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OtherH**lo, I am the (42) father to a 16 year old girl. About 3 months ago we found out via a visit to the hospital that our daughter had a late stage form of brain cancer and were told that survival was not likely. We tried anyway, but despite our best efforts we found no improvement in the cancer. My daughter is aware of this. Well, recently, my wife was looking for a hair straightener my d...
OtherThe original poster’s brother-in-law (BIL), who previously divorced his Greek wife, Nana, due to his controlling nature regarding her dress and activities, has recently begun criticizing the OP's choice of clothing on multiple occasions. The OP initially tolerated these comments, attributing them to the BIL struggling and being depressed since moving back in with the in-laws. During her hus...
OtherI (44M) and getting married to Amber (35F, fake name) next weekend. On Friday I got a call from my youngest sister Luna (34F, fake name) asking if I could pick her up from the hospital as her husband was away with work. Her job can be really physical and she's extremely outdoorsy and active so her calling to be picked up from the hospital isn't unusual. When I arrived to pick up Luna she was a...
ParentingLong story short my sister became our parents primary caregiver for the last 12 years. Our mom pa*sed away about a year ago after everything was settled my parents still had a decent chunk of money left. As per the will she it was split four ways with majority going to my children. My sister does not have kids, and to be frank our mom did take her for granted. I tried to help when I could b...
OtherI f24 and my husband (32) recently just welcomed our daughter into the world four months ago. My daughter was supposed to have a cousin that was a month older than her but my brother (30) and his wife (31) unfortunately had a stillborn at 7 months and she had to give birth to her d**d child. This was very hard for my brother and his wife because she had many miscarriages and everyone thought t...
ParentingI (30F) have been married to my husband, Jake (35M), for six years. Before we had our son, Ethan (2M), Jake and I made a deal: we’d share parenting responsibilities equally. Jake even promised to reduce his work hours so I wouldn’t have to sacrifice my career entirely. Fast forward to now, and I feel like I’m doing everything. I work part-time from home, handle all the childcare, and still mana...
RelationshipI have been with my husband for 10 years. We have been married for 5 of those years. He has suffered horrific trauma at the hands of his dad. His parents were married and expecting twins when his mom suffered some kind of hemorrhage and she ended up with eclampsia. My husband's mom and twin sister did not make it. But my husband did after a period of time in the NICU. His dad told him it was h...
OtherI am someone who always has been wearing shorts my whole life. I've always worn shorts every weather, going gym, out, training, anything. So today my cousin messaged me and told me not to wear shorts tomorrow (we are all meeting up at her place) and I asked why. He told me his girlfriend finds it uncomfortable that I wear shorts. I don't mind not wearing shorts as its her house at the end o...
Family ConflictMy stepsister (17f) has been bullying this girl in our grade, Mia. Mia is a very shy person. We were never friends but were friendly until the bullying started and then Mia withdrew from everyone. I found out about the bullying over a month ago. People described it as "not real bullying" but my stepsister has called her names and told her she doesn't deserve friends. I found a note telling Mia...
OtherI have had a nanny for 6 months. For the most part, I like her. She’s great to the kids (18 months and 5). But recently I feel like we’ve had some issues where she’s crossing boundaries. I don’t mind getting advice but I also feel like my house isn’t being respected. For example, my kids’ rooms are pretty much toy free outside their comfort objects. I want the room to be a place of rest, no...
Family ConflictYes this is as d**b as the t*tle sounds. For some context: I’m white. I have super thin, curly hair and every time I go to sleep, I wake up with the worst bedhead. I mean giant knots in my hair, hair sticking up in all different directions and it’s super frizzy. My best friend is black, and she thinks it’s hilarious how crazy it looks sometimes. I told her over the summer that I was really ...
OtherMe (28) and my sister (32) have never really gotten along that well. My parents were divorced and so we never really spent much time together during our childhood. Once we got in our early twenty though that changed and we actually got pretty close. Both of us were in serious relationships and we would always talk about our dream weddings. Fast forward a few years and my sister was finally ...