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OtherSo my husband and I have a 5 months old son. He's our first and as new parents we struggle a lot but no complaining as we help each other all we can. However I have been having this tiny, little issue with my husband lately. He constantly takes our son's pacifiers and chews on them like a dog for no reason causing them to be ruined. He does this everytime he spends time with our son. he'd e...
OtherI honestly have no words. I (27) just bought my house in july 2024. We have learned that most of the neighbors are all old as h**l.( 60s +) and are very nosey and onery that young families are moving into the neighborhood in recent years. They will just walk up to you and tell you this. I have been shopping thrift and estate sales to furnish this cute house. This morning, I came home from a...
BoundariesMy fiance and I were invited to go along on a trip to California for a week. I do not have my children with me due to them being with their father and having wrestling tournaments that they cannot miss (already spent hundreds on nonrefundable tickets for them to participate). We drove here with his family, so I was already quite exhausted when getting to the resort after having listened to an 8...
OtherMy wife has a somewhat difficult relationship with her parents. The usual stuff you see on this sub: lack of respect for boundaries, bossiness, unso***ited opinions about personal choices. She has a hard time pushing back, in part because she is a natural people-pleaser, and in part because her parents paid for her long and expensive education. I don't have big issues with them, but then I don...
OtherI (37M) live with my wife (37F) and son and daughter ( 9 and 11 respectively). Recently, there has been this kid who comes by our house after playing soccer and either rides his bike or walks over the lawn with his cleats on his way home. It started out as me giving him stern looks whenever I saw him, then it slowly progressed to me asking him to just go around. The last time I asked him to ...
OtherMy brother, “Rob,” is a self-proclaimed prankster. He loves pulling pranks on everyone, including strangers. His pranks, in my opinion, aren’t funny and may land him in serious trouble in the future. His “pranks” are just antagonising someone until he gets bored and then calling it a “prank.” Rob’s behaviour has seriously affected my relationship with him. When I first started dating my wife, ...
Family ConflictWhen I got into university my parents purchased an apartment close to the campus so that I could live my way without having to deal with other people. I'm not social and I could best be described as either a misanthropist or curmudgeonly. It was great for two years. And I came out of my sh**l a little. I met other people like me and discovered that, unlike high school, university isn't h**l. ...
Family ConflictMy parents had me (16M) kinda young and just last year they decided to have another baby. My brother Leo is 2 months old. I love him but he cries nonstop every night. My dad and his friends are doing some renovations to the bedroom downstairs which was supposed to be Leo’s room but some stuff came up and it delayed now. They told me for a little while Leo is gonna be in my room because my dad ...
Family ConflictI feel like I was in the right but my aunt, three of my siblings think I’m an a*shole. I’m 31 and a female and I’m the oldest of ten kids my parents had me at 15,16 respectively. They both dropped out of high school and they got married when my mom was 17. My dad joined the military and they had my next sibling on my moms 18th birthday. My brother is 28, the other kids range in age from 10-27....
OtherMy best friend (29F) recently got married. I (30F) have been her bridesmaid for about a year now, partaking in bridesmaids duties. Her and I have been close friends for several years. During our friendship, I moved to the other side of the country and am now a 6 hour flight away with a three hour time difference. Her wedding took place on a Sat**day. On Thursday, my cat, started acting stra...
RejectionWhen I (22f) was 14 I started dating Jace who was 15 at the time. We were together for 3 years. We'd known each other for years and I always had the biggest crush on him. My sister Lauren (23f now) knew. She was one of my best friends and I thought we'd told each other everything. But Lauren and Jace were cheating behind my back and Lauren got pr****nt. I didn't know at first and was the first...
RelationshipMy 26-year-old wife and I (31-year-old husband) woke up this morning, and I told her I was not in the mood and asked her to make me a cup of coffee before I went to work. She went and made it with extra sugar, just how I always like it, but when I tasted it, I made a face and said it was too sweet. I told her this is how I usually have it, but she said she was already 20 minutes late for work,...