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Food & DietSo we’re both vegan and have been for years. Last year we got a beautiful cat who is the grand baby neither of our parents will ever have. She’s obviously an obligate carnivore and we’ve been feeding her kibble and wet food. Unfortunately, where she came from wasn’t a very good situation and she had horrible teeth when we rescued her. It hasn’t come to a point where she’s painful and doesn’t wa...
Family ConflictI own a printing company that I run with my wife. Her cousin came to us and wanted us to do all the signage, banners, guest books, life-sized cutouts, etc for her wedding. We do this all the time for friends' weddings and events, and we never charge. We're happy to help out and it's usually a lot of fun working together to make some cool stuff. A few weeks before the wedding, her wedding pla...
Family ConflictThere is me (25f), my sister (27f), and brother (28m) involved here. We were raised together and until 2019 we believed we were a nuclear biological family. Then we found out our dad wasn't our bio dad, which even he didn't know. It then turned out my older siblings shared a bio dad, but I had a different one. We were also first cousins because their bio and my bio were brothers. Dad lef...
Family ConflictI (16f) am an only child and that position will be expiring in October when my parents have their second child. They were always supposed to be one and done with me, som**hing I was aware of was partly due to them finding childcare ridiculously expensive and mom enjoying her job too much to stay home. I think another part of it they are not very natural parents and are pretty much entirely han...
RelationshipThe original poster's son is celebrating his fifth birthday today. The poster is away overnight some nights due to work commitments and was not present this morning. Even if he had been home, he would have left for work before the children woke up. A party is planned for Sat**day, and the OP will be present for dinner tonight. The poster realized his wife gave their son a present this mornin...
Family ConflictWhen I (27f) was in college I met my boyfriend and we moved in together, sharing a place with some friends, after dating for a year. I was 19 when we met and 20 when we moved in together. We decided from that point onward to take turns spending Christmas with our families. But the first year we were supposed to see mine, my mom made it clear my boyfriend could not stay and and we weren't shari...
RelationshipMy wife (Anne) and I have been married for 13 years. I am 43, and she is 46. We do not have children. When we first began dating, nobody could make me happy like Anne. She always seemed to know exactly the right thing to say to me when I was down. But over the past decade or so, she has really started to show her true colors, and a lot of what her ex husband said to me about her has begun to ma...
RelationshipSix years ago, I got divorced from my now ex-husband. There was no drama that led to this; we simply realized we were no longer happy or in love, so it would have been a clean break if not for the fact we had a daughter who is now 11. Neither of us wanted to lose full custody of her or miss important moments in her life. She is the most important person in both our lives, and we debated on tryi...
OtherWould I be an a*shole if I told my gf to slow down on bringing her kid to my apartment every night. I don’t mind from time to time. And before it was from time to time. However he’s been here every night for two weeks now. I’m afraid it might be becoming routine for her. The problem is that I have a one bedroom and I’ve been sleeping on the couch while they sleep in my bed. She always asks if ...
OtherMy brother (29M) and sister-in-law (SIL) (29F) asked Wednesday if they could come for a visit that weekend. They live 6 hours away. We agreed, happy to see them. Friday afternoon, I (34F) had an ultrasound confirming a likely miscarriage at 8 weeks. My husband (35M) and I were upset, but since they were already driving, we did not cancel the visit. We had not told them about the pregnancy, nor...
RelationshipMy husband is an avid computer gamer - mostly WoW-type games. Approximately five nights of the week, he'll play games online from the time that our son goes to bed at 8:00 or 8:30 to about 12:30, so at least four continuous hours. That in itself is not at all an issue for our relationship. He spends plenty of time with me and our son, and I have my own hobbies that he isn't interested in that ...
ParentingSo my son's mother and I did not work out. I travel 6 to 8 months out the year due to work. His mother has primary custody and I do send the ordered amount and some extra when I can. Fast forward to Sunday I am back for the Holidays. I plan to take my son out for Halloween. He wants to be a Jedi, so I showed him my Jedi costume and asked to see the one his mother bought-I did send her extra to ...