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OtherFour months ago, I (27f) adopted my two youngest sisters, Juli (4) and Jackie (6). I had been raising them for some time because their father and stepmother were often unavailable due to work or partying. Their mother was pr****nt with triplets, and facing the prospect of three newborns plus two toddlers, she called me. She stated she did not want Juli or Jackie anymore because they were born ...
Family ConflictMy husband and mom have this weirdly close relationship which has been a source of conflict before, usually when he has trouble telling her no. When I was pr****nt, I told my husband that I want it to be just us two in the hospital and we could have friends and family over the house later. I went into labor pr****urely, and my husband rushed us to the hospital in my car. It was unexpected. I...
Family ConflictI'm an Indian woman, and a new mother to my little half indian, half american baby girl. She's six months old. The day I went into labor, I learned that my husband was having an affair with our neighbor. She's only 22 and has a myriad of mental health issues. She and my husband started an affair after she got out of rehab. I had no idea that him trying to 'help' her would involve sticking h...
BoundariesAbout 3 weeks ago my Wife-33 went into pr****ure labor with our daughter at 31 weeks. It was entirely unexpected and both my wife and our daughter had a horrible time and it became quite dangerous for the both of them. My wife became preeclamptic among other serious complications and for the first week we weren't even sure if either my wife or our daughter would make it. Luckily they both surv...
OtherI (37M) am a single dad with two kids (16M & 14M). I met my GF (32F) back in February. We dated casually and non-exclusively until June and then began dating exclusively starting in June. My GF has indicated that she wants to have kids, she has no kids currently. I am definitely open to that, but have told her only after dating at least a couple of years. I have been looking to buy a new ho...
RelationshipHis only defense is “I don’t know how it got there.” So… I’m just supposed to roll over and accept he’s not cheating because he doesn’t have an explanation for a strange woman’s underthing to be found in his recent laundry? They’re in a size, style @ fit that I have never worn. Only reason why I found it was because I was putting together a work clothes load and I thought it was one of my th...
Family ConflictI met my wife Sonya at a restaurant where she worked as a waitress. It took me a while to finally be her boyfriend. I introduced her to my parents and they voiced out their disapproval after meeting her. My parents think that Sonya is only using me to achieve her American dream. I told them that is r***st and I am very offended by their a*sumption. After my wife accepted my marriage proposa...
OtherEx fiancée has gotten a removal scheduled for next week and has called, texted, and gotten her friends to message me and to apologise. I responded and asked to speak and we met yesterday at my parents house to speak, with my parents mediating. Just for safety and efficiency. She apologised numerous times and asked to give her a chance, saying that she's never been like this before and it's ...
ParentingIn October of last year I learned I had fathered two kids when I was a teenager. DNA confirmed this in December of last year. I had no idea I had other kids, other than the kids I'm raising with my wife, out there. Their mother and I met when I was 15 and she was 16 and again when I was 17 and she was 18. She was visiting my friends family for a month both those summers and we hooked up. I wor...
OtherI, 28, Non-binary (biologically female), just started dating my bf, Billy, 29m, about 3 months ago. I have had this overwhelming fear of getting pr****nt and parenthood for as long as I can remember. Because of this fear, I have been on birth control of some kind or another since I had my first menstral cycle when I was 13, and have NEVER had "adult play time" with a man, without using a condo...
OtherI grew up EXTREMELY religious. Abstinence was the “only option”. I had a miscarriage at 15. It scared me away from men in general until I was 20 and met my husband. We were using condoms but forgot a couple of times. I got pr****nt with maybe 2 times without condoms. We decided to have the baby. Got married. I got on birth control pills after .. but I have a bit of adhd and forgot a few pil...
Family ConflictI’ve been my cousins (Sam and Olivia) legal guardian for about 8 years since their parents left our country. They send money for their expenses monthly and the plan is to have them relocate when they have to go to the university. As a side note, I had the s*x talk with them when they were 13&15. I try to be as s*x positive as possible and we have a specific box with condoms in it. It has a hole...