Browse all parenting related stories and discussions.
ParentingI've been married to Lacey for 18 years. We have a great marriage and two daughters. The 16 year old isn't relevant in this and we'll call the 14 year old Madison. Madison and Lacey have been clashing a lot lately and that's what inspired this post. So I absolutely love my wife, but she is ridiculous, and vain, and still my favorite person in the world. Lacey cares excessively about appearance ...
OtherI didn't really want a gender reveal party but my husband's family made a big deal about it so I agreed. My mother-in-law was convinced that I knew the gender and insisted I tell her. I totally didn't and I told her that fact. She wore me down after a month of bothering me about it. She begged me and promised that she wouldn't tell anyone. This was all in texts. I told her it was a girl. ...
RelationshipMy husband (30) and I (31) have just bought our first house together, we're loving it and we're excited to decorate it together. Unfortunately my husband travels a lot for work and we've already had new furniture orders arrive but I couldn't do it all myself. My MIL (mother in law) offered to help and I agreed. yesterday, I got back from work at 8 and was shocked to see one of the wall was ...
ParentingI'm (30M) a stay at home dad. My wife (29F) and I have two kids together. Our oldest is 4 and our youngest is 18 months. I became the stay at home parent when our oldest was born. My brother (36M) is married to SIL (39F) and they have five kids together between the ages of 4 and 10. SIL was "stunned" when I became the stay at home parent vs my wife. She has a more "traditional" view of marriag...
OtherI(20F) have been friends with "Mia"(20F) for years now and she's one of my best friends. I love Mia but there's one problem that annoys the h**l out of me: she's constantly late. Whereever we go Mia's at least an hour late, even when we pick her up at her house. I can't even count the times when Mia asked me or our friends for a ride just to make us wait in front of her house in the car becaus...
RelationshipFor some context, i (35f) married my husband, Jack (37m) when i was 18, we were dating all through out high school and we've been in love since. We have 2 kids, Luka (15m) and Lily (5f), Luka is not our biological son, his actual parents, my best friend and her husband, unfortunately d*ed in a car crash when he was 5, and ive been his legal guardian ever since. He knows all about his real pare...
OtherMy son’s (6 months) been cranky all morning because he’s teething. I (27m) had to go grocery shopping and since it’s just me taking care of him he came with me. Normally he’s calm when I have him in his baby carrier because right now he just wants to be held by me but I forgot that at my mom’s yesterday so went in with his stroller to the market. The plan was to be in an out in under 5 mins bec...
RelationshipI (28F) have been a practicing pagan witch for over a decade. My faith and spiritual practice are deeply personal and important to me. Over the years, I’ve created several altars for different deities I worship and work with. Some of those altars rotate in and out of active use depending on where I’m at in my practice so I keep them neatly packed away in labeled storage boxes. My main altar, h...
ParentingWhen I was a child my dad built me a dollhouse. It was lovely. He worked so hard on it, everything was so detailed, down to the tooth brushes, light switches, etc. imo, it’s a piece of art. I took care of it very well and he even installed a sliding plastic door with a lock on it so I could protect it from my more destructive little sister. I moved out and the doll house stayed at my mom’s....
OtherI 37M had experienced 2 loses in a short period of time. I lost both my daughters (bio9/adopted14) both suffered from chronic conditions. I was a single dad dealing with so much. Soon as my oldest pa*sed away. My youngest got sick in the same year. I had no time to grieve I found myself driving to the hospital again. Talking to doctors again. It was a difficult time. My youngest pa*sed away a ...
OtherI (38f) had 2 work colleagues, Mary and Adam (both in their late 20s-early 30s). Mary started in the company first and then she got Adam to join, they worked in different departments and Mary was in mine. Later, Mary left the company to pursue another carrier. When they started at the company, they were already married for a few years. Now Mary is the kindest and loveliest person I've ever ...
RelationshipMy wife unfortunately pa*sed away last year when our daughter was only 3 months old. It was very difficult to get through but my little girl and I are keeping it together. My daughter is 16 months now and there’s been pressure from my wife’s sister to let her side of the family see my daughter. The issue is my wife had absolutely no contact with her family since she was 18, so 16 years of not s...