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RelationshipMy(30M) wife(26F) is a disaster in the kitchen. She leaves a huge mess behind after she's done with cooking. She uses a zillion utensils even to make a coffee. Today, she said she learnt this new recipe from her mum and went into the kitchen to prepare it. When She was done it turned out to be vodka pasta. It tasted horrible because she added an entire bottle of vodka. She also put too much sa...
OtherI'm 31 and my husband is 30. Our daughter is 7, and she found a puppy in the front yard and played with it. Turns out it belonged to our neighbors, who were looking for it. They accused her of stealing it, and my husband gave her extra ch**es. She refused to do them, saying she didn't steal the puppy. The neighbors came to apologize a bit later, as their son confessed to losing the puppy on...
OtherMy sister is getting married soon to Nino. As part of the pre-wedding celebrations our family is visiting Nino’s family in Italy. My dad is very good friends with Nino’s dad and uncle as they all grew up together, so this isn’t our first-time meeting most of them. Nino has a cousin, Luca, who I made an enemy out of when I was 9 because I told our dads that he pushed me into the water when I act...
OtherI have this friend who is pretty big. Like, 350lbs or maybe a bit more, while everyone else in our circle is more on the slim side. I love her very much and want her to feel at home at my place, so I made sure that my new chairs at the dining table are safe for her to use. But then she didn't really find them comfortable. No armrests that would be tight to fit in or curved seats to press into ...
Family ConflictSo I (24M) was kicked out of the house by my parents literally the day I turned 18. No warning, no support just “you’re an adult now, figure it out.” I didn’t have savings, no job lined up, no backup plan. I slept in my car for a bit, couch surfed, and did everything I could just to survive. Fast forward a few years through a lot of struggle, I built my life back. Got a s**ble job, picked u...
Family ConflictMy parents are divorced and have shared custody. My parents do not get along with each other at all. They are always trying to get back at each other. And while my mom is more vocal with her pettiness, I can clearly see the bu****it my dad pulls even though he tries to hide it. I got picked up for my week with my dad and he says that we are going to his friend's house an hour away for a surp...
WorkI (25F) have been pretty skinny all my life. I eat healthy most of the time, exercise regularly, not consume my weight in PopTarts (a real problem in college). I also don't think I’m better than fat people. I think obesity is a complex issue and merely reducing the obesity epidemic to ‘Move More, Eat Less’ doesn’t take into account the socio-economic complexities, mental health issues, physica...
RelationshipMy mother and I have never gotten along. She's very serious, overachiever, type A and I've always clashed with people like that. She is also pretty self righteous about things like pride, work ethic, and she just isn't my type of person. I feel bad because I'm her only child and I really wish she had a daughter she could actually enjoy. My mom wanted me to be a doctor or a lawyer, because t...
OtherMy husband and I took in his cousin Sue's newborn due to her and her partner John's addiction issues. It was a major life change for us, especially for me as I gave up my job and social life to care for the baby during COVID isolation. This was supposed to be temporary while they went to rehab, but they never went nor complied with any safety plan set up by CPS. For two years, they have not se...
OtherTo cut a long story short, I slept with a girl called Madison at a toga party. We had both been drinking but not in anyway drunk. Just a couple beers. The next morning a friend approached me and asked why I slept with her when she has herpes. I had no idea and obviously would not have slept with her had I known. I was annoyed she did not disclose this and feel she had a moral obligation to do so...
RelationshipMy (M57) daughter (32) has been divorced thrice already. She got married at 25 to the love of her life. I have her $15,000 as help for the wedding. Marriage lasted 3 years. She married the love of her life when she was 30. I have her $5,000 for a much smaller more intimate wedding. Marriage lasted one year. She married the guy that got her pr****nt while she was married to never two. They di...
OtherI'm 19f, I have a 3 week old baby girl. I do still live with my parents, but since I pay rent equally, they say I can have just as much of a say in who comes and goes from the house as they do. I've never actually taken advantage of this rule until recently enough. I have a brother, who's 26 and his wife is 24. They're "crunchy parents" to a 8 month old. Basically what that is is f**king st...