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OtherMy ex's new wife called me three weeks ago and said that she'd just realized her daughter's birthday was on my week. She asked me to please bring my son to the party or drop him off the night before and they'd bring him back the next morning. She was very ent*tled about it. She presented me with two "options" when I don't have to do either. I said I would think about it and she got huffy and s...
OtherI (43M) have four kids. The two oldest are twin boys (both 14M) and then we have two girls (10F and 7F). All of them are pretty responsible kids, and consistently do their ch**es as they're meant to. There is a little chart that says what all their jobs are, with each of their roles being proportional to their ages. The boys take on the largest number of responsibilities, which each of them al...
OtherMy niece is kind of... a useless intern at the moment. She was super sheltered by her mother, my brother travels for work... so she has no real life sk**ls. I own a business and took Ally [18] under my wing. She lives in my bas**ent apartment [I live above her] and I am pretty much building an adult from the ground up. Everything from how to dress in the workplace to how to use a computer prop...
Family ConflictI had my 18th birthday 3 days ago. On the day after my birthday my step dad told me he wants me to start paying rent to “live in his house”. My step dad is quite Christian and conservative. I don’t except to live rent free forever but I know my step dad is coming from a spiteful place. He and my mum have 2 kids in 9 years of marriage, I’m not his own and it’s clear I’m a reminder that his wife ...
BoundariesSo, I 28M have a wife 27F who works full time as a CNA while she is in school to become an autopsy technician. She works a LOT. She is constantly picking up extra shifts working doubles and even triples. She does all that on top of going to school full time. Because of that she often takes a nap after work. Well yesterday, I had a friend over who I will call E. My wife and E do not get along a...
Family ConflictMy wife and I are raising our children without religion. We've taught them it's a thing that exists and always answered questions about it as honestly and truthfully as possible "They believe X... Etc.", but we don't want to push one on them and try to limit exposure outside of media and other people freely practicing. My parents are devout Christians and love our children just as much as w...
OtherI F33 have been working in this company for 4 years. I have great relationship with my co workers and one of them is "Austin". Austin is incredibly sociable and easy to adapt with new co workers. We talk about all kinds of stuff while of course keeping it professional. I'm married and recently found out I was pr****nt but only my husband knew about it. Haven't even told anyone in our famili...
OtherI have a 9 year old daughter, and another on the way. I had 2 grandmothers: "Annie" and "Rose". I named my oldest "Annabelle", after nanny Annie, whose full name was also Annabelle. I did not name her after nana Rose as at the time she was born, nana Rose was still with us. When I found out I was pr****nt with a second, I decided to name her after nana Rose, who pa*sed in 2017. My sister, "...
RelationshipMy husband (35) does not have a car. He sold his old one to help pay for his brother's wedding. I did not agree on this but he had this car before we got together so it's a shared property. besides that I have my own car so that did not affect me til my husband started complaining about having to commute to work and hangout places. He tried to get me to let him drive my car several times but I...
OtherAbout 7 months ago a friend found a dog near her house. I took her in and called animal control. They said to bring her in to look for a microchip. She was underweight with dirty fur. AC couldn't find a microchip so they said I could hold onto her for a week and they would list her on their website and if nobody claimed her I could adopt her. So that's exactly what happened. My dog now has ...
RelationshipLet me get right to the point: I 25M p*e in the shower. I thought everyone did. My whole family p*es in the shower, as do all my friends. I don’t p*e in a shared shower like a dorm or a locker room, nor do I p*e in someone else’s shower when I’m a guest in their home, but do I p*e in my own shower? H**l yeah. So I’ve been dating my girlfriend “Jessica” F25 for several months now and she sta...
OtherI m 45 M and I have a niece who is 22 and just got married last weekend. The family is blowing up with drama right now because of what I (and my wife) did. I must preface this by saying my family can be pushovers, they really all hate conflict and will definitely let themselves be run over by someone else in order to not cause a fight. I am not this way. The wedding was on Sat**day. Catholi...