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Family ConflictSo, I (27F) gave birth to my Fourth kid last month via C-Section, and I got my tubes tied during it (which my husband (27M) is, and was, in support of). So, we reach earlier yesterday, when my dad and stepmom come round to meet the baby. The birth comes up and I mention that I got my tubes tied so that me and my husband will be able to do it without worrying about anymore kids coming along, but...
OtherThis evening my husband 42M and I 40F got into an argument with our 17 year old son. He told us at dinner that he needs our signatures to drop out of school. We know that he has been struggling since remote learning started last year. We have worked closely with his school to develop an IEP and he goes to therapy three times per week. His school has implemented everything that his ther***st re...
RelationshipI've been with my wife for 4 an a half years. She suffered from b***st cancer and we got married after she completed her treatment. This is also our first Christmas together as a married couple. I have a 16 y.o. daughter who can tolerate but not accept her stepmom and can be pa*sive aggressive towards her sometimes. She's done som**hings in the past that warented a number of punishements but m...
Family ConflictMy girlfriend and I have been together nearly 2 years now and have spent a bunch of get togethers with my family in that time. From the beginning, I told my parents that my girlfriend has a serious pork allergy. Whenever a family occasion comes up that involves them cooking, I always remind them about the allergy because they always seem to forget (and my family seems to eat a lot of pork, go ...
OtherMy late wife pa*sed away 6 years ago. I have 2 kids (Adam) 17, & (Leah) 15. Their mom inherited a necklace from her mother, her mother inherited it from her mother...It's a tradition in the family to pa*s this necklace down to the daughters. My late wife gave me the necklace to keep and then give to Leah when she's legally an adult. No one knew about this except my current wife. Well, She t...
RelationshipI (35f) am in an open relationship with my husband (36m). It was over the summer he mentioned it to me. I wouldn't say I was totally for it but it took some getting used to. Now everything is going great but recently my husband keeps changing the rules. Once I started dating Evan (45m) that's when he started acting differently. My husband and I agreed on a dont ask don't tell policy but,keeps p...
WorkMy husband and I both work, equal hours. I'm a hairstylist working at a salon and he is a warehouse manager. My Mil is very s*xist and lives in the 1950s still. She said women can't stop taking care of their households as a priority nomatter what they achieve. I hated this and it caused endless problems between us. My husband learned to do everything from folding his clothes to fixing the t...
BoundariesMe: nurse. Working 50ish hours a week in paediatric ICU. Cry at least once a week because that s**t is hard. My salary pays our bills. All of them. Husband: 25M. Has a degree but isn't looking for a job. Works 2 days a week at the grocery store. Spends most of his time playing LoL. Today was supposed to be A Good Day. I had been begging my husband to swap his Sat**day shift to literally anyt...
OtherI look very similar to an actor and I live in New York City. Every so often a tourist would stop me and say “oh my gosh you’re that guy!” And I used to interrupt them and say “no I’m really not.” But then this guy started starring in a TV show so became way more recognizable. It started so I was being stopped 3-5 times a day by people. Once I was in a mad rush and on the phone so when someone sai...
RelationshipI (32F) have been with Paul (34M) for 4 years. A year ago we were in a car accident- Paul was driving and 100% at fault. Paul had no injuries, but I broke my back. I was in a back brace for months and am still going to PT. After I was out of the brace I started going to the gym and running, and at this point I’m in the best shape I’ve ever been in. I’m really proud of the progress I’ve made. ...
RelationshipMy husband and I went grocery shopping and afterwards he dropped me off at the nail salon, and he went home with the groceries. I thought that since he went home, he would have put the groceries up. When he picked me up from the nail salon and we went home, I saw that the groceries were on the kitchen floor still in bags. I asked him why didn't he put the groceries up, and he argued that he pu...
RelationshipI have been trying to write this out for a couple of days, because I truly feel like an awful human being and I have so much trouble putting this into words. This involves me (27f), my husband (27m) and my son (7). My son has a different dad, and his dad his completely out of the picture. Me and my husband has been talking about kids for a long time, and about half a year ago he started aski...