Childhood friends get a free pass most of the time for acting impolite. Like family members, long-time friends feel entitled to say whatever the heck they feel like saying, even if it’s judgmental, out-of-pocket, or just downright cruel. But if you’ve lived long enough enduring your spouse’s insufferable childhood friends, there comes a time in …
Seguir leyendo ‘This is my house, my family, and my child’: Estranged childhood friend insults a 29-year-old mom’s parenting tactics with her 5-year-old, gets kicked out of the house, and blocked as a result
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24 Weirdly Philosophical Memes That Reveal the Meme-ing of Life
Humor is a gateway to the soul. While not everyone is funny deep down, there are moments in everyone’s life that merit a laugh, a chuckle, a giggle, or a bona fide guffaw. It’s those times in our lives that show the greatest truths in the world, and if you’re lucky, perhaps the meaning of life …
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Dad faces judgment for refusing to include son’s 9-year-old friend in activities because he isn’t fully potty trained: ‘That is not my responsibility’
Training a kid to use the toilet properly is an essential part of parenting, and it can be one of the more stressful duties. As well as offering ample opportunity for gross moments, it isn’t always as straightforward as sticking them on the potty and having them immediately pick up the necessary skills. Nonetheless, developmental …
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44-year-old mom goes no contact with cruel bio dad and stepmom, worries about depriving 6-year-old son of grandparents: ‘He keeps asking about his grandpa’
Second chances can be a dangerous game to play in relationships, even and sometimes especially when they are happening with family members. When somebody means a lot to a person despite their previous behavior and actions, it is only natural to hope that they have changed for the better. Also, it is understandable for those …
Seguir leyendo 44-year-old mom goes no contact with cruel bio dad and stepmom, worries about depriving 6-year-old son of grandparents: ‘He keeps asking about his grandpa’
Mom of 3 pressures husband into having a 4th baby after they’d previously agreed to stop at 3: ‘I wouldn’t have a strong connection to the baby because I didn’t want another baby in the first place’
There’s a difference between kid people and baby people. Baby people love having babies. They always want someone to cuddle with who depends on them for everything. Babies might cry and scream for their basic needs, but they are less complicated than kids who can talk and demand exactly what they want. Kid people aren’t …
Seguir leyendo Mom of 3 pressures husband into having a 4th baby after they’d previously agreed to stop at 3: ‘I wouldn’t have a strong connection to the baby because I didn’t want another baby in the first place’
The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (July 1, 2025)
I have not had full-time group chat commitments since I was a teenager. Although I was annoyed by the amount of maintenance required for the average teen group chat in the mid-2010s, those chats were highly entertaining. There was always a stupid meme or random incident that group chat members could discuss 24 hours a …
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Parents let 3 rowdy sons interrupt couple’s first dance at their wedding, let them play with fireworks unsupervised: ‘Love that she was taking photos of them interrupting the first dance instead of parenting’
There is a reason some couples request child-free weddings. It may sound kind of cruel on paper, but in reality, it might be the thing that saves you from a major wedding disaster. Kids are unpredictable. Some of them are awesome and great at dealing with long, boring events where they have to wear fancy …
Seguir leyendo Parents let 3 rowdy sons interrupt couple’s first dance at their wedding, let them play with fireworks unsupervised: ‘Love that she was taking photos of them interrupting the first dance instead of parenting’
Son-in-law hides a vasectomy from his disapproving MIL for 47 years, spends a lifetime loving his wife instead of giving her grandkids: ‘We just kept her hanging’
Childfree adults these days are constantly hounded by their parents to produce a grandchild. As if it were the Middle Ages, where offspring dictated the success of the family farm, prospective grandparents cannot satiate their desire to further their lineage through the loins of their own kids. Produce an heir… OR ELSE.
28-year-old father of 2 asks his 22-year-old college student girlfriend to move in with him and pay half of his bills: ‘He said “we’d be a family” and that his kids would be like mine in the future’
I have one piece of advice for y’all: never move in with a partner just to cut down on bills. I know it can feel so tempting to go from paying four figures in rent to three figures, but if the relationship is not ready for that step, it will have disastrous consequences. You shouldn’t …
Seguir leyendo 28-year-old father of 2 asks his 22-year-old college student girlfriend to move in with him and pay half of his bills: ‘He said “we’d be a family” and that his kids would be like mine in the future’
39-year-old dad plans a once-in-a-lifetime trip to his homeland with his family, then the in-laws tag along and complain about how much they have to walk: ‘Half a mile in, he was struggling’
American tourists are notorious all over the world. While they make up a large majority of global travelers, they are arguably the least global group of individuals on Earth. I am an American and have come across my fair share of fellow countrymen abroad, and it’s always baffling to me when tourists are in Paris …
Seguir leyendo 39-year-old dad plans a once-in-a-lifetime trip to his homeland with his family, then the in-laws tag along and complain about how much they have to walk: ‘Half a mile in, he was struggling’