop earrings. I thought he was going to say it som**hing about them not being safe at the gym. But what he said was, a white woman wears hoop earrings to attract black men. I was so flabber...
RelationshipMy son ‘Finn’ (18) is from a previous relationship. Since early childhood I had full custody; his mother is not in the picture. We were both young when he was born, so his childhood was a little uns**ble for a bit. However, I have my life together now. I got married when he was 7, and together me (m37) and my wife ‘Mary’ (f40) live as a blended family, with my two stepsons ‘Cody’ (16) and ‘Luc...
Family ConflictI (30m) have been dating my fiancée (29f) for 4 years and we got engaged 4 months ago. My fiancée lost her first boyfriend before we met to mental illness. They have a son (10m) together. I knew all this getting into the relationship and I love her son and we have a good relationship. When we were first dating I told my fiancée I wanted children and it was one of my biggest dealbreakers. S...
Food & DietHad a bizarre situation today. I was flying from Hawaii to Florida. The stewards were walking around giving out mixed nuts. The woman seated next to me said to the flight attendants that she didn’t want any because she is allergic to nuts and that there should’ve been a note in their system regarding not serving her nuts. The attendant said in the survey she’d filled out for the airline rega...