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OtherI travel a lot for work so I have so many hotel and airline points it is crazy. This summer I am taking my family to Disney World. We are going to stay at one of the resorts on the property. My sister in law and her family had a hard time during the pandemic so I decided to do som**hing nice and invite them along. My treat. I said I would pay for their flights, hotel, and park tickets. ...
ParentingMy friend, Isla (26f) and I (26f)have known each other since middle school. We applied to the same college and got in. However, Isla got pr****nt after a few months and decided to drop out. She’s had 3 more accidental pregnancies and is now a stay at home mother of 4. I was telling her the other day that I’m going travelling to Europe and if all goes well, I will be moving there. She got r...
ParentingI (M39) am currently undergoing cancer treatment. In the end of it all, I am planning to take a holiday with a friend or family member to travel to the other side of the world. I am based in the UK and I am thinking Vietnam, South Korea, Japan or somewhere around there where I have never been. I asked my brother (M43) if he would consider coming with me. He got very excited and said his daughte...
OtherFrom 18-25, I was an absolute wild child. Lots of beer and lots of hook ups where we didnt even know each other's names. I was dealing with lots of damage, to the point where I dont even remember most of those years. Now at almost 40, I'm much better now, with therapy and AA and my saint of a wife, but thats the important background. I was clear with my wife that its quite possible I have s...
Family ConflictI'm 17f and my parents are separated. My dad lives in another country so I don't see him much except for holidays. He lives in Germany with my stepmom and 9 year old little sister. I don't like my stepmom at all mainly because of her parenting style. Shes a complete helicopter parent. I don't think my sister has ever actually been out of an adults sight in her life, she's never just played outs...
OtherLet me preface this off by blaming all of you, the entirety of reddit for desensitizing me, and giving me major trust issues on April fools day. So here it goes... Yesterday I got a group text from my wifes (sarah) side of the family stating there was an emergency family meeting happening that night over dinner at my mother in laws (Barb) house. I immediately had april fools spidey senses st...
RelationshipI (27M) was invited to a friend’s wedding last weekend, not someone I talk to every day, but we were close back in college and stayed in touch. The bride and I had a flirty friendship back in the day. Nothing ever happened but I did used to have a bit of a crush on her. Early in my relationship with my girlfriend (26F), I mentioned that in pa*sing, just one of those “haha yeah, college was mes...
Family ConflictLast night I had my inlaws visit, made them dinner and put it on the table while I had my own dinner which was a youghurt and salad because I'd gained few pounds and my husband pushed for me to lose some. Anyway, We were all sitting eating when my husband's dad asked what I was eating. I told him a salad, with a confused look on his face he said "A SALAD??? That ain't gon' fill up your fat a*s!...
RelationshipI’m 5 months pr****nt. For the bulk of my pregnancy, I have had issues with keeping food down, especially in the morning. My husband doesn’t understand this and accused me of starving myself and being on a fad d*et. I tried to eat more to get him to stop multiple times but it always caused me to throw up. That, and the general state of our marriage, made me start to intentionally avoid havi...
Family ConflictI've (30F) been financially independent since graduating college. I worked practically full-time while stud**ng, recently paid off my student loans on my own, and just started saving to buy a home. I didn’t apply to grad school because I couldn’t afford it, and my parents made it pretty clear growing up that we needed to stand on our own after high school. My brother (22M) is honestly a gen...
OtherI (16f) have a friend named Aysha (15f). Aysha is Muslim and wears a hijab to school which often causes people to give her dirty looks, comments, etc. I don’t know why. It’s just cloth. Anyway the worst instance possible was with this girl named Megan (also 15f). When we were sitting together at lunch she came up to Aysha and I and told Aysha she dared her to take her hijab off, taunting her sa...
OtherMy friend is a recent widow. It's been a long time coming but that hardly makes it easier, her husband pa*sed away at the end of February and she has been understandably distraught since. I have tried my best to support her through this even though I can't possibly understand what she's going through. At the beginning of the March she asked me if I'd stay over during the night because she coul...