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RelationshipI've been with my gf S for 4 years, living together for 2. Off the start of the relationship I knew she was a picky eater. We would go to fancy restaurants and she would order the simplest things or the same things over and over. It seemed weird to me but I didn't really care,she can do whatever she wants. I only really realized how annoying this is when we moved in together. Now I on the o...
RelationshipMy (39M) wife (34F) and I live in at a suburban house with our daughter (10F, Emily). Our neighbour next door (48M, Walter) is a single father with two daughters (14F and 12F). We have been living here for a little more than two years. My wife really likes watching scary movies but I have never enjoy them. I get too scared and end up having a bad time so I prefer to avoid them. Her friends some...
RelationshipI (F33) have a son (11) from my former relationship with my ex husband. Currently I'm married to my husband (M37) "Joe" who has a (15) year old son. My son isn't that close to his stepbrother for many reasons including age, interests, hobbies, etc,. My son likes to draw a lot. his stepbrother tends to rip his drawings whenever they get into a fight. Now siblings and stepsiblings fight const...
RelationshipI (28/f) own my house and my bf (29/m) moved in January. We had a ton of early money arguments and agreed that we would keep to a household budget. Also, he agreed to pay down his credit card debt. I have more flexibility in my personal spending than he does. Early after we moved in, my bf told me that as a kid he always wanted to live in one of the houses that were totally decorated for tr...
BoundariesI've been with my boyfriend (bf) for 4 months. He rents with a guy (roommate) "Justin" who is a bit of a self-rightous j**k sometimes. The problem started when I started having sleepovers with my bf in the apartment. Justin looked super annoyed whenever he saw me over which is 5 days a week. He'd just keep huffing and puffing and speak to me rudely. I said nothing til yesterday when he got ...
RelationshipI have been married to my wife for two years and the best way to describe my mother is cold, she nots rude or anything it’s just disinterested in my wife. The best way I can explain my mom is that she is tired. She had a really hard life, doesn’t have much affection left to give and she rarely gets close to anyone. It’s pure disinterest and she can’t bring herself to care about new people. ...
RelationshipI (44m) have been with my girlfriend (40f) for several years now. She has one child--a son who recently turned 18. He and I get along really well, at least for the most part. But recently he and I had our first blowout fight and I'm wondering if I was wrong. What happened was that we were returning home from a summer trip. My girlfriend decided that we should stop at a casino near the border of...
RelationshipI, f34, am diabetic and keeping packaged snacks near me is essential, because often times I get low blood suger, due to issues I have with appet*te (I don't eat lunch or dinner properly). My brother in law and his pr****nt wife moved in with us a month ago, The issue began when my SIL started eating my snacks that I usually keep inside the fridge, I tried buying more snacks but sometimes they r...
RelationshipMy [29] husband [36] is the breadwinner of the family. I stay home with the kids who are preschool age. He pays for the mortgage, bills, household needs, food, kids needs.....etc he has set a monthly budget for each category and handles getting everything done. Recently, he has become overwhelmed and told me to handle grocery shopping but before he let me, he asked me to write a list of all th...
BoundariesI (F32) began working from home 2 months ago. My husband bought the house we live in before we got together. He calls it his property which's fine by me. The house is small, has only 2 rooms , one of which used to be empty til I started using it as an office for my wfh job. All was going fine with my job til he sat me down last night saying he's expecting 30% "profit" from whatever I get from m...
RelationshipMy husband is disabled (won't expand on that for privacy) we got him a service dog 4 months ago to help him on a daily basis. My brother and his family lost their home and asked to move in with us for few weeks til they find another place to stay. Thing is, my niece (14) started complaining about the service dog making her "uncomfortable" it's strange, no allergies no nothing but she's just un...
ParentingBeen with my wife for 2 years; I have two children from a previous relationship who are 5 and 8. Currently 7 months pr****nt, been married and living together for 5 months…it’s been an adaption for everyone, mostly the children. During our relationship even before living together I knew my wife got the occasional headache, she takes pain k**lers but says they don’t help so she’ll usually spe...